This is the youngest Three Lions in 58 years, and it is highly hopeful that the fans have won five of the six games before the European Championship, including the exciting reversal of the world champion Germany, but also because a player, a man under the age of 16, was impressed by Martin Taylor and other old men, through special means (well, the legendary back door). A talented Chinese-Swiss striker who received English citizenship and was selected for the England national team.

On May 22, 2016, at the home stadium of Qiansheng's club, he wore the white No. 9 shirt for the first time to represent the Three Lions in the European Championship against Turkey, and immediately set a record for the youngest appearance of the England national team at 15 years and 149 days, which also belongs to the world.

This is not the end, in less than ten minutes after the opening, Qiansheng scored, a typical Qiansheng blitzkrieg goal, this goal also allowed him to set a record for the youngest goal of the England national team and even the world's national team, 15 years and 149 days, who can surpass? And this record is extremely golden, the opponent Turkey is not only one of the top 24 of the European Cup, but also the national team ranks 13th in the world, only three places behind England.

After that, he played in the European Championship, breaking the record for the youngest player and goalscorer in the history of the European Championship: 15 years and 169 days.

Thanks to the selection of Qiansheng and the addition of 18-year-old Marcus Rashford, England became the lowest average young country in the round of 24: 24.91 years old.

Being young, in football, means that the state is prone to ups and downs, the mentality is easy to be unbalanced, the lack of experience in major competitions, and the ability to resist pressure is poor.

Against the Three Lions, who could secure top spot in the group with a draw, Eastern European Slovakia boss Jan Kozak has clearly done his homework ahead of time, and he doesn't think it's necessarily a good thing to have so many inexperienced youngsters in a team.

'Every team has its weaknesses and England have a lot of young players in the squad and it remains to be seen how they will cope with the expectations and pressure of the public media. The cunning Kozak said: "Although they have some experienced players, they are not very old. ”

Does Kozak's words make sense? The youngest team must not be able to go far, right? At least judging by the results of the past few European Championships, experienced teams do not always have an advantage.

At Euro 2012, the youngest team was Germany, with an average age of 24.52 years old, and the result was in the semi-finals.

At Euro 2008, the youngest team was Russia, with an average age of 26.15 years old, and the result was in the semi-finals.

At Euro 2004, the youngest team was Spain, with an average age of 25.47 years old, and the result was a group exit. This edition of Spain is the only team in the last 20 years to have failed to make it out of the group stage with the lowest average age. It was an unusual European Championship, with Greece, the second-oldest in average age, winning the tournament and traditional giants Germany and Italy both falling out in the group stage.

Many blamed Spain's exit on coach Saiss's lack of experience, so he was sent back to the Under-21s after that tournament.

In Euro 2000, the youngest team was Spain, with an average age of 26.55 years and a result in the round of eight.

In Euro 1996, the youngest team was England, with an average age of 25.68 years old, and the result was in the top four.

There is no doubt that England at Euro 1996 made an extremely impressive appearance. It was England's first European Championship and they have a young and talented squad.

At the back, 21-year-old Gary Neville is already the main right-back, while 21-year-old Saul Campbell and 25-year-old Gareth Southgate have also been selected for the national team due to Mark White's injury, and 21-year-old Robbie Fowler is also in the attack. These young talents made the Three Lions the youngest team in that tournament.

Unfortunately, England lost to eventual champions Germany in the semi-finals, this time on a 12-yard penalty.

With three of the youngest teams reaching the semi-finals of the last five European Championships, the Slovakia coach's words are clearly untenable.

But at least he was right, England had the upper hand in the first 10 minutes, with 72.9 per cent possession and a staggering 12 shots on goal, three on target, and not a single goal scored, which is the price of youth.

At half-time, West Ham coach Slug Bilic, who was the guest commentator on the game at ITV, said that the England team could not find a way to score in the attacking third. Of course, this is the case with many of the big teams in this European Championship, such as Germany, where it's hard to find a way to score when the opponent is back in full defence.

But guests from the joint studio of Sky Sports and the BBC have a different opinion.

