The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 209
209 The Unique Temperament of This Guoqing
After dealing with Pato, Zhong Cheng and his group left Brazil and flew directly to the Netherlands.
Zhong Cheng was going to take a look at the Dutch World Youth Tournament this time. This time, the Dutch World Youth Tournament was a grand tournament worthy of praise for Chinese football. In this year’s World Youth Tournament, Chinese football shocked the whole world!
Of course, there were many rookies and dark horses in this year’s World Youth Championship. The European teams suffered an extremely unsightly tragedy. Not a single team in the top four came from Europe. This made many Europeans feel sad.
It was shocking that teams from South America and Africa split the top four.
But now, the Dutch World Youth Tournament has yet to begin, but all the teams have already arrived in the Netherlands, and they are preparing for this World Youth Tournament.
Before the match, FIFA had chosen the top ten stars to watch in this year’s World Youth Championship, and the top one was Argentine star Messi, who is now playing for Barcelona Club.
Yes, even at this time Macy was the most eye-catching.
Messi played for Barcelona’s first team when he was 16 in 2003. Last season he played for Barcelona’s first team and scored seven appearances for Barcelona. Looking at his performance, many people were full of confidence in his future.
Many even call Messi Ronaldinho’s successor and Messi will be the future king of Barcelona.
At this time, a lot of European scouts were rushing to Holland, hoping to dig up some new stars from this year’s Dutch World Youth Tournament.
In particular, FIFA announced the top ten novices of interest are particularly eye-catching.
However, Zhong Cheng knew that some new stars had appeared in this year’s Dutch World Youth Tournament. Of course, Messi was the only one who was the most successful and influential. By then, with the exception of Macy, There are also a lot of players who know how to watch, such as Argentina’s Aguero, Spain’s David Silva, Spain’s Laurent, Italy’s Pele, Holland’s Maduro, Dejon and Babel, Colombia’s Guarin, Germany’s Mattep and Adler, Nigeria’s Mikel and Taiwo, and so on.
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When Zhong Cheng arrived in Holland, it was June 10. On that day, Zhong Cheng and the others found a hotel in Utrecht because Zhong Cheng still wanted to see the match on the spot.
To be honest, the Chinese National Youth Team did a great job in this tournament. They shocked the whole Europe. In the group stage, they had won all three matches and advanced to the elimination stage.
Besides Barnabas, Ukrainian and Turkish teams were the champions and runners-ups of the European Youth Championships, and their strengths weren’t ordinary.
However, against the two teams, the Chinese national youth team played very well, showing the tenacious fighting spirit and desire for victory that the Chinese national teams at all levels did not have after that.
In his previous life, Zhong Cheng had never been to the scene to watch these competitions of the Chinese national youth. This time, he was going to take a look and experience them on the spot.
The first match for the Chinese national youth team was against the second-placed Turkey in the European Youth Championship on June 11.
The match between China’s Guoqing and Turkey’s Guoqing was played in Utrecht, so Zhong Cheng and the others would not make long-distance strikes.
In the hotel, Zhong Cheng watched the first day of the Dutch World Youth Championship on TV.
The opening match between Australia and Benin was a 1-1 draw, and the host team, the Netherlands, played after the match against Japan’s youth team.
The Dutch national youth team is expected to keep the World Youth Championship trophy in the Netherlands, according to local fans.
The Dutch team has one of FIFA’s top ten stars-Quincy Abeyer, Babel, Dejon, Maduro, Emmanuelson, Afele and other new stars. Dutch fans naturally want to see the team win the championship.
Quincy Abed, in particular, is a young man of both Ghanaian and Dutch citizenship who has made quick breakthroughs and was brought to Arsenal by Professor Ars è ne Wenger more than two years ago. Now Dutch fans have great expectations of him, even calling him the “New Cruyvette” of the Netherlands.
In this match, Quincy Abey was really good and he was often seen on camera. The Netherlands took the lead in the 11th minute of the first half, with Babel’s clever pass and a low shot from the top 10 yards of Afrai’s goal.
After that, Quincy Abaye made a long-distance run from half-court, facing five Japanese defenders in a row. He also rushed to the front court calmly and quickly, then calmly and easily swept across the forbidden area. Babel easily pushed the ball.
After the goal, nearly 20,000 fans chanted the name of Abed, who had become an international superstar.
Japan scored a goal in the second half, but it was difficult to reverse the loss. The Netherlands got off to a good start and beat Japan by a small goal.
However, the Dutch fans are very happy because they are optimistic about Abey’s condition and they are full of hope for his future.
After watching these two matches, Zhong Cheng immediately rested.
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The next day, Zhong Cheng was going to watch the match of the Chinese National Youth Team.
As Zhong Cheng’s life assistant, Julia Olivera naturally followed him. Zhong Cheng was followed by Augusto Daniel. Yes, Augusto Daniel also came to Europe.
