After the good results of the World Youth Championship came out, the domestic sports media once again fell into a climax.
Like Zeng Prosperity, who scored a goal against the U.S. National Youth Team in the previous game, Huang Zichang became the focus of attention this time.
"Finally, outside the youth training of the Dragons, we have another talent who is not like a Chinese player."
"Look here, look here, Huang Zichang belongs to our Suning."
Of course, what attracts fans' attention more is the national football team that is training.
On June 7, the Chinese national football team, which was training in Guangzhou, played a warm-up match against the Philippine training team.
Lippi still arranged a 4-3-3 formation, which tested the team's offensive power, and the players did not disappoint the coach. They defeated their opponents 10:0. Nie Jiang completed his first career in the national team.
Four goals, and the remaining goals were scored by six different people.
On June 8, the Chinese national team flew to Johor Bahru, Malaysia. In addition to regular benefits such as chartered flights and private kitchens, the national football team will also have free use of the best football training venues in Malaysia and even Southeast Asia. In order to cooperate with the national football team’s preparations, the local team specially arranged the main football training venue.
The lighting equipment at the training ground has been completely updated.
This time, the Chinese Football Association also provided three business charter flights, so that when returning to China after the game, they would fly to Imperial Capital, Yaodu and Jiangcheng respectively, so as not to delay the players' return to the club and solve the players' worries about the league.
The Chinese Football Association's logistical support can be said to be "at its best".
Even after reaching this point, injuries still appeared. During the pre-match training, the captain of the national team, Zheng Zhi, fell after colliding with a teammate. Later, after examination, it was found that he had a fracture in his left eye, specifically a facial fracture.
The cardboard was fractured, and there were bone fragments affecting his eyes.
Zheng Zhi expressed his desire to participate twice, but Lippi refused.
Because Lippi also consulted the team doctor's opinion, the team doctor said that it is best for Zheng Zhi not to participate in the game until the fracture is healed, because if he is hit on the face again, Zheng Zhi is likely to be blind for life.
Fortunately, compared to history, the Chinese national team has more players for Lippi to choose from. For example, Lin Feng, Xu Mingyu and Qi Ming can all play Zheng Zhi's position.
Compared with the national team's methodical preparations, the National Youth Team's preparations are more intensive.
After playing a 120-minute game against Venezuela, the Chinese National Youth Team also came to Daejeon from Jeonju. Fortunately, in South Korea, where the weather forecast can be completed as soon as it rains nationwide, this journey is not far.
South Korea has a well-developed railway system, and the team arrived in Daejeon very quickly.
The opponents of the Chinese National Youth Team, the Uruguay National Youth Team, are here because they played the last game. They are waiting for the arrival of the Chinese National Youth Team.
If the Venezuelan National Youth Team is considered a dark horse, then the Uruguay National Youth Team is a regular participant in the World Youth Championship. They have participated in this competition for the sixth consecutive time, and in 2013, Uruguay reached the finals of the World Youth Championship.
Yes, they were facing the French National Youth Team, which eliminated the Chinese National Youth Team and entered the final. Uruguay only lost on a penalty kick against the team with Pogba.
In this World Youth Championship, they participated as the champions of the Southern Youth Championship. In the group, the team also easily qualified with two wins and one draw. After defeating Saudi Arabia 1:0 in the quarter-finals, they won the last quarter-final.
They tied with Portugal U20 2-2 in regular time and finally defeated their opponent in a penalty shootout.
After this battle, Uruguay U20 maintains the title of having the best odds of winning the championship, and is still favored by various institutions. Of course, there is a reason why it has been favored from before the World Youth Championship until now.
If you just look at the registration information on the roster, the Uruguay National Youth Team seems to be nothing special: the main players are from the domestic league, and a few key players are from the European League. The answer of the U.S. National Youth Team and the Venezuelan National Youth Team is: "
So do I."
But the teams in the European League are different from the teams in the European League, and the positioning of the players themselves is also different.
If you look at the U.S. National Youth Team, there are also players from Manchester City, Arsenal, and Venezuela. But if you look at the overseas players in the Uruguay National Youth Team, you will find that there is a big difference.
Most players from the United States and Venezuela are loaned out to play domestically, while the opposite is true for Uruguayan players.
