When the loud [March of Volunteers] sounded in the stadium, Yang Yang stood in front of the bench, put his right hand on his chest, and sang the national anthem with his teammates, coaches and players on the field.

At this moment, Yang Yang's heart was filled with excitement.

This was the first time he was wearing a bright red jersey with a national flag, and a kind of pride came naturally.

He knew very well that when wearing this jersey, he would no longer fight for himself or the Football Association for the national team. He represented 1.4 billion Chinese people going abroad and appearing to compete.

He also secretly swore in his heart that he could lose or be defeated in the game, but he would never lose face of the Chinese.

In the stands behind him, hundreds of Chinese students who went to France and Europe to study spontaneously came to the scene. They all raised the flag of cheering for the Chinese team, and many were still shouting Yang Yang.

But tonight, Yang Yang will sit on the bench to watch the first half.

For this reason, Yang Yang specially accepted an interview with the state TV station before the game, saying that it was proposed by himself and explained the reason.

After China's national anthem was sung, it was Colombia's national anthem to ring.

Yang Yang noticed that their players were also standing solemnly, which also confirmed a sentence.

Football is a war without gunpowder.

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Since the Toulon Cup is a youth team game, according to tradition, the game only lasts eighty minutes, and the first and second half are forty minutes each. Yang Yang sat on the bench to watch the game in the first half. When will the second half be held, it depends on the situation.

The Chinese team's formation is 442. The characteristic of this formation is balance. Although there are also wing lanes, it is very different from the 4333 formation in Yang Yang's Ajax period.

As the name suggests, the right winger is more forward and more like a forward, while the right forward is more behind, and he has to undertake some defensive tasks, especially when the team turns from offense to defense, the right forward must actively return to defense.

What surprised Yang Yang was that although the players of the National Youth Team made a long journey to Toulon, they performed very hard in the game, dared to fight on the court, and actively used their speed to open up the situation.

Colombia is also not willing to be outdone. Both teams play very positively and the on-off and defense conversion speed is very fast.

This is not difficult to understand. After all, it is a youth team, and its overall technical and tactical content is much weaker than that of the adult team.

The Chinese team played more holisticly and had better defense, while Colombia was actively attacking, but it was mainly concentrated in the middle, lacking effective wing attacks, and its style of play was relatively single. The Chinese team quickly stabilized its position, causing the opponent to fail to succeed after several attempts to hit him.

The players of the National Youth Team had a lot of running and pressing in the midfield, which made Colombia very uncomfortable and made frequent mistakes. The most fatal one happened in the 22nd minute. Zhu Ting, the Chinese team's No. 11 striker, intercepted the ball and drifted past three defensive players in a row. However, they were saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

However, nine minutes later, the Chinese team's defense made a mistake and failed to clear the opponent's long pass. It was seized by the opponent's No. 14 player. Unfortunately, it was a pity that he did not stop the ball well and wasted an opportunity to empty goal.

The first half ended at zero to zero.

During the halftime break, head coach Tiexong affirmed the team's performance in the first half, but also encouraged the team to continue to work hard, believing that although Colombia's personal strength is above the Chinese team, its overall strength is not strong, and the Chinese team still has a chance.

So, taking advantage of the halftime break, Tiexong replaced the main offensive player Chen Tao. This player is also good at playing on the right side and plays on the right forward. His speed and foot skills are very good. The coaching staff hopes that he can open a defensive gap on the right side.

But after the start of the second half, Colombia also adjusted its tactics and began to actively engage in pressing in the midfield to catch the Chinese team's pass and receiving mistakes. For a time, the Chinese team's pass and receiving mistakes made consecutive mistakes, and Colombia frequently launched counterattacks.

Especially in the 50th minute, Colombia intercepted the ball and passed it to the frontcourt. Three offensive players cooperated continuously to break into the penalty area. A missing person occurred in the Chinese team's defense line. Colombia No. 8 player shot without anyone being guarded.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Guan Zhen performed well and blocked the ball with a single punch, resolving a crisis.

Tiexong finally couldn't sit still.

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"come on!"

"Thanks!"

After shaking hands with his teammates on the sidelines, Yang Yang patted each other on the shoulders and replaced the team's forward Wan Cheng.

This is the arrangement made by head coach Tie Sheng for Yang Yang. After he comes on the court, he can play the role of a free agent in the frontcourt and let him play, and the rest of the team will also try his best to cooperate with him.

Yang Yang quickly ran into the field. When he passed by his teammates along the way, he could feel the inquiries and doubts in the other party's eyes.

They didn't know each other or were familiar with each other. They just met and introduced each other during the pre-match meeting in the afternoon.

They are too unfamiliar with Yang Yang.

Isn’t Yang Yang the same to them?

In the past, in Ajax, the tactical system of the youth team and the first team was very close, and he could achieve seamless connection, but he only had a rough understanding of the current playing style of the national youth team and was still very unfamiliar.

Colombia obviously also knows Yang Yang and is quite afraid of this Chinese player who just scored the final in the Champions League a few days ago. After Yang Yang came on the court, they began to consciously strengthen their defense against Yang Yang.

