November 14, 2007, Dragon City, Guangdong, China.

The sun is shining and the breeze is blowing.

Today's weather is really suitable for football matches and makes the players feel very comfortable.

Today, there will be an important match here.

It will be a very important game for the players of China's Under-19 team, and it will be a game to test their quality.

The boys of the national youth team are all working hard to prove their quality to the world, and they are confident that they will reach the World Youth Championships.

Now, the boys of China's U19 youth team have taken to the stadium and are ready to face their opponents, North Korea.

In this game, Liu Chunming also attaches more importance to it.

Although he also wants to see more players, to look at more players, to let more players feel the game. However, he still sent out an all-out squad because he wanted to win this game and give the boys in the youth team more confidence.

And Gu Zhen sat on the bench, waiting for the opportunity.

Yes, although Liu Chunming is very optimistic about Gu Zhen, and Gu Zhen has also performed very well in training these days, but after all, Gu Zhen is a player who entered the national youth team halfway, and there are still some problems with the cooperation between him and the other players of the national youth team.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, Liu Chunming did not shoot Gu Zhen for the first time.

Today's starters on the front line are Zhang Chengtong and Gao Di, the tall man Tan Yang, who scored two goals in the last game, did not appear in the starting list, he was not the team's first or second choice for the striker, and even, his order of appearance had to be ranked behind Zhang Yuan.

Tan Yang has never been the main striker of the national youth team, but his height is what the national youth needs, so he will be a regular member of the national youth team no matter what.

When the team can't open the situation, or the team is extremely passive, Tan Yang will be Liu Chunming's first choice.

Gu Zhen sat on the bench, and next to him was Tan Yang.

Looking at the stadium, Tan Yang said to Gu Zhen: "The physical strength of these guys in the North Korean team is amazing, and the pressure they give us is great!" ”

Gu Zhen bowed slightly, this is indeed the case.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese national youth team tried to attack the North Korean team and try to score as soon as possible.

However, apart from two decent attacks in the opening five minutes, the Chinese national youth team had almost no attack. The pressure that the North Koreans gave to the youth team was really too strong, especially in terms of physical confrontation.

Now, in terms of physical confrontation, most of the midfielders in the youth team are weaker than their opponents.

The youth team gradually lost control of the midfield.

This time, as soon as the midfield was out of control, the offense could not be pressed, but was suppressed by the North Korean team's attack, and the youth team now has to fall into passive defense.

Of course, the strength of the North Korean team is not much stronger than that of the Chinese youth team.

The North Koreans do have an advantage in physical confrontation, but their foot skills are very rough, and the way they kick the ball is relatively direct, and it seems that the attacks are frequent and some threats, but in general, they do not pose a substantial threat to the goal of the Chinese national youth team.

Therefore, this game has been a bit dull from the beginning to the present.

The game was a stalemate, and the managers of both teams seemed to be satisfied with the current situation and had no intention of making adjustments.

However, Liu Chunming came to the sidelines from time to time to remind the players of the national youth team, signaling them to find a solution to the problem by themselves, so that they could also be tough and go up.

It's a pity that the players of the national youth are indeed weaker than the North Koreans in terms of physical opponents.

Moreover, the North Koreans did not hesitate to run forward and frequently pressed the attack, so the North Koreans had some advantages.

Tan Yang suddenly said: "Do you know why North Koreans have such strong physical fitness? ”

Gu Zhen was slightly stunned, shook his head and said, "Isn't it practice?" ”

Tan Yang said very mysteriously: "Of course not! ”

Gu Zhen was very curious in his heart, and immediately said, "Why is that?" ”

Tan Yang immediately said: "That's because in addition to training, they usually dig coal in the mine. Especially after poor performance, they will be collectively fined to dig coal for a month or two. ”

Gu Zhen turned his head and stared at Tan Yang dumbfounded.

It was the first time Gu Zhen had heard of such a thing, and he was surprised: "Digging coal? Who do you listen to? ”

Gu Zhen really didn't believe that there would be such a thing, so he asked the players to dig coal.

Tan Yang said: "A lot of media reports like this, don't you watch the news?" ”

Gu Zhen shook his head slightly and said, "I don't believe it, these media don't have any discipline at all, who knows if they made it up." Of course, the confrontation ability of the North Korean players is really good! ”

At this moment, Lee Sang-chol, the No. 10 midfielder of the North Korean team on the field, suddenly sent a penetrating pass that directly penetrated the defense of the Chinese youth team. The No. 9 player on the front line, An Rifan, suddenly stepped forward, used his speed to tear open the defense of the Chinese youth team, caught up with the football, and directly killed the national youth team's penalty area.

All Chinese at the scene were nervous and dangerous.

An Rifan showed his speed, although it was not particularly fast, but he still got rid of the defenders of the national youth team, killed the national youth team's penalty area, and directly faced the goalkeeper Wu Yan of the national youth team.

All the young people trembled in their hearts.