Gary Lineker pointed out that the discharge of all substitute players in this game is itself a big support, firstly, there is a large gap in strength between substitute players, and secondly, there is a lack of tacit understanding and cooperation between each other, and many times they have missed a lot of opportunities to play alone. In the end, the gap between the two wings and the main force is too big, especially the left-back Ryan Bertrand, the defense is too poor, and he is frequently blown up by Slovakia's left winger Vladimir Thorough, plus Raheem Sterling and Jack Wilshere, who are not good at defense, and most of the first half was not suppressed by Slovakia and finally conceded the goal, which is strange.

Alan Shearer also pointed out that there should not be three attacking midfielders in midfield, questioning why Roy Hodgson should not play the defensive Ross Barkley.

Martin Taylor implicitly said that he may have been carried away by the first two victories, and England lost the ability to score goals and failed to form a sufficient deterrent to the Slovak backline, resulting in the opponent being able to unscrupulously hold England's half of the bombardment, and such a full substitute starter only conceded one goal in the end, which is already God forbid.

Lineker said bluntly: "Roy is old, he is ten years behind this era, outdated tactics, poor on-the-spot command, England must change the coach if they want to make a breakthrough in the World Cup in two years!" After a pause, ignoring the wry smiles of Taylor and Shearer, he said firmly: "If he doesn't leave, he will be used by him!" ”

And the football circle in China is even more condemning Hodgson's voice, staying up at three o'clock in the middle of the night to watch the game, but the result is that all the substitutes are watched, and the cadres are not on it, so they will lose.

Although there was a lot of scolding on the Internet, Master Dima, the largest football community in China, said: "Don't worry, Hodgson will not tolerate losing, because once he loses, he will lose the top spot in the group, and the knockout round will face the giant team in advance, and in the final stage of the first half, everyone should see Qiansheng warming up on the sidelines, so Qiansheng will definitely play in the second half, as long as he plays, England will not lose." ”

As long as Qiansheng is there, there will be goals, and as long as Qiansheng scores, the team will not lose.

Relying on the solid brilliant record, Qiansheng's fans are full of blind confidence in Qiansheng, which is that the world's two superstars, Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi, cannot do the full trust of their fans.

As a fan who understands the football emperor and is good at tactical analysis, Master Ma wrote an article about England's performance in the first two games and the first half of this game, which attracted the attention of many people.

This is an article for England coach Hodgson to learn the mainland pass and control flow, from the beginning of the friendly match, the keen master Ma found that the Qiansheng who withdrew from the No. 9 position to the midfield is a new tactic created by Hodgson, and this tactic is to learn the pass and control flow of the continental team.

"First of all, we need to understand that England are indeed trying to carry out the "continentalization" reform", we see the 4-4-2 formation change to 4-3-3, and we see that players like Alli, Lallana, and Sterling who pay attention to ground attack are getting more and more attention, especially the emergence of Qiansheng, which makes England's passing and control tactics better implemented. But can Hodgson really execute the passing tactics well? ”

"The core of the concept of transmission and control lies in the creation of space. However, in an attack in the first half, before Lallana completed the cross, the receiver of the England team was not actually in a good space, either the receiving route was blocked, or the opponent's defender was marked, and no player ran towards the open receiving area, and the same Lallana did not choose to control the tempo, so he crossed directly. England still have strong traces of long passing. ”

The stats also show that most of England's chance-creation still comes from cross-balls and long balls from central midfield. England, meanwhile, had more than half of their shots coming from outside the box. ”

"Let's take a look at the England game with Qiansheng on the field, from the beginning of the friendly match against Turkey to the last game, once Qiansheng played in the midfield position, England's possession rate, number of passes, pass success rate and other data increased significantly, and most of the time, England suppressed this opponent, making it difficult for the opponent to cross the midfield from the ground. Compared with Rooney who plays in the midfield, Qiansheng is more like a metronome, and his control of the pace of the game and the combing of the midfield are not comparable to Rooney who plays as a striker, although Qiansheng is more threatening in the No. 9 position. But I think that the only one who can perfectly execute Hodgson's mainland pass and control tactics is Qiansheng, which is one reason why he sacrifices Qiansheng's strong attack power in the No. 9 position and prefers to strengthen the control of the midfield. I don't think that's wrong, to win a game at an international level, it's important to have a balance in midfield and a good tempo, especially in the knockout rounds. ”

"However, if there is no Qiansheng, England today is more like a pseudo-pass-and-flow team in the shell of flashy first-attack football, and if you want to go far in the European Championship, Hodgson must rely on Qiansheng and use it well." (To be continued.) )