Chapter 105: Take Ukraine lightly
In the end, Gao Jun only took advantage of the laxity in the opponent's back line before the end, and scored a goal with an inverted triangle cross from Hao Junmin, which was also the only goal of the two sides in the second half, and the effect was only to save a little face. In the game, in the face of the iron bucket formation posed by the Brazilian team, Gao Jun couldn't help but feel helpless, "Once the strong team is cheeky and puts the bus in front of the goal, it is really incomprehensible, it seems that the long-range shooting will also need to be practiced more in the future, although the long-range shooting even if the technique is good, it depends on luck whether it can be scored or not."
Although they lost the game, the Chinese team still advanced to the quarterfinals and was unanimously favored by the domestic media to reach the quarterfinals, but the European media, out of their long-standing contempt for Asian football, thought that the Asian four teams (as in history, Japan drew with Australia in the last group game, scoring only 2 points from three games, but still relied on goal difference to rank third in the group and was lucky to enter the round of 16. It would be nice to have one team break through in the quarterfinals, and although the strength of the Ukrainian team can only be regarded as second-rate in Europe, it is not a weak team that Asian teams can easily win
In fact, the experienced Gao Jun and the head coach of the national youth team, Crouchen, are also a little worried about the boys in the team underestimating the enemy, although the first two games of the World Youth Championships The Chinese youth team's table is very good, but the offense mainly relies on counterattacks (referring to counterattacks in a broad sense, as long as the opponent's defense line is not recovered. And set-pieces are still a big weakness, after all, no one can guarantee that they will be able to score first every time, and if you lose the ball first, you need to attack, then it is not easy to do. Losing to Brazil in the third game of the group stage, although there were reasons why most of the main players did not play, but with the disgusting style of play of the Brazilian team at that time, even if the Chinese team was the strongest team on the field, they did not have the absolute certainty of breaking the opponent's goal.
Although the strength of the Ukrainian team is not particularly strong, as the game is played one by one, their competitive state has been significantly improved compared with the first game. From this point of view, losing the last game of the group stage may be a good thing, as can be seen from the expressions of the players during training, everyone is obviously much tighter than before that game, although you should relax before the competition, but everything has a degree, if it is too loose, it is difficult to get into the state quickly in the game.
However, the Brazilian team's style of play in that game also gave the Ukrainian team a good demonstration, although they are far from having as strong ball control ability as Brazil, but the body is quite good, and a bunch of strong men are gathered in their own penalty area, which still causes a lot of trouble for the attack of the Chinese youth team.
However, due to the lack of players who are extremely fast and dribble well, they cannot fight back at all in the face of the Chinese team's active front-court counter-robbery and fast return defense in the midfield; And their set-piece tactics are also difficult to swing out due to the Chinese team's frontcourt Yu Hai, Gao Lin and other big men actively defending back.
Therefore, although the defense of the Ukrainian team once gave the youth team a headache, their offense was almost no threat, so that the youth team could continue to attack without worries
In the 16th minute of the second half, two defenders of the Ukrainian team collided together with a mistake in the defense of a corner kick, Gao Jun seized the opportunity to score, broke the deadlock on the field, and forced the Ukrainian team to press out to try to equalize, so that the youth team could play a sharp counterattack, so that the rhythm of the game entered the situation that they are most accustomed to.
Less than three minutes later, Yu Lin volleyed into the net from Yu Hai's cross on a counter-attack, making the game almost completely out of suspense. Later, in order to save body to better cope with the quarterfinals, the Chinese team slowed down the pace of attack, and exhausted the physical strength and fighting spirit of the Ukrainian team with skillful ball control and inverted feet, and in the 81st minute of the game, Chen Tao, who came on as a substitute, broke the goal of the Ukrainian team again with a direct free kick, and finally the Chinese youth team defeated the Ukrainian team with a score of 3:o, and Ang advanced to the quarterfinals.
Although the attack was once blocked, the whole team has always been full of confidence in winning this game, because the situation has always been under the leadership of the youth team, and although the players of the youth team are all working hard, but to say that they have tried their best, it is not enough, after all, the next game is the focus.
Perhaps because of this, although Yu Hai has been banned, he still continued his usual style of play in this game, relying more on the cooperation of teammates than personal ability when breaking through, so as not to be injured and miss more important games later. In addition, the Ukrainian team's high-altitude ball threat is greater, and the tall Yu Hai often returns to the defense in the game, which also has a certain impact on his offensive appearance. Therefore, in this game, Yu Hai did not make much contribution on the offensive end.
After the four Asian youth teams all reached the round of 16, the European media was not optimistic about its future, and once asserted that at most one of them could reach the next round, but after the quarterfinals, it was really like this, except for the Chinese team because the opponent was weak and did not take much effort to win and advance, the other three Asian teams were all eliminated. And even the "lucky" Chinese team is not optimistic about the future of Europe, especially the local media, because their next opponent is the host Netherlands
Although there are no talents in the Dutch youth team who will reach the Ballon d'Or level in the future, the solid foundation laid by the Dutch football youth academy over the years is still not to be underestimated, and the home advantage can make their combat effectiveness go up a notch.
Historically, although the Dutch youth team was eliminated by Nigeria in the quarter-finals on penalties, considering the crazy nature of the African team and the instability of the youth team, it does not mean that the Dutch youth team is not strong.
In fact, if you only look at the content of the group stage and the quarterfinals, the Dutch youth team is still very strong, and with the World Youth Championships, the competitive state of the European teams that have suffered relatively much because of the league schedule has gradually risen.
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