World Cup of Great Powers

After Xu Yunlong overtook the score, Zeng Zheng quickly arranged for everyone to retreat.

With the defensive experience in the first half, it is now handy to defend.

It is still 30 meters in front of the door.

The middle and young players guard here, not even a fly can fly past.

The desperate Uruguayan still wants to make a last-ditch effort.

But under the iron wall of the China Youth Team, they could only drink their hatred and lose in the end.

2 to 1, while the China Youth Team achieved a lead, they won two consecutive group matches and qualified ahead of schedule.

At the press conference after the game, Zeng Zheng said proudly: "Judging from the game process, the players are playing smarter and smarter."

"I'm very pleased with that."

"I think such a turnaround belongs to all the players!"

Zeng Zheng's idea of ​​"defending the middle and letting the outside go" and relying on his personal speed advantage to fight against the game has been clearly analyzed by the opponent after two group battles.

However, the brilliant performance of the youth team members themselves made it difficult for those scouts to divert their attention.

"How old is No. 5 of the Chinese team? How many years was he born? How can I get in touch with his club? Is he playing in the youth team or the adult team?"

"That No. 4 is also amazing! A player who can attack and defend, with a balanced offense and defense, is very suitable for us!"

"There is also No. 21, who is so skillful with his left foot and has a free kick. It's hard to imagine how his club cultivated him!"

"That No. 7 is even more incredible! Do you still remember the last Toulon Cup? There is a very powerful striker named Thierry Henry in the champion French team. This No. 7 protects the ball very much like him!"

The Chinese youth team played such a proud result, which aroused great attention from the outside world.

In the past two days, almost all Asian media have been reporting on the early qualifying of the China Youth Team.

In this World Youth Championship, China, Little Days, Kazakhstan, and Saudi Arabia are the four Asian brothers, and only the Chinese youth team can be called a classic.

Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia lost two wars. The only thing they can do next is to have a taste of the exotic Nigeria, and then buy a T-shirt with the head of Jay Jay Okocha, and go home and blow about Africa. power player.

I was quite competitive in my small days.

After losing to Cameroon 1-2 in the first round, seeing the China Youth Team qualifying ahead of schedule, they broke out unprecedented fighting power.

Facing Da Laomei, Xiaozi opened the scoring with his opponent's own goal in 10 minutes, then scored two consecutive games, and finally defeated his opponent with a score of 3 to 1, scoring the first 3 points in the World Youth Championship.

However, if they want to qualify, they have to look at the face of England in the third game.

In this regard, Troussier is full of confidence.

The African teams in this World Youth Championship frequently played with two eyes, but the European teams felt like they were working hard.

England lost their first two games in the group stage.

The British Empire, which is difficult to qualify even if it wins a game, might really lose face in the last game, and maybe send Xiaozi to qualify directly!

From the current point of view, the Chinese youth team, which is still dubbed the "dark horse", can hold up the banner of Asia.

Players such as Shao Jiayi, Li Yi, Zheng Zhi, and Xu Yunlong have used two games to shine. According to the ratings of Nigeria's "Today", five players from the China Youth Team have an average score of more than 5, ranking first in the country. The first batch of the World Youth Championship.

The most important thing is that these players have been "unknown" before.

In the eyes of outsiders, all the players of the China Youth Team are almost carved out of the same mold.

Now that some people are top-notch, do other people also have their own specialties, but they haven't been brought into play yet?

In just two games, the dark horse of the China Youth Team was directly hyped by the media as the favorite to win the championship.

On April 4, the last group match of Group D will be played simultaneously.

For Group D, it is actually not necessary to play the last group match at the same time.

Uruguay and Portugal, the two favorite teams to win the championship, are very hip!
Two games, one without a win!
The two teams have only the last game left, in other words, they can only get three points at most.

Even if there is a rule for the third place in the group, but the team that only scored 3 points, if they want to qualify, they have to look at the winks of the third place in other groups.

Although Mali and Mali both qualified ahead of schedule, this group match still affects the opponents of the two teams in the quarter-finals.

