World Cup of Great Powers

"For the selection of personnel, I have always had my own standards."

Before the China Youth Team left, Zeng Zheng finally held a press conference that fans across the country loved.

"Which players are suitable and which players are not suitable."

"I look at his performance on the pitch, not his reputation in the media."

"I think, you don't want me to bring a group of film and television stars to the Asian Youth Championship, do you?"

The reporters laughed after hearing this.

Although Zeng Zheng gave an explanation, it was not what they wanted to hear.

Why not bring Gao Ming.

Where did that four-character brother come from?
Can it be explained by just one "on-court" performance?

But it is true.

Let's play football!

What do you look at if you don't look at the performance on the field?
Looking at family background?
In short, people, Zeng Zheng took these 20 or so.

As for why they were taken, let the results speak for themselves.

On November 11th, Yang Jun, Wang Ke, and Sun Xinbo were defeated because of overlapping positions.

Three coaches, Zeng Zheng, Tang Pengju, and Chen Jingang, took the other 20 young and middle-aged players to Tehran, Iran.

In this Asian Youth Championship, the China Youth Team and South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan and Iraq are in the stronger Group B at the same time.

For the China Youth Team, the most threatening opponent is the old enemy South Korea.

The first group match between the two teams has naturally become the hottest topic among fans since the Jianglong team won the FA Cup.

Whether "Victory in Korea" can really be transformed into "Never lose in Korea", the fans are looking forward to it.

“XX社最新消息：出征亚洲青年足球锦标赛(U19)的中国青年足球队于当地时间11月10日凌晨0点10分安全抵达德黑兰，并下榻在组委会指定的拉赫尔酒店。”

For these young players, some of them are going abroad for the first time.

When I got off the plane, my two wide-eyed eyes looked around.

"This is Tehran? It's not as good as my hometown county!"

"Nonsense, don't you even look where this is! This is West Asia, not Europe."

"I heard that Iran does not allow female fans to watch football, is it true?"

"Even a fly in the stands is a male, so what's the point?"

Along the way, the team members chattered outside the window.

When they arrived at the Rachel Hotel, disappointment was written all over their faces.

This is an old [-] star hotel and the condition is not very good.

South Korea, Little Days, Iraq, Thailand and China Youth Team all live here.

The youth team lives on the sixth floor.

Perhaps this is also the first time this hotel has hosted such a team, and the organization is quite chaotic.

The team members have already carried their luggage and stepped out of the elevator.

But because there are still some guests who have not checked out, I have to stand in the corridor and wait for the staff to knock on the door one by one
In addition, the dining situation is quite chaotic.

When all the members of the Chinese youth team arrived at the restaurant the next day, they sat here for half an hour, but there was nothing to eat.

Due to the harsh conditions.

After resting for a few hours, the team members got up one after another to prepare for training.

After sitting in the restaurant for half an hour and having a casual bite, the whole team got on an old-fashioned dilapidated bus and headed for the training ground with a bang.

"Fuck, what's the condition? Did the cart just finish pulling the animals?"

The smell inside the car is big, and the smell outside the car is not small.

Open the window of the car, and dust and sand will blow into the car from time to time.

In this case, it is better to close the window.

"Let me tell you, you are lucky enough."

Zeng Zheng sat in the middle of the bus, talking like an old gentleman.

"I think back when I was in Brazil, there were no buses, only small passengers."

"When I go to training in the morning, I can only pull half of the people. After the pull, I have to drive back to the base to pull the remaining half."

"This time around, the first batch can train for more than an hour."

"It's the same at night."

"The first group of people have already washed their underpants after returning home, and the second group of people are still scratching their baskets on the yellow sand and stones!"

Since there were no women in the car, Zeng Zheng joked unscrupulously.

Listening to Zeng Zheng talking about these past events and dirty jokes, the mood of the team members gradually became brighter.

It happened to be raining in Tehran on the day the China Youth Team arrived.

It is cold and windy.

The bus drove for more than half an hour and arrived at the outfield of the Azadi Stadium, which is the training ground for the first day of the China Youth Team.

