World Cup of Great Powers

1 to 1.

An ending acceptable to most people.

When the referee's whistle sounded, the hearts of Chen and Li finally fell back into their stomachs.

The two looked at each other.

It has a feeling of surviving a disaster.

If it is 0-0, some may still say that the Chinese Youth Team does not know how to make progress;

But now it's 1-1, and we still managed to catch up after falling behind.

This situation is different.

The fans' hearts were going up and down like a roller coaster, and they had already accepted this draw.

But for some media who focused on the China Youth Team, this score was unconvincing.

"Why is the performance of the Chinese youth team getting worse and worse?"

"In the first game, we beat our opponent 3-0. How come we almost won in the end?"

Faced with the troublesome question raised by the Nanfang Daily reporter, Chen Jingang said:

"Indeed, in the group stage matches, the technical and tactical level in training was not brought out."

"It would be very difficult to accept if you return to China with this regret."

"Fortunately, we have already qualified in the group and avoided the strong opponents in Group A."

"We can still accept this ending."

"Isn't this the impact of the improper arrangement of the players by the coaching staff?" The reporter seemed not to want to let Chen Jinjin go.

Chen Jinjiang glanced at Ou Bo, who attended the press conference with him, and shook his head with a wry smile.

"Indeed, my coaching level is not enough to cope with international competitions like the World Youth Championship."

"However, I am also in the process of learning and exploring."

"I promise that in the next games, I will do my best to allow the players to perform at their full level in their respective positions and play to our true level!"

"In the next game, we will definitely do our best to defeat our opponents. We cannot return home to see our hometown relatives with regrets."

No matter what, Chen Jingang's attitude is still okay.

Seeing that he was so sincere, the reporters spared him this time.

In any case, this Chinese youth team still contains Zeng Zheng’s hard work.

Instead of looking at the monk's face and looking at the Buddha's face, no matter what, you have to give Zeng Zheng some face.

On June 24, after the last group stage of the World Youth Championship, all the top 16 teams were formed.

The host Argentina, which won first place in Group A, won all three games and scored 14 goals. The second place in the group was Egypt.

The first place in Group B is also the Brazilian team, which qualified with three wins from three games, and the second place is the German team.

Although third-placed Iraq defeated Canada 3-0, they were scored too many goals by Brazil and Germany.

As a result, the goal difference was not much and they missed the top 16 of the World Youth Championship.

Group C has the most even strength, with both Ukraine and China Youth Team having one win and two draws.

Because of the goal difference, Ukraine ranks first and the Chinese Youth Team is second.

The third-place American pair also won the right to qualify.

Although Xiaotian in Group D beat the Czech Republic 3-0 in the last game, with only three points, Xiaotian still ranked last in the group and was eliminated.

Angola, the Czech Republic, and Australia entered the top 16 together.

Group E revealed the biggest upset of this World Youth Championship: the Dutch team, which was regarded as the favorite to win the championship, was kicked 3 goals by Costa Rica in the first game and lost 1-3.

In the second game, they were equalized by Ecuador at the last minute.

In the last group match, they defeated Ethiopia 3-2 with difficulty and won the right to qualify as third in the group.

The first and second place in the group are Costa Rica, which has won all three games, and Ecuador, which has a higher goal difference than the Netherlands.

The top three in Group F also qualified, namely Ghana, France and Paraguay.

The Iranian team lost all three games and was eliminated.

Of the four teams from Asia, only the China Youth Team has reached the top 16.

After the game, all Asian media gave great praise to the performance of the Chinese youth team.

I hope that the China Youth Team will once again carve a bright future for Asian football as an Asian team.

On June 25, when the Chinese youth players were packing their bags, the Argentinian neighborhood committee sent them the list of the top 16 players.

When Chen Jinjiang received the list and looked at it, the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously.

Just as expected.

Although they did not face Paraguay, who was last in Group F, they also avoided the host Argentina, which can be regarded as a top draw.

In addition, Paraguay, as a South American team, also has the advantage of being at home.

Instead of playing in the quarter-finals with the strong South American team that performed poorly in the group, the Chinese Youth Team prefers the current group result-the Egyptian team.

As for the Egyptian team.

Although he got the right to qualify as second place, his qualifying experience was really bumpy.

The first game was a 0-0 draw with Jamaica, which was nothing.

But in the second group match, they lost to the host Argentina 1-7.

Such a disparity in the score allowed the world to clearly see the gap between third world countries and the world's top teams, and at the same time, it also made the Egyptian team fall to the bottom.

In the third group match, they faced Finland, which had one win and one loss.

The desperate Egyptian team defeated its opponent 2-1 with striker Ayani completing the winning goal at the last moment of the game.

Although it was difficult to win, we got the right to qualify from the group.

However, many of the main players were exhausted and even injured.

In Zeng Zheng's view, the Egyptian team has long since withdrawn from the ranks of winning this World Youth Championship.

If the Chilean team hadn't stopped in the end, the Chinese Youth Team might have ended up like the Egyptian team.

"As long as this Chinese youth team can reach the quarterfinals, each player will receive a bonus of 20,000 yuan."

Miss Qian stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of Zeng Zheng.

"Dear, what do you think the incentive effect of these 20,000 yuan is?"

Zeng Zheng held his fiancee's hand and walked on the streets of Buenos Aires.

"Money is just for fun." Zeng Zheng replied with a smile, "If this game is really decided because of 20,000 yuan, then no one from this China Youth Team will be able to join the team!"

As soon as the Chinese Youth Team arrived in this noisy metropolis, there was a large group of Argentinian overseas Chinese at the airport holding signs to greet the Chinese Youth Team who came to compete.

The local overseas Chinese even raised funds to hold a grand banquet to welcome the players.

Chen and Li raised their wine glasses at the banquet and said loudly:

"In the game the day after tomorrow, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope of victory."

"We will all go all out to win."

"Please supervise us, we will use practical actions to thank you for your enthusiasm!"

"Haha, you don't need to have such a big psychological burden!"

Mr. Yu, the representative of the Argentine Overseas Chinese Association, said with a smile, "If you win, we love you; if you lose, we love you too!"

"In the game the day after tomorrow, the Overseas Chinese League will send 2,000 fans to cheer for the team. The boys just have to play hard!"

Although Zeng Zheng is not here, the prestige of the China Youth Team has been established.

The Chinese Youth Team, which had one win and two draws, had a much better record than the Egyptian team, which lost to the host nation 1-7.

Some fans even speculated that since the China Youth Team is a championship-winning team at the same level as Argentina, will this game give the Egyptian team a massacre like the Argentina team?

"Dear, aren't you going to watch the game live?"

"You are here, why should I watch the game!"

Zeng Zheng laughed and touched the head of the Labrador who was rubbing his trouser legs. "If you are not in the position, you will not seek to govern! I have done everything I can. The rest depends on the efforts of those boys."

Got it!"

Ms. Qian was very satisfied with Zeng Zheng's answer.

Looking at the Labrador in front of her with her tongue sticking out, Ms. Qian also reached down and touched the dog's head.

Buenos Aires is a dog-friendly city, and there are dog walkers everywhere in the streets, alleys, parks, and squares.

"I heard that there is a statue specially erected for dogs in Central Park. Let's go and take a look?"

While Zeng Zheng was shopping with Miss Qian, Chen Jingang and the Chinese Youth Team were at the Sarsfield Stadium to face the Egyptian team, the quarter-final opponent of this World Youth Championship.

Facing such a defeated army, Chen Jingang was thinking about using a small victory to gain maximum benefits.

But the Chinese youth players obviously don’t think so.

The dual temptations of the national team and money made these young people feel like they were on fire at the beginning.

Crazy attack towards the Egyptian team's gate.

Less than a minute into the game, Qu Bo used a forced breakthrough to win a corner kick for the China Youth Team.

When Xu Liang took three consecutive left corner kicks, the Egyptian team's defender's nerves were stretched to the extreme.

Seeing the ball coming from the air, center back Ekrami suddenly had the urge to run outside the penalty area.

He always felt that the goalkeeper teammate behind him would take the corner kick and then instigate the whole team to launch a fast break.

However, when he took the first step, a cool breeze blew over his head, making the defender who also came from an ancient civilization shiver.

What the fuck?!

wrong!

Ekrami turned around, and a red figure had already jumped up, hitting the ball with a headbutt.

grass!

"Snapped!"

The last water balloon on the cardboard was popped.

"Ah! I want that, I want that!"

Miss Qian, like a little girl who is inexperienced in the world, grabbed Zeng Zheng’s arm, pointed at the matryoshka balloons on the boss’s shelf and shouted.

Zeng Zheng put down his air gun and proudly raised his hand.

The shop owner had no choice but to take off the N-layer matryoshka doll balloon covered with bells and hand it to Miss Qian.

After getting the balloon, Ms. Qian was like a child who got candy, proudly showing off to the surrounding tourists.

When you shake your hand, the bell on the hydrogen balloon rings.

"Honey, you cum really well!"

Hearing his girlfriend's compliments, Zeng Zheng's mouth also pursed.

"What's this?"

"Even if it's an airsoft gun in China that has been tampered with by the boss, I can still hit it with perfect accuracy!"

"Pfft!"

Hearing this, Miss Qian couldn't help laughing.

Then he lay down in Zeng Zheng’s ear and whispered:

"If you have the ability, you can always hit the mark at night!"

In the 21st minute, taking advantage of a mistake by the Egyptian team, the three frontcourt players of the Chinese Youth Team launched a quick counterattack on the spot.

Gao Ming dribbled the ball forward, and after attracting the attention of the two defenders, he decisively handed the ball to Qu Bo on the other side.

Qu Bo glanced at the center before the opponent's last central defender approached, swept the ball directly to the center with a sweep of his right foot.

