Zhou Yi finished his morning jog, had breakfast, and returned to the room to rest again. At the same time, he was preparing to pack up what he wanted to go to the competition for lunch. He suddenly found a hard-crusted notebook from his schoolbag, which was his student ID.

After picking up the student ID, Zhou Yi remembered why he had to take this thing abroad. He wanted to test his Chinese student ID to buy a train ticket abroad and enjoy a half price discount...

I have to say that Zhou Yi’s idea of ​​opening a strange perspective is very strange, and most people would never think of bringing a student ID to Europe to buy half-price tickets.

As a result, he came to Europe and had to fly and buses throughout the journey, and he didn't give him any chance to do this social practice.

So the student ID was stuffed into the schoolbag and never moved again.

As his backpack walked around, his student ID gradually sank into the bottom of his schoolbag, so that he almost forgot about this.

I suddenly flipped through today. Looking at the student ID, Zhou Yi suddenly had an inspiration in his mind.

His mind was opened again.

He put his student ID back in his schoolbag, and he had to carry this schoolbag to the game, and his sneakers and other things would be kept in this bag.

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Before Wu's game started, Zhou Yi found substitute goalkeeper Lai Cong.

Then he solemnly handed him something.

"What are you doing?" Lai Cong looked at the student ID in his hand, not understanding what was going on.

"Please help me keep it." I beg you to watch the eyes of the hundred people.

"No... there is no problem with keeping it. I'm curious about why you are doing with a student ID when you play the game?" Lai Cong was confused.

"Oh, this is an important thing. To put it bluntly, it is the core of this game!" Zhou Yi pointed to the student ID in Lai Cong's hand and said.

Lai Cong grinned. Is Zhou Yi telling himself in a very obscure way that he is the core of this team?

But... he doesn't have to do this, right?

Lai Cong didn't understand it, but he didn't continue to ask. He was afraid that the question would be too straightforward. What if Zhou Yi meant was this, wouldn't everyone be embarrassed?

Seeing that Lai Cong did not refuse, Zhou Yi expressed his gratitude to Lai Cong again, and then followed the other starters who appeared to the court to prepare for the game.

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Zhou Yi said that this Manchester United team was not strong, of course it was not that Manchester United's first team was not strong.

He just defeated Chelsea in the Champions League final, allowing Ferguson to win the second Champions League championship in his coaching career. Manchester United is still one of the best club teams in the world.

But compared with their glamorous first team, it is true that Manchester United's youth training has not made any progress in the past decade.

As mentioned before, Chelsea's youth training is not very good. Abramovich spent a lot of money and even poached Tottenham's youth training director Aneson in the youth training, and offered a 2 million pound annual salary to the Danish who once discovered superstars such as Ronaldostam.

But the last youth training player Chelsea can stand on the first team is... John Terry, who is already twenty-eight years old.

Chelsea later changed its strategy from cultivating itself to digging half-finished products all over the world, but despite this, no one was able to successfully enter the first team.

The situation between Manchester United and Chelsea is somewhat different.

Manchester United has a very brilliant tradition in youth training, such as the famous "Second Class 92", Beckham Phil Neville Gary Neville Giggs Butterscoles were all the main players and even the core players of Manchester United later.

Their maturity also directly prompted Manchester United to become the triple crown in 1999.

Class 92 has always been repeatedly mentioned as a symbol of Manchester United's youth training.

But this also shows a very embarrassing thing, that is, Manchester United's youth training after Class 1992... has no sign that can be repeatedly mentioned.

Class 92 is a witness to the glorious youth training of Manchester United and the beginning of the local youth training of Manchester United.

Whether it is O'Shea or Wes Brown, these two people have always been difficult to achieve the achievements of their predecessors in the first team. If it weren't for Manchester United's youth training, they might not be able to gain a foothold in Manchester United's first team. Now Manchester United's main central defender partners are Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, and they have no relationship with Manchester United's youth training.

Fletcher is also a player in Manchester United's youth training, but compared with his talent, his body is too fragile. Because of injury, he has always been difficult for him to perform at a high level in Manchester United's first team. Otherwise, Ferguson would not have introduced Carrick and Hargreaves one after another.

After Roy Keane left the team, Manchester United has never found a good replacement in the midfield position. Fletcher was once highly expected, but now it seems that it is difficult to take on a big responsibility.

Of course, Zhou Yi said that Manchester United's youth team is not strong because he has played against Manchester United more than 20 times at the age of 17 in his sleep with the youth team, and he has not found any outstanding players. Dortmund has Gotze, Arsenal has Wilhelm, and neither Chelsea nor Manchester United have such a leading player.

That's why Zhou Yi said that their youth team is not strong.

However, this Manchester United youth team is still better than the Chelsea youth team.

This can be seen from their performance on the court, which directly reflects the score in the first half, and the Manchester United youth team is leading the team.

1:0, they are ahead of the Chinese teenagers.

