I am the Coach of the National Youth Team

Chapter 38 The First Battle in Japan

On October 9th, the first match of Group C of the Asian Youth Championship will start soon. Li Long and the Huaxia National Youth Team will challenge the Japanese National Youth Team. In this game, Li Long chooses to play a 4-4-2 formation.

Goalkeeper: 1 Ding Zheng;

Defenders: 5 Yan Zihao, 3 Zhao Wenchao, 4 Micro Motion, 17 Yang Fan;

Midfield: 7 Wei Shihao, 8 Chi Ruofei, 6 Lu Lei, 10 Huang Haiming;

Forwards: 9 Tian Runtao, 19 Zhang Yuning.

Before the game, Li Long was on the Japanese National Youth Team's roster, and the only thing Li Long was worried about was their Takumi Minamino.

In Li Long's previous life, Minano Takumi first studied abroad at the Salzburg Red Bull. Because of his outstanding performance, he was favored by the Premier League giants Liverpool, and finally Minano Takumi successfully joined Liverpool.

This made Huaxia fans jealous, but Minano Takumi is not strong at this time.

In this game, Li Long made a change in his formation. Instead of the previous 4-2-3-1 formation, he chose a 4-4-2 formation.

This is mainly due to the existence of Lu Lei. Although Lu Lei is not strong now, he is at least better than other midfielders in the team.

"Hello, audience friends. Welcome to today's game. The first round of the 2014 Asian Under-19 Championship group stage is about to begin. I am Huang Zizhong, the commentator for today." Huang Zizhong started.

This game was not broadcast on the sports channel, but on the sports channel +. The game is about to start. This time, the Asian Youth Championship was held in Myanmar. There were not many spectators at the scene. It was an empty seat, but some Huaxia fans still came to cheer for Huaxia's young players.

"Today's starting lineup of the Huaxia National Youth Team is very surprising, because Lu Lei, who has received heated discussions before, will start this game. Lu Lei is only 16 years old this year."

"The head coach of the Huaxia National Youth Team, Li Long, is known for his vicious vision. The Tian Runtao and Chi Ruofei he discovered have become important players in the Chinese Super League. This time, Lu Lei also has his own uniqueness."

"The referee blew the whistle to start the game, and the game officially started."

The Huaxia National Youth Team got the kick-off right, and Tian Runtao gave the kick-off to Chi Ruofei.

Soon the football came to the right. Huang Haiming took the ball and broke through from the side. Huang Haiming faced the opponent's defense and cut inside the penalty area, but was soon knocked down by the opponent's Kawabe Jun.

"Hey! Huang Haiming fell down!" Huang Zizhong explained.

"Ah? The referee didn't blow the whistle? Didn't the ball blow?"

Without any wavering, the referee pointed at Huang Haiming and asked Huang Haiming to stand up. He didn't think it constituted a penalty.

Seeing the referee's penalty, Huang Haiming lay down on the ground in frustration. Huang Haiming was very wronged in his heart, because he did not flop the ball, and was indeed knocked down by Kawabe Jun.

"Let's watch the replay, hey! It should be a penalty kick!" Huang Zizhong said repeatedly.

But there was no way, the referee insisted on his penalty, and the Huaxia team could only suffer from being dumb.

The game continued, which was beyond many people's expectations. Many people thought that the Japanese team would have the upper hand, but now the Huaxia National Youth Team is taking the initiative.

Especially several players were extremely excited, Tian Runtao, Chi Ruofei, Mu Wentao and Ding Zheng, the four of them were in the same circle as Zhao Wenchao, and they called themselves the Overseas Group.

Before the game, they looked around the sidelines and found a few white people on the sidelines. Thinking about what Zhao Wenchao said before, they guessed that they should be scouts from European clubs.

These foreigners are indeed scouts, but they are concerned about Takumi Minano. Takumi Minano has solid basic skills, good physical fitness and fast speed. He is a striker with great potential.

These Huaxia players were not in their sight at all.

All of this was expected by Li Long, because the Japanese national youth team was very similar to the Mexican team in the invitational match.

In fact, the three opponents of the Four Nations Youth Invitational Tournament were selected to prepare for the group stage of the Asian Youth Championship. The Mexican team is equivalent to the Japanese team, the Iranian National Youth Team is equivalent to the South Korean team, and the Malaysian team is of course the Vietnamese team.

The Japanese team's offense couldn't break into the Huaxia team's penalty area at all. The only offensive method of the Japanese team was long-range shots. In the 4th and 6th minutes, Takumi Minano made a long-range shot and was hugged by Ding Zheng once. Once blocked by Zhao Wenchao.

On the other hand, the offense of the Huaxia National Youth Team was much more threatening. Huang Haiming made a bottom pass from the right and found Tian Runtao in the front, but Tian Runtao's angle was too small.

In desperation, Tian Runtao could only ferry the ball with his head, and the football was ferried to Zhang Yuning in front of the goal. Zhang Yuning didn't even jump, but stretched his head forward, and hit the football fiercely.

"Huang Haiming made a cross, Tian Runtao headed the ball and Zhang Yuning headed it!" Huang Zizhong suddenly explained loudly.

But the football hit the post hard, and with a "dang", the football bounced into the air.

"Ah! What a pity! Wait, there is still a chance!"

All the players looked at the football, and soon they knew that the football would not go out of bounds, and the football would still land in the penalty area. Everyone was trying to get in position, hoping to grab a point.

The closest to football is Tian Runtao and the opponent's central defender Miura Zunda, and the two are fiercely locked in each other.

Although the central defender needs to have good physical fitness, Tian Runtao is too strong, and Miura Zunda is not an opponent at all. Tian Runtao pressed him and jumped high, with his head on the football.

"Tian Runtao also has a header!" Huang Zizhong continued to shout.

It's a pity that the Huaxia National Youth Team was unlucky. This header hit the post, and this time the football directly bounced out of bounds.

"Wow! There's a pillar! Too bad luck!" Huang Zizhong explained disappointedly.

Seeing the team from the sidelines, Li Long headed the ball twice in a row. He turned around and shook his head while smiling wryly. Li Long thought it was time for Tianhu to start.

The attack of the Huaxia National Youth Team surprised the Japanese National Youth Team. They did not expect that the Huaxia Team was so strong. They thought they could easily defeat the Huaxia Team.

The European scouts who came to the scene did not expect this to happen. They were investigating Takumi Minano, but so far Takumi Minano has not shown much.

On the contrary, it was Huaxia's players. Some of them really shocked them, such as forward Tian Runtao. Although Tian Runtao didn't have a good chance, his role in the penalty area was impressive.

Then there is the central defender Zhao Wenchao. Although Zhao Wenchao played in Portugal, he didn't know Zhao Wenchao at all. He played an obvious role on the defensive end.

Chi Ruofei is also good, whether it is offense or defense, there is Chi Ruofei.

The scouts were shocked to find that there were several potential players in the Huaxia team, which surprised them very much.

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