On September 22, 2023, the Chinese men's soccer team beat Indonesia 1:0 in the Asian Games with a key goal by Qin Wenyan in the second half, which is the first time in a long time that the Chinese team has been in the Asian Games.
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First Asian Games win in 65 years, and 57 years of Asian Games
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First goal. Starting XI for the Hangzhou Asian Games match between China vs. Indonesia (Photo credit: Zhonghua Minzu)
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But in all fairness, it took about a century for a win or even a goal to come back, so it's only fair to say that it will take time for the Chinese team to reverse Taiwan's "soccer desert" status, and the first thing that comes to the mind of most people when they read this news is "So there is a soccer team in Taiwan! The first victory in 65 years seems like a miracle, but how many people know that the last victory 65 years ago, the Chinese team won the gold medal at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, defeating South Korea 3-2 in the final?
Speaking a little more, you can see further back in the 1954 Manila Asian Games, the Chinese team was also in the final 5:2 to beat the South Korean team to win the championship, 1954 and 1958 these two years of the Asian Games soccer tournament, the Chinese team with 9 wins and 0 losses to complete the feat of two consecutive domination.
Sixty-five years have passed, and if you ask the older generation if Taiwan's soccer used to be strong, the chances are that they are not even old enough to know that it was still a good thing. Chances are that these elders are not even old enough to know the fact that Taiwan's soccer is still considered to be a popular sport, and are probably just as confused as to what has happened in the past 65 years to make Taiwan's soccer go from strength to strength. First of all, at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, the host country Indonesia refused to send any sports delegation from Taiwan due to some political factors, and then at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, the Chinese soccer team went out of the tournament after three group stage matches with an undefeated record of 1 and 2 losses, and this was the last time that the Chinese team appeared at an Asian soccer tournament prior to 2018, which had a record of 1 and 3 losses. It was also the last time the Chinese team appeared in an Asian Games soccer tournament before 2018, when they finished with 1 and 3 losses.
The main reason for the drastic decline in the strength of the Chinese team was the agreement reached between British Hong Kong and the Republic of China (ROC) in 1970, which stopped the selection of Hong Kong citizens to represent the ROC in competitions from 1971 onwards.
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The results of the Chinese team started to fall apart.
Yes! The Chinese team at that time consisted mainly of players from Hong Kong
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Composed of, in 1954 and 1958 Asian Games two consecutive hegemony, the main heroes of the Yao Cheuk-yin, Lam Sheung-yee, Cheung Tze-dai, Wong Man-wai, Lee Tai-fai, Chu Wing-keung, Mok Chun-wah and Wong Chi-keung and so on are all Hong Kong people, the earliest in the formation of the army in 1936 when the main force of the Li Hui-tong is also considered one of the greatest Asian soccer champions of all time, he in the subsequent Asian Games two consecutive hegemony also took the position of the head coach.
Despite this, it doesn't look like there's much use for local players in China.
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At that time, the good results were a bit watered down, but the planning of players such a thing in 2023 is actually a fairly common thing, so the use of planning players to achieve success is not really a problem, the main reason is still the political factors that make Taiwan's international status in Asia has been isolated, the ecological sudden change has led to the Chinese team's performance in the international tournaments, and the previous political factors have prevented the peak Chinese team from achieving better results, because the 1954 and 1958 World Cup had to abandon the tournament due to political factors, and then see the strength of today's Chinese team to play in the final round of the World Cup is almost impossible. The political factor had prevented the Chinese team from achieving better results at the peak of the competition, as the Chinese team had to abandon the 1954 and 1958 World Cups due to political factors, and it is a pity to see that the Chinese team's ability to play in the final round of the World Cup is almost a fantasy nowadays!
The fact that Taiwan's soccer was once quite brilliant may surprise many people, at that time soccer was said to be Taiwan's national sport is not an exaggeration, the game audience is often often full of spectators, but later after the rise of baseball results instead of soccer results continue to decline, so that the glory of the era of soccer seems to have been so far away.
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Finally in this year's Asian Games, the results are 1 win and 2 losses, although took the first win after many years, but still a pity in the group stage exit, but we can still be optimistic to see the Chinese team has slowly progress, soccer fans do not need to ask for a possible return to 65 years ago, as long as all the heart and full support together, step by step, China!
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The team's next game is to face Timor-Leste at home in the Kaohsiung National Stadium on October 12 at 7:00 p.m., when you can do your part together, it is best to come in enthusiastically to support it!
