Chapter 189: Bullying Me Without a Champion?
() "Uh... I didn't expect the team to beat the hosts, France, maybe the victory in this game was half luck. β
"There is still a certain gap between our players and the French team, and from the perspective of the game, the players played very hard and made a lot of mistakes."
"But it seems that luck is on our side, and goalkeeper Guan Zhen's extraordinary play also plays a role. If it weren't for his several great saves, I don't think the outcome would have been predictable. β
'We've qualified, and that's a good thing. In the next game, I will adjust the lineup to give some of the main players a full rest..."
Yin Tiesheng was still polite and modest with the media fans, and two days later, the Chinese youth team defeated Turkey 3-1 and advanced to the group stage with three wins.
3 goals, it can be regarded as the revenge of the youth team for the predecessors of the 02 World Cup!
Yin Tiesheng was also blinded now.
I'm obviously sending a substitute lineup, why does it look more fierce than the main players?
Did the referee collect the money? Or is Turkey hiding it?
Or am I blind? Can't tell which is the main force and which is the substitute?
Only eight teams will participate in the Toulon Cup, and the youth team will advance to the semi-finals.
The semi-final opponent was Sweden, and since the Football Association sent the Under-19 team, the average age of the national youth players was one year younger than the other teams.
In this game, Yin Tiesheng was thinking about it, almost throwing a coin, and finally decided to continue to send Feng Xiaoting to start.
Feng Xiaoting also lived up to expectations, and made several key clearances in the 90-minute game.
After 90 minutes, the score was tied at 1-1.
According to the rules, the two teams went straight to a brutal penalty shootout.
Because the Chinese youth team equalized the score by Mao Jianqing in more than 70 minutes in the second half, the Chinese youth team was full of fighting spirit in the next 10 minutes.
With this momentum, Guan Zhen saved the opponent's penalty on the first save. Although the next four penalties were scored by the Swedish team, they were still out of the tournament.
After the game, Yin Tiesheng seemed to be immersed in a dream, and he couldn't believe it.
Just made it to the finals?
Is it that simple?
What about the European and American powers?
Yin Tiesheng looked at the schedule, okay, the American powerhouse is behind!
β... With a goal down, our lads showed great will to fight. Especially in the final moments of the second half, he even played a smooth ground attack several times. β
"It is this fighting spirit that does not admit defeat that makes us win the victory after persevering to the end."
"Anyway, even if we lose to Brazil in the final, I don't think the fans will blame us. Our lad did his best! β
A head coach like Yin Tiesheng has to learn the first thing he has to learn before taking office is to "worry about defeat without a fight". Let's talk first, wait for the results to happen, and then start looking for scapegoats. In the end, when the scapegoat is not enough, you can only take it yourself and then leave the class.
The head coach of the national brand has always been like this, and it is understandable for Yin Tiesheng to do so.
But the head coach paved the way for the youth team here, but the players were "unhappy" first!
"Alas! What a pity, what a pity! Dai Qinhua said disappointedly at the camera, "I originally wanted to win the championship, but I didn't expect to score a goal after fighting a point, and in the end I had to rely on a penalty shootout to win." I can't even explain this result to Brother Wu..."
"Yes, we have already agreed with Brother Wu that we want to win every game. But now that this goal has not been reached, then we can only win the championship, otherwise I am embarrassed to say that it was brought out by Brother Wu. Hao Junmin also scratched the back of his head, with a bitter face.
In the surprised eyes of the reporters, almost all the young and middle-aged players showed dissatisfaction, and there was no joy of advancing to the finals at all, and there was no pleasure of defeating strong opponents at all. There were even a few players complaining to each other about why the defenders didn't stop the goal in time before it came.
"Anyway, just win the Brazilian team next!" Feng Xiaoting's face was serious, and he couldn't tell that he was joking, "As long as I win Brazil, the minimum bottom line I promised Brother Wu has been reached." In this way, I won't keep my head down when I go to Brother Wu to study. To be honest, I'm embarrassed to see Brother Wu if I lose. As for the future, I also want to be like Brother Wu, go to the five major leagues to compete and break out of my own world. Brother Wu can score goals in the Champions League as a goalkeeper, and I, who plays in the midfielder, can score even more! β
Good guys, winning the championship turned out to be the lowest bottom line?
