After Neil arrived at the training ground, he saw the players talking and laughing. The players were still immersed in the joy of victory. Of course, there were also some who looked unhappy, such as forward Omang Dadum.
Omang's position has been completely taken by Gomez, and all his teammates agree with this, which makes Omang very worried.
After Neil arrived at the training ground, the first thing he did was of course physical training. The Evolution Cup requires a game to be played every two days, which is a problem for the physical fitness of young players.
Suddenly Neil received another message from his younger brother Harshad, who is usually an agent and goes to the club to ask for help in asking for a salary increase for the players.
But a strange thing happened today. Chennaiyin FC actually took the initiative to find Harshad and asked for a salary increase for Anirudh Thapa. The negotiation process went unusually smoothly. Harshad easily helped Thapa get a pretty good contract at the moment.
Although the agency did not make much money from them, they are still young after all, and they all have potential, so the money will come later.
The opponent in tomorrow's match is the Croatian National Youth Team. The Croatian National Youth Team is not a weak team like the New Zealand National Youth Team. Although the players participating this time are not Croatia's main players, their strength is still above that of the Indian National Youth Team.
In the next game, Neil still used a 4-2-3-1 formation, and the lineup was very similar to the previous game.
Goalkeeper: 1 Rohit Ramesh;
Defense: 22 Mohammed Kaif, 3 Sumit Adhikari, 4 Bungson Singh, 15 Thokchom Singh;
Midfield: 12 Danny Meitei, 8 Anirudh Thapa, 20 Yohaan Benjamin, 11 MD Arbash, 16 Rohan Singh;
Forward: 9 Kevin Gomez.
Time passed very quickly, and it was June 6th before we knew it. It is not long before the game officially starts. This game will be broadcast live on Stark Sports Channel.
"Hello, audience friends, welcome to today's live broadcast. The Indian National Youth Team will face the Croatian National Youth Team. I am today's commentator Sanjay Banerjee." Commentator Sanjay said at the opening.
Because of the victory in the previous game, coupled with the recent rise to fame of several young players, the attention to this game has skyrocketed, not only with fans at the scene, but also with many more fans watching on TV and the live broadcast online.
There are three reasons for this. The first is because the sports news reported a lot of news about several