Chapter 53: Hope
The final match of the group stage against Turnes was played on the afternoon of August 26, again at Hiroshima Stadium. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info If the first game and the Chilean team are evenly matched, just because of the style to win, the second game is obviously weak Chinese Jianlibao team is lucky to draw the opponent, then the third game against the Tunes team is the real strength of the advantage.
Although the team has two star midfielders, Munari and Mehdi, the quality of the players in other positions is much inferior. It is worth mentioning that later served for Henan Jianye's foreign aid Ben. Khaled was also in the Turnes squad at this time.
There are no imaginary ups and downs, although Zhu Guanghu is not a big game coach who can inspire 200% of the strength of the players, but he knows enough about the Jianlibao players, and the Chinese team is in good shape in the first two games, so he still uses the lineup and tactics of the last two games in this game.
Turnes is completely helpless in the face of China's stinky and shameless defensive counterattack tactics under the dominance of strength, don't think that Tunis is destined to be eliminated and will play very easily, they are also eager to get a victory to prove it to the country, and Tunis is a small country, sparsely populated, there is no professional league in China, and these players of the Tunis team have a way out only if they go to Europe to play. And the World Junior Championships is a rare stage for them to show themselves.
In the second half, Sui Dongliang received a pass after Li Tie's steal and dribbled forward, and knocked on the door guarded by the Tunes people with a powerful long-range shot, which also became the only goal in the game, and China won 1:0. The Jianlibao team also locked the top spot in the group with three games, two wins and one draw, accumulating 7 points.
In the other group stage of Group D, Poland and Chile staged a life-and-death duel. In the end, the Chilean team, which can only qualify by defeating the opponent, broke out with strong combat effectiveness, defeating the strongest Polish team in the group with a score of 3:2, and followed China with six points in three games, two wins and one loss, while Poland was unfortunately eliminated with four points in three games, one win, one draw and one loss.
According to the rules of the competition, the Chinese team will then face the second team in Group C. And here, I have to talk about the strange form of Group C. The four teams in Group C are Czechoslovakia, Colombia, the United States and Qatar, with Yaroşik, Jankulovski and Marek. Heinz's Czechoslovakia is the strongest, with two wins and one draw in the group undisputedly to qualify for the first place in the group, while the original strength was not under Czechoslovakia, and the Colombian team, which has many future top stars such as Córdoba, Gangao, Bolano, Yepez, etc., unexpectedly lost to the Asian little brother Qatar team, and it seems that more than the Chinese team has won Qatar's "black three minutes" in history. Although Colombia defeated the United States later, the United States drew 2-2 with Czechoslovakia and defeated Qatar 5-1 to save enough points to qualify and kick the star-studded Colombian team out of the World Junior Championship.
And the U.S. team has also become the weakest team in the quarterfinals, Chen Lin checked through the computer, and no one in this U.S. team even appeared in the top league later. Historically, the U.S. national junior team was beaten 3:0 by the Polish team, which qualified first in Group D, and was completely beaten to the point of being defenseless.
In spite of this, the Jianlibao team and the United States still won a very thrilling battle, in the 7th minute of the first half, the Jianlibao team took advantage of a quick counterattack opportunity by Li Xuanyu to score a goal, but the American team, which thought that it was caught in the rhythm of China's defensive counterattack, broke out with an unimaginably powerful offensive force, the whole game Jianlibao team was completely suppressed in their own half, even Li Xuanyu and Zhang Yuning were forced to return to the defense, the desired defensive counterattack completely became a 10:0:0 formation, the United States team had 28 shots on goal throughout the game, hit the goalpost of the Chinese team 4 times, so that the Jianlibao team, which won 1:0 in the end, had a feeling of the aftermath of the disaster, and also made the Americans marvel that the goalpost was the 12th person of the Chinese team.
However, the good fortune of the Chinese team ended here, and after entering the semi-finals, the Chinese team met the Nigerian team, the final champion of this World Junior Championship. The Nigerian team, which reversed Brazil 4:3 in 96 and defeated Argentina 5:0, won the Olympic men's football gold medal in this World Junior Championship, the team has Kanu, Babayaro, Oruma, Okolonkovo and other Nigeria are in full swing, defeating the Canadian team 8:0, creating the largest disparity in the history of the World Junior Championship, defeating Argentina 4:0, defeating Australia 2:0, defeating the host Japan 2:1, Nigeria scored 16 goals in four games, The offensive efficiency of an average of 4 goals per game shocked the whole game, and Ghana, another African team in the game, also performed well, making many people even say that "the future of world football is the world of Africa!" ”
Prior to the match against China, Kanu had already scored six goals and ranked first in the scorer list, showing his future strength as a top striker, no wonder he would be bought by Inter and Arsenal later. In this game, Li Weifeng struggled with Kanu's defense. Kanu is 1.97 meters tall, more than ten centimeters taller than Li Weifeng, but he doesn't look clumsy at all, on the contrary, compared to his height, Kanu's flexible footsteps and delicate skills are more surprising, and more importantly, Kanoo's sense of position and smell in front of the goal is very good, in the penalty area, he is like a "big black loach" that does not slippery, and it is difficult to stare at him at all. This kind of center is the most hated type of defender, he has a keen sense of smell and a strong sense of position, once the opportunity arises, he will occupy the position before you, so that the most important technical "card position" of the defender is completely invalid, and the defender who has lost his position faces a striker who is taller than himself, more sensitive than himself, more technical than himself, and has a superb shooting skills, there are really a hundred ways to die.
