Chapter 184 Global Focus, Li Qing Vs. Mbappe

The result of the match between England U20 and Mexico U20 was 5:1. The last goal was not scored by Li Qing, but it was directly related to him. It was his breakthrough that attracted most of the defensive attention and then passed the ball to Solanke. The latter did not take the credit and passed the ball to Ojo who came on as a substitute.

The end of this game means that the last semi-final spot has been decided. England U20 will compete with France U20 for a final spot.

Uruguay U20 will face the South American qualifiers opponent, the super dark horse Venezuela U20, at the Daejeon World Cup Arena. The two teams had two encounters at the South American Youth Football Championship at the beginning of the year. Venezuela U20 had a slight advantage, winning one and drawing one.

However, in terms of overall strength, Uruguay U20 is obviously stronger, so the key to winning or losing lies in the on-the-spot performance of both sides.

England U20 and France U20 led by Mbappe are considered by the world media to be the finals of the World Youth Championship in advance.

Whether it is the Uruguay U20 Youth Team or the Venezuelan U20 Youth Team, their strength is obviously inferior to that of the England U20 Youth Team and the France U20 Youth Team, and they are not enough to win the World Youth Championship.

I don’t know if it was intentional, but the semi-final between the England U20 Youth Team and the France U20 Youth Team was arranged in the second game, that is, after the semi-final between the Uruguay U20 Youth Team and the Venezuelan U20 Youth Team.

At the routine press conference after the game, the England U20 Youth Team coach Simpson showed his edge for the first time in an interview with the media. He said confidently: "Goal? Of course it is the championship! Don't ask where my confidence comes from, everyone who watched the game knows it."

Obviously, Li Qing, who contributed nine goals in three games, is Simpson's confidence.

The next day, the media reported the same headlines. They used the title [Finally stopped pretending] to imply Simpson's low profile.

After watching the media reports, Mbappe, the top star of the French U20 youth team, naturally clenched his fists. Originally, he was going to accept the invitation of the adult national team coach Deschamps to participate in the World Cup qualifiers this year, but he was a little moved when he saw Li Qing participating in the World Youth Championship, and wanted to prove that he was better than Li Qing!

Therefore, he had the idea of ​​participating in the World Youth Championship.

For this reason, the head coach of the national youth team, Ferreira, had a quarrel with Deschamps.

In the semi-finals of this World Youth Championship, Mbappe contributed five goals and three assists. His performance was already quite amazing, but compared with Li Qing, it was still a lot worse.

Mbappe's five goals and three assists were completed in five games, and Li Qing?

Three games!

In addition to nine goals, there were four assists.

From the perspective of personal performance, Mbappe is indeed not as good as Li Qing. Mbappe also admits this in his heart, but he hopes to help the French U20 youth team defeat the England U20 youth team led by Li Qing in the semi-finals through his personal ability and advance to the finals!

Before the World Cup qualifiers started, the 2017 FIFA U20 World Cup attracted the attention of fans all over the world, especially the match between England U20 Youth Team and France U20 Youth Team, which was considered to be an early encounter in the final.

In addition, the first confrontation between Li Qing and Mbappe also brought extra highlights to this semi-final.

Li Qing and Mbappe are both considered to be the hottest superstars in the world football today. Li Qing proved himself in the Premier League and surpassed Harry Kane to win the 2016-2017 Premier League top scorer with 31 goals in 15 league rounds.

Mbappe did not have the title of top scorer, but his performance in the Champions League was recognized by fans all over the world. In addition, both of them are very young. Fans with a little thinking ability know that the players who decide the outcome of this semi-final are likely to be Li Qing and Mbappe!

The atmosphere in the England U20 youth team is very good. Solanke and Tomori, who were originally dissatisfied with Li Qing, no longer need coach Simpson to enlighten them as time goes by. Li Qing conquers Solanke and Tomori with his performance.

After all, the strength is not at the same level, so there is no point in comparing.

England has the most developed media in the world. When Li Qing performed well, they reported that the England U20 youth team would win the World Youth Championship for the first time!

Although the French media also believe that Li Qing is more capable than Mbappe, football is a team sport. No matter how good Li Qing is, he can't be better than a team. Therefore, the French media believes that the team that will advance to the final will be the French U20 youth team.

Because of Li Qing, the Chinese media is quite optimistic about the England U20 youth team. Although Mbappe is also excellent, they think it is still far behind Li Qing.

Mbappe wants to lead the French U20 youth team to defeat the England U20 youth team led by Li Qing?

Are you kidding?

Time passed slowly, and the English media and fans as well as the French media and fans were fighting fiercely on the Internet. However, the players on both sides were very restrained and were not affected by the fishing reels. All their attention was focused on the upcoming FIFA U20 World Cup semi-final.

Because Li Qing and Mbappe were so aggressive, the semi-final between Uruguay U20 Youth Team and Venezuela U20 Youth Team attracted almost no foreign attention except for the domestic media and fans.

Two days passed in a flash, and the semi-final of the World Youth Championship between Uruguay U20 Youth Team and Venezuela U20 Youth Team kicked off first. Because the game came to the semi-finals, no one could afford to lose, so they were very restrained at the beginning, focusing more on defense and waiting for the opponent to make the first mistake.

The first half ended with 0:0. At the beginning of the second half, the Uruguay U20 Youth Team, which had a slight advantage in overall strength, suddenly accelerated the offensive rhythm, and the Venezuelan U20 Youth Team did not react for a while.

The three-pronged attack of the Uruguay U20 Youth Team was effective in the fourth minute of the second half. Forward Schiapacas broke through and caused the Venezuelan U20 Youth Team's defensive player to foul. The referee on duty, Maziniak, decisively blew a penalty kick.

De La Cruz, who took the penalty kick, scored, helping Uruguay U20 break the deadlock.

The Uruguayan U20 youth team, which was leading in the score, did not seize the opportunity to lock in the victory, but strengthened its defense. The problem it caused was that the Venezuelan U20 youth team equalized the score in the injury time.

Neither side made any progress in the extra time. The Venezuelan U20 youth team, which had a psychological advantage, finally eliminated the Uruguayan U20 youth team 4:3 and made it to the World Youth Championship finals for the first time in history.

An hour later, at the Jeonju World Cup Arena, the World Youth Championship semi-final between the England U20 youth team and the France U20 youth team, which was watched by football fans all over the world, kicked off.