World Cup of Great Powers

Calabar, Esuni Stadium.

As the referee blew his whistle, the two thousand Brazilian fans who came to the scene with the team all stood up and shouted the team's name loudly.

"Brazil, Brazil, Brazil, Brazil!"

The momentum of two thousand people suddenly filled the stadium that can accommodate 20,000 fans.

Such shouts gave fans all over the world an illusion.

Is the Brazilian team going to win this World Youth Championship?

Brazil is originally a country rich in star players and has won four World Cup championships.

In this world, whenever there is an international competition, the Brazilian team is the favorite to win the championship.

In this quarter-final, Brazil defeated Croatia 4-0 and advanced to the semi-finals.

Head coach Merreira stood proudly on the sidelines, flaunting his arrogance in front of the entire audience.

Croatia?

Strong European team?

Aren’t we still kicking in so much?

Looking at the proud disciples on the field, Merela couldn't help but feel proud.

"coach!"

At this time, a voice interrupted Merella's thoughts.

When he looked up, he saw that he was his favorite player in this World Youth Championship, and he was also the MVP of this game.

"Well played!" Merela praised.

"Coach, have the results of the other group come out?"

In the quarter-finals, there will be two games first and two more games.

"The other group?" Merella turned to the assistant coach.

The assistant coach nodded hurriedly and said softly: "Coach, the game over there is over."

"Oh? What's the result over there?"

"The Chinese team eliminated Paraguay 3-2 and advanced to the semi-finals!"

"Aha, I knew it! The Chinese team can definitely win!"

Before Merreira could say anything, the young, dark and thin Brazilian player had already opened his mouth widely, revealing a row of big buck teeth.

"With Coach Zeng leading the team, the Chinese team will be at least one of the top four!"

Seeing the expression on his proud disciple's face, Merela asked curiously: "Ronnie, do you know the coach of the Chinese team?"

"Of course, Mr. Merreira, you don't know that you have been in Europe all year round, but Coach Zeng led the team in Brazil for many years! That's when I got to know him."

Merreira nodded. He still knew something about Zeng Zheng's experience of "study abroad" in Brazil.

"In that case, what kind of person is Zeng of the Chinese team? What kind of style does he lead the team?"

"Ha, Mr. Merreira, Coach Zeng is an unconstrained person. You never know what style he will use in the next game! At the same time, he is also an extremely fanatical person. He is the most powerful person on the sidelines.

A passionate person is always better than him!"

"And... oh! There are so many memories about Coach Zeng that I can't finish them in three days and three nights!"

"In short, what I want to say is that without Coach Zeng, I wouldn't be where I am today!"

Looking at the mvp with shining eyes in front of him, Merela and the assistant coach looked at each other, their eyes full of fear.

So far, all top four teams have been produced.

What fans didn't expect was that African teams started high and low, and not a single team reached the semi-finals.

On the contrary, Asian teams, which have always been considered underdogs in the group stage, actually had two teams reach the semi-finals.

In addition to China and Brazil, the other two top four teams are Xiaori and Spain.

This is also the only time so far among the semi-finals of the World Series that an Asian team has occupied half of the sky.

According to the previous grouping arrangement, the Brazilian team’s semi-final opponent is the Chinese Youth Team!

"Mr. Merreira, the head coach of the Chinese team has been in Brazil for so long, and he knows the South American team very well."

"So far, whether it is the Toulon Cup or the World Youth Championship, South American teams have not benefited from him."

No need to be reminded by the assistant coach, Merreira also knows that the Chinese youth team is not easy to play.

Thinking of this, Merela gathered her mood and said to the buck-toothed disciple: "Ronnie, if that's the case, then when you return to the hotel, you and I will slowly introduce Zeng. The more detailed the better."

"There are still a few days until the next game and I want to get to know him better."

"No problem, coach!" Ronnie bared his teeth, his face full of admiration.

Since the venue of the semi-finals match has to be changed again, the Brazilian team also has to rush to the next city collectively after returning to the hotel.

On the bus, Ronnie took out a pair of worn-out Adidas sneakers from his backpack and took a photo with them.

In the photo, Zeng Zheng took a group photo with more than 20 Jianlibao students.

But standing next to Zeng Zheng was not any Jianlibao player, but a black, thin and short local boy with a sunny face.

Merella looked at the photo and recognized it as his disciple at a glance.

"This was taken when I was at Gremio. At that time, coach Zeng led the team to play a friendly match with half of our main lineup."

"The coach didn't take them seriously at the time and sent the second team to play."

"But in less than an hour, they scored four goals against us."

"The coach hurriedly sent out the main players to play, but in the end they lost to them."

"2 to 4, this is the result of that game."

Speaking of this, Ronnie fell into memories.

"At that time, I thought Gremio was already one of the strongest teams in Brazil!"

"But in front of Coach Zeng, we are no match at all."

"His team makes me feel like a complete person."

