In the next few games, due to the return of injured players, Qin Minghao and Li Yun were excluded from the squad. However, they did not complain at all and were still conscientious in training.?
The performance of these efforts has given them another opportunity.
First came Qin Minghao's opportunity. Because the team's main right winger, Brazilian Leonardo, was seriously injured and had to undergo surgery and rest for more than five months, head coach Schmidt immediately thought of Qin Minghao.
Even though he was not in his most suitable position, Qin Minghao still did not disappoint Schmidt. His running positions in the frontcourt, dribbling breakthroughs, passing and receiving assists all showed that he was no weaker than others. In consecutive
In the three games, Qin Minghao not only contributed 3 assists, but also scored 2 goals. This performance is completely phenomenal. Even the local sports media in Austria also claimed that this Chinese boy is this
The biggest performance of the season for Red Bull Salzburg.
Compared with Qin Minghao, Li Yun's chances are much less. After all, in the position of central defender, age is very important. Unless you come from a strong football country and have the talent to completely crush all teams since childhood, otherwise in the central defender position,
For the defender position, basically all head coaches tend to choose players with mature years, mature playing styles, and mature cooperation. They will not rashly recruit a young central defender to play official games. Because if it is the frontcourt
If an offensive player makes a mistake, it will only affect an offense. As long as the central defender makes a mistake, he is likely to lose a ball, and losing a ball is likely to ruin a game. Therefore, Li Yun has never had many opportunities to play.
Even though he has been on the 18-man roster for a long time.
The center back combination of Red Bull Salzburg is exactly two such veterans. One is the foreign aid Sekagea from Uganda who has Swiss nationality, and the other is the foreign aid Douglas from Brazil. Their ages are 33 years old respectively.
Still 30 years old, he is already a battle-hardened veteran.
However, Sekagea has entered the late stage of his career this season, and the club is focusing on cultivating Hinteregger, an Austrian youngster. This youngster in 1992 is very valued. He is known as the Austrian national
The team's future first central defender. Historically, this person was indeed selected for the Austrian national team, and also won the best rookie in the Austrian League in the 2o15 season. Later, he was bought by Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga. He is still very good.
of strength.
As an outsider, Li Yun has no advantage at all when competing with Hinteregger, who has a household registration, because local players are always more popular than foreign players. However, Li Yun is not afraid of this unfair competition. In one game
After Zhong Hinteregger made a low-level mistake, the team lost the ball and lost the game. Li Yun seized the opportunity. In the game when Hinteregger was punished and did not play, Li Yun performed exceptionally well.
, he successfully defended the back line many times, and also advanced to assist the team to break the deadlock on the field. After this game, he became Sekagea's first substitute, and performed in many subsequent appearances.
Very stable, not like a young player under 22 years old at all. And in the last two games of the winter break, Li Yun successfully squeezed out Sekagea and became the central defender.
In the two games played by Li Yun, not only did he perform well, he also used his natural commanding talent to make the team's defense more aggressive and defensively more solid. Even head coach Schmi
Te also praised Li Yun, saying that he is a natural defensive commander, and Li Yun has firmly established himself as the main force.
What makes Zhang Sheng most happy is the appearance of Li Yun and Qin Minghao in the Europa League. In the Europa League group match on December 13, Red Bull Salzburg played against Esbjerg Club of the Danish League. Qin
Minghao and Li Yun both appeared in the game as , and Qin Minghao also scored his first Europa League goal. This is also the second person to score a goal in the Europa League after Chinese player Wang Chu
Chinese players. The defense led by Li Yun withstood the test of the striker led by Emil Lin, the former main striker of Denmark U21, and kept a clean sheet. In the end, the team also defeated the opponent with a big score of 4:0.
, reached the 1/8 finals of the Europa League.
Hearing Li Yun's introduction, Zhang Sheng was very happy for their performance. Although it was only a third-rate European league like the Austrian Bundesliga, they still had the opportunity to experience high-level competitions. The Austrian Bundesliga's league level
It is ranked 16th in Europe, lower than the Czech Republic and Romania, and higher than Cyprus and Croatia. Every year, the champion advances to the third round of the Champions League play-offs, while the second, third and domestic cup winners advance to the Europa League play-offs.
Red Bull Salzburg can guarantee to play in the Champions League every year. Although they are often knocked out in the fourth round of play-offs, they still often have the opportunity to compete with some strong European teams in the Europa League.
