Madrid, Spain.

Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng, Li Yin, Shao Jiayi and the Chinese Olympic team converged.

The purpose of playing a friendly match against the Spanish Olympic team this time is very clear, which is to test the strength of the team and prepare for the Sydney Olympics next year.

The Spanish Olympic team is classified as this year's World Youth Champions, and their strength is naturally very strong, and the Japanese Olympic team lost by four goals at their feet.

The Chinese Olympic team has not played against the Japanese Olympic team, but the Japanese Olympic team is considered to be the only team in Asia that can wrestle with the Chinese Olympic team.

In the tactical room, Houghton explained the techniques and tactics of the Spanish Olympic team.

"This is a world champion, a real world champion. I hope you don't think it's a friendly game and play it as a real game. ”

"If you knock out the World Champion, you know where you're standing."

"Of course, the youth team and the senior team are two different things, many players became famous when they were young, but when they got to the professional team, they disappeared, don't be proud!"

"Don't think we can't beat Spain, on the contrary, at this level any team can win, and we obviously have the quality to do that."

"Of course, we also have to look at this game with a learning attitude."

"From an individual technical point of view, Spain, at least the technical ability of the midfielders, is very strong. The technical ability of the players in the midfield of the Spanish team is reflected in the ability to stop, protect the ball and play the ball quickly, which may seem to be not very performative, but this technical ability is the basis for the rational handling of football. ”

Horton still very much recognizes the Spanish Olympic team.

'It's very difficult to stop the ball properly, to pass the ball quickly, continuously. They combine the application of basic technology with their own reality quite well. ”

"On the whole, the whole team is very well integrated because of the technical base of the Spanish midfield. This is like what is often said in basketball, chemical reaction. Because everyone in the midfield has a very good ability to stop, protect and play the ball, and because most of these people come from the same youth training system, the idea of handling the ball is also the same, which makes the overall feeling of the Spanish midfielder very good. ”

The basic technique is good, but this is Spain in 2000, not Spain in 2008-2010, Zheng Zhi agrees with Horton's analysis, but does not think that this Spain is really awesome.

At the turn of the century, the Spanish team's style of play was concise at best, and rough at worst. Especially between 1998 and 2006, the Spanish team focused on crosses from the wings and forwards responding.

Unlike the later style of possession, which was dominated by a large number of midfield masters, the Spanish team in this period focused on pure wingers, such as Joaquin, Vicente, Garcia or Reyes, and the middle was not like Xavi Iniesta, but on interceptors like Albelda and Baraja. Especially during Camacho's coaching period from 2000 to 2002, the Spanish team's style of play was really lackluster, with a large number of players piled up in the backfield, all relying on big feet to break through crosses on the side, why was the Spanish team the king of qualifiers that year? Because of the single style of football play, the qualifiers can abuse vegetables, and when it comes to the football field of the World Cup and the European Cup, the original form is immediately revealed.

"If we win against them, the Japanese fans will probably jump into the sky."

Li Weifeng is not very interested in this Spanish team, "It's not that Spain is too strong, it's that Japan is too weak, we have to think so." ”

"But it's Japan that represents Asia in the World Junior Championships."

Zheng Zhi immediately poured a plate of cold water, "This team is still very strong. ”

"I've seen an analysis of a report in the German media that this team is one of the strongest teams in next year's Olympics, and like Argentina, they are the two most vocal teams."

"What about Brazil? Why not Brazil? Li Weifeng was very puzzled.

"Because Brazil doesn't plan to bring overage players, naturally there is no advantage, in fact, many countries don't pay attention to the Olympic Games."

Zheng Zhi pointed to the piece of paper in his hand and said: "Don't underestimate the guy on this paper, maybe which guy will be able to win the Golden Globe Award in the future and become the best star." ”

Aransubia, Balbuena, La Cruz, Puyol, Amaya, Marchena, Capdevilla, Angullo, Albelda, Harvey, Gabri, Bella?? Marsan, Ferrón, Jose?? Mali, Tamudo, Luis?? Garcia.

There are indeed many familiar names, and Zheng Zhi can recognize several people at a glance. For example, Aransubia, Puyol, Marchena, Capdevilla, Angullo, Albelda, Xavi, Tamudo, Luis?? Garcia, these guys later became players in the Spanish national team, and Xavi became the world's No. 1 midfielder.

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhi's heart sighed. This year's Japanese Olympic and Spanish Olympic players are basically mixed up internationally, while the Chinese Olympic players who are the same age as them are hardly successful, and the best mixed should be Sun Jihai, who finally played in Manchester City to the Hall of Fame, Li Yin and Li Weifeng did not mix, let alone others, including themselves.

