The Chinese National Youth Team won all three games in the World Youth Championship and advanced to the top 16, which was not enough to cause a shocking effect on the domestic media. In addition, the anti-gambling and anti-gangster crackdown in the past two years, the image of Chinese football has fallen to the bottom, and mainstream media are disgusted with Chinese football.
However, the players of the National Youth Team received calls from their families. After asking about their well-being, they continued to praise and encourage.
Tang Hong's life was very peaceful, as if no one was interested in it.
He had not had a normal conversation with his father for a long time, and his mother would probably be upset when she learned about the promotion of the National Youth Team and would not be happy. She most likely wanted Tang Hong to be eliminated early, and was hit and depressed and then gave up football.
After the group stage, the knockout round is the end, and all the top 16 are born.
In fact, only eight teams went home.
Netherlands, South Korea, Jamaica, Rwanda, Canada, New Zealand, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire.
Only one of the four Asian teams has gone to South Korea, and the performance of the Asian team in this World Youth Championship is already guaranteed to pass the guaranteed performance.
There is no principle of avoiding the continents in the draw of the top 16 lottery, but the Chinese national youth team really doesn't want to meet Japan from Asia or Australia, an AFC member state.
It’s not that I’m afraid, but that I just hope to fight against teams from other continents, which is also an eye-opener to gain insight.
FIFA gave face to the Chinese team and drew Uruguay.
Since the Chinese team is the top team in the group to advance, there is no need to move, just waiting for Uruguay to come from other cities in Toreon, which can be seen as the advantage of the top team in the group.
Uruguay is one of the teams that performed well in this competition. In the group stage, he was assigned to the same group with England, Canada and Rwanda. He successfully won the first two games, scored 4 goals and scored clean sheets of the opponent. After advancement, he lost to England in the same group in the last game of the group stage, which allowed England to win the top spot in the group, and they advanced as the second place.
Van der Hill studied Uruguay's performance in three group matches, and then asked the Chinese team to run and defend more actively in the game before the game, and not to drag the ball out in the offense.
Not to mention how helpful it can be to the Chinese team, Van der Hill's professionalism has always made others respect.
On the game day, Toleiweng was cloudy and there were no obvious dark clouds in the sky, but it seemed that a small rain could be encountered at any time. With gusts of wind, this weather made the players feel energetic and very suitable for the game.
The opponents encountered by the Chinese team in the group stage have a physical advantage over them, but they may not be passive in this regard when facing Uruguay.
But Uruguay also has an advantage over the Chinese team overall, but not strength and height, but speed and agility.
Brazil and Argentina are traditional South American powerhouses. If you count down, Uruguay will definitely follow!
Nowadays, the Uruguay national team can also be called a crouching tiger and hidden dragon.
Cavani, Suarez, Diego Fran on the front line, Pereira, Perez, Gonzalez, Gargano on the midfield, and Caceres, Godin, Lugano on the back line, lost to the Netherlands in the South Africa World Cup last year, and finally won the fourth place.
Uruguay's current U17 echelon overall style continues the characteristics of South American football, but there is no particularly outstanding genius in terms of individual players' performance.
But there are still some players who have performed well and received much attention.
Uruguay's entire defense line, from back to defender to goalkeeper, is considered a group of players with great potential, and the two forwards also played impressively in the first two games of the group stage.
It is not realistic to just expect a group of players within a certain age to become stars, especially in the embarrassing echelon of U17.
The U17 echelon limits the age limit for players. After all, the gap between 15-year-old players and 17-year-old players is too obvious in physical confrontation, and a group of stars are more likely to be born in the U21 World Youth Championship. Teams such as Argentina, Brazil, Italy, and Portugal all performed well in the World Youth Championship and a considerable number of stars were born in the team that year!
Because in the U21 echelon, 18-year-old players can play the main players as long as they have the strength, and the players that can be used in the echelon are even larger.
Players like the U17 echelon, even if they perform well now and are considered to have great potential, they are likely to become like everyone else in three to five years, and even say goodbye to football!
This age group is still rare to be able to shine in one competition and eventually become a star.
