Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Zhejiang player Gao Tianyi followed the U21 national youth training in Croatia for three months, and the player talked about the experience in an interview recently.
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Does the club have an opinion when it comes to starters, national youth call-ups?
I didn't hear any comments, after receiving the call-up, the club let me come directly. At that time, our team was still in Haikou to participate in the competition, I did not have a passport at that time, but also special leave from the competition area, in Haikou local passport.
Three months in Croatia
The Croatian team gives me the impression that they play better as a whole, and their passing and matching are also better. Previously, I also stayed in Japan, I have a deep understanding of the Japanese soccer team's passing and matching. Croatia also pays more attention to passing and matching, plus the players here are physically better than the Japanese players, so the game here feels like it will help us a lot to keep the team's overall shape. More matches are really a good thing for our young players. More matches can expose problems, and if we come back next year, will there be a good improvement and change from the technical and tactical level or from the psychological level.
Have you made any personal progress?
The pace is faster here, the net game is longer than at home, and the intensity of the game is a little bit better than at home. I feel that we still need to strengthen, the overall aspect of the game is not particularly good.
How different does it feel to play in Croatia this time?
Croatia has a heartfelt love for soccer, no matter what level the team is in. We also played with the fourth level of the team, although it is not a professional team, but their desire for soccer can be clearly felt, but also every goal will fight, go all out to fight. This kind of desire is worth learning from. In comparison, the first division teams are indeed better than the first division teams.
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The tempo has to be fast and the kicking is good. But the top-ranked teams in Division II are probably not as good as the current
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Teams are about the same, a couple opponents down the rankings are not as strong. We've come here and won 3 games, like if we were a team that was playing against
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Teams kick, and it's definitely harder to kick as well.
Race here with Kick
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Which makes more sense?
To tell you the truth, I think I'd rather play at home.
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The value of the workouts might be a little higher. That's not to say that the quality of play here is bad, it's mainly because it doesn't feel like it's particularly official to play here. But kicking
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The pressure of the game is high because of the points, the ranking, and the team's pre-season goals and requirements. When you play here, you just think about how to play well and how to fight. But you don't feel the pressure of the main event.
