The time soon came on August 23, the day of the game's opening. After three days of adaptive training, the team's condition was further improved, and the players' desire to ask for battle was also very strong.

The organizing committee notified last night that there would be an opening ceremony this morning and asked the participating teams to come to participate. The specific time was not mentioned, which made the Chinese team arrive at the opening ceremony at 8 o'clock in the morning. As a result, after waiting for a long time, we saw the staff coming in a scattered manner.

There were no banners next to the venue, and the staff just found an open space and temporarily marked a gathering area, which was considered to be completed. This made the group of people from China very uncomfortable: It was just that? It opened my eyes again for the willfulness of foreigners.

It took until after nine o'clock that most teams came, and a strange scene soon took place. To say that the random pre-match preparations made the Chinese unaccustomed to them, the subsequent opening ceremony made them even more shocked.

There were not many guests attending the opening ceremony, but some leaders of the organizing committee and sports center said a few brief words. Everyone did not gather neatly below, but they stood on their own and had no arrangements to talk about. In the words of the Chinese, it was a mess. The Chinese team standing neatly in two columns became the focus of everyone's discussion.

The entire opening ceremony lasted less than ten minutes, without any amusing programs, nor did it go through the motions. It was like the village chief invited the whole village to his house for dinner. He didn't talk too much at the beginning, and started to eat meat and dry rice. It was indeed a very European ceremony!

Today is the first day of the invitational tournament. There are 4 games in two groups of A. The first two games in Group A, Croatia vs. Tunisia and South Korea vs. New Zealand.

The two games were held at the same time, and were arranged in the two fields of No. 3 and No. 4 that tied together. The Chinese team's game will not be held until tomorrow, so today I can feel relaxed and watch the tiger fight.

I specially found an open space between the two stadiums, and all members of the team sat in it and chose a game at will to watch it according to their preferences.

Generally speaking, two-thirds of people chose to watch the host's game, while the other part turned around to watch the game of the East Asian neighbor South Korea.

In addition to the players who stayed to watch the game after the opening ceremony, there were also some nearby residents, not many. Even if there were hosts, there were only seven or eight hundred people at best.

Compared with the number of audiences of several thousand people in the Qihang Cup, the attention of this invitational tournament is not high. However, this is also a different decision of China and foreign conditions. Domestic standards cannot be used to evaluate foreign situations.

In fact, Europeans believe that this kind of amateur game should not be paid too much attention to it, so as not to affect the normal performance of young players, just let it go. This is not to say that Europeans have a strong sports atmosphere, but just make choices due to different concepts.

In fact, as the central area of ​​modern football, the commercial atmosphere of European football is unmatched by other regions.

The Chinese team players finally saw the real Croatian team playing football with their own eyes. It was as if they had fulfilled their long-awaited wish, and they felt a little excited. The only regret was that this team did not wear the plaid uniform that they had been waiting for for a long time, but just a light blue uniform.

The host played very relaxedly, and the overall rhythm was very smooth. Whether it was personal small skills or overall transmission and control, every move and every move would feel a bit light.

Their opponent Tunisia performed not inferior. With their outstanding physical conditions, these African young men launched a fierce attack on the other side like a tide.

Both sides entered the state quickly, without any conservative feeling, played very openly, and the offense and defense were quickly transformed. There were also wonderful shooting scenes alternately on the field, attracting waves of shouting from the field.

The No. 14 player in Croatia was very active. It was precisely because of his sorting that the team was able to firmly control the midfield. Once the counterattack was successful, the counterattack rate was very fast. After a few rounds, the opponent could no longer keep up with their pace and could only be dragged away.

Someone shouted "Luca" from the field and saw No. 14 responding and determined that the target of cheering was the core midfielder.

Luca is not tall, about 1.7 meters tall, and has a very thin figure. However, this thin body seems to have infinite energy.

He can shoot with both feet, with a skilled ball, excellent skills, broad vision, and excellent passes;

On the scene, two or three tall and strong Tunisian players often appeared around him, but they couldn't snatch the ball from his feet. He was like a flexible loach, and could always penetrate the crowd. Whether passing or shooting, it could pose a great threat.

