There is a team called the Friendship Team

Chapter 250 The opening game of the World Junior Championships begins!
Two days later.

Soccer Stadium in Dubai Sports City, United Arab Emirates.

The World Junior Championships finally kicked off!

Due to the unique "charm" of the UAE, coupled with the fact that the UAE is located in the center of the Eurasian continent and has convenient transportation, fans from various countries choose to watch the games live compared to previous World Cups...

"Whoa, whoa, whoa—"

The stadium is surrounded by noise and voices.

On the field, perform the opening ceremony first.

Artists selected from various countries took turns to present well-prepared programs to everyone, including modern pop music, bel canto, and dance performances of African minorities...

"Whoa, whoa, whoa—"

These are just warm-ups before the competition, but the atmosphere has been brought up, and the fans are even more eager to see the start of the competition!
With the end of the opening ceremony performance, the on-site staff quickly removed the stage and tidied up the court...

At this time, in a corner of the stands, there were two familiar Asian faces talking on the spot...

"Hello, fans and friends in front of the TV! I am your old friend Huang Xiangjian!"

"I am—Shen, Fang, Jian!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa—"

"Wow, the fans at the scene are too restless, completely overshadowing our commentary voice..." Huang Xiangjian raised the decibel and shouted, "This is the Dubai Sports City Football Stadium in the United Arab Emirates. The opening ceremony has just been performed. Later, the World Junior Championships The opening match is about to start! The two sides are the host UAE national team and Oceania's representative New Zealand national team!"

Before the words fell, the two teams participating in the opening game entered the stadium!
I saw that the players of the UAE National Junior Team are not tall, and most of them are dark-skinned; while the players of the New Zealand National Junior Team are tall and burly, with fair skin...

"The players of these two teams are very recognizable. It can be said that they are very different from each other. Even without jerseys, they can be distinguished just by looking at their skin..." Huang Xiangjian joked.

"Yeah, just as the skin color shows, the playing styles of the two teams will also show different characteristics..." Shen Fangjian added.

The players of the two teams walked into the stadium to carry out the necessary procedures before the game, playing the national anthem, taking pictures of players shaking hands, and the captain choosing sides...

After a while, the process ended, and the players of the two teams walked to their respective positions and stood up.

Spielberg, the golden whistle from Europe, gave a long whistle, and the game began!
"In the first half, the New Zealand national team kicks off first!" Huang Xiangjian explained.

I saw that the New Zealand national team was not in a hurry to attack after kick-off, but deliberately controlled the rhythm first...

The UAE National Junior Team is playing at home, with high morale and a very active press!

"Snapped!"

Under pressure, the players of the New Zealand National Junior Team made a pass error!
After the UAE national team got the ball, they played a quick counterattack!
Football accurately found the arrow figure of the UAE national team at the feet of Kamari!

Kamari dribbles the ball forward at high speed——

The defenders of the New Zealand National Junior Team came to tackle——

"Snapped!"

Kamari lightly picked his opponent and broke through!
"It's wonderful! The UAE's No. 9 player Kamari is too strong! There is no doubt that his breakthrough action just now is world-class!" Huang Xiangjian said excitedly.

Kamari dribbles the ball head-on and breaks into the penalty area——

The goalkeeper of the New Zealand national team attacked——

"Snapped!"

Kamari lobbed lightly——

I saw the football just jumped over the goalkeeper and rolled into the goal!
"Shut up!"

The referee Spielberg pointed to the middle circle, and the goal is valid!
The score on the field was 1 to 0!

"Not long after the start, the United Arab Emirates national team with their home prestige scored a goal!" Huang Xiangjian said excitedly.

At this moment, a few kilometers away, in a local hotel in the UAE.

Zheng Zhi, the head coach of the Chinese National Youth Team, and his assistant Shi Zhe sat in front of the TV together, watching the live broadcast of the game...

"Well, it's very exciting. The UAE National Junior Team has improved a lot compared to last year's Asian Junior Championship...Azhe, what do you think?" Zheng Zhi asked.

"Emm, well... West Asian teams have always had a common problem, that is, 'home dragon, away game worm', the UAE national team is also the same. If you compete on a neutral field, the strength of the UAE national team and the New Zealand national team It should be between the two. But now, the UAE national team has the home court advantage, and it is reasonable to take advantage of the New Zealand national team's unsteady foothold..." Shi Zhe analyzed.

"Crack, crack..."

Zheng Zhi applauded: "As expected of being the number one data analyst of Hengda Club, Azhe, your analytical ability is getting stronger and stronger. But even so, this opening game is still very important to our Chinese junior team. It has a high reference value."

