I am the Coach of the National Youth Team

Chapter 71 The Second Battle in Ukraine

Unknowingly, the time came to June 2, and the Huaxia National Youth Team ushered in the second opponent in the group stage - the Ukrainian National Youth Team.

Although the overall strength of the Ukrainian national youth team is not as strong as that of the US national youth team, it does not mean that the Ukrainian team is a weak team. The Ukrainian team has many good players.

For example, right winger Valery Luchkevich, he was rated as a potential new star by many media. Although he never kicked out in Li Long's previous life, his current worth is as high as 2.25 million euros, which shows that his current ability is still very high.

The central defender Burda is also very good. In Li Long's previous life, he was selected for the Ukrainian national team.

Then there is the high center forward Roman Aaronchuk. In fact, his potential is not low, but his current ability is average, and Li Long is not very worried.

What worries Li Long the most is undoubtedly the front midfielder Victor Kovalenko. I believe those who have played FIFA must be very familiar with this name. He is a very famous little monster.

Viktor Kovalenko is currently playing for Shakhtar Donetsk and has already played in the first team.

Victor Kovalenko's physical fitness is very good, and his skills are very comprehensive. His long-range shots are also extremely threatening, and he is the player Li Long is most worried about.

"Hello, audience friends! Welcome to today's match. In the second round of the World Youth Championship group stage, the Huaxia National Youth Team challenged the Ukrainian National Youth Team. I am today's commentator Shao Shengyi." Shao Shengyi said at the beginning.

"In the first round of the group stage, the Huaxia National Youth Team defeated the US National Youth Team 3-1, while the Ukrainian National Youth Team unexpectedly drew with the New Zealand National Youth Team, the weakest team in the group."

"Currently, the Huaxia National Youth Team ranks first in the group with 3 points. If they can beat the Ukraine team in this game, then the Huaxia National Youth Team will advance one round earlier." Shao Shengyi continued to explain.

"First of all, let me introduce the starting lineups of both sides. First of all, the Ukrainian National Youth Team has officially given a 4-3-3 formation." Shao Sheng first introduced the starting lineups of both sides.

"Goalkeeper: 12 Bogdan Sanavski;

Defenders: 18 Sobol, 4 Burda, 2 Taras Kacharaba, 8 Pavlo Polegenko;

Midfielders: 17 Victor Kovalenko, 21 Igor Hara, 7 Chumark;

Forwards: 9 Kabayev, 10 Bestin, 14 Valery Luchkevich. "

"Then there is the starting lineup of the Huaxia National Youth Team. The official formation is 4-4-2."

"Goalkeeper: 1 Ding Zheng;

Defenders: 5 Qiu Hailong, 3 Zhao Wenchao, 20 Micro Motion, 17 Yang Fan;

Midfielders: 11 Tang Shi, 10 Chi Ruofei, 6 Ding Kai, 7 Huang Haiming;

Forwards: 9 Tian Runtao, 14 Mu Wentao. "

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Compared with the U.S. National Youth Team, the Ukrainian National Youth Team's defense may be slightly worse, but the Ukrainian team is undoubtedly stronger on the offensive end.

Moreover, the Ukrainian team's midfield configuration is very high. Even if Chi Ruofei is in the midfield, the Huaxia team is still at a disadvantage in the midfield. After all, the Ukrainian team has a 4-3-3 formation. Although the other two midfielders are not as good as Victor Ko Valenko, but also has some strength.

This is also why Li Long did not start Lu Lei, who has a stronger organizational ability, but Ding Kai, who has a better defense. With Ding Kai's defense, Chi Ruofei's defensive pressure can be reduced to a certain extent.

As for the central defender, Li Long let Gao Zhunyi start because Gao Zhunyi's ability to recover is better.

On the front line, Li Long still let Mu Wentao start. Seeing that Mu Wentao appeared in the starting list again, many fans who watched the live broadcast posted online to express their dissatisfaction.

"What kind of background is this Mu Wentao! Even if he is like this, he can still start!"

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began. The Ukrainian team's midfield control ability is indeed strong. Although it didn't take long for the Ukrainian team to grasp more ball possession.

Li Long suddenly had a feeling that the Ukrainian National Youth Team put more pressure on the Huaxia National Youth Team than the American National Youth Team.

Li Long frowned and looked carefully at the Ukrainian team, and finally understood the reason. This was the reason of the head coach. The head coach of the Ukrainian team, Petrakoff, was indeed better than the head coach of the U.S. National Youth Team.

This is definitely not good news for the Huaxia National Youth Team. Li Long can see that the Ukrainian team has indeed made sufficient preparations before the game.

Although the offense of the Ukrainian team is not bad, the defense of the Huaxia National Youth Team is still very stable.

Center Bestin is 1.88 meters tall. His header ability is very good. The Ukrainian team keeps feeding him the ball, but in the penalty area of ​​the Huaxia team, there is high school defender Zhao Wenchao sitting in charge.

So Bestin didn't have much of a chance. He was definitely the one with the strongest finishing ability in the Ukrainian team. His flexible running position still didn't play a role.

Although Li Long knew that the Ukrainian team was not weak, he never expected before the game that this game would be so difficult.

Unknowingly, 10 minutes passed, and neither side had any good chances. I have to say that the Ukrainian team had done their homework and knew that the Huaxia team often attacked from the right.

Huang Haiming was closely watched by the Ukrainian team at this point, and the two central defenders of the Ukrainian team, one is 1.89 meters and the other is 1.87 meters.

Moreover, the styles of these two central defenders are also very similar, neither has much speed, but both have good physical fitness, are strong and have good jumping ability.

With the two of them, Tian Runtao was very uncomfortable, and it was difficult for him to give full play to his advantages.

The head coach of the Ukrainian team, Petrakoff, rested his cheek on his right hand and watched the situation on the field with a smile.

The Huaxia team defeated the US team in the last game, which surprised Petrakoff. He thought the US team was their biggest opponent in the group stage, but the Huaxia team won 3-1.

So he did his homework. He knew that the most threatening point of the Huaxia team was Tian Runtao, who scored a hat-trick in the last game.

In the last match, Mu Wentao, who wasted a great one-handed opportunity, was ignored by him.

When the time came to the 13th minute, the Ukrainian team launched an attack, but the pass was intercepted by Chi Ruofei. Chi Ruofei took the ball and turned around. After taking two steps, he saw Mu Wentao.

When Mu Wentao saw his teammate grab the ball back, he ran back immediately and ran towards the opponent's half.

Chi Ruofei immediately sent a long pass, but Mu Wentao did not receive the football, and Mu Wentao couldn't run at all, because the Ukrainian midfielder Igor Hara caught Mu Wentao in time.

Seeing this, Mu Wentao looked at the referee helplessly. The referee blew the whistle immediately, ran straight to Igor Hara, and showed a yellow card. Igor Hara did not resist, because he I also know that this yellow card must be taken.

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