Golden Greenery

Venezuela is an underdog in South America, but there is no underdog in South America.

Venezuela is at the northernmost tip of South America, bordering Colombia to the west. Near the border between the two countries is the most chaotic region on the planet.

In the past year or so, Venezuela has been experiencing serious domestic turmoil. The domestic league has been in a state of semi-stasis, with the game being played in between games.

Almost all the players have gone to foreign leagues, so the current Venezuelan football players are all from overseas, mainly playing in other South American leagues.

The two most famous players in the team are the captain and former Bundesliga star Thomas Rincon, a midfielder who currently plays for Turin in Serie A, and the other is forward Dalongdong who played for Newcastle United in the Premier League last season.

However, Rondon was loaned to Newcastle by West Brom. As the season ended, his contract with West Brom expired, and neither West Brom nor Newcastle had any intention of re-signing him.

Therefore, Long Dong, like Zhuo Yang, is a miserable middle-aged dog who is temporarily unemployed.

Rincon and Longdong are also the only two players currently playing in the five major leagues.

In fact, the fact that this club has been able to maintain its current status is entirely due to their acting head coach Rafael Dudamel.

Dudamel is not well-known for playing football or coaching, but he has been in the Venezuelan and South American football circles for long enough and has a wide network of contacts.

In 2017, Dudamel led the Venezuela U20 National Youth Team to win the runner-up at the World Youth Championship, which is definitely a big achievement.

In the past two years, Venezuela's domestic league has been abolished, and the national team should have been disbanded. However, Dudamel was unwilling to accept it. He used his own appeal to raise the flag overseas and reorganized the Venezuelan national football team.

The Venezuelan Football Association has been abandoned and no one has appointed him. Dudamel's official position is still the U20 National Youth Coach.

But it was such a part-time person who relied on his personal connections for more than a year to persuade his grandfather and grandmother everywhere, soliciting sponsorship in Venezuela, traveling to various countries in South America for support, and going to FIFA to seek sympathy, and he just managed to build this national team.

One's own efforts are very admirable.

The cost of participating in the America's Cup this time will be borne by the Brazilian Football Association, which has deep pockets.

It was Dudamel who took the initiative to contact the National Football Team and invited him to play in a teaching match. He was idle and the two sides hit it off immediately.

The venue for the match between the two sides is the internal stadium of the training base of Gremio Club, one of the thirteen giants of the Brazilian League.

The Brazilian League does not celebrate New Year's Eve, but because of the Copa America, the Brazilian League will be suspended for a month. The Gremio base has just been emptied out and has been lent to the Chinese team for training and competition.

The two sides agreed that each half would be played for 30 minutes and the game would not be open to the public. There were no spectators, no media reporters, and even the referee was a temporary coach from the Gremio youth training echelon.

Except for Rincon and Long Dong, who are over 30 years old, the rest of the team is basically the runner-up in the 2017 U20 World Youth Championship. The entire team is very young.

In the first half, Zhuo Yang led the national team's main offensive line and substitute midfielder, facing the main defense line and substitute midfielder.

Perhaps because Zhuoyang's brand is too big, Weizu played a bit cautiously and did not put much pressure on the national football team.

Midfielder Ding Ga cooperated with the two central defenders Jiang Gonggong and Peng Xuebing to make the front line of the penalty area airtight, making captain Zhuo Yang nod frequently in approval.

Moreover, Ge Zi also grasped the timing of several forward thrusts well, which gave a lot of help to the frontcourt.

In the 15th minute, right back Park Renmeng flew up from the wing and penetrated into the center of the goal.

Gazi was not conservative and boldly cut through the ribs of the Uezu defense line, taking away left center back Villanueva.

Zhuoyang suppressed another central defender Cha Ensello in the defense, causing a loophole in the Weizi defense line.

Gao Taiwei cut in, caught the ball and shot past young goalkeeper Farinhos, giving the national football team a 1:0 lead.

In the 22nd minute, Zhuoyang dribbled the ball horizontally in front of the penalty area and suddenly stomped the ball backward with his heel. Zhang Xizhe, who followed, stepped on the penalty area line and hit a ground-breaking shot. Farinhos was caught off guard and the national football team led 2:0 in the first half.

Through the first half of the game, Weizu was not like the team that had no home and could not return home in the past year and could only wander around overseas, playing games everywhere but winning more and losing less.

In the second half, the full lineup was activated, with Rincon and Long Dong both on the court. The national football team has basically changed completely, with only the second goalkeeper Wang Dalei missing.

Zhuoyang just came up and ran around to get sweaty, but others like You Laoguan, Kadasi, Maro and others didn't plan to go up today, so they didn't need to investigate further.

Without Zhuo Yang's intimidation, Weizu relaxed a lot, and his routines became more and more skillful, gradually forming a suppression of the national football team.

The boys were not afraid, as no one seemed to know how to fight back.

In the 5th minute, Liu Langdong stole the ball in the backcourt, turned around and sent a through ball. Leizi ran away outside the half-time.

Running and running, after running, he pushed the shot into the arms of Farinhos who fell to the ground.

Li Zimo, who had already run out of the middle of nowhere and covered his face in shame.

In the 11th minute, this time it was replaced by Tiedan's aerial interception in the penalty area and the ball was tipped to Mei Xiaoxi.

Xiaoxi smashed three dunks in succession to break through the blockade. Before Herrera pounced on him, he passed the ball diagonally to Leizi, who was acting stupid again.

Three arrows shot out from the front, Leizi, Xiaobaiyang, and Zimo.

Perhaps it was a mistake, but Lei Zi took the shot after dribbling the ball to the 30-meter line, which was still far away from the goalkeeper.

And it's either a lob or an angry shot. Sure enough, it flew away. Xiao Baiyang and Zimo both spread their hands, looking helpless like two corpses driven from Xiangxi.

After a frenzied attack to no avail, their opponents threatened to counterattack, which made them angry. They are a team full of tragic feelings.

The football environment in South America means that players born here are relatively wild and have a lot of small and dirty moves.

Especially in this kind of teaching game without the strict control of the referee, there is no scruple in playing.

Within two minutes, several national football players were kicked over.

Lombardo went to negotiate with Dudamel, hoping that he would restrain his players. This was outrageous.

Dudamel nodded seriously and said it was okay, but he said in his heart: Are you little girls?

He just casually shouted "Play seriously" and said nothing more, acquiescing to the fact that it was yes.

In fact, Weizu's style is basically like this. He is brave and good at using the rules, constantly testing the referee's bottom line, and using various methods to provoke his opponents.

The opponents were so impudent, but Zhuoyang and Sforza did not let the players retaliate. We are here to play football. If we want to fight, we can arrange another venue.

Under the command of Zha Ge, the boys held back their fire and passed and cut quickly. They did not stick to the ball at their feet and did not give their opponents a chance to make bad moves unless they really came to fight.

However, the national football team's calm attitude was not fully appreciated. They thought the national football team was afraid.

As a result, small moves turned into big moves. People on the field were on their backs, and there was also some pushing and shoving.

Zhuoyang and Brother Zha looked at each other helplessly.

Zhuo Yang said: "Forget it, stop playing, it's boring."

Brother Zha: "Okay, I'll stop it."

But at this moment, something happened on the field.