Cao Jinghao did not waste Wang Xing's hard-earned free kick opportunity.
This time, Cao Jinghao's free kick caused the Mexican goalkeeper to take the shot. Liu Ruofan got ahead of all the players and took a follow-up shot, sending the ball into the net.
The Mexican players signaled that Liu Ruofan was offside, but the referee decisively ruled that the goal was valid after asking the linesman for his opinion.
The commentator also smiled happily at this time: "Cao Jinghao's free kick was threatening. The opponent took it away. Liu Ruofan made a supplementary shot and the ball went in! This young player scored the first goal of the World Junior Championship, haha, 3:1
Yes, the national junior team is really blooming more. If this score is maintained, the national junior team will make history and reach the semi-finals of the World Junior Championship. No matter how the next game is, this will be the national junior team.
The best result ever for the junior team.”
The Chinese national junior team relied on Liu Ruofan's goal to expand the score to 3:1. Now Mexico, which lacks height on the field, suffered a big loss. Just like in history, when they faced the taller and stronger Nigeria, they were suppressed by the opponent.
Beat and was beaten 2:4.
With this goal, the Chinese national junior team began to slowly kill time. The Mexican team replaced Laura, who rushed for most of the game, and replaced it with a center. They also imitated the Chinese national junior team and started to move into the penalty area.
Lob shot.
But the Chinese national junior team is not like the Mexican national junior team. As a central defender, Li Ming is nearly 1.88 meters tall, which is much taller than the Mexican center. And aside from the fact that he still makes small mistakes from time to time, his jumping ability
And his heading ability is absolutely second to none.
Most of the Mexican team's attacks were pushed out by Liming or Zhu Chenjie, and the second point was also well protected by the national junior team. Except for long-range shots, the Mexican team rarely had the opportunity to break into the national junior team's penalty area.
After Rick Linke replaced Zeng Prosperity with another defensive midfielder and Lu Yangyang replaced Zhu Chenjie, there was not much game time left.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the players and coaches of the Chinese national junior team hugged each other excitedly.
Commentators from many countries have awarded the title of "biggest dark horse" to the Chinese team in this World Junior Championship. Among them, Nie Jiang's score of seven goals despite missing one of the five games also dazzled everyone's eyes.
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Now Nie Jiang ranks second behind Nigeria's striker Victor Osimhen with seven goals, occupying the second place on the scorer list. The former has three penalty kicks, which is only one penalty kick.
Nie Jiang only scored one more goal.
At the press conference after the game, many questions from reporters were directed at Nie Jiang, while Rick Link said with a proud face: "Nie Jiang will be one of the best forwards in the next decade.
One, but we have a lot of outstanding players in our team, and we are an excellent team." Rick Link also did not forget to praise his other players.
After this game, many people also called Zhang Sheng. They all congratulated Zhang Sheng for training another extremely capable player.
Of course, clubs such as Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Leipzig, Sporting Lisbon, Ajax, Leicester City, etc. have more obvious intentions to come to the club that have relations with Long Teng Club - when will Nie Jiang come to Europe, you would say
That's an accurate statement.
Zhang Sheng gave a very clear answer - at least wait until Nie Jiang turns 18 to see his development - mainly his physical condition.
Since Zhang Sheng invited a professional team from Europe to take care of Nie Jiang's body, how to make Nie Jiang stronger physically without reducing his spirituality - such as body balance, body flexibility, etc. Waiting and keeping him away from injuries at the same time is Zhang Sheng's biggest concern.
Although this top team that has put forward many effective suggestions to many European clubs has made Longteng Club spend money like water, in Zhang Sheng's view, at least at this stage, their work is worthy of recognition. From what Zhang Sheng saw about Nie Jiang's attributes in the system, Nie Jiang's spirituality had not decreased at all, and his injury attributes had not worsened. On the contrary, because his body was stronger, his injury tendency attribute had become better.
It seems you get what you pay for.
But what worries Zhang Sheng is what should the Dragons do in the AFC Champions League final?
It was already November 3rd after the Chinese national junior team finished their quarter-final match with Mexico, and the first game of the AFC Champions League finals for the Longteng team was held on November 7th.
The national junior team that successfully passed the test has created history. So no matter what the results are in the World Junior Championship semi-finals with Nigeria on November 6, the Longteng players in the national junior team will not be able to come back to participate in the AFC Champions League finals. Already.