What kind of medicine did Tang Wu feed these young men? Winning the championship is the minimum standard?!
If he doesn't win the championship, isn't he afraid of dampening the enthusiasm of the players and hurting the players' self-confidence?
Fueled by some interested people, many media have spoken out, questioning whether Tang Wu is putting pressure on the young men of the youth team.
Reaching the final is already the best record for the Chinese team since they entered the Toulon Cup, and before that, the best result was fourth. It was the 1998 Toulon Cup, and the youth team was composed of Jianlibao players who studied in Brazil, including Li Jinyu, Li Tie, Li Weifeng, Zhang Xiaorui, Sui Dongliang and other national football players.
And the last Toulon Cup, which is now the National Olympic Games, did not even win a game.
0-0 England, 1-3 Brazil, 2-2 Poland, two draws and one loss, barely achieved the purpose of "examining the comprehensive ability of the team".
There are even media voices: What you didn't do in this National Olympics, why should your juniors work hard?
Just like some old birds, they can't fly on their own, so they find a nest to lay eggs, and then let the little birds try to fly.
Isn't that a joke!
But more media stood up to question this theory, and Zhan Jun, a die-hard fan of Tang Wu, even posted on Weibo angrily: "Don't forget, Tang Wu has not yet entered the youth in the Toulon Cup in 02." If there was Tang Wu in that competition, maybe the Chinese team would have won the championship a long time ago! β
There are also many people who support Zhan Jun, such as Huang Jianxiang, Liu Jianhong, Li Chengpeng, Dong Lu and other well-known football critics have posted articles to support the Chinese youth team to win the championship.
Just kidding, there are a total of eight teams, all of which have reached the finals, and you still don't want to fight?
What happened to the Brazilian team?
How much is there for Rivar? How is there Ronald? How is there little Ronal?
In 02, when facing Brazil, the national football team was not timid, and now everyone is still young, and the technical level has not been expanded, why should we be afraid?
On June 11, after France finished third with Sweden 1-0, the youth team and Brazil started a championship battle.
In the second minute, Chen Tao shot hard from outside the penalty area and missed the post.
The Brazilian team immediately counterattacked, and in the 9th minute, the Brazilian team's No. 3 Alex leaned on the Chinese defender in the penalty area, volleyed sideways, and reacted quickly Guan Zhen Yuyue knocked the ball out. The Brazilian player next to him wanted to step forward to make up the shot, but the assistant referee raised the flag to signal that the player was offside.
Although the technical work of the feet of this year's Chinese youth team is good, it is a little bit of a witch compared to the Brazilian team, in order to snipe the Brazilians' attack, left back Yuan Weiwei and right back Tan Wangsong have received yellow cards one after another.
However, the Brazilian's advance was surprisingly slow after 30 metres into the front, with little subtlety between the frontcourt players. The youth team moved quickly in defense as a whole, and it was easy to break up Brazil's one-man tactics.
The youth team did nothing in the opponent's frontcourt, but the Brazilian team also suffered from offensive fatigue, and only Chen Tao and Alex shot twice in the first half.
It was clear that both sides were deeply unhappy with the attacking performance in the first half, and in the second half both teams advanced faster.
In the 47th minute, the Chinese youth team got a corner kick opportunity, Wang Hongliang drove out, and the Brazilian defenders in the chaos were not far away, Zhu Ting followed up with a furious shot, which was blocked by the Brazilian team players with their bodies.
In the 67th minute, Brazil got the best chance to score the game, JΓΊnior picked up a light pass from the edge of the penalty area, the ball went over the heads of the defenders of the Chinese youth team, and No. 6 Felipe quickly inserted, and only the goalkeeper Guan Zhen stopped in front of him at this time. However, Felipe got up and shot but couldn't hit the edge, so the youth team escaped.
Seeing that his offensive was still unsatisfactory, Yin Tiesheng replaced Zhu Ting with Wan Cheng in the 69th minute, and Wan Gang came on the field with a long-range shot to remind the opponent's absent-minded defensive line.