If you can get the first place in the group, it is very likely to face a team that is third in the other group.

At the press conference before the game, Zeng Zheng said to the reporters in the audience: The China Youth Team will definitely win the last game and win the first place in the group!

However, the fans found out on the field that this time Zeng Zheng sent a full bench lineup!
With 11 players, Zeng Zheng rotated them all over the place!
"Can this work?"

Looking at the 11 "strange" players on the field, the fans couldn't help but feel a little worried.

However, in the first minute of the game, the discussion won a corner kick for the China Youth Team.

Shen Han, who started for the first time, was still a little uncomfortable at the beginning of the game. He headed the ball high at the back point and missed a chance to score.

Mali, who also won two games in a row, also understands the importance of this game, so Mali's coach is still playing with all the main players.

After the Zhongqing team attacked, the Mali team quickly responded.

After Kamara broke through Geng Yujie's defense, he directly distributed the ball to Tisa who was in the open position in front of the penalty area.

The Mali striker was so excited that his first shot went over the bar.

Two minutes later, Tisa made another breakthrough from the left and passed back to the middle. The Zhongqing players were unable to defend. Coulibaly cleverly swayed Yu Feng, who was filling in, and faced the isolated and helpless Yang Jun 2 meters in front of the goal. Take a strong shot.

Amidst the exclamation of the fans at the scene, Mali's shot missed the ball again.

Seeing that the Chinese youth team escaped unharmed, the fans in the stands broke out in a cold sweat!
"Let me just say, these substitutes are not good at all!"

"Coach Zeng is too much of a joke, isn't it? Half of the rotation is almost the same. Why are everyone replaced? This is obviously to give up the first place!"

"Oh, Coach Zeng is too careless!"

This all-substitute line of defense worries fans.

Coupled with the fact that defensive replacements are always not timely enough, the scene of the China Youth Team seemed very passive for a while.

Zeng Zheng naturally saw the problem.

He directed the four players in the midfield and ordered them to increase their running range.

As the saying goes, if you don't have enough ability, you can run to make up for it.

Driven by these midfielders, until the 25th minute of the game, the substitute Chinese youth team finally gradually entered the state.

In the 28th minute, it was negotiated that he was violated by the opponent in the frontcourt and got a free kick in a good position.

Hu Minghua from Bayi took a strong shot from 30 meters outside the penalty area. The ball stuck to the upper right corner of the goal and went over the crossbar.

It wasn't until seeing the ball that the Chinese fans in the stands gave an unbridled cheer.

In the 36th minute, Negotiation sought a breakthrough on the right, pulled out the gap and passed Shen Han directly.

The latter got the ball in the penalty area and quickly went to the bottom, and then launched an inverted triangle cross.

Wang Shuo, who is in the middle, will deliberately miss the ball, and Chen Licheng, who follows behind, lifts his foot and shoots.

But the strength was a bit insufficient, and the Mali defender blocked the baseline in time-this was also the shot that the China Youth Team came closest to scoring in the entire first half.

Seeing that the players were panting, Zeng Zheng began to arrange defense.

Relying on Yang Jun's stable performance in front of the goal, the first half ended 0-0 with no danger.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Zeng Zheng did not make any substitutions.

Same as the first half.

Even though Zeng Zheng reprimanded them from the sidelines, these full-substitute players have not entered the state for a long time.

The mistakes in passing and catching the ball in the midfield were astonishing. Shang Yi, Shen Han and Wang Shuo all retreated to the center line, but there were still many passes that were too high and too fast for them to catch up.

Although the Mali players on the opposite side basically controlled the situation, due to the lack of overall execution and the overall situation of the African team, they have not opened up the situation for a long time.

In the 59th minute, the China Youth Team finally organized a decent quick counterattack.

After negotiating to lean on the opponent's central defender on the right, stretched out his foot and barely reached his teammate's pass, he kicked his heel with a powerful and unconstrained heel, causing Shen Han, Wang Shuo and Hu Minghua to form a three-on-three situation in the frontcourt.