However, the organizing committee's arrangement on the training ground was obviously chaotic.

Take a shot and change place.

When going to training the next day, the China Youth Team was switched to a stadium called Houma.

Since the game time is one o'clock in the afternoon, the internal competitions of the China Youth Team are also held at one o'clock in the afternoon.

After two days of simple adaptation training, Zeng Zheng was still very satisfied.

No injuries, no acclimatization.

Although food and accommodation are a bit difficult, but fortunately they can be overcome.

On the evening of the 11th, as soon as the Chinese youth team returned to the hotel after training, they met the staff sent by the AFC.

After Tang Pengju gestured with the other party in half-baked English for a long time, he finally waited for Zeng Zheng.

As soon as Zeng Zheng came out, all the problems were solved.

Seeing that Zeng Zheng can speak to foreigners fluently in a foreign language, these young men in their [-]th and [-]th years all have stars in their eyes.

Apart from Yan Song and Qu Bo, few of the team can speak English.

"Coach Zeng, what's the matter?"

Seeing Zeng Zheng come back, Tang Pengju immediately asked.

"Check age."

Zeng Zheng replied casually, "Didn't the U16s find out that their age was falsified a few days ago? This time, the AFC has held a special meeting and must strictly investigate this matter."

"How to check?"

"Check one by one!"

In this way, the Chinese youth team first submitted the English materials of all the players.

Then the staff called the team members into the room one by one, and checked them one by one.

This set of procedures is extremely cumbersome, extremely time-consuming, and there are always misunderstandings that cannot be explained clearly.

These staff members not only asked the team members to report their date of birth, but also asked to report their school, graduation certificate, etc.

Soon, more than an hour passed.

When Chen Tao walked into the room, all eyes were on his face.

"This kid is 15 years old?"

"What's the matter, Commissioner Vardy. The AFC stipulates that you cannot exceed the age. I should be fine at this young age, right?"

"Young age? This is too young!" Vardy muttered.

Even if the other teams are younger, they are at least sixteen or seventeen.

But Chen Tao went down a notch!

"What's the matter, in this year's U16 competition, he also participated at that time."

Zeng Zheng said casually, "At that time, I saw that he was much better than his peers, so he was promoted to U19."

After proofreading carefully twice, the staff finally let Chen Tao leave.

It wasn't until all the team members were compared that the group of staff slowly went to the floor where the next team was located.

It is said that when the last team member was checked, it was already midnight.

For this reason, the Iraqi players almost didn't work with this group of AFC staff.

"Good morning, audience friends. Now we are broadcasting the No.30 [-]st Asian Youth Championship, the first match of Group B."

"China is playing against South Korea. I am the host Liu Jianhong."

"We can see that athletes from both sides have already lined up to enter the stadium."

"As early as April, the new Chinese youth team led by the head coach Zeng Zheng overcame all obstacles in the qualifiers, and won the qualification to advance to the final stage of the Asian Youth Championship as the number one in the group."

"As the defending champion of the last Asian Youth Championship, what kind of answer will this China Youth Team present in the Asian Youth Championship?"

"let us wait and see!"

"South Korea was eliminated by the Olympic team led by coach Zeng in last year's Olympic qualifiers."

"In the just-concluded Asian Cup, they lost another 0-8 in the group stage."

"Although they advanced to the semi-finals in the end, they are still slightly inferior to the Chinese team that won the Asian Cup."

"At the press conference before the game, Zeng Zheng, head coach of China Youth Team, directly stated that he has enough confidence to beat his opponent."

"The coach of South Korea, Zhao Yongzhen, is also worried about whether the record of "invincible against China" will continue to be staged in his hands."

Following the whistle of the referee, Li Tianxiu gently handed the ball to Cui Duixu beside him, and inserted it directly into the formation of the China Youth Team.

Qu Bo and Yan Song also took the lead, rushing into the local formation and pressing the opponent in midfield.

Seeing the overall movements of the middle and young players, Zhao Yongzhen's frown never eased.

Since South Korea lost so many goals to the Chinese team in the Asian Cup, South Korea's bamboo shoes have rotated a large number of people from top to bottom.