A person involves more than 60% of the opponent's troops. It is amazing to pass the ball as precise and imaginative as God's perspective. This super strength makes people sigh that this is just a junior high school student. If it were a real professional player, where would their upper limit be? The rise of Croatian football was indeed not obtained out of thin air.

Due to the existence of this thorn in the eye, the Tunisian team, which was very troubled, quickly surrendered. After the game, they had no choice but to accept the 0:3 defeat.

The Chinese team players witnessed the outstanding performance of European players of the same age for the first time. The old Chinese saying "There is someone else beyond heaven and man" is indeed true.

The position of this Croatia No. 14 is similar to that of Liang Shuang. Although her physical condition is not as good as Liang Shuang, the small Croatian's sense of ball, consciousness, ability to combine passes and controls and human-ball is far above Liang Shuang.

Another game ended later, and South Korea and New Zealand became 2:2. Korean players carried forward the traditional style of their national football, dared to fight and fought fiercely on the court, and the players had excellent ability to run on a large scale, which once forced the tall opponent to fail to get the ball.

New Zealand is not outdone, and is not as good as their opponents in terms of agility, but they have tall and strong bodies and their large dominant physical conditions also allow them to successfully equalize the score with a set ball when they are two goals behind.

At 4 pm, under the warm sunshine on the banks of the Sava River, the invitational match was played for two more games, and Group B also completed the first round of the match.

All those who came to participate in this game were students in school and there was no professional club players involved. However, Argentina lost to Poland 2:3, which is still a big upset. As Argentina, which is tied with the football kingdom on the South American mainland, has won two World Cups and has outspoken football levels around the world.

Every year, Argentina has a steady stream of young geniuses. In the U20 World Youth Championship, which represents the highest honor in the youth field, Argentina won the cup three times in the 13 major competitions, which is even stronger than their national team. From this, it also reflects Argentina's strength in talent reserves.

Before the start of this year's Invitational Tournament, Argentina was also regarded as a favorite to win the championship. The group of Pampas Eagles, who were highly anticipated, should be able to do something, but the first game alone broke people's glasses.

Although the field is composed of amateur players, the skill level reflected by the players is also not low. Some tricks that can be easily picked up have repeatedly demonstrated the inherent good sense of the South Americans.

Correspondingly, Poland played every move and every move very rigorously, just like European football's style of discipline. Knowing that their opponents are excellent in skills, Poland resolutely leverages their height advantages, plays their strengths and avoids their weaknesses, and plays a simple and direct long pass and rushes, and knocks on the opponent's door with a corner kick.

Then, under the oppression of the opponent, he was equalized and then overtaken, and the situation of the Polish team took a sharp turn.

After the leading Argentina team arrived in the second half, the South Americans' playful nature began to cause trouble, with all kinds of waves on the field, and waves passed, kicked and shot.

Finally, they had too much fun and gave their opponent a climax of counterattack and lost two goals in a row. They wanted to catch up, but they had no choice but to do nothing in front of their opponent's steel defense line, and in the end they could only accept the result of the defeat.

In the "Double Enlargement War" at another venue, Ghana from Africa defeated Canada in North America 2:1, which was reasonable but unexpected.

If Argentina is the king of the youth field, then Ghana is the leader in the youth field.

The FIFA U17 World Junior Championship has been held since 1985. As of last year, eight events have been successfully held. Among them, Ghana is the team tied with Nigeria and Brazil to have two championship records. Their double championship record was even before Brazil.

Although the economic conditions are poor, the younger the young men in Ghana have, the greater the advantage they have.

In this game, their advantages are very obvious, and Canada's performance is not bad. However, facing these black guys who seem to have grown up with ripening agents, they are always one step slower.

But during the game, the North Americans were overwhelmed by the Africans, and it was a bit surprising that they could only score a goal to save face with their own goal in the last stage.
Chapter completed!