After a brief entrance ceremony for the four teams at two o'clock in the afternoon on July 6, the invited deputy mayor came to the stage to deliver a speech, followed by a 30-minute artistic performance. Of course, since it was only a youth team game, there was not much attention.

, there were not many fans at the scene, and the entire stadium was only less than one-third full. If Figo hadn't come out to show his face, maybe more than half of the one-third people would have been eliminated.

After the performance, the match schedule of the four teams in this competition was shown on the spot. On the first day, the Shanghai Genbao Youth Football Team of Country C will play against the Kashima Antlers Youth Team of Japan, and on July 7, the Lisbon Youth Team of Portugal will play Thailand.

The U15 youth team, after a one-day truce, will be competing for third and fourth place on July 9th, and the championship and runner-up competition will be held on July 10th.

In fact, this schedule has been modified. Originally, the Genbao team was scheduled to play against the Thai team, but due to the request of the city bureau leaders, it was changed to play against the Japanese team. From the very beginning, it was against the difficult Japanese team. This situation is not

It's wonderful, but Li Zhao is full of fighting spirit at this time. The head coach has laid out tactics before the game and studied targeted play styles. Moreover, the Japanese side basically doesn't understand the personnel on their side. Maybe they just look at it.

If it is not as strong as China's combat power, this can be exploited.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the match between the Chinese and Japanese youth teams officially started.

The formation of the Genbao Youth Team is 442. In the starting lineup, Li Zhao wears jersey No. 23 and is the right midfielder. The other left midfielder is No. 10 Hu Jinghang; No. 17 Yu Xiaobao is the left back, and the other three Li Zhao

Familiar teammates Wang Ziyi, Harik and Dana did not start. The opponent's formation was 433, and the most noteworthy one was Yuki Abe in their team.

In the first ten minutes of the game, both sides were in the testing stage, so they seemed more cautious and did not launch an obvious offensive. The scene was also a bit dull. It was not until the 12th minute of the first half that the Kashima Antlers Junior Team finally

Be the first to break this silence.

After various tests in the initial stage, the Kashima Antlers roughly judged that the Genbao team's left back was relatively weak, so they began to concentrate firepower on that position, where Yu Xiaobao was guarding. And he usually

He plays more in the back position, and the left back is not that good at it, but there is already someone else at the right back, and there is no better candidate at this position for the time being, so I can only try him temporarily. I don’t want to really play here.

There was a problem. There were three consecutive threatening offensive breakthroughs. The first time was in the 15th minute of the first half. When Yu Xiaobao was defending near the sideline, he was passed by Yu Kui Abe with the ball. Fortunately, the opponent used more force to get out.

Only when the bottom line is reached can it be considered a near miss. The second time was in the 19th minute when Yukui Abe used his skills to stun Yu Xiaobao, and the central defender had to come over to cover up the defense to resolve it. The third time was a similar situation, in the 22nd minute

Minutes after Yu Xiaobao was overtaken by Yukui Abe, the central defender came over to cover up the defense. However, because he started a little early, he accidentally lost his position, causing the Kashima Antlers player to come in from behind to receive Yu Abe.

Aoi's pass resulted in a one-on-one shot. If the shot hadn't been in the right spot and the ball missed the goal slightly, the score would have been rewritten.

Fan Zhiyi had the urge to replace Yu Xiaobao for a moment, but he still endured it. There was no better candidate. Maybe the person he replaced was even worse. And judging from the defensive situation just now,

The problem with the central defender is also not small. If there is a substitution, it seems that this position should be considered.

Of course, during this period, Li Zhao was also trying hard to find opportunities, but the team was always being beaten by the opponent, and the ball possession rate was also far behind. Li Zhao, who could not get the ball, had to come back to participate in the defense, hoping that he could

There is a chance to intercept the ball, but because most of the opponents attack in the left center of our own side, the distance between them is too far, so the effect is not good after spending some energy.

While he was thinking, the situation on the field changed. At the 25th minute, Yu Kui Abe tried to force Yu Xiaobao over again. Fortunately, Xiaobao learned a little better this time and insisted on occupying the position.

