Lu Yang!
Italian Football Federation officially announced the 23-person roster for European Under-21 Championship, which was hosted by Germany this year. The last name was Lu Yang!
This move puzzled everyone.
"Why would Maniero 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 Maniero admires Lu Yang, but I don't know he appreciates it so much... Isn't this a bit messy?"
"Would you rather scrap a spot than recruit others? Maniero Isn't that a little too selfish?"
"He just doesn't want to recruit the same players that the previous head coach picked. He wants to prove his coaching ability."
"Come on! Even though he is a famous Italy, you can't help but take European Under-21 Championship seriously. After all, this means a lot to Italy now!"
"One thing to say, Maniero's doing this is not a good thing for Lu. It puts Lu at the center of the storm."
"If Lu is smart enough, he should stand up and refuse Maniero's recruitment and leave the opportunity to others."
"Alas, Italy football has become impure. Maniero and Martivni are colluding together. They even ignored the national interests for Martivni's re-election."
"Maniero idiot won't explain!"
The Italy Youth National Team roster 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 at this European Under-21 Championship.
There is no doubt that Lu Yang's view of the ball from the bench is absolutely superb.
And this list also triggered the entire Europe discussion.
Even the England 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 for him to be selected as England National Team.
Italy Is this... giving up in advance?
This European Under-21 Championship are they just here to feel the atmosphere?
Considering that Lu Yang will only turn eighteen on the eve of the European Under-21 Championship semi-finals, it would make sense if you said that you brought Lu Yang this time out of familiarity and for the next European Under-21 Championship. Lu Yang will be able to participate in European Under-21 Championship at that time.
But... in short, this eighteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony may be an unpleasant memory for Lu Yang.
Because he was destined to have a difficult time with a miserable defeat and the ridicule of all Europe people.
Moreover, such a decision is very unfair to those team members who are already 22 or 23 years old this year and have no chance to participate in the next European Under-21 Championship.
Coach England Youth National Team commented on Maniero's move. "We don't pay attention to Italy National Team. They are not among our key research targets. This year we aim to win the championship. Our opponents are only Espanyol and France, Belgium and Germany!"
This sentence is undoubtedly contempt for Italy Youth National Team.
But in fact, things happen for a reason.
There are three groups in this year's European Under-21 Championship finals, 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 recommended group, which are Germany, Denmark, Austria, and Serbia.
If you say that German Football Association, as the organizer, has no operation, everyone will not believe it.
Because to put it bluntly, only one Germany can play in this group. The other three teams, whether they are the national youth team or the national team, are not considered first-class football powers in Europe, or even second-rate.
The competition among Group C is fierce. France, Belgium, Portugal, and Romania are not easy to mess with. Especially France and Belgium, it is an absolute strong showdown.
As for Group A, the situation is equally bad.
Group A has 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!
England has many young stars, and almost every position is the son of tomorrow promoted by the British media. Headed by Mancini, it is the team with the highest net worth among the twelve national youth teams!
Just Mancini is worth more than most of the members of the National Youth Team who participated in this tournament put together!
And Spain also has a super new star Enriquez, who is ranked in the top two of Golden Boy Award and Mancini.
France There are many new black stars, Germany players have high tactical level, strong execution ability and excellent physical fitness, Belgium players have experienced a talent explosion, and Portugal players also gave birth to the platinum generation under the influence of superstars.
Among the many football powerhouses, only Italy is lifeless, not backward in technique and tactics, but relatively conservative. It lacks top talent 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 Poland National Youth Team said, "We have to find a way to score on Italy."
It's obvious who the soft persimmon is.
And many Italy people believe that this is due to Maniero's selection.
<la Repubblica> As the mouthpiece media of Martivni's competitor, it immediately stood up and questioned Maniero's series of operations.
From Maniero's complete overthrow of his predecessor's tactical system, to the controversy over the roster for this competition, especially the selection of Lu Yang, etc., there was a feeling of launching an attack.
Many people were encouraged to stand up and question Maniero.
In response to this, Maniero also held a press conference before the training after all members of the European Under-21 Championship team except Lu Yang had arrived.
At the meeting, Maniero asked a group of reporters, "So, the phenomenon of Italy national players being looked down upon only started after the current European Under-21 Championship roster was announced?"
"If this is the case, then I am willing to apologize to the public for the decision I made, but... it seems that is not the case!"
In the audience, all the reporters were speechless.
Because Maniero touched everyone's sore spot.
"Don't we ourselves know why Italy is looked down upon by others? Should we blame Lu Yang? Should we blame the young stars who are only in their teens and twenties now?" Maniero was furious, "I have no intention of blaming any Italy National Team player."
"I know that they all gave everything they could for Italy. It was never the players and fans who really made Italy a joke in the Europe football powerhouse, but some people who did not put Italy football first!"
"That's not one person, but a group of people, a group of rats, a group of vermin!"
"Now that Italy has recovered from his serious illness, the first thing we have to do is not to blindly shout the slogan of 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, so that we can once again let the national anthem and national flag of Italy be played and fly in Europe football and world football!"
