Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Journey

After the end of this day's training, since there is still about a week before the start of the game, Director Gao announced the final 20-man squad today. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Before the squad was announced, the team had already played a number of warm-up games, and this time the national youth team basically participated as U19, which means that the whole team is under the age of 19, which is one year younger than the rules. The World Youth Championship is 16 teams to participate, divided into 4 groups, each group first played a round-robin, the top two with the best results to advance, and then the top 8, the top 4, the championship and runner-up, such a schedule, in the previous game, the Chinese team's results were relatively poor, the best result is to enter the top 8, and the best record of this competition is Argentina 6 championships, Brazil 5 championships.

These teams not only have outstanding results in the senior team, but also in the youth team, and many superstars who have become famous later have also shone from the city youth competition, and finally gradually reached the top of the world, and the plum ball king is the most typical example.

Therefore, for being selected for the national youth team and participating in such a top competition, all the players are also very happy, and they want to strive for the opportunity to play.

Zhang Qing didn't think that there was anything in the competition, he just insisted on training every day step by step, and he didn't have much imagination for the future, but he felt that as long as he worked hard, he would naturally come.

Director Gao looked around at everyone, looked at everyone's eyes, and then read out the list of people who could finally represent the national youth team in the competition.

He knew in his heart that one day in advance, he found the unsuccessful players one by one to talk, so today is actually a form to give the selected players an encouragement.

After reading the list, Zhang Qing found that the people he was familiar with were basically selected, including Zhao Tian, Han Shan, Gao Lefei, Liu Songren, Wang Ruolin, Feng Xiao, Li Yuda, Xiaolin Brothers, Su Yue, etc., and some other people who were not familiar with and understood were selected a lot.

The unsuccessful players said goodbye to their current teammates one by one, or prepared to return to the club, or went home directly to take a vacation, adjust for a while, and prepare for next season's games.

Everyone's mood is also different, at this time Director Gao told you a few words.

"The 20-man squad has been announced today, and I hope that the selected players will work hard and we will leave tomorrow to fly to Amsterdam for the World Youth Championships. I believe everyone has also watched the schedule, the schedule is probably like this, the first game is against Turkey, the second game is against Ukraine in the group stage, and the third game is against Panama. The opponents of these three group games are very strong, Turkey is the favorite team for the championship of this competition, there are many young hopefuls, the task of the Football Association is to qualify from the group, the task is very arduous, but we train for a long time, and I hope everyone will play hard and kick out the blood of the Chinese people! Do you have faith? ”

"Yes!" All the team members replied in unison.

Early the next morning, the team members all dragged their luggage and backpacks to the airport. Zhang Zhi, Yang Lan, Yang Qiongying, Chen Lin, Li Xiaogang and some others came to see them off and said goodbye to them one by one.

Zhang Qing looked at his parents and Yang Qiongying, didn't say anything, said that he would reassure them that he would behave well, and then boarded the bus to the airport.

Since Amsterdam is still relatively far away, the team members need to fly for nearly 10 hours to arrive, so it is a physical drain.

However, many of the players have not been on a plane for such a long time before, so it is difficult to suppress the joy in their hearts, and they are chatting with each other, talking about football, life and other things.

After a long journey of several hours, the group finally arrived in Amsterdam, and after undergoing what is said to be the strictest security in the world, the group finally entered the territory of the Netherlands, Europe.

Zhang Qing looked up and saw that the sky was so blue, although in winter, the temperature was not as high as in China, but the cold was quite large. Compared with the dry cold in the north of the country, the cold in Europe is cold in the bones, if you don't wear a few warm underwear, you can really freeze enough, if you usually get a down jacket in the country, and the people here wear very few down jackets, most of them are wearing fur coats or cotton clothes, and their clothes are warm, plus eating grilled sausages, meat, drinking beer, so as to be able to withstand the local cold.

Of course, everyone is not here to travel, and the high guide took everyone directly to the local hotel to stay.

In a few days, they will face the challenge of the youth teams of various countries around the world on the pitch here, and the big guys are very excited, waiting and looking forward to it.

Zhang Qing is still in the same room with Su Yue. After living together during this period of time, the relationship between the two people has become deeper, and they have a certain understanding of each other, whether in training or in life, they seem to be more tacit, and the positions of the two people on the field are also more compatible, a striker, a winger, can be regarded as a golden match, and with Su Yue's current ability, he can play from a winger to a fullback to a fullback, and the entire side position can be played. Of course, in many cases, it is also necessary to practice small-scale tactics with Zhang Qing.

The two of them like to chat when they have nothing to do, and talk about the people and things in today's football.

Trainer's room ......

The assistant coach and Gao Coach were nervously watching the video of the game, and they were going to study the opponent of the first game, the Turkish team.

Turkey are one of the favourites to win the tournament and have a lot of big names in the squad, with talented players such as Saheen at the heart of the team, who plays in a central midfield position and is the engine of the team's defense and attack.

Although he is not very old, he has already played in the Bundesliga Dortmund and occupies the main position, and this game is particularly important for his marking.

Director Gao frowned, thinking about how to have a clever way to defeat the enemy.

The assistant coach was consulting with Coach Gao and offering his own advice.

"I think we can let Cai Kang come to guard Shahin full-time, he has performed well in the first division, and he has been playing the main force this season, which can not only ensure that nothing goes wrong, but also allow Han Shan to free up his hands and organize the attack with peace of mind."

"Well, that's a good idea." Director Gao paused as he spoke, but his brows were still tightly locked, and he was still thinking about something.