As the best defensive player of the Jianlibao team, Li Weifeng was abused by Kanu in this game, he was passed by Kanu twice in the first half to complete the goal, and once was turned and volleyed by Kanu. It can't be said that Li Weifeng's strength is inferior, before that, he has been the backbone of the Chinese backline, almost every game is sent to mark the opponent's ace striker, the Chinese team only conceded one goal in four games has to say that he has a lot of credit, and his study in Italy has greatly improved his single marking ability. However, at this age, Kanu's ability is indeed very incomprehensible, but three years later, at the Atlanta Olympics in the United States, Brazil with Ronaldo, Dida, Carlos, Aldale, Bebeto, Juninho, Valdo, Savio, and Zeeliyas, and Argentina with Ayala, Zanetti, Almeida, Simeone, Crespo, Ortega, Sorin, and Veron failed to prevent Nigeria from winning. Zhu Guanghu had to command Zhang Ran to help defend Kanu. However, in this way, the original intact defense of the Chinese team was leaked, and the result was that Kanu used his advantage to attract two Jianlibao central defenders to send a pass to help his teammates win a point.
On defense, it was tight, and on offense, the Jianlibao team failed to open up the situation. The Jianlibao team's right-wing attack that was quite successful in this tournament was completely contained, Sun Chenghai was basically unable to assist the front court under the heavy pressure of Nigerian left winger Oruma, who later played for Marseille, and Zhang Xiaorui, the most skilled in the Jianlibao team, was watched to death by Babayaro, who later played for Chelsea. However, Nigeria's head coach was actually very surprised, just like the strongest attack on the right side of the Jianlibao team, Nigeria's strongest attack is the left side attack, Oruma's speed, Babayaro's assist, has always been Nigeria's weapon to destroy the city, but today, Oruma was so limited by the Chinese right-back that he couldn't rush at all, and Babayaro was caught in a bullfight with the Chinese team's No. 9 and couldn't extricate himself. Having lost the sharpest left flank, it's no wonder that Kanu only had three shots on goal throughout the first half, considering that almost half of Nigeria's attacks are usually focused on him.
In this game, Nigeria fully showed the physical advantages of the black people in flexibility, bounce, and explosion, and the Jianlibao team's backwardness was almost all-round, whether it was physical or technical, when the consciousness of young players was not much different, these were enough to determine the outcome of the game. In the second half, Kanu finally scored a goal in front of Li Weifeng with his own efforts, turning Li Weifeng into a completely defeated backdrop, and Nigeria defeated China with an indisputable score of 2:0 and entered the final with its head held high.
The Chinese Jianlibao team can only compete for third place with its old rival Chile, which also entered the semi-finals. The Chilean team, which performed well in this World Junior Championships, seemed to be restrained by the tactical style of the Chinese team, and in the third-place battle, it lost 0:1 to China again.
In the final final, the African Eagles Nigeria defeated the African Lions Ghana 2:1 to win the final championship, while Kanu won the top scorer and the most valuable player, and the five members of the same team were selected into the best team of the World Junior Championships, becoming the biggest winner of the World Junior Championships. The Chinese team was recognized as the best defensive team because they conceded only more goals than Nigeria in this competition, and Li Tie and Sun Chenghai were also selected for the best team.
To be honest, the Chinese team in this World Junior Championships can achieve such results, the element of luck and accident is greater than the component of its own strength, first of all, the opponents encountered, the five opponents encountered by the Jianlibao team, only Nigeria is considered a world strong team later, and it is not first-class, others such as Chile and the United States can only rank second-rate in the Americas, Poland may not even be ranked third-rate in Europe, and the football level of Turnes is the tail of the African crane, China can win and draw these opponents, it is not too surprising, after all, the level of the Chinese team at this time is still " Asia's first-class"; The second is a few key games, a battle with Poland, if it is not for Shu Chang to accidentally score a goal at the last moment, it is difficult for China to qualify for the first place in the group, and it will not meet the weakest American team in the quarterfinals, and the battle with the United States team is also thrilling, if the four posts of the American team have a kick in the goal, the Chinese team will not be able to enter the semifinals. However, no matter what, the Jianlibao team, which has learned a lot in Italy, has climbed to this position step by step with their tenacious defense that they have learned, please don't be ridiculous, please leave a hope for Chinese football!