From the scrambled 0-7 defeat to Daegu FC, to the helpless 0-5 loss to Urawa Red Diamonds, to the three armies using their lives to draw the Lion City Sailors 0-0, the Tarzan lads have improved every game and can get a difficult 1 point in the third game, which makes many supporters have great courage, and finally can scorn those who look down on the youth army and take the opportunity to mock.
Here are a few words to say to these boys, maybe some of you can see, see is a kind of fate, can not see the enthusiasm I wrote to my heart.
The AFC Champions League was originally the highest level of competition at the level of Asian football clubs, which should have been the task of Fellaini, Sun Junhao, Wang Dalei, Kim Kyung-do and other big brothers, but due to the epidemic and the schedule of the domestic Chinese Super League, the club finally sent you a group of young men, the biggest captain Lu Yongtao is only 22 years old, and to a large extent, there are more players aged 17 and 18. You were pushed to the foreground at the wrong time, and in the current public opinion of the Chinese men's football team, this front desk is like the front line of the war, and you may be criticized at any time by those who beat the eyeballs as "sinners" who lose.
At the wrong time you were pushed to the front line, and there were many "brick makers" who said that this was a devastation to you, and it was better to abstain.
Most of you have no professional league experience, not even the Chinese Second League, and playing in the AFC Champions League is indeed a bit of a duck on the shelves, but the objective fact is that this shelf must be on. If you come here, it is very important to have a correct mindset.
0-7 loss to Daegu FC, I can see that most of your children are very nervous, especially the boys in the defensive line, the professional debut is the difficulty of 10 stars objectively speaking, there is no possibility of winning the game, who will be excited, so we have seen more mistakes, but we can understand, let a junior high school student who does not have much psychological preparation to take the college entrance examination in advance, can he not be nervous? But 0-7 didn't bring you down, right? The second battle urawa and red diamonds your mistake control has been very good, the elasticity of the defense line can already be felt, it is true that 0-5 is also a big score loss, but the content of the game is a lot more positive, compared to playing Daegu, your tension has dropped a lot, from Tashi and Zhang Yingkai can feel your efforts, from Baihe Ram and Yi Xianlong can feel that you have not given up attacking.
As I said before the Lion City Mariners, I'm very much looking forward to your game, because I've felt your progress in the 2 games from Daegu to Urawa, and these improvements come from a gradual relaxation of mentality, from the confidence when counterattacking. Losing 0-5 is not terrible, it is more gratifying to see a lot of positive things in you, knowing that you can't play but still pay 100% of your efforts, and I believe that you are also indomitable braves in the face of cruel situations in life.
The match against the Lion City Mariners ended 0-0, a result that floated through my mind around 40 minutes into the game, and my only concern was that Kim Shin-woo hadn't made a debut yet.
Sure enough, after more than 60 minutes of Jin Xinyu's appearance, this veteran center of the tall horse was a bit busy with Zhang Yingkai, Lin Guoyu and others, but in the end you still achieved a clean sheet, and Cao Zheng's several saves were very critical.
The draw is what we are looking forward to, and it is what you are looking forward to, and from the 80th minute onwards, the coaches can be clearly heard in the broadcast signal to keep you focused. It is true that under the continuous pressure of this period of time, you have reached a period of fatigue from physical to psychological, but you have resisted, and you have not gone to the grass for this 1 point, and you have not deliberately delayed the time when changing people, these 1 points you have obtained by strength, you went to Thailand at the wrong time, but you played the right football, and you also got a precious 1 point.
After the game, I saw 2 details, one is the captain's young "big brother" Lu Yongtao and other teammates shake hands and encourage, which Lu Yongtao does have a big brother look, these 3 AFC Champions League Lu Yongtao is also growing, but at the same time he is also a spiritual support on your field, this brother is doing a good job.
The second detail was an interview with Yang Ruiqi after the game, and the 18-year-old said that the most important thing is to go all out mentally, and every goal must be fought for in every game.
From the gap in strength, you may not ask for too much luxury, Yang Ruiqi said that you have not thought about how good the results are, but you must do your best every second of being present.
3 games, 2 losses and 1 draw, each of these 3 games has gained, the first game you feel the gap and objectively find the positioning, the second game you corrected the mentality and kicked out the content, the third game you played the resilience, the elasticity of the defensive end is better. You're all improving in these 3 games, and most of you've been given the opportunity to play, which is a rare opportunity to exercise. How can a player keep improving? In fact, it is very simple, every game is a high-quality game, and it requires him to spell out his near-limit ability to complete it before he will improve in the continuous challenge.
Because of the epidemic and other reasons, it is difficult for domestic youth events to be carried out completely, and even the intensity of the competition is not high. When you come to the AFC Champions League to continue to challenge your limits, you can improve in this high-intensity game as long as you can correct your mentality. Each game is accumulated through every second and every minute of time, and you have not wasted even a second in the 3 games that have been played, even if you have played hard, but I believe that each of you has gained a lot. 3 encounters have been played, you have a certain understanding of 3 opponents, the 1-point task has been obtained, and we will expect you to be able to score on the offensive end.