Regretful? The national youth is only 8 minutes away from kicking Korea out of the Asian Cup! The Japan coach apologized to the player

On October 28, Beijing time, the U17 Asian Cup qualifiers were all over. After leading 2-1 in the final round, the Chinese national youth unfortunately sent a penalty in the 87th minute and was drawn 2-2 by Korea. It is worth noting that if the national youth can hold on to the last eight minutes (plus five minutes of injury time), then Korea will be eliminated from the Asian Cup.

According to the rules, the group winners of the 10 groups in the U17 Asian preliminary round and the group runners-up with the best results in the five groups directly qualified. With Lebanon retiring from Group H and only three teams remaining, teams will have to remove their head-to-head results against 4th and 5th place when comparing the 2nd place in the group. If the junior team wins 2-1 against Korea in the final round, they will be able to beat their opponents to qualify.

whereasKorea will only have 3 points and 1 goal difference, and can only finish 7th in the comparison of the second place in each group, and will definitely not qualify.Ma Dexing said with regret: "If the Korea team is eliminated by the national junior team, then I believe that domestic fans will be happier, even more than the national junior team itself!" ”

It is worth noting that the penalty kick given by the national youth in the 87th minute was caused by the decline in physical fitness that caused the defense to fail to keep up, and was forced to foul from behind. At that time, the Japanese coach of the national youth Uemura Kenichi was already preparing to change 3 people in a row on the sidelines, replacing Liu Jiale, who was physically exhausted and had no choice but to send a point. Unfortunately, he was still one step late, and finally let the national youth who dominated the whole game miss the golden opportunity to beat Korea.

It is reported that in the dressing room after the game, Kenichi Uemura apologized to the players, and due to his substitution and adjustment tactics, he hesitated slightly, and Korea seized the opportunity to equalize.

Although the national youth did not qualify for the top spot, they still qualified for next year's U17 Asian Cup with the second place in the best five groups, and have a chance to be in the same group as Korea. Kenichi Uemura still has a chance to lead the Chinese national youth team in April next year to make up for the regret left behind.