Is the level of Chinese men’s football really bad?

Is the level of Chinese men’s football really bad? This is an obvious problem. The current level of the national football team is really lagging behind that of neighboring countries, and is even evenly matched with some former teams. To use a famous saying of a certain national football player: "Our skills are inferior to others?!" The level classification of Chinese men's football team, first, was once a strong team in Asia. Second, it was the second level in Asia many years ago. Third, we are now at a standstill.

First, it was once a strong team in Asia.

The fans born in the 1980s are the happiest generation. At that time, the national football team was not so afraid of South Korea, because they had witnessed the men’s football team’s consecutive passes to break the Korean football team’s door in the Asian Cup. Football at that time was very pure, there were not so many bells and whistles, it was just about being good at your feet. They have also seen the "Chinese Derby" in the Premier League, they have seen the national football team compete on the World Cup stage, and they have also heard "March of the Volunteers" in the World Cup broadcast booth. At that time, although the national football team was competing with the strong teams in Europe and the United States, There is a gap, but we can still get through it, and we can organize an attack even against Brazil. It's not like now where everyone can lose and everyone can score points from us.

Second, it was the second level in Asia many years ago.

I said that the national football team was in the second place in Asia many years ago. In fact, this is all because I am too young. As the host of the 2004 Asian Cup, we defeated Iran and Iraq all the way to the finals. We even felt that the championship trophy was about to be lifted by us. . Who knew that in the end, due to bad luck, he missed the championship and ended up in second place. But at that time, the national football team was definitely not something that other countries could despise at the Asian level. Some countries even did not want to touch our national men’s football team.

Third, it has stopped moving forward.

The fact that the national football team is standing still is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the U-level players are also standing still! You must know that U-level players represent the reserve strength of the national team. These players cannot keep up with the level of the Asian Cup in the future, and they are likely to be eliminated in the first round of the World Preliminaries. The difference in the level of the national football team is obvious, but our fans will continue to support them and hope that they will not live up to the fans' expectations of them again and again.