Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 462 End?far from over
Although it was a pity that Argentina was eliminated from the finals and lost the opportunity to match the runner-up performance created by the Japanese youth team in that World Youth Championship in 99, but the results of the Chinese youth team still made history—no matter in July How about the outcome of the third and fourth place finals on the 21th, the Chinese Youth Team has surpassed the best results in the history of 2001 and the previous session - the quarterfinals, a new record has been produced - so far the Chinese Youth Football Team The best result in the FIFA U-[-] World Youth Championship was the semi-finals created in [-].

If the China Youth Team can defeat Egypt in the third and fourth finals, then the difficulty of breaking this record will increase a little bit—from No.4 to No.3.

In fact, they have also achieved this. In the third and fourth finals, they also relied on Adriano's strong shot in the opening 6 minutes, and the Chinese youth team quickly took the lead. Then they relied on tenacious defense and sharp The counterattack kept the score until the end, and the China Youth Team won No.3——if future generations want to surpass their results, they must at least enter the final.The final champion was the Argentine team who defeated them in the semi-finals. They defeated the African team Ghana [-]-[-] in the final and won the World Youth Cup on home soil.

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After finishing the third- and fourth-placed matches, the China Youth Team watched the final between Argentina and Ghana on the spot. Argentina's one-sided victory made the China Youth Team a little dissatisfied. In their opinion, if they entered the final by themselves, then Even if Argentina wants to win the championship, it will not be so easy.

Saviola won the titles of top scorer and best player with a continuous outstanding performance of [-] goals, and he won two awards alone. He is the brightest star in this World Youth Championship, but in He is not the only star emerging in this World Youth Championship.

Heitinga, Arjen Robben and Van Persie in the Netherlands, Kaka and Baptista in Brazil, Cisse in France, Santa Cruz in Paraguay...these are the stars that Pei Wei will remember deeply in later generations, especially Brazil Kaka, although the Brazilian team did not even enter the semi-finals of this World Youth Championship, but Kaka is the best-developed player among the players participating in this World Youth Championship. The meaning is to discover newcomers and cultivate future world superstars.

These people have all received the attention of countless giants in Europe after the World Youth Championship. It is foreseeable that in the near future, their names will definitely appear in the highest level of competition in Europe.

And these people naturally include Adriano, who was originally a Brazilian but now represents China.

This year's World Youth Championship, Argentina's victory can be regarded as expected, but the performance of other strong teams such as Brazil, the Netherlands, France and other teams is not satisfactory, but the performance of the Chinese team is impressive. This team was not popular at the beginning. The optimistic team has reached the semi-finals with a winning streak all the way. Considering the performance of the runner-up Ghana who was defeated by Argentina in the final, they stubbornly resisted for 10 minutes in the semi-finals, and even the Chinese youth who once led The team is more worthy of entering the final.

The outstanding performance of the Chinese youth team is inseparable from Adriano's magical performance.

The unobtrusive Adriano in the group stage immediately attracted everyone's attention after entering the knockout round - the China Youth Team played a total of four knockout games and scored five goals - all five goals were Adriano Nor's score, plus two goals in the group stage, Adriano scored seven goals in seven games and won the silver boot award - if this achievement does not attract the attention of those seasoned scouts If so, unless these scouts are collectively blind.

The runner-up in the 2000 Olympic Games and the third place in the 2001 World Youth Championship. If this result appeared on the old strong teams such as Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany, France, etc., it would not be surprising-because they have this strength; It's not uncommon for this team - African teams are often able to create good results in age-restricted competitions, but this result is quite surprising for an Asian team.

It is not that the Asian teams have not created good results in these two competitions. The Japanese team has won No.3 in the Olympic Games and the runner-up in the World Youth Championship, but there is a full 31 years between these two results, and the Chinese team These two results were created by two groups of different players within two years, which further shows the profound background of young players in Chinese football-a country with poor football can be lucky enough to produce a group of "golden players". "Generation" players to create an astonishing result, but it is definitely not accidental to make two consecutive rounds.

