Lu Yang!
Among the 23-man roster officially announced by the Italian Football Association for this year's European Youth Championship hosted by Germany, the last name is Lu Yang!
This move puzzled everyone.
"Why did Manero bring Lu Yang? Instead of someone else? Does this mean leaving other teams alone?"
"Lu Yang? If I remember correctly, he is still injured, right?"
"I just finished the operation one month ago. Can I go to the ground?"
"It's incredible. I know Manero admires Lu Yang very much, but I didn't know he admired it so much... Isn't this a bit random?"
"Would you rather scrap a quota than call up others? Isn't Manero a bit too selfish?"
"He just doesn't want to draft the same players that the last head coach picked. He wants to prove his coaching ability."
"Come on! Even though he is a famous player in Italy, he cannot help but take the European Youth Championship seriously. After all, it is of great significance to Italy now!"
"One thing to say is that what Manero did was not a good thing for Lu. It completely put Lu at the forefront."
"If Lu is smart enough, he should stand up and refuse Manero's call-up and leave the opportunity to others."
"Alas, Italian football has become impure. Manero and Maltifni are colluding. They even ignore the national interests for Maltifni's re-election."
"Manero, you idiot, won't explain!"
The roster of the Italian national youth team has caused huge controversy.
Taking a player who will take at least half a year to recover to Germany is simply outrageous!
This may be Italy's most expensive ticket in this European Youth Championship.
There is no doubt that Lu Yang's vision of watching the ball from the players' bench is absolutely superb.
This list also triggered discussions across Europe.
Even the English media, which had previously praised Lu Yang and believed that Lu Yang was fully worthy of the sky-high salary of three million euros, was a little stunned this time.
We are saying that Lu Yang is excellent, but that is the future, not now.
Even after Best broke his leg, it was impossible to be selected for the England national team.
Is Italy... giving in early?
Are they just here to feel the atmosphere of this European Youth Championship?
Considering that Lu Yang will not turn eighteen until the semi-finals of the European Youth Championship, it would make sense if you said that you brought Lu Yang here because of familiarity and for the next European Youth Championship. Lu Yang will be the same age by then Able to participate in the European Youth Championship.
But... in short, this eighteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony may be an unpleasant memory for Lu Yang.
Because he was destined to survive a miserable defeat and the ridicule of all Europeans.
Moreover, such a decision is very unfair to those players who are already 22 or 23 years old this year and have no chance to participate in the next European Youth Championship.
The coach of the England National Youth Team commented on Manero's move: "We don't pay attention to the Italian team. They are not among our key research targets. This year we aim to win the championship. Our opponents are only the Spanish, French, Belgians, German!"
This sentence is undoubtedly contempt for the Italian National Youth Team.
But in fact, there are reasons for everything.
There are three groups in the finals of this year's European Youth Championship, with four teams in each group. The first place in each group can advance to the semi-finals, and the second place in the group with the best performance among the three groups will also advance to the semi-finals.
Twelve into four!
It can be said that the competition system is very cruel.
B is the walk-off group, consisting of Germany, Denmark, Austria, and Serbia.
If you say that the German Football Association, as the organizer, has no operation, everyone will not believe it.
Because to put it bluntly, only Germany can play in this group, and the other three, whether they are the national youth team or the national team, are not considered first-rate football powers in Europe, or even second-rate.
Group C is fiercely competitive, with France, Belgium, Portugal and Romania not being easy to mess with. Especially France and Belgium, an absolute strong showdown.
In Group A, the situation is equally bad.
Group A includes England, Spain, Italy and Poland.
Among them, England and Spain are the two teams with the best records in the qualifiers. They are ridiculously strong!
There are many young stars in England, and almost every position is the son of tomorrow promoted by the British media. Led by Mancini, the team has the highest value among the twelve national youth teams!
Mancini alone is even worth more than most of the members of the national youth team participating in this tournament put together!
And Spain also has a super new star Enriquez, who was ranked in the top two with Mancini in the Golden Boy Award.
France has many new black stars, German players have high tactical level, strong execution and excellent physical fitness, Belgian players have experienced a talent explosion, and Portuguese players have also given birth to a platinum generation under the influence of superstars.
