There is a dream called football

The plane landed at Amsterdam Airport, but this time the World Youth Championships in the Netherlands were held in small cities.

You must know that the Netherlands is a very small country, and the small cities in the Netherlands are even smaller. Many stadiums have more than 10,000 people.

This is also a way for the Netherlands to use the World Youth Championship to show their country's image, especially in football. The Netherlands is one of the strongest football countries in the world.

After walking out of the airport, the person picking him up from the national team arrived. He was a middle-aged man whom Li Qiao didn't recognize. He shouldn't be an old national player.

"What do you call it?"

"Xu Jie."

"Director Xu."

After getting in the car, Li Qiao asked: "What are the arrangements this time? Will there be a warm-up match?"

"There is no warm-up match. Time is very tight. Now we are preparing for the first game against Turkey. That is a strong European team and the game will be very difficult."

Chinese fans' impression of Turkish football comes from the 2002 World Cup, which shocked many Chinese fans to realize that Turkish football is so good.

Turkey is not a European country, but this country plays football in a European style, much like Germany. It is domineering, fast, the players are great in confrontation, and their style is tenacious.

"Are all your teammates here?"

"We're all here, you're the only one missing."

"hehe."

Director Xu said: "Well...the team wants you to give a report and tell everyone how it feels to win the Champions League."

"Haha, then it's not necessary."

"Yes, that is the Champions League championship. How many people dream of it? Apart from the World Cup, the Champions League championship is the most valuable."

"Haha, that's okay, but I don't know how to report. It's okay for everyone to chat."

"That's okay too."

When he came to the team, he didn't expect his teammates to greet him in the hotel lobby. This was a bit unexpected.

"Welcome, welcome."

Oncoming was Gao Lin.

Li Qiaohan, Gao Lin was still very young at this time, and behind him was Feng Xiaoting.

"You are going too far, you are making fun of me."

"You are the Champions League champion, so you are the biggest player here, so let's take out the medal and let's take a look."

"Haha, I didn't bring it. I came here to play in the World Youth Championship. Of course I have to bring something back. How could I bring something here."

"hehe."

Looking at these teammates, Li Qiao was a little touched. Many of them were the pillars of the Chinese team later, such as Hao Junmin, Gao Lin, Feng Xiaoting, and Zhao Xuri.

Of course, some later became silent, such as Chen Tao and Dong Fangzhuo.

At this time, Krauchen came. After a brief greeting with Li Qiao, he left. Then the Chinese coaching staff came to assign tasks. The afternoon training was for the whole team to train together, and everyone was present.

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Li Qiao wore No. 10. When we played in the Asian Youth Championship last year, Chen Tao wore No. 10, but now Li Qiao is so famous that Chen Tao is too embarrassed to wear No. 10 anymore. In addition, the captain of the team is also Li Qiao.

Li Qiao did not refuse. After all, the captain is responsible and must stand up and carry the team forward.

Krauchen asked Li Qiao to train alone for the first half hour, and he personally fed the ball. This is the rigor of the German coach. A season has just ended, and the players are the most tired. If they play rashly, they might get injured.

Too bad.

"Take your time, you are the most special, I can give you time."

Li Qiao also knew this and had to take his time. He was excited when he came to the Netherlands, but his body was really tired.

After half an hour, Krauchen felt that Li Qiao was almost active, so he asked him to practice with his teammates.

Krauchen played in a 4231 formation. Gao Lin was the lone forward, and he was flanked by two wingers, Li Qiao and Lei Wen.

"Li Qiao is finally here."

At this time, the Chinese team players saw Li Qiao, just like the Argentine players later saw Messi, and felt that the mainstay had come.

The first time I trained with Li Qiao, the excitement was beyond words, and my teammates also worked very hard.

But soon, Krauchen discovered a problem, that is, Li Qiao's football awareness was much higher than that of his teammates.

This problem is the problem of the Argentina national team later, that is, Messi's football awareness is much higher than that of his teammates, so Messi may perform very well in the club, but in the national team, he is average. In fact, it is due to the cooperation of his teammates.

For example, Li Qiao made several exquisite through balls, but Gao Lin did not run away, but waited in place.

There may be more passes in domestic leagues, but there are more passes in European leagues that need to be predicted in advance.

That is to say, the opponent cannot guess the ball, so it is a threat. In a word, the lead in football matches is the lead in consciousness. Only by being one step ahead of others in the brain can one be one step ahead of others on the court.

On his first day here, Li Qiao couldn't yell at his teammates, but he still waved his hand and said, "Gao Lin, you have to run."

"If I pass the ball, you will get kicked."

Gao Lin nodded.

Then Li Qiao passed the ball, and Gao Lin ran up and shot the ball in advance.

Everyone applauded.

Gao Lin was also a little proud.

But Krauchen saw that the ball was offside during the game. After all, Gao Lin still couldn't guess the timing of Li Qiao's pass.

However, Krauchen did not blame him for perfection. After all, if Gao Lin could master the timing of passing and running, he should have gone to Europe to play football.

The main left back of the Chinese team is Zheng Tao, and he is defending Li Qiao at this time. Li Qiao passed the ball to Gao Lin several times, but the latter failed to seize the opportunity. Li Qiao was ready to go it alone and show off his skills.

Feinting with his right foot, Zheng Tao mistakenly thought that Li Qiao was preparing to pass the ball, but at this moment, Li Qiao stepped forward with his left foot and walked to the sideline.

This was unexpected. Li Qiao quickly cut to the baseline and asked, "Do you want to pass the ball to Gao Lin?"

Li Qiao was a little hesitant. After all, Gao Lin seemed to be good at wasting opportunities, so Li Qiao cut into the penalty area.

At this moment, Feng Xiaoting quickly made up for it. Li Qiao was waiting for Feng Xiaoting to make a move first. As expected, Feng Xiaoting still lacked experience. He tackled the ball. This was what Li Qiao wanted to see the most. He kicked the sole of his foot, and then

One-on-one with the goalkeeper, when Li Qiao scored the ball, his teammates applauded.

"A star is a star, beautiful."

"We have Li Qiao, Asia is invincible."

"Why is Asia invincible? We can also think about the World Cup."

"next year?"

At this time, Krauchen in the distance was also very happy. Even if the cooperation temporarily failed to meet his expectations, Li Qiao's ability was still a threat in the World Youth Championship.

He said to the Chinese coach: "Pull up the video of Turkey's game. I want to use it in the tactics class in the afternoon."

"good."

Krauchen is already looking forward to the first match against Turkey. His goal is at least a draw, so that he can compete for the right to qualify later.

But the good news is that there are only 24 teams participating in the World Youth Championship, so third place in the group is also possible.