Reporter Lu Mi reports On the 15th, China's U20 national youth ushered in the second round of the U20 Asian Cup group stage and the Kyrgyzstan national youth team. With Wang Yudong's passing, Zhu Pengyu's substitute double ring, Liu Chengyu's consecutive goals, and Mao Weijie's multi-point flowering, the national youth finally defeated the opponent 5-2. After two consecutive wins, the national youth locked in the group qualification place one round in advance, and will compete with the Australian national youth for the first place in the group in the final round.

In this game, in the face of the Kyrgyzstan national youth who had played against the "Panda Cup", Djurdjevic followed the lineup of the previous round, and Kuai Jiwen was not seriously injured in the last round, so he continued to start. In the last round of the game with Qatar, the national youth showed the characteristics of technical flow offensive football, but in the second half, the defense line was unstable due to the decline in physical fitness, and it was almost tied, which also reminded Djurdjevic that this game needs to maintain the intensity of high pressing through reasonable substitutions. The 4231 formation was continued in this game, with Djurdjevic emphasizing controlling the tempo, reducing mistakes, and limiting opponents' counter-attacks through midfield interceptions.

Kyrgyzstan's national youth lost 1-5 to Australia in the first round, and after the change of coach, they changed from five defenders to four defenders, resulting in more defensive vacuums, which also allowed Djurdjevic to find a targeted solution. At the same time, the Kyrgyzstan national youth are good at playing conversion speed, creating threats with counterattacks, especially after the failure of the front court to force the defense, but in this game, the national youth used the tactics that the opponent is good at, and returned the favor with the other way.

The national youth adopts high pressure, and after the midfielder is forced to get the ball, it quickly hits behind the opponent, so that the timing of the quick transition to take advantage of the opponent's defensive line pressure is very efficient. The national youth tried to counter offside many times and got a lot of good opportunities, and the follow-up and running tacit understanding between teammates was in place, and this resolute implementation and targeted arrangement allowed the Chinese U20 national youth to quickly grasp the initiative.

In the last round of the game, Mao Weijie's right side was mainly played against the Kyrgyzstan National Youth, and Wang Yudong's left side was used many times to form a surprise attack, because the opponent lost to the Australian team before, that is, there was a serious problem with the defense on the right side. It was this that took advantage of this, in the 12th minute of the game, Wang Yudong assisted Liu Chengyu to open the goal account for the Chinese U20 national youth, and this time the national youth only used three passes and only took 8 seconds.

For most of the first half, the Chinese U20 national youth team had a very good grasp of the timing of possession and catching the opponent's loopholes. The opponent also began to counterattack at this time, in the 25th minute, after the free kick in front of the national youth was cleared, the opponent immediately launched a counterattack, Madaminov shook Yang Xi after winning the ball at the front of the penalty area, and scored with a long-range shot from the world wave to equalize the score, which actually reminded the national youth defense line.

Learning the lesson of premature physical consumption in the last round, Yi Mulan took the initiative to pull to the right and sent wonderful passes many times, Mao Weijie followed up and launched a continuous attack, reasonably dispatched the physical energy of the two wings, and quickly found his rhythm. Towards the end of the first half, Liu Chengyu received a pass from Yi Mulan and hit the opponent behind him again, resisted the opponent's defender in the penalty area, and created a penalty for the national youth.

Just when people were speculating about what rhythm Djurdjevic would use to continue to strengthen the attack in the second half, at the beginning of the second half, Wang Yudong once again attacked the opponent from the left side, directly creating a foul on the opponent's defender, and was sent off by the referee showing the second yellow card. Then one less person collapsed the Kyrgyzstan national youth defense, Kuai Jiwen sent a cross after getting rid of two defenders on the baseline, and Mao Weijie, who had been outflanked to the middle, easily scored with a header, pulling the score advantage to 3-1.

After opening up the goal advantage, the defense of the national youth made mistakes again, giving the opponent a counterattack score, and the mentality was also affected, and the Kyrgyzstan national youth who played one less still had a chance to score. At this moment, Djurdjevic immediately made personnel changes, hoping to maintain the continuous pressure on the opponent on the offensive end. He was successively replaced by Zhu Pengyu, Wang Yifan, Xiong Jizheng, Zhang Zhixiong, and Chen Shihan. The substitution stabilized the position, Zhu Pengyu, who was substituted, scored a brace, Wang Yifan and Xiong Jizheng also sent assists, helping the Chinese U20 national youth 5-2 to completely lock in the victory.

As a key battle for the group qualification, the national youth team has formulated the tactic of "playing behind" through full study of the opponent, and has torn through the opponent's defense line many times, showing the pertinence of the coaching staff's tactical design and the efficient execution ability of the players.

After the game, Djurdjevic said that "I don't remember if there was a Chinese national team that scored five goals in the game in the past period", and affirmed the team's performance, stressing that the opponent in this game was not bad, so he was very satisfied with scoring five goals. In fact, this is also the first time since the 2008 Asian Youth Championship (6-0 victory over Tajikistan) that the Chinese national youth team has scored five goals and won three goals in a single game.

After the game, Djurdjevic's substitution was also widely praised, after his opponent scored the second goal, he first replaced Liu Chengyu and Kui Jiwen with Zhu Pengyu and Wang Yifan in the 67th minute, and replaced Yi Mulan and Mao Weijie with Xiong Jizheng and Zhang Zhixiong in the 78th minute, so that the national youth always maintained the suppression of the opponent. In the 80th minute, after Zhu Pengyu rewrote the score to 4-2, in the 83rd minute, Jiu Shuai replaced Wang Yudong, who had a particularly bright performance in the game, with Chen Shihan, which not only allowed several offensive players to get different degrees of rest, but also allowed more players to find their form and adapt to the rhythm of the game.

Since this game followed the starting lineup in the first game against Qatar, Djurdjevic also said after the game that he would consider giving some players who did not play a chance to perform, considering the physical problems faced by the players, as well as Liu Chengyu's cumulative yellow card suspension, and may make certain rotation adjustments against the Australian national youth.

Looking back at the first two games of the group stage, the national youth team brought enough surprises to people on the offensive end, but the defense conceded the ball due to mistakes, which also exposed the problem of lack of concentration and confrontation ability at the back. The rhythm after taking the lead in the first half was not well controlled, and in the second half, due to the decline in physical fitness, one more player was also used by the opponent to counterattack the goal, continuing the physical hidden danger against Qatar in the first round. Defensive loopholes and physical problems still need to be vigilant against the national youth team, and the follow-up battle with Australia for the top spot and the life-and-death battle for the post-promotion knockout round will truly test the success of this national youth team.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Song Kai, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and Xu Jiren, vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, the national football coach Ivankovic also witnessed the promotion of the Chinese U20 national youth in the stands. The Croatians, who have been recognized by the outside world for their reuse of young players since taking office, may also be thinking that Djurdjevic's young players will not be able to use them for themselves in the future.