"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!
Maniero's speech was inspiring.
This statement was also immediately sent 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.
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 Maniero's speech repeatedly, so much so that she didn't even notice that there was a person behind her.
"Xiaoqin, are you so serious?" Tang Yuqin The white-haired old man behind him spoke.
"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 be listened to by some of the smug and complacent people here."
The old man Italy speaks pretty well.
"This is Maniero, Italy football hero, this time he..." Tang Yuqin knew that grandpa was also interested in football, so she told grandpa the whole story. This is also the copy of her next program.
After hearing this, the old man asked in surprise, "So, that Chinese player is now playing football at Italy and has done something good? This Maniero is so talented!"
Tang Yuqin said, "Maniero 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 China person. If I had known him in China, I would never have guessed that he is a Italy Chinese!"
"By the way, grandpa, do you think it's possible for us to naturalize him back to China National Football Team?"
Tang Yuqin knows his grandfather's energy very well. If the old man opens his mouth, nationality will definitely not be a problem.
Unexpectedly, the old man frowned. "Nonsense!"
Tang Yuqin stuck out his tongue, but he didn't know what he 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 now returned after learning? He has experienced Italy's youth training system, and also experienced Italy's national team culture? Has he experienced Top Five Leagues's top competitions?"
"Since there is no such thing, why would you want to take him back now in the name of the justice of your family and country? To destroy a seedling?"
"Can China National Football Team's problem be solved by one or two players? Don't you understand what Maniero said? Our football here lacks soil and career development, 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 should be put an end to it as soon as possible!"
Tang Yuqin nodded.
"I don't know about you, girl? I'm telling you, don't influence Xiao Lu's choice and force him into China National Football Team. In recent years, there have been a lot of turmoil in China National Football Team. This is not the time to pursue achievements." A cold light flashed in the old man's eyes.
Tang Yuqin's pupils shrank and he got some inside information.
She was quite excited, because this meant that in a few years, the internal atmosphere of China National Football Team might 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 football self-media commentator "Angry Paul" once said that football is all about organization. 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, I'm going to Italy Youth National Team to shoot with the team in a few days. You should take care of yourself. If Italy Youth National Team makes it to the group stage, I will arrange tickets for you and let you watch high-level games. Don't keep watching China National Football Team's annoying stuff, 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 Italy Youth National Team training base with Luo Cheng.
The last trip to San Remo was a bit hasty. After all, it was a new program with no influence and a small budget.
But this time it's different.
After the great success of <Super Football>, Tang Yuqin's identity was there, and no one dared to pick Taozi. This program became China Television Sports Channel's trump card program.
The budget is indispensable.
Moreover, it is much more convenient to cooperate with foreign countries. With the name on the list, any organization that has some ideas about the China market is unlikely to refuse the cooperation request of <Super Football>.
Luo Cheng also struck while the iron was hot. After Italy Youth National Team officially announced the roster, he decided to play a big game and hit Maniero.
At this point, the <Super Football> special program "Italy Youth National Team European Under-21 Championship Journey" has entered the preparatory stage.
This is the same as the domestic <World Football News>, but one concave is hardened to England Youth National Team, and the other concave is hardened to Italy Youth National Team.
It can be said that these two programs will be completely differentiated based on this European Under-21 Championship.
<Super Football>Of course it has become more prosperous in these two months.
But <World Football News>, after all, has been popular for so many years, and it is not something that a new show can completely collapse in a month or two.
This is just like Mango TV. As long as its foundation remains, although its market share has continued to decline since 2012 and was once surpassed by major TV stations, it recovered after three to five years and quickly returned to the ranks of giants and regained its dominance after 2018.
<Super Football> didn't want to give <World Football News> such a chance, he wanted 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.
Under the introduction of Soto and Lu Yang, Maniero has agreed to China Central Television's request for cooperation and is willing to give China Central Television the opportunity to record all this.
However, all the video content shot by China Central Television must be shared with Italian Football Federation. If this trip to the National Youth Team is not miserable, they will also play these documentaries on Italy National Television to honor Maniero and the players of the National Youth Team!
Doing practical things is important, but publicity is also important.
"Please wait here for a moment, we are waiting for another person." The assistant teacher was a little embarrassed.
Luo Cheng and Tang Yuqin were both very easy to talk to and agreed readily.
A few minutes later, a red Ferrari LaFerrari roared over.
The supercar stopped in front of everyone, the door opened, and Lu Yang got out of the car, the co-pilot.
On the other side, Sophia also walked out of the car.
She sent Lu Yang to the training base today.
Although the training camp has actually started for more than a week, Lu Yang only reported it at this time.
This is licensed by Maniero.
Lu Yang has further recovered from his injury during this period and is basically able to participate in training.
However, 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 China person that Sophia really knows.
Although you can learn a lot from books, it is a China woman who truly understands a China man.
Therefore, Sophia is very interested in Tang Yuqin. She plans 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 what hinders Sophia and Lu Yang from going further is Lu Yang's age, but 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's 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 people.
