[Asian Games men's football team first match, U23 national football team defeated North Korea 2-1] September 16th, Beijing time, September 16th, in the first round of Group B of the 2026 Asian Games men's football team, the Chinese U23 men's football team faced the North Korean U23 men's football team, and finally defeated their opponent 2-1. The Chinese team was drawn into the group of death at this Asian Games. The three teams in the same group, North Korea, Iran and the United Arab Emirates, all have good strength. According to the competition rules of this competition, the top two in the group stage must be qualified to enter the quarterfinals. At the pre-game press conference, the Chinese team coach Antonio admitted that the group was unfavorable and "the situation is similar to the fourth group team."