Eliminated by drawing lots! Zhejiang U20 team leader: It is indeed a bit cruel to draw lots to decide the fate of these young people.

In the Men’s Football U20D group of the National Games on November 7, the Zhejiang team and the Xinjiang team had an extremely rare situation where all the results were the same. In the end, after the lottery, the Xinjiang team was drawn second in the group to advance, and the Zhejiang team was drawn third in the group to participate in the qualifying match for 9th-13th place.

According to a report from Together Sports, after the game on the evening of November 5, the organizing committee did not arrange the draw immediately. It was not until noon on the day after the game that the Zhejiang team and Xinjiang team were notified of the time and place of the draw. Subsequently, the organizing committee will arrange vehicles for the representatives of the two teams to go to the hotel designated by the competition officials to participate in the lottery ceremony. The lottery is conducted by placing paper lottery slots in a plastic ball that is common in football matches. The two teams first conduct a "sequential draw" and then a "ranking draw." The Zhejiang team got the "second place" in the "sequential draw" and the "third place" in the subsequent "ranking draw", thus missing the chance to qualify for the top 8.

For such a result, Xu De, the team leader who participated in the lottery ceremony, was obviously helpless. He said: "It is indeed a bit cruel to use this method (drawing lots) to decide the fate of these young people. From another perspective, luck is also a part of the football game. Of course, We also had some problems in this game, such as the first game against Xinjiang, but I also hope that the players will not give up their football lives. Many of them still have U21 games to play, and they still need a stage to show themselves.”