The strongest winger

Chapter 1122 Tiredness

The fundamental reason why the Chinese team played an international A-level friendly match with the Gabon national team at the Shanghai Hongkou Professional Football Stadium is to adapt to the playing style of African teams, because one of the opponents of the Chinese team in Group G is the Ghana national team. They are more similar to the Gabon national team.

It is a targeted friendly match.

Because although the Chinese team is one of the most favored teams in this World Cup, the head coach Guardiola did not perform smugly. Instead, he paid great attention to the three group matches at the beginning of the group stage.

Moreover, this international A-level friendly match has two meanings, one is to determine the fate of those marginal players, and the other is to adapt to the playing style of African teams.

Of course, before the start of the World Cup, the Chinese team did not only have a warm-up match against the Gabon national team. After playing against the Gabon national team, they flew directly to Rio de Janeiro at Pudong International Airport, where the Chinese team had two warm-up matches against England and Mexico.

Similarly, these two warm-up matches are also full of targeted.

But before that, whether it is the Chinese national team or the Chinese media, they will first focus on the international A-level competitions at the Shanghai Hongkou Professional Football Stadium.

The Shanghai Hongkou Stadium, which could only accommodate [-] fans, can now accommodate [-] after expansion, and this international friendly match before going to Brazil was full of seats.

What is even more exaggerated is that ordinary far-end tickets have been fired up to 2000 yuan, but they are still priced but not marketed.

This shows how hot the ball market in China is now.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about the current Chinese Super League, and it should be mentioned that Changsha Xingcheng Football Club, which Ai Luo owns 100% of the shares, has huge financial support from Ai Luo and Emirates.

In addition, I have to say that Changsha Xingcheng Football Club has a very high level of youth training. The team already has some post-30 players who can play games. Among them, Zhang Xiuwei and Wei Shihao, who were selected for the [-]-man squad this time, are the most eye-catching.

Closer to home, the Chinese team at home did not have a main lineup.

Players Ai Luo, Zhang Linpeng and Wang Xiaolei, who participated in the UEFA Champions League final at the Stadium of Light, were all rested. They were replaced by 19-year-old teenagers Wei Shihao, Zhang Chengdong and Yan Junling respectively.

Although the Chinese team did not have the strongest lineup, it still has a great advantage against the Gabon national team.

The Chinese national team, which is now taking the technical route, is very experienced in ball control, especially under the guidance of Guardiola, the Chinese team's pass control football has reached its peak. Last year, the Chinese team beat Brazil and Spain to win the Confederations Cup. The best proof.

The teenager Wei Shihao, who rotated Ai Luo to play in this game, performed very well. In the first half, he used his personal ability to create a penalty kick, and the main midfielder Zhang Xizhe scored a pinch.

Then Gao Lin showed the super quality of a world-class striker, and he scored with a header from a corner kick.

Since this is an international A-level friendly match, both sides have seven substitutions, so at the beginning of the second half, Guardiola made some adjustments to the lineup. The 17-year-old Zhang Yusuo, who was selected for the national team for the first time, came on as a substitute for Gao Lin.

I don't know if it was the first time he played on behalf of the national team. He was a little nervous. He made some mistakes that shouldn't have happened at the beginning, and was almost hit by Feng Xiaoting's Dortmund teammate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

However, Zhang Yusuo's personal adjustment was very fast. After the mistake just now, he entered the proper game state. He was able to use his good physical fitness to fight against African players without falling behind, and at the same time showed his talent in passing and leading.

Seeing Zhang Yusuo getting better and better, Guardiola, who was watching the game from the sidelines, nodded in satisfaction.

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In the No.13 minute of the second half, Zhang Yushui, who was getting better, relied on his good physical fitness to resist the main central defender of the Gabon national team, and then accurately headed back to find the playmaker Wu Xi, who gave the Chinese team a three-goal lead with an unreasonable world wave.

Liverpool's midfield core showed its strongest side.

At this time, the on-site atmosphere of Shanghai Hongkou Professional Football Stadium has reached its peak state, and the cheers are louder and louder.

Afterwards, the fans also played the wave of people, looking very comfortable.

Because the performance of the national team is better than they imagined, if they participate in the World Cup group stage according to the current state, they have great confidence that the national team will become the only team in Group G that can be sure of qualifying for the group!

Listening to the huge cheers from all directions, Gabon's top star Aubameyang shook his head again and again. His ability is outstanding in the national team, but he can't rank among the top five in this game, because the personal strength of the Chinese team players is really too strong...

Although his speed is very fast and his skills are relatively comprehensive, he is always timid when facing club teammate and captain Feng Xiaoting. Therefore, even if the Gabon team has a good chance, there is no way to break through the goal guarded by Yan Junling.

Next, the Chinese team made continuous substitution adjustments, and the players selected by Guardiola got the chance to play one after another.

As the captain, Ai Luo only got the chance to play 10 minutes before the end of the game.

However, no one expressed any dissatisfaction with this. You must know that in the entire 2013-2014 season, Ai Luo participated in more than [-] large and small battles, and he also participated in such a major event as the Champions League final a week ago. There is no reason to start this kind of meaningless international A-level competition.

In other words, the strength of the Gabon national team has not yet reached the point where Guardiola takes it seriously.

In the end, the Chinese team beat the Gabon team 5-0 at home. It was the captain Ai Luo and the 17-year-old Zhang Yusuo who scored the last two goals.

On the second day, media from various countries who followed the dynamics of the Chinese national team were reporting on the recent situation of the Chinese team, especially Wei Shihao and Zhang Yusuo, two young players who performed well in the warm-up match. Many media believed that these young players would take the last train to Brazil.

The media is not a fool, on the contrary, they are very smart. In their minds, they already have some players. There are only two or three positions.

But as Wei Shihao and Zhang Yusuo performed well in this warm-up match, the media is basically sure that at least one of them will take the last train to Brazil.

However, some media also revealed that although the captain Ai Luo, who got 10 minutes of game time, was in good condition, he also showed fatigue...

(End of this chapter)