Judging from Nie Jiang's current state, coupled with the performance of Huang Dawei, Zeng Prosperity, Shen Jun, Cao Jinghao and others, it is a shame that they cannot participate in the AFC Champions League!
Even Dubai's Al-Ahli, the Dragons' opponent in the AFC Champions League this time, was fortunate that the Dragons had a large number of very useful players who could not participate in the game.
Dubai Al Ahli, its full name is Dubai Al Ahli Football Club. Speaking of Al Ahli, countless fans who are unfamiliar with football in West Asia and East Africa are probably full of stars because there are so many countries. The club is called Al Ahli, and it includes but is not limited to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Syria, Yemen, Egypt (Guangzhou Evergrande encountered them in the Club World Cup), Morocco, Tunisia and other countries.
In fact, this is not unusual. Just like China had Lokomotiv Club, Army Club, etc. before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and later Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Romania and other countries in Eastern Europe also had Lokomotiv Club, Army Club, etc. football club.
Among the clubs in West Asia, basically all clubs start with Al, such as Al Ahli, Al Hilal, Al Ain, Al Ittihad and so on.
"Al" actually does not mean any actual meaning. It is just a definite article in Arabic, which is equivalent to "The" in English. Therefore, in fact, when the media translates the team name (transliteration), it actually does not need to include Bring this "Al" with you and just call it Ahli, Ain, Hilal, Ittihad, etc.
It's just that in Arabic, once "Al" is placed before a word, it will form the same word as the word, unlike in English, which is still two words.
Specific to Ahli, Al Ain, and Hilal, their meanings are actually very common. Just like there is a club in Argentina called Youth Team-Boca Juniors, and there are many clubs called Youth Team in distant Europe.
In Arabic, Ahli actually means nation, Ittihad means unity, Hilal means crescent (the flag of a certain religion is the crescent), and the common Shabab means youth.
(Same as Boca Juniors), Esteghlal means independent, etc.
The Dubai Al Ahli team that the Dragons encountered this time was a team in the UAE League, and it was a wealthy team.
The history of this club is not long. Al Ahli was founded in Dubai in 1970. They were very successful in the domestic league in the first ten years of the club's establishment - 3 league championships and 3 cup championships. Then the club went through another
There was a long period of turmoil until 2005. After a long period of dormancy, Al Ahli in Dubai returned to its peak state. They successively won domestic league and cup championships and became a traditional powerhouse in West Asia.
However, when it comes to the AFC Champions League, their results are very average. In the restructured AFC Champions League, they participated 5 times and were last in the group 3 times. This year, their character exploded. They qualified from the group for the first time and went all the way to the finals.
Of course, being able to reach the finals is also related to their current boss.
The boss of Al Ahli in Dubai is Harmandan Maktoum. He is simply a nobleman born with a silver spoon in his mouth - born in 1982, he is not only the Crown Prince of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but also the first heir to the Emirate of Dubai.
Money and luck are the two most critical factors for Al Ahli Dubai to reach the final.
At the end of the group stage, they relied on the total number of goals to advance to the knockout rounds; in the AFC Champions League semi-finals, after the opponent missed a penalty kick, they were lucky enough to eliminate their opponent with a total score of 4 to 3 in two rounds, and because they
The foreign player bought in the middle of the league was only registered with the UAE Football Association and did not sign up for the domestic league in the UAE. Therefore, their semi-final opponent Al-Hilal Club of Saudi Arabia believed that it was illegal for him to play in the AFC Champions League. They appealed to the AFC three times in a row and even
FIFA.
Such luck is truly incredible.
In addition to luck, Maktoum's money is also very critical.
Olaroyu, the current head coach of Al Ahly in Dubai, is a figure who needs great attention.
As a player from Romaria, Olaroiu's career process was very dull. After four years of gold rush in the Korean K-League at the end of his career, he retired and started coaching in 2000. He was coached by Steaua Bucharest, a traditional powerhouse in Rome.
After achieving great results, he came to West Asia to coach in 2007.
After that, Olaroyu basically never left West Asia. In his nearly 8 years of coaching career in West Asia, it can be said that every West Asia team he coached won the championship.