"A complete person?" Merella asked with a question mark on her face.

"Yes, the forward is a person's upper body, the midfielder is a person's waist, and the backcourt is a person's lower body."

"Coach Zeng is the brains of the team, and his team is the whole."

"The players close their eyes and know where their teammates are."

"If Coach Zeng hadn't let off the ball at the last minute, we wouldn't have been able to score the second goal!"

Ronnie said and bared his buck teeth again.

"I still remember that I was cleaning the sneakers of my teammates, and Coach Zeng appeared behind me out of nowhere and invited me to visit his team for a few days."

"I still don't know why Coach Zeng extended the invitation to me."

"But that week was the happiest week I've had since I became a professional player."

"This pair of sneakers was bought by coach Zeng as a gift to me at that time."

Merella looked at the Adidas in Ronnie's hand. This pair of shoes was not cheap back then. They were considered the most high-end sneakers in the store.

Apart from seeing the talent of this player, Merreira really couldn't think of any other explanation for Zeng Zheng's generous decision.

Turning over the photo, there was a string of Chinese characters on the back that he didn't recognize.

"To the football wizard, Ronaldinho - Zeng Zheng."

Ronaldinho pointed at each word skillfully and translated, "Ronald peed. This is my Chinese name!"

"Zeng is indeed a genius!" Merela sighed sincerely.

Ronaldinho's sudden rise in Brazil has been in the past two years.

First the league, then the World Junior Championship.

After this World Youth Championship, Ronaldinho is said to have been called up to the Brazilian national team to participate in the Copa America in July.

Such a talented young player was recognized for his talent when he first joined a professional team and was still a shoe shine ball boy. The word "elf" was used to accurately describe Ronaldinho's playing style.

At least Zeng Zheng was much better than him in understanding people.

"Ronnie, are you confident that you can beat Coach Zeng's team?"

"Of course there is, why not?" Ronaldinho showed his iconic teeth again, "If it were the team coach Zeng led back then, I might not have much confidence. But as far as I know about this team now,

Only Shang was a member of that team."

"Although I admire Coach Zeng very much."

"But I still don't believe that in just one or two years, he can still develop a team like that in Brazil!"

Merela nodded after hearing this.

indeed so.

At that time, Jianlibao Zeng Zhengke ate, drank, pooped and slept with the team members and lived together for four or five years.

The current national youth team is just a temporary team, and Zeng Zheng has no reason to train this group of people in a short period of time to have the same tacit understanding as the Jianlibao team back then.

And this may be the key to Merella's victory!

The wheels of the bus rolled forward. Along the way, Merreira heard more about Zeng Zheng and that team from Ronaldinho.

Dusty dirt roads in Nigeria.

Who would have thought.

When meeting the Chinese team in the knockout round, the coach of the Brazilian team would act as if he were facing a formidable enemy and constantly probe for information about the opponent.

...

"The Chinese Youth Team eliminated the powerful South American teams and reached the semi-finals in history"

"The rise of Asian teams? China and Japan occupy half of the top four in the World Youth Championship"

"Zhu Guanghu: Targeting the Sword Champion"

"The Miracle Coach Creates Another Miracle"

After the news that the China Youth Team reached the semi-finals 3-2 reached the country, the sports world was immediately shocked.

The youth team wins again?

Made it to the semi-finals?

Oh My God!

Does the sun rise in the west?

In the eyes of some fans, the youth team is equivalent to the national team in three to five years!

This youth team can reach the semi-finals, does that mean we can also reach the semi-finals in the next World Cup?

When thinking of this, many fans' hearts skipped a beat.

I can't wait to give these young players a lot of catalyst right away so that they can grow up, and then fast forward the timeline to usher in the next World Cup.

Now that the World Youth Championship has reached this point, there is only one question left. Will the Chinese Youth Team be in trouble all the way to the end?

Whether it is reporters on the TV or other local sports newspapers, some well-known football commentators have analyzed the future of the Chinese youth team and the semi-finals in newspapers.

Don't look at some people's bad words, thinking that the China Youth Team has reached its limit by reaching this stage.

Facing the powerful Brazilian team in South America, the final result of the Chinese youth team can only compete with Xiaotian for third place in the World Youth Championship.

But no matter what, it is not easy to break into the semi-finals.

For the fans, they are already very satisfied.

At the same time, the supplement of Bingcheng Daily also published three open letters written by three players of the Harbin River Dragons to the fans.

"Hello, fans and friends! Hello fans and friends of Harbin Jianglong Team, thank you for your long-term support!

First of all, please allow us to express our sincere gratitude to all the leaders, coaches, teammates and fans who have paid attention to, supported and loved me for a long time!

At this moment, we are very excited.

When I was young, I was lucky enough to join Jianlibao and study abroad in Brazil, which allowed me to see the breadth of the world.

Since then, it has always been one of our dreams to train in high-level foreign leagues.

Now, these dreams are about to come true!

...

