When the boys of the National Olympic team were still feeling sorry for themselves, the domestic media turned upside down.

You must know that this is the German team, although Germany does not pay attention to the Olympic team, and many German players of appropriate age are also absent for various reasons, but the starting group of players are all new stars that European football pays close attention to.

A few years ago, who would have thought that the Chinese team would be able to enter the Olympic Games, and also be able to score a point against the German team, and even hope to win.

In the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese Football Association spent so much effort to get a good result at home, but what the result was, all that was left was the laughing stock of the world.

Among all the players who have been touted in a fancy way, Nie Jiang is the tallest to be raised.

Nie Jiang's two goals, one is a set-piece and the other is a sports battle, reflecting his all-round side, the whole game, and the failure of the confrontation with Jule can only be regarded as a slight flaw.

The most important thing is that Nie Jiang is a player born in 1998 and is only 18 years old this year, and the Olympics is a U23-level competition, looking at the opponent German team, Nie Jiang is younger than any of their players.

Whether he is playing small or big, or playing these hot new stars in Europe, he can score two goals, which shows his huge potential.

In fact, it is not only the Chinese media that pay attention to this game, but also the German media, which say that Olympic football is not of much significance, has not sent fewer people, and as for the clubs where most of the players are located, they have sent special personnel to follow up and observe on the spot.

As the top scorer of the last World Junior Championships and the winner of the Golden Ball, Nie Jiang is followed by a long list of scouts.

When it comes to a big event like the Olympics, not to mention, at least five or six scouts in the stands came to observe Nie Jiang's performance, and in the end they all got satisfactory answers.

Now the Chinese team is in the group because of goal difference, ranked first in the group, the last game against Mexico, the Chinese team only needs to draw to qualify for the group, even if it is eliminated, the Chinese team will be unprecedented in the Olympic Games to get four points, which is to break a series of Chinese football records.

Of course, the media and fans who have been hung up on the German team in this game will not think that the Chinese team will lose, in the face of the defeat in the international competition of the youth group in recent years, everyone generally believes that the Chinese team has a greater hope of winning, and qualifying is even more to catch a turtle in the jar - hand to catch.

Amid the optimistic expectations of the country, the Chinese Olympic team traveled from El Salvador to Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, where they will face the Mexican Olympic team.

Zhang Sheng is still faintly worried about this, and he doesn't know who gave the domestic media and fans the confidence, thinking that the Chinese Olympic team can remain undefeated in the game with the Mexican Olympic team, you must know that Mexico is the gold medalist of the last London Olympics, and they are the defending champions.

Of course, the defending champion of Olympic football does not have much reference, after all, because of the restrictions of U23, the next and the previous are basically two completely different groups of players, but this also shows that the country's youth training ability is still very strong.

And this Mexican Olympic team has the absolute core of the previous national Olympic team - striker Peralta, who scored twice in the final, this overage player became famous in that game, and this time he went to the Olympics again, Mexico gave him high hopes, but in the first round of the game against the German team, he was injured and doubtful, which became a big benefit for the Chinese Olympic team.

In fact, even if Peralta can't play, the Mexican Olympic team has no shortage of good players.

Up front, Irvin Lozano is an excellent young player in the spotlight, with nicknames such as "Ghost Baby" and "Little Rooster", the 1995-born player has established himself early in the Mexican League, even in continental competitions such as the CONCACAF Champions League (similar to the Champions League, Copa Libertadores and AFC Champions League).

What Zhang Sheng didn't know was that the player, who was a top "demon" in various football games, would develop better in the future, he scored 18 league goals in the 2016-2017 season, and won the top scorer in the CONCACAF Champions League with 8 goals, and after moving to Eindhorn in the Eredivisie in 2017, he helped the team win the league title, and fans around the world will remember him in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, his golden goal helped Mexico to 1: 0 victory over defending champions Germany.

At the same time, in this Mexican Olympic team, there are many players who are not well-known in Europe, but their strength is not bad, such as Rodolfo Pizarro.

The 1994-born player is no less well-known in Mexico than Lozano, and it was his goal that gave Mexico hope of victory in the first round against the German Olympic team.

It's a pity that the Mexican First Division, as the strongest league in North and Central America, is quite similar to the Chinese Super League, the owners of each club are very rich (the gap between the rich and the poor in Mexico is huge, and the rich are very rich), whether it is the transfer fee of the players or the salary is very high, which prompts many young people in Mexico not to play in Europe, but only want to play in Mexico.

Rodolfo Pizarro is a prime example of this, he has developed well in the late years, and there are teams in Europe who have offered him, but he has chosen to play at home. After the 2018 Summer World Cup, Rodolfo Pizarro was worth 14.5 million euros when he transferred to Mexico, which made Mexican star Hernandez, who had played in Europe, feel sorry for his national team teammates - he believes that the exorbitant value and salary prevent Mexico's top players from playing in Europe.

The good news for the Chinese Olympic team is that Rodolfo Pizarro was injured in the last game and will definitely miss the game against the Chinese Olympic team.

Before the game, Gutiérrez, the head coach of the Mexican Olympic team, expressed his concerns: "The Chinese team is an opponent I know very well, we have met at the World Junior Championships and the Toulon Cup. They're very strong, plus a couple of players who play in Europe, they're going to be stronger and we're suffering from injuries. But as the defending champions, winning the title is our ultimate goal. ”

Before the game, the Chinese team found that Mexico did not set off a smokescreen, and the main striker Peralta and the core of the midfield Rodolfo Pizarro were not in the squad.

Once the game officially began, the Mexican Olympic team, who had to win, launched an onslaught, with a 4-4-2 formation that allowed the two full-backs to assist very closely.

Gutiérrez is confident that the full-backs will be able to assist so deeply thanks to his two centre-backs, Cesar Montes and Carlos Salcedo.

