Chapter Ninety-Four: Opponent, Japan
Liu Bo is really well-intentioned, and he does not hesitate to bow to them one by one in order to help the players adjust their mentality.
His approach was worth it, after all, the players of the Huaxia youth team are very young, and they are both proud and proud to be able to defeat the Korean youth team so easily.
This kind of pride and triumph should never be brought to the finals, not even in training.
A big win is both a good thing and a bad thing, especially for young players, such a big win can make them very impetuous, and even underestimate them in the final.
This is what Liu Bo did not want to see, and through this remark, he successfully shifted the attention of the players from the big victory to the championship.
This big win is nothing compared to winning the championship. The players began to put their minds on the table and took a serious look at the semi-finals between Japan and Saudi Arabia.
Both teams will be competing for another spot in the final, and both could be opponents of the Chinese youth team in the final.
Relatively speaking, the Chinese youth team prefers to meet Saudi Arabia in the final.
They played Saudi Arabia in the group stage, and they are more familiar with Saudi Arabia's players and tactics, and at the same time, the Chinese youth team also has a way to defeat Saudi Arabia.
If Saudi Arabia really wins in this semi-final, then the Chinese youth team can almost win the championship of this Asian Youth Championship.
However, the reality is far from what was expected. Japan's youth team performed well in this game, breaking through the Saudi Arabian team's solid defence four times, and finally the semi-final ended with a score of 4-0.
The Japanese youth team successfully advanced to the final, where they will face the Chinese youth team for the ultimate championship.
At the end of the semi-finals, the atmosphere in the conference room where the Chinese youth team was located was solemn, and the faces of every Chinese youth team player were full of serious expressions, and Lin Qi was no exception.
I have to say that this semi-final made the players of the Chinese youth team feel a lot of pressure.
Japan's youth team performed so well that they could easily win 4-0 against Saudi Arabia, who had the best defense in this Asian Youth Championship.
Their offense in this game is only stronger than the Chinese youth team!
Although the Chinese youth team defeated the South Korean youth team by a bigger score, it was mainly because of the tactical mistakes of the Korean youth team, which led to their complete collapse. Moreover, the defense of the South Korean youth team is not on the same level as the Saudi youth team at all.
Throughout the semi-finals, the Saudi team actually performed very well, and they built two exceptionally tight defensive lines. It's a pity that these two lines of defense did not play their due role in the face of the exquisite cooperation of the Japanese youth team.
Japan's youth team used their exquisite short pass combination to tear through the Saudi defences four times.
The Chinese youth team used the individual flexibility of Lin Qi and Lin Heng in their victory over Saudi Arabia, while the Japanese youth team took advantage of the flexibility of their overall attack.
Yes, the Japanese team is very flexible in attack and their players are quite cooperative. It's not like a team that has been formed in a short period of time, and the level of chemistry between their players is as if all the players have been playing together since childhood.
Of course, the individual strength of the Japanese players is also very good, especially Keisuke Honda. In Lin Qi's previous life, Keisuke Honda was a player who wore the No. 10 jersey in AC Milan, although he didn't play much of a role in Milan City, but this No. 10 alone can prove his personal ability, very strong!
It is no wonder that the players of the Chinese youth team have solemn faces, as if they see an impossible opponent. One by one, the players frowned, as if they were thinking about what they should do against the Japanese youth team.
Eventually, they had no clue.
After a short silence, Liu Bo was the first to speak.
"What do you think of the Japanese youth team, and how good are they? Lin Qi came first. Liu Bo pointed at Lin Qi and said.
"Very strong! Their players are strong individually, stronger overall, and the tactical literacy of this team is not weaker than that of European teams! Lin Qi gave his own opinion.
Liu Bo nodded when he heard this. Indeed, the strength of this Japanese youth team can definitely compete with the European youth team, their wonderful cooperation, excellent tactical literacy is not possessed by the Chinese youth team.
It has only been a month since the formation of the Chinese youth team, and their tactical literacy cannot be compared with the Japanese youth team at all.
"In that case, how do we win?" Liu Bo asked again.
