After an eight-hour flight, the National Youth players successfully arrived in Doha, Qatar.

This time in the World Youth Championship in Qatar, a total of 24 countries entered the finals and were divided into six groups ABCDEF.

Among them, the teams in Group A are: Qatar U20, Senegal U20, Tahiti U20, and Colombia U20.

The teams in Group B are: Italy U20, Japan U20, Mexico U20, and Ecuador U20.

The teams in Group C are: Uruguay U20, New Zealand U20, Norway U20, and Honduras U20.

The teams in Group D are: Ukraine U20, United States U20, Nigeria U20, Poland U20.

The teams in Group E are: China U20, France U20, Mali U20, and Panama U20.

The teams in Group F are: Argentina U20, South Korea U20, Portugal U20, and South Africa U20.

As the organizer of the World Youth Championship, Qatar has provided a total of 12 stadiums for this World Youth Championship for all participating teams to use.

These 12 stadiums were all built for the World Cup two years later.

However, it is currently used by the young players of the World Youth Championship to experience the stadium functions in advance, so that the organizers can better serve the World Cup in the future.

The players of the National Youth Team had already seen the pictures of these 12 stadiums in the brochure on the plane.

The players were all very excited at the time because the new stadium was so beautiful.

The Chinese U20 team is assigned to Group E, and the group stage venue is at the Doha Port Stadium.

The young players of the National Youth Team will play three group matches in this beautiful stadium, so the team directly arrived in Doha, the venue for the group matches, on this day.

It's early June in the Northern Hemisphere, and it's still early summer weather.

But when the players got off the plane, they felt the heat of the local weather.

Many players complained about the stifling heat, saying bluntly that it was no wonder the Qatar World Cup was moved to winter.

However, it is not yet the hottest month in Qatar.

So although the weather in Qatar is hot now, it is still within the acceptable range of the players.

If the World Youth Championship is held before July, the players' bodies should basically be able to bear it during the competition in June.

However, Qatar deserves to be a wealthy country in the Middle East.

When the players checked into the hotel designated by the organizer, they suddenly discovered that the entire area was very cool.

With 24-hour air conditioning and artificial wind, people can no longer feel the heat when they got off the plane, but now in the hotel, it feels like they are in a desert oasis.

After the players settled in the hotel, members of the coaching staff also told everyone not to worry about the weather during the game, because the stadium is also equipped with modern air-conditioning equipment.

While the players shouted for comfort, they also had to lament that Qatar is really a country of rich people.

The opening ceremony of the World Youth Championship will be held on the evening of the next day, and Qatar U20 will also play its first match against Colombia U20.

The first group match between China U20 and France U20 will be held the night after tomorrow, so the national youth players still have almost two days to prepare and adjust.

Therefore, after dinner that day, the coaching staff asked the players to rest as soon as possible, adjust their physical condition, adapt to the local weather, and see if there was any acclimatization.

Therefore, Gao Qiang did not immediately arrange for the players to conduct relevant training activities on the day after arriving in Doha.

Next to the hotel where the organizer arranged for each team to stay, a small football training ground was actually "carefully" built.

Each participating team can go to the training ground next to the hotel for simple football practice when there are no games.

Of course, if you want to go to the stadium for the official game for adaptive training, you can only go there one to two hours before the game.

Tired from the journey and temporarily unaccustomed to the weather, the national youth players soon began to rest in their respective rooms.

But members of the team's coaching staff came to a small conference room after the players took a break.

Because in the first game of the World Youth Championship, the players of the National Youth Team faced the powerful French U20 team.

However, as we all know, the outcome of the first game is directly related to the team's subsequent trend and even the fate of promotion.

Therefore, many teams are very cautious in the first game of the cup group stage, and they all strive for their first victory!

Although they have the confidence to compete, the strength gap between the two sides is still very obvious, so Gao Qiang, Wu Yuandong and others are working intensively to formulate more competition tactics and plans.

However, at this time, Shen Xiao couldn't sleep.

Because Shen Xiao had stayed in the humid and rainy climate of the United Kingdom for a long time, after coming to Qatar, he was a little uncomfortable with the desert climate here, even though the cool air conditioner was turned on at all times.

Another reason is that Shen Xiao's plan for himself is to practice stopping the ball in his spare time every day.

Because Shen Xiao will go to Madrid not long after the World Youth Championship ends, he must complete the system task of stopping the ball one million times before the new La Liga season.

