Winger King

On the first day of the Dutch team's gathering, Sun Yu was disappointed after meeting his teammates.

Among the teammates of the Dutch U21 team, except for Ake who later joined the Dutch team, the other players did not play well in the world football.

No wonder the Dutch team was blocked from the European Cup and the World Cup twice in a row after advancing to the World Cup semi-finals for two consecutive years.

The last time Van der Rooy called Sun Yu, the content of the conversation between the two made Sun Yu feel a little strange.

A U21 national team should have a 21-year-old player take the lead, but Van der Rooy actually actively recruited a player under 19 years old, which is a big problem in itself.

This shows that in the left wing position, no 21-year-old player is very useful.

This is very troublesome.

Because there is a big difference between 19 and 21 years old for young players.

In the youth training system, players will not undergo high-intensity strength training before the age of 19.

The 19-year-old player has just started to train his strength, while the 21-year-old player is a standard professional player physically.

This situation is reflected on the court, that is, the physical confrontation is in a disadvantage. No wonder the Netherlands U21 lost to Georgia U21 and Slovakia U21 in the last two qualifying matches.

There are accidental circumstances, but there is also a certain rationality in careful study.

Whether it is Sun Yu, Kinash or El Ghazi, they are only 19 years old, which can only mean that the Netherlands cannot find an excellent 21-year-old winger.

The European Youth Championship qualifiers are the Olympic qualifiers. The age requirements of the competition system are very strange. As long as the players are 21 years old on the day of the qualifiers, there will be no problem.

So this Dutch U21 has both players under 19 like Sun Yu and 22-year-old players.

This time, Ajax has a total of seven players selected for the Dutch U21, in addition to Sun Yu, there are Bazoer, Sinkgraven, Ligeon, El Ghazi, Kinash and Kenny Tate.

Ligeon is 22 years old and is the first-team substitute right back. Sinkgraven is the same age as Sun Yu. He was promoted to the first team at the beginning of the season and has only played twice for the team this season.

After a training session, Sun Yu was a little overwhelmed. The strength of this group of teammates is really not strong.

Moreover, the head coach also took out a jaw-dropping 4-1-3-2 formation in the match against Georgia U21.

This formation has only one attacking midfielder and one defensive midfielder in the midfield, and they are surrounded by two wingers. If they don’t play well, it will be 4-2-4.

Sun Yu can only sigh that the Dutch are really crazy.

They have no idea what they are like and they always come up with weird tricks.

Of course, after meeting Italy U21, Van der Rooy obediently changed the formation to 4-2-3-1.

But in Sun Yu’s opinion, the Netherlands U21 should not have an attacking midfielder with such a weak lineup.

The attacking midfielder position is the exclusive position of the talented midfielder. If there is no one, just pile up the midfield.

I have to say that the professional football system in Europe and South America is really awesome.

For such an important game, the team only needs four days to prepare from gathering to the game.

In the 1990s, the Chinese national football team prepared for the Asian Games. The players gathered together more than a month before the game and trained together for more than a month. They were still worried that the preparation time was not enough.

It is said that the first part of the preparation was a week-long military training, and then until a week before the game, they had to run a 10,000-meter run every afternoon.

This way of preparation is a bit out of place. How can a serious professional player run laps on the track every day?

After four days of training, the Dutch U21 has completed the tactical run-in.

October 10.

Alkamar City.

AFAS Stadium.

The European Youth Championship play-offs officially started.

Before the game, the Dutch media did not have full confidence in the two play-offs.

Five or six players from the Italian U21 team have played in Serie A this season. Belotti, Bernardeschi, Viviani, Romagnoli, Berardi and Stararo have played in Serie A since last season.

There are no star players in the Dutch U21 team. Many players have only played in the Eredivisie this season.

Future first-class players will have stable playing time in the first team at the age of 20, no matter which league or club they are in.

Except for Ake who is in Chelsea's youth training, most of the Dutch U21 players play in their own league.

Even though the overall level of Serie A is declining, the quality of the game is at least better than that of the Eredivisie.

Considering that the Slovak U21 team took the first place in the group in the last group match, the Dutch media is generally pessimistic about this game.

The Italian U21 team beat the Serbian U21 and Belgian U21 in the group match.U21 won the first place in the group.

In everyone's opinion, the Dutch youth team has the strength to fight, but it is at a disadvantage.

If the Dutch youth team wants to defeat the Italian youth team, they must work hard on defense.

As a new member with a history of refusing to be recruited, Sun Yu was naturally placed on the bench.

The reason given by the coach of the Dutch youth team was very rough. Sun Yu had just joined the team and lacked running-in with the team.

Kinash got stable playing time in the Ajax first team. He played two positions of left and right winger in the club.

Although he played as a substitute for more than half of the time, he can't be said to be bad in Ajax.

