On January 17, 2008, the Chinese U19 national youth team left China and flew to Qatar.

They flew to Qatar to participate in this year's Qatar Eight Invitational Tournament.

This event is a relatively high game for the youth team, and the opponents who participated in this year are still good, including eight teams from Asia, Africa and Europe, and the level of the game is still very high.

The teams participating in the tournament are Cyprus Youth, Germany Youth, Poland, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Japan, Qatar and China, and the top two teams in each group will advance directly.

The prize money for this event is more than $200,000, the winner is $80,000, the runner-up is $60,000 and the third place is $40,000. And then there are a lot of individual awards that will go to a series of bonuses, such as the best player of the tournament, the best scorer and so on.

So, it's a good game for the youth team.

This time, China's U19 youth team was placed in Group B, and the opponents in this group included the Cyprus youth team, the Uzbekistan youth team and the host Qatar youth team; Group A is the youth team of Germany, Poland, Japan and Egypt.

Liu Chunming attaches great importance to this event, which is a very good training opportunity.

What's more important is the last Qatar Eight Nations Invitational Tournament, the Chinese national youth team was directly eliminated after three consecutive defeats in the group stage. This time, Liu Chunming hopes that his national youth team can achieve good results here, and he is very confident in the national youth team.

Gu Zhen is also very confident in this game.

However, Gu Zhen is still a little worried about the weather in Qatar.

When he was on the plane, Gu Zhen said to Zhang Ningpeng: "The weather in Qatar should be okay?" It shouldn't be too hot, right? ”

Although it was January, Gu Zhen was still a little worried.

Zhang Ningpeng said: "Probably not! I heard Coach Liu say that the weather in Qatar is similar to that in Guangdong, otherwise we wouldn't have gone to Yuezhou for more than 20 days of closed training! ”

Gu Zhen bowed slightly, he had heard of such a speech before.

Zhang Ningpeng continued: "It should be a little different, but it's roughly the same! ”

Gu Zhen stretched out his hand and patted Zhang Ningpeng's shoulder and said, "Well, young man, brother, I believe in you!" ”

Zhang Ningpeng turned his head and glared at Gu Zhen, Damn, it turns out that you don't believe me when I say so much!

Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Don't look at me with such eyes, although I am very handsome, I am not interested in gay men!" ”

Zhang Ningpeng pouted slightly: "Narcissist!" ”

Gu Zhen immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, no, this is not narcissism, this is a fact!" Look at my brother's handsome and handsome face, do you know how many boys and girls she has charmed? Brother is one in a million! ”

Zhang Ningpeng immediately smiled and said, "Yes, yes, one in a million three hundred and one nights!" ”

Gu Zhen: "Gun out!" ”

The two chatted and farted, and the journey was actually quite fast.

Zhang Ningpeng suddenly asked, "Old Gu, when will you go back to Germany?" ”

Gu Zhen said: "It should be after the end of the Eight Nations Tournament, and the next round of our Mainz match will be held in February, so it is in time." ”

Zhang Ningpeng's eyes were full of envy when he stared at Gu Zhen.

Gu Zhen smiled and said: "No need to be envious, your strength is still good, I believe that as long as you work hard, you will definitely be able to play in Europe in the future!" ”

Zhang Ningpeng was pleasantly surprised: "Really? ”

Gu Zhenfeiche said seriously: "As long as you work hard, you will definitely be able to go!" ”

Zhang Ningpeng nodded firmly, and buried the idea of going to Europe in his heart, and one day he would go to European football to break through.

After a long flight, the Chinese U19 youth team finally arrived in Qatar.

To be honest, the weather here is much better than Gu Zhen imagined.

However, the players of the Chinese U19 youth team were also very tired along the way, and they went directly to the hotel where they stayed to rest.

I really didn't see any reporters along the way, and I didn't see any fans picking up the airport. Sure enough, the attention of the youth team-level game is still quite small.

Even the Chinese U19 youth team, which had attracted a lot of attention, did not attract many journalists to report. So this game should be very pure for the boys of the national youth team, without those miscellaneous ideas, just play well.

For such a situation, Liu Chunming is relatively satisfied.

Without a huge amount of attention, there would be a lot less stress on them. And this event is not their ultimate goal, their ultimate goal is the Asian Youth Championships and the World Youth Championships, this competition is just to warm up and practice, so the results of the competition are not important.

Although the results are not important, it does not mean that they will not strive for good results.

Not being important and not fighting for are two different things altogether.

Liu Chunming still hopes that the team can achieve good results, at least the poor results of the previous session.

This time, the grouping of the Chinese U19 youth team is not bad, Cyprus is not a strong team, and it is even evaluated by the domestic media as a European fish belly team. But it is also a good opponent for the Chinese national youth team, which is worth noting.

Then there's the Uzbekistan youth team, which played against the national youth team in last year's Weifang Cup, when the national youth team lost 0-2. However, at that time, Gu Zhen was not in this national youth team, and he didn't know much about this team.