Among the many football powers, Italy is the only one that is lifeless. Not to mention backward in technique and tactics, it is relatively conservative. It lacks top talents among its players, and their personalities are not outstanding. The edges have been smoothed away and cannot be used.
In this situation, let alone England and Spain, even the coach of the Polish National Youth Team said, "We have to find a way to score against Italy."
It's obvious who the soft persimmon is.
Many Italians believe that this is caused by Manero's selection.
La Repubblica, as the mouthpiece media of Maltifni's rival, immediately stood up to question Manero's series of operations.
From Manero's complete overthrow of his predecessor's tactical system, to the controversy over the roster for this game, especially the selection of Lu Yang, etc., it felt like an attack on the team for a while.
Many people were encouraged to stand up and question Manero.
In this regard, Manero also held a press conference before the training camp after all the European Youth Championship players except Lu Yang had arrived.
At the meeting, Manero faced a group of reporters and asked: "So, the phenomenon of Italy's national players being looked down upon only started after the roster for this European Youth Championship was announced?"
"If that's the case, then I'd like to apologize to the public for the decision I made, but...it doesn't seem to be the case!"
In the audience, all the reporters were speechless.
Because Manero touched everyone's sore spot.
"Don't we ourselves know why Italy is looked down upon by others? Do we have to blame Lu Yang? Do we have to blame the young stars who are only in their teens and twenties now?" Manero was furious, "I did not blame the Italian country The meaning of any player on the team."
"I know that they have given everything they can for Italy. It has never been the players and fans who have really made Italy a joke among the European football powers, but some people who do not put Italian football first!"
"That's not one person, but a group of people, a group of rats, a group of vermin!"
"Now that Italy is recovering from a serious illness, the first thing we need to do is not to blindly shout slogans about restoring glory, but to walk down the road of our rise step by step."
"This journey may not be smooth sailing, and there may be ups and downs, but we have to go on firmly. Only then can the Italian national anthem and flag be played and flown in European football and world football again!"
"So, don't let me hear any accusations from these children about my choices in the future. If you want to find someone to scold, then come to me! Remember, they...should only be heroes!"
"Including all the players of the national team, they should only be heroes!"
Wow!
Manero's speech was inspiring.
This statement was also immediately flown to all parts of the world, especially those countries that have spent a lot of effort but have a sluggish football situation, such as China.
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China, a high-end residential area.
Tang Yuqin, the female host of "Super Football" who has become very popular recently, was preparing information on her laptop. She was also listening to Manero's speech repeatedly, so much so that she didn't even notice that there was a person behind her.
"Xiaoqin, are you so serious?" the white-haired old man behind Tang Yuqin said.
"Grandpa?" Tang Yuqin was startled and said angrily, "How come you old people can't walk without making a sound!"
"Haha, aren't you afraid of disturbing my sweet granddaughter's work?" The old man pointed at Tang Yuqin's computer and said, "This is a sensible person, and many of the things he said should make some of us here feel complacent and complacent. People listen to it.”
The old man’s Italian is pretty good.
"This is Manero, the Italian football hero. This time he..." Tang Yuqin knew that her grandfather was also interested in football, so she told her grandfather the whole story. This was also the copywriting for her next program.
After hearing this, the old man asked in surprise: "So, that Chinese player is now playing in Italy and has done something good? This Manero is so talented!"
Tang Yuqin said: "Manero has always been famous for his wisdom, whether on or off the court. By the way, if you don't believe it, Lu Yang is actually a very traditional and typical Chinese. If I were If you know him in China, you would never guess that he is an Italian Chinese!"
"By the way, Grandpa, do you think it's possible for us to naturalize him back into the national football team?"
Tang Yuqin is well aware of her grandfather's energy. If the old man opens his mouth, nationality will definitely not be an issue.
Unexpectedly, the old man frowned: "Nonsense!"
Tang Yuqin stuck out her tongue, but she didn't know what she said wrong.
The old man reprimanded: "Learning skills from the foreigners in order to defeat the foreigners. Is it possible that this little Lu has learned and returned now? He has experienced the Italian youth training system and the Italian national team culture? He has experienced the top competitions of the five major leagues. ?”
