The men s football team lost 1-2 to the South Korean club team at home, and the U18 national youth team exposed the fatal shortcomings of the central defender!

The whole game is dominant but loses. What's the problem? This morning, the Chinese U18 men's football team lost 1-2 to the U18 team in the final match of the China-Japan-Korea Sports Games and missed the championship. Although they defeated Baotou Youth Team 7-0 and defeated Japan's Shimizu Heartbeat Echelon 3-0, facing the Korean high school league champion team, the team's defensive loopholes were completely exposed.

The South Korean team broke the deadlock in just 15 minutes of the game and quickly moved into defensive counterattack mode. The Chinese team has the advantage in the overall possession rate and has a lot of shots, but they have repeatedly missed opportunities - including an excellent opportunity to hit the post. The lack of front line control and poor passing accuracy make the team unable to equalize the score.

South Korea's Incheon United U18 is not a national team, but the "King of Kings" champion of South Korea's high school last year. In contrast, although the Chinese team is based on the main players of the 2007/08 age group, it lacks key central defenders Peng Xiao and Shi Songchen, and has made many low-level mistakes in the defense line. Fans have hotly discussed: "The main players can't beat the youth team of the club. What is the gap?"

coach Jiuerjevic focuses on training this time and divides the training camp into two batches. Most of the first batch of players are marginal international players. Although some players such as Yang Mingrui and Jia Weiwei performed well, the problems of poor overall defensive coordination and insufficient confrontational ability are still prominent. In next year's U20 Asian Cup qualifiers, if they cannot quickly make up for their shortcomings, it will be extremely difficult to break out of Asia.

The tactical execution and pass-and-received stability shown by Korean echelon players is significantly higher than that of Chinese young players who have just returned from the China League Two training. The "Compet-for-practice" model exposes defects, players lack international experience and lack of reading game ability, which has become a key factor in losing.

This 1-2 defeat is hopeful to awaken the team better than a winning streak - the championship is lost, but the problem is found. The second batch of training camps will be started in the next round, and Jiuerjevic must also solve the problems of central defender candidates and offensive efficiency as soon as possible.