But after all, it is the youth team. In Yang Yang's opinion, the opponent's defense is very open and it is easy to run out of the gap.

The first touch of the ball on the court came from the midfield teammate's pass. At that time, Yang Yang retreated and brought out the defensive player. When he was about to turn around and quickly forward, his teammate directly passed the ball to his feet, which caused his subsequent series of actions to get stuck.

After stopping the ball, Yang Yang was held back by the defensive player behind him and had no choice but to pass back.

The second pass was slightly better, and the diagonal pass from Chen Tao on the right was not given enough in advance. Yang Yang was forced to slow down and stop the ball and then suddenly accelerated, but the effect was greatly reduced. However, Yang Yang still protected the ball at the front of the penalty area and passed it horizontally to Chen Tao on the right, but he failed to create a threat.

The subsequent cooperation was still very unsmooth, and there were several mistakes. Not to mention being hit by Colombia, even Yang Yang himself was very tired of playing. He didn't think it was a problem with his teammates' ability, but they all lacked running support.

It’s not that the players don’t run. On the contrary, everyone runs very actively, but they don’t run around the teammates who are holding the ball, forming an effective contact point.

Without enough contact points, the ball holder will have fewer options for the ball and will naturally have more mistakes.

In addition, there is another point that teammates rarely consider the receiver's next move when passing the ball. They just want to pass the ball to their teammates without considering anything else.

Yang Yang himself used to be like this, so he could understand his teammates' mood at this moment.

They are not trying hard, not wanting to pass the ball well, but they don't know how to do it.

Thinking of this, a thought emerged in Yang Yang's mind. Since Colombia attaches so much importance to him, he would simply be responsible for attracting defensive attention and opening up the defense line for his teammates to create opportunities.

It just happened to take this opportunity to use Colombian players to practice their stops.

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After changing his mind, Yang Yang still ran very actively, and every time he ran to the opponent's space to catch the ball, attracting the attention of the defensively, and then passing the ball to his teammates in the weak defense area.

Yang Yang's change immediately caused a significant change in the situation on the Chinese team on the court.

As the saying goes, the name of a man and the shadow of a tree.

Yang Yang's performance in Ajax was reported in detail by domestic media. The players of the National Youth Team were very impressed by this teammate who was two years younger than him, which made them all tend to pass the ball to Yang Yang.

Therefore, after Yang Yang changed his role, he immediately revitalized the team's midfield and frontcourt offense.

When the game reached the 60th minute, Yang Yang suddenly ran to the space on the right to catch the ball.

Chen Tao immediately passed the ball, Yang Yang stopped the ball to his side and turned around and chased the ball.

This sudden move immediately surprised the Colombian defensive players. Three defensive players around were all rushing towards him at the same time, and naturally missed Chen Tao on the right side.

At this moment, Yang Yang suddenly passed the ball directly and accurately sent the ball to Chen Tao's diagonally in front.

Originally, Chen Tao was still hesitating whether to run over to pick up Yang Yang, but unexpectedly, he saw the ball coming out. He was shocked and had no time to think about it. He chased the ball as quickly as possible.

Chen Tao chased the ball and gradually felt a sudden enlightenment. When he caught up with the ball, he clearly saw that there were no defensive players around him, and his teammates had already ambushed in the penalty area.

The next thing was natural. Chen Tao passed the penalty area across the right side of the penalty area. The forward Zhu Ting, who was near the penalty spot, quickly followed up, pushed the ball into Colombia's goal, one to zero!

The audience burst into applause.

Hundreds of fans who came to cheer for the Chinese team were so excited that they danced.

Zhu Ting, the hero of the goal, rushed towards Chen Tao and hugged his teammates hard, while other Chinese players also rushed forward.

This goal is really important to the Chinese team.

Yang Yang also ran over to congratulate his teammates on his goal, which made Zhu Ting and Chen Tao feel a little flattered, especially Chen Tao, with a hint of confusion in his eyes when he looked at Yang Yang.

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After the Chinese team scored its first record, Colombia began to be a little anxious and invested heavily on the offensive end, but the Chinese team itself is good at defensive counterattacks. In addition, Colombia's single offensive characteristics make it not difficult for the Chinese team to defend.

The defense has been solid and the counterattack has also begun to work.

In the 68th minute, the captain's right back Liu Yu stepped forward to assist, and Yang Yang raised his hand to ask for the ball. After stopping the ball, he took two steps horizontally. Suddenly, he passed the ball with his left foot diagonally. Hao Junmin caught up with the ball and was just unpredictable. He was so kind that he just swung his feet and hit it.

The ball scored the goal in Colombia again, 2-0.

If the first goal just now was not obvious, then the role of Yang Yang's goal was fully reflected in Hao Junmin's goal, especially his passing vision, which ensures that the team can suddenly transfer the ball from the right to the left and catch the opponent off guard.

Just five minutes later, Yang Yang received the ball from the right side of the front of the penalty area and broke away from the defensive player and passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Chen Tao cooperated with the captain Liu Yu, who assisted the right back from Liu Yu to knock back from the bottom line. Mao Jianqing, who came on the bench, made a push shot and scored an empty goal.
Chapter completed!