In addition to the quarter-finals of the 97 World Youth Championship, the 98 World Cup failed to qualify for the group stage due to the draw. The Danish team, which was tied with the Chinese team in the group stage, sent Nigeria back to the eighth final. home, and then nearly cornered Brazil in the quarter-finals, they equalized twice, and Denmark would have even made it to the semi-finals had it not been for Rivaldo's wonderful long-range shot, while The opponent in the semi-finals is the Dutch team. Who said that the Danish team, which has a psychological advantage, will not create another miracle (the Danish team once defeated the Netherlands in the final of the European Championship in 92 to win the championship)?Although the game cannot be compared in this way, it also proves the strength of the Chinese team from the side.

After achieving such a series of excellent results, even the most critical football critics have to start to look at the strength of Chinese football-they are now the Asian country with the most players playing in Europe, and the results are quite good. Yes, especially Nie Fei, who shined in the 97 World Youth Championship and the 98 World Cup. In the just-concluded Serie A, Nie Fei won the league championship trophy with the Roma team. Although it is recognized that Roma won the championship It was the Argentine god of war Batistuta who only transferred this year, but Nie Fei's performance is equally important-he scored five goals and seven assists in less than fifteen league games, especially In the penultimate round of the game against Juventus, Nie Fei replaced Totti who was absent due to injury. It was his goal and an assist that tied Juventus, making Roma finally lead Juventus to win the championship by one point.

Speaking of which, Nie Fei’s biggest pain in the Apennines is probably Juventus. His first Serie A game was against Juventus at home on behalf of Perugia. As a result, he scored a hat-trick. Perugia drew with Juventus, and then in the second In the last league game of the season, he assisted Miccoli to score. Perugia defeated Juventus in the heavy rain, which made Juventus give up the championship that they had almost won. In addition, this time-Juventus fans will hate this Chinese people.

The Chinese team participated in the World Youth Championship last time with Nie Fei, and this time they participated in the World Youth Championship with Adriano. Both of them are the absolute core figures of the two Chinese youth teams. Nie Fei is now in European football has shown its ability and achieved outstanding results. Will the next one be Adriano?
Almost all scouts think so, the level of the World Youth Championship is not low, the players who can participate in this competition can be said to be the best in this age group, and a considerable number of players have already been born before the start of the World Youth Championship. People who have been noticed by European giants, such as the captain of the Argentine youth team, Coloccini, nicknamed "Little Lion King", has been signed by AC Milan, and Robben of the Netherlands has already played the main force in PSV Eindhoven Those who can stand out among these almost professional players will definitely not be bad players.

And like Adriano, a striker with the figure of a standard European player, an extremely strong scoring desire and no obvious technical defects, is the target of all teams. I believe that from the end of the World Youth Championship to the new season of the European League During the initial period, there will definitely be no fewer teams chasing him.

And other Chinese youth team players also performed very well, although in the knockout stage, they basically did the work of assisting Adriano.

Qu Tao, the No. [-] shooter of the China Youth Team, is surprisingly fast and feels good in front of the goal. He can play in multiple positions including forward, winger, and full-back. He has also been praised by some teams However, his relatively thin body and relatively simple offensive methods may restrict his development.

And Du Wei, who played all the games as the main central defender, has also attracted considerable attention. This young defender is tall but not lacking in agility. Threat, there is no shortage of market for such a central defender.

Others such as Liaoning's Wang Xinxin, Yunjia's Li Fang, Dalian's Yan Song and Shanghai's Sun Yi also performed very well. It is estimated that during this period of time, their host clubs will not be too idle.

For European giants and clubs with a little financial resources, every World Youth Championship is an opportunity, an opportunity to dig out treasures-these young players who have just become famous but have not yet achieved any outstanding results in the professional arena They all have a heart that cannot be calmed down. They are eager to become famous in the European arena, and get rich income while winning honors-among which players from South America and Africa are the most.

As long as the players have such thoughts, it will not be difficult to solve their clubs-if the players want to leave, these European clubs can obtain these talented players at a relatively low price. A club would think too many good players, and they would naturally not let go of such an opportunity.

The 22-day World Youth Championship is over, but the story surrounding the World Youth Championship is far from over.

PS: In addition to expressing the content, the name of this chapter has another meaning... guess what?There is a prize for guessing right and wrong, and the best one, haha!

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