Finally, there is the host Qatar youth team, they have the right time and place to occupy all the people, and their strength is not bad. This kid seems to be easy and simple, but it still takes some work.

However, Liu Chunming is very confident in this competition.

Liu Chunming said: "There should not be much problem in qualifying from this group, and our goal is to win the team bonus!" ”

Obviously, Liu Chunming is going to the top three.

The players of the Chinese U19 youth team are also very confident in this, at least Gu Zhen is very confident.

This time he came to the national youth team, and Gu Zhen came to win.

The first round of the Chinese national youth team in this tournament was against the so-called European fish belly Cyprus youth team. In fact, people's strength is still very good, how can it be called fish belly?

Liu Chunming really doesn't know where the superiority of these domestic journalists comes from?

What is the level of Chinese football, don't you have a little pressure in your heart?

Liu Chunming is facing this game squarely, and also facing this opponent, the strength of the Cyprus youth team is quite strong.

Liu Chunming reminded his players: "Pay attention to me, our opponent Cyprus is quite strong, you better not underestimate the opponent." Give all your strength and take this game seriously, I hope you can bring me good news! ”

Gu Zhen and the others nodded one after another and said, "Got it, coach!" ”

To be honest, Gu Zhen was still a little excited.

In this game, Liu Chunming still shot a four-four-two formation, and Gu Zhen finally appeared in the starting list, and he was very excited.

To be honest, in terms of body, the players of the Cyprus youth team are physically stronger than the players of the national youth team, and the national youth team is inferior in the competition.

But after the game started, the national youth team still had an advantage in the control of the field.

However, Gu Zhen, who was standing on the front line, was a little anxious. Because the Chinese national youth team is scoreless, and the main thing is that he rarely has the opportunity to get the ball.

The midfield of the Chinese national youth team still lacks some creativity, and the organization of the attack is also a little unfavorable, so Gu Zhen has received relatively little support on the forward line. Although most of the national youth team occupies the initiative, the threatening attack is not as good as the other Cyprus youth team.

The defensive counter-attacking tactics of the Cyprus youth team were very successful, threatening the goal of the Chinese youth team many times.

Liu Chunming was very anxious, kept shouting, and signaled the national youth team to press.

At this time, Gu Zhen also had to frequently pull back and return to the midfield to organize the attack. So he stayed away from goal and the threat dropped a bit. However, his passing in midfield took the attacking play to the next level, gradually threatening the Cyprus youth goal.

However, before the end of the first half, the striker of the Cyprus youth team, Christo, successfully countered offside and sent the football into the goal of the national youth team.

The defenders of the national youth team raised their hands to signal that the opposing striker was offside, but the referee ignored it and signaled that the goal was valid.

In fact, this goal is really suspected of offside.

The Chinese U19 national youth team is behind, 0-1 behind the opponent. Who else dares to call someone a European fish belly at this time? The strength of the people is still good.

At halftime, Liu Chunming called Gu Zhen to the side, and he reminded Gu Zhen to be close to the opponent's goal. Only when he is close to the opponent's goal will his Gu Zhen's threat return to the extreme.

Gu Zhen bowed slightly, indicating that he understood.

The youth team needs a hero now, and Gu Zhen must stand up.

After the start of the second half, Wu Xi came on the field, and the control of the midfield was a little higher. Moreover, Wu Xi's passing is very accurate, and there is some imagination, and his cooperation with Gu Zhen is what Liu Chunming is looking forward to the most.

Liu Chunming stared at Gu Zhen tightly, and said in her heart: "It's up to you today!" ”

Gu Zhen is really the court, and he is very active in running in the field, and he is definitely the player with the longest running distance in the court.

However, Zou Lu in front of the TV pouted slightly: "Trash! Like a headless fly, such a guy can also go to the national youth? No wonder Chinese football garbage! If you don't take me, you're all waiting to be squirted! ”

Those sunspots on the Internet are crazy about Gu Zhen, and Gu Zhen's performance is simply shit.

Suddenly, at this time, Zhang Ningpeng, who played in the midfield, sent a very beautiful and accurate long pass. Gu Zhen rushed out like a Ferrari sports car in an instant, showing the world his amazing speed.

Gu Zhen rushed out of the defenders of the Cyprus youth team and caught up with the football at high speed.

Single Knife!

Facing the opponent's goalkeeper, Gu Zhen was very calm and composed, and with a relaxed push, the football rolled under the opponent's goalkeeper's crotch and rolled into the goal.

Zou Wren: "Fake! ”

Ronaldo in Dongcheng District: "! ”

Another crackling, another water glass bursting!

Gu Zhen, who scored the goal, turned around and ran directly to Zhang Ningpeng, and hugged Zhang Ningpeng to celebrate.

In the final game, the Chinese U19 youth team drew 1-1 with the European Cypriot youth team with Gu Zhen's goal.