Compared with the Chinese National Junior Team, the Mexican team's historical performance in the World Junior Championship is much better, especially in the past five or six competitions, Mexico and Nigeria, another absolute hegemon of the World Junior Championship, have taken turns to take the lead, and the championship has basically been
That's what's in their pocket.
However, one thing that is the same as the Chinese national junior team is that this Mexican national junior team is also a footy team. Their average height is relatively short. Compared with several teams in Africa and Europe, their height is much lower.
However, their footwork is extremely strong, and the players' coordination is very tacit. In addition, the two wingers are extremely fast and have very good personal abilities. The head coach of the Mexican team is also trying to make up for the players' weakness in physical confrontation.
, allowing the team to strengthen the pressing in the frontcourt, and at the same time, they immediately counterattacked after losing the ball.
It can be said that these two teams are too similar in terms of player types and tactics. How the game can be played depends entirely on the head coach's arrangement of small details and the on-the-spot performance of the personal abilities of the players on both sides.
After the game started, the two sides were indeed very anxious. When the Chinese national team got the ball, Mexico was very smart to defend at several contact points of the national team players to prevent him from passing the ball.
ball, and at the same time send another player to press the player holding the ball.
This kind of frontcourt pressing tactics is really the same as that of the Chinese National Youth Team.
In particular, Mexico's right midfielder Lara and left full back Ulysses Torres put a lot of pressure on the Chinese national junior team.
Laura is a typical wing assault player. He is fast, flexible with his feet and willing to run. In the frontcourt press, he is always the player who runs the most.
Mexico's left back Ulysses Torres is the most famous player of this Mexican team. Although he is only 17 years old, he has already played for Club America, a wealthy club in Mexico.
When the Mexican team participated in the U17 qualifiers, as a full-back, he scored 4 goals, and his offensive efficiency was evident. However, what really attracted his attention was his strong defensive ability. He can be regarded as the core of the Mexican team.
The strongest player with the best heading ability.
In the eighth minute of the first half, the Chinese national junior team almost conceded the ball under pressure from the opponent.
Zhu Chenjie was holding the ball at that time. He looked at the position of his teammates and found that there were Mexican players nearby. As a result, his hesitation gave the Mexican players a chance to attack. Laura's aggressive attack made Zhu Chenjie hastily.
Passed the ball.
Mexico's forward Aguirre rushed up immediately and said that Zhu Chenjie's pass was broken. After breaking the ball, he chose to shoot without hesitation. Fortunately, Huang Dawei was very focused and he made a side dive.
Throwed the ball away.
"Oops! There shouldn't be such mistakes in the backcourt." The commentator responsible for explaining this game was also frightened. "Players in the backcourt must be decisive when playing the ball. Otherwise, a counterattack will be fatal."
In fact, Rick Linke on the sidelines was also very anxious. The game had already started almost ten minutes ago. The Chinese national junior team faced the Mexican team's frontcourt attack and played very awkwardly. Zhu Chenjie's mistake just now was the team's true fault.
Portrait.
The Mexican team has always had good results in the U17 World Junior Championships, and their analysis of teams of this age group is very good.
Because players in the U17 age group are young, instability is their biggest problem. Once they encounter organized and purposeful pressing tactics, problems may arise at some point.
The Chinese national junior team has never encountered such high-intensity pressing tactics in the group stage of the Asian Junior Championship or the World Junior Championship. As a result, problems appeared after a little time.
Seeing this situation, Rick Link gave a signal to Shen Jun and Cao Jinghao on the left - open the ball.
Since it is difficult for the national junior team to advance step by step through positional warfare, it is also a good option for the national junior team to make a long pass to find the forward in front of them after attracting the opponent's players to come up and press.
In the tenth minute of the first half, the players of the Mexican team continued to press the backcourt players of the Chinese national junior team tirelessly. Cao Jinghao, as the left midfielder, came back to help with the response. This time Shen Jun also handed the ball to
Cao Jinghao, after receiving the ball, avoided the fierce attack of the Mexican player and sent it directly to the frontcourt with a big kick.
At this time, Nie Jiang was looked down upon by the opponent, so he simply pulled him outside the penalty area and started a pick-and-roll with Liu Ruofan. The center back who followed Nie Jiang was pushed away by Nie Jiang and completely lost his defensive position.
