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Chapter 261 Prelude to Confrontation

Suez Canal Stadium, the locker room where the China Youth Team is located.

"Does anyone know what's going on with the European sports media these days?" After the players warmed up and returned to the locker room, Ding Yu didn't give instructions on the tactics of the game, but asked such a question.

On the surface, he was asking about all the players, but in fact he was only asking about the nine players who play in Europe—only players who play in Europe are used to browsing the websites of major European sports media on the Internet, and domestic players generally don’t.

The domestic players are a little bit at a loss. The domestic websites they are used to browsing naturally have great enthusiasm for the China Youth Team and England. This makes the players feel the pressure and also full of pride. However, the players in Europe quickly understood what Ding Yu meant.

"I know." Dai Guangming raised his hand: "After Italy and Germany defeated Ghana and Egypt respectively yesterday, Spain's "Marca" believes that the only obstacle for European teams to win the World Youth Championship is the Brazilian youth team. As long as Spain can eliminate Brazil, the World Youth Championship will be in the bag of the European team. The next game is nothing more than a repeat of the European Championship."

"It's not right." Li Jie said in astonishment, "It's good that Ghana and Egypt were eliminated, but we are still there. How can Spain win the top four if they win Brazil?"

"Does it need to be said?" Hu Gandang said coldly beside him: "They think it is easy for England to win us. We lost to them two years ago. In the eyes of Europeans, we are not enough to pose a threat at all."

"Fucking shit!" Niu Ren, who has a straightforward temper, smashed the mineral water bottle in his hand to the ground: "They are too underestimating!"

The other players also waved their fists and shouted—whether they played in Europe or in China, the Chinese youth team were all arrogant and arrogant. They also performed exceptionally well in the first four games of the World Youth Championship, but they were still despised like this. No one could bear this.

Amidst the voices clamoring to cripple England, Long Bisheng turned his face secretly, otherwise he would have smiled on his face. It was not that Dai Guangming and the others had poor acting skills, but that Long Bisheng was too familiar with them. He was so familiar with their tone that he knew that they were actually not as angry as they showed.

But other players were successfully mobilized because what Dai Guangming and the others said was indeed true. The European sports media had completely ignored the China Youth Team. Although they had won the Olympic championship and performed well in three consecutive World Cups, the European media, which habitually only believed that Brazil and Argentina were the opponents of European teams, still did not have a clear and objective understanding of the China Youth Team.

"Let's go! Use your performance to prove that whoever despises you will pay a huge price!" Ding Yu waved his hand while the iron was hot.

The players rushed out of the locker room screaming, and Long Bisheng, who was walking at the end, turned his head and smiled at Ding Yu, and followed with two long legs.

"This kid is very clear-headed, but otherwise, it will be troublesome." Ding Yu looked at Long Bisheng's back and smiled slightly.

The situation is actually very serious. Ding Yu knows that the media all over Europe ignores the Chinese youth team, but Pierce, the head coach of the England youth team, may not be - he is a taciturn guy, and silent people are always more difficult for people to see through.

Pierce used silence to hide his heart. Ding Yu, on the contrary, used a high profile to cover up his heart. Ding Yu didn't know how much Pierce valued the China Youth Team, but at least he knew that Long Bisheng's ability would never be a secret.

Ding Yu is not afraid that his opponent will underestimate him. After each game, he basically tries to keep a low profile, but this time, it seems that he can only use his strength to confront his opponent head-on.

Then head to head.Ding Yu thought so.

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"Long, I'm really not happy to meet you here."

When the players from both sides shook hands, Delph looked up at Long Bisheng, who was one head taller than him, and said with a smile.

"I'm not too happy either. I hope you didn't say too much to Coach Pierce." Long Bisheng shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile.

"Unfortunately, I have already said everything." Delphi winked at Long Bisheng: "But as a friend, let me remind you that Martin Kelly is in charge of defending you today. He is a defender who has played in the Premier League. You should pay attention today."