But Wang Shuo failed to grasp the opportunity in the end, and the last pass to Shen Han's assist ball was blocked by the opponent's defender from the bottom line.

Seeing that the frontcourt players were always unable to grasp their opportunities, Zeng Zheng finally played the substitution card.

When Shao Jiayi played again, there was thunderous applause from the audience.

"The coach of the Chinese team finally put the ace on the field!"

"Haha, I'm just waiting for the performance on the 21st!"

"It seems that the Chinese team is going to fight back!"

"I'll just say it! It's not realistic to rely on these substitutes to win against Mali!"

Sure enough, as soon as Shao Jia came on the field, he immediately made several threatening shots.

In the 63rd minute, Shao Jiayi relied on an early prediction, decisively fell to the ground and slid the tackle, and succeeded in stealing the ball in the frontcourt.

After the steal, Shao Jia took the ball and went straight to the opponent's penalty area, and decisively took a long shot when the opponent's three defenders chased and intercepted him.

There was a muffled "bang".

The ball hit the post and bounced off the baseline.

The fans who had already stood up to cheer at the scene held their heads in regret.

This was the closest Chinese youth team shot to a goal in the game!

When Shao Jiayi shot just now, the Mali goalkeeper stood there indifferently.

As long as Shao Jia shoots a little more inward, the goal will be scored!
After replacing Shao Jiayi, the middle and backcourt players of the China Youth Team immediately had a backbone.

After getting the ball, he habitually went to the frontcourt to find Shao Jiayi.

However, although Shao Jiayi is brave, at most he is grabbing the first point, and the second point is always intercepted by the opponent.

Zeng Zheng naturally saw the problem.

Seeing a few frontcourt players eager to try on the bench, I began to think about whether to change another offensive player to play.

However, it didn't take long before Ndiaye shot from an extremely angled shot 30 meters away from the frontcourt, which also almost knocked on the door of the China Youth Team.

Seeing this, Zeng Zheng began to hesitate, whether to change to a defensive player to stabilize the defense first, or to change to an offensive player to strengthen the offense.

Just when Zeng Zheng hesitated, Mali still seized the loophole of the China Youth Team and scored.

Using a tactical corner kick, the defender of the China Youth Team couldn't keep up with the defense in time, and didn't have time to block the opponent's pass.

Mali striker Kamara hit the ball at the top of the arc, and the ball flew from Chen Licheng's wicket into the dead corner of the goal.

"This" Seeing this, the fans were a little speechless.

"In the 73rd minute of the game, the Mali team scored first!" Seeing the goal, the on-site commentator was also extremely excited.

"They took advantage of a tactical corner kick and rewritten the score to 1-0!"

"The Chinese team is behind!"

While the Mali team cheered up and down, the coaching staff of the China Youth Team was a little dumbfounded.

"Xiao Zeng, this... this is not very good!"

Before the game, he patted his chest and assured the media and fans that he would win the game, but in the end, a lot of substitutes were placed on the bench.

It's okay to be on the bench, but now that the score is behind, it's a bit unbearable.

Zhu Guanghu looked at Zeng Zheng worriedly, with some complaints in his eyes.

Why rotate it again?
Some players were substitutes when they were young, and they will be substitutes all their lives!

What gave him a chance to shine?

It's all bullshit!
Look, now that they're given a chance, who's taking it?
Are you still behind?

And even if you give a substitute a chance, you don't give it like this!
It's enough to find a few players whose strength is similar to that of the starters.

You are all on the bench, isn't this changing the direction and weakening the strength of the team?

"Xiao Zeng, I know you are doing it for the good of these players and want them to have a chance to play."

"But now you see, we are behind at this juncture, and it will be difficult for us to play next time!"

"If we meet the first place in other groups in the quarter-finals, we will be passive."

Zhu Guanghu babbled a lot, just because he was afraid of encountering a strong opponent in the quarter-finals, which would affect the future development of the Chinese youth team.

Zeng Zheng didn't say anything.

