Why did the Mongolian men's football team win a lot of applause?, Ranked 183rd in the world
The world ranking of the Mongolian men's football team is 183rd, which is regarded as a "weak team among weak teams" by many. However, its debut at the Asian Games earned respect.
On September 19th, in the first match of Group B of the Asian Games men's football team, Vietnam defeated Mongolia 4-2. Although they lost the game, the tenacious fighting spirit displayed by the Mongolian team members won applause from the Chinese fans on site.
After the departure of the Vietnamese team players, the Mongolian player Temurun Ugambat, who came on as a substitute and scored a goal, stayed on the field with a group of players and continued to run circles for nearly half an hour along the field, adjusting his form. It wasn't until the Saudi Arabian team members who were participating in the next game entered the warm-up stage that everyone reluctantly left.
The Japanese head coach of the Mongolian team, Ichiro Otsuka, stated in an interview with Chao Shimbun that the conditions on the field are very good, and the young men are full of effort. "The weather in Mongolia is relatively cold, mainly using artificial turf. People are very excited to play on natural grass fields like this.".
The Mongolian team members who practiced more after the game
The reporter jokingly asked: Is it because I lost the ball that I punished the players for practicing more? Ichiro Otsuka said that extra training after the game was requested by the players themselves, and many substitute players did not play. However, they still have a strong desire for the game, and there are still two tough matches to play against Saudi Arabia and Iran in the future.
This game started at 4 pm, and the temperature on site exceeded 30 degrees. There is a certain gap in strength between the Mongolian team and the Vietnamese team, and they entered the form relatively late. In the first half, the Vietnamese team led by 3 goals. In the second half, Ichiro Otsuka made significant adjustments to the Mongolian team's lineup and performed even better, scoring two goals but conceding only one.
In recent years, Mongolian football has made rapid progress, changing its image as a "fish belly". The previous World Cup qualifiers also made a historic entry into the semi-finals.
The top four teams of the previous Asian Games, Vietnam, are not only facing Mongolia, but also in the same group as strong teams from West Asia such as Saudi Arabia and Iran. Vietnamese head coach Huang Yingjun was furious at the post match press conference, expressing great anger and dissatisfaction with the performance of the Vietnamese team players on the field, as they were unable to find the best player on the field.
