World Cup of Great Powers

After Xu Yunlong took the lead, Zeng Zheng quickly arranged for everyone to retreat.

With the defensive experience in the first half, I can defend now very easily.

It's still the thirty-meter area in front of the door.

The Chinese youth team members are guarding here, not even a fly can fly over.

The desperate Uruguayans still want to make a last ditch effort.

But under the iron wall of the Chinese Youth Team, they could only suffer defeat in the end.

With a score of 2 to 1, the Chinese Youth Team achieved a comeback and at the same time won two consecutive games in the group stage to qualify ahead of schedule.

At the press conference after the game, Zeng Zheng proudly said: "Judging from the game process, the players are playing smarter and smarter."

"I'm very happy about this."

"I think such a turnaround belongs to all the team members!"

After two group battles, Zeng Zheng's idea of ​​"defending in the middle and letting the outside go" and relying on his personal speed advantage to defeat counterattacks has been clearly analyzed by his opponents.

However, the outstanding performance of the members of the Chinese youth team made it difficult for the scouts to divert their attention.

"How old is the Chinese team's No. 5 this year? When was he born? How should I get in touch with his club? Is he playing in the youth team or the adult team?"

"That No. 4 is incredible! He can attack and defend, and he has a balanced offense and defense. Such a player is very suitable for us!"

"There is also No. 21, who is so skilled with his left foot and has a unique free kick. It's hard to imagine how his club trained him!"

"That No. 7 is even more incredible! Do you remember the last Toulon Cup? There was a very powerful forward in the champion French team named Thierry Henry. The ball protection of No. 7 is very similar to him!"

The China Youth Team has achieved such impressive results, which has attracted great attention from the outside world.

In the past two days, almost all Asian media have been reporting on the Chinese youth team's early qualification.

In this World Youth Championship, among the four Asian brothers China, Xiaotian, Kazakhstan, and Saudi Arabia, only the Chinese Youth Team can be called a classic.

Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia lost both games. The only thing they can do next is to appreciate the exotic customs of Nigeria, and then buy a T-shirt with Jeji Okocha’s face on it, and go home to brag about what Africa has to offer.

Powerful player.

I was pretty good at it when I was little.

After losing to Cameroon 1-2 in the first round, seeing the Chinese youth team qualifying early, they actually broke out with unprecedented fighting power.

Facing the United States, Xiaori opened the scoring with his opponent's own goal in 10 minutes, and then won two games in a row. Finally, he defeated his opponent with a score of 3-1 and scored the first 3 points of the World Youth Championship.

However, if they want to qualify, they have to wait and see how England behaves in the third game.

In this regard, Troussier is full of confidence.

The African teams in this World Youth Championship frequently performed poorly, but the European teams felt like they were working hard.

England lost their first two games in the group stage.

The British Empire, which is unlikely to qualify even if it wins one game, may not even show shame in the last game and may simply send Xiaori to qualify!

At present, it seems that the Chinese youth team, which is dubbed the "dark horse", can hold up the Asian banner.

Players such as Shao Jiayi, Li Yi, Zheng Zhi, and Xu Yunlong have already shone in two games. According to the ratings of Nigeria's "Today" newspaper, five players from the Chinese Youth Team have an average rating of more than 8.0, ranking first in the country.

The first batch of the World Youth Championship.

The most important thing is that these players have been "unknown" before.

In the eyes of outsiders, all the players in the China Youth Team are almost cut out of the same mold.

Now that some people are starting to stand out, do other people also have their own strengths, but they haven't used them yet?

In just two games, the dark horse of the China Youth Team was directly promoted by the media as the favorite to win the championship.

...

On April 11, the last group match of Group D will be held at the same time.

For Group D, it is no longer necessary to play the last group match at the same time.

Uruguay and Portugal, the two favorite teams to win the championship, are very popular!

Two games, no win!

The two teams only have the last game left. In other words, they can only get three points at most.

Even though there is a rule for the third place in the group to qualify, a team with only 3 points has to look at the third place in other groups if it wants to qualify.