But now it's different, they all have a chance to change their fate, and they're now playing against the World Junior Champions.

"It's a shame that Real Madrid's Raul didn't come." Li Weifeng mentioned Raul?? Gonzalez.

"Everyone is on the national team, what Olympics are you playing?"

"You put that Louis?? Garcia and Tamudo are good to keep an eye on, they are strong. The two players were later combined for RCD Espanyol and reached the UEFA Cup final, and Zheng Zhi remembers them very clearly.

"Brother Zhe, you have to be careful of that Puyol, just the golden retriever in the video, that guy is too ruthless, and his feet are very crisp."

It is estimated that Zhao Junzhe wants to play the right avant-garde, so Zheng Zhi specially explained. When he was young, Puyol was definitely desperate, and Zhao Junzhe was not easy to play on the right side.

"Is it that strong?"

"Very strong, very strong!"

"Silver, the opponents of the two of us are these two guys." Zheng Zhi pointed to Baraha and Harvey.

"Especially him, when he has the ball, we can make him feel better."

At this time, although Xavi was relatively unknown, his strength was already very good.

"Don't worry, aren't you at ease when I do something?"

Li Yin patted his chest and reassured.

"Zheng Zhi, what about the left side? What else do I pay attention to,"

"Barcelona midfielder Gabri."

'Several of them are in the first team at the club. It's really no different from us. ”

"Zheng Zhi, tell me about those guards?"

In front of everyone, Zheng Zhi is a football encyclopedia. Although he is the youngest, everyone respects him and this is the status.

"That Puyol, and Capdevilla, and Marchena, and La Cruz."

'All four players have already made their way out of the first team. Marchena is tall and has a good mark, but he has a lot of small movements and likes to foul. Puyol is rough and fierce, and Capdevilla is more feminine ......"

"I think we can find a breakthrough from Marchena and try to avoid that golden retriever. Marchena is slow to turn and likes to foul. ”

'I'll pass the ball behind me a lot.

"And what about their strikers?" It was the turn of the big head that they asked.

Several defenders came over, except for Sun Jihai. Sun Jihai crossed his legs and didn't chat with everyone at all. Probably don't take Spain's strikers in your eyes?

'Tamudo and Luis Garcia are both point-grabbing strikers, which means they're constantly running for opportunities. You have to keep an eye on them at all times. ”

"You have to be clear."

"The football population base in our country is 600,000 and in Spain it is 3.5 million. Can a striker who can stand out from 3.5 million people be bad? ”

"3.5 million? Are there so many? Li Weifeng was shocked.

"We have 1.3 billion talents and 600,000?"

"What is the population of Spain?"

"Less than 50 million."

Zheng Zhi popularized.

At this time, Sun Jihai finally pricked up his ears, obviously he was very interested in this topic.

"So our football is not as good as in European countries."

"In fact, our football population is declining!"

"What? Decline? Impossible. ”

"A A is so lively, how can it be declining."

"It's true, but with the gold medal we won at the Asian Games, the numbers have picked up."

"In previous years, it was 650,000, last year it was 600,000, and this year it is slowly rising."

Zheng Zhi glanced at everyone, everyone's faces were full of doubts, how could China, which is more than a billion yuan, only have 600,000?

But only Zheng Zhi knows that now is the best football era!

Between 1990 and 1995, the number of young people participating in football in China reached an all-time high of 650,000; Between 1996 and 2000, it fell to 610,000; Between 2000 and 2005, it fell sharply to 180,000; By 2007, there were just over 30,000 people in the database.

This is not the lowest point of Chinese football.

Later,

There are only more than 10,000 registered football players in China......

A lot of the data is shocking. According to figures provided by the Youth Department of the Football Association, the total number of players born in 1985 and 1986 (i.e. players of the age of the 08 Olympic team) registered with the Football Association is 1,550. Among them, about 380 players were born in 1986. The total number of players born in 1987 and 1988 registered with the Chinese Football Association is 1,100.

"Do you know how the Japanese Olympic players are selected?"

"They were selected from more than 600 detachments in Japan. According to a team of 20 people, this Japanese team is "1 out of 600"! ”

"!"

The big head hurried a foul mouth.

Others chimed in.

"Awesome,"

"Terrible,"

"I'm really scared to death."

"Paralyzed, little Japan is too terrible, and it will be a strong enemy in the future."

At this time, the Chinese team is not afraid of Japan, has no concept of Japan, but is afraid of South Korea.

Sun Jihai finally took the initiative to speak.

"The football population of a football power is in the millions."

"So we can't underestimate Japan."

"That's the gap."