Chapter 103 Golden Left Foot

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  Due to the dense schedule of the Youth World Cup, a match is played every 3-4 days, and there may be overtime matches in the knockout stage. Compared with other strong teams, China's physical fitness does not have any advantages. Therefore, regardless of how the head coaches of Switzerland and Nigeria called for it, German coach Klausch still sent out several substitute players in the last match, including Gao Jun and several main players who appeared on the bench. The purpose is naturally to prepare for the upcoming knockout stage, whether it is to train and integrate substitute players or to conserve the physical strength of a few core players, so that they can participate in the knockout stage in their best state, which is very necessary.

  Moreover, there are many talented players on the national youth team's bench, such as Zhu Ting, who replaced Gao Jun, Lu Lin, who replaced Yu Hai, and Chen Tao, who replaced Huo Jiamin. They all have great potential. In Klinsmann's view, if they can experience enough high-level matches, their strength may not be inferior to that of the main players. They should also be given the opportunity to play and train. Moreover, substitute players are eager to prove themselves, and in games that don't affect the overall situation, they often have more intense fighting spirit...

  However, the last opponent of the National Youth Team in the group stage, the Brazilian Youth Team, not only has strong strength but also a big "advantage", that is, the season of South American countries is very close to Asia, so the competitive state of the Chinese youth team can't take advantage of it. Most of the World Youth Championship titles have been taken by Brazil and Argentina, which is also due to this point.

  Even taking into account the competitive state, this Brazilian youth team is undoubtedly stronger than the Chinese youth team, and their counterattack is also very sharp. The fierce attack launched by China's substitute lineup at the beginning of the game was just what they wanted. In the 14th minute, Brazil used a small coordination in the front court to cause Tan Wangsong, China's right-back, to foul in the penalty area, gaining a penalty kick opportunity. Brazilians are among the best in the world at taking penalty kicks, and although Yang Cheng, the substitute goalkeeper of the Chinese youth team, guessed the direction correctly, he could only watch as the ball flew into the corner of the goal. China trailed 0-1 shortly after the start!

  "The field is full of unfamiliar faces, Brazil really has a wealth of talent." Gao Jun, sitting on the substitute bench, looked at the Brazilian players on the field and couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration. The Finnish youth tournament had left a deep impression on him, and if the Chinese youth team hadn't been lucky in that match, they might have been blocked from the final by Brazil. However, not one of those Brazilian young players had entered the main lineup of this Brazilian youth team, showing just how rich Brazil's football talent reserves were...

  The deficit of one goal did not bring any obvious change to Krawczyk's expression, and the main players such as Gao Jun continued to sit calmly on the bench. The coach's calmness stabilized the team's morale, and since the result of this game was not particularly important, the Chinese players' psychological quality defects were not exposed. Instead, due to the young people's inherent momentum, the national youth team players on the field became more desperate and equalized the score in the 37th minute of the first half through Lu Lin's direct free kick from the left front.

  "World wave, absolutely world wave, any ball over 30 yards directly breaks the door. Before always serving as a substitute, Lu Lin grasped the opportunity of the first direct free kick after the opening, and broke the door at such a distance, it's really incredible. The national football team doesn't have to worry about the left forward position for the next ten years, the main force of the youth team is the absolute main force of the national football team, Yu Hai, even the substitute is a golden left foot full of spirit...". Liu Jianhong praised Lu Lin while expressing his hopes for the future of the national football team, but at that time he didn't think that due to injuries and other reasons, Lu Lin was not able to become a great player in history or in this space.

  After scoring, Lu Lin sprinted all the way to Klinsmann and gave a passionate hug to this German old man who gave him the opportunity. Yu Hai, on the substitute bench, still had confidence in his position as the main player, but his expression was somewhat solemn, obviously he already felt the challenge from Lu Lin's outstanding performance for his position in the national youth team.

  If only the strength is considered, Yu Hai's physical condition is better, his experience is richer, his consciousness is higher, and his ability is more comprehensive, so he should be much stronger than Lu Lin. However, Yu Hai has a weakness in technology, that is, the positioning ball technology, which is not his strong point. Although this is mainly because Yu Hai's ability to grab points, especially his heading ability, is very strong, it's a pity that he doesn't practice free kicks and corner kicks much.

  No matter what, when Yu Hai is on the field, the national youth team does not have a good left-footed set piece taker, which has had a significant impact on the national youth team's set piece threat. Originally, left-back Rong Huang had a decent free kick level in history (his corner kick level is unclear), but that was only decent, and compared to a true free kick expert, there is still a significant gap. Moreover, after Rong Huang arrived at Chongming base, Gao Jun has been emphasizing his defensive ability, which he originally lacked, so it's hard for him to have much time to practice set pieces.

  So Lu Lin's "Golden Left Foot" can indeed greatly enhance his competitiveness, and for the first time made Yu Hai truly feel a sense of crisis. However, Gao Jun comforted him with a smile, "Don't worry, although one trick can be used to eat all over the sky, but Lu Lin's arbitrary ball is not yet at that level, and you haven't used your full strength in the previous matches!"

  Yu Hai heard this and suddenly exclaimed with great joy, "Jun Ge, can I really do it now? After practicing for so many years but never being allowed to use it, I'm about to suffocate!"

  "Yu Hai's tactical execution (note 1) is still really hard to match domestically, I and Coach Xu initially told him not to use it, he was able to endure for so many years, never using it in an official match, if it were someone else, it would be difficult to achieve, you know, he's actually just a kid, at the age where he wants to show off the most......" Gao Jun looked at Yu Hai with a mixture of emotions, feeling a sense of admiration.

  Note 1: This is a very important spiritual attribute for players, referring to whether the player can resolutely execute the coach's arrangement on the field. Whether it is due to subjective (unwilling) or objective (unable) reasons, failure to strictly implement the coach's tactical arrangements is a manifestation of low tactical execution. Tactical execution and basketball IQ are not the same concept, but players with excellent tactical execution generally have good basketball IQ, especially for attacking players. Creativity, on the other hand, is in conflict with tactical execution, so many talented players are not good at this aspect.

  For a head coach who attaches great importance to overall team formation and tactical discipline, the pros and cons of tactical execution are his primary basis for selecting players. Chinese players, due to their lack of teamwork awareness and commercialism, do not have many outstanding performances in terms of tactical execution, and Yu Hai is one of the best among them...