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Could China really make it to the U-17 World Cup finals.
The Chinese daily newspaper Correlated Newspaper commented on the 11th that `If we had prepared well, we could have performed better at the U-17 Asian Cup.' In this tournament, China was in Group A with Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Thailand, losing one win, losing two, and finishing third, missing the ticket to the quarterfinals, which is given up to second place. After losing 1-2 to Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan respectively, they won 2-0 against Thailand, but they could not change the result. With the number of countries participating in the 2025 Qatar U-17 World Cup finals increasing to 48, China was able to reach the finals even in the quarterfinals, but missed the opportunity.
The correlated newspaper reported that even in the middle of the second half of the match against Thailand, the Chinese players were full of energy. It is different from the previous two games in which he clearly showed his tiredness. 'If it was the third group game, he would have had to lose his stamina. This means that after two weeks of training and competition, Chinese athletes will be able to fully show their level by adapting to the environment of Saudi typ, which is a 1,700-meter plateau above sea level. Then 'Highland games are not unfamiliar to Chinese soccer. Most professional players have experience in Kunming, 1,800 meters above sea level, or in Wish, 1,700 meters above sea level. Officials from the Chinese Football Association raised the need for training on highland to U-17 coach Kenichi Uemura, but they heard that there would be no problem.
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He pointed out that the lack of practice matches was also a failure of this tournament. The corresponding newspaper pointed out that the current management system of the men's and women's national teams at all levels is not unified, and that the youth department in charge of managing the youth national team failed to provide sufficient support due to lack of network, resources, and experience. In addition, the U-17 national team did not have a proper practice game as it conducted three training sessions after passing the preliminary round in October last year. The match against Indonesia after last month's call-up was a proper practice game. 'The UAE, Iran, and Australia proposed a practice game earlier, but it did not come true. Coach Uemura said, "The reason was that we didn't need many practice games ahead of the tournament, and the youth department also failed to help us find a proper opponent." In the meantime, 'The failure in this competition must be remembered. He concluded the analysis by saying, 'I failed even though I had enough preparation time with players with distinct characteristics' and "'This failure of my seniors should be a lesson for my juniors to take the world stage.'"
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