In the 07/08 season (leagues in West Asia are all New Year's Eve), in Al Hilal's first season, Olaroyu led the team to win the Saudi League Championship and the Saudi Prince's Cup double crown, and then defended the Prince's Cup the following season. After that, he
Al Sadd, who moved to Qatar, won the Qatar Cup in 2010.
Olaroiu then briefly returned to Steaua Bucharest, but returned to West Asia in the summer of 2011 to coach Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates, completing two consecutive UAE League titles and winning the 12-year UAE Super Cup.
After the end of the 2013/14 season, Olaroiu switched to local rivals Al Ahli and completed the double championship of the league and the Emirates League Cup in the 13/14 season. In the Asian Cup at the beginning of this year, Olaroiu also served as the coach of the Chinese team.
In the same group, Saudi Arabia is the head coach. However, in the 2014/15 season that just ended, they only finished 7th in the league due to poor performance. Of course, two-line or even three-line operations have a great impact on the team. So it is
Unable to participate in the 2016 AFC Champions League (the AFC Champions League does not have entry regulations for defending champions).
As one of the most successful coaches in West Asia, the only Asian honor that Olaroyu lacks now is the AFC Champions League. It can be said that Olaroyu will not give up the opportunity of the AFC Champions League final so easily.
Resistance. Of course, this also shows from another aspect-selecting a coach should not be based solely on reputation. Some less famous coaches may be better in terms of adaptability.
This match between the Dragons and Al Ahli in Dubai also brought out another old rival of Zhang Sheng - Cannavaro.
Because Cannavaro's last stop at the end of his career was Al Ahli in Dubai, he also mentioned the Dragons and his old club in an interview before the game.
Cannavaro's emotional intelligence can be seen in his answer: "The Dragons are very strong. I think they can be compared with my other old club Guangzhou Evergrande. They have strong funds, complete infrastructure and complete club planning.
, which is better than most clubs in Asia, and even better than many clubs of the same level in Europe. This year they won the Chinese Super League championship from Guangzhou Evergrande. Of course, Al Ahli also has Olaroyu. Read this
He has a head coach who is very capable of playing and studying his players, a boss who is ambitious and willing to invest, and a group of outstanding young men.”
"The best team will win." This was Cannavaro's last wise words.
Cannavaro was right.
Al-Ahli Dubai are very willing to invest in their players.
At the beginning of the year, they brought Everton Ribeiro from Cruzeiro, who was once very close to Guangzhou Evergrande. This is a super superstar who is also known as the "Cruzeiro Twins" together with Goulart.
Rising Star. Next they bought the 22-year-old versatile backside Kwon Kyung-won from Jeonbuk Hyundai (who later played for Tianjin Quanjian’s defense core), and took him away before Liverpool because Liverpool and Stoke City had not reached an agreement.
The Moroccan international winger Assaidi, who was unable to stay at the Britannia Stadium due to the buyout fee (it was also he who led the Saudi club to sue), brought the United Arab Emirates international midfielder Alfadan from the same country team to strengthen the midfield strength.
When the new season started in the summer, Al-Ahli in Dubai brought last season’s Portuguese Super League bronze boots from Benfica. Brazilian center Lima, who had also been rumored to have an affair with Guangzhou Evergrande before. Lima participated in the 12-year-old team after joining Al-Ahli.
In a total of 14 games, he scored a terrifying 14 goals, which shows his ability. In the second registration for the AFC Champions League this season, the newly arrived Lima also directly replaced the foreign player who registered in the first half of the AFC Champions League this season. The former Chilean
The position of international player Luis Jimenez. Originally, Olaroiu wanted to buy an extra foreign player when he signed up for the second time to replace the poor Moroccan Assaidi, who is a good inside shot.
Senegal international Sou was just brought in from Fenerbahce. At that time, the first round of the top 8 of the AFC Champions League had already been played, let alone registration. This player who cost Ahli 17 million euros would be in the AFC Champions League by then.
In the championship finals, I can only sit on the sidelines.
Even so, Ahli's total foreign aid investment has reached a height of 40 million euros, which is far higher than the Longteng team's foreign aid investment.
In addition to these star players, other players under Olaroyu are all main players or substitute players of the UAE national team, including the captain of the UAE national team Khalil, who won the Asian Cup Silver Boot at the beginning of the year.
