Young Football Player

The World Youth Championship group stage is over, and the seven teams in the European theater have all advanced to the knockout round.

And except for the host Turkey, the other six teams all qualified first in the group.

It seems that this year's World Youth Championship, European teams will take advantage of the absence of the South American duo to strive for the championship.

England, who are the first to qualify in the near miss group, can take a slight advantage in the schedule and have three days of rest.

Previously, there were three games a game, that is, there were only two days of rest in the middle.

On July 3, in Kayseri, a city in central Turkey, the game between England and Paraguay officially started at the Kadir Stadium, the home of the local team Kayseri Sports.

England won this game very easily. One is that Paraguay did not play well, and the other is that after several consecutive games, the running-in of the England team is almost done.

Harry Kane was the best player in the game. He helped England open the scoring with a corner kick in the first half, and made another penalty in the second half, which was scored by Lee Chenglong to expand the score.

Before stoppage time, Ross Barkley scored another goal to seal the victory.

England defeated Paraguay 3:0 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

This game was the first big victory for England U20 in the World Youth Championship, and it was also the first time to keep a clean sheet.

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The top sixteen of the World Youth Championship is over, and there are quite a few upsets.

Greece was eliminated by Uzbekistan 1:3, Portugal was eliminated by Ghana 2:3, and Croatia was beaten 0:2 by Iraq without temper.

The six teams that qualified first in the European group were wiped out in an instant.

In addition, Colombia was defeated by the Koreans in the penalty shootout, which was also an upset.

Of the eight teams in the round of 16, four were upset.

In the other four matches, in addition to England's 3:0 win over Paraguay, France beat host Turkey 4:1, Spain beat Mexico 2:1, and Uruguay knocked out Nigeria 2:1.

Originally, seven teams entered the knockout round together in the European region, but now there are only three teams left, but they also happen to be the top three favorites to win the championship.

Originally, there were only three teams in the Asian region that made it to the top 16, but these three teams all successfully passed the test and broke into the top eight together.

Therefore, in the quarter-finals of this year's World Youth Championship, Europe and Asia each account for three teams, South America has only one seedling Uruguay, and Africa also has Ghana.

According to the draw arrangement, England will face South Korea in the quarter-finals, and if they win, they will face the winners of Uruguay and Spain in the semi-finals.

After scoring a penalty in the top 16, Li Chenglong scored 6 goals and continued to occupy the top scorer list.

Spain's Jesse also scored a goal in the round of 16, while Portugal's Bruma was out without a goal, so both of them have 5 goals, ranking behind Lee Cheng-yong.

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On July 7th, at the Turk Telekom Stadium in the center of Istanbul, which is the home ground of the local super giant Galatasaray, the match between England and South Korea is about to begin.

Entering the knockout stage, the popularity of the World Youth Championship has also increased a bit.

In this game, the stadium with more than 50,000 people was almost full.

Of course, many of them are England fans who came from England.

Lee Cheng-Long found that he seems to have a good relationship with the South Korean team.

Last year in the Olympics, he met the South Korean team, and this year he played in the World Youth Championship, and he met the South Korean team again.

However, compared to last year's South Korean National Olympic team, this year's South Korean National Youth Team is more civilian-oriented, and Lee Chenglong can't even find a familiar face.

In other words, the current group of 20-year-old Korean boys, many of them will not even be able to play the ball in the future.

However, Li Chenglong did not dare to underestimate the opponent. The youth team's game is very unexpected, and players are often easily affected by emotions, and their state fluctuates greatly.

This is also the reason why youth teams are prone to upsets in games.

Sure enough, after the game started,

The Koreans were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

In the 21st minute, Kwon Chang-hoon, the core player of the South Korean team, is said to be a well-known and talented midfielder in South Korea. He personally dribbled the ball into the penalty area and scored with a push.

Fortunately, England is still dominant in overall strength.

In the 37th minute, Lee received a pass from Adam Rich in the penalty area, faked away Korean defender Kim Young-hwan, and volleyed with his left foot to help England equalize.

However, in stoppage time in the first half, England slackened a little. The Koreans cooperated with a frontcourt pass and crossed from the wing, and their striker Lee Kwang-hoon scored in front of the goal.

