Football: The immortal legend on the green field

The 05 World Youth Championship had the highest success rate since the event was founded.

The participating teams from all continents can be said to be all talented and star-studded.

On Friday, July 7, the World Youth Championship held a brief opening ceremony at the Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.

The stadium will only host this one match, as Ajax will play their first home game of the Champions League qualifiers against Swiss giants Basel here three days later.

Ajax made a comeback in the last few rounds of the 04-05 season, and with the advantage of goal difference, they squeezed out Alkmaar and won the fourth place in the league, thus qualifying for the Champions League qualifiers.

After the opening ceremony, at 22:90 Beijing time, the opening match between Benin and Australia officially started. After 1 minutes of fierce battle, the two sides shook hands and made peace with a score of 1:.

At 2 a.m. Beijing time on Saturday, the two strong teams in Group A, the host Netherlands and the emerging Asian power Japan, collided head-on. In the first half, Japan took the lead with a goal scored by Shen Bin's teammate Shinji Kagawa. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. In the second half, the Japanese youth team's physical strength declined significantly, and the Netherlands's Gural and Reuben scored two goals in succession. The Japanese team was reversed by the host.

On July 7, at 11:23 Beijing time on Saturday evening, two matches of Group B and Group C started at the same time, with the Spanish team facing Morocco, and the other match being between the runner-up of the European Youth Championship in Group C and the top seed of the group, Turkey, against the Chinese team.

CCTV and several online platforms simultaneously broadcast live this match that attracted the attention of football fans across the country.

The CCTV live broadcast was narrated by Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu.

With 10 minutes left before the game started, Liu Jianhong began to warm up for the match.

"Dear audience! Hello everyone! The 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, which has been long awaited by hundreds of millions of fans, kicked off yesterday. In yesterday's two Group A matches, Australia drew 1:1 with the African team Benin, and the host Netherlands defeated the Japanese team 2:1."

“This tournament is considered by football greats like Maradona, Beckenbauer, and Cruyff to be the event with the most new stars.”

"The Spanish midfield trident of David Silva, Fabregas and Volente is comparable to the French team of Platini, Tigana and Giresse in the 86 World Cup."

"Colombia is led by the golden generation, Falcao, Ospina and Guarin."

"The Selecao team consists of full-backs Felipe Ruiz and Rafinha, who play for top clubs."

"The most famous team is the Pampas Eagles represented by Messi and Aguero."

"Of course, the Chinese team is also favored by many foreign experts due to the appearance of Shen Bin..."

Coach Zhang Lu quickly took over the conversation, "Before this, I read a lot of foreign newspapers, and it is true what Xiang Jianhong said. Many experts are optimistic about the Chinese team, including Manchester United coach Ferguson, AC Milan coach Ancelotti, Juventus coach Zaccheroni and others. Of course, there are more people who are not optimistic about the Chinese team. For example, Cruyff believes that it will be difficult for the Chinese team to appear in the group, mainly because Turkey and Ukraine, the opponents in the same group, are the best among European youths, and their overall strength is above that of China. Those who hold the same view include Arsenal coach Wenger and others..."

The opening match of Group B officially kicked off at 5 pm local time.

Liu Jianhong's voice sounded again, "Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both teams. The Turkish goalkeeper..."

"Of particular note is that their No. 7 Yilmaz and No. 11 Fonte just won the French Ligue runner-up as the main players for Lille..."

In the LeTV studio, Huang Jianxiang introduced these two special players from Türkiye in almost the same way.

Fans who initially had confidence in the Chinese team began to worry.

"Oh my god, is it that cruel? It's already pretty good that Shen Bin can play as a starter in the Dutch Eredivisie at the age of 18. The opponent also has two starters from the French Ligue runner-up team. Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"

"Same feeling!"

"It's just like Cruyff said, the Chinese national football team is not at an advantage."

"That's not a disadvantage at all! It's an absolute disadvantage!"

CCTV live broadcast room.

"Let's take a look at the Chinese team's starting lineup. Goalkeeper No. 1 Zeng Cheng, left back Zhang Fanlin, right back Tan Wangsong, and in the middle are captain Feng Xiaoting and Fan Weiwei."

"The midfielders are arranged in parallel, with Chen Tao as the left midfielder, Tiote and Zhou Haibin as the double defensive midfielders, and Zhao Xuri as the right midfielder."

"The forwards are Dong Fangzhuo and Gao Lin."

"What does Director Zhang think of the Chinese team's lineup?"

"You want to ask why Shen Bin didn't appear in the starting lineup!"

"Haha! Nothing can escape Director Zhang!"

"Shen Bin didn't play, which was probably beyond everyone's expectations. I don't know if he was injured. If he wasn't injured, it was Krauchen's safe deployment. When the national youth team just announced the roster, people's guesses about the main players were not correct. I saw that all the old national youth team players started except the goalkeeper..."

"It's mainly because they've been together for two years, so they work together better..."

Before we knew it, the game had reached the 10th minute. Zhang Lu said: "We can see that the Turkish youth team still plays in a similar aggressive style as their predecessors. The young players of the Chinese team are still not used to this style of team..."

Liu Jianhong: "The ball was passed to the left, Chen Tao dribbled the ball and broke through along the wing. The Turkish players came forward to double-team him. Chen Tao passed the ball forward and it was a good shot. Dong Fangzhuo hooked the ball back from the baseline. The opponent's No. 2 pressed from behind, No. 7 Yilmaz came forward to double-team him, and Dong Fangzhuo used his body to protect the ball."

"Beautiful! Dong Fangzhuo pulled the ball between the two and turned around, squeezing through the two."

"Ah! Foul! Foul! Dong Fangzhuo was pulled down..."

"The referee blew the whistle and awarded a direct free kick."

Zhang Lu continued: "This free kick is better than a corner kick. It's about three meters away from the corner kick point! The angle is bigger. Let's see how the Chinese team will take this corner kick."

"The one standing at the penalty spot is Chen Tao, right?"

"It's Chen Tao. Shen Bin scored four free kicks last season, but it's a pity that he wasn't on the field..."

"The other team has formed a two-man wall, and both teams are vying for advantageous positions in the penalty area. The Chinese team is clearly at a disadvantage in terms of height! I guess they don't have an advantage in heading..."

"Chen Tao only had one step to run up, hey, it seems that the ball was not kicked in the right place, beautiful! The ball circled back again, oh! The opponent's goalkeeper was very focused and hit this weird low arc ball out of the bottom line."

"Let's take a look at the slow motion. This big arc is comparable to Beckham's scimitar. The difference between him and Beckham is that Chen Tao's arc is much lower."

Zhang Lu: "The lower the height of the arc ball, the more difficult it is. It seems that Chen Tao's skill was taught by Shen Bin! Although they are not in the same team, they live together, and their lives are taken care of by Shen Bin's father. Shen Bin once kicked a 20-meter arc pass in the match against PSV Eindhoven, which shocked the world at the time, but almost everyone thought that this pass was an accident and it was impossible for a person to practice it."

Liu Jianhong: "Haha! I know about this! In order to prove that this is a move in his arsenal and not accidental, Shen Bin made three such passes in the league three days later, and one of the passes assisted Deng Zhuoxiang to score. This is a slap in the face of those experts!"

Many young people today watch the CCTV broadcast while having fun online. Fan A: "Huang Jianxiang, Liu Jianhong said that you were slapped in the face by Shen Bin."

Fan B: "Don't praise Shen Bin anymore. He is just a substitute and doesn't even have a chance to play. What's there to praise about him..."

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