Although they both qualified early with Mali, this group match also affects the opponents of the two teams in the quarterfinals.

If we can get first place in the group, we are likely to face another team that is third in the group.

At the press conference before the game, Zeng Zheng told reporters in the audience: The Chinese Youth Team will definitely strive for victory in the last game and win the first place in the group!

However, when they got to the court, the fans discovered that this time Zeng Zheng sent out a full substitute lineup!

11 team members, Zeng Zheng rotated them all over!

"Is this...is this okay?"

Looking at the 11 "unfamiliar" players on the field, the fans couldn't help but feel worried.

However, in the first minute of the game, Guan Guo won a corner kick for the China Youth Team.

Shen Han, who was playing for the first time, was still a little uncomfortable at the beginning. He headed the ball high without being marked at the back point and missed a scoring opportunity.

Mari, who has also won two games in a row, also understands the importance of this game, so coach Mari still plays with all the main players.

After the China Youth Team attacked, the Mali team quickly responded.

After Kamara broke through Geng Yujie's defense, he directly passed the ball to Tisa in the open position in front of the penalty area.

The Malian forward was so excited that his first shot went over the crossbar.

2 minutes later, Tisza broke through again on the left and passed back to the middle. The Chinese Youth players were unable to defend. Koulibaly cleverly passed Yu Feng, who was filling in, and faced the isolated and helpless Yang Jun 8 meters in front of the goal.

Kick off and shoot hard.

Amid the exclamations of the fans at the scene, Mali's shot missed the ball again.

Seeing that the Chinese youth team had escaped disaster, the fans in the stands were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat!

"Let me tell you, these substitutes are not good at all!"

"Coach Zeng is too childish, isn't he? Half of the rotation is enough, why have everyone been replaced? This is obviously to give the first place to someone else!"

"Alas, Coach Zeng is too careless!"

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Coupled with the fact that the defensive replacement was always not timely enough, the situation of the Chinese Youth Team seemed very passive for a while.

Zeng Zheng naturally saw the problem.

He directed the four players in the midfield and ordered them to increase their running range.

As the saying goes, if the ability is not enough, run around to make up for it.

Driven by these midfielders, until the 25th minute of the game, the substitute Chinese youth team finally gradually entered the state.

In the 28th minute, Negotiation was violated by the opponent in the frontcourt again and won a well-positioned free kick.

Hu Minghua from Bayi fired a powerful shot from 30 meters outside the penalty area. The ball hit the upper right corner of the goal and went over the crossbar.

It wasn't until they saw the ball that the Chinese fans in the stands cheered wildly.

In the 36th minute, they discussed seeking a breakthrough on the right, pulled out the gap and passed directly to Shen Han.

The latter got the ball in the penalty area and quickly went down, then launched an inverted triangle pass.

Wang Shuo, who was inserted in the middle, deliberately missed the ball, and Chen Licheng, who was following behind, raised his foot and shot.

However, the shot was not strong enough and was blocked by the Malian defender in time - this was also the closest shot the Chinese Youth Team came to scoring a goal in the entire first half.

Seeing that the team members were out of breath, Zeng Zheng began to arrange defense.

With Yang Jun's stable performance in front of the goal, the first half was almost 0-0 with the opponent.

In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again, but Zeng Zheng did not make any substitutions.

Same as the first half.

Even though Zeng Zheng scolded them from the sidelines, these full substitute players have yet to get into their groove.

The midfielder made shocking mistakes in passing and receiving. After deliberation, Shen Han and Wang Shuo all retreated to the midfield, but there were still many passes that were too high and too fast for them to catch up with.

Although the Malian players on the opposite side basically controlled the situation, they were unable to open up the situation due to the African team's overall execution and lack of overall perspective.

In the 59th minute, the China Youth Team finally organized a decent quick counterattack.

After deliberation to forcefully lean on the opponent's central defender on the right and barely reach his teammate's pass with his feet, he kicked the heel of the team with an unsolicited heel, causing Shen Han, Wang Shuo and Hu Minghua to form a three-on-three situation in the frontcourt.

