Chapter 122: The Only Advantage
European media said that only when Lin Qi broke out, the Chinese youth team could defeat the Brazilian youth team, not to admit how strong Lin Qi is, but they think that the only advantage of the Chinese youth team over the Brazilian youth team is Lin Qi.
Lin Qi has proven himself to be the best centre-forward at the World Junior Championships with his performances, and his six goals have placed him at the top of the scorer charts alongside Ronaldinho.
Yes, Ronaldinho also scored six goals in the previous game, and his horror can be seen from this point, you must know that Ronaldinho's position is only the front midfield, which is equivalent to Zhou Tao of the Chinese youth team, but in the position of the front midfield, he can score six goals.
In addition, Ronaldinho also had three excellent performances of assisting his teammates to score, which allowed him to throw Lin Qi far away.
Lin Qi is a standard shooter, only his teammates assist him, he will not assist his teammates, so his assists can only be zero so far.
However, the Chinese youth team also has a way to target Ronaldinho. Xu Zhen has completely secured the position of the main midfielder of the Huaxia Youth Team, and with his joining, the defensive ability of the Huaxia Youth Team is not much worse than their offensive ability.
This kind of strong attacking ability has not been fully reflected in the previous games, and the Chinese youth team is too strong, so that their opponents often cannot bring too much pressure to the Chinese youth team's defence.
The only thing that caused them a little bit of trouble was the Portuguese youth team, but in that kind of game where they were all attacking from the flanks and there was no tactics to speak of. The Chinese youth team's defense was also not fully utilized.
This game will be a real test of the defensive ability of the Chinese youth team.
The offensive lineup of the Brazilian youth team is too luxurious, to say that the Chinese youth team can still press the Brazilian youth team to play, it is not realistic at all, and it should be considered excellent if it is not suppressed.
What can be expected is that this game must be an offensive battle that goes back and forth. The two teams will compete in all their offensive and defensive abilities.
It's not just the offense that can decide the team's victory, it's also the defense.
Brazil's youth team's defensive lineup is far less luxurious than their attacking lineup, with the exception of one Juan, who is a little-known young player.
Juan's position in this Brazilian youth team is left wing-back, just opposite Lin Heng. Although Lin Heng is very likely to be restrained by Juan. But he will also be able to cause Juan a lot of trouble, so that he can't be distracted.
This gave Lin Qi a chance!
Lin Qi's ability to score goals has been fully proven in the previous games, and it is still relatively easy for Lin Qi to play when the Brazilian youth team's defensive players are not strong enough.
It's all about how well he can play. Can he score more goals than Ronaldinho, who was watched by Xu Zhen.
This is equivalent to Lin Qi and Xu Zhen playing against Ronaldinho. This seems to be a bit of a trick in the direct confrontation between Lin Qi and Ronaldinho, the two future top ten superstars. But don't forget what strength Ronaldinho is and what strength Lin Qi is.
It can be said unceremoniously that the 19-year-old Ronaldinho is more well-rounded than the 21-year-old Anrun. An Run is just a genius in Huaxia. He is a genius in Asia, but he is not yet recognized as a world-class genius.
The European media admitted that An Run's brilliance at the World Youth Championships was brilliant, but they refused to admit that he was a pure genius player, because An Run's success was not only because of talent, but also because of Wang Yi's teaching to him.
If Shen Yue gave Anrun a new life in the Qilu team, then Wang Yi is the one who gave Anrun his first football life, and his role in Anrun's football career is much greater than Shen Yue......
And Ronaldinho is a real genius, a genius in every way, whether it is speed or breakthroughs, or shooting free-kicks, there is nothing he can't do.
Compared to Ronaldinho, Lin Qi will really have too little, he will do nothing but score. The only thing he is better than Ronaldinho is that his scoring skills are slightly more sophisticated than Ronaldinho's.
Therefore, two against one, Lin Qi does not have any opinions, and Lin Qi's fans will not feel that Lin Qi is cheating because of this, he really can't compare with Ronaldinho in many aspects.
Of course, even if the Chinese youth team defeated the Brazilian youth team in this game, it does not mean that Lin Qi is stronger than Ronaldinho, he is just better at seizing opportunities than Ronaldinho.
