[The Chinese U23 men’s football team defeated the Thai team and advanced to the Asian Games semi-finals] September 26th, Beijing time, September 26, the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games men’s football quarter-finals started at Toyota Stadium. The Chinese U23 men’s football team defeated the Thai U23 men’s football team 3-0 and advanced to the semi-finals. This is the first time that the Chinese Asian Games men's football team has reached the semi-finals this century. Statistics show that since the 2002 Asian Games was restructured to include U23 competition, the Chinese Asian Games men’s football team has never reached the semi-finals. In the previous six tournaments, the Chinese Asian Games men's football team stopped in the top 16 three times and the top eight three times.