After the match with Chengdu Sheffield United, Zhang Sheng gave the team a day off. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info began to pay attention to the performance of the Longteng players in the national youth team.

For the results of this World Youth Championship, the Chinese Football Association also spent a lot of money, after inviting the Croatian national youth team last month, this month invited the old strong team in European football, and it is also the old strong team Portugal U20 team in the World Youth Championship. Of course, this also has something to do with Rick Link's many years as the youth director of Porto, a veteran powerhouse in Portugal.

The "golden generation" of the Portuguese U20 team, once dominated the U20 World Youth Cup for 2 consecutive years in 89 and 91 years, and then won the third place in 95 years, but the glory was quite short-lived, and in 99 and 07 years was also eliminated in the round of 16, until the last runner-up, only in the final to lose to Brazil U20 on penalties, which can be regarded as a reproduction of the style of a strong European team.

Portugal's Under-20 coach Egre Boggs took charge last year but was only able to lead the Under-20 European Championship to a third-place finish in the group stage, narrowly qualifying for the Under-20 World Junior Championships. However, it should be noted that the Portugal Under-20 team has a number of potential players, including Barcelona B midfielders Agosti and Edgar, and the cards are still quite good.

In addition, there are a number of players from Porto and Benfica who have been called up, and even though most of them are still not in the team, they are definitely not worse than the young players of the other participating teams when it comes to individual ability.

On May 2, the two teams played this warm-up match in Nanjing. The national youth team, which is framed by the Longteng team, maintained the tactics of the Longteng team and did not fall behind at all in the match with Portugal.

Among them, Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu's performance is very outstanding. In the first half, Qin Minghao showed his outstanding ability, and the Portuguese team began to guard Qin Minghao strictly. Agosti, who played in the back of the Barcelona B team, began to tightly entangle Qin Minghao under the direction of the head coach.

In the beginning, the strong and athletic player who played very much like Barcelona's first-team midfielder Song was able to start his game. After Qin Minghao got used to his defensive style, his defense was very tight. As a last resort, the captain of the Portuguese team, Joao Mario, who is also another midfielder, also came to help.

Qin Minghao didn't panic in this situation, he strengthened the bond between Xu Mingyu, and the two familiar teammates joined forces to exert more power. Especially in Portugal, Xu Mingyu, who has been in Portugal for two years, is very familiar with the playing habits and rhythm of Portuguese players, and his performance is even more eye-catching than Qin Minghao.

Another advantage here is that whether it is Qin Minghao or Xu Mingyu, they both understand Portuguese, and they can clearly understand the shouting between the players of the Portuguese team, and even the shouting of the Portuguese coach to the players, which gives the Portuguese team a lot of confusion, and the two of them can always attack in a targeted manner when their players are in contact with each other.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, the Chinese national youth team cooperated with Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu, and finally Xu Mingyu broke into the penalty area with a sudden change of rhythm, and then he passed an inverted triangle pass to Deng Chaoqun, who scored the lead by Deng Chaoqun.

In the second half, Portugal scored the equalizer by their main striker, Brumma, known as the new Ronaldo, but the national youth team relied on Xu Mingyu's beautiful long-range shot in the front court to take the lead again, although this goal has Qin Minghao to help him attract away defenders to open the gap, but Xu Mingyu's comprehensiveness has also been thoroughly demonstrated.

In the end, the national youth team won the game with Xu Mingyu's pass and shot.

After the game, Portugal's head coach Egre Boggs specifically asked about Xu Mingyu's situation when he communicated with Ricklink. Rick Link proudly introduced him in great detail.

Boggs was very relieved to hear that Xu Mingyu had been trained twice in Portugal: "No wonder he has such strength at the age of 17, after all, he has been trained in Portugal." ”

Rick Link agrees: "High-level football is indeed in our Europe, most of the players in our team are very talented, but they have not been trained at a high level, if they can get a good training in Europe, they should be able to develop very well." ”

Hearing Rick Link say this, Boggs nodded thoughtfully.

On the evening of the end of the game, two guests were welcomed to the hotel of the Chinese national youth team. Leading the way was none other than the coach of Portugal, China's youth opponent during the day, and behind him was a southern-European.