That's pretty big enough, and it's the only hope that the Chinese youth team can have to beat the Brazilian youth team, which is just too strong.
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While researching how to take advantage of Lin Qi's advantage, Liu Bo was also watching the footage of another match, which was the first match of the tournament for Brazil's youth team at the World Youth Championships, where they faced Spain, who also advanced to the semi-finals.
In that match, the Brazilian youth team lost 1:2 to the Spanish youth team. Brazil's youth team seemed to be slow to heat up, or maybe they didn't take Spain's youth team seriously, but after losing that game, Brazil's youth team finished second in the group and reached the round of 16.
The second place in the group is actually a disadvantage, as it means that they will face the top spot of another group. But even so, the Brazilian youth team also broke into the final four.
Not only did their strength not be reduced by the loss to the Spanish youth team, but their strength was reflected in the later fixtures!
Their way to the last four is obviously more difficult than the other three teams, but they still make it to the last four.
Liu Bo didn't have time to pay attention to how the Brazilian youth team reached the final four as the second team in the group, all he cared about was how the Spanish youth team beat the Brazilian youth team.
This is the only bit of information that is useful to him for the Chinese youth team.
Liu Bo watched it over and over again, and finally came up with his own answer, there are two main reasons why the Brazilian youth team lost that game: first, the Brazilian youth team did underestimate the enemy, and they did not take the Spanish youth team seriously. The day before the race, they had a party, which was clearly reported in the newspapers of the time.
Second, don't look at the Spanish youth team without stars like the future top 10, but their overall strength is quite strong.
In Liu Bo's eyes, this Spanish youth team does not look like a youth team at all, but more like a well-trained national team!
Neither of these points is likely to be repeated in this game.
First of all, as an Asian team, as a team from a football weak country, the Chinese youth team may indeed be despised by the Brazilian youth team, but this situation will never happen in this game.
Because it's the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships!
The team that can finally reach the semi-finals, there is no weak team, as long as the players of the Brazilian youth team are not idiots, it is impossible to beat the opponent in such a game.
In addition, the Spanish youth team's playing style is also not learned by the Chinese youth team, their playing style is too rigorous, too disciplined, not to mention that the Chinese youth team can't learn, I'm afraid any youth team can't learn.
If there is really any youth team that is likely to learn the style of play of the Spanish youth team, then Liu Bo has only one answer in his heart - the Japanese youth team!
In Liu Bo's eyes, the Spanish youth team is an upgraded version of the special Japanese youth team! Don't underestimate this upgrade, it was this difference in the upgrade that allowed the Spanish youth team to reach the final four, while the Japanese youth team was eliminated early......
Liu Bo spent a lot of effort to learn from the Spanish youth team, but in the end, his thoughts could only be in vain.
Liu Bo was very nervous, and after the excitement of advancing to the semifinals, Liu Bo's emotions were only nervous. He can't be blamed for that, although he has the experience of leading the team to the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships, but he lost that time and he doesn't want to lose a second time.
However, this time the situation seems to be worse than the one four years ago. Their semi-final opponents weren't as strong as this Brazil youth team, and they didn't have a recognised talent like Ronaldinho.
Liu Bo felt that he was under a lot of pressure, his opponent was too strong, and he wanted to win too much.
Under such pressure, Liu Bo wasted a lot of preparation time, and he tried his best to study the Spanish youth team, but failed to find anything useful.
By the time he was looking for a strategy to deal with Brazil's youth team, the semi-final match day was already quietly approaching......
In desperation, Liu Bo could only pin all his hopes on Lin Qi again, just like those European reporters said, if the Chinese youth team wants to win this game, it can only see if LUCKYLIN can break out.
Such a decision made Liu Bo feel very incompetent and dereliction of duty, as the head coach, he should be the biggest backbone of this Chinese youth team, but he put this responsibility and pressure on Lin Qi, the new captain of the Chinese youth team.
Without special arrangements and targeted tactics, the Chinese youth team stepped into the semifinals of the World Youth Championships with Lin Qi's little advantage. (To be continued......)