Super Marshal

With the high expectations of fans, the first Chinatown Youth Football Invitational Tournament was finally successfully held in BJ.

Gao Han, Lin Guoping, Xiang Tianming, Armando Marcos, Carlos Cantarero and other Chinatown executives attended the unveiling ceremony. All participating teams’ clubs also sent representatives to attend the scene, and Barcelona even arranged a party. Two vice-presidents attended, while other clubs basically dispatched technical director-level officials.

According to the previous lottery ceremony, BJ Chinatown, as the host, was arranged in Group A. The opening match was against the Barcelona Youth Team from Spain. The latter had just won the championship in the Spanish Youth League and had outstanding results in the European competition. It is also very brilliant and is known as the strongest team in this cup.

Such a game undoubtedly makes people worried about the strength of BJ Chinatown. They are afraid that they will be beaten by a powerful opponent at their home court, causing the Chinese people to lose face.

However, Gao Han repeatedly emphasized the day before the competition and in his speech at the opening ceremony that youth competitions should not overemphasize performance, but rather see one's own shortcomings and weaknesses and learn from the other party's strengths.

What he emphasizes the most is communication and training. He believes that this kind of high-level youth competition is more valuable for training the team.

Even in an exclusive interview with Lin Xia's company's reporter team, he said that he has confidence in the team.

The opening game attracted more than 10,000 fans to the youth training center to watch the game, and BJ Chinatown also sent its main players to play.

Although the average age is one year younger than Barcelona's, and Barcelona's youth training philosophy does not pay attention to physical fitness, in the game, BJ Chinatown was still at a comprehensive disadvantage. Not long after the opening, the opponent scored two goals in a row. .

This made all the fans at the scene feel sad and felt that the massacre they feared might be about to happen.

But at this moment, Chinatown youngster Wang Lei performed a series of dribblings in the middle of the midfield. After breaking through four opponents in one breath, he scored with a low shot and scored a goal for Chinatown.

This goal greatly excited all the fans in the audience.

But soon, the Barcelona youth team showed more courage, and used teamwork to score another goal, and firmly suppressed Chinatown on the field. The overall strength advantage was completely visible from the performance on the field.

What left an impression on Gao Han were several young players from Barcelona, ​​such as Dani Morey on the right, a typical Spanish wide player who is very fast, agile with his feet and can pass people continuously at every turn, as well as the left winger. Dani Olmo's personal ability is also very strong, and there are also outstanding young players such as Arena and Perez in the middle.

Gao Han had to admit that Barcelona is indeed full of talents in terms of youth team training, even inferior to Madrid's China Town. After all, Barcelona's heritage and status lie there.

Not to mention BJ Chinatown, which has been established for a shorter period of time.

The first half ended with a 1-4 deficit. In the second half, BJ Chinatown made a counterattack. Zhao Jun and Wang Lei scored two goals in a row, chasing the score to 3-4. However, Barcelona was stronger in the end and scored two goals in a row. , defeated BJ Chinatown 6-3.

After the game, all the kids in Chinatown looked at their opponents with almost tears in their eyes.

In the past year, they have been almost invincible in the country, sweeping away all other peers. Even compared with those youth teams that are two or three years older than themselves, they can completely defeat their opponents. This makes each of them somewhat proud and arrogant. .

But compared with the highest level youth teams in the world, they had no advantage throughout the game.

"Isn't such a blow too big?" Lin Guoping felt a little unbearable in the stands.

These are just a group of twelve or thirteen year olds, is that all?

But Gao Han doesn't see it that way, "They have won too much at home, and they are inevitably arrogant. Playing against high-level foreign teams just allows them to see where their shortcomings are. This Barcelona youth team is the one that I have worked hard for." We were invited here just to teach these boys a lesson."

"The pressure of the professional league is very high and the competition is fierce. If they can't bear such a small setback, then they can't expect to play in the professional league, and they are not worthy of my expectations for them."

Lin Guoping and Xiang Tianming both looked at Gao Han with some awe. When it came to football, Gao Han didn't give anyone a face, and his attitude was also meticulous, and he didn't tolerate the slightest discount.

"Look, the remaining two teams in the group, Arsenal and Santos, are not easy to beat. Three consecutive defeats are not impossible."

When Gao Han said this, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes, but he soon became determined.

Although this group of players was not cultivated by him personally every day, he had invested considerable energy and resources. How could he bear to see them crying when they were tortured by their opponents on the court?

But otherwise, can they grow? Can you recognize your own shortcomings?

Is it a good thing to lock them up in the country and let them become arrogant and think they are invincible, only to find that they cannot gain a foothold in European football when they go abroad in the future?

Gao Han would rather they cry more and suffer more failures now. As long as they can learn something and improve themselves through painful experience, then such an event will be valuable.

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As for BJ Chinatown’s prediction, Gao Han was only half right.

In the second game of the group, BJ Chinatown lost again, losing 2 to 4 to Santos from Brazil.