The captain of the Uruguayan national youth team, center back Santiago Bueno, comes from the Barcelona echelon and is on loan in La Liga B for inspection; the midfielder includes Federico Valverde from the Real Madrid echelon and is currently on loan at Deportivo in La Liga.
Runia, and is the main force. In later generations, he has already established himself in the Real Madrid first team. The other midfielder is Boca Juniors midfielder Bentancur. After the World Youth Championship, he will join Juventus. In later generations, he will join Juventus early.
He is an indispensable player for Juventus; and Schiapacase, who plays in the Atletico Madrid echelon on the front line, is also very famous. He was later loaned by Atletico Madrid to Parma in Serie A and became a regular rotation player.
It can be said that this is an opponent that the Chinese National Youth Team never wants to encounter.
In this game, the Chinese National Youth Team is still in a 3-5-2 formation. Compared with the offense, head coach Madaloni obviously believes more in the team's defensive ability. You know, from the group stage to now, the Chinese National Youth Team can
He has not conceded a single goal and maintains a clean sheet record.
Venezuela was eliminated in the last game, and the fans' cheers gave the team a great help. Before this game, the Chinese students in South Korea contacted each other again and prepared to cheer for the Chinese National Youth Team. For example, in Daejeon Guangzhou
Several universities in the city - Chungnam National University, Paejae University, and Daejeon University - all came together to discuss how to organize cheers on the night when the national youth team was promoted.
At four o'clock in the afternoon local time in South Korea, the first semi-final of this World Youth Championship officially started at the Daejeon World Cup Arena. A large number of Chinese fans poured into this stadium that can accommodate 41,000 people.
In this World Youth Championship, except for the games where the host South Korea plays, the stadium will have an attendance rate of eight or nine floors. The other games are basically four to five thousand people. The only exception is the Chinese National Youth Team.
Contest.
As the team's condition gradually improved and advanced again and again, more and more people came to watch the game. According to statistics after the game by the organizing committee, more than 12,000 fans came to watch the last game.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that it is a Sunday rest day.
Although this game was on a Thursday, the number of fans watching the game exceeded half of the stadium, and they were all red.
After the game started, the whole stadium was full of voices saying "Come on, Team China!" This has completely become the home game of the Chinese National Youth Team.
It was Su Dong who was responsible for the commentary of this game: "The Uruguayan National Youth Team is very strong, but how to bring out its strength is their biggest problem. Judging from this game, several star players from Uruguay are concentrated in the middle and front.
But the actual goals are not many. So far, they have scored six goals in total. It is worth noting that these six goals were completed by six different people."
"A shot... on the goal." When he was still introducing the situation of the Uruguay National Youth Team, the team's attacking midfielder De La Cruz suddenly shot a long shot, and Su Dong also made a shot.
Reflecting on his habitual style of defending against shots from European and American commentators, he said, "This ball comes from De La Cruz. This ball is very dangerous. No one in the midfield of the Chinese National Youth Team is going to follow him."
Partnering with Su Dong was Meng Hongtao, who commented on the Chinese National Youth Team in the previous game: "De La Cruz is an interesting player. He comes from the Uruguay Liverpool team, which has the same name as Liverpool in the Premier League.
.But now it is said that Milan has signed him, but this player has a special characteristic. He is married and still homesick. He does not want to leave his family and just wants to play in South America. Milan has no choice but to loan him to the Argentine giant River Plate.
.In fact, according to his strength, he can definitely play in the five major leagues in Europe."
The Uruguayan National Youth Team's opening strike made the Chinese National Youth Team immediately alert.
For a team that mainly plays defense, in a tournament like this, what they fear most is actually getting cards. The players on the field now include Jiang Shenglong, Wu Wei, Zhu Chenjie, Xiang Tiange, Peng Langjun, Zeng Fusheng
, Zhang Yuning has as many as seven players with yellow cards. If they receive another yellow card in this game, they will be automatically suspended. Even if the Chinese National Youth Team reaches the final of the World Youth Championship, they will miss the game.
So it is understandable that De La Cruz was left open in the midfield just now - the national youth team's midfield defensive players Wu Wei and Jiang Shenglong both had concerns.
Soon Madaloni's roar from the sidelines made them put these worries behind their minds. After all, they are professional players and know that they should go all out on the court.
In the following game, the head coaches of both sides believed that the game had entered their own rhythm.
