Chapter 10: The Beginning

At night, the brightly lit Willem II Stadium stands quietly at the southern end of the city, like a bright pearl, blooming with its own light.

But compared to the grandeur of the stadium, the upcoming matches in the stadium are even more attractive.

The stands were filled with fans from all over the world, but a huge number of Chinese fans once again stormed the Stade Willem II, turning it into a sea of red.

Rumble!

The fans who had been waiting for a long time immediately erupted in cheers at the moment when the players came out.

The players of both sides entered the stadium under the leadership of the referee team, and then the national anthem was played and the side was picked. When everything was ready, with the referee's whistle, the quarterfinals of the World Youth Championships in the Netherlands match between the Chinese national youth team and the Brazilian national youth team officially began.

"The game began, the youth team took the lead, Cui Peng passed back, Zhou Haibin handed it to Zhao Xuri, and the youth team fell to the backcourt. Let's take a look at the formation of the two sides in this game, the youth team is a 4141 formation, Zhao Xuri started the game, as a single back, other positions have not changed much from the last game, the goalkeeper is still Yang Cheng, the defender is Zheng Tao, Zhao Ming, Feng Xiaoting, Tan Wangsong, single back Zhao Xuri, the midfielder is Chen Tao, Zhou Haibin, Cui Peng, Lu Lin, Gao Lin on the front line as a single arrow. Looking at the Brazilian side, it is still a four-four-two formation, the goalkeeper is No. 1 Renan, the defenders are Raphinha, Leonardo, Santos, Edcarlos, midfielders Roberto, Evandro, Renato, Arouca, and the front line is partnered by Bobo and Sobis. ”

On the side of the Chinese youth team, Zhu Ting, who came back from the ban, sat on the bench, and Yu Liang, who also performed well in the last game, is also sitting on the bench at the moment. Today happens to be Yu Liang's eighteenth birthday, and at the previous regular press conference, Yu Liang had said that he hoped to use goals in this game to celebrate his birthday, but now his primary goal is to be able to play! ”

When he said this, Huang Jianxiang smiled.

In his opinion, Yu Liang's idea is very ambitious, but it is difficult to realize.

Compared with the youth team, which focuses on offense and defense, this Brazilian team does not care about flashy attacks, they are more in pursuit of a kind of stability. Not conceding a single goal in four games is enough for them to work on defence.

"Back to the game, the Chinese youth team is attacking, and Krauchen's tactics are very obvious, that is, he hopes to rely on the advantage of numbers and ground cooperation to achieve the purpose of advancement!"

After the backcourt continued to fall to attract Brazil's pressing, Zhao Xuri transferred the ball directly to the left side, Chen Tao rubbed the ball with the outside instep, and the ball bounced directly to Zhou Haibin's feet, Zhou Haibin didn't stop knocking the ball, and the ball bounced to the feet of Chen Tao who had reflexively inserted forward.

In the face of Raphinha's defense, Chen Tao made a sharp stop, and then made a horizontal pass, and the ball went directly to Cui Peng's feet.

The successive shifts and pulls did not disturb the orderly defense of the Brazilian youth team. Cui Peng, who had the ball, tried to break through in the middle and failed to knock the ball back again.

"Oops!"

At the moment when the Brazilian team broke the ball, all Chinese fans had a bad premonition in their hearts.

After renato's pull ball to dodge Zhao Xuri's tackle, he directly sent the ball to Bobo's feet with a diagonal kick.

Zhao Xuri immediately turned around and pressed, Bobo knocked his foot arch, and the ball reached Renato's feet again.

At this time, the defensive players of the youth team have basically returned to their positions, but because of the offensive focus of the Brazilian youth team, the defensive center of gravity of the youth team has also ****.

As the core player of this Brazilian team, the 20-year-old Renato plays for Atletico Mineiro in the Brazilian league, and the tempering of the professional league has enriched his experience on the pitch, so he has a maturity that does not match his own age on the pitch.

Renato, who received the ball, stared at Soris at the edge of the penalty area, a move that further confused the defenders of the youth team.

So at the moment of Renato's pass, the players of the Chinese youth team immediately shrank to the front of the penalty area, as well as the right side of the penalty area, and Zheng Tao was the only one on the left side of the penalty area who was alone in defense.

As the ball flew over the box and was spinning outside, the youth players realised they were being bewildered by Renato's eyes. The players of the youth team who came to their senses immediately divided their troops and pounced on the left side of the penalty area. But it was too late, after Raphinha stopped the ball and passed Zheng Tao, he directly crossed the ball with a low flat ball, and the ball rolled towards the penalty area with the turf at great speed.

Two consecutive lateral passes immediately disrupted the defense of the youth team in the penalty area, especially Raphinha's low flat cross, which directly caused chaos in front of the goal.

'Dangerous, Raphinha's cross, no one touches the front post, it's a very fast pass that anyone who touches it can lead to a goal. Feng Xiaoting cleared, Sobis, Sobis shoveled, grabbed the ball before Feng Xiaoting stabbed the ball into the goal, 1-0, less than four minutes into the opening game, the Brazilian youth team took the lead with Sobis's goal. ”

The goal of the Brazilian youth team directly caused the Chinese youth team to fall into a passive situation, which is not something that Chinese fans want to see, but Chinese fans are not frustrated, although the opponent is a strong Brazilian youth team.