For the World Youth Championship, Shen Xiao is still very confident. He is very sure that he can use the 120+ ability value of a phenomenal football master to "teach" those boys under the age of 20.

However, the La Liga that has not been unlocked by the system has been stuck in Shen Xiao's heart.

Therefore, Shen Xiao, who had changed into training clothes at this time, quietly came to the training ground next to the hotel with a football in his arms.

The turf at the training ground is green and looks very fresh. It can be seen that the staff here take good care of the green grass here every day.

After Shen Xiao took a deep breath of the aroma of green grass, he began his practice of stopping the ball.

After practicing "irregular" stopping of the ball for an hour, Shen Xiao started to play the ball.

In fact, bumping the ball and stopping the ball are similar. You have to use your own feet to control the football well, and then stop it on your own feet.

What has always pleased Shen Xiao is that the number of ball-bumping exercises is also counted by the system as the number of ball stops.

Therefore, during Shen Xiao's ball-stopping practice, his speed in completing system tasks became faster and faster.

When Shen Xiao finished the 10,000-stop practice that day, he was finally so tired that he lay down on the turf, breathing heavily.

"Haha not bad!"

"Sure enough, top academics work quietly and quietly behind the scenes that others don't know!"

At this time, Gao Qiang suddenly appeared on the training ground, and behind him stood Wu Yuandong with a smile on his face.

"Hey, coach, Uncle Dong, why are you here?"

Shen Xiao looked at the two people who suddenly came to the training ground with a smile, then he quickly climbed up from the turf, and then wiped the sweat on his face with a towel.

"Haha, I was still worried just now, because in the first game against the French team, our team as a whole will decline!"

"No, we were just coming out to get some air and relax, and we saw a diligent genius practicing silently here!"

"When I saw Shen laughing at you, kid, I finally calmed down!"

"I understand now that no strategy is as useful as my own strength!"

"Brother Shen Xiao, tell me, do you have the confidence to lead the team to win the French team?"

At this time, Gao Qiang was still looking at Shen Xiao with a smile, but in the end his expression became serious again.

Shen Xiao looked at the head coach Gao Qiang inexplicably, and then looked at Wu Yuandong behind him. After Uncle Dong smiled and nodded to him, Shen Xiao put the towel on his shoulders, and his expression suddenly changed. Become serious.

"Coach, I think we still have to take this game seriously. After all, the opponent is the powerful French team."

"We have to carefully study the opponent's style of play, improve our tactics, and strive to find opportunities for the opponent to make mistakes during the game, and then score as many goals as possible."

"Of course, we must seriously implement your tactics as coach, and then we will have a good fight with the French team!"

At this time, Shen Xiao looked like he was "replying" seriously, and then replied seriously to Gao Qiang.

However, after Shen finished speaking with a smile, Gao Qiang and Wu Yuandong looked at him with "angry faces" on their faces.

And in the next second, Wu Yuandong couldn't help it, stretched out the palm of his right hand, and "signaled" to greet him.

"Uncle Dong, what's going on?"

When Shen Xiao saw this, he quickly moved to the side, then he opened his big eyes and looked at the two people in front of him with an innocent expression.

"You brat!"

"I don't know where you learned these scene words. If you continue to speak so glibly to Director Gao, I will beat you!"

"Stand still, and speak 'human words' to me from now on!"

At this time, Wu Yuandong still said to Shen Xiao with an angry look on his face.

"Okay, Uncle Dong, I was wrong..." At this time, Shen Xiao stood aside and said coquettishly.

"Same for you kid, why are you so careless in front of your uncle? We don't know your strength yet!"

"In terms of seniority, you can be considered my eldest nephew. If you are 'naughty' again, be careful that your Uncle Dong and I will whip you together!"

"Haha, let's do this. Shen Xiao, please re-explain your views on this game, okay?"

"Ahem, I happen to have a cousin who is about 40 years old now. Because she used to be a professor in a university and did academic research, her marriage was delayed."

"And she is also very virtuous. I think if she and your Uncle Dong were together, they would be a perfect pair to live together!"

"What do you think, Shen Xiao...hahaha!"

At this time, Gao Qiang immediately smiled at Shen with a "bad smile".

"Well, if that's the case, then I won't be shy anymore!"

"Coach, tell me, how do you want the French team to 'die'?"

"Should we attack like crazy and score ten or eight of them?"

At this time, Shen Xiao also quickly gave Gao Qiang an "I understand" expression.

Gao Qiang: "..."
Chapter completed!