When it comes to Uruguayan football style, we have to start with Tavares, the spiritual leader of their national football.
After he was dismissed by Boca Juniors at the age of 55, after a period of thinking, he submitted a "National Team System at All Levels and Player Development Plan" information to the Uruguay Football Association in 2006. After being approved, he
Put all my effort into it.
In the football world, this plan is equivalent to the 113-page "American Football Development Outline" written by Portugal coach Queiroz in 1995. It is as important as Saburo Kawabuchi's "Japanese Football Centenary Plan" in 1996, and even as important as the 2000
Comparable to the German Football Association's "Ten-Year Plan for the Revitalization of German Football" to cultivate talents.
Looking at real history, China only issued the "Chinese Football Mid- and Long-term Development Plan" in 2016. The progress of football in the United States and Japan, and the revival of football in Uruguay and Germany are not without reason.
In the years since Tavares took over, he has overseen everything from the under-15s to the senior national team, and Cavani and Suarez are the fruits of this work.
Tavares never forces Uruguay's national champions at all levels to play any specific tactics, but they all adhere to the same tactical principles: such as the way to press the opponent and the full-court defense system. Tavares is more about helping young people
Growing up, he even created a psychological department to help young people control their emotions and complete their studies.
Fabian Coito, the current head coach of the Uruguay National Youth Team, is a true believer in Tavares' football philosophy.
From the beginning of the game, the Uruguay National Youth Team pressed the Chinese National Youth Team throughout the game.
The double forward composed of the famous "bad boy" Rodrigo Amaral and Schiapacase has been constantly harassing China's defense line. Valverde and De La Cruz
Si also often presses forward suddenly, cooperating with the two forwards to attack.
It was difficult for the Chinese National Youth Team to easily advance the ball to the 30-meter area of Uruguay's defense through positional warfare.
Of course, this is actually not the way the Chinese National Youth Team is good at attacking.
Compared with the Chinese National Youth Team that reached the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship in 2013, this National Youth Team lacks players with technical advantages in the midfield such as Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu, but the players on the wing are missing.
The strength is on par with them, and more importantly, the ability value of the supporting players is much higher than that of the original national youth team.
The difference in the playing styles of the two national youth teams has something to do with the difference in head coaches.
The previous head coach who led the 2013 National Youth Team was Rick Linke, a Dutchman. He advocated a ball-control style of total offense and total defense, and was extremely obsessed with advancing on the ground. Now the head coach Madaloni
As an Italian head coach, the difference is huge.
In the eyes of Italians, tactics are designed for competition, and it doesn't matter whether they are conservative or not.
Therefore, defense, which seems like a dirty job to outsiders, has been outdone by them - the chain defense has become an artistic tactic.
In terms of offense, the Italians have always been players with different styles and technical skills in the frontcourt. I will use layers of advancement and control the ball to gain offensive space, just like Milan's four No. 10 Christmas trees; if the team has
The players are strong and tall, so they can directly play as a center forward, just like the Italian cannon Perrin was used to the extreme in the 2016 European Cup.
Carlo Ancelotti is a model and role model for Italian coaches.
Before he became famous, he worked for many mid-to-lower teams, faced various teams with different personnel and bosses with different requirements, and tried his best to satisfy the wishes of fans and bosses.
Therefore, Ancelotti is the most conservative strategically, like most Italian coaches. They will seek different solutions when facing different opponents. But tactically, they are the most flexible and changeable.
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They never believe in "invincible tactics", even if they have the resources most of the time they don't have the resources to realize it. So their daily thinking is, "how to face tomorrow's opponents" and how to make the team able to face weak opponents.
Maximize your own advantages when playing as a team, and curb your opponent's strengths when facing a strong team.
Therefore, Ancelotti understands the characteristics of his players better and will design tactics for his players instead of letting players fill positions on the tactical board.
This is different from head coaches like Mourinho and Guardiola who have been coaching in wealthy clubs and need the boss to dig into their pockets to meet their own tactical requirements - although these tactics are also growing - they have to be more flexible than Benitez.
It's stronger to stick to 4-2-3-1 like this.
The current defensive counterattack of the Chinese National Youth Team, with both wings flying together, was carefully created by Madaloni, and of course there must be Lippi's guidance in this.
