Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Young players have good physical fitness and strong drive, and they also have a desire to show themselves in front of fans and coaches.

After the opening, the young players of the Chinese national football team played particularly actively. They did not have the feeling of being timid or even stage-frightened as they were making their first appearance in a major competition. Instead, they had the spirit of a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger.

The Uzbek team had never expected that the Chinese team would send out such a lineup, and they had never expected that the other side would increase the tempo of the game so quickly right from the start.

As a result, they were caught off guard after the opening. They were supposed to kick off, but the ball was snatched away by the young players of the Chinese national team before they passed it a few times, and they lost the ball.

After successfully stealing the ball, the four players in the frontcourt of the Chinese national team launched a counterattack on the spot, with no intention of waiting for their teammates at all.

Dong Fangzhuo knocked the ball back to Lin Feng, who passed the ball straight to Gao Lin's feet.

Gao Lin saw the position of Mao Jianqing on the other side and boldly completed a horizontal pass at the front of the penalty area.

Mao Jianqing flanked the defense and scored with a powerful shot!

At this time, only 11 seconds had passed since the start of the game!

The fans at the scene were stunned!

The Uzbek players were also dumbfounded!

Even the Chinese bench, including head coach Zhu Guanghu, assistant coaches and a group of main players, were stunned.

"Are these young people so fierce?"

Substitute goalkeeper Yang Jun rubbed his eyes, his voice trembling, obviously he was quite frightened.

Shao Jiayi and Zhao Junzhe looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

They had just sat down on the bench and hadn't even had time to warm up when the Chinese national team scored a goal.

Isn’t this too efficient?

If these youngsters continue to perform so well, then the positions of these old guys in the national team will be in jeopardy!

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Inside the CCTV studio, the two commentators hadn’t even finished their opening words before the Chinese national football team scored a goal.

"The Chinese national football team played a textbook fast break. Lin Feng's through ball, Gao Lin's pass, and Mao Jianqing's final shot were all impeccable!"

"Yes, the goal came in quite suddenly, and it looked like the opponent didn't react at all!"

"If I remember correctly, this is the third consecutive game that Mao Jianqing has scored a goal!"

For this game, the two commentators of CCTV are He Wei and Xu Yang. Although they are not as famous as Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun, they are very popular among young fans because they are both very young.

Hearing Da Dang's words, Xu Yang took over the conversation and continued:
"Mao Jianqing has always been very strong, but he is not that famous. I believe that after this Asian Cup, his value will see a surge, and he may even attract attention from teams in the top five European leagues!"

He Wei nodded:

"Thanks to Lin Feng, a large number of European scouts appeared in the stands of this Asian Cup, including scouts from top five leagues such as Real Madrid, Bayern, and Manchester United!"

"Haha, I heard that because of the emergence of players like Lin Feng, the five major leagues have changed their views on Asian football, and now they are paying more and more attention to discovering young Asian players.

These young men in the national team may be able to use this opportunity to showcase their talents to scouts from the top five leagues and get tickets to study abroad in Europe.”

The effect of the national youth team's overseas study has now been reflected on the field.

After tasting the sweetness, everyone is now eager to send all the good domestic talents abroad to receive training in high-level leagues.

[Mao Jianqing's ability is good, but he needs to change his temper. Otherwise, even if he really goes out, he will probably be returned to others soon! ]

[Not necessarily. With Mao Jianqing's personality, he might be able to get along well abroad. At least it's better than Dong Fangzhuo's introverted personality!]

[In addition to Mao Jianqing, I feel that Beijing Guoan's Huang Bowen also has a good chance to study abroad, but it's a pity that Huang didn't make the Chinese national football team's Asian Cup roster! ]

[Gold will always shine. I am also optimistic about Xiao Huang. Although he is still a little thin, he has good skills and high football IQ. Players who play football with their brains have a bright future! ]

Because of Lin Feng's example, the tastes of the Chinese national football team's fans have been spoiled.

They now like players who have good skills, a stable mentality, high football IQ and the ability to play with their brains.

However, there are relatively few such players in China at present, because most of the smart people are in school, and there are really not many people with high IQ who really devote themselves to sports.

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The Uzbekistan team was caught off guard, but they immediately came to their senses and began to strictly implement the tactics arranged by the coach before the game.

No matter whether the Chinese team sends out the main team or the youth team!

