The fundamental reason why the Chinese team played an international A-level friendly match with the Gabon national team at the Shanghai Hongkou Professional Football Stadium is to adapt to the playing style of the African team, because one of the opponents of the Chinese team in Group G is the Ghana national team, which is more similar to the Gabon national team.

It is a targeted friendly match.

Because although the Chinese team is one of the favorites in this World Cup, coach Pep Guardiola did not perform in a fluttering manner, but paid great attention to the three group games at the beginning of the group stage.

And this international A-level friendly has two meanings, one is to determine the fate of those fringe players, and the other is to adapt to the style of play of African teams.

Of course, the Chinese team did not only have a warm-up match with the Gabon national team before the start of the World Cup, but immediately flew directly to Rio de Janeiro at Pudong International Airport after playing the Gabon national team, where the Chinese team also had two warm-up matches, namely against England and Mexico.

Again, these two warm-up matches are also full of targeting.

However, before that, both the Chinese national team and the Chinese media focused on the international A-level competition at the Hongkou Professional Football Stadium in Shanghai.

Shanghai's Hongkou Stadium, which was originally able to accommodate only 30,000 fans, has been expanded to accommodate 50,000 fans, and this international friendly match before going to Brazil is full.

What's even more exaggerated is that ordinary far-end tickets have been speculated to 2,000 yuan, but they are still priceless.

This shows how hot China's ball market is now.

Speaking of which, I have to say that the current Chinese Super League, it should be mentioned that the Changsha Star City Football Club, which is 100% owned by Iroh himself, has the huge financial support of Iroh and Emirates, and is now a super team in the Chinese Super League, which won the Super League championship that season as a promoted horse in 2012, and won the AFC Champions League in 2013.

In addition, it has to be said that the youth training level of Changsha Xingcheng Football Club is very high, and the team already has some post-95 players who can play, the most eye-catching of which are Zhang Xiuwei and Wei Shihao, who were selected for the 30-man squad this time.

To get back to the point, the Chinese team playing at home did not have a main lineup.

Players who participated in the Champions League final at the Stadium of Light, such as Iello, Zhang Linpeng and Wang Xiaolei, were rested and replaced by 19-year-olds Wei Shihao, Zhang Chengdong and Yan Junling respectively.

Although the Chinese team did not put out the strongest lineup, it still had a great advantage in the face of the Gabon national team.

Now the Chinese national team is very experienced in ball control, especially under the guidance of Guardiola, the Chinese team's pass-and-control football has reached its peak, and last year's Chinese team was able to beat Brazil and Spain to win the Confederations Cup is the best proof.

Wei Shihao, the young player who rotated Ailuo on the field in this game, performed very well, and used his personal ability to create a penalty in the first half, and the main striker Zhang Xizhe made a handful.

Gao Lin then showed the qualities of a world-class striker when he headed home from a corner.

Since this is an international A-level friendly match, there are seven substitutions between the two sides in the game, so at the beginning of the second half, Guardiola adjusted the lineup, and the 17-year-old Zhang Yu, who was selected for the national team for the first time, replaced Gao Lin.

I don't know if he was a little nervous playing for the national team for the first time, he made undeserved mistakes at the beginning, and was almost hit by Feng Xiaoting's teammate Aubameyang in Dortmund with a quick counterattack.

However, Zhang Yu's personal adjustment was very fast, and after the mistake just now, he entered the game as he should be, and he was able to use his good physical fitness to fight against African players without falling behind, and at the same time showed his talent for passing and leading.

Looking at Zhang Yu, who was getting better, Guardiola, who was watching the game on the sidelines, nodded with satisfaction.

※※※

In the thirteenth minute of the second half, it was Zhang Yuxuan, who was getting better, who relied on good physical fitness to resist the main central defender of the Gabon national team, and then accurately headed back to the top to find the core of the organization Wu Xi, who kicked an unreasonable world wave to help the Chinese team lead by three goals.

The heart of Liverpool's midfield shows the best of themselves.

At this time, the atmosphere of Shanghai Hongkou Professional Football Stadium has also reached its peak, and the cheers are higher and higher.

Subsequently, the fans also played a crowd wave, which seemed to be very comfortable.

Because the national team's performance is better than they imagined, if they participate in the group stage of the World Cup according to their current form, they have great confidence that the national team will become the only team in Group G that can confirm the group qualification!

Listening to the huge cheers from all directions, Aubameyang, the number one star of the Gabon team, shook his head again and again, his ability is outstanding in the national team, but he is not ranked in the top five in this game, because the individual strength of the players of the Chinese team is really too strong......

Although his speed is very fast and his skills are relatively comprehensive, he is always timid in the face of his club teammate and captain Feng Xiaoting, so even if the Gabon team has a good chance, there is no way to knock through the goal guarded by Yan Junling.

Next, the Chinese team made a series of substitution adjustments, and the players selected in Guardiola got the opportunity to play.

As the captain, Iroh only got a chance to play ten minutes before the end of the game.

However, no one has expressed any dissatisfaction with this, considering that throughout the 2013-2014 season, Eloco has played more than 60 battles and participated in such a major tournament as the Champions League final a week ago, there is no reason to start in such a meaningless international A-level competition.

In other words, the strength of the Gabon national team has not yet reached the point where Guardiola can face it.

In the end, the Chinese team beat Gabon 5-0 at home, and the last two goals were scored by captain Ailo and the outstanding 17-year-old Zhang Yujiao.

The next day, the media from all over the world who followed the Chinese national team were reporting on the recent situation of the Chinese team, especially the two young players who performed well in the warm-up match, Wei Shihao and Zhang Yujiao, many media believed that these young players would catch the last train to Brazil.

The media are not stupid, on the contrary, they are very smart, they actually already have a rough list of players in their minds, only two or three positions are a little undecided, I don't know what Guardiola, who likes to develop young players, will choose.

But with Wei Shihao and Zhang Yuxuan performing well in this warm-up match, the media is almost certain that at least one of the two will catch the last train to Brazil.

However, some media revealed that although the captain Iro, who got ten minutes of game time, was in good shape, he also showed fatigue......