Because the deepest impression of this youth team is that they have a spirit that does not admit defeat, no matter what unfavorable situation they are in, they dare to play their own attacking football.

"It's a pity that the opponent scored a goal in less than four minutes of the opening game, especially when the opponent only disrupted the defense of the youth team with just one lateral transfer, which shows that the youth team is not so good in defense, and the six goals conceded in four games seem to prove this. The team's ultimate goal is the '08 Olympics, and if they want to achieve the desired results in the Olympics, Crouchen will have to work on defense! ”

Huang Jianxiang disagreed with the goal of the Brazilian youth team, because in terms of the strength of the two sides, it is only a matter of time before the Brazilian national youth team scores. But what he didn't expect was that the opponent scored with just one transfer, which is a bit unreasonable.

However, the reality that has to be faced is that compared with the strong attacking power, the defensive level of this young team seems to be a bit amateurish.

Although the offense is the best defense, in the face of the Brazilian youth team, which has a good attack and defense, if the defensive level cannot keep up, the attack of the youth team will be limited to a large extent, because the youth team has to invest heavily in the defense.

But Krauchen didn't make any adjustments on the field, and only frowned slightly after being scored. Then he walked to the sideline and shouted into the stadium: "Angreifen1! Angreifen! ”

"Attack! Offensive! ”

Although there was a big disagreement between Crowchen and the Chinese coaching staff in the team, the interpreter still conveyed Crowchen's words to the field at the first time.

Conceding a goal didn't have much of an impact on the youth players, who had accumulated enough self-confidence after a series of tough battles. As Krauchen said before the game, no one could stop them from moving forward.

After the game resumed, the youth team launched an attack without fear. The Brazilian national youth team chose to recycle at the right time to avoid its edge. It's just that they are not blindly retreating, and they have increased their pressing efforts in the midfield to curb the counterattack of the youth team.

They made a wise and successful choice, and they succeeded in containing the counterattack of the youth team, but they did not stifle the attacking philosophy that had been instilled in the youth team's mind.

After two consecutive failed attacks, possession was taken away by the Brazilian national youth team.

In a battle for control, the two sides were locked in a fierce battle in midfield.

When Renato got the ball in the backfield, Gao Lin immediately retreated and pressed. As a striker, he may be a little lacking in grasping ability, but what he lacks most is a positive attitude and a fighting heart.

Gao Lin retreated, and Lu Lin grabbed up, which put Renato in the predicament of being caught between the front and back. Although Renato was confident that he could get away from the men's pressing, he chose to pass the ball in the end.

Because this position is close to the penalty area, the consequences can be serious in case of a mistake.

But the few players in front of Renato don't think that way. After receiving Renato's pass, Arouca immediately turned his head to look at Evandro not far from the middle, and then raised his eyebrows, and after getting Evandro's response, the corners of Arouca's mouth curled.

Facing Zhou Haibin who was grabbing, Arouca pulled the ball back with his right toe, and directly shook off Zhou Haibin with a reverse tail.

Arouca, who formed a breakthrough, did not choose to advance quickly, but slowed down, which gave Zhou Haibin time to chase back, and when Zhou Haibin chased back, Arouca changed direction and accelerated, got rid of Zhou Haibin again, and then drove away with the ball.

It wasn't long before Arouca was knocked to the ground by a sliding tackle.

When Zhao Xuri got rid of Zhou Haibin for the first time in Arouca, he had already made up for it. But before he had time to grab it, Zhou Haibin had already chased it back.

It seemed that the two were about to get entangled, but Zhao Xuri didn't expect Arouca to dodge Zhou Haibin with a change of rhythm, and when he was caught off guard, Zhao Xuri took an arrow step and directly slid a sliding shovel to put Arouca to the ground.

But because Zhao Xuri tackled the ball first, and the action was not particularly dangerous, the referee did not blow the whistle and signaled the game to continue.

The ball that was shoveled out rolled directly towards Zhou Haibin.

After turning his head to observe his teammates' booths, Zhou Haibin missed his feet, and after completing the turn, he handed the ball to Cui Peng near the center line.

Before Cui Peng could stop, the ball was destroyed by the Brazilian player, and the ball was returned to the feet of the Brazilian again. But because of the little ninety-nine in the hearts of Arouca and Evandro, the Brazilian's control of the ball did not last long.

In this way, the ball is constantly exchanged in the midfield, which makes the game lose its fluidity and at the same time lose its spectacle.

However, this situation did not prevent the fans from bursting out of their enthusiasm, and they still cheered hard for their home team in the stands.

As time went on, the scene stopped chaotic and in the end, the Brazilian relied on excellent foot skills and skilful link-up to gain control of the field. Organised by their calm brain, Renato, the Brazilian youth team once again showed their fangs, and they once again tore through the youth defences from the right flank.

Raphinha, who had the ball divided, cut in horizontally with the ball directly on the left side of the penalty area, and for a while the youth team was in front of the goal......