The youth training leaders of the Football Kingdom are also extraordinary in strength, and the Santos team is also full of talents. Although the overall strength is not as good as Barcelona, ​​they can still beat BJ Chinatown into a panic.

This group of youth teams, which were invincible in the country, were defeated miserably in two games against the world's top teams, which caused an uproar in the domestic media who paid attention to this event. Many media even publicly questioned Gao Han's Chinatown Youth Training Center, thinking that this The youth training model simply does not work in China.

There are even many so-called football industry insiders who have publicly come out to accuse Gao Han, believing that his youth training philosophy is destroying this group of talented children.

However, amidst the doubts from the outside world, in the third game of the group, BJ Chinatown finally showed its spirit against the Arsenal youth team. The first two rounds were mediocre. Gao Ren, a young player who is one year younger, came into this The game finally ushered in an explosion.

Zhao Jun opened the way in front and Gao Ren roamed around. After the first half went smoothly, the two strikers scored three goals in a row with their heads and kicks, helping Chinatown take a temporary lead of 3-1.

After changing sides in the second half, Chinatown made persistent efforts and continued to suppress the Arsenal Youth Team. In the end, they defeated the Arsenal Youth Team 5-2 and won a valuable victory.

The last game was far beyond Gao Han's expectations. He also didn't expect that BJ Chinatown would fight against the odds in the last round and play the most exciting battle of this invitational tournament.

Although BJ Chinatown was still eliminated after defeating Arsenal, these three group matches also allowed them to see the level of the strongest youth teams in Europe, especially Barcelona, ​​which almost completely controlled the game, leaving them unable to resist.

Arsenal's youth team was eliminated with three consecutive defeats, which also reflected England's lack of youth training.

After the last-ditch victory, the domestic media adjusted their caliber and began to highly praise BJ Chinatown. They believed that the last game showed the strength of BJ Chinatown. They believed that this team has unlimited potential and will surely become the hope of Chinese football in the future.

But contrary to the media, Gao Han published a column on Lin Xia's news website, pointing out the many mistakes the team made in the last game and the shortcomings exposed in the three group matches. He believed that BJ China If City wants to catch up with the European powerhouses, it needs to work harder.

"Beating the Arsenal Youth Team gave us hope, but through three games, we also exposed our shortcomings. Next, the team should sum up the lessons learned from the game. This is more important than anything else."

Different from BJ Chinatown, Madrid Chinatown was in another group. With three consecutive victories, they proudly qualified from the first place in the group. Those who fell at their feet included the strongest Inter Milan youth team, Manchester United and Bayern. Munich's youth team, and all Chinese fans were surprised to find out after three group matches that the team's number one star Yang Xin turned out to be a Chinese born and raised in Spain.

Five goals in three group matches made the left-footed player the most dazzling star of the invitational tournament.

Madrid Chinatown, which qualified first in the group, also defeated Brazil's Santos 6-4 in the knockout round, and met Barcelona, ​​which also defeated Inter Milan, in the final.

In the end, the two teams went through a fierce fight. Madrid Chinatown led by Yang Xin lost to Barcelona in the final in a regrettable way. The score was 4 to 5. Yang Xin performed a hat trick, but Barcelona The overall strength is stronger.

Gao Han is not surprised by this result, because the Barcelona youth team does have such strength.

Although Chinatown is famous, its foundation is still insufficient. It has introduced many young talents in the past few years, but it is not as good as the established giants like Barcelona. Being able to reach the finals is already quite good.

The three-week invitational tournament also ended under the attention of domestic media and fans. In addition to a victory in BJ Chinatown, fans were left with more to think about.

After realizing your own shortcomings, you should think about how to catch up.

Even BJ Chinatown, which is invincible in the country, was beaten so badly by the Barcelona youth team. What about other youth training teams?

In response, Gao Han wrote a sentence in the last column of the invitational tournament to encourage all fans who love Chinese football.

The road is long and far away, I will search up and down.

The first Chinatown Youth Invitational Tournament was successfully held and attracted the attention of many domestic media and fans. It became a hot topic and made everyone in Chinatown very satisfied.

The day after the invitational tournament ended, Chinatown announced that the second Chinatown Youth Invitational Tournament will be held at the Chinatown Training Base in Madrid next year. The world's most advanced youth teams and two Chinatown youth teams will also be invited. Competing on the same field.

When Chinatown announced this plan, Lin Guoping and Xiang Tianming also took their team south to Guangzhou to contact the municipal government to further negotiate the establishment of a Chinatown youth training center in Guangzhou.

This time, Chinatown’s partners also include a well-known domestic leading real estate company. The cooperation method is similar to BJ Chinatown. Chinatown will also cooperate with this real estate company in aspects such as club management, recruitment, coach training and youth training. All-round cooperation with the professional teams it owns.

Gao Han, who stayed at BJ, also received information from the European transfer market one after another.