Uppercut, it seemed that this breakthrough might be fruitless, but the central defender came over to attack for no reason, which exposed the gap again. Abe Yukui crossed another striker who was inserted next to him, and the latter met the goalkeeper again after receiving the ball.

In a one-on-one situation, facing the hurried goalkeeper, he cleverly pushed the shot into the far corner and scored. The score became 0-1. The Genbao team was one goal behind and the situation became very unfavorable.

Sure enough, Fan Zhiyi no longer hesitated and decisively replaced the central defender and replaced him with Wang Ziyi. The effect of this substitution was good. The situation on the field immediately improved. Wang Ziyi came on the field to resolve the opponent twice in a row.

A threatening attack.

In the 38th minute of the first half, after intercepting the opponent's attack again and successfully stealing the ball, he quickly launched a counterattack. Li Zhao, who understood the situation, immediately started running. After successfully receiving the ball in the half, he quickly advanced. Due to the long time,

The offensive pressure caused Kashima Antlers' defense to be relatively advanced, so they immediately opened up a gap.

At this time, there were only two lines of defense in front of him. He lightly knocked past the opponent's last midfielder and then accelerated forward; when Li Zhao's speed increased, he was not inferior to the fastest Harry in the team.

, the opponent's defense line was in front of him. When he entered within 30 meters in front of the goal, two defenders on the right side of the opponent came over to attack him at the same time. When Li Zhao continued to run forward, Cruyff suddenly turned around and pulled away.

He was at a distance from the two defenders and cut across the middle. When he looked at the goalkeeper facing him, he found that an opponent player was about to hit the side and behind him. He was originally planning to kick to hit the goal, but then he saw Hu Jing coming to support from the left.

Hang, obviously he was in a better position to hit the goal, so he hit the middle. Hu Jinghang lived up to his expectations and followed up with a volley that went straight to the goal. The goalkeeper leaned forward when defending Li Zhao and adjusted again.

It was too late, so I could only watch the ball slam into the goal.

Li Zhao came up to celebrate with him, but it seemed that the other party's reaction was average. They gave each other high fives and then stopped showing any signs.

1 to 1, Genbao team equalized the score.

Being caught off guard, the Kashima Antlers finally became more honest and did not dare to press the defense too far forward. Near the end of the half-time, the Genbao team had a chance to score another goal, but unfortunately they did not take it.

In the 44th minute, maybe the first half of the game was about to end, so the players of the Japanese team were a little relaxed, and a careless pass from the backcourt was successfully intercepted by Li Zhao who suddenly started. Then he observed the situation on the field.

, he found an unmarked forward player on the other side who was starting to start, and there were many opponents around his position, so he decisively passed the ball to him. Without the ball, Li Zhao also got rid of his opponent and moved forward quickly.

Follow up. The forward who found that no one was guarding him advanced quickly and was blocked by the opponent's defender about 30 meters away from the goal. He was forced to run to the side. At this time, Li Zhao ran to a

He was in a good position and signaled him to pass the ball, but his forward seemed not to pay attention to it. Seeing that the shooting angle was getting smaller and smaller, he immediately started to shoot in a hurry. The ball was very powerful, but because the angle was blocked,

So it didn't go in. The ball hit the post and popped out, and was caught by Hu Jinghang who followed up 30 meters away on the left. At this time, Li Zhao once again found a good position about ten meters in front of the goal through movement. The surrounding people

The defensive player missed someone, and as long as he received the ball and turned around, he could shoot directly. Unfortunately, it seemed that Hu Jinghang didn't notice him. He adjusted two steps and shot a wild shot. The final result was naturally a missed shot, which was a waste of opportunity.

opportunity to overtake.

At the end of the first half, Li Zhao felt regretful but had no choice but to follow the other players into the players' lounge.

At this time, the roar of their head coach came from the player lounge of Kashima Antlers: "Are you all blind? You actually let that No. 23 stir up trouble in our backcourt repeatedly, and he missed everyone.

He was so powerful. If it weren't for the poor performance of other teammates on their team, I think we would be lagging behind now. I had to keep an eye on him in the second half, otherwise he would be our trouble, do you hear me?"
Chapter completed!