But Wang Shuo failed to seize the opportunity in the end, and his last pass to Shen Han was blocked by the opponent's defender.

Seeing that the frontcourt players were always unable to seize opportunities, Zeng Zheng finally played the substitution card.

When Shao Jiayi came on the stage again, the audience burst into thunderous applause.

"The Chinese coach finally put his trump card on the field!"

"Haha, I'm just waiting for the performance on the 21st!"

"It seems that the Chinese team is going to fight back!"

"Let me tell you! It's simply unrealistic to beat Mali with just these substitutes!"

Sure enough, as soon as Shao Jia came on the court, he immediately created several threatening shots.

In the 63rd minute, Shao Jiayi relied on an early prediction to fall to the ground and make a sliding tackle, successfully stealing the ball in the frontcourt.

After stealing the ball, Shao Jia drove the ball straight into the opponent's penalty area and took a long shot decisively as three opponent defenders chased and intercepted him.

There was a muffled "bang" sound.

The ball hit the post and bounced off the baseline.

The fans who had already stood up and were ready to cheer were holding their heads in regret.

This was the closest shot the Chinese Youth Team came to scoring a goal in the entire game!

When Shao Jiayi shot the ball just now, the Mali goalkeeper stood there indifferently.

As long as Shao Jiayi shoots closer to the inside, the goal will be scored!

After replacing Shao Jiayi, the midfielder and backcourt players of the China Youth Team immediately had a backbone.

After getting the ball, he habitually goes to the frontcourt to look for Shao Jiayi.

However, although Shao Jiayi was brave, he could only grab the first point, but the second point was always intercepted by his opponent.

Zeng Zheng naturally saw the problem.

Looking at several frontcourt players who were eager to try out on the bench, I began to think about whether to replace another attacker.

However, not long after, Ndiaye shot a shot from an extremely tricky angle from 30 meters out of the frontcourt, which also almost knocked on the door of the Chinese Youth Team.

Seeing this, Zeng Zheng began to hesitate whether to replace a defensive player first to stabilize the defense, or to replace an attacker to strengthen the offense.

Just when Zeng Zheng was hesitating, Mali still took advantage of the China Youth Team's loophole and scored.

Taking advantage of a tactical corner kick, the defender of the China Youth Team could not keep up with the defense in time and did not have time to block the opponent's passing route.

Mali forward Kamara met the ball at the top of the arc and shot hard. The ball flew from Chen Licheng's wicket into the dead center of the goal.

"This..." Seeing this, the fans were speechless.

"In the 73rd minute of the game, the Mali team scored first!" Seeing the goal, the on-site commentator was also extremely excited.

"They took advantage of a tactical corner kick and changed the score to 1-0!"

"The Chinese team is lagging behind!"

While the Mali team cheered, the coaching staff of the China Youth Team was a little dumbfounded.

"Xiao Zeng, this... this is not good!"

Before the game, he patted his chest and promised the media and fans that he would win the game, but in the end he was replaced by a lot of substitutes.

It's okay to be on the bench, but now that the score is behind, it's a bit difficult to get over it.

Zhu Guanghu looked at Zeng Zheng with a worried look on his face, with some complaints in his eyes.

Why rotate again?

Some players were substitutes when they were young, and they will be substitutes throughout their lives!

What gives him a chance to shine?

It's all nonsense!

Look, now that they have been given a chance, who has seized it?

Are you still lagging behind?

And even if I was given a chance to be a substitute, you wouldn’t give it like this!

Just find a few with similar strengths and rotate them.

If you are all on the bench, isn't this changing the direction and weakening the team's strength?

"Xiao Zeng, I know you do it for the best of these players and want them to have a chance to play."

"But now you see, if we fall behind at this juncture, it will be difficult for us to play next!"

"If we encounter the top players in other groups in the quarter-finals, we will be passive..."

Zhu Guanghu kept nagging a lot, just because he was afraid of encountering a strong opponent in the quarter-finals and affecting the future development of the Chinese Youth Team.