There are many future stars who may not necessarily appear in the World Youth Championship. After all, not every star has a similar explosion and growth period, nor is it that the teams played for when they were young have the opportunity to compete in the World Youth Championship. For example, Europe with the most talents is only four national teams qualified, but at least five or six countries will have talented players in the U17 age group.
At this age group where the gap has not been absolutely broken, Tang Hong and others will not underestimate themselves, and they will definitely be worse than their opponents. Everyone has about the same time they come into contact with football. They don’t think they are less than the opponent’s. Of course, the players of Tianhai Rising Star have this level of awareness. As for whether other players will have a lot of associations and then become timid because they will play against Uruguay.
Entering the court with his head held high and his chest held high, the two teams of China and Uruguay held a pre-match side-picking ceremony on the court.
There were more spectators in the stands. Perhaps it was the knockout round that made the game really a little interesting. After all, someone would have to go home after one game. Everyone knows the cruelty.
"The World Young Master Championship has come to the knockout stage. The 8 games in the 1/8 final will be played within two days. In the two knockout matches that ended an hour ago, Brazil and Japan have advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Young Master Championship. Brazil beat Ecuador 2:0 as expected, and the Japanese team massacred the Czech Republic 6:0, which allowed us to see the wonderful team cooperation of the Japanese team!
An Asian team has already created a sensation. I wonder if the Chinese team, which won all three games in the group stage, can also surprise us today.
Uruguay is not the United States that only knows how to compete for their health. It is probably not easy for the Chinese team to pass Uruguay.
The Chinese team started 433 today.
Goalkeeper: Zhang Yinuo.
Defenders: Zhao Hanchun, Liu Tao, Li Ang, and Zhang Binyi.
Midfielder: Xie Pengfei, Luo Hongkai, Liu Binbin.
Forward: Tang Hong, Qin Rui, Feng Jin.
Uruguay started 352 today.
Goalkeeper: Couvero.
Defenders: Gianni Rodriguez, Velazquez, Gaston Silva.
Midfielders: Folia, Alvarez, Barrera, Pais, Morela.
Forwards: Aguirre, Cortrezi.
The competition begins soon, let us look forward to the two teams being able to contribute a wonderful showdown to the audience!"
The formations adopted by different teams in the World Youth Championship are basically similar.
442 is still mainstream, it is nothing more than a big diamond or a small diamond midfielder. 4231 and 433 are the most mainstream formations in European football nowadays. Van der Hill comes from the Netherlands. For the country that regards 433 as a belief, it is normal for the team he coaches to play 433 for a long time, while Uruguay's current 352 is relatively rare, after all, it requires very high defense capabilities.
Even if European giants want to play 352 well, it may be difficult for them to succeed without two and a half-world defenders. At least in the past five years, the teams against both sides have not adopted a 352 formation.
Perhaps Uruguay thinks that they have a good defender who can shine on the U17-age stage.
After the game started, Tang Hong was obviously more active than usual, and his activity was reflected in more territory and extraordinary breakthroughs!
He seemed to have no reservations, hoping to bring victory to the team alone!
Van der Hill had a brief conversation before the game. Van der Hill told Tang Hong that he didn't know elsewhere, and some scouts from the Netherlands were following him in the stands!
There are many coaches who are actually like players and cannot play for a club all the time. Van der Hill is from Ajax. From the time he was an apprentice to getting a coaching qualification certificate, he had many classmates, but most of these classmates are working for different clubs in the Netherlands. Some have changed careers and some have continued to be coaches.
The news about Van der Hill naturally comes from those former classmates. There is no need to verify the authenticity, and it is definitely not a creation of nothing.
With the evaluation of the group stage of the World Young Games alone, there are not many players who can interest the outside world in terms of technology. The most popular are two players, Sterling from England and Tang Hong from China!
Also, because Sterling is a Liverpool youth training player, it is very difficult to poach, and Tang Hong will receive more attention!
Those scouts will not draw conclusions rashly, which requires Tang Hong to show more exciting performances to send the report on the players to the club, or even directly recommend recruitment to the club!
The opportunity has arrived, and Tang Hong seems to have been waiting for his whole life!
In the past, he would juggle the team and create more opportunities for his teammates, but now he is going to prove his abilities to those who are paying attention to him.
He can carry a team forward!
Chapter completed!