Gu Zhen also sighed: "Dangerous! ”

Just when everyone thought that the national youth team was going to lose the ball and fall behind, North Korean striker Ahn Il Fan was affected by Zheng Zheng, who rushed out of the stab, and hurriedly volleyed, and the football flew out quickly, but it was directly out of the goal and out of the bottom line.

An Rifan directly weakened his knees and fell to his knees in the court.

Obviously, An Rifan is very remorseful, he missed the opportunity.

The players of the national youth team are all relieved, it was really too hung just now, just a little bit.

Liu Chunming shouted loudly from the sidelines: "Pay attention to defense, maintain the integrity of the defensive line, and pay attention to maintaining the distance between you and your teammates!" ”

Qiu Tianyi, who was on the back line just now, grabbed a little recklessly, lost his position, and was seized by the North Koreans. If it weren't for the North Koreans' poor skills at their feet, the national youth team would have lost the ball.

Tan Yang, who was originally very excited, suddenly darkened his eyes and said lightly: "It seems that this guy is going to dig coal after returning to China." ”

Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Your requirements are too high, and the striker is not able to score at every opportunity." If that's the case, it's perverted! ”

Tan Yang thought about it, and definitely Gu Zhen was quite right.

It's just a chance that I didn't grasp it, and there is nothing too big a problem.

However, at this time, Tan Yang's heart was still very conflicted. On the one hand, I hope that the youth team can win the opponent occasionally, and on the other hand, I hope that the youth team will concede the goal. Because only when the youth team is behind, he has a chance to play.

Gu Zhen saw Tan Yang's thoughts, and he said lightly: "Don't worry, in the second half of the game, Coach Liu will definitely change the striker!" ”

Tan Yang was slightly stunned and said, "Why?" ”

The corners of Gu Zhen's mouth rose slightly and said: "First of all, Coach Liu is very eager to win the game in this game, if the deadlock is not broken or we are behind, he will definitely replace the striker!" ”

Tan Yang bowed slightly, well, that's right.

Gu Zhen continued: "Also, Gao Di's performance on the court is not good, and it can even be said that he is in trouble. If he continues like this, there is a good chance that he will be replaced! ”

Tan Yang immediately turned his head to look at Gao Di in the stadium.

Gao Di only scored five yuan in the last game, and his performance was very good, but he withered in this game? Impossible!

Gu Zhen's eyes also fell on Gao Di on the court, and said: "Look at it, in this game, Gao Di is no longer as comfortable as in the last round. From the very beginning of the game, he was on the passive. The North Korean team defended him very tightly, and the most important thing was that he was suppressed by the opponent's high-intensity defense! ”

Tan Yang stared at Gao Di in the stadium and nodded incessantly.

Don't tell me, it's true.

The attack of the youth team is paralyzed, but it is more or less inextricably linked to Gao Di, and it is precisely because he is stared to death that it is difficult for the attack of the youth team to function.

It can be seen that Gao Di's role in the current youth team is still relatively important.

However, this game also fully showed Gaudí's weaknesses. Under the high-intensity confrontation, it is difficult for Gao Di to make a difference.

The last game against Macau was a stark contrast to this one.

In the absence of any oppression, Gaudí is simply Ronaldo, omnipotent on the court, able to burst and grab points, can head the ball at his feet and make some tricks, he is really a king-level player.

But today, when he encountered a game with a higher intensity of confrontation, he fell into passivity.

Under the high-intensity confrontation, it is difficult for Gao Di to make movements, and it is even difficult to control the football well, let alone attack.

Of course, Gaudí is not completely devoid of performance.

Sometimes his speed can still cause some problems for the other party, but it is not enough.

In terms of the youth team, it is not only Gao Di who is like this, Gao Di is just one of the most obvious representatives. If the youth team wants to go further in the Asian Youth Championships and want to perform in the World Youth Championships, after all, it has strengthened its confrontation training.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the players of the youth team should all exercise their bodies, develop their muscles and core strength, or something. It is to let the players of the youth team get used to playing under high-intensity confrontation, and learn how to control football and play games under the confrontation of high-intensity teams......

Gu Zhen feels that it is difficult to improve in a short period of time, but now there is still a year to go before next year's Asian Youth Championships, and the youth team still has time to make changes.

Gu Zhenshi continued: "In the future of professional football, physical confrontation will become more and more frequent and important, if a player cannot occasionally ensure that he maintains control of the team under the confrontation of a high-level team, then his future achievements will be very limited! ”

Tan Yang was dumbfounded, he really didn't expect Gu Zhen to understand so much!

Moreover, Gu Zhen is straight to the core of the problem.

Tan Yang muttered, "Is physical confrontation really so important? ”

Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Physical confrontation is not the key, the key is the ability to handle the ball under high-intensity confrontation!" ”

Tan Yang bowed slightly, as if Gu Zhen had opened another door for him.

At this time, the first half of the game between the two sides ended, and neither team broke through the opponent's goal, and it was still 0-0. When he got off the field, Gaudí was tired enough and gasped for breath, as if he was even more tired from playing this half of the game than he had played in the last game.

Gu Zhen shook his head slightly when he saw this, Gao Di was a little worse than he imagined.