"Well, I understand what you mean. There is a significant difference in physical fitness, especially in height, between the players of the UAE National Junior Team and the players of the New Zealand National Junior Team. Counterattack is the main method of attack; and the tall New Zealand national team will definitely create difficulties for the UAE national team by working at heights..." Shi Zhe said.

"Well, your analysis is right. The match between our Chinese national team and the French national team, whether it is strength or height, decided that we had to adopt a quick counterattack tactic. Therefore, in this game, we must try our best to I learned something from the UAE national team..." Zheng Zhi said.

"En!" Shi Zhe nodded.

The two watched the live broadcast of the game intently...

In the 37th minute of the first half of the game, the New Zealand national team played a "hitting the wall cooperation" from the wing, and then made a pass from the bottom. High center Payne headed the ball to equalize the score!

The battle situation instantly entered a state of anxiety, and the two teams were attacking and defending each other...

"Shut up!"

With the referee Spielberg's whistle, the first half of the game is over!
Players from both teams walk back to the locker room...

Zheng Zhi and Shi Zhe continued to talk.

"Brother Zhi, have you decided on the offensive combination against the French national team?" Shi Zhe asked.

"Well... I haven't made a final decision yet. Wei Yi can definitely lock a position, and two side laners, Liu Binren, Meng Hantao, An Po, Zhu Feng, Xu Mingdong, choose two out of five. Azhe, among these five, what do you think? Who can execute our counterattack tactics better?" Zheng Zhi asked, wanting to hear Shi Zhe's opinion.

"Well... I think so. If Wei Yi can lock a position, Amber can also lock it. In my opinion, Amber's strength is higher than that of Wei Yi..." Shi Zhe said.

"Azhe, did you draw your conclusion based on the match in the Chinese Champions League final?" Zheng Zhi asked, apparently having a different opinion from Shi Zhe.

"Well, yes. In that game, the friendship team did not win as a whole, otherwise they would not be so passive. The friendship team wins because they have key players who can play a key role at critical moments. Amber, Chen Ting, Chen Jiexi, and Li Gen, although their playing styles are different, they are all players with such characteristics." Shi Zhe answered.

Hearing Shi Zhe's words, Zheng Zhi was trying to recall the process of the game, and said, "K-Ke Wei Yi is an outstanding representative of our Hengda Ten Thousand Football School...how could he not be as good as he has only been playing professional football for two years?" Amber?"

"Well, I've been thinking about this question, and I finally figured it out." Shi Zhe replied.

"What's the reason?" Zheng Zhi asked.

"It's talent!"

"talent?!"

"Yes. When our football school recruits players, the test of juggling the ball is a key assessment, but the Friendship Team does not. For example, Chen Ting, as far as I know, when he participated in the Friendship Team's trial training, he only If you can jump the ball 9 times, if you sign up for our [-]-person football school, you will be rejected directly!" Shi Zhe said, pausing for a moment to collect his thoughts.

"Then this... proves that Chen Ting has trained very hard in the past two years?" Zheng Zhi said.

Shi Zhe nodded and said: "Well, this is one aspect, but the main thing is talent. Football is not weightlifting. You can practice it every day if you say it. Everyone's talent is different, and the upper limit is also different. Therefore, we When selecting candidates, we must be cautious. In the past, when we recruited students, some assessment items needed to be changed. Even, in the future, we can try to link up with the school and go to the campus to find good seedlings, instead of waiting for them to come by themselves."

The more the two chatted, the more they went in a different direction, and they had completely left the opening match...

And in the TV, the second half of the game has already started!
At the beginning of the second half of the game, the UAE national team significantly accelerated the passing rhythm, controlling the game by passing backwards...

The players of the New Zealand National Junior Team have poor skills at their feet, and were teased by the UAE National Junior Team players to be "full of ugly"!
Finally, the players of the New Zealand National Junior Team became more and more annoyed, and their defensive actions began to increase...

During a defense, the players of the New Zealand National Junior Team knew that they could not grab the ball, so they continued to grab the ball and kicked on the feet of the UAE National Junior Team players!
The referee Spielberg was stern and unselfish, and immediately showed a red card and sent the New Zealand junior team player off the field!
The New Zealand national team had to fight with one less player.

In the end, the New Zealand national team with one less player couldn't stand the offensive of the UAE national team. In the 89th minute, the UAE national team scored a lore!

Zheng Zhi and Shi Zhe saw the wonderful performance of the Asian "brothers" as they wished, but even so, the Chinese national youth team can learn from it is quite limited. After all, the French national youth team is not the New Zealand national youth team, they are the champions of the European Junior Championships !

How to arrange troops to deal with the French national team, there is not much time left for the head coach Zheng Zhi and assistant coach Shi Zhe...

(End of this chapter)