With the final match of the group stage concluded, the 10th World Junior Championship in Finland entered the knockout stage.China's national youth is the first in Group D, facing Portugal, the second team in Group C.Spain, who are second in Group D, will face Brazil, who are the top team in Group C.Colombia, the first in Group A, will face Costa Rica, the second in Group B, and Mexico, the second in Group A, will face Argentina, the first in Group B.In addition to China's national junior qualifiers, two other teams in Asia, South Korea and Yemen, have been eliminated.In the world football pattern, except for the top small team of Chinese football that was deeply influenced by Wang Ai, there has been no major change.To Wang Ai's shock, the opponent of the last national junior final, Nigeria, did not qualify for Group B, which seemed incredible for the strong Nigerian team.In terms of scores, they have the same points and the same goal difference as Costa Rica, and even the scores they played directly against were drawn.Unfortunately, Nigeria had one more yellow card and were in third place.It's a shame that the world of football is always so full of surprises.On August 24, the Chinese national youth team faced Portugal in the quarterfinals.Before the game, Wang Ai carefully read the lineup of the Portuguese team, and did not find the existence of Ronaldo, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and asked someone to secretly inquire to find out that Ronaldo was born in 85 and was already overage.He was the last Portuguese national junior, but unfortunately he was eliminated in the European civil war and did not go to Trinidad and Tobago.It's not that Wang Ai is afraid of Ronaldo, but that Ronaldo represents the last peak of the Portuguese team, and at the age of 34, he is still the absolute main force and core of the Portuguese team.Although it cannot be said that the Portuguese team has become second-rate, the decline in absolute strength cannot be ignored.Compared with Spain, which is at its peak, this Portuguese national youth does not worry China very much.Judging from the situation in the group stage, this Portugal team is a typical example of attacking more than defending.Narrowly defeated Asian opponent Yemen 4:3, lost to Brazil 0:5, and drew with Cameroon 5:5.The game must have been a good one, but it didn't turn out to be very good.Yemen can score three goals, and the average goal conceded in the three group games is more than 4, which makes the Chinese team afraid that it really can't do it.For this reason, before the game, Liu Chunming pulled Wang Ai to talk to Xiao Zeng once.In terms of the strength of the Chinese team's frontcourt, there is no problem to at least surpass the Yemeni team's attacking power, the key is the backfield, and the key is the goalkeeper.Xiao Zeng swore that he would like to keep a clean sheet against Portugal!
Before he finished speaking, he asked Wang Ai to kick him: You guy is swollen!
The brothers bet: The zero seal was done, Xiao Zeng took a worthy thing from Wang Ai, and the zero seal couldn't be done, Wang Ai took one of the belongings he had with him since he was a child.Liu Chunming pulled the frame and asked to change from a clean sheet to a ball.Wang Ai thought about it and agreed.Xiao Zeng's mind turned, and he didn't fight.On the afternoon of August 24, at 6 p.m., the final match of the 8-in-4 was played at the Latina Stadium, a simple pitch with only 3,000 seats.Because this was arranged before the game, as a result, half an hour before the start of the game, the stadium was full.The topic of China's national youth is one, and the several games that the Portuguese team has experienced are more critical in goal battles.Finnish fans don't care if Portugal wins or loses, the key is to score more goals and look good.There are many similarities between the Portuguese and Spanish teams' tactical play, both of which emphasize ground penetration, the two countries are next to each other, both on the Iberian Peninsula, and the cultural customs are relatively similar, even if the language is actually about the same as the dialects of China's neighboring provinces.If the image is a little figurative, the Portuguese team is roughly equal to the "trumpet" of the Spanish team.And the Chinese national youth, who had just defeated the Spanish team, faced the Portuguese team, and they were also full of confidence and played offensive football at the beginning.Before the game, Liu Chunming's guidance was good: The Portuguese team has a strong attack, and we may not be able to stop their attack, so we have to use a more fierce offensive to conduct a warrior duel: see who is in good shape, see who falls first!
It just so happens that the Chinese national youth team is also considered by the outside world to be a "stronger offense than defense", and the collision of these two teams is also expected by the outside world to be a "battle against offense".The Portuguese team thinks the same way, conceding an average of 4 goals per game, which has made Portugal not hopeful at the back, let's see who scores more!
So as soon as the game started, the frontcourt players of both sides broke out.In the first minute of the game, the Portuguese team planned an attack, winger Nani went down and passed to the central receiver Cuto, who hit a powerful header that Xiao Zeng barely lifted off the crossbar with both hands.Xiao Zeng was also taken aback, he just bought the Adi limited edition anniversary jersey, and the boss has been hot for a long time.Xiao Zeng calmed down slightly, and threw the ball to his teammate Tian Xu on the side, Tian Xu took it to the side, and stuffed it directly to Li Chunyu along the sideline, Li Chunyu did not delay, and passed to Wang Yongpo in the middle with the ball, Wang Yongpo took the ball forward, and made a few dribbling movements with great confidence to shake off the defenders, and passed diagonally to striker Mao Jianqing in the penalty area.Xiao Mao was deeply encouraged by the boss in the last game and after the game, and he didn't care about the position of the opponent's goalkeeper or the interference of the opponent's defenders when he faced the ball, and hit the goal directly.The ball touches the leg of the opposing defender and changes direction and refracts into the net.Less than two minutes into the game, the score was rewritten.After scoring the goal, Mao Jianqing was extremely excited, almost howling and pounced on his teammates.It's not about how spectacular the goal was, but it's about the fact that he really felt his technical progress and confidence increase.In the past, he didn't dare to shoot so blindly with this kind of ball, and he would always subconsciously adjust it.In the last game against Spain, it was the first time he had shot in a major tournament with a reckless approach.Scoring this goal shows that the lesson of the boss is right!
Strikers, you can't hesitate, you have to kick the ball, the emphasis is on the suddenness of the shot.If you don't adjust, the other party won't have time to adjust, everything depends on God's will!
Mao Jianqing's goal set off a scoring frenzy of China's national youth.In the 11th minute of the game, Mao Jianqing ran back on the left side to pick up Wang Ai, who was entangled by three Portuguese midfielders, and after getting Wang Ai's pass, he turned around and broke through with the ball.At the end of the kick, although it was blocked by the Portuguese goalkeeper with his foot, he followed up again and hit the follow-up shot.After just 11 minutes, Portugal were already 2-0 down, suggesting that the game could turn into a one-sided slaughter.()