, this is very important for players like Qin Minghao and Li Yun who urgently need high-level games to gain experience. And these high-level games can very well reflect the current weaknesses of the two of them, which is why Zhang Sheng
They think that something is more important than the realization of their advantages, because only when their shortcomings are reflected can they be trained in a targeted manner.
Li Yun spoke frankly about the shortcomings of the Red Bull Club against the two of them - insufficient physical confrontation, which is also a common problem among Chinese teams in Europe.
Among all the players who have traveled to Europe in Chinese history, those who can achieve certain success must be players with good physical fitness. Therefore, it is not difficult for us to see that players with such physical fitness as Sun Jihai, Zheng Zhi, and Yang Chen can be slightly better at home.
Gain a foothold in European clubs.
The physical fitness of Qin Minghao and Li Yun should be said to be among the best among domestic players, but after arriving in Europe, even leagues such as the Austrian Bundesliga can only be said to be qualified. In high-level competitions such as the Europa League,
During the middle period, the lack of physical resistance became somewhat apparent.
When they first arrived at the Red Bulls, Li Yun and Qin Minghao, who were good at physical fitness and confrontation in the domestic league, were not so relaxed. It was also for this reason that Schmidt underestimated them at first, because they obviously didn't have the ability to do so.
European players have such burly lines, Schmidt therefore believes that they are not qualified to play in the Austrian Bundesliga. However, Qin Minghao and Li Yun's good physical talents quickly adapted to the league, but Schmidt also quickly adapted to the league.
They have put forward higher requirements, that is, to allow their physical confrontation ability to adapt to the Europa League.
Li Yun introduced Zhang Sheng: "When we played against Esbjerg in Denmark, both Mouse and I obviously felt that the confrontation was a bit difficult. Of course, this is a Nordic team like the Danish team, and the players are also based on Nordic players.
It has something to do with it, because players in Northern Europe are generally tall and powerful. When Mouse and I went head-to-head with their players, we did suffer a bit. Later, the two of us used more skills to deal with them, and then we became certain.
advantages.”
Zhang Sheng was a little worried: "This is not the final solution. When you were still in the Longteng team, I emphasized the importance of physical confrontation many times, but the low level of domestic leagues has made your confrontation ability less effective.
There hasn't been much progress in actual combat, which is why I sent you to play in the European League. If you don't step up your physical training and confrontation training, you will suffer a lot in the future. After all, you two will eventually
The goal is not the Austrian league, you should go to play in the teams of the five major leagues. By then the competitiveness of the game will be far from what it is now. So while intensifying physical training, the following Europa League games
This is a rare opportunity for you to practice. Although many of the teams you face are from second- and third-rate European leagues, they are all top teams in their own countries. This kind of game rhythm and level of confrontation are not what you are now.
It can be compared with other leagues. You must seize this opportunity and play more games like this."
Li Yun rubbed his head and said: "I think so too! But we have to defeat our opponents step by step to advance to the next round. I think our opponent in the next round will be Ajax, which was a super powerhouse in the past!
I still don’t know if I can get through them.”
Zhang Sheng couldn't help but became a little anxious: "What? Are you afraid when you meet a team like Ajax? Do you know the current level of Ajax? Do you know the current level of the Eredivisie? Don't belittle yourself, the Eredivisie is now
The level of League One is really bad. They have almost completely fallen out of the second group of the European League."
There is a reason why Zhang Sheng said this, because although the performance of the Dutch national team has been very strong in recent years, the Eredivisie, the domestic league in the Netherlands, has indeed declined year by year. Except for Einhorn, who has certain financial support, other football teams
The team is getting worse year by year. As far as Zhang Sheng knows, from 2o13 to 2o16, the Eredivisie has been surpassed by Ukraine, Belgium, Turkey, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic in the UEFA league standings.
, they only ranked 13th ahead of Greece by a slim margin, which means they are likely to lose their only direct qualification to the Champions League.
What Zhang Sheng didn't know was that in the Europa League this season in history, Red Bull Salzburg defeated Aja with a big score of 0:3 away and 3:1 at home, with a total score of 6:1.
Kesi was eliminated with a double kill. Zhang Sheng just wanted to build more confidence in Li Yun.
Facing Zhang Sheng's words, Li Yun suddenly became energetic and said: "Since the boss said that the Netherlands can't do it, it must not do it. It seems that we are very hopeful that we can make further progress in the Europa League this time!"
Zhang Sheng also nodded and said: "That's true. As long as you train well, the results will definitely be wonderful." (To be continued.)
