Road to Riyadh | China's Green Shoots: Can a new generation change the story?

Podcast: The Asian Game · The Asian Game

Opublikowano: 2026-10-06

Chinese football has spent much of the past decade being defined by disappointment. Another World Cup cycle has ended without qualification, but beneath the struggles of the senior national team there are finally signs of something different. China reached historic finals at both the AFC U23 and U17 Asian Cups in 2026, while a new generation of players is beginning to push towards the senior side under Shao Jiayi. On the inaugural episode of Road to Riyadh, Paul Williams is joined by Xiaoou Zhao of Chinese Sports Diaries to ask whether those green shoots are evidence...