Chapter 161 Australia
"Hello, audience friends! Welcome to today's game. Today I will bring you the first round of the group stage of the Asian Youth Championship. The Huaxia National Youth Team challenges the Australian National Youth Team. I am today's commentator Shao Shengyi." Shao Shengyi explained at the beginning.
"First of all, let me introduce the starting lineups of the two sides. First of all, the Australian National Youth Team has officially given a 4-2-4 formation:
Goalkeeper: 12 Glover;
Defenders: 2 Mutchi, 4 Deng, 5 Bandeira, 19 Timothy;
Midfielder: 8 Shabou, 23 Youli;
Forwards: 3 Scott, 13 Blackwood, 14 Champnis, 16 Kuzmanowski. "
"Then there is the Huaxia National Youth Team, the official 4-4-2 formation:
Goalkeeper: 1 Xia Bin;
Defenders: 5 Wang Yangyang, 3 Deng Guoxing, 4 Wang Yuan, 2 Zhang Ran;
Midfield: 14 Lin Liangming, 6 Ding Kai, 8 Lu Lei, 7 Cui Dongzhen;
Forwards: 10 Deng Zhengtao, 11 Mu Wentao. "
"Before the game, the China National Youth Team's roster received a lot of attention from fans. The main reason is that this time, the players recruited by Coach Li Long are very young." Shao Shengyi explained.
"Especially there is a post-00 player, and today this post-00 Cui Dongzhen appeared in the starting list."
"Another thing worth paying attention to is the right back Zhang Ran. Coach Li Long gave a very high evaluation, calling him the strongest right back in Asia in the future."
"As for the goalkeeper, there is also a new face. He is Xia Bin who is still in the Qingdao Zhongneng echelon."
"It is worth mentioning that Ding Zheng, the former main goalkeeper of the Huaxia National Youth Team, also played for Qingdao Zhongneng before joining Shanghai Shenhua."
"Okay! With the referee's whistle, the game officially began."
The Australian National Youth Team kicked off the ball first, and Australia wanted to play a fast break. After falling down with two feet, it went straight to the right for a long pass.
After receiving the pass, Kuzmanowski directly chose to cross.
However, the defense of the Huaxia National Youth Team is one of the best among all the teams in this Asian Youth Championship.
How could it be possible for Australia to penetrate so easily? Wang Yuan appeared in time.
Wang Yuan headed the football out ahead of Champneys.
Li Long sat firmly on the coach's bench, looking at the court very calmly.
Li Long made predictions before the game, but Li Long never imagined that the Australian National Youth Team would adopt a 4-2-4 formation.
In fact, Australia's lineup is not very strong.
Moreover, Li Long has confidence in the defense of the Huaxia National Youth Team, especially the two central defenders, Deng Guoxing and Wang Yuan, one with 70 points and the other with 69 points.
In this Asian Youth Championship, few teams can break through their defense.
This trip to the national youth team, some players were very excited, some remained normal, and of course some players were very disappointed.
Among them, Mu Wentao was undoubtedly the most disappointed.
Mu Wentao is one of the earliest players under Li Long.
At the beginning, the striker combination of Mu Wentao and Tian Runtao was a big hit.
There used to be Huaxia fans who discussed who was stronger between the two, and Mu Wentao also had many supporters.
The main reason is that Mu Wentao's speed is very fast.
But now Tian Runtao has already played in the Bundesliga, but he has not even entered the first team of the Portuguese Super League.
He is still playing in the Portimão B team. Although he is now the main striker of the B team, he also knows that he is still far from the first team.
Mu Wentao went to Portimao with Qiu Hailong and Huang Haiming last year, and now Qiu Hailong is the team's main left back.
And Huang Haiming left the team and joined Roda JC in the Eredivisie, who is also an important player of the team.
Immediately after Cai Jian appeared, Cai Jian quickly took the position, and Mu Wentao was squeezed to the bench.
He played very little time in the Olympics, and after Cai Jian went to Portimao, he was quickly promoted to the first team.
Now he has played a lot in the Portuguese Super League and scored goals.
Mu Wentao's self-confidence was hit, and he was originally full of hope to study abroad.
But looking at compatriots who studied abroad later than me, they all went to the first team one by one. Liu Yuchang and Cai Jian are both playing in the first team now.
Moreover, neither Tian Runtao nor Cai Jian was called up for the Asian Youth Championship this time.
Li Long also said in an interview that the main reason was the Asian Youth Championship, which did not help their growth much.
And I experienced winning the Asian Youth Championship, and later won the World Youth Championship.
Two years later, he was still playing in the Asian Youth Championship, which made him think about his future and whether he really has the ability to gain a foothold in Europe.
And I know through my agent that some Chinese Super League teams are indeed interested in me, and maybe returning to the Chinese Super League is better for my future.
Mu Wentao hopes to attract the attention of the Chinese Super League team in this Asian Youth Championship.
In the 16th minute of the game, the Huaxia National Youth Team launched an attack.
Lu Lei was a few meters past the midfield line. After receiving the pass, he saw Mu Wentao suddenly speeding forward.
And Lu Lei is a midfielder with strong passing ability, of course he will not let Mu Wentao run for nothing.
A low, mid-range through ball, passing the football forward vigorously.
In fact, when Mu Wentao started running, Australian defender Bandira was running back.
But the speed gap between him and Mu Wentao was too big, and he was soon left behind by Mu Wentao.
After Mu Wentao received the pass from Lu Lei, he dribbled forward with the ball at high speed.
The Australian goalkeeper Glover made a decisive attack. Mu Wentao made a false shot with his right foot and actually dunked the goalkeeper Glover.
Facing the empty goal, Mu Wentao easily pushed with his left foot, and the football rolled into the goal.
"The goal has been scored! The Huaxia National Youth Team took a 1-0 lead before the first half was over." Shao Shengyi celebrated the goal excitedly.
"Mu Wentao's speed is too fast! Australian defenders can't catch up with Mu Wentao." Shao Shengyi praised Mu Wentao.
"Lv Lei's through ball is also very exciting. Lu Lei's exquisite pass tore apart Australia's defense."
After scoring the goal, Mu Wentao rushed to the sidelines excitedly.
Although there were not many Huaxia fans here today, Mu Wentao was still kneeling excitedly.
The teammates relaxed a lot because of Mu Wentao's goal.
Suddenly, I felt that the Australian National Youth Team was not as strong as I thought.
Although the body is very strong, it does not pose too much threat.
Facing the defense of the Huaxia National Youth Team, Australia has nothing to do.
Deng Guoxing and Wang Yuan were like two goalkeepers. In the penalty area of the Huaxia National Youth Team, Australian players couldn't break through at all.
Li Long stood on the sidelines and applauded the players.
The first goal happened much faster than Li Long imagined.
Li Long thought that facing the strong Australian, the team would feel uncomfortable at the beginning.
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