On July 15, at 6 p.m. local time in Spain, Zaragoza and the Chinese team completed today's training.

After a shocking comeback last night, the Chinese team on the winning side was not too intoxicated. After a morning rest, the training for the semi-finals officially began in the afternoon.

The coaching staff cooled down the players during training and became a key point. Being able to defeat such a powerful opponent has indeed given this group of young Chinese team players a lot of confidence, and it is natural to be a little bit arrogant;

The direction of coaches' guidance is also very important. We must maintain the current good situation and remind players not to be complacent.

The afternoon training was mainly restorative, combined with ball practice, and defensive drills were conducted to address Spain's tactical characteristics, strengthening the improvement of the rhythm and speed of offense and defense conversion.

In particular, the team was carefully scrutinized about the problems exposed during the opening game, such as the lack of tight focus and the loss of defense. The team was based on the wings and avoided the opponent's strong midfielder and had obvious tactical intentions, effectively unifying the thoughts of each player, and the team was united unprecedentedly.

The victory over Argentina has indeed given the players great confidence. Everyone has changed their previous depression and their mental outlook is different from the past. The emergence of this phenomenon is also related to the current current personnel status of the team.

For this Chinese team that has lost its martial arts skills, due to internal reductions, they have been playing fewer two people. In addition, the injured and suspended players are always under tremendous pressure of incomplete lineups. At the most difficult moments, even the 18-man roster cannot be completed.

As the team entered the semi-finals, the time won by hard work also created conditions for personnel recovery. No. 1 goalkeeper Zeng De was inspected by the team doctor and was allowed to participate in the competition;

At present, except for Zhang Chang who won a red card in the last game and Wang Gongqing, the third goalkeeper who was not healed, the team's other 21 players can play, which is also a relatively neat time recently.

Even Li Xudong, the main midfielder in the Asian Youth Championship, has been dealt with since the fight. Although he was able to compete with Spain with the team, there is no record of playing so far;

As the team magically entered the semi-finals, the head coach was in a good mood, and the tolerance seemed to have improved a lot, which was also reflected in group arrangement;

The signal released is also quite obvious. Li Xudong is the only heavy gunner in the team. He once allowed Koreans to see the power of his hard-working power in the Asian Youth Championship.

In the next game, facing the host Spain, defensive counterattack is an inevitable choice, while set pieces and long shots are two powerful tools for scoring.

The refrigeration treatment of him is enough to learn from him. At the time of employment, Lu Juren will not let this former main force sit idly by. Small punishment and big warnings are enough.

Guan Jian and Li Xudong were also dealt with, but with their outstanding performance as a substitute in Argentina, Guan Jian has won back the trusted gaze of the head coach;

Naturally, Li Xudong would not be willing to fall into depravity. He felt a lot of energy in his heart, and his legs were as if they were full of electricity, and he was always ready to pour out.

Li Xudong, a soldier who was urgently needed to be rescued, performed positively, and the others did not show any weakness. The overall morale and atmosphere of the team were very good. Lu Juren on the sidelines was also quite satisfied, with less loud scolding and more affirmation of applause.

After completing the afternoon training, the Chinese team's training content today was over, and it was time to rest on the spot in the evening.

The coaching team doesn’t want to arrange the training too much, just achieve the tactical intentions. There is no need to be in that tight state at all times, and it is still necessary to pay attention to the combination of work and rest;

The crazy training model like the traditional Chinese traditional training is very unscientific and undesirable. As a generation that grew up under the professional system, Lu Juren also paid special attention to observing the training methods and methods of foreign clubs while traveling to European countries;

Based on his own player experience, he summarized a set of training methods and tactical playing methods that suit China's national conditions. He is one of the explorers of local coaches who study modern football methodology and is also an important reason why the Football Association chose him as the 2008 Star Coach.

After dinner, we gathered to watch the game as usual. In addition to the quarter-finals of the two World Youth Championships, the coaching staff also made a unique arrangement to watch a video of the Asian Cup.

The first thing to go on is the European civil war between Scotland and the Czech Republic. The two teams are also a meeting of enemies. As early as last year's European Youth Championship, Scotland eliminated the Czech Republic in the semi-finals. The final results of the two teams were to win the runner-up and third place respectively, and both entered the World Youth Championship.

In terms of strength comparison, the two teams are actually just the same. Scotland's overall strength is good and its offense is sharp. As the champion of the Shanghai Invitational Tournament in May this year, the Chinese team has also seen their power;

The Czech Republic has a steady defense and sharp counterattack, and has a clear tough style of Eastern European teams.

Both teams wanted to win some of the World Youth Championship held in Europe, especially the Czech Republic, who won two chubby chickens, China and Malawi, because they wanted to do something to eliminate the depression in the European Youth Championship;

I never thought that I was too smart to do it, but I almost lost Qingqing's life. In the last game of the group stage, I gave two inexplicable own goals to the Chinese at the last moment, making it the most mysterious qualifying team in the 30-year history of the World Youth Championship;

Fortunately, the Czech young player was not stunned by the Chinese who were blessed by metaphysics. After the group came out, he quickly adjusted and resurrected with full blood. He finally eliminated Poland and came to the ranks of the top eight, which was also considered a successful redemption;

The old enemy Scotland who is about to face next is the real beginning of redemption. If you fail, you will be successful.

Scotland came here as the second-place European runner-up, and faced his former defeated opponents. He had a psychological advantage. Among the various analysis before the game, most of them were optimistic about them.