He also has a mission to bring "Tai Chi Little Tiger" to Tehran this time.

Qualifying from the group and entering the World Youth Championship is secondary.

The most important thing is to defeat the China Youth Team and once again let the shadow of "Korean fear" hang over the heads of the Chinese National Team.

So after the opening game, the South Korean players fought fiercely and attacked fiercely.

But it rained in Tehran a few days ago, and the weather is very cold these days.

After arriving in Tehran, many East Asian teams were either not acclimatized or suffered from mild colds.

Even after warming up before the game, the players' bodies have not fully warmed up at the moment.

Weather and disease are secondary.

The most important thing is that the Chinese youth team moves as a whole and maintains a compact formation, which is the most headache for Zhao Yongzhen.

Needless to say, the formation is compact when defending, but the defenders can keep up in time when attacking, maintaining the integrity of the formation.

Especially in the two stages of transition from offense to defense and transition from defense to offense, the midfielders will turn back and run to keep up at the first time, connecting the whole team together.

A team has such a performance, not because of how ingenious the head coach's tactics and formation arrangements are.

The key lies in the overall quality of the team, which has reached international standards.

So what Zhao Yongzhen is thinking about now is not how the quality of these players was trained by Zeng Zheng, but why the Chinese team can select so many high-quality players.

This is the biggest gap between China and South Korea at present!

At present, the characteristics of South Korea are still obvious.

As an old opponent, Zeng Zheng easily resolved the opponent's three-axed attack while talking and laughing.

Soon, the game entered a tug-of-war for the midfield.

Zeng Zheng likes to ask the team to control the midfield, which is something that coaches all over Asia know.

But knowing is knowing.

How to crack, each coach's approach is different.

Like South Korea, which has never been afraid of the Chinese team.

The method adopted by Zhao Yongzhen is to use the abundant physical fitness of the South Korean players to compete repeatedly with the Chinese team for positions.

In the 13th minute, the right back Park Ji-sung suddenly dribbled the ball to speed up.

After passing two people in a row, he inserted diagonally into the hinterland of the China Youth Team from the side.

Sun Xiang and Dewey teamed up, one blocked the position and forced a stop, and the other rushed up and stretched his foot.

The two cooperated seamlessly and broke the ball in just an instant.

After successfully stealing the ball, Dewey immediately pushed along the sideline and pushed the ball straight to Xu Liang in front.

This anchor, known as "Tsui Keham" in later generations, took a big step after receiving the ball and dribbled forward with a speed no less than that of Park Ji-sung who had just dribbled through.

The Zhongqing team turned from defense to offense very quickly, cutting off the formation of South Korea in an instant.

Fortunately, South Korean defender Quan Caiyun desperately chased back and kicked the ball out of the boundary with a tackle, which resolved the rapid counterattack of the Chinese youth team.

After avoiding the opponent's studs, Xu Liang yelled at the referee to express her dissatisfaction.

This is already the third time since the beginning.

According to Zeng Zheng's tactical guidance, both Xu Liang and Yu Tao took advantage of the space created by the opponent's full-back, quickly hit the opponent's back to form a counterattack, and attacked the opponent's two wings.

From the current point of view, the effect is good, and it can force the South Korean central defender to make an aggressive defense every time.

But the problem is that until now, the referee has not shown a yellow card to the South Korean players.

The referee's inaction also caused the South Korean players to move more and more.

Seeing this, Tang Pengju, who was behind Zeng Zheng, was already getting angry.

"Fuck, I must collect information after the game and report to South Korea!"

When screening overage players before, the AFC staff and South Korea played a clever two-for-one cooperation: the AFC greeted South Korea in advance in an inadvertent way, and South Korea also passed in a way of muddling through Land safely.

Because of this, Park Ji-sung, who was originally born in 80, directly became a teenager in 81 in this cup.

"never mind."

"Let's leave it to South Korea."

"Why, with one more Park Ji-sung, we won't be able to win?"

Seeing Zeng Zheng's confident expression, the excited Chen Jingang and Tang Pengju gradually calmed down.

Yes!