"Since there is no such thing, why are you bringing him back now in the name of the justice of your family and country? Are you going to destroy a seedling?"
"Can the problem of the national football team be solved by just one or two players? Don't you understand what Manero said? Our football here lacks soil and professional derivatives, and secondly, there are still some problems in the organization."
"If these problems are not solved, it will be useless to naturalize 18 black football players! This unhealthy trend of taking shortcuts must be stopped as soon as possible!"
Tang Yuqin nodded.
"I don't know what you are, girl? Let me tell you, don't influence Xiao Lu's choice and force him into the national football team. In recent years, there have been a lot of turmoil in the national football team. This is not the time to pursue results." The old man's eyes flashed coldly. Gone in a flash.
Tang Yuqin's pupils shrank and she got some inside information.
She is quite excited, because this means that in a few years, the internal atmosphere of the national football team may take on a completely new look.
If you want to create brilliance and forge ahead in the international arena, the first thing you have to do is to break and then build up, and then try to secure the outside world after fighting at home.
A certain football self-media commentator "Angry Paul" once said that football focuses on the system. As long as you have established your own system, results will come sooner or later.
If you have a weak foundation and only focus on the laurels on other people's heads, you will only get lost in envy and jealousy.
"Okay, don't worry, I won't affect Lu Yang. By the way, in a few days I will go to the Italian National Youth Team to shoot with the team. You need to take care of yourself. If the Italian National Youth Team reaches the group stage , I will arrange game tickets for you so that you can watch high-level games. Don’t always watch those annoying things about the national football team, or you will get angry again..."
The whole family is extremely harmonious and enjoys discussing football topics.
A few days later.
Tang Yuqin flew to Italy and went to the Italian National Youth Team training base with Luo Cheng.
The last trip to Sanremo was a little rushed. After all, it was a new show with no influence and not a big budget.
But this time it was different.
After the great success of "Super Football", Tang Yuqin's identity was clear and no one dared to pick peaches. This program became the flagship program of China Television Sports Channel.
That budget is indispensable.
Moreover, it is much more convenient to cooperate with foreign countries. Once the name is announced, any organization that has some ideas about the Chinese market is unlikely to refuse the cooperation request of "Super Football".
And Luo Cheng also struck while the iron was hot. After the Italian National Youth Team officially announced the roster, he decided to play a big game and turn to Manero.
At this point, the "Super Football" special program "Italy National Youth Team European Youth Championship Tour" has entered the preparatory stage.
This is the same as the domestic "World Football News", but one is hard on the England National Youth Team, and the other is hard on the Italian National Youth Team.
It can be said that these two programs will be completely differentiated based on this European Youth Championship.
"Super Soccer" is certainly more popular in these two months.
But after all, "World Football News" has been popular for so many years, and it cannot be completely destroyed by a new program in a month or two.
This is the same as Mango TV. As long as the foundation remains, although its market share has been declining since 2012 and was once surpassed by major TV stations, it has recovered after three or five years and quickly returned to the ranks of giants. And after 2018, it regained its dominance.
"Super Football" doesn't want to give "World Football News" such a chance, he wants to defeat the latter once and for all.
"Hello, welcome!"
At the entrance of the training base, an assistant coach has been waiting for a long time.
After the introduction of Sotu and Lu Yang, Manero has agreed to CTV's request for cooperation and is willing to give CTV the opportunity to record all this.
However, all the video content shot by China Television must be shared with the Italian Football Association. If the trip of the National Youth Team is not miserable, they will also broadcast these documentaries on Italian national television to give Mannero and the Italian Football Association The players of the youth team salute you!
It’s important to do the work, but it’s also important to spread the word.
"Please wait here for a moment, we are waiting for one more person." The assistant coach was a little embarrassed.
Luo Cheng and Tang Yuqin were both easy to talk to and agreed readily.
A few minutes later, a red Ferrari roared up.
The supercar stopped in front of everyone, the door opened, and Lu Yang got out of the car, the passenger.
On the other side, Sophia also walked out of the car.
She sent Lu Yang to the training base today.
