Football: The immortal legend on the green field

Some people stayed, while others left.

On June 2005, 6, 26 players left the Xianghe National Youth Training Base, and the remaining players will leave the suburbs of Beijing with their expectations and board a plane to Amsterdam to prepare for the World Youth Championship.

Krauchen's national youth team will shoulder the expectations of fans across the country and the "heavy" trust of their superiors to launch an attack on the world youth football event.

Two and a half years ago, these players came into Gao Haiyang's sight one by one from the national echelon league or through recommendations from relevant personnel. Gao Haiyang's approach of going deep into the grassroots and traveling around the country also caught the attention of his superiors.

Of course, in China, a society where personal connections are important, success requires the recognition of a mentor. His wife’s family, who worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also provided crucial help.

Now, they are going to make their first attempt to reach the top of football, the world's number one sport.

Among all the participating teams, except for the host, the Chinese National Youth Team was the first to arrive in the Netherlands. The Chinese Football Association spent a lot of money this time. Arriving so many days in advance means that the cost has increased. For the Chinese Football Association, this cost is nothing.

But it is a huge burden for some poor countries, such as Panama, a small Latin American country in the same group as China, which will not arrive in the Netherlands until July 7.

The Chinese team was placed in Group B in the World Youth Championship, in the same group as the European Youth Championship runner-up Turkey, the European Youth Championship third place Ukraine, and the small country Panama in North America and the Caribbean.

In this group, Türkiye is recognized as the strongest, while Ukraine is predicted by experts to be a major obstacle for the Chinese team on its way to advancement.

The situation for the other five groups is as follows: host Netherlands is in Group A with Japan, Benin and Australia. The opening match on July 7 will be between Australia and Benin at Ajax's home stadium, the Cruyff Stadium.

Spain, Morocco, Chile and Honduras are in Group C.

Group D includes the United States, Argentina, Germany and Egypt. This group is also known as the group of death.

Group E includes Colombia, Italy, South Korea and Canada

Group F includes Brazil, Nigeria, South Korea and Switzerland. Experts believe that this group is second only to Group D and is a relatively strong group.

Group B, where the Chinese team is located, is scheduled to be held at the Utrecht club's home stadium, the Neo Galgenwaard Stadium. Shen Bin looked at the schedule and found that the Chinese team's first game was scheduled for 7 pm local time on July 11th, against Türkiye, the strongest opponent in the group stage.

The group stage strategy arranged by Krauchen is to fight hard against Turkey and Ukraine, strive for a draw in the match between these two teams, and then defeat the weakest opponent in the group, Panama, in the final match. In this way, they can qualify as the third of the best four groups. As long as they can achieve their wish, they can give an explanation to the Chinese fans.

Krauchen's inner thoughts were that he was old and no longer had any great aspirations. As long as he did not lower his reputation, it would be fine. Besides, the Chinese did not respect him and he had no real power in the team. Pursuing higher goals? That was the business of the ambitious Dutchman and the Chinese delegation, and it seemed to have little to do with him.

Shen Bin studied the schedule carefully and found a favorable situation. As long as the Chinese team kept winning, they would not have to travel far and wide and could stay in Utrecht until they achieved the final victory, because the final would be held at the Neo Galgenwald Stadium.

However, before the Chinese team plays, they will have to hold a warm-up match with the Utrecht reserve team on July 7, the Party’s birthday, to adapt to the venue and the local climate in the Netherlands.

Since the Chinese team generously announced all its itinerary to the outside world at the press conference on the day it arrived in Utrecht, the game that day was held in a stadium that accommodated more than 100 spectators, most of whom were Haarlem fans who drove kilometers from Amsterdam. Although Shen Bin and Neeskens had a big fight, it is highly likely that Shen Bin will not be seen at the University City Gymnasium in the new season.

But he is still here! On the official website of the World Youth Championship, when introducing the Chinese team, Shen Bin, Deng Zhuoxiang and others were still marked with the suffix of Haarlem.

What if! If he couldn't leave, they wouldn't be his children!

This game also attracted scouts from more than a dozen European clubs. After all, the official game has not started yet, and they all want to get first-hand information on Shen Bin and others before other clubs take action on the players they are looking forward to. It would be even better if they could intercept them in advance.

It is not a bad idea to make some contact first. If the Chinese team achieves outstanding results and more teams compete for them, it will cost more money to buy them.

The biggest name who came today is Baresi, the deputy director of AC Milan club and head coach of the U19 youth team. He came to Utrecht on the instructions of head coach Ancelotti.

In addition, he also wants to find some good talents for his youth team in this energetic team.

This is the so-called social identity effect. In their minds, since the Chinese team can have Shen Bin, there will also be Zhang Bin, Wang Bin and Li Bin. The emergence of a superstar can never be an individual phenomenon, just like Ajax in 72, Manchester United in 92, and Barcelona in 02 which is now becoming popular.

This warm-up match was bound to disappoint most of the Haarlem fans who came, including some scouts who were only interested in Shen Bin and Deng Zhuoxiang, because Shen Bin, Deng Zhuoxiang, and even Tiote and Chen Tao did not play in the entire game.

中国队出场阵容，门将1号曾诚，后卫从左至右2号张凡林、3号冯萧霆、4号吕建军、5号谭望松。

Midfield: defensive midfielder No. 19 Bai Yuefeng, left midfielder No. 16 Zhou Haibin, right midfielder No. 17 Zhao Xuri, attacking midfielder No. 11 Hao Junmin.

Forwards: No. 9 Dong Fangzhuo, No. 21 Sun Ke.

“Hahahahahahaha~~~!!”

"The ball is lost! The ball is lost!"

"Brugman did a dog-eating-shit fall!"

Siyanich and Nagati Paskarbiru laughed so hard that they bent over, patted the railings in front of them, and laughed so hard that they fell backwards.

They specially closed their shop today and rushed over to cheer for Shen Bin, but they didn't expect to see their good friend Shen Bin appear, but saw a funny scene.

In the game, Utrecht midfielder Brugmann, wearing the No. 22 jersey, was chasing back in a panic as Sun Ke was dribbling forward with the ball.

Seeing this scene, they laughed even louder.

"Is it that funny?"

A Utrecht fan nearby was unhappy and didn't see what was so funny.

Although the falling posture is indeed a bit funny, it is not necessary.

"You are jealous that Shen Bin has such teammates!"

Sjanic stabbed the already depressed Utrecht fans in the heart again.

"Bullshit! What's so great about Shen Bin? Even though he led the team to win the FA Cup, Hallam Athletic is still stuck in the second division! We are going to participate in the top league in the new season. Would I be jealous of you northerners?"

The two men felt the other party's pain points and turned around and scolded each other.