In addition, I also want to say a few words to the fans:

I, Zhang Xiaorui, grew up drinking water from the Haihe River and am the son of the people of Tianjin.

No matter where I go in the future, I will never forget that my roots are in Tianjin, on the banks of the Haihe River.

Here, I assure you.

After studying abroad, I will be stricter on myself, accumulate practical experience through training and competition, improve my physical fitness and technical and tactical level, adapt to the new environment as soon as possible, strive for the main position, and never embarrass my home team and the people of my hometown.

Once I return from my studies, I will do my best to improve the combat effectiveness of our national team.

Finally, we would like to thank our fans and friends again for their continued support."

Only then did the fans know that after Sun Jihai and General Fan, Jianglong's Zhang Xiaorui, Li Jinyu and Li Tie would also embark on a direct train to European clubs.

Just like what the media promoted and what the fans expected.

In a strong football team, it is not only necessary to focus on overall coordination, but also to improve the top-notch abilities of individual players.

When the three members of the Jianglong team made this declaration, several documents were also placed on the desk in front of Xu Fang.

This is a stack of application forms for players to transfer to foreign teams.

As the Chinese Youth Team performs better and better in the World Youth Championship, the clubs behind these players have also received many applications for trial training.

Many of the teams even skipped trial training to discuss transfer matters.

Now, whether the club is short of money and wants to take advantage of the opportunity to make a profit, or the players themselves are interested in going abroad.

Finally, all these application forms were handed over to Zhu Xie.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Among them are three people who have reached agreements with foreign clubs, as well as several other players from other clubs who are interested in going abroad for trial training and hoping to transfer in the winter window.

"Xu Zhuxi, look at this..."

"Studying abroad is a general trend!" Xu Fang rubbed his temples and leaned on the chair.

"However, the massive loss of so many domestic young talents will weaken the strength of our A-A, A-B league!" The subordinate director on the side worried. "I think this matter can be slowed down? Wait until they are 25

, let him out when he is 6 years old?"

In the short term, the club can indeed get a large amount of income from selling "star young players" and return funds.

But in the long run, while the club lacks fresh blood, its strength has also been further weakened. It is completely a waste of time to quench thirst.

Not only that, as the club's strength declines, the league's viewing pleasure will naturally plummet.

When the time comes, the loss of fans will be another huge loss for the club.

If Bamboo Shoes cannot fill these vacancies, the club will have to file for bankruptcy.

Just imagine.

How can a league without young talents continue to develop normally?

"Then it depends on how we position our league."

Xu Fang is indeed a great man in the football world, and his essence was revealed in just one sentence.

"If our league is positioned as a second-tier league in the world, it will definitely not be possible without these talented young players; but if our league is positioned as a third- or fourth-tier league, it can be achieved with these domestic foreign players at this stage."

Speaking of this, Xu Fang sighed.

"What's more, it's going to rain and my mother is getting married."

"If the players want to leave on their own and we try to prevent them through various means, what if we keep them for a few years?"

"By then, the best time for growth has been missed, and the strength has been finalized, and it will be at the same level after leaving."

"Don't forget, what those foreign clubs value is the youth and plasticity of our players."

"By then our strength has not grown, and our players will hate us. What are we trying to do?"

"So, if these young people really have good channels and good ways to go out, let's promote them as much as possible!"

"I'm afraid that they will be tricked by the locals if they go to a foreign country where they are unfamiliar with their lives."

"What we have to do is to protect these players and become the most solid backing for these players, do you understand?"

The three members of the Jianglong team took this step, which also touched the hearts of many domestic players.

Especially the Chinese youth team.

Under Zeng Zheng's deliberate propaganda, these young guys all saw a bright future for their predecessors and themselves.

"The World Youth Championship is your opportunity to show yourself to fans, scouts, and clubs around the world!"

"So, there is no need to be scared by the other party's name!"

“So what about four-star Brazil?”

"There are still five stars on our flag!"

"After 90 minutes, do you know who on the team will be picked up by Bayern Munich? Who will become the next Real Madrid star? Who will join AC Milan and Inter Milan to play for the Milan duo?"

"Zhang Xiaorui, Li Jinyu and Li Tie took this step before you."

"Don't worry, how much older are they than you?"

"As long as you work hard, I believe it won't be long before you will become stars like Klinsmann, Beckenbauer, and Maldini!"

[To be honest, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on updates. It allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many sounds. .huanyuanapp is available for Android and Apple.]

Under Zeng Zheng's speech, the players' minds were in the sky.

The World Youth Championship is not over yet, Zeng Zheng needs such a group of ambitious players.

As for how many of them will actually be spotted by foreign clubs and successfully transfer, it depends on their own strength and opportunities.

In this era when there are no systematic brokers in the country, even a Chollima would find it difficult to express himself without a good Bole.

Thinking of this, Zeng Zheng got a headache again.

The stall is getting bigger and bigger. How can I take care of it by myself?

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