Zeng Zheng didn't say a word.

He knew that instead of feeling sorry for himself here, he should seize the time to formulate tactics and see if he could win back the goal.

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The most important thing is how to make up for this mistake.

Zeng Zheng frowned and played out the last two substitution cards in his hand.

Zheng Zhi and Xu Yunlong took orders at the last moment and ran onto the field.

After seeing both of them playing on the field for a while, Zhu Guanghu's nagging sounded again.

"Xiao Zeng, why don't you substitute Li Yi? How powerful is his offensive ability in the frontcourt!"

"And Li Yan, his organizational skills are also pretty good, right?"

"Zheng Zhi and Xu Yunlong are good players, but their abilities are more defensive. Isn't it too late for you to replace them now?"

Faced with Zhu Guanghu's nagging, Zeng Zheng didn't say anything. He took out two wads of toilet paper from his pocket and stuffed them into his ears.

It's true that he is responsible for the team falling behind.

But he doesn't need to listen to other people's accusations.

Even if he faced the media reporters after the game, he would bear the responsibility alone.

At this stage, he really wasn't in the mood to pay attention to Zhu Guanghu's nagging.

Seeing Zeng Zheng's appearance, Zhu Guanghu also knew that he had said too much.

But now the situation is beyond his control.

After thinking about it, I had to carry all the players on the bench to the sidelines and let them cheer for the players on the field together.

After the goal, all the Malian players became excited, and almost the entire team attacked the midfielder.

Zeng Zheng replaced Zheng Zhi and Xu Yunlong on the field. He planned to use the coordination ability of the two midfielders to help his teammates create a path during the counterattack.

Time passed by and in the 82nd minute, Chen Licheng faced a through ball from the opponent's central defender and desperately fell to the ground to tackle.

When Xu Yunlong saw Chen Licheng touching the ball, he quickly turned around and ran back to grab the ball.

Facing the Malian player's attack, Xu Yunlong made a big diagonal pass to the wing for discussion.

Negotiating and running side by side with the Malian defender, he had already run as fast as he could.

"Boo~~"

With the solid basic skills developed in Jianlibao, you can tighten your instep and steadily unload the ball in front of your feet.

Seeing such a wonderful stop, the eyes of countless scouts at the scene flashed.

The opponent obviously didn't expect to stop the ball so well. When he wanted to speed up and squeeze the opponent out of the penalty area, he was already a step too late.

He just dunked lightly, dodged the opponent's defender, and rushed straight into the penalty area.

Facing the negotiator's inward cut, the Malian defender who stepped in to cover the position did not dare to press too hard and got stuck in front of the negotiator with his hands behind his back.

At this time, the Mali goalkeeper also moved to the near post following the discussion.

There is a wolf in front and a tiger behind.

Negotiate, swing your left and right feet alternately in small increments, and keep making fake shots to confuse the opponent.

After deliberation, he feinted twice, but in the end he didn't even touch the ball.

But at this moment, the ball rolled away on its own.

Seeing that the ball is about to escape the control of the negotiation, the negotiation seems to be changing its focus.

Seeing such a good opportunity turning into such a result, some fans couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, he watched the opponent's defender gradually block the goalkeeper.

After barely holding on to a foothold in the discussion, the corner of his mouth suddenly curled up into a weird smile.

I saw the center of gravity of Xianghui's body moving towards the bottom line again. At the same time, his supporting right foot still stood in place.

In front of all the fans, Guangxi's left foot crossed from behind his body to the right, and he lightly poked the ball that was about to roll out of the baseline.

Uh-huh!!!

The ball was instantly pushed towards the center.

None of the Malian players reacted.

Shao Jia, who followed up in the middle, pushed the ball straight into the empty goal with his thigh.

"This, this, this..."

Seeing this scene, many fans opened their mouths and were speechless.

Zhu Guanghu even slapped his thigh, and sighed in a tone that no one could understand, "We are discussing why this kid can't pass well, but what kind of trick is he using???"