Sun Yu is still playing in the Eredivisie. It is true that he killed in the Eredivisie, but the Eredivisie and the Eredivisie are not at the same level.

When the media mentioned that Sun Yu played as a substitute twice in the Eredivisie and had excellent performances, Van der Rooy's reason made everyone unable to refute.

"Kinas has more comprehensive abilities, and Frank chose to use him for a reason."

"I don't deny that Sun Yu is an outstanding young man. I chose to recruit him because of his recent outstanding form."

"Although he will not appear in the starting lineup, he will play his role at the critical moment."

As a social person in his previous life, Sun Yu actually knew Van der Rooy's thoughts very well.

You refused to play for the team last time, and you are waiting to show up after the team loses, right?

I put you in the starting lineup in the first game, which makes me want you.

If the team wins, even if you don't perform well, you, the only variable, will become the key factor in victory!

If the team loses, what's the difference between me using you and not using you?

People's hearts are very complicated, and everyone has their own little calculations.

Van der Rooy's reasons are also impeccable.

De Boer doesn't use you, and I don't use you either.

He is the coach of the Eredivisie four consecutive championships. What's wrong with me following his way of using people?

You are awesome, why aren't you the head coach of Ajax?

Sun Yu had been mentally prepared for his first game on the bench, and his mood did not fluctuate much.

If the Dutch youth team did not use him, they would have eliminated the Italian youth team.

Then he would admit it, and he would give Van der Rooij a thumbs up!

But is it possible?

Van der Rooij deployed a conventional 4-2-3-1 formation in this game.

This formation has been the standard for giants for quite a long time, and it can be regarded as a copy and paste of the Dutch national team's formation.

But the player in the Dutch team's attacking midfielder position is Sneijder, and Sun Yu does not know the player in the Dutch youth team's attacking midfielder position at all.

The starting goalkeeper is Haan, who is the substitute goalkeeper of Feyenoord.

The four defenders from right to left are Ajax substitute right back Ligeon, Feyenoord substitute center back Van Beek, PSV main center back Rekik and PSV main left back Williams.

Captain Rekik is a Manchester City youth player and was loaned to PSV this season.

As a veteran FM player, the only familiar player in this team for Sun Yu is Ake and Rekik.

Because playing in a low-level team, this player can be loaned out, and he can be used in the first two seasons after promotion to the Premier League, which is about 5 million pounds.

The two defensive midfielders are Bazoer and Ake, and the defensive midfielder is undoubtedly the hardest position in the Dutch youth team.

The attacking midfielder is PSV midfielder Adam Maher. PSV spent 8 million euros to introduce him from Alkmaar to the team two years ago. He should be the player with the most game experience in this Dutch youth team.

But Maher played as a midfielder on the left side of the PSV team. Van der Rooy used him to control the Italian youth team.

The left winger is Kinash and the right winger is El Ghazi.

The center forward is Twente's main center forward Castagno, the top scorer of the U17 European Youth Championship, and then transferred to Inter Milan.

At that time, Inter Milan had Milito, Fran and Pazzini. The 18-year-old Castagno was sold to Twente a year later. He could score 14 goals in a single season...

In the training these few days, Castagno's speed, running ability and confrontation ability left a deep impression on Sun Yu.

But this guy has two fatal weaknesses. The first is that he is not good at stopping the ball, and the second is that he is not good at heading.

With these two shortcomings, he basically said goodbye to the big club.

From the lineup, this Dutch youth team is not bad, and many players are very famous.

There is no problem with such a lineup to bully the weak, but it seems a bit petty against the Italian youth team.

The head coach of the Italian youth team, Di Biagio, arranged a 4-3-3 formation.

The goalkeeper wasInter Milan loaned Baldi to Chievo.

The four defenders from right to left are Zappacosta (Atalanta), Rugani (Juventus), Bianchetti (Naples) and Biraghi (Inter Milan).

The defensive midfielder is Viviani, and in front of him are Sturaro and Baselli.

The left winger is Bernardeschi, the right winger is Berardi, and the central defender is Belotti.

Italian football, which is known for its conservatism, has such a sharp starting lineup. The purpose of the Italian youth team is very clear, that is, to kill the Dutch youth team away from home.

And their strength is indeed better.

After the game started, the Italian youth team did not play conservatively. Berardi almost beat Williams the first time he received the ball.

When facing Williams, he made a move of dribbling the ball from behind to the right with his left foot, and Williams immediately blocked his breakthrough line.

Unexpectedly, Berardi pulled the ball back again, cut into the penalty area and kicked it.

Seeing this ball, Sun Yu almost thought that the opponent was going to get the first blood at the beginning of the game.

Fortunately, the captain and central defender Rekik blocked the position at the critical moment, and headed the opponent's volley out of the penalty area with his eyes open.