The situation in the game was indeed as analyzed before the game. Scotland continued to use its powerful offensive to suppress the Czech Republic. For a moment, the Czech team's goalkeeper Peter became the busiest person on the field;

At the critical moment, the defense line led by Simonek played a decisive role, and the Scots, who could not capture for a long time, showed flaws in their eagerness;

Fening succeeded in a sneak attack in the last moment counterattack, laying the final victory in one fell swoop, eliminating his opponent, avenging last year's one arrow. Fening also rose to the top of the scorer list with 7 goals.

In the later "two-benefit war", it can be called a showdown between a spear and a strong shield.

Both sides have played the characteristics of their own football, and the pace on the court changes very quickly. Although the two sides have played together throughout the game, the scene is not dull.

Chile is a strong team in South American football. The "double Sa" combination with Zamorano and Salas is very popular for a while, and the youth team in front of us is also full of stars;

Sanchez, Vidal, Medina, Isla, Medell and other main players led the team to play beautiful Latin football, and their dexterous passes and cuts made the opponent dizzy.

After Italy came to the main stage, with the return of Rossi, Cerci, Marchisio, Bonucci, Giovanko and other main players, their strength has improved compared with the Shanghai Invitational in May;

However, the team lacks the habit of running-in and slow-heating, which still pushes them to the brink of being eliminated in the group;

Fortunately, they had no intention of losing their minds, and they finally managed to advance with the third place in the group with good results. The style of escaping from death does have a bit of the Italian national team last year.

What's interesting is that in the last "Double Interest Battle", they also dragged the game into a penalty shootout. In the end, they made three of five free throws and killed Austria, which scored only two goals, and entered the quarterfinals and also created the best results in team history.

Italians seem to be born to defend, and the defensive genes flowing deep in the blood are perfectly displayed in the game;

Whether it is personal defensive skills or overall coordinated defense and replacement, they are at the highest level of this age;

This small reinforced concrete defense line also left the Chilean geniuses futile, and finally came to the penalty shootout again, which is also the second penalty shootout match that has appeared so far in this World Youth Championship.

Italian football also reached the top with a penalty kick in the World Cup last year, successfully sewing the fourth Venus on its jersey, and became the most penalty kick team in the history of the World Cup;

Their youth team also has a tendency to inherit the penalty shooter tradition. In the game, four of five free throws were made. The Chilean lost two of them in the face of the opponent's strong psychological advantage, and was eventually eliminated unfortunately;

Italy won the last ticket to the semi-finals, just like their performance in the qualifiers, which well interprets the true meaning of "two profits meet, those who are willing win".

Italy unexpectedly reached the top in the World Cup last year under an unfavorable situation, and the current youth team seems to be moving along the same trajectory. They have already created the best results in team history, which is impressive.

It is understandable that these two World Youth Games allow players to observe and learn the style of a strong team and find the right position;

But watching the Asian Cup video seems a bit irrelevant, and they don’t know what the coach sells in the gourd.

It is a focus battle in Group C in Malaysia, with China facing Iran.

Although it is a national team competition, this Asian-level group stage is completely different from the world-level semi-finals they will face in three days, and the content of the competition is not very meaningful.

Looking at the confused eyes of the players, Wang Peng, who hosted the game, smiled and said, "As our former defeated players, it is also quite exciting to see if the big brothers of the national team can deal with them."

As a reason, the players started to watch it in vain.

Iran has always been a strong team in Asia and the biggest victim of the Chinese team, leaving the most painful memories for the Chinese;

Although their performance in the German World Cup last year was still bleak, the current Iranian national team has many strong players such as Karimi, Hashmian, and Kaebi;

Especially Mada Wikiya, who is the gravedigger of the 97 national football team, is still the backbone of the team and is still among the top Asian teams. He ranks 19 in FIFA and 2nd in the AFC.

In contrast, the Chinese team's strength has been declining from the first round of the World Cup in 2002 to the 2004 Asian Cup in the local Asian Cup;

The German World Cup Asian qualifiers were tragically plotted by Kuwait, and even failed to enter the final quarter-finals. Preparation for the 2010 World Cup was started early.

Looking around the team's lineup, the Chinese team with many overseas returnees, including Sun Jihai, Shao Jiayi, Zheng Zhi, Sun Xiang, etc., is not bad at all. They even shouted the goal of "rushing to the semi-finals" before the game.

But this is just a card strength. In actual combat, it is easy to collapse when encountering a strong team. The old problem of the Chinese national football team "whether they meet is strong or not" has always existed.

The first group match defeated Malaysia, one of the hosts 5-1, instantly swelled up some of the royal reporters, and the charming words "the situation of qualifying is very good" were also sprayed out, but the dazzling "1" also allowed people with discerning eyes to see the crux of the problem at a glance, casting a layer of veil for the national team's journey to this Asian Cup.

In this game, Iran underestimated the enemy. Unexpectedly, the Chinese team entered the state so quickly. With Shao Jiayi's full moon scimitar and Mao Jianqing's soul-chasing slash, he quickly established a two-goal lead, and caught his opponent off guard.

But as the game entered a stalemate after leading, the Chinese team suddenly stopped playing, and the Iranians who had suddenly realized began to chase after them.

Faced with the opponent's attempt, the unchanging Chinese team was unable to defend the victory in the end. If the Iranians were not satisfied with the 2:2 score, the Zhu family army would probably become the second Qi family army.

After watching the whole game, every Chinese really felt depressed and held their breath. The inner touch of these young players in the youth team was even more shocking.
Chapter completed!