We have coach Zeng here, so what are we afraid of?
There is no need to talk about Park Ji-sung's ability.

Zeng Zheng's countermeasures against him are also very simple.

The first one was Xu Liang's attack just now.

If you dare to insert an assist, I will dare to hit you behind you in the counterattack, so that when you want to run forward next time, weigh whether your teammates can fill your gap.

The second is very rough.

You can pass one of us, or both of us, but never try to pass us the third!
So far, Park Ji-sung is still active on the court. It is entirely because he has not met the "No.3 defender" who has shown his true strength!
Like Sun Xiang and Dewey's successful joint defense before, Park Ji-sung, who was in possession of the ball at that time, was already at the end of his strength.

Once the position is slightly locked, and then the foot is stretched out, the ball will come down.

If he still wanted to force a breakthrough just now, then whether it was Dewey or Sun Xiang, they would let him understand why Hua'er is so popular!

In the 18th minute, Dewey succeeded in stealing the ball again under the help of his teammates, and then sent a long pass to find Xu Liang who was accelerating.

Seeing Du Wei's precise long pass guidance, the three assistant coaches all nodded in unison.

He is tall, has bounce, has a header, and his feet are not weak.

The Chinese team hasn't produced such a potential central defender for a long time!
"It's just a little thinner." Tang Pengju pouted, a little critical.

"It's all right, I'll eat more beef when I go back, increase my strength training, and I'll be fine in a few years." Chen Jingang was very open.

Ordinary families these days haven't reached the point where they can eat beef every meal!
Facing the fourth quick counterattack of the China Youth Team this time, South Korea's offensive players who stayed in the frontcourt did not speed up their pursuit.

The first three times have been successfully defended, and this fourth time is inevitably a little slack.

At the same time, Xu Liang stepped on the line with both feet and kept waving the ball forward.

Jin Dongjin gritted his teeth, and tried his best to get closer to Xu Liang along the inside of the field.

He is 183 tall, but he is barely on par with Xu Liang who is dribbling the ball.

Seeing that the bottom line was in front of him, Jin Dongjin began to consider whether he should put Xu Liang here directly.

Looking at the blurred billboard beside Xu Liang in the camera, Liu Jianhong's calm voice rang through the microphone again.

"Xu Liang dribbles the ball along the wing at high speed."

"There is no team member on his side to respond to him."

"Go to the bottom! It's almost the bottom line."

All the fans at the scene were wondering whether Xu Liang would make a fake fax dunk in front of the baseline, control the ball through an emergency stop and change direction, and buy time for the teammate who stepped in.

Zeng Zheng on the sidelines suddenly shouted: "Pass, pass the ball!"

pass?
Where to send it?
Everyone on the coach bench stretched their necks and looked at the empty restricted area in South Korea.

No one is following? !
On the court, just when Jin Dongjin felt that Xu Liang was about to slow down, Xu Keham took another step forward.

"What is he doing?"

"A direct pass?"

"Not waiting for his teammates?"

Before Jin Dongjin could react, his body stretched out his feet subconsciously.

But still a step too late.

Xu Keham's left foot suddenly caught the underside of the ball, brushed a beautiful arc, and spun the ball in the opposite direction of the goalkeeper.

Did he pass the ball?

All the South Korean players chasing back stared wide-eyed at the ball flying in the air.

As the camera moves towards the goal.

Just then, a blur of white lightning suddenly rushed into the camera in the lower right corner.

In the penalty area, Guo Taihui, who is 1.8 meters five, just raised his feet and prepared to head the ball to clear the siege.

In the next second, White Lightning rushed in front of him and leaped high, using the inertia after the run-up, directly hit the ball into the net.

In front of the goal, Park Dongsu stood there stupidly, without any reaction to the goal.

"The ball has been scored!!!" Liu Jianhong snorted.

After seeing the scorer's number clearly, he raised the volume again.

"It was the young player Qu Bo who scored the goal!!!"

Looking at Qu Bo who raised his arms high and galloped around the field.

Zeng Zheng snorted softly: "This brat is going to take off!"

"Heh, it's finally your home field today!"