After the game against Chengdu Sheffield United, Zhang Sheng gave the team a day off. He began to pay attention to the performance of the Longteng players in the National Youth Team.
In order to achieve the results of this World Youth Championship, the Chinese Football Association also spent a lot of money. After inviting the Croatian National Youth Team last month, this month it invited a veteran team in European football and a veteran team in the World Youth Championship.
The strong Portuguese U2O team. Of course, this is also related to the fact that Rick Link has been the youth training director of the old and strong Portuguese team Porto for many years.
The "golden generation" of the Portuguese U2O team once dominated the U2O World Youth Cup for two consecutive years in 1989 and 1991, and then won the third place in 1995. Unfortunately, the glory was short-lived. In 1999 and 2007, they were also defeated in the top 16.
After being eliminated, they won the runner-up position in the last tournament and only lost to Brazil u2o on a penalty kick in the final. It can be regarded as a return to the style of a strong European team.
The current Portuguese U2O coach Agri Boggs took office last year, but he was only able to lead the team to third place in the group stage of the U2O European Cup and barely qualified for the U2O World Youth Championship. However, it should be noted that this Portuguese U2O army
There are many players with potential, including Barcelona B midfielders Agosti and Edgar, and the cards are still quite good.
In addition, there are many players from Porto and Benfica who have been called up. Even if most of them have not yet been able to serve as the main players in the team, if they only evaluate their personal abilities, they will definitely not be worse than the young players of other participating teams.
On May 2, the two teams held a warm-up match in Nanjing. The National Youth Team, which was based on the Longteng Team, maintained the tactics of the Longteng Team and did not fall behind at all in the match against Portugal.
Among them, the performance of Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu was very outstanding. In the first half, Qin Minghao showed his extraordinary ability, and the Portuguese team began to strictly guard Qin Minghao. Agosti, who plays as a midfielder in Barcelona B team,
At the head coach's signal, he began to tightly entangle Qin Minghao.
At the beginning, this physically strong player whose playing style was very similar to Barcelona's first-team defensive midfielder Song was still effective. After Qin Minghao adapted to his defensive style, his defense became very tight. Portugal had no choice but to
The captain of the team, Joao Mario, another midfielder, also came over to help.
Qin Minghao did not panic in this situation. He strengthened the connection between Xu Mingyu and the two familiar teammates joined forces to exert greater power. Especially Xu Mingyu, who had spent two years in Portugal, was very familiar with the game of Portuguese players.
In terms of habits and rhythm, his performance was even more eye-catching than Qin Minghao's.
Another advantage here is that both Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu understand Portuguese, and they can understand clearly what the Portuguese players say to each other, and even what the Portuguese head coach says to the players. This gives Portugal
The team is greatly confused. The two of them can always attack in a targeted manner when their players are in contact with each other.
In the 33rd minute of the first half, the Chinese National Youth Team used the cooperation of Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu. Finally, Xu Mingyu used a sudden change of rhythm to break into the penalty area, and then he passed an inverted triangle pass to
Deng Qun took the lead through Deng Qun's attack.
In the second half, although Portugal's main forward, Bruma, known as the new Ronaldo, scored the equalizer, the National Youth Team relied on Xu Mingyu's beautiful long shot in the frontcourt to gain another victory and win again.
Although Qin Minghao helped him attract defensive players to open up space for this goal, Xu Mingyu's comprehensiveness was also fully demonstrated.
In the end, the National Youth Team won the game with Xu Mingyu's pass and shot.
After the game, when Portugal's head coach Agri Boggs communicated with Rick Link, he specifically asked about Xu Mingyu's situation. Rick Link proudly introduced him in great detail.
When Boggs heard that Xu Mingyu had been trained twice in Portugal, he seemed very pleased: "No wonder he has such strength at the age of 17. After all, he was trained in Portugal."
Rick Link also agreed with his point of view: "High-level football is indeed in our Europe. Most of the players on our team are very talented, but they have not received high-level training. If they can play in Europe
If you get good training, you should be able to perform very well."
Hearing what Rick Link said, Boggs nodded thoughtfully.
On the evening of the end of the game, two guests were welcomed into the hotel of the Chinese National Youth Team. The one leading the way was Boggs, the head coach of the Chinese Youth Team's opponent, the Portuguese team, during the day's game. Behind him was a man with a similar appearance.
You can tell the southern Europeans just by looking at them.
