In the last 8 knockout round of the Mediterranean Cup U13 soccer tournament, the only team representing China, Zhou Tie Jiu Teng, faced Atletico Madrid U13, a strong team from La Liga. After a 1-1 draw in regulation time, Zhou Tiejuteng lost 4-5 on penalties and failed to qualify for the semi-finals. Despite the loss, the juniors played very well, earning a 4-1 record in the tournament, never losing in regulation time, and scoring 19 goals. This team's performance was very commendable!
Many fans don't know much about the Mediterranean Cup U13, but the level of play in this tournament is still very high. This is a tournament with a long history. All the participating teams are elite youth teams from all over the world. Therefore, Zhou Tiejuteng is rarely invited to participate in the tournament.
In the group stage, Chouteau Tieu Kyuteng played very consistently, outscoring their opponents in all three matches, not only winning all of them, but also scoring 12 goals and conceding 0. In the one-eighth final, our opponent is the Moroccan team Casablanca, after the game, Zhou Tie Jiuteng young people continue to play well, to sweep the opponent 6-0, which makes the team in the first four games scored 18 goals, 0 goals, such a scorecard, and even the national brand competition, also rarely seen.
In the quarterfinals, Zhou Tie Jiu Teng faced Atlético de Madrid ladder from Spain. In this game, we had a great start. Less than 30 seconds into the game, Zhou Tie Jiuteng scored. Then, Madrid equalized the game, scoring with a penalty kick. Late in the game, an Atlético Madrid player committed a foul and was given a red card. Zhou Tiejuteng had a chance to hit the goal box with a long shot in the last minute, but unfortunately, he was unlucky. Usually, these two teams played 1-1.
Coming to the penalty shootout, the Atletico Madrid ladder was better. They won 5-4. In this way, Zhou Tiejuteng missed the next knockout round with a 5-6 aggregate loss.
Recently, in the official matches of the national soccer team, our national soccer team played four matches against the U22 national soccer team and two teams from New Zealand, but did not win any of them. On the contrary, Zhou Tiejuteng's performance was a sight to behold. We hope that more such teams can appear in China, so that the national soccer team can have more chances and the Chinese soccer career can have a better development prospect!