Xu Liang, who was outflanking in the middle, neither pushed nor drew when facing the attacking Egyptian goalkeeper.

After judging the distance, Xu Liang tightened her left foot and tipped towards the ball.

The ball suddenly shot into the sky and passed over the head of the Egyptian goalkeeper.

"Whoosh!"

A basketball overturned the net.

"Wow!"

“Chinese KONGFU!”

"Pah pah pah pah pah~~~"

Faced with the praise of everyone, Zeng Zheng still maintained the posture of pressing his wrists at the end.

It wasn't until Miss Qian rushed forward and gave her a sweet kiss that she stopped.

"My dear, I didn't expect you to shoot so accurately."

"I'm not bragging. If Qu Jianlibao hadn't been the coach back then, I wouldn't have had any problem going to the CBA to cooperate with Yao Ming."

Seeing Zeng Zheng starting to brag again, Miss Qian couldn't help but roll her eyes.

He took the candies handed over by the shopkeeper and distributed them to the children who were watching eagerly.

In the second half, the Egyptian team played two substitution cards in a row.

If they don't chase points, they may really miss the quarterfinals.

But even with substitutions, it was still difficult to resist the China Youth Team, which was already playing crazy.

In the 48th minute, Yan Song looked at the left side of the penalty area and passed the opponent's defender.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Lun circled his left leg and kicked it hard.

The Egyptian goalkeeper subconsciously lowered his body, hoping to use his body to block Yan Song's hard shot.

But Yan Song's kick was really too hard!

The ball hit his crotch, bounced hard, and then continued to roll towards the goal.

Seeing that the ball was not completely blocked.

The Egyptian goalkeeper got up as quickly as possible, turned around and chased the ball towards the goal.

But at this time, Yan Song had already raised his right arm confidently.

"Enter..."

"Enter..."

The tourists held their breath.

Watching the round white ball rolling forward inch by inch.

Finally, it fell into a hole that was only slightly larger than it.

"Come in!!!"

As the tourists shouted.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zeng Zheng, who put the golf club on his shoulders, raised his eyebrows and allowed others to take pictures of him.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

The shutter sound starts.

The boss was also shocked at this moment.

He held out three fingers on his right hand.

It only took three rods to score the hole on behalf of Zeng Zheng.

"What's the fuss about?"

Miss Qian rolled her eyebrows and pinched Zeng Zheng's waist hard.

"When did you learn golf?"

"Is this thing difficult?"

Zeng Zheng raised his chin, "Do you think you don't have to socialize when you are the head coach of the national football team?"

Trailing by 3 goals, the Egyptian team made the final substitution card and planned to make a last-ditch effort.

However, the young players who were replaced by Xin did not complete the role of sorting out the midfield. Control of the midfield is still in the hands of the Chinese youth team members.

In the 67th minute, Yu Tao, who was newly replaced, found a gap on the right and sent a direct pass to Qu Bo in front.

Facing the incoming ball, the defender of the Egyptian team rushed forward and his feet were empty.

Qu Bo rushed over with the ball first!

3 on 2 in the frontcourt!

The Egyptian team's defense has completely collapsed.

This time, Qu Bo was also not greedy for merit.

After attracting another opponent to grab the ball, he decisively made a pass.

Facing the ball in the air, Sun Xiang, who came in from the other side, stood still with his left foot and volleyed with his right leg.

He swung the ball hard.

"BANG!!!"

A baseball shot into the sky.

Everyone immediately raised their heads, squinted their eyes, and looked into the distance.

"what is this?"

Zeng Zheng threw the baseball bat in his hand into the air and made a trick.

"It's called a home run!"

"I know it's called a home run, but how did you catch it?!"

The boss who was playing with the machine looked surprised.

The words "140KM/H" are clearly displayed on the tee machine.

In other words, the speed of the serve just now has reached 140 kilometers per hour.

This is already the speed of a professional pitcher.

"Is it possible that you have practiced baseball before?"

"Of course not, I play football."

As he spoke, Zeng Zheng threw the baseball bat in his hand.

In front of everyone, he bumped his feet twice.

Seeing Zeng Zheng's superb footwork, the boss who launched the baseball challenge could only sigh.

"Well young man, this is yours."

The boss personally handed the one hundred dollar note to Zeng Zheng.

After appearing in front of everyone again, the excited Miss Qian couldn't wait to ask:

"Honey, what is our next project?"

"Next one? There's no next one!"

Zeng Zheng smiled bitterly, "If there is really a project, we'd better find a hotel, and then you can apply some safflower oil on me."

Zeng Zheng said, stretching out his hands.

Both wrists had become red and swollen at some point.

Just to show off, Zeng Zheng endured the pain!

Looking at Zeng Zheng's swollen wrists, Miss Qian felt distressed and her mind suddenly jumped.

"Eh???"

"That is to say..."

"You can't use your hands tonight?"