Warm-up match: U-16 national football team 4-0 India U-16, Li Cheng scored twice

Hupu News on October 9 According to the news from "Sports Weekly" reporter Ma Dexing, in order to prepare for the 2026 21st U17 Asian Cup qualifying group stage in Chongqing in late November this year, China's 2009 U16 National Youth Team has been training at the Xianghe National Football Training Base since September 30. On the evening of the 8th, the national junior team played its first warm-up match against the visiting Indian national junior team and won 4-0.

In the competition, except for the defense line, which was dominated by Zhang Xuyao, Nan Zixun, Li Junpeng, Zhang Junhao and two defensive midfielders Zhou Yunuo and Xu Zhengpeng, the national junior team tried new players in all other positions. Perhaps because the Indian team only arrived on the morning of the 7th, all aspects have not yet fully adapted. Therefore, just 5 minutes into the game, Li Cheng opened the scoring for the national junior team; then high center Zhang Bolin rewritten the score to 2-0. After that, Li Cheng scored twice, and Xiao Chenxi scored another goal before halftime, helping the national junior team end the first half with a 4-0 lead. After the change of sides, the national junior team substituted other players one after another. Perhaps because they were not very familiar with each other, they failed to make any further achievements. In the end, the national junior team won the first game against the Indian team with four goals.

According to the arrangement, the national junior team is scheduled to compete with the Indian team again on the evening of the 10th; on October 13th and 16th, the national junior team will compete with the North Korean team twice. The team will then disband for a rest.

In early November, the 09-year-old national youth team will regroup in Chongqing and begin the final sprint for the qualifiers. Before the first match against Bahrain in the qualifying group stage, the Chinese national junior team will also arrange one or two more international warm-up matches in Chongqing so that the players can get into shape as soon as possible. Of course, most of the players who missed this Xianghe training session will have the opportunity to return to the national youth team.