Zhong Cheng wanted to see who Augusto Daniel would like to see in this World Youth Championship?
Right now, the two people who attracted the most attention in the World Youth Championships were none other than Holland’s Abed and Argentina’s Messi. No one could surpass these two brothers in the limelight.
Of course, there are quite a few teams that want to bring in these two.
However, everyone knew that these two people were not easy to deal with. One of them was at Arsenal and the other was at Barcelona. With a bright future, who would choose to leave?
Zhong Cheng hoped that Augusto Daniel could find some treasures.
Zhong Cheng said to Augusto Daniel beside him, “Augusto, are you going to watch the China Youth Team match with me, or are you going to another match?”
Augusto Daniel thought for a moment and said, “Since the boss has gone to the China Youth Team, I’ll go somewhere else. After all, the video isn’t intuitive right now.”
Zhong Chengshi nodded and said, “Alright, let’s meet at the hotel after the match.”
Augusto Daniel nodded to Zhong Cheng and left with his men.
Zhong Cheng brought Julia Oliveira to the Utrecht Club’s home court to watch the China Youth Team play against the Turkish Youth Team.
There were a lot of Chinese reporters in this match. The World Youth Tournament was already a big tournament for Chinese football. Naturally, there were a lot of media reporters paying attention to this tournament.
‘”Look, that’s Zhong Cheng, right? That’s the chairman and head coach of Leeds United, right? What is he doing here? Could it be that he wants to bring in Chinese players?” The reporters on the scene saw Zhong Cheng’s figure in the stands and all cried out in surprise, “Hurry up, that’s Zhong Cheng, right? He’s the chairman and head coach of Leeds United, right? What is he doing here?”
The Chinese reporters at the scene were immediately excited. They aimed their cameras at Zhong Cheng, pressed the shutter and recorded the moment.
Zhong Cheng frowned slightly in the stands. He naturally noticed the behavior of the media reporters below the stage.
Zhong Cheng had been standing in front of the stage for more than a season. He had a very sharp feeling about these reporters and the spotlight. Naturally, he knew if anyone was taking pictures of him.
Looking at the reporters’ actions, Zhong Cheng knew what would happen after the match.
However, Zhong Cheng ignored them. Even if this Chinese national youth team had a few good players, he would not bring them in because it was very difficult for them to obtain a labor permit, or even a labor permit.
Because Chinese players are much harder than other national teams because dual nationality is not allowed in China. The only thing they want to get is a labor permit, and that is to play for more than 75 percent of the national team.
This was very, very difficult!
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At this moment, the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel.
Looking at the tender faces below the stage, Zhong Cheng thought of many things. Many of these people were the main players of the Chinese men’s football team in the future. This was the best Chinese national youth, but after arriving at the national team, their performance was truly too disappointing, incomparably disappointing.
Of course, this was not entirely their fault, but more of an institutional error.
Think about it, after this World Youth Championship, how many Chinese national youth players have received the attention of European teams? There were even a few offers from European clubs, but none of them were able to leave the country, with the exception of Dongfang Zhuo, who now plays for Manchester United.
Zhong Cheng calmly sat on the bench and quietly watched the match below the stage. Soon, the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the match. After the start of the match, the national youth team’s performance was very positive. Their offense was also very good, which was not seen in many national brands.
To be honest, this national youth team still had some offensive talent, especially when it came to Ling Men’s kick, it was much stronger than the national teams of later generations.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, China’s Guoqing right wing attacked and directly crossed. After Zhu Ting broke through the ball in the restricted area, he stabbed the football back. Tan Wangsong, who was following behind, took advantage of the situation, grabbed the defensive player, threw himself onto the ground, shoveled the football into the Turkish goal, and led 1-0.
After taking the lead, the bigger the Chinese national green, the better. It almost controlled the entire situation and frequently threatened the Turkish goal. However, the Turkish attack was not weak either. Especially in the second half of the match, the Turkish national youth suddenly exerted his strength and attacked crazily. This caused a lot of trouble for the Chinese national youth whose stamina had declined.
Indeed, in the 85th minute of the second half, the Turk launched a quick counterattack and Irmaz shot from a small angle after breaking through. The football was banged out by goalkeeper Yang Cheng, but it was caught up by Geckhan and Turkey equalised at the last minute, as if the Turkish Jedi quality came from here.
Almost everyone thought that this match should end here. It was a draw.
However, the players of the China Youth Team did not give up. They could not accept the draw. At the hottest moment, they gritted their teeth and attacked ferociously. Finally, on the 94th minute, which was the last minute of this match, the Chinese team equalized the score.
Hao Junming’s corner was headed out of the restricted area by the Turks. Outside of the restricted area, Zhao Xuri did not stop the ball. He directly shot a stone-shattering long-range shot and scored a world wave. China’s Guoqing Jue killed the Turkish team and got off to a good start.