Although the former was born in 1997 and is only 19 years old, he has a very strong ability to control the ball and play the ball, while the latter is solid defensively, the former plays for Monterrey, one of the most powerful and wealthy clubs in Mexico, and has been coveted by Serie A giants Roma for a long time, and the latter has a transfer agreement with another Serie A giant, Fiorentina.

Mexico's midfield four is a very standard diamond position, with forward Eric Gutierrez targeting the position of Qi Ming's midfield and launching multiple attacks.

As a versatile player in the front field, Gutiérrez became famous very early, two years ago at the age of 19 was the absolute main force of the Mexican giants Pachuca, he can play both playmaking midfielders, but also play forward midfield, wide midfield, winger and even striker, in the league he has helped the team many times to pass and make contributions, in the last round against the Fiji team, it was he as a forward midfielder to complete the senior happiness, helping the team win 5-1. In real history, he was later selected for the Mexican national team at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Gutierrez, who holds the ball in the midfield, frequently sings in unison, thinking that he can form a breakthrough for him, or make fouls, even if he can't achieve this goal, he wants to attract the defensive attention of the Chinese Olympic team and create space for the wings.

But the Chinese team, which maintained a good overall formation, did not give him such a chance, Qi Ming stood very stable, taller than him, and physically stronger than him, and did not fall behind in many confrontations, but twice broke the ball and made Gutierrez have to foul to prevent Qi Ming from launching a fast attack.

Unable to penetrate the middle of the midfield, Mexico opted to rely on two wings to make a fuss.

Cisneros on the right and Gonzalez on the left were specifically targeting the combination of wingbacks and full-backs in China's 3-5-2 formation.

At these two junctions, they do have a little effect.

In the ninth minute of the first half, Cisneros played a beautiful one-two with right wing-back Aguirre, whose pass found striker Eric Torres in the box, only to lose out against Li Yun, who ended the attack with an easy header.

Eric Torres has always been favored as a well-known goblin in various football games, and he is known as "Pea II" in Mexico because his idol is the Mexican star "Little Pea" Hernandez who plays for Manchester United, and he also plays like his idol - flexible and good at heading.

It's just that this player didn't reach the height of Hernandez later, in fact, Hernandez himself is also a player with extremely prominent strengths and weaknesses - the advantage is that he is very flexible in the penalty area, has a strong ability to grab points, and can often use a variety of unexpected body parts to score, and the shortcomings are also very obvious, poor ball ability, can not play a single striker, can not pull the side, can not assist, that is to say, he is strong in the penalty area just touched the ball, and then there is not much to do.

At a time when modern football is becoming more and more comprehensive in its requirements for forwards, whether it is "Pea I" Hernandez or the so-called "Pea II" Eric Torres is destined to be less and less useful.

This was the case just now, when Eric Torres met a central defender like Li Yun who stood firmly in the penalty area, was flexible, and his height was not bad, he suffered extremely much.

This confirms the outside world's evaluation of players like them - can fried crispy tofu be a staple food?

Mexico coach Gutiérrez knew that the 4-4-2 two-forward formation was very restrained against the three-center-back of the 3-5-2, but he still put on the double striker of Eric Torres Gabueno, which was also a last resort, after all, Eric Torres had poor dribbling, no crossing, and was not strong enough to be a bridgehead, so he must be equipped with a center forward player who can be a fulcrum in front of him to have room to play.

But judging from the current situation, the effect is not good, because Marco Bueno is not the kind of player who can stand very firmly in the center forward position - he is only 1.81 meters tall and weighs only 130 pounds, and it is basically unrealistic for such physical conditions to gain a firm foothold in the strong three-center-back system of the Chinese team.

As for the player's ability, Marco Bueno also had a highlight moment in the 2011 U17 World Junior Championship, when he was also watched by Manchester United, Liverpool and other Premier League giants, but unfortunately gradually disappeared - he couldn't play the main team in the Mexican league.

From the situation of these two strikers, it can be seen that the general physical fitness of Mexican players is not very strong, and they still rely more on the player's foot skills and overall coordination to complete the attack and defense.

Compared with the physical confrontation of the Chinese Olympic team against the German team in the last game, and the individual defense was difficult, the players in this game were much easier.

Mexico's side is really very lively, and it is a non-stop passing in the midfield to pull the space, and it is a small cooperation of two or three people on the wings, and the ball is dropped into the penalty area, but the effect is not very good.

The Longteng team's defense with Li Yun as the core made the Mexican side thunder and rain, and the goal of the Chinese Olympic team was not threatened.

But soon, the players of the Chinese team knew why Mexico was able to rank among the top teams in world football with its not strong body and not so "South American" skills.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Cisneros saw that it was unrealistic to go down from the right side, he chose to dribble horizontally, and his position with the ball was far away from the 30-meter area, and the Chinese Olympic team relaxed its close pressure on him.

Mexico's two strikers opted to drop back to attract the attention of the Chinese team's defense, while forward Gutierrez chose to cut in from the back row outside the box at high speed.

Qi Ming, who was in charge of marking Gutierrez, did not expect the former to complete the link with the full-back in such a way, and by the time he reacted, Gutiérrez had already rushed into the penalty area and got Cisneros' over-the-top cross.

At this time, Du Zhenyu, who was dragging behind in the penalty area, had been thrown away by Gutierrez for two whole positions, and Gutierrez formed a single knife in the penalty area.

"Damn, be careful!" Chen Jiangfeng, who got up at six o'clock in the morning to watch the game, and was drowsy because of the dull game before, was suddenly woken up, "Staring at people." What are the defenders doing?"

Dad Chen also sat up straight from the sofa at this time, staring at the screen with his eyes, as if he could rush into the TV and break the ball.