‘Fantastic Future Ahead’: Coach After China Wins First Asian Games Football Medal in 28 Years
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China’s coach says future bright after first football medal in 28 years
Antonio Puche's team at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games included several players who regularly play for China's senior national team. (Facebook pic)NAGOYA: Chinese football has "a fantastic future" after winning their first Asian Games medal in nearly three decades on Saturday, their men's under-23 coach said.Football's great underachievers have only qualified for the World Cup once, in 2002, and the senior side were hammered 5-0 at home by Palesti…
‘Fantastic future ahead’: Coach after China wins first Asian Games football medal in 28 years
After finishing runners-up at the Under-23 Asian Cup in February, China’s side went onto claim bronze the 2026 Asian Games in Japan’s Aichi-Nagoya by beating Uzbekistan on penalties following a 2-2 draw.
The Uzbekistan U-23 national football team lost to China in the contest for the bronze medal of the Asian Games, which are being held in Japan. The main time ended in 2:2. The winner was determined in a penalty shootout, in which China prevailed 4:3.
On the afternoon of October 3rd, the Chinese U23 team defeated the Uzbekistani U23 team 4-3 in a penalty shootout (after a 2-2 draw in 90 minutes) to win the bronze medal in men's football at the 20th Asian Games.
The regular time ended in a 2-2 draw. In the penalty shootout, luck favored the Chinese national team.
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