Master Tutoring Class

Chapter 188 These Two Are the Real Demon Kings (First Update)
Japan, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kawasaki City.

It's not particularly cold now, at least it's better than Liaodong Province.

The temperature is currently around 16 degrees Celsius, but it may get a little colder at night.

After meeting with the event organizers, the coaching staff and the entire team took a bus to their hotel to rest.

"More than ten teams have already arrived in Japan, and all participating teams will be able to assemble in the next two days."

The event staff gave a brief introduction and then said, "Your training venue is located three kilometers from the hotel. You can train there. There will be a site visit the day before the competition. Don't worry about these things."

The bus arrived at the hotel, and the event staff helped with check-in.

He then bowed to everyone and said, "If you need anything, please feel free to contact me. I will take care of your trip in Japan. I won't bother you any longer."

After saying that, the man turned and left.

Xue Guohao then arranged for everyone to check into the hotel.

Two people per room. Due to the large number of people and safety concerns, the entire 19th floor was booked.

Wei Lai and Chen Shaojie were assigned to the same room.

"Wow!"

Chen Shaojie pounced on the bed and pointed to the bed by the window, saying, "I'll stay here!"

Wei Lai nodded; he didn't care much about it.

After placing his own suitcase aside, Chen Shaojie looked over and noticed that Wei Lai's suitcase was significantly larger than everyone else's.

But Chen Shaojie didn't ask any more questions. He jumped up in a flash and said excitedly:

Do you know that?

"What?"

Wei Lai opened his suitcase, tidied his bags, and gave a casual reply.

"Japan's Top Five World Geniuses in This Ranking!"

Wei Lai turned his head; "Huh? Something feels off!"

"That's so cool!"

Chen Shaojie's eyes were shining:
"The successor of Brazilian samba, Asti Fong Ronaldo."

"Argentine 'Giant Eagle,' Diego Ruma!"

"Finley Campbell, the 'Imperial Lion' of England!"

"French 'light speed runner,' Huntley Dani!"

"Japan's 'Genius of Perseverance,' Daisaku Kubo!"

"These are the five most talented players in this year's U17 World Championship, as rated by Japanese media."

After saying that, he said with anticipation, "I wonder what title they'll give me!"

Wei Lai grinned; "A butt-wiggling expert? A wriggling maggot? Don't think about such useless things, 'Giant Eagle'? Diego Ruma is less than 170 centimeters tall, what's so giant about him?"

Chen Shaojie paused for a moment, then a strange smile appeared on his lips.
"may be"

"Get lost!" Wei Lai threw a disposable slipper at him. "Don't disgust me!"

"Thank you!" Chen Shaojie took off his shoes, put on disposable slippers, and walked to the window.

The view here is excellent; from the 19th floor, you can see everything below.

You can even vaguely see the outline of a stadium in the distance.

This is their match venue, 'Zebin Stadium'.

Here, they will officially embark on their journey to the U17 World Cup.

Boom!

There was a knock on the door.

Wei Lai walked over and opened the door. Lu Chaokuan stood at the door and pointed to the side.

"Time to go train!"

Wei Lai nodded: "Right away!"

Having just arrived at the hotel and rested briefly, they immediately went to the training ground for intensive training.

The U-series World Cup doesn't attract as much attention as the adult World Cup in June. For ordinary people who don't follow football, they might not even know that the event exists.

As a result, the overall scale is much smaller.

The adult World Cup is a tournament hosted by a city, while the U-series World Cup is a tournament hosted by a city for a group.

The U17 World Cup has a total of 32 teams, divided into eight groups.

The seven surrounding prefectures, including Tokyo, are each responsible for one group. This means that matches within the same group will be held on the same day at two different venues.

Taking Group B, where the Chinese U17 team is located, as an example, the first round saw the Chinese U17 team face off against the Canadian U17 team.

At the same time, at another venue in Kawasaki, Spain's U17 national team faced off against Mali's U17 national team.

Groups from other cities will also compete on the same day.

Except for the host team, Japan, which plays in Tokyo and will have its opening match an hour earlier, all other teams will start their matches at the same time.

This greatly shortens the competition schedule; the entire group stage can be completed in just six days.

After that, the 16 teams that successfully advanced gathered in Tokyo.

Four matches will be played on the same day, skipping the first stage of the knockout rounds and entering the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals, four matches were played simultaneously to determine the four teams that would advance to the semifinals.

During this phase, fans who love youth football can purchase tickets for the corresponding matches according to their own preferences.

The semi-final stage is the real final round.

One show per day, finished in two days!

Finally, after a three-day break, the final teams entered the Tokyo National Stadium.

The U17 World Cup champion will be decided in this stadium that can hold 60,000 people.

It can be said that the schedule is very tight and the time span is very short.

The entire competition lasted less than 20 days from start to finish.

Kawasaki City, Olympic Stadium.

This is a huge arena with three standard large stadiums and some smaller ones.

This is the training ground for four Group B teams, including the Chinese U17 national team and the Spanish U17 national team.

They were brought here together, and each team was assigned a court.

Each court is separated by barriers to prevent interference between them.

When the Chinese national youth team arrived, two teams were already training here.

The Spanish and Malian national youth teams were training.

As for the Canadian national youth team, they should not have arrived yet.

China's U17 team was assigned to the third stadium, while Spain's U17 team used the second stadium.

Upon entering the training ground, Xue Guohao instructed the coaching team and staff to set up the training equipment, while the young men jogged to warm up.

"Everyone follow me!"

Lu Chaokuan shouted and waved for others to follow.

The young men began running around the field to warm up, their eyes occasionally glancing at the Spanish U17 team on another field.

"An old acquaintance!"

Wei Lai turned his head and glanced at it, then laughed and said, "Isn't this just a combination of the youth academies of Atlético Barcelona, ​​Santuario, and Valencia?"

They had a brief encounter with these guys before at the Spanish Football Federation's invitational tournament.

Unfortunately, they never got to play each other in a proper match.

"See that curly-haired guy?" Xiang Ming pointed to a blond, curly-haired man wearing a Spanish jersey with the number 8 and said, "His name is Fernandez Abelilla, he's 17 years old, and he currently plays for Valencia's reserve team!"

Wei Lai turned to He Chaoyue and asked, "Playing in the Spanish Second Division?"

Valencia's reserve team has been promoted from the Spanish First Division and is now playing in the Spanish Second Division.

"Hmm!" Xiang Ming nodded seriously: "He's come on as a substitute a few times. He's very capable. If we run into him, we have to be careful."

He Chaoyue nodded: "There were also several unfamiliar faces!"

Wei Lai: "Most of them here should have skipped grades, either in the U18 team or the reserve team, they're very strong!"

European prodigies skip grades; they don't train in the usual way like other players in their age group.

He Chaoyue nodded; "We definitely need to be careful, those guys are tough to beat!"

Wei Lai nodded heavily; "That's right!"

what!
Yang Fan suddenly looked up and sighed.

"What's wrong?" Chen Shaojie asked.

Yang Fan grinned and pointed at Wei Lai and He Chaoyue.

"I feel like these two have absolutely no self-awareness. The other side is indeed quite strong, but one of them skipped a level to become a regular starter in the Chinese Super League, and the other skipped a level to play in the Spanish First Division. Compared to the other side, I feel like these two are the real demon kings!"

(End of this chapter)