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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Coach Dejan Zhurjevic of the Chinese national team. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Lee Dong-kyung, who is trying to break through vigorously. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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A shocking positive assessment of Chinese soccer has emerged. It was an argument that only things had to get better.
China's NetEase said on the 17th (Korea time) 'The East Asian Cup helped clarify the position of the Chinese national team' reported.
China finished the East Asian Cup in third place with a tough 1-0 victory over Hong Kong in the third round of the 2025 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) held at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on the 15th. China showed such a disastrous performance that it scored only one goal in three games in this tournament, and it was not easy against Hong Kong, which is considered a lower level.
Criticism poured out against the Chinese national team after the tournament. After the replacement of head coach Branko Ivankovic, Dejan Djurjevic wanted to find a clue to a rebound in the East Asian Cup, where he took the helm as acting head coach, but Chinese fans' dreams did not come true.
Chinese soccer commentator Liu Chenhong also pointed out that `Chinese soccer is now third-rate in Asia.' China's Beijing News reported that Zhang Winning's score was the first goal of the Chinese national team's East Asian Cup and the first field goal in 2025. After the East Asian Cup, the Chinese national team effectively ended this year's major competitions, according to the shocking record.
However, there was also a positive view of the Chinese national team. It was argued that there was only something left to get better after hitting the floor and checking the location. NetEase believes that the tournament has made the Chinese national team more clear about their position and that the process of recovery is now unstoppable. He saved face in third place at the East Asian Cup, but the gap will widen if he does not make efforts to strengthen his internal power.'"
The Chinese national team must now find the next coach as soon as possible. Regardless of who it is, his essential task is to reinvigorate the Chinese national team,' he added. China having the worst time ever. With immediate difficulties greater than hope, it remains to be seen whether China under the new coach system will really improve.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
