Chinese soccer on the rise: U14 National Junior Team beats Sakura Osaka by a 15-2 margin
In adult men's soccer, the gap between China and Japan is obvious. However, this is not always the case in youth soccer. Especially at the national junior level, Chinese players are no match for Japan. on April 11th, China's U14 national junior team beat Osaka Sakura by a shocking 15-2 scoreline during a training session in Japan. what do you think of this scoreline?
The match was reportedly played in three quarters, with the 2010-born U14 national junior team scoring five goals in each quarter, resulting in a huge 15-2 victory. The Osaka Sakura U14 team is one of the club's headquarters ladder, while the Osaka Sakura club has a total of three ladder teams. Even though they were facing a rival team, the Chinese youth soccer players were still able to achieve such a narrow victory, which was undoubtedly a great encouragement to boost their self-confidence.
The U14 National Junior Football Team has 28 players from various clubs and schools including Shandong Luneng Taishan Football School, Shanghai Shenhua Football Club, Shanghai Jiading Huilong Football Club and so on. Among them, Shandong Taishan Football School contributed the most number of players.
Looking back at last year's U15 East Asian Football Championship, the Chinese team won the title by defeating Japan in the final with the main force of players from Guangzhou Evergrande Football School. The outstanding performance of the U14 national junior team this time once again proved the strength of China's youth soccer, even in the face of Japan is not inferior. Although the performance of the national soccer team has declined in recent years, the strengthening of youth soccer training has begun to bear fruit. Echelon players such as Yuan Bo Han, Zhan Jing Yuan, Park Zhi Xuan and Li Rui Qing, as well as overseas players who did not participate in the training camp, such as Li Dong Chen, Zhang Lintong and Liu Kai Yuan, all have the potential to become the future pillars of the national team. It is expected that they will be able to pick up the national team in the coming years.