Lin Qi frowned, and only said one word: "Fight!" ”
Yes, you can only fight. The final is the last game of this Asian Youth Championship, and the Chinese youth team wants to defeat the Japanese youth team and win the championship of the Asian Youth Championship, and the last game can only do their best.
The Japanese youth team is strong, and the Chinese youth team is not weak. Although there is a big gap between the Chinese youth team and the Japanese youth team in terms of tactical literacy, they are not without the possibility of winning.
At the critical moment, it depends on the play!
None of the teams that can break into the finals are weaknesses, including the Chinese youth team, including the Japanese youth team, which are definitely the two best teams in this Asian Youth Championship.
Their final meeting is tantamount to Mars hitting Earth!
Of course, in terms of past records, the Japanese youth team has been dominant across the board, especially after entering the 90s. The development of Japanese football was a little earlier than that of China, and the 90s were the era of their talents.
After 90 years, the Chinese youth team has played against the Japanese youth team a total of four times, without a single victory, and has not even scored a goal.
In all four games, the Chinese youth team all ended in defeat.
The rise of Japanese football has been so fast that the Japanese youth team has won three of the four Asian Youth Championships held since the 90s, and they now have a faint tendency to replace South Korea as the number one player in Asia.
Moreover, the Japanese youth team also maintained the best result of an Asian team in the World Youth Championship - runner-up!
Japan's youth team has reached the final of the World Junior Championships, and they are the only Asian team to have participated in the final of the World Youth Championships, a feat that even South Korea, which has always regarded itself as the No. 1 team in Asia.
The best result of the Korean youth team in the World Youth Championship is not as good as that of Huaxia, the Chinese youth team has won the third place in 05, and the best result of the Korean youth team is only the quarterfinals.
The level of competition at the World Youth Championships is much higher than that at the Asian Youth Championships.
Asian football is weak, the world's football center is still in Europe, and South American football is also shining. At the World Youth Championships, where European and South American teams gathered, the Japanese youth team was able to finish second, which is not a strong result.
Japanese football has been learning from Europe in recent years, both in terms of their league system and training system, and even the players they have cultivated are similar to European players in terms of characteristics.
Of course, it is their tactical system that Japan learns the most from Europe.
The tactical idea that European teams pay more attention to overall strength than individual ability is also deeply ingrained in Japanese football, which is the biggest reason why Japanese football has been able to develop to this point.
Just look at their performances at the Asian Youth Championships. The Japanese players' goals are all based on the overall cooperation, not the performance of individual ability. Football is a collective sport, and the performance of individual abilities is highly uncertain in the game, and the way to develop football like Japan is the most correct.
Huaxia, however, is unable to adopt this method. Of course, this method is not suitable for China at all.
Huaxia is vast, has a large population, and there are countless fans and players, which is very different from Lin Qi's previous life, in Lin Qi's previous life, there were not even 8,000 registered football players in Huaxia, but here, it is more than 8 million.
This number is the first in the world!
But in terms of the popularity of football, Huaxia is still not ranked, who calls Huaxia's population base too large.
With so many players and more fans, it is difficult for Huaxia to cultivate them one by one with that kind of rigorous system. On the whole, Huaxia is a free-range policy in the development of football.
This policy is similar to that of South America. Compared to Japanese football, the football system in China seems to be a bit chaotic. Correspondingly, the tactical system of Chinese football will also be relatively chaotic.
They don't use the orthodox style of play in Europe, and many times, Chinese football will rely more on the performance of individual ability.
Anrun's hot popularity fully proves this, there are so many people and players in Huaxia, there will always be a few geniuses. What China hopes now is that it can rely on the influence of genius to develop football.
In this Chinese youth team, Lin Qi, Lin Heng, Zhou Tao, and Luo Ming are all geniuses. The tactics formulated by Liu Bo also revolved around these four people fighting.
Maybe the strength of these four people is slightly higher than the players of the Japanese youth team, but in terms of overall strength, the Chinese youth team is really inferior to the Japanese youth team.
The performance of the Japanese youth team in the semi-finals cast a shadow over the hearts of the players of the Chinese youth team, which was so strong that the players felt as if they were really facing a strong European team.
How do we defeat such a team?
I'm afraid it's really just like Lin Qi said, let's fight......