Chapter 91: The Little Cows in the Team (1)

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  Talking about the Eastern team's backup power, the most notable one is naturally Xie Wenjun, who has invested countless efforts in recent years. Possibly because he was born into a sports family, Xie Wenjun's diet structure from a young age was very suitable for athletes, and with the excellent genes inherited from his parents, he developed early and well, possessing physical qualities far superior to those of his peers at a young age.

  Xie Wenjun, who was selected for the national youth team for the first time after the start of the off-season, stunned everyone in the physical test. His height exceeded 1.85 meters, his strong physique was close to that of a young player, and he ran 100 meters in 10.7 seconds (hand-timed). His explosive power and jumping ability were also astonishing, leaving head coach Zhang Ning speechless. And this kid is not even 15 years old yet! Moreover, it's his real age! Is Dongfang team cultivating another monster after Gao Jun?

  What surprised Zhang Ning even more was that Xie Wenjun not only had a terrifyingly good physical condition, but his personal skills were also quite excellent, especially in terms of dribbling, shooting and passing, which were among the best in the national youth team. This would undoubtedly allow Xie Wenjun's speed advantage to be fully utilized.

  But Zhang Ning didn't know that since discovering Xie Wenjun, Gao Jun would take out at least an hour every day to give him special training when he was in the base, focusing on those three key techniques. With Xie Wenjun's athletic talent being exceptionally good, it was only natural that he could achieve such results after five years. Moreover, most Chinese players start playing football relatively late, and many young players in the current national youth team have not even been playing for five years, even if they started from a purely amateur level. Therefore, Xie Wenjun's exceptional skills were to be expected.

  And it is precisely because of Gao Lin's hand-in-hand training that Xie Wenjun has an advantage that the vast majority of Chinese players do not possess, which is that he has almost no bad kicking habits. This not only invisibly enhanced Xie Wenjun's all-around strength but also avoided unnecessary physical waste on the field and reduced his chances of getting injured to a minimum.

  Apart from Gao Jun's special training, the rigorous basic skills training at Chongming Base also made Xie Wenjun's passing and receiving techniques very solid, which undoubtedly laid a solid foundation for his continued rapid growth. In fact, Xie Wenjun had the ability to enter the team and secure the main striker position as early as when this national youth team played in the Asian Youth Championship, but his mental maturity was far from Gao Jun's at that time, so Coach Xu deliberately suppressed him until now before letting him into the national youth team, with immediate stunning results...

  Of course, if Gao Jun were to evaluate him, Xie Wenjun is still very tender at the moment. For example, Xie Wenjun has always lacked interest in defense, so he basically hasn't practiced for five years, and his technique can't be mentioned, not even entry-level. Fortunately, it's possible that due to his brief experience as a goalkeeper, Xie Wenjun's sense of position is still good. However, looking back, for someone who may only play on the wing or center forward in the future, having poor defensive skills isn't a serious problem.

  But having a big body over 1.85m, the heading technique is not good, it's hard to say. Fortunately, Gao Jun knows that Xie Wenjun's poor heading is only because he has practiced less, and not because he lacks talent like Ebu. Since Xie Wenjun's three major key techniques reached the basic requirements and began to increase the proportion of other training projects, Xie Wenjun's heading technique has made significant progress. Considering Xie Wenjun's growing height and excellent jumping ability, his heading may also become a new scoring tool in the future.

  Although there are still some technical flaws, Xie Wenjun is only 15 years old after all. Compared to players of the same age, his skills are already very good. Xie Wenjun's biggest weakness now is that his tactical awareness is almost zero, because neither Gao Jun nor Chongming Base's youth training coaches have let him start tactical training.

  The reason is simple, at this age, children should focus on practicing techniques, especially ball control skills, with the goal of cultivating a sense of the ball. As long as the sense of the ball is well-cultivated, it will be easy to learn other techniques later on. The cultivation of tactical awareness and teamwork ability can wait until adulthood, at least after 16 years old. Of course, this weakness has some impact on Xie Wenjun's performance in the national youth team, but with his overwhelming physical advantage and excellent ball skills, he is still capable of becoming the sharpest knife in this national youth team...

  Xie Wenjun is undoubtedly one of the most promising young players in the Dongfang team, but there are many other young players in Chongming base who have caught the attention of Gao Jun. Among them, the most famous one is Wu Bolin, who was called "Chinese Maradona" by Xu Genbao when he was a child. Although in this timeline, due to the appearance of Gao Jun, he is no longer the focus of everyone's attention at such a young age as in history, but this can avoid him from bearing too much pressure and is beneficial to his future healthy growth.

  Historically, Wu Ball King was able to give fans almost the only glimmer of hope in that darkest period of Chinese football. Apart from his strength and temperament shown on the field, it was also because at that time, Chinese football talents were scarce, making him stand out like a crane among chickens. Objectively speaking, Wu Ball King's football IQ is outstanding, even in the most prosperous period of Chinese football, there are only a few who can be compared to him, and his skills are also top-notch among his peers. However, his physical limitations restricted his development, ultimately preventing him from becoming a world-class soccer star as Xu hoped...

  Wu Ball King's height is not high, but his pace is not very fast either, which greatly limits his absolute speed and dribbling ability; Wu Ball King's off-ball running position is good, often able to run out of shooting opportunities, but his shooting technique even in the darkest era of Chinese football cannot be said to be the first in the country, let alone compared to old demons like Gao Jun, and he also likes to shoot with high difficulty at the first time, which further reduces his shooting success rate; Wu Ball King's vision is broad, but his passing technology has not reached a first-class level, which limits his ability to assist. However, despite these defects, the historical Wu Ball King can still leave his name in the history of Chinese football, and when Xu guided saw him for the first time, he thought he had picked up a treasure, and it was not just his own eyes...

  First, Wu Qiong's ball sense and commercialization are outstanding. Although he was late to develop by almost two years, during his youth he had been at a disadvantage due to physical factors, but this also gave him greater growth potential than his peers because when he was 20, he was actually equivalent to other players who were only just turning 18...