Long Bisheng let go and shook hands with the next English player. He didn't take what Delphi said to heart. It's normal for a center to be stared at by the corresponding defender. No matter who it is, he must perform well today and strive for goals. This is not only for the China Youth Team to win, but also a great opportunity to show himself in front of the world. Outstanding players, especially players from outside Europe, after each World Youth Championship, there are many blockbuster players who are favored by European clubs, and it is not too much to call it a step up!
Back in his own half, Long Bisheng stared at the goal of the England youth team and clenched his fists.

The game was kicked off by England first. Pierce sent Sturridge and Walcott as the starting strikers today. After hearing the referee blowing the whistle to start the game, Walcott gave the ball to Sturridge and ran forward quickly.

Sturridge passed back to Wilshere behind him. Long Bisheng had already crossed the half court at the same time as the kick-off, and took advantage of the momentum to force Wilshere.

Wilshere did not choose to pass Long Bisheng, but passed the ball to Delphi who was a little behind. Long Bisheng did not stop, and continued to rush towards Delphi.

"Long, you are really welcome." Delphi muttered in his heart, but he passed the ball to the midfielder Tomkins without delay. Tomkins immediately made a long pass without waiting for Long Bisheng to come over again!
The ball flew directly to the left half of the China Youth Team, and Walcott was running along the wing!

Hu Gandang was going to jump up to head the ball, but Tomkins' long pass was very high. Although he jumped up, he couldn't hit the ball!

"Damn it!" Ding Yu couldn't help shouting seeing Walcott running towards the ball's landing point, "Huang Zhenghong! Go up and defend! Jiang Qi, prepare to make up for it!"

Before he could yell, Huang Zhenghong quickly ran towards the ball. Although he was definitely not as fast as Walcott, he had an advantage - he was much closer to the ball.

Huang Zhenghong and Walcott caught up with the ball almost at the same time. Huang Zhenghong planned to hold the ball under his feet and then turn around to clear the siege and launch a counterattack. However, Walcott's agility was much higher than he imagined.

Sturridge used the power of his sprint to jump high and intend to head the ball directly. Li Jie followed suit without showing any weakness. Although he was two centimeters shorter than his opponent, Li Jie still won the fight and managed to push the ball out of the penalty area.

"Wu Bufan caught the ball! This is England's youth team's first shot, and it immediately posed a huge threat to the Chinese youth team's goal!" The commentator of British Sky TV shouted excitedly.

Wu Bufan got up from the ground. Wilshere's shot just now was quite threatening. If it wasn't for his high concentration, he might have lost the ball immediately--England's offensive strength is really outstanding!

"Counterattack! Let them know how good our offense is!" Wu Bufan yelled and threw the ball far away. The ball flew directly to the feet of Dai Guangming near the middle circle. Dai Guangming caught the ball and turned around. Tomkins immediately came up to meet him.

Facing Tomkins' defense, Dai Guangming did not break through forcibly, but passed the ball back to Gandang Hu who was behind him without looking back, and then ran forward around Tomkins.

The England youth team, which had only one defensive midfielder, was relatively weak at the front of the penalty area. Their right midfielder, Gosling who played for Everton, withdrew to defend Dai Guangming, but Dai Guangming passed the ball straight to Long Bisheng at the front of the penalty area before he came up.

Long Bisheng stopped the ball at his feet, and then used his body to support Kelly who was constantly interfering behind him. Kelly's spirit began to be highly concentrated. As Delphic said, this tall man's ability to turn around and break through with the ball behind his back at the front of the penalty area is quite outstanding!
Sure enough, Long Bisheng began to forcibly half-turn around, and Kelly immediately took a step back, intending to go up and block him when he raised his foot——Long Bisheng raised his foot more when he shot from a long distance——Delphi was really familiar with him.

But Long Bisheng didn't shoot. Instead, after turning around, he passed the ball across to Zhang Yi, who came up from the right. Zhang Yi rushed up, and it was a long shot!
David Bhutto's reaction was not slow, he punched the ball with both hands, Joe Mattock got the ball from the wing, took the ball a few steps forward and then passed the ball to Delph in front.

"Zhang Yi immediately responded with a long-range shot! The China Youth Team is not afraid!" The commentator of the CCTV Sports Channel also shouted excitedly: "At the beginning of the game, both sides have a shot! Maybe we will usher in a battle!"

He was right, these two shots just kicked off the prelude to the confrontation between the two sides in this game.

(End of this chapter)