In the early hours of May 13, Beijing time, the U17 Asian Cup continued in Saudi Arabia. China’s U17 team defeated Qatar’s U17 2-0 thanks to goals from He Sifan and Zhang Bolin, securing a spot in the U17 World Cup for the first time in 21 years!
After the match, Lu Qizheng, a former U17 national team member who missed this edition due to personal reasons, extended his congratulations on social media. Lu wrote: “No need to say much, bros. Congrats! Keep it up! I’ve always believed you could do it. Carry on with our dreams, China is awesome! What I want to say to you is captured in the BGM (the BGM is titled ‘To Be Continued’), keep going!”
Lu had previously been the team’s top center-back option but was regrettably left off the roster for this tournament due to off-field factors.