When the U17 national team lost to the U0 national team 0-0 and 0-0 in a row, many domestic fans were not optimistic about the prospects of the U0 national team in the Asian Junior Championship.
Fortunately, the team they lost to at that time was the U17 national team one year older than themselves, and many fans also knew that the age difference between teenagers was only one year old, but the physical fitness was very different, so it was natural to understand that it was normal for the U0 national team to lose to the U0 national team, and they were still optimistic about the prospects of the U0 national team.
It's just that these fans couldn't have imagined that after the U17 national team arrived in Dubai, they played two friendly matches, and the opponents were the Indonesian team and the North Korean team of the same age, and they actually lost two consecutive games again.
There is no age excuse for this two-game losing streak, and those fans who are optimistic about the prospects of the U17 national team no longer believe that they will have a bright future, and they are beginning to think that this team, like previous teams, still cannot make it to the World Junior Championships.
Is it true that the U17 national team, which has suffered four consecutive defeats in the warm-up matches, has no hope of qualifying for the World Junior Championships?
Not necessarily.
In fact, losing in the warm-up game is not a bad thing, but a good thing.
Maybe the fans are happy to watch and happy to win in the warm-up game, but it's a very bad thing for the U17 national team.
Because winning the warm-up game will make the players complacent, and it will also make the coaching staff unable to find the problem, especially the warm-up game with a big win, and the coaching staff will not be able to find the problem of the backline.
Only if the warm-up game is lost, the coaching staff can find out what holes exist in the team's defense and what shortcomings in the offense need to be strengthened from the game.
In this way, the coaching staff can strengthen training for the problems found in the warm-up game, further improve the team's actual combat ability, and lay a solid foundation for the future main game.
Therefore, the U17 national team's four consecutive defeats in the warm-up match is definitely not a bad thing, but a good thing that can find problems, as long as the coaching staff can find problems and solve problems, then the prospects of the U0 national team in the Asian Cup will be bright, and it is logical to qualify for the World Junior Championship.