The ball from Nie Jiang's header happened to find Liu Ruofan who rushed up. After receiving the ball, the latter volleyed the ball directly from the line of the penalty area. After the ball crossed an arc, it flew past the left goal post.
It crossed the bottom line, and at this time, the Mexican goalkeeper's palm was still very far away from the football.
It can be said that Liu Ruofan was a little anxious. If he could pause and observe the position of the goal after getting the ball from Nie Jiang, the ball would have gone in nine out of ten times.
Mario, the head coach of the Mexican team, shouted loudly on the court: "Pay attention to defense!"
In fact, before the game, Mario told his players to guard Nie Jiang carefully. Because Nie Jiang scored five goals in the four games between the group stage and the quarter-finals - among which he also
There was one game that he did not play. He can be said to be the sharpest knife on the offensive line of the Chinese national junior team, and he was also valued by all rival teams.
In previous games, Nie Jiang relied more on running positions to gain space, but this time when facing the Mexican team, which was not physically strong and even a little weaker than himself, Nie Jiang was finally able to bully the opponent. He was 1 meter tall.
With his eight-year-old height and relatively strong body, he poses a great threat to the Mexican team's center back and midfielder. This time he played the most typical role of a center when he ran out of the penalty area.
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The commentator in charge of the commentary also had to lament Nie Jiang's comprehensive ability: "Nie Jiang's shot was so beautiful, but it's a pity that Liu Ruofan was a little eager for success. But if we continue to play like this, it will be difficult for Mexico to defend it."
This attack by the national junior team was a wake-up call for the Mexican team, requiring them to pull back a certain number of defensive players to defend.
However, the Mexican team chose to press the formation more forward and use the tactic of creating offsides on the back line to deal with the long pass counterattack of the Chinese national team. They seemed to be sure that the Chinese national team could not withstand their pressure and wanted to complete the victory in one battle.
At the 13th minute of the first half, the Mexican team used Ulysses Torres' steal on the left to attack again. Compared to the opening, Torres was more cautious in staying in the backcourt. This time he decisively assisted.
Frontcourt.
There is a reason why the outside world is optimistic about the Mexican team. Now they can see their players' tactical execution ability and the players' own abilities from their attack on the left.
When Torres rushed up, the Mexican team's left winger first ran towards the ribs of the Chinese national junior team's right back and right center back, and then suddenly pulled horizontally, and the Mexican team's midfielder began to occupy and was pulled away by his teammates.
There was space for the right back of the national youth team. At the same time, Mexico's center Aguirre also withdrew from the penalty area and stood on the line of the penalty area. As for the right winger Laura, he pulled up and raised his hands high to ask.
, so that the left defensive player of the national junior team did not dare to completely go over to help.
It can be seen that Mexican players are very strong in understanding and execution of running without the ball.
Fortunately, the defense line of the Chinese national junior team is also very active in defense. When all the Mexican players are running, they will be followed by people. Under the command of Li Ming, all the defenders also observe the defensive distance between each other.
, at the same time, under the command of Zeng Prosperity, Zhang Huachen returned to the top of the penalty area to help fill the defensive space.
When the tactics of both sides correspond appropriately, then the players' personal abilities come into play.
As Mexico's attacking midfielder, Samudio is indeed very capable. He held the ball firmly under Xiang Tiange's close pressure, and kept deceiving Xiang Tiange with fake movements at his feet to change his body's center of gravity. In the end, Xiang Tiange
Although Song was not completely knocked down, there was still room for Samudio to pass the ball. He swept the ball into the penalty area with a beautiful cross.
Perhaps his teammates did not expect that Samudio could pass the ball. Center Aguirre rushed in front of the passed ball, and Magagna, who came in behind, was a little far away from the pass and was sent back to cover.
Zhang Huachen, who was in the position, resisted with his body, and Zhu Chenjie quickly kicked the ball out of the penalty area.