They first found Rick Link, the head coach of the National Youth Team, and Boggs introduced the person he brought to Rick Link: "This is Aurelio Pereira."
When Boggs introduced Rick Link, he had already extended his hand to him: "Long time no see."
Pereira also shook hands with Rick Link and said: "Yes, I heard that you came to China. I was very surprised. I didn't expect that the players you have are really good."
Boggs said in astonishment: "Do you know each other?"
Ricklink smiled and said: "How could we not know each other? He is the digger of Figo and Cristiano. I played against him many times when I was in Porto."
Boggs also suddenly realized: "That's right, one of you is in Porto and the other is in Sporting Lisbon. You are both looking for young players, haha. It seems that I don't need to introduce you anymore."
As two of the top three in Portuguese domestic football, Porto and Sporting Lisbon are not rivals, but they have a lot of competition and exchanges with each other. As early as when Rick Link was the assistant coach of Porto,
He had heard about Pereira, Portugal's most famous scout, and had known each other for a long time.
Regarding Pereira's arrival this time, Rick Link quickly understood. He said to Pereira: "Are you here to observe Bruma this time? Do you like my players?"
Pereira answered very straightforwardly: "Yes, I came here to observe Bruma's performance. You also know that our Green Lion (nickname of Sporting Lisbon) has always regarded him as the second Ronaldo.
Training. But this is not what I want to talk about. I want to ask about the two midfielders in your team, No. 7 and No. 9."
Rick Link had a prophetic expression: "I knew it. Haha. These two players are the two strongest players in my team now. There was another player who was also a very good player, but he was seriously injured last year.
, I heard that he just resumed playing games the day before yesterday."
"Can you give me a detailed introduction?" Pereira asked.
Rick Link nodded, and then motioned for them to sit down and talk. After pouring a cup of coffee for each of them, he said: "The two players you just mentioned. No. 7 is Xu Mingyu, and he is only 17 years old now.
I previously trained with the Portuguese National Team in Portugal for two years, returned to China last year, and then played for the current Chinese League One team."
After taking a sip of coffee, Rick Link continued to introduce: "As for player No. 9, his name is Qin Minghao, he is 19 years old this year. He has no experience of training abroad before, and has only received football training in China for a few years.
It's just basic education. He returned to China from Brazil at the beginning of last year and has been playing in the Chinese League One team since he came back. However, he did not receive any football school training in Brazil."
Speaking of this, Rick Link also introduced Li Yun: "Actually, there is also a very outstanding player in our team named Li Yun, who is a central defender. He is only 20 years old this year, but he played in the Asian Youth League last year.
He suffered a serious injury during the game - a torn cruciate ligament. After surgery, he can now play. I paid attention and found that his performance after the injury was also very good. The three people I just mentioned belong to the same club.
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Hearing Rick Link's introduction, Pereira was a little surprised and said: "There are clubs in China with such good youth training. If you go by what you said, these three players are all very good players."
Rick Link nodded and said: "I'm afraid you don't know, but there are 7 players on the field today who are from this club. Including the defensive midfielder who played well today, and the center back No. 4."
Pereira also nodded and asked: "Do No. 7 and No. 9 have their own agents?"
Rick Link shook his head, spread his hands and said: "As you know, the situation in China is very complicated, and many aspects of football are irregular. I am not very clear about the situation of the two of them. You may need to consult about this.
It’s their club.”
Pereira said thoughtfully: "Can you introduce the situation of this club to me?"
"Of course." Rick Linke said with an attitude of knowing everything and saying nothing. "This club was officially established less than three years ago. They were promoted from China's domestic amateur league more than two years ago to this year's
The Chinese League One is the second-tier league in China. Until now, they have maintained an unbeaten record in all levels of leagues, and last year they eliminated many players from China's top leagues along the way.
Including the now famous Guangzhou Evergrande, which made it to the finals of last year's Chinese Football Association Cup - equivalent to the Portuguese Cup in Portugal. In the end, No. 9 on the field today and the central defender I just mentioned went to participate.
The Asian Youth Championship and lost the Cup.”
"It seems that this club is very strong in China." Boggs interjected.
Rick Link nodded and said: "Yes, this club is backed by a company with a market value of over 4 billion RMB. Their head coach is also the son of the owner of this family company. He received professional training in Brazil when he was young.
After retiring, I received long-term coaching training in Germany and now still holds a German A-level coaching certificate. My current playing style on the court is this coach’s usual tactics.” (To be continued.)