Although the training camp had actually started for more than a week, Lu Yang only reported it at this time.
This was authorized by Manero.
Lu Yang further recovered from his injury during this period and was basically able to participate in training.
But you still need to pay attention to exerting force, etc., to avoid re-injury before complete recovery.
"Xiaoqin!" Sophia looked at Tang Yuqin, rushed over and gave her a very warm hug.
After all, Tang Yuqin is the second Chinese person Sophia really knows.
Although you can learn a lot from books, it is Chinese women who truly understand Chinese men.
Therefore, Sofia was very interested in Tang Yuqin. She planned to quickly become best friends with Tang Yuqin, and then further confirm her relationship with Lu Yang.
In less than a month, Lu Yang will be eighteen years old.
The outside world has always thought that Lu Yang's age is what hinders Sophia and Lu Yang from moving forward, but in fact how is this possible!
It is relatively easy to judge whether a woman has a "sexual life", especially for women who are still having sex for the first time.
But how do you judge men?
It is said to be illegal, but if Sophia really wants the overlord to take advantage of her, is it possible that Lu Yang will sue her for indecent assault?
What really hinders Sophia and Lu Yang from going further is the spiritual distance between the two.
Now the two of them know each other very well and live together very comfortably, but Sophia can still feel that she lacks a little bit of fatal temptation towards Lu Yang.
She didn't see enough desire in Lu Yang's eyes, the kind of desire like a beast.
She must better arouse Lu Yang's emotions, and make Lu Yang agree with her from the bottom of his heart, fall in love with her... love, fall in love with her!
"Sofia, it's nice to see you again." Tang Yuqin was a little uncomfortable with Sophia's enthusiasm, but after all, this was Sophia, and no one could refuse the Europa Kiss's embrace, not even women.
"Hello, I'm Luo Cheng."
On the other side, Luo Cheng was also getting acquainted with Lu Yang.
The group entered the base while chatting.
"Then it's agreed, you guys will settle in tonight, and we'll have dinner together tomorrow night... If you have any questions about the shooting, just come to me. I know Manero well, and we can talk easily." Entering the training base After that, Lu Yang was busy going to the stadium and didn't stay with everyone longer.
Luo Cheng and others went to the office together to deal with some process issues.
Sofia accompanied Tang Yuqin all the way, saying that they would make an appointment to go shopping together, and Tang Yuqin happily accepted.
…
On the court, the players are having a training match.
Since you can be selected into the national youth team, your abilities are actually not bad, so what everyone needs to do during this period is to cooperate.
And because most of the players were re-selected by Manero, this familiarization training was difficult at the beginning.
The team made many mistakes in coordination.
But Manero firmly believes that this is only temporary. Once everyone has completely adjusted, the combat effectiveness of this team will definitely be stronger than the previous Italian National Youth Team.
Lu Yang arrived in a low-key manner. There was a training match going on on the court when he arrived.
Helping with the training of the National Youth Team is the Juventus Youth Team.
In terms of strength, the Juventus youth team is much weaker.
But on the scene, the Italian National Youth Team did not have a tactical advantage.
However, I have to admit that the personal abilities of these National Youth Team players are quite outstanding.
boom!
The National Youth Team's right winger Andre Pompetit cut inside to complete the goal.
He is the starting right winger of the Serie A team Lazio. He has the ability to compete in Serie A at a young age. His rating is as high as 78, which is better than Kanyes.
Soon, left winger Ceballos passed through the Juventus youth team with a long overhead pass. Soger relayed the header and successfully scored.
After a year of absence, Ceballos’ rating suddenly reached 81!
He has reached the level of a first-class star and is the strongest person in this Italian national youth team.
boom!
In the backcourt, a tall midfielder from the National Youth Team successfully stole the opponent. He is different from Italy's traditional organizing midfielder. He looks more like a rough defensive midfielder.
This is Mauro Cortino, the starting midfielder of the Serie A team Turin, with a rating of 77!
In the end, this training match ended with a score of 5 to 2, and the Italian National Youth Team won a big victory, but Manero was not in a good mood.