In the 79th minute, Hao Junmin, Feng Xiaoting, Chen Tao, Wan Gang, Dai Qinhua and other frontcourt players tirelessly scramble in the front court finally received results.
Chen Tao on the right side took the lead with a header and pushed the ball to the edge of the big penalty area, and Hao Junmin, who was actively running throughout the game, suddenly plugged in. Saying that it was too late, he picked the ball over the head of defender Alex, and then leaned on JΓΊnior, who pounced on the defense, and fired a powerful right-footed shot at the goal.
The ball tore a path through the air and went straight into the net.
1-0, the youth team took the lead.
The stadium was boiling, including the fans of other countries who had long been out, all stood up and screamed.
Defeating the strong with the weak has always attracted the attention of fans.
After conceding a goal before the end of the game, the Brazilian team looked quite unwilling, except for the goalkeeper, the other 10 members of the team collectively pressed the attack.
Faced with such heavy pressure, the young players had to resort to foul tactics in some cases to delay the opponent's attack.
The referee pulled out the cards four times in a row, and almost every backcourt player had a yellow card on his back.
In order to keep the victory, Feng Xiaoting even did not hesitate to use handball foul tactics to stop the opponent in stoppage time.
Even if there are some "despicable", even if there are some "inferior". But after seven minutes of stoppage time, all the Chinese on the bench rushed into the field to celebrate their first international trophy.
Looking at the young and middle-aged players who were celebrating wildly in the field, Tang Wu in the stands couldn't help but sigh: "Young is good!" I haven't won a trophy yet! It was these boys who got the first step! β
"Brother Tang, you're not old! You're only a year older than them, okay? β
Hearing Tang Wu sigh, Nangong immediately replied, and Zhou Haohao on the other side also rarely united with his girlfriend and nodded frequently.
"Brother Tang, you are so young that I can't stand it! In order to "save the defeat", Zhou Haohao even leaned into Tang Wu's ear and blew quietly.
In the past 9 days, Tang Wu has been spending time in "dire straits". Since Zhou Hao and Nangong slept in the same room, Tang Wu had no chance to steal if he wanted to.
Seeing the end of the game, Tang Wu let out a sigh of relief: "Okay, Nangong, I will return to China with the team tomorrow, so I won't accompany you." β
Before Nangong could speak, Tang Wu continued: "I returned to China to participate in the training camp, and I guess I don't even have time to go home. As soon as you get off the plane, you're going to report to the national football team, so Nangong, I'll leave it to you, how about you two go back to London together? β
Nangong's mouth was half open for a long time, and only after Tang Wu finished speaking in one breath did he pause. looked at Zhou Haohao on the other side of Tang Wu, and could only nod helplessly: "Okay, then Brother Tang has to work hard and win the championship!" β
Hearing Nangong's promise, Tang Wu immediately twisted his head to the other side, "Okay, what about you?" β
Zhou looked at Tang Wu with a blank eye, hoping that he would change his mind.
It was supposed to be a good French romantic trip, but it was lost in the middle of watching the ball.
Zhou Haohao really wants to cry without tears!
I haven't bought underwear yet, and my boyfriend hasn't loved enough, woo woo!
"Okay, don't cry and lose your face. Promise me to go back to London tomorrow, okay? β
"Okay!" Zhou Haohao could only say helplessly.
Just when Tang Wu was trying his best to "settle" the two women, Hao Junmin and Feng Xiaoting ran to the stands with their feet in front and back, and shouted loudly: "Brother Wu, Brother Wu!" β
Seeing Tang Wu looking over here, Feng Xiaoting was even more excited. Waving the trophy in his hand and shouting: "Brother Wu, look, we have won the championship!" β
What's so great about a champion? I also have two "confidantes"!
Tang Wu said disdainfully in his heart.
But I turned my head and looked at the two girls, alas, it's still good to be "red-faced"!
"Brother Wu, we have won the championship! We've won the championship! The other young and middle-aged players also ran over and shouted, as if they wanted the world to know.
Tang Wu looked at the smug faces of the young and middle-aged players in the audience, waved his hands awkwardly, but silently recited p in his heart!
Damn, what's going on with these little comrades? So disrespectful to seniors? Is it bullying me that I don't have a champion?