"I thought it was an easy game to win, but at the end of the first half we fell behind 1:2. Southgate must find a way."

"There is also Bruce Lee. He is the core of the current team and the biggest player. He must stand up and do something." The England commentator said.

During the intermission, Southgate was also loudly cheering for the team.

"Everyone has to cheer up and stay focused."

"Facing the South Korean team in the quarter-finals, this is our chance, a good chance to reach the semi-finals, we must seize her, we must not waste this opportunity."

"As long as we show the level we should have, we will definitely be able to win this game."

In the history of the previous World Youth Championships, the England team only reached the semi-finals twice. The closest one was 1993, twenty years ago.

Leading the team to participate in the World Youth Championship this time, Southgate received instructions from the FA that, reaching the semi-finals, the basic task is considered completed.

It also seems reasonable for the team considered to be the third favorite to win the title to claim the semi-finals.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, England began to counterattack.

But the defense of the Koreans is quite tenacious, so that England has been unable to find a breakthrough.

Even when Southgate on the sidelines started to walk anxiously, the situation on the court finally changed.

In the 72nd minute, Kane pulled the side to respond and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Li Chenglong withstood the opponent's defender in the penalty area, caught the ball with his chest and stopped, then put his right foot in the air, and the ball flew past the opponent's goalkeeper and into the net.

"Goooooooal~~~~~~"

"Bruce Lee~~~~ Very clever kick goal!!"

"Li stopped the ball and hit the goal lightly in the penalty area, and helped the team equalize the score easily and freely!"

"I knew that Bruce would definitely stand up, and he would definitely be able to do it!"

After being equalized, the Korean defense became more stubborn.

They obviously intended to drag the game into overtime, or even into a penalty shootout.

Everyone on the earth knows that penalty shootouts have always been England's Achilles' heel.

Li Chenglong also knows this, so he is also looking for opportunities as much as possible.

He didn't want to play overtime, let alone a penalty shootout.

As the core of the team, he will most likely be arranged by Southgate to play first in the penalty shootout, but because of the additional attribute of the penalty kick, he will be in a state of "depression" in the penalty shootout of the national team, basically not There may be good fruit to eat.

Although the England team fought hard to attack, the game time still passed by one minute and one second, and the score was kept at 2:2.

Soon, the fourth official on the sidelines held up a sign indicating three minutes of stoppage time.

In the 91st minute, which is the first minute of stoppage time, Li Chenglong received a pass from Ross Barkley in the right corner of the frontcourt penalty area.

Li Chenglong caught the ball and walked towards the bottom line, attracting two South Korean defenders to run to intercept, but Li Chenglong made a fake move, pulled the ball back at once, took advantage of the situation, swung his leg sideways, and tried a left foot volley.

Li Chenglong kicked the ball with the instep of his left foot, allowing the ball to fly over the opponent's defender's head at an extremely fast speed, and flew directly to the upper left corner of the goal.

Although the South Korean goalkeeper immediately made a save, he was still slow. The ball flew over him one step ahead, hit the goal post with a bang, and bounced directly into the net.

"Goooooooooal~~~~~~" England's commentator let out a roar of exhaustion.

"Bruce~~~Super Bruce~~~~ Super lore!!!"

"Li completed the lore, a super lore!!"

"He tricked the defender away with a fake move and volleyed the goal with his left foot. This goal is very beautiful, very exciting!!"

"This is also Lee's third goal, he completed a hat-trick, and once again faced the Koreans to complete a hat-trick!!"

In last year's Olympic Games, Lee Jackie completed a hat-trick in the face of South Korea's Olympic Games.

Now in the World Youth Championship, Lee Cheng-long has completed a hat-trick against the South Korean national youth team. It seems that he really has a relationship with the Koreans.

After Jackie Lee's lore goal, the whole England team celebrated wildly in the stadium, and the fans at the scene were also applauding for Jackie Chan's goal.

This hat-trick plus lore is enough for the fans to pay back the fare.

After England celebrated, there was not much time left in the game, and the Koreans were completely discouraged, and the game ended soon.

Relying on Jackie Chan's hat-trick, England's difficult 3:2 reversal defeated the South Korean team and continued to advance to the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship.