Chapter 46 Young Gunslinger
In the game against Arsenal, Liang Qiqi sat on the bench again.
In fact, this is no longer an unexpected thing. Since Hao Dong announced that Zhou Yi was the core of the team, Liang Qiqi should have understood that he has become a substitute.
There were not so many people surrounding him in the team like before, which made him very disappointed.
I was also very unwilling to accept it.
He could not accept this reality, but now he could only wait, waiting for the opportunity that belonged to him, just like Zhou Yi was waiting for the opportunity at the time.
Liang Qiqi knew that Zhou Yi was not physically healthy, so this kid would definitely not be able to hold on in continuous high-intensity competitions.
And his outstanding performance on the court needs to be supported by physical fitness. He doesn't believe that Zhou Yi can do anything decent performance when he can't even run.
When Zhou Yi is in poor physical fitness or performs poorly, that is his own chance
This time, I will take back all the lost things I have
Main position, and the importance others attach to themselves
Arsenal's under-17 youth team is also very strong. In English football, Arsenal's youth training has always been very famous, and they have also cultivated many stars who are playing in professional football.
Wenger, the Arsenal head coach, is also known for attaching importance to youth training and being willing to give young players opportunities.
There are many young players in Arsenal's first team who have been promoted from the youth training camp.
Some of these young players have become the main players in the first team, while others usually train with the first team. In the League Cup or less important leagues, they will get or play as a substitute, while others will participate in the competition with the youth team.
So it is no longer appropriate to say that these people are simple youth team players. In fact, they are already youth team players with first-team abilities.
And today, these players also appeared in the game against Chinese teenagers.
For example, front midfielder Jack Wilhel, back midfielder Francesco Klin, and forward Gillesunu.
These three are players who have signed professional contracts, but because the first team is overcrowded, they cannot guarantee a stable playing time in the first team, so they still play with the youth team most of the time.
Cocklin won his first professional league appearance in his career in Arsenal's home league against Sheffield United some time ago. He came on as a substitute and helped the team beat Sheffield United 6-0.
Wilhel played in that game and scored a goal.
Jack Wilhel Hill has been regarded as the core figure who can lead England in the future, and his talent has excited the entire English media and fans.
Some people compare him to Fabregas. Fabregas, who is now captaining at Arsenal, plays as a midfielder. He played for the first time for the first team and Wilhel was also sixteen.
When Arsenal fans think that the future Arsenal midfielder is composed of Fabregas and Wilhelm, they think this picture is too beautiful...
Logically speaking, Arsenal youth teams with such a strong lineup should completely control the rhythm at their feet from the beginning of the game, and then quickly resolve the battle, so that the rest of the time can be turned into garbage time.
That's what Tim Kister, who was standing on the side of the youth team training grounds, thought.
This is his first time watching the game between these Chinese teenagers. He believes that based on the results of the past few games, the strength of this Chinese team should not be very strong. It is normal for them to lose to Arsenal. The suspense is just a few goals.
As for the game against Dortmund youth team...Kister chose to forget.
But when the game started, Keest found that the situation was not very similar to what he thought.
The Arsenal Youth Army led by Wilhel did not have the absolute advantage when facing the Chinese teenagers.
On the contrary, in the midfield, the situation is still a bit stalemate...
Kester doesn't have to deliberately find any Chinese boy on the court that is Zhou Yi. Football will help him attract his attention. When the Chinese team is in control of the ball, other Chinese players will basically pass the football to the same person.
The player wearing the No. 16 jersey of the Chinese team is his observation target Zhou Yi.
At first glance, Zhou Yi's pass is very plain and simple, and there is no dazzling fancy pass. For example, he uses the outer instep to make an arc, bypassing three defensive players, and accurately sends it to his teammate's feet, or passes a long pass from the ground forty meters away, and crawls through the two tackled defenders like a scalpel and sends it to the forward's feet...
Fifteen minutes after the game began, Kester didn't see a single kick.
He just catches the ball and passes the ball, runs the ball, catches the ball and passes the ball.
Many passes are short-range passes around five to ten meters, which is not difficult and has almost no technical content.
But of course, Kester, who has seen countless people, does not think that Zhou Yi is a parallel product.