Now they know each other very well and live together very comfortably, but Sophia can still feel that he 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 mobilize Lu Yang's emotions, and make Lu Yang identify with her from the bottom of her heart, fall in love with her... fall in love with her!
"Sophia, nice to see you again." Tang Yuqin is a little uncomfortable with Sophia's enthusiasm, but after all, this is Sophia, and no one can refuse Kiss of Europa's embrace, not even a woman.
"Hello, I am Luo Cheng."
On the other side, Luo Cheng is 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 Maniero well, and we can talk easily." After entering the training base, Lu Yang was busy going to the stadium, so he didn't stay with everyone longer.
Luo Cheng and others went to the office together to solve some process problems.
Sophia accompanied Tang Yuqin all the way and said 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 has to do during this period is mainly to cooperate.
And because most of the players were re-selected by Maniero, this familiarization training was very difficult at the beginning.
The team made many mistakes in coordination.
But Maniero firmly believes that this is only temporary. Once everyone is completely adjusted, the combat effectiveness of this team will definitely be stronger than the previous Italy Youth National Team 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 Juventus Youth Team.
In terms of strength, Juventus Youth Team is much weaker.
But on the scene, Italy Youth National Team did not have a tactical advantage.
However, I have to admit that the individual abilities of these National Youth Team players are quite outstanding.
Bang!
The right winger of the National Youth Team, Andre Pompeti, cut inside and scored.
He is the starting right winger of the Serie A team Blue Eagle Lazio. He has the ability to compete for Serie A at a young age, with a rating of 78, which is even better than Canyes.
Soon, the left winger Ceballos passed Juventus Youth Team with a long overhead pass, and Soguer succeeded in scoring with a header.
After a year of absence, Ceballos's rating suddenly reached 81!
He has reached the level of a first-class player and is the strongest person in this Italy Youth National Team team.
Bang!
In the backcourt, a tall defensive 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 the midfielder Starting Player of Mauro Cortino, Serie A team Turin, with a rating of 77!
In the end, the training match ended with a score of 5 to 2, with Italy Youth National Team winning, but Maniero didn't look good.
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 Nicolussi, is the main left back of Bundesliga Hoffenheim, with a rating of 74.
I won't talk about the old acquaintance Lam, but he only has a rating of 74, which makes Lu Yang a little surprised. It seems that the limitations brought by his body have begun to hinder Lam's further growth in the central defender position.
Right center back Alessandro Pirola is the main center back of the La Liga lift team Espanyol, with a rating of 76 and outstanding strength.
Right backs Canyes, San Remo are their own.
The goalkeeper Areola is also from San Remo.
Roughly speaking, as many as five of Italy Youth National Team's starting eleven are players from San Remo.
But perhaps because of this, Moric consciously increased cooperation with other unfamiliar players when sorting out the team.
This is a very decent approach.
On the one hand, it will not make people feel that San Remo people are in a group.
On the other hand, it also shows the true face of the team, allowing Maniero 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, Maniero began to mutter, "The left wing is a strong path, but the left back Nicolussi is a little worse in offensive ability. The right wing is a feint attack path, but Canyes likes to go forward. The center back team has a good structure, but the coordination needs to be practiced."
"Cortino is indeed strong in defense and has a good sense of position, but his running awareness is not enough. If he and Moric serve as double midfielders, they will not be able to protect the team and will increase the possibility of Moric being surrounded."
"Versace 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. Soguer, 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 Versace seems to be stretched in the front midfielder."
"Treola's saving response is very good, but he likes to attack too much, which can easily cause unnecessary mistakes."
Maniero muttered all the way, and Lu Yang next to him said, "Since Cortino and Moric have interfered with each other, let's just move Moric forward."
Then, Lu Yang used his hand to push the position of Moric on the tablet from the right back waist to the right front waist.
Maniero looked at the tablet and was a little stunned for a moment. "Is this possible? 4123? Attacking with five people in the frontcourt, isn't this a bit too bold? The back line of defense can be easily penetrated in this way, and Moric won't have such a good scheduling environment when he goes to the frontcourt."
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 zone to organize attacks in advantageous situations, and can also cope with the opponent's pressing, then why don't we just default to that position where he should be?"
Maniero 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 respond!"
"But this way our midfielder will be under greater pressure when attacking the opponent's midfield." Maniero said.
"Canyes likes him. He is positioned in the front 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.
Maniero looked at the panel and realized that it was really possible to kick like this. A smile finally appeared on his face, he patted Lu Yang on the shoulder and said, "Thank you so much, Cowns, you are definitely an excellent assistant coach!"
"You're welcome." Lu Yang patted Maniero who was addicted to the tablet and said, "But I might still want to be an excellent player first."
"Cowns You have long passed the age of playing football. Are you, eh... Lu? Why are you here?" Maniero 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 capable of playing the position of the left midfielder who protects Moric." Lu Yang gave Maniero a wink.
Maniero was called immediately.
It's up to me to show off your slut!