The National Games U18 men’s football team decides the champion Haigang Youth Training to help the host win goldFly into the homes of ordinary people
The Shaanxi National Games U18 men’s football final ended on the evening of the 7th in Weinan. After 120 minutes of fierce battle between the host Shaanxi team and the Chongqing team, they drew a goalless draw 0-0. In a brutal penalty shoot-out, the Shaanxi team succeeded in winning the championship by 8-7. . It is worth mentioning that this Shaanxi team has a strong “Shanghai color”. It is composed of players from the 03 echelon of Shanghai Harbour Club as the main team. They were exchanged to represent the host in Shaanxi to participate in this competition. The result of the team winning the championship, to a certain extent, also reflects that the Harbour Club has a considerable thickness in the personnel reserve of this age group.
Caption: Shaanxi team won the U18 men’s football championship in the National Games
Perhaps the pressure in the final was too great, and the players on both sides seemed a little nervous. In 90 minutes of regular time, the two sides ran a 0-0 goalless draw, and there were still no goals after overtime. In the penalty shootout, both sides hit all the first 7 rounds. In the 8th round, Chongqing kicked and the Shaanxi team made a steady penalty. In the end, the host struggled to beat the Chongqing team to win the championship.
In the previous National Games group stage, the Chongqing team defeated the Shaanxi team 3-2. After a brief adjustment, the Shaanxi team regained confidence and withstood the pressure, defeating a number of strong opponents all the way to the finals. In the end, the Shaanxi team played perfectly in the final, succeeded in revenge, and won the gold medal in one fell swoop.
In the 2003/04 age group, the Haigang Club has a sufficient talent pool. In addition to taking on the important task of the Shanghai U18 men’s football team at this year’s National Games, another group of players of this age group was exchanged to Shaanxi to participate on behalf of the host. The U18 men’s football game at the National Games.
The youth team’s competition is inherently full of chance. Although the Shanghai U18 men’s football team, which is based on the Shanghai Harbour Club’s age-appropriate players, regretted losing to the Zhejiang team in the qualifiers and failed to qualify for the main match of the current National Games, it eventually won the championship. In fact, the Shaanxi U18 men’s football team is also mainly formed by the youth echelon players of the Haigang Club.
Coach Chen Xufeng is an echelon coach from the youth training of the Harbour Club. He once led his team to win the U19A Championship in the Youth League in 2018. During the AFC Champions League expedition to the first team of the Harbour Club last year, Chen Xufeng also led the reserve team to participate in the FA Cup as the head coach. competition. In addition, Cheng Yaodong, Director of Youth Training of Haigang, also watched the finals on the spot.
Of course, in addition to the members of the Seaport Club, the two core players of the Shaanxi U18, Abrahan and Efeierding, all come from the youth training of the Shaanxi Laochenggen Club. They also rewarded the Shaanxi Men’s Football with a gold medal. As an over-age player, Abra Khan joined the port at the beginning of this year and has represented the port team in 12 appearances in the Chinese Super League and has also made multiple starts. In a semi-final with heavy rain and severe water accumulation, the Shaanxi men’s football team made it to the final with Abrahan’s penalty kick in the final moments, 1-0.
As the Shaanxi U18 men’s football team won the championship in the current National Games, the Harbour Club (including the predecessor Shanghai East Asia) also continued the tradition of having football gold medals in every National Games-previously in 2009, 2013 and 2017 He represented the Shanghai team for three consecutive years and won the U20 Men’s Football Gold Medal in the National Games. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Guan Yin)
Editor: Jiang Yan
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