As long as the Chinese team's number eight is on the field, someone will be assigned to keep a close eye on him.

As long as Lin Feng's performance can be restricted, the Chinese national football team's offensive threat will be reduced by half.

This is the experience that the Uzbekistan team has learned from the disastrous defeats against Malaysia and Iran in the first two games.

This tactic is not wrong, but it is not so easy to implement in practice.

Although Lin Feng plays as an attacking midfielder, his position is not fixed.

His range of activity is very large, and he can often be seen in the midfield and on both sides of the wing.

Sometimes, he would even move forward into the penalty area and participate in the attack like a center forward.

However, this is not the end. Lin Feng not only covers all the space in the frontcourt, but even the backcourt is within his range of activities.

Facing a player with such a large range of activities, such high tactical freedom, and even very good at breakthroughs, it is extremely difficult to keep an eye on him the whole time.

If you are not careful, you will be thrown away by him, and then you can only watch the opponent complete a sharp pass and tear open your defense line.

It's not that no one has thought of using this trick to deal with him before, but the effect was not good.

Although the Uzbekistan team's midfielder tried hard to keep up with Lin Feng, his strength was far behind those top defensive midfielders in Europe.

To deal with him, Lin Feng could easily get rid of him without even using all his strength.

However, Lin Feng still understood the principle that the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

In order to prevent the opponent from becoming desperate, use lethal tactics against him.

In this game, Lin Feng did not show off himself too much, but retreated behind the scenes, took the initiative to take on a lot of defensive tasks, and gave the opportunity to perform to teammates such as Chen Tao.

Although Chen Tao's performance in the attacking midfielder position is not as explosive as Lin Feng's, he is the starting midfielder of Werder Bremen after all, so his performance naturally cannot be too bad.

In the first ten minutes of the game, the Chinese national football team had always firmly grasped the initiative on the field.

The ball possession rate reached 80% at one point. The opponents had almost no chance to touch the ball and could only run behind the Chinese national team players in vain but could not get the ball at all.

Even if they occasionally managed to get the ball, they would not be able to get past Lin Feng and Zhao Xuri. With Lin Feng, the Chinese national football team had two defensive midfielders, both of whom had a wide coverage area and strong running ability.

Uzbekistan's poor counterattack opportunity was completely destroyed by the interception and strangulation of these two midfielders.

On the sidelines, the head coach of the Uzbekistan team was pacing back and forth anxiously.

He really didn't expect that this Chinese team composed of young people would be so strong.

When he saw the Chinese team's starting lineup, he felt that there was an opportunity and thought they could easily win the game.

But who knew that the situation was completely different from what he thought.

It is hard to say whether the Uzbekistan team can withstand the Chinese national team's fierce attack, let alone win the game easily.

He observed calmly for a while and found that the Chinese team's offense was mainly based on ground advancement.

Lin Feng and Chen Tao's passing, Gao Lin's passing, Dong Fangzhuo's back-to-the-basket and fulcrum, and Mao Jianqing's speed and breakthroughs enrich the Chinese national team's rich offensive play in the frontcourt.

Through the tacit short pass cooperation of several players in a local area, we can quickly move forward, find the most suitable person to pass the ball to, and send the ball to the opponent's feet, thus completing a round of attack.

If the defensive players of Uzbekistan cannot keep up with their rhythm, they will be easily defeated.

Even if their defenders were focused and defended against several forwards of the Chinese national team.

It was also difficult to resist the Chinese national team midfielders such as Lin Feng, Chen Tao and Zhao Xuri who suddenly advanced from the back.

However, just as the Chinese team's attack wave after wave was about to expand their lead.

An accident happened!
It started raining in the 21st minute of the first half.

The rain was not heavy at first, and falling on the players of both teams was more like cooling them down artificially, which made the players on the field more energetic.

But the weather was not good. The drizzle soon turned into moderate rain, and then into heavy rain.

Although the drainage facilities on site were running at full speed, some water still accumulated on the field, making the lawn slippery.

The Chinese national football team's offense is mainly based on ground coordination, but in this situation, ground coordination cannot be carried out at all.

Moreover, the grass was too slippery, and the players were afraid of getting injured, so they didn't dare to sprint at full speed.

The ground coordination cannot be carried out and the speed advantage is gone.

The situation of the Chinese national football team suddenly became difficult!