They first approached the head coach of the youth team, Rick Link, and Boggs introduced Rick Link to the man he had brought in: "This is Aurelio Pereira. ”

By the time Boggs introduced, Rick Link had already extended his hand to the other party: "Long time no see." ”

Pereira also shook hands with Rick Link and said, "Yes, I was surprised to hear that you came to China, but I didn't expect your players to be really good." ”

Boggs was stunned and said, "You know?"

Rick Link laughed, "How could we not know each other, he is the excavator of Figo and Cristiano. When I was in Porto, I played with him a lot. ”

Boggs also suddenly realized: "Yes, one of you is in Porto and the other is in Sporting Lisbon. It's all about discovering young players, haha. It seems that I don't need to introduce it now. ”

As the top three of Portugal's domestic football, Porto and Sporting Lisbon are not rivals, but there is no shortage of competition and communication between them. Back when Rick Link was an assistant coach at Porto, he had heard about Andreas Pereira, Portugal's most famous scout, and had known each other for a long time.

Rick Link quickly understood Pereira's arrival, and he said to Pereira: "Are you here to observe Bruma this time?

Pereira replied very bluntly: "Yes, I came here to observe Brumma's performance this time, and you know, our Green Lions (Sporting Lisbon's nickname) have always been cultivating him as a second Cristiano Ronaldo." But that's not what I want to talk about, I'm asking you about the two midfielders in your squad, the number seven and the number nine. “

Rick Link had a prescient expression: "I knew it. Ha ha. These two players are the two strongest in my team right now. There was also a very good player, but he was seriously injured last year and I heard that he had just returned to play the game the day before yesterday. ”

"Can you give me a more elaborate introduction?" Pereira asked.

Rick Link nodded, then motioned for them to sit down and talk, and after pouring a cup of coffee for each of them, he said, "The two players you just mentioned. No. 7 is called Xu Mingyu, and he is only 17 years old now. He previously trained for two years with the Portuguese National team in Portugal before returning to China last year and then playing for his current team in the Chinese League. ”

After taking a sip of coffee, Rick Link continued: "As for the No. 9 player, his name is Qin Minghao and he is 19 years old this year. He had no experience of training abroad before, and had only received a few years of basic football education in China, but he only returned to China from Brazil at the beginning of last year, and has been playing in the Chinese league team since his return. However, he did not receive much training in Brazil. ”

Speaking of this, Rick Link also introduced Li Yun: "In fact, there is a very good player in our team named Li Yun, who is a central defender. I'm only 20 years old this year, but he suffered a serious injury at last year's Asian Youth Championships - a torn cruciate ligament, and after surgery, he is now able to play, so I paid attention to it and the game after the injury was also very good. The three people I just talked about all belong to the same club. ”

Hearing Ricklink's introduction, Pereira was a little surprised: "There are still such good clubs in China as youth training, if you follow what you said, these three players are very good players. ”

Rick Link nodded and said, "I'm afraid you don't know yet, there are 7 players on the field today who are all from this club. Including the midfielder who played well today, and the number 4 at centre-back. ”

Pereira also nodded and asked, "Do No. 7 and No. 9 have their own agents?"

Rick Link shook his head, spread his hands and said, "You also know that the situation in China is very complicated, and many of them are not formal in football, and I don't know the situation of the two of them very well. You may need to check with their club. ”

Pereira said thoughtfully: "Can you tell me about this club?"

"Of course. "It's been less than three years since the club was officially established, and they have risen from China's domestic amateur league all the way to this year's China First Division, which is China's second-tier league. They are unbeaten at all levels of the league until now, and last year they eliminated a number of players from China's top leagues, including the now famous Guangzhou Evergrande, and reached the final of last year's Chinese FA Cup, the equivalent of the Portuguese Cup in Portugal. In the end, we lost the cup because the number 9 on the pitch today and the centre-back I just mentioned went to the Asian Youth Championship. ”

"It seems that this club is very strong in China. Boggs interjected.

Rick Link nodded and said: "Yes, there is a company with a market value of more than 4 billion RMB behind this club, and their head coach is also the son of the owner of this family business. He trained professionally in Brazil as a young man, spent a long time coaching in Germany after retiring and now holds a German A-level coaching certificate. The way I'm playing on the pitch right now is the coach's usual tactic. (To be continued.) )