Chapter 100: The U.S. Youth Team
Ashley Cole was single enough, but he didn't expect Lin Heng to be even more foolish than him, and he admitted that his performance was not as good as Lin Qi.
In fact, there is no need for him to say, fans and reporters can also see that although Lin Heng's performance is also very good, it is still a little worse than Lin Qi, who scored two goals.
It is not so much that Lin Heng is admitting that he is not as good as Lin Qi, but that he is slapping Ashley Cole in the face. Lin Heng will not be complacent because of Ashley Cole's praise, compared with his personal honor, or the honor of the entire Chinese youth team is more important.
And Lin Qi, as the number one star, represents the honor of the Chinese youth team!
Lin Heng showed extremely rare support for Lin Qi in this incident. Regardless of whether he had any selfish intentions, and whether his approach was a little redundant, Lin Qi felt a little moved.
He can see Lin Heng's growth, and with Lin Heng's help, Lin Qi believes that the Chinese youth team will definitely be able to go further in the World Youth Championships.
In terms of the strength of the Chinese youth team, if you want to wrestle with those traditional strong teams, you must be united, and only when they are united, they are a team with the strength to win the championship.
After this game, there were many fewer rumors about Lin Qi being a parallel import, and even the harsh European media could not find any flaws in Lin Qi's performance in this game.
The two goals helped the Chinese youth team achieve their first victory, defeating the England youth team, who were originally considered the strongest team in the group.
Such a performance is enough to conquer any fan, not to mention that Lin Qi's two goals are still so exciting.
A batty GOAL. A header bombardment, this is Lin Qi's best skill, he blocked the mouth of the European media with such a perfect performance in the first game of the World Youth Championships.
At this moment, the Asian media can be regarded as raising their eyebrows, whether it is the Chinese media or the Japanese and South Korean media, in short, all the Asian media are jubilant, as if it was their own youth team that won the game.
"I'll just say, the Chinese youth team is the strongest team in this group, and the England youth team has no power to fight back in front of them. With a score of 0:2, England's youth team should be happy. Because this is only the first game of the Chinese youth team at the World Youth Championships. The players weren't fully in shape yet, and if they had gotten into the groove early, it wouldn't have been 2-0. While the Asian media is happy, they don't forget to tout.
There is no emotion in what he says. The European media are speechless about this. Who called England's youth team lose to the Chinese youth team? Who told England's youth team that the performance was not satisfactory?
Unable to refute the ridicule of the Asian media, the European media could only take this breath on the losing England youth team.
"We were so disappointed by the performance of the England youth team, they are a disgrace to European football! I've never seen a youth team from Europe so unbeatable against an Asian team. ”
'Poor performance for England's youth team. We can't help but wonder if English football has fallen to the point where even Asian football can't beat it. "A lot of media outlets from Spain and Italy seized the opportunity to make fun of English football.
While criticising the poor performance of England's youth team, the media did not forget to ridicule Ashley Cole.
"Compare with Lin Qi's offensive ability? Compare the number of goals with Lin Qi? Ashley Cole's pre-game rhetoric was a complete joke. We saw an embarrassed Ashley Cole in this game, and the No. 7 player of the Chinese youth team restrained him very well both offensively and defensively. And after the game, the outstanding No. 7 of the Chinese youth team also announced in public that his performance was not as good as Lin Qi. ”
"I don't need to say it, we can also see that his performance is certainly not as good as Lin Qi, who scored two goals. Ashley Cole couldn't even win the No. 7 of the Chinese youth team, and he talked about challenging Lin Qi. ”
The sharp words of the European media almost made Ashley Cole cry, and he angrily clutched the newspaper in his hand and threw it into the trash without mercy.
Ashley Cole clearly knows that this game will become a stain on his football career, not to mention attracting the attention of the giants, even if the ordinary clubs of the five major leagues want to arouse him, I am afraid they will have to think about it.
The current state of England's youth team is not optimistic, and this game is not just about losing, it is a huge blow to his confidence in the players.
The majority of young players do not have a good ability to self-regulate, and with most of their confidence lost, England's hopes of progressing to the last 16 are becoming increasingly slim.
The difference is the Chinese youth team, a hearty victory made the entire Chinese youth team immersed in the love of the World Youth Championships. They have already beaten what is considered to be the strongest opponent in the group, with the remaining USA and Cameroon teams not posing much of a threat to the Chinese youth team.
The Chinese youth team has seen the hope of qualifying from the group, and it is still the first in the group!
With strong confidence, the Chinese youth team welcomed their second group stage of the World Youth Championship four days later, and the opponent of the Chinese youth team in this game was the United States youth team!
The U.S. youth team defeated Cameroon youth team 1-0 in the first round of the group stage. The game between the two teams is relatively close, their strength is about the same, and you play back and forth very lively.
Cameroon were stronger in attack than the United States, with more shots on goal than the United States, but Cameroon lost 0:1 to the United States.
This is mainly thanks to the goalkeeper of the United States youth team - Tim Howard!
Tim Howard made a name for himself with two fantastic saves against Cameroon to help the U.S. youth team overcome a more attacking Cameroon side.
Lin Qi is not too unfamiliar with the name Howard. In Lin's previous life, Howard was the main goalkeeper of the U.S. national team, and this goalkeeper reacted quickly and was often able to make incredible saves.
The role of a goalkeeper in a team is huge, especially when the quality of the two teams is similar, and the performance of the goalkeeper can often determine the final outcome of the game. Just like the match between the U.S. youth team and the Cameroon youth team, the Cameroon youth team had a chance to equalize or even overtake, but because of Howard's presence, their two great chances came up in vain.
With his excellent performance in this game, Howard became the number one star of the U.S. youth team. And this match between the Chinese youth team and the American youth team is also considered to be a battle between Lin Qi and Howard!
Lin Qi's shot was invincible, while Howard's gate was impregnable. It's like the sharpest spear and the strongest shield.
Who's stronger, you can only know if you try it! (To be continued......)