A real man!

This guy is really a desperate man.

If it were an ordinary person, the offensive player would subconsciously turn around after a powerful volley.

Rekik actually didn't close his eyes and was so stubborn. He is definitely a tough guy.

After Rekik finished clearing the ball, he lay directly on the grass. The football kicked him on the head just now, making a "bang" sound. This is not a joke.

Professional badminton players can hit badminton into a watermelon. If they are kicked by a football, they may get a concussion.

A minute later, the team doctor ran into the court and asked Rekik to count from 1 to 10, then from 10 to 1, and then asked him to calculate what 6+2+1 equals.

Rekik first said 10, and then changed it to 9.

The team doctor said that it looked fine, and if there was any dizziness, the team should be notified in time.

Rekik poured a bottle of ice water on his head, then stood up forcibly, and the stadium immediately erupted in cheers.

The game resumed, and Berardi faced Williams again. After piercing the opponent's crotch, this guy pulled the ball back.

Williams turned around and didn't see the ball, only Berardi passing by him.

Just as Berardi cut inside again, Bazoer rushed up from the side, and with a devastating shovel, Berardi jumped up in a hurry, and the ball was shoveled into the stands.

Damn!

Sun Yu suddenly felt that this was not a game he was familiar with, the intensity was too damn high!

If Berardi hadn't jumped in time just now, he might have had a long vacation.

Moreover, Berardi was nothing like the Berardi in Sun Yu's previous life.

Sun Yu only knew that Berardi grew up playing street football and was not discovered until he was 16 years old, but this guy had already scored 16 goals for Sassuolo last season.

Berardi scored four goals in the game against AC Milan last season, and now he looks more like a systematic player.

Sun Yu didn't expect that this member of the European Cup champion in the future played so well when he was young.

In fact, the left side is the side with stronger defense for the Dutch youth team. Williams and Rekik are both main players of Eindhoven.

If Berardi was on the left side, Ligeon and Van Beek would probably have collapsed.

The Dutch youth team was pressed in the half, and Van der Rooy kept signaling the players to press forward on the sidelines.

This scene made Sun Yu sigh in his heart.

Brother!

You are really ignorant and fearless!

If you knew that these people would be the main members of the European Cup champion in the future, you would probably have to put five defenders at the beginning.

Under the wise guidance of Van der Rooy, the Dutch youth team and the opponent played against each other.

In the ninth minute, El Ghazi sent a cross from the right, and the center forward Casteño ran in the penalty area just right. He jumped up and shook his head hard, and the goalkeeper Baldi held the ball firmly with his hands.

El Ghazi's pass was fine, but since he knew that the center forward could not header the ball, why did he pass the header?

Is it because he practiced too many routines and can only go through the procedures?

Seeing the performance of his teammates, Sun Yu complained wildly in his heart.

After completing an attack, the Dutch youth team fell into a passive state for a long time, mainly because the front three were not very strong.

Kinash is 1.87 meters tall and El Ghazi is 1.89 meters tall. These two big wingers were eaten by the two Italian full-backs.

And every time the center forward Casteño stopped the ball, he either stopped uncomfortably or his position affected the next move.

Attacking midfielder Maher saw that the situation was not right and wanted to retreat to the backcourt, but Van der Ruy strictly required him to execute the tactics.

Maher's ability is indeedIt was really good, but it was uncomfortable to play and I couldn't get the ball.

The formation of the Dutch youth team was moving back and forth between 4-2-4 and 4-3-3. Bazor and Ake had to defend the opponent's heavy troops. Maher wanted to retreat but was not allowed, which made the two midfielders exhausted.

In the 26th minute, the Italian team launched an attack. After Berardi attracted Bazor to the middle, he passed the ball to the middle.

Sturaro shot at the top of the penalty area, the football bounced on the grass, and goalkeeper Hahn missed the ball.

Belotti in the middle knocked Van Beek away like a bull, and dived to head the ball into the goal.

0:1!

The Italian youth team, playing away, took the lead.

Amid the cheers of the away fans, Maher found Van der Rooy on the sidelines, and the two of them had a fierce quarrel after a few words of discussion.

Damn!

The traditional talent of the Dutch team is here!

Sun Yu didn't expect that his first international competition would be full of ups and downs!

The game resumed, Maher returned to the middle of the midfield, and Van der Rooy was furious. The two started to curse each other when the ball was dead!

In the 35th minute, Van der Rooy replaced Maher!

What the hell!

Do the Dutch play like this?

It's exciting!

Sun Yu suddenly doubted whether he should continue to refuse to play for the Dutch U21!

Originally wanted to become famous in one battle, but he didn't expect to become a witness to the farce...

He thought about it, if there is a chance to play, he must be a lone wolf!

Since he can't be alone, he can only die.