Because he believes that this national youth team has not yet exerted its due strength. There is a gap in the cooperation between the midfield and the frontcourt. Except for Ceballos, most of the other players are working alone.
The defense made many mistakes, and the two goals conceded were due to coordination errors rather than lack of ability.
The left back of this defense, Seamus Nicolusi, is the main left back of Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, with a 74 rating.
I won’t talk about my old acquaintance Lahm, but he only had a rating of 74, which surprised Lu Yang. It seems that the limitations brought by his body have begun to hinder Lahm’s further growth in the central defender position.
Right center back Alessandro Pirola is the main center back of the Spanish lift team Espanyol in La Liga, with a rating of 76 and outstanding strength.
Right back Kanyes, a Sanremo native.
Goalkeeper Areola is also from Sanremo.
Roughly speaking, as many as five of the starting eleven of the Italian national youth team are Sanremo players.
But perhaps because of this, Moric consciously increased his cooperation with other unfamiliar players when sorting out the team.
This is a very decent thing to do.
On the one hand, it doesn’t make people feel like the people of Sanremo are sticking together.
On the other hand, it also shows the true face of the team, allowing Manero to solve problems based on performance.
Otherwise, it will be too late to solve the real problem when it is exposed in the real game.
No, Manero began to mutter: "The left wing is a strong path, but the left back Nick Luci is a little worse in offensive ability. The right wing is a feint attack path, but Kanyes likes to come forward. The central defender team The structure is good, but the coordination needs to be practiced.”
"Cortino's defensive ability is indeed strong and his positioning sense is also good, but his running awareness is not enough. If he and Moric serve as a double midfielder, he will not be able to protect him and will increase the possibility of Moric being surrounded. sex."
"Versach is still a bit reluctant to serve as a midfielder. His strength is obviously weaker than others. His best position should be as a versatile substitute in the midfield and frontcourt."
"The midfielder position in 4213 is very critical. Sogel, who is also not very good in this team, mainly pulls and impacts, and does not take on the task of scoring, so it is enough, but Versage seems to be stretched in the midfielder. "
"Treora's reaction to the save is very good, but he likes to attack too much, which can easily lead to unnecessary mistakes."
Manero was musing all the way, and Lu Yang next to him said: "Since Cortino and Moric are interfering with each other, let's just move Moric forward."
Then, Lu Yang used his hand to push Moliqi's position on the tablet from the right back waist to the right front waist.
Manero looked at the tablet and was a little stunned for a moment: "Is this possible? 4123? Five-man attack in the frontcourt. Isn't this a bit too bold? This way the defense can be easily penetrated, and Moric When you go to the frontcourt, there is not such a good dispatching environment.”
But then, Lu Yang moved several positions and said bluntly: "Even if it is 4213, when we press over to kick the opponent, the position in the opponent's half is actually similar to the current 4123. "
"Since Moric can appear on the edge of the offensive third to organize attacks in advantageous situations, and can also cope with the opponent's pressing, why don't we just acquiesce that he should be in that position?"
Manero shook his head: "It's different. When he is in the defensive midfielder position, he has a protector around him."
Lu Yang said: "Same! The left front midfielder next to him can also help him sweep and support!"
"But in this way, our midfielder will be under greater pressure when the opponent's midfield is encircled and suppressed." Manero said.
"Kanyes likes it. He is positioned forward and has excellent footwork. He can serve as half of the right midfielder when necessary. He can share the pressure of Cortino's ball play." Lu Yang said.
Manero looked at the panel and realized that it was really possible to play like this. A smile finally appeared on his face, he patted Lu Yang on the shoulder and said: "Thank you so much, Cowens, you are definitely a Excellent teaching assistant!”
"You're welcome." Lu Yang patted Manero, who was addicted to his tablet, and said, "But I might still want to be an excellent player first."
"Coens, you are long past the age of playing football. Are you, eh... Lu? Why are you here?" Manero then realized that the person he had been talking to was not his assistant coach, but Lu Yang.
"Because I feel that in your arrangement, I am the only one who is qualified to play the position of the left midfielder who protects Moric." Lu Yang gave Manero a wink.
Manero was immediately shocked.
It’s up to me, Lu, to show you off!