In terms of the scene, Manchester United also has a slight advantage.

The Chinese team was a little silent.

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After the half, Manchester United, who had a goal-leading goal, strengthened their defense in the 30-meter area.

When the Chinese team reached the frontcourt, there was no good way to penetrate their defense.

Facing their defense, the Chinese team can only pass back and forth from outside their defense line.

In terms of the integrity of the defense line, Manchester United youth team is doing better than Chelsea youth team. In addition, they have strengthened their defense against He Ying, so it is not easy for the Chinese team to score goals.

This has been the case since the first half.

Zhou Yi passed the football to He Ying, and He Ying couldn't even turn his body, so he passed the football back. Then he ran, but he always followed two Manchester United youth team players.

This game has always been like this. As a player who scored a hat-trick against Chelsea youth team in the last game and showed off his popularity, it is normal for He Ying to be highlighted by Manchester United youth team in this game.

In comparison, another striker Zhang Tao faces much less defensive pressure, but this is useless.

There is a reason why the defensive pressure faced is too small, because the threat Zhang Tao posed to others is too small.

Zhang Tao is tall and has an excellent header, but this excellence is only compared with He Ying.

His shortcomings in playing football are very obvious, that is, he can't run, but only play on the stand-up. Therefore, he is just a substitute in the domestic club echelon, let alone headers with England defenders here.

Zhou Yi has passed the ball to him, but he has wasted it.

Zhou Yi passed the football out, and the football was passed around the Chinese players' feet, and the pace was very fast, so Manchester United players could not easily steal it for a while.

But this is of no use.

Because these passes are crossed and back passes. Not to mention whether they can threaten the Manchester United Youth Team's goal, it is difficult to even threaten the penalty area of ​​the Manchester United Youth Team.

Seeing this scene, Xu Yang on the field shook his head: "It's hard to score a goal..."

Hao Dong didn't say anything, but it could be seen from his frowning brow that he was at a loss.

The game against Chelsea youth team was the Chinese team defending the dead. Now it was replaced by Manchester United youth team to shrink their defense and let the Chinese team break through the intensive defense.

It's really...it's teaching meaningful.

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Although the match between the Chinese team and Manchester United youth team is not closed, there are not many spectators on the sidelines. After all, it is a youth team game and the attention is not high.

However, some people watching football games can still be seen on the sidelines, and they all enjoyed it.

Tim Kister and Alan Powell were among them, but they didn't know each other's existence.

In the last game against Chelsea youth team, Zhou Yi assisted three goals, and in the eyes of these two scouts, they were naturally full of popularity.

In the first half of this game, Zhou Yi's performance was a little dim.

Tim Kister, who has observed Zhou Yi's two games, naturally knew what was going on - he guessed that this was probably related to Zhou Yi's physical fitness.

Zhou Yi played the whole game against Dortmund youth team, but was overdrawn in the physical strength. Zhou Yi played only half of the game against Arsenal youth team.

Because he had more rest for half a game, Zhou Yi played 24 minutes more in the game against Chelsea youth team, completed three assists and was disengaged. He was replaced due to cramps.

In this game, Zhou Yi was not very active in the first half, obviously because of his physical fitness. He was really hard to win the Chelsea youth team in the last game, which is a sequelae.

However, Arsenal scout Allen Powell was a little disappointed with Zhou Yi's performance in this game - was Zhou Yi's performance in the last game confusing? He happened to see the best game he played in his life?

Seeing Zhou Yi passing the football around but unable to hit the heart of Manchester United youth team, Powell shook his head.

Since football is a sport that creates as much space as possible during offense, when the team gets possession when approaching the opponent's goal, the number of players and passes should be reduced, so as to create more space. If everyone gathers in this area, it can only squeeze out all the space needed for their offense.

This is common sense.

But now Zhou Yi and his teammates are frequently stumbled in front of the opponent's 30-meter area, which is obviously not a good sign.

Too much pass in front of the opponent's penalty area will also lead to a huge risk of losing possession.

So the Chinese team's current approach is wrong and there are great risks.

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In fact, Zhou Yi himself also knew that he might not have risen to a theoretical level, but watching football since he was a child also made him understand that it is not a good thing to pass too many meaninglessly across the opponent's penalty area.

It is impossible for Manchester United to just watch a show, allowing Chinese players to pass the ball back and forth to improve their ball control rate.

They are already ready to intercept the ball.

But he really couldn't find any space.

Manchester United's defense line is kept intact, and the players are advancing and retreating. With the tight control of He Ying, if the football is forced to pass it out like this, it is probably no different from letting the opponent cut the ball.

Return?

Zhou Yi also tried the return pass, but the effect was not very good. Manchester United youth team was not a fool. It can be seen that he wanted to do what he wanted. Even if he kept passing it back to goalkeeper Sun Pan, it would not be of much use. As long as the Chinese team passed the football forward again, Manchester United youth team retreated quickly.
To be continued...