He knew that instead of complaining about himself here, it is better to hurry up and formulate tactics to see if he can win this goal.

Mistakes have already been made, and it is meaningless to discuss how to make them.

Most importantly, how to make up for this mistake.

Zeng Zheng frowned, and played out the last two substitution cards in his hand.

Zheng Zhi and Xu Yunlong were ordered to run on the field when they were in danger.

Seeing both of them playing on the field for a while, Zhu Guanghu's nagging sounded again.

"Xiao Zeng, why don't you replace Li Yi? How strong is his offensive ability in the frontcourt!"

"And Li Yan, his organizational skills are not bad, right?"

"Zheng Zhi and Xu Yunlong are good players, but they are both defensive. Isn't it too late for you to replace them?"

Faced with Zhu Guanghu's nagging, Zeng Zheng took out two rolls of toilet paper from his pocket without saying a word, and stuffed them into his ears.

It's his fault that the team is behind.

But he doesn't need to listen to other people's accusations.

Even if he faces the media reporters after the game, he is the one who bears the responsibility.

At this stage, he was really in no mood to take care of Zhu Guanghu's nagging.

Seeing Zeng Zheng's appearance, Zhu Guanghu also knew that he had talked too much.

But now the situation is beyond his control.

After thinking about it, I had to take all the players on the bench to the sidelines and let them cheer for the players on the field together.

After the goal, all the Mali players were excited, and almost the whole team overwhelmed the midfield attack.

Zeng Zheng replaced Zheng Zhi and Xu Yunlong on the field. He planned to use the coordination ability of the two midfielders to help his teammates create a path when counterattacking.

Time passed by, and in the 82nd minute, Chen Licheng faced a through ball from the opponent's central defender, and fell to the ground desperately to shovel.

Seeing that Chen Licheng touched the ball, Xu Yunlong quickly turned around and ran back to grab the ball.

In the face of the Mali team's upsurge, Xu Yunlong made a diagonal pass to the side for discussion.

Discussion ran side by side with the Mali defender, and he had already run at his fastest speed.

"Boom~~"

With the solid basic skills trained in Jianlibao, he tightened his insteps and steadily unloaded the ball to his feet.

Seeing such a wonderful stop, the eyes of countless scouts on the scene flickered.

The opponent obviously didn't expect to negotiate to stop the ball so well, and when they wanted to speed up and push the opponent out of the penalty area, it was already a step too late.

I saw Shang Yi lightly dunked, dodged the opponent's defender, and rushed straight into the penalty area.

Facing the inward cut of the discussion, the Mali defender who was rushing to fill the position did not dare to press too hard, and got stuck in front of the consultation with his hands behind his back.

At this time, the Mali goalkeeper also moved to the near post following the discussion.

There are wolves in front and tigers in the back.

Discussing that the left and right feet are alternately swinging slightly, and constantly making false shots to confuse the opponent.

After discussing, he swayed his feet, but in the end he didn't touch the ball.

But at this moment, the ball rolled away by itself.

Seeing that the ball is about to leave the control of the negotiation, the negotiation seems to be still changing its focus.

Seeing such a good opportunity turned into such a result, some fans couldn't help but let out a sigh.

At this moment, watching the opponent's defender gradually block the goalkeeper.

The discussion that barely stood still suddenly grinned at the corner of his mouth, revealing a weird smile.

I saw that the body's center of gravity moved to the bottom line again, and at the same time, his supporting right foot was still standing in place.

In front of all the fans, discussing crossed his left foot from the back of his body to the right, and lightly poked at the ball that was about to roll off the baseline.

Swish! ! !
The ball was stabbed to the middle in an instant.

All Mali players did not respond.

Shao Jia, who was following up in the middle, kicked his thigh and pushed the ball straight into the empty goal.

"This, this, this"

Seeing this scene, many fans opened their mouths wide open, speechless.

Zhu Guanghu slapped his thigh even more, and sighed in a tone that no one could understand, "Discuss why this kid can't pass it well, why did he use flower arrangements???"