Young Football Player

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

In addition to the host Turkey, the other six teams all qualified first in the group.

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

England, which has the first qualifying team, can take a slight advantage on the schedule and have three days of rest.

Previously it was a three-day match, which means there were only two days of rest in between.

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

England won this game very easily. First, Paraguay didn't play well by itself, and second, after several consecutive games, the England team did almost the same.

Harry Kane was the best player in the game. He helped England open the scoring in the corner kick in the first half. In the second half, he made a penalty kick and Lee Chenglong made a penalty to extend the score.

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

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

This game was England's U20's first big win in the World Youth Championship, and it was also the first time to have a clean opponent.

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The top 16 of the World Youth Championship is over, and there are quite a few upsets.

Greece was eliminated by Uzbekistan 1:3, Portugal was beaten by Ghana 2:3, and Croatia was beaten by Iraq 0:2.

The first six teams in the European team were eliminated in an instant.

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

Four of the eight matches of the top sixteen were upset.

In the other four groups, in addition to England's 3-0 victory over Paraguay, France defeated host Turkey 4:1, Spain defeated Mexico 2:1, and Uruguay eliminated Nigeria 2:1. This is a normal result.

In Europe, where the seven teams had entered the knockout round together, now there are only three teams left, but they happen to be the top three teams in the championship.

In the Asian region, there were only three teams that made it to the top sixteen, but these three teams successfully passed the test and made it to the eighth.

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

According to the lottery arrangement, England will face South Korea in the quarterfinals. If they can win, they will face the winners of Uruguay and Spain in the semifinals.

After scoring a penalty in the top sixteen, Lee Chenglong's goals came to 6, continuing to occupy the top scorer list.

Spain's Hersé also scored a goal in the round of sixteen, while Portugal's Brumar was out without a goal, so both of them scored 5 goals, behind Lee Chenglong.

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On July 7th, at the Turk Telekom Stadium in the center of Istanbul, which is the home of the local super giant Galatasaray, England's game against South Korea is about to begin.

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

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.

Li Chenglong found that he seemed to have a close relationship with the South Korean team.

He ran into the South Korean team when he played in the Olympics last year, and this year he ran into the South Korean team in the World Youth Championship.

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

In other words, many of these 20-year-old Korean boys will not even be able to play football in the future.

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

This is also the reason why the youth team game is easy to get upset.

Sure enough, after the start of the game, the Koreans were as excited as they were playing chicken blood.

In the 21st minute, Kwon Chang-hoon, the core player of the Korean team, was said to be a well-known genius midfielder in Korea. He personally drove the ball into the penalty area and completed a kick.

Fortunately, England is still dominant in overall strength.

In the 37th minute, Lee Chenglong received a pass from Adam Ritchie in the penalty area and shook off South Korean defender Kim Young-hwan with a left foot volley to help England equalize the score.

But in the first half of the injury stoppage time, England was a little slack, and the Koreans used a frontcourt pass to cooperate, with the routine of passing from the side, their forward Li Guangxun shoveled in front of the goal.

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

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

During the intermission, Southgate also cheered loudly for the team.

"Everyone must cheer up and stay focused."

"It is our chance to face the South Korean team in the quarterfinals, a good chance to reach the semi-finals. We must seize her and we must not waste this opportunity."

"As long as we have the required level, we will definitely win this game."

In the previous World Youth Championship history, the England team only reached the semi-finals twice, the most recent one was in 1993 twenty years ago.

This time leading the team to participate in the World Youth Championship, Southgate received instructions from the FA that the basic task is complete even if he reaches the semi-finals.

It seems reasonable that the team considered to be the third favorite to win the semifinals.

At the beginning of the second half, England began a counterattack.

But the South Koreans' defense is quite tenacious, so England can't find a breakthrough.

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

In the 72nd minute, Kane responded and passed the ball into the penalty area.

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

"Goooooooal~~~~~~"

"Bruce Lee ~~~~ very cleverly scoring goals!!"

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

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

After being equalized, the Korean defense became more stubborn.

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

Everyone on earth knows that penalty kicks have always been England's deadlock.

Li Chenglong also knows this, so he is also trying to find opportunities.

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

As the core of the team, he will probably be the first to play in penalty shootouts by Southgate, but because of the additional attributes of the penalty kick and the national team's penalty shootout, he will be in a state of "lack of energy", basically not There may be good fruits to eat.

Although the England team is struggling to attack, the game time is still one minute and one second, and the score has been maintained at 2:2.

Soon, the fourth official on the sidelines raised a sign and signaled injury time for three minutes.

In the 91st minute, the first minute of stoppage time, Jackie Lee received a pass from Ross Barkley at the right corner of the penalty area in the front court ~www.NovelMTL.com~.

Lee Chenglong catches the ball and walks towards the bottom line, attracting the two South Korean defenders to follow the run to intercept, but Lee Chenglong made a fake move, pulling the ball back, swinging his leg sideways, and trying a left foot volley.

Li Chenglong kicked the ball with the back of his left foot, allowing the ball to fly over the head of the opposing defender and fly directly to the upper left corner of the goal.

Although the South Korean goalkeeper made an immediate save, it was still slow. The ball flew over before him. After hitting the goal post with a bang, it bounced directly into the net.

"Goooooooooal~~~~~~" the English commentator let out a roar of exhaustion.

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

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

"He tricked the defensive player through a fake action and finished a volley with his left foot to score. This goal is very beautiful and very exciting!!"

"This is Lee's third goal. He completed a hat trick and once again faced a Korean to complete a hat trick!!"

In last year's Olympics, Lee Chenglong completed a hat-trick against the Korean National Olympics.

Now in the World Youth Championships, Lee Chenglong has faced the Korean National Youth to complete a hat-trick. He seems to be really related to the Koreans.

After Jackie Lee's lore score, the whole England team celebrated wildly in the stadium, and the fans on the spot also applauded Lee's goal.

This hat-trick plus a lore is enough for the fans to get their ticket back.

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

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