The competitive performance of the Cambodian team in the previous Southeast Asian Championships drew the attention of the coaching team. They carefully collected video footage of the tournament, conducted in-depth analysis and research, especially on the high-pressure and fast counter-attacking tactics that the Cambodian team is good at, and strategically deployed key players in the match. After the pre-match joint meeting, when the Cambodian team submitted the final 23-player list, the coaching team carefully checked the list submitted by the other team and compared it with the list of the Southeast Asian Championship in August, and found that the Cambodian team participated in the tournament this time.
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Of the 23 players on the roster, 20 had recorded appearances during the tournament, one was with the team but did not play, and the other two were temporary additions. The coaching team was more than ready to face this situation.
However, compared to our national junior team, the Cambodian team obviously lacked understanding of our team's tactics and was indeed led by the nose in the actual game. An interesting example is that the Cambodian team adjusted the No.10 player, who was originally located on the right side, to the left side at the end of the half in an attempt to utilize the left side's specialty. This is because during the tournament, Cambodia's attack on the left side was one of its specialties. However, this kind of adjustment was completely expected by the coaching team of the National Junior Team, and it was handled with ease. In the end, the National Junior Team won by a big score of 9-0, which became the normal result of the tournament. Therefore, behind the low profile is the hard work of the National Junior Team's coaching team, as Yang Chen said in the pre-match press conference, "detailed preparation and targeted deployment before the match", which also made the fans feel relieved.
2. Demonstrates the hard power of the team
To the uninitiated, a 9-0 victory over Cambodia may seem like a normal, even "natural" result. But in reality, there is no such thing as "natural" in soccer. In recent years, China's youth national football team in the confrontation with the Southeast Asian football clubs, seldom get a big score victory. Whether it is against stronger Southeast Asian teams such as Thailand and Vietnam, or second-rate or even weaker teams such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, etc., they often lose or barely win. This has led to a general lament that the national football team is declining and "one generation is not as good as the next". Even in this year's Round of 12, our team lost to Vietnam 1-3, and the community's criticism and accusations against the men's football team reached an unprecedented level.
However, in the face of reality, this National Junior Team, both the coaching team and the players, did not simply complain, but adopted a more pragmatic attitude. In terms of technical and tactical requirements, they adopted a style of play that is more in line with the development trend of modern soccer, such as high pressure in front of the field and on-the-spot counter-strike. Throughout the match, there were chants of "grab" and "push", which could be heard clearly even when watching the broadcast.
In fact, the most "alternative" part of this national junior team is the "3331" formation. This type of formation is rarely used in domestic soccer, even in the world soccer world is relatively rare. In this formation, the National Junior Team coaching team only arranged the 23rd captain Liming a defensive midfielder, while several other players have a very strong offensive. This allowed the National Junior Team to attack boldly in the game.
It was not just the 9-0 scoreline that was so pleasing, but also the variety of combinations and different attacking sets that the team showed in the game. The nine goals included side passes, small combinations between two or three players, and transfers that made full use of the width of the pitch. In particular, the young players were able to constantly show more than four or five consecutive passes in the game under the opposing team's pressure. In adult team games, we often lament that we rarely see more than three consecutive passes!
What is even more gratifying is that the most crucial part of this national junior team - the center forward position has a moldable talent like Wang Yudong. As a center, Wang Yudong in this game played a "hat trick", showing his strength. What's more, Wang Yudong has the height, skill and speed, and he can also protect the ball. In other words, an excellent center forward has the basic elements and characteristics, Wang Yudong almost all have. Of course, whether or not he can eventually become an outstanding center forward remains to be proven in the future. But the existence of Wang Yudong is actually a demonstration of the hard power of this national junior team.
In a way, the National Junior players played through this 9-0, a rare determination, or perhaps more bluntly, hope. It is important to know that, affected by the epidemic, this team has not participated in an international game in the past three years, only in the month before the game to Australia to train during the training with the local Earth Club played four warm-up matches. The match against Cambodia was the first official international match since the formation of this national junior team, and it was the one with the
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The pressure was on for the main match. The junior players did not look nervous in the match because it was their first international match, perhaps carrying a heavy mental baggage. This is different from previous junior national units. Because of this, the outside world will sigh "hopeful"!
3. Throw the pressure on your opponent
While this is only the first time the National Junior Team has been in this
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The first match in the group stage, but the 9-0 result not only took the pressure off the National Junior Team itself, but more importantly dumped it on direct rivals Australia.
Due to the withdrawal of the Timor-Leste team, the current
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The rules have also been changed so that in addition to the top group, the second place finishers in the six best performing groups will also be
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.. However, when the second place in each group is compared, only the results of the matches with the first and third place teams in the same group will be counted. According to the normal strength comparison, there is basically no doubt that the Cambodian team will take the third place in the group by defeating the Northern Marianas in the same group. Therefore, the 9 goals scored by the Cambodian team will play an important role, but this is only based on the situation that the National Junior Team will not be able to win the first place in the group. In the current situation, the National Junior Team may not be unable to win the first place and get the first place in the group.
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The timing of the right!
After the National Junior Team took down Cambodia with a big score, it is actually still more important to put more than enough pressure on the rival Australian team. Although the Australian team will not have too many problems to take down the Northern Marianas, in the second round of the match on October 7, the Australian team also needs to take down the Cambodian team with more goals than our team, in order to ensure that they can occupy a favorable situation in the group before playing against our team. This is actually a big test for the Australian team. After all, Australia lost to Cambodia 2-4 just over a month ago. After the 0-9 loss to Cambodia, the Cambodian team will probably summarize and readjust their tactics for the next match against Australia. Therefore, this may not be without pressure on the Australian team.
It's been quite a while since our men's national soccer team has won an international competition by such a large margin against an opponent. Regardless of the opponents, the National Youth Football Team will obviously be more confident in playing the next two matches after the success of such an official match. After the 03 National Junior Team's rocky journey to get a ticket to the U20 Asian Cup, hopefully the 06 National Junior Team will be able to advance to the final stage of the tournament.
