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When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Chinese team breathed a sigh of relief.
The last few minutes were indeed a bit embarrassing, but fortunately, everyone in the team gritted their teeth and survived.
The scoreboard at the Willem II Stadium shows the final score of the game, 2-3.
Spain is in front, and China is behind.
Although the Spanish players basically gave up the game at the last minute, they were still very frustrated when the whistle blew, and many players even hung their heads, looking very painful and sad.
They did their best.
After Yang Yang high-fived and hugged his teammates around him, he happened to see David Silva, the No. 16 player nearby.
The Spanish youngster, who is a head shorter than Yang Yang, also performed very well in this World Youth Championship, and is an important player for the Spanish team to get to where it is today, and he and Cesc Fabregas firmly supported the Spanish midfield.
Delicate footwork, strong individual ability and very dangerous passing are all strengths of David Silva.
Yang Yang had played the UEFA Super Cup with Valencia before, and when he lost the game, Vicente took the initiative to exchange jerseys with him and comfort him, which made Yang Yang always remember in his heart, and David Silva is from Valencia.
However, the youngster, who is the same year as Yang Yang, spent the past season on loan at Eibar in La Liga and was featured in major European newspapers in May, the final season of the league season.
At that time, it was the 35th round of La Liga Eibar away to challenge Lleida, Eibar had to fight for promotion, but when the two sides played 1-1, one of Lleida's players was injured and fell to the ground, and David Silva received a pass from his teammates at this time, there was no offside, and he directly faced the goalkeeper to form a single knife, but he decisively gave up the shot.
In the end, Eibar drew 1-1 away at Lleida, and at the end of the season, Eibar was three points behind third-placed Alaves, which made many fans controversial about David Silva's approach, especially some of Eibar's fans.
But Yang Yang knows very well that the reason why Eibar failed to succeed in the first division was not because of the draw with Lleida away, but because in the previous 34th round, the home team lost 1-2 to the direct rival Alaves.
However, sometimes fans are like this, just trying to find an outlet.
Yang Yang had never met David Silva before, but after seeing this news, he was full of admiration for David Silva because he was very courageous.
And ask yourself, if he encounters such a situation, it will be difficult for Yang Yang to make a choice of whether to shoot or not.
This made him take the initiative to walk over after seeing David Silva's sad expression, took off the jersey on his body, handed it over, and greeted with a smile: "Hello, David, I'm Yang Yang, can I exchange jerseys with you?" ”
David Silva raised his head suddenly, and when he saw Yang Yang, he was taken aback, he didn't expect Yang Yang to take the initiative to come over and exchange jerseys with him, so he immediately got up from the grass, took off the wet jersey on his body, and exchanged with Yang Yang.
"You're doing a great job." Yang Yang said sincerely.
David Silva was very shy and introverted, nodding his head, obviously a little bit unrelenting, "You too." ”
Yang Yang found that Valencia is a team with a very tenacious style, but there are many shy and introverted players, such as Vicente and David Silva in front of him.
"Frankly, I admire your courage very, very much, and I hope you can continue to work hard without outside interference, and I believe that you will succeed." Yang Yang encouraged.
His current fame and status in European football is indeed higher than David Silva, and he won this game again, saying such comforting and encouraging words is not inconsistent at all, but brings warmth to David Silva.
"Thank you, you too, I hope we still have a chance to meet."
Yang Yang raised his eyebrows, "Then it's best to be a teammate, if you are an opponent, I'm a little scared." At the end, he laughed to himself.
David Silva also smiled, knowing that Yang Yang was comforting him, "Thank you." ”
When Yang Yang chatted with David Silva again, he found that Cesc Fabregas, who was wearing the number 17 shirt, also came over, and the young talent who played for Arsenal was obviously full of interest in Yang Yang.
Yang Yang is no stranger to Cesc Fabregas, because this is a young and talented midfielder recognized throughout Europe, who debuted at Barcelona La Masia, but now has switched to Arsenal and is highly valued and cultivated under Arsene Wenger.
"You've done a great job, we've done our best, but we can't restrain you." Fabrega said calmly.
"I'm just in good shape, run more." Yang Yang said modestly.
Seeing Fabregas holding his jersey in his hand, Yang Yang specially ran to the sidelines to get a change of jersey, ran back to exchange with Fabregas, and finally hugged Fabregas and David Silva to say goodbye.