He quickly saw the deep meaning from these dull passes.
He narrowed his eyes and carefully observed Zhou Yi's every running position and passing and receiving ball. He found that all Zhou Yi's actions on the court were not as "understood" as he showed, and naturally it was not accidental.
Every time he runs, it seems that he is carefully calculated, and he can always run into the air to catch the ball, so that he is basically uninterrupted when catching the ball.
He just ran and received the ball and passed the ball, which actually allowed the Chinese team to tie the game with the Arsenal Youth Team in the midfield. It was fifteen minutes before the start of the game. Arsenal Youth Team had not scored a goal yet. Judging from the midfield, the two sides were evenly matched.
Kister somewhat understood why Klopp was interested in this kid.
This is a Xavi player
In Barcelona, Xavi has always been a very important person who is not so evident but is very important. In the eyes of many people, he may not be as popular as the Brazilian Ronaldinho, nor as dazzling as the Argentine genius Messi, but those who truly understand what Barcelona football means will understand Xavi's role and value in that team.
In the early days of Rijcard's coaching Barcelona, Xavi's main position was not stable, and his role in the team was not as important as that of De Coronaldinho.
However, in the later stages of Rijkald coaching, Xavi's role became more and more obvious.
Now Guardiola, who also came from the La Macia system, coaches Barcelona's first team, and Xavi's importance is immediately highlighted.
He is already the team's well-deserved midfield core.
With the cooperation of Iniesta and Butsques Messi, Xavi sorted out Barcelona's midfield in an orderly manner.
This discovery surprised Kister a little.
With his understanding of Chinese football level, I really didn't expect that there would be such an alternative player among Chinese players.
Which club does he play in China?
It was not only Dortmund's scout Tim Kister who was surprised, but also Arsenal youth training director Liam Brady who watched the game on the sidelines.
He was originally polite to Chinese guests, so he had been accompanying the game on the sidelines.
But after only ten minutes of watching, he became focused and serious.
Of course, he is not watching Wilshire. He already knows very well about the Arsenal youth team today. He is familiar with the technical characteristics of every child.
His eyes were fixed on the Chinese team's No. 16.
Although in the ten minutes of the game, Zhou Yi had not yet sent a goal that could threaten Arsenal's goal.
But as a coach who has trained youth football for more than ten years, this is purely a sense of football.
He saw some tricks from every move in Zhou Yi.
I thought it was just a game in a walk-through form, but I didn't expect that there will be new discoveries now. But Brady did not make any conclusions immediately.
He needs more observation. In his career, he has seen countless talented children. Some of them are even like the hot sun, which is unaware of. But in the end, these people all fell, and even the opportunity to shine did not come.
A child has talent, but it does not mean that he has the ability to make a fortune in professional football.
Brady remained silent and continued to observe Zhou Yi.
In addition to Dortmund's scouts and Arsenal's youth training director, the more surprising person is probably Jack Wilhelm on the court.
He didn't take it too seriously to participate in this game.
For him, this is just a remedy for him to remain in the form of the game after he was not selected for the first team roster.
Since joining the team's first team this summer to participate in a series of warm-up matches and perform well, Wilshire has set his goal to gain a foothold in the first team and become a real "gunner".
After playing against Sheffield United in the league and scoring a goal, his mind was basically no longer on the youth team. He believed that in today's youth team level, his strength was outstanding and he could not find an opponent.
The youth team's game has no meaning to improve himself. He still has to go to a bigger stage but challenge stronger opponents.
He was a little disappointed when he first knew that he was not selected for the first team roster. He was not in a very high mood, so naturally he could not concentrate in this youth team game.
But fifteen minutes later, he found that this youth team game was a little different from the past.
Before the game, I heard that this is a youth team from China and it is a recording session of a reality TV show. All Arsenal youth team players, including him, think this game must be easy to play and will be solved casually. Maybe after the game, they will not even be wet.
But now they think it's easy to come the goal that will be late, and they don't know when it will come.
Wilhel has felt the pressure.
At first he didn't take his opponent seriously, but now when he began to pay attention to his opponent, he found that in the midfield area of his territory, he seemed to have met his opponent...
Chapter completed!