The head coach of the Uzbekistan team was overjoyed when he saw this. He waved his hand and asked their players to make the simplest long pass!

But what's funny is that because there was too much rain on the football, the weight of the football exceeded the normal level, causing Uzbekistan's backcourt kicks to often fall to the ground prematurely before they even reached the frontcourt.

Seeing this, the midfielders from both sides rushed to grab the ball.

The ground was already very slippery, and the fight between the two sides was particularly fierce.

For a moment, the field was in chaos, with players from both sides slipping or tripping everywhere.

The referee suddenly became the busiest person on the field, and his whistle almost never stopped.

With players from both sides committing frequent fouls, both teams got a lot of free kick opportunities.

It’s a pity that in this kind of weather, the performance of free kicks will be greatly affected.

Lin Feng also tried a few kicks himself, but found that the ball was too slow and fell too fast, making it almost impossible to pose a threat to the goalkeeper.

So, he also followed his opponent's example and simply hung the ball in the penalty area.

In the 38th minute of the first half, the Chinese national team once again won a free kick in the frontcourt.

Lin Feng made a gesture for tactical cooperation, and his teammates in the penalty area saw it and started pulling frantically.

The players of the Uzbekistan team were confused and could not figure out whether the opponent was going to shoot or pass the ball.

They did not dare to be careless and honestly arranged people to form a human wall, while the rest of the people kept a close eye on the three forwards of the national team and did not give them any chances to head the ball.

But Lin Feng's ball was not aimed at Gao Lin and others. He bypassed the front point and passed the ball to the back point.

Over there, Zhang Shuai, the Chinese team's right back who is only 1.82 meters tall, rushed over like an arrow.

Lin Feng's pass was perfect. Zhang Shuai didn't even need to jump. She leaned forward and headed the ball into the net only three meters away from the goal.

The distance was too close, and the goalkeeper had no way to deal with it. He could only watch the opponent break through the goal he was guarding again!
Zhang Shuai, who scored the goal, was so excited that she took off her jersey and ran wildly in the rain, all the way to the sidelines and jumped onto Zhu Guanghu.

As the saying goes, a prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold. This was not only Zhang Shuai's first goal for the national team, but also the result of his years of hard work in self-redemption after he was expelled from the National Olympic Team for his lack of self-discipline.

In 2002, during the training of the National Olympic Team, Zhang Shuai and several teammates couldn't stand the loneliness and secretly ran out to a bar.

After this incident was exposed, it caused an uproar in public opinion.

That bar-hopping incident almost ruined his career and even his life.

After the scandal was exposed by the media, the Football Association imposed heavy penalties on them and expelled all the players who sneaked out from the National Olympic Team.

After being expelled from the National Olympic Team, he was demoted to the second team by the club and was almost forced to retire because he had no ball to play.

Fortunately, the head coach of the Guoan team at that time, Peter, was very tolerant of young players. Under his care, Zhang Shuai quickly overcame the difficulties and returned to the first team.

But after making mistakes one after another, the door to the national team seemed to be closed to him forever.

Until Zhu Guanghu appeared!

Zhu Guanghu, who likes to promote and make use of young players, was attracted to Zhang Shuai's talent. Even though he knew that the other party had a bad record, he still recruited him into the team despite huge public pressure.

So Zhang Shuai is very grateful to Zhu Guanghu. If he hadn't promoted him, he might never have had the opportunity to wear the national team jersey again.

So after being included in the starting lineup of this game by Zhu Guanghu, Zhang Shuai secretly vowed in her heart that she must repay the coach's kindness with the best performance!
he made it!

"Well done, Zhang Shuai. As long as you can keep up this form, there will always be a place for you in my national team!"

Zhu Guanghu was also very excited. The Chinese national football team has always had relatively few candidates for the two full-back positions.

Especially on the right side guarded by Sun Jihai, after Cao Yang was injured, the Chinese national team couldn't even find a qualified substitute.

Old Zhu was forced into a corner and even thought of recruiting the 18-year-old young player Zhang Linpeng into the team.

If Zhang Shuai can maintain her form in this game, Zhu Guanghu really doesn't mind promoting him as a regular player.

After all, Sun Jihai is already a 30-year-old veteran and can't play for a few more years.

He must make plans for the future right back of the national football team! (End of this chapter)