On the way back to the locker room, he met Juanfran again, the direct opponent of this match, and the two chatted a few more words.
Sometimes, the players go toe-for-tat on the football field, but when they get off the field, they cherish each other.
Not only like today's game against the two sides, but even like Yang Yang and Kuyt.
Yang Yang didn't blame Kuyt at all, and he believed that Kuyt did the same.
As long as he thinks that he will face the challenge of Kuyt again in the new season, Yang Yang is full of fighting spirit and motivation.
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The Chinese team defeated the favorite Spain with a shocking record of 3-2 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
As soon as the game was over, the news quickly spread from the Netherlands to the rest of the world.
Everyone felt unbelievable and couldn't believe that the dark horse of the Chinese team had suddenly passed through Germany and Spain, two traditional giants, and entered the semifinals.
Is this going to be dark to the end?
Journalists and fans around the world were shocked.
Yang Yang, the young player who just broke Ronaldo's legendary record ten years ago in the Eredivisie, won the best player in the League Cup, and at the same time led the Chinese team to successfully advance from the Asian region to the World Cup in Germany, once again amazed the world.
He has scored six goals at the World Youth Championships so far and is tied for top of Spain's Eddie Llorente in the current scorer charts, but Spain have been eliminated from the tournament while China have reached the semi-finals.
In addition to the goal, Yang Yang's assists and passes were also surprising.
In the game against Spain, Yang Yang staged a big foot transfer scene many times, which made Spain's defense very painful, but Chen Tao on the right side benefited a lot from this and performed very eye-catching.
In an interview with Chinese media, Anderlecht specially arranged for scouts to visit Chen Tao, saying that the club is very satisfied with Chen Tao's form and strength, and will be entrusted with it in the new season.
In addition, domestic media frequently broke out that scouts from foreign clubs were targeting the players of the national youth team, which also made the players of the national youth team somewhat excited, but Yang Yang said that the favor of some free scouts did not make much sense at all.
A lot of scouts are taking the player's authorization and going to the club everywhere, which is a bit like a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.
Even in case you meet someone who is unladylike, it may cause a lot of unnecessary trouble in the future.
"Keep working hard, as long as we continue to move forward, you will definitely have the opportunity to stay abroad." Yang Yang encouraged.
After the Chinese team broke the upset again, after defeating Spain, it caused an uproar at home and abroad, especially the domestic fans, and even the AFC reported the feat of the national youth team on the official website, believing that the national youth team is fully capable of rushing to the final and even winning the championship in the end.
Argentina are widely regarded as the strongest team at the World Youth Championships, and this time they also reached the semi-finals, meeting African side Nigeria and China in the semi-finals against Brazil.
As for the hosts, the Netherlands, lost to Nigeria on penalties in the quarter-finals and unfortunately missed out on the semi-finals.
Argentina, Brazil, Nigeria and China are the top four teams in this year's World Youth Championship, especially China.
No one in the world thought that this team, which had been weak for many years and was so weak that it was completely ignored, would be able to rush to the semi-finals in one go, and even look at the momentum they showed, they had the posture to eat Brazil in one breath and rush to the final.
In fact, in an official interview with FIFA, the head coach of the national youth team, Crouchen, said, "We do have the strength to reach the final, but the Brazilian team is not easy to play, we need to go all out." ”
Yang Yang also said in an interview with national television, "We won't think too much, we will only play every game as a final, and as the schedule deepens, our physical fitness gradually comes out, Crowchen's training is still very effective, I think we should continue to stay in this team, and even try to introduce the entire German youth training system through him." ”
Finally, Yang Yang also said that he would not think too much about it, and would only concentrate on playing football.
"To be in the final, we have made history, but we are not satisfied because every step we take is making history, which will give me and my teammates unprecedented motivation and courage."
When the news came back to China, both media reporters and fans gave high praise to Yang Yang and Krauchen, as well as the national youth team, whether it was the technical and tactical level of the players, or the mental outlook of the players, they all left a deep impression.
When FIFA commented on the national youth team, it even thought that this Asian team played the technical and tactical level and rhythm of the European team, which is very rare and represents the progress of the national youth team.
On the evening of the same day that the youth team finished playing in Spain, the team returned to Utrecht from Tilburg.
The semi-finals and finals will be held in Utrecht.
The Chinese team still stayed at the Mitland Hotel where they had stayed before.
And just as the team had just checked in, Yang Yang went back to the room to pack his things, and his mobile phone rang.