The commentator in charge of the commentary also talked about the Mexican team's offense this time: "Mexico's offense is very layered and very threatening. In fact, before this game, the Mexican team rarely allowed Ulyssi, who has great assist ability, to
Torres stepped in to assist, because just relying on the offensive combination of a few players in their frontcourt can solve all problems, including the previous games with Argentina and Germany. But in this game, we clearly saw Torres
He has a strong desire to assist, and obviously they also know that relying only on the offensive combination in the frontcourt cannot penetrate the defense of our national junior team. In fact, this is also a double-edged sword. His assist ability is strong, but after assisting, behind him
The bigger the gap is, the more opportunities it will give us. It depends on whether our counterattack can hit the space left by their strongest point."
Of course, the national junior team would not let Mexico keep pressing and playing like this. Soon they also used the same tactics as Mexico - crazy grabbing in the frontcourt.
The frontcourt pressing of the national junior team really put a lot of pressure on the Mexican team. Previously, Mexico caught the Chinese national junior team a little off guard by pressing in the frontcourt, and now it was the Mexican team's turn to be caught off guard.
In the 19th minute of the first half, Cao Jinghao and Zeng Wengrong on the left side of the national junior team teamed up to snatch the ball from the Mexican left back Cortez, who was slow to hold the ball. Then Cao Jinghao's pass went directly into the penalty area.
Nie Jiang, the latter's header threatened the goal, forcing Mexico's goalkeeper Isay to make a save, and the ball was saved not too far. Fortunately, the Mexican team captain No. 3 Esquivel paid attention.
He was so focused that he drove the ball out of the baseline before Duan Liuyu, another frontcourt player of the national youth team.
It should be said that there is still a gap between the offense of the national junior team and the Mexican team this time, and the difference lies in the movement of personnel without the ball.
When Cao Jinghao and Zeng Fansheng stole the ball, the only one who moved into the penalty area was Nie Jiang. When Nie Jiang shot, only Zeng Fansheng came to grab the second spot. As a result, the second spot of the ball did not land at Zeng Fansheng's place.
It fell in another direction. If Liu Yu started running when Nie Jiang shot at this section, it would be more difficult for the Mexican team to find this point. After all, the ball has not been saved from the penalty area, and the second point is not on the left.
On the right, Zeng Fusheng stood on the left, and Duan Liuyu had a great chance of scoring as long as he grabbed the second point on the right. However, Duan Liuyu stood behind Nie Jiang and did not move.
Off the court, Rick Link was also a little dissatisfied. The opportunity was there, but if his own players didn't fight for it, it would be too unworthy for other players to create this opportunity.
It's just that a player's movement without the ball cannot be improved in just one or two games. It needs to be polished slowly over countless games.
Duan Liuyu is the first "star player" from youth training in China whose transfer fee exceeds one million. The Luneng Football School paid a huge price (including promising to send him to study abroad) to recruit him, and his academic performance
Good (usually ranked among the best, fully mastered the six semester hours of the courses that were taken three months after the competition), so it attracted a lot of attention, and everyone felt that this was a good prospect with both IQ and golf quotient.
However, after Duan Liuyu went to Brazil with Luneng's 99-year-old team to study abroad, the plan was very good, but he encountered many problems in operation. The most critical problem was that they could not participate in regular Brazilian sports due to local policy issues in Brazil.
It is a youth event, so they can only guarantee training but not competition.
Such a situation is a huge blow to a player who is in the process of improving his career. It is said that after returning to China after studying abroad in Brazil for more than a year, players who were in the 99th grade found that their level had not improved and they were even lagging behind domestic players.
My confidence was severely hit and I said I didn’t want to play football anymore. It was Luneng Football School who communicated with the Brazilian side for a long time and promised to arrange games after returning to Brazil that stabilized the other side’s confidence.
This is also the reason why Luneng later sent the U15 echelon to Brazil for a long time, mainly to satisfy the Brazilian Football Association's issue about the qualifications of young players.
After the national junior team also strengthened their counter-attacks in the frontcourt, the two teams fell into a bit of a stalemate. Everyone pressed hard and the mistakes gradually increased as the game progressed, often in the midfield.
In this place, within a few seconds of one side grabbing the ball, the other side took the ball away again. Moreover, under the opponent's pressure, the pass error rate also became higher, and the smoothness of the game was appalling.
The commentator in charge of the commentary also said: "This game is indeed a bit drowsy to watch. Both sides played too cautiously, and the constant pressing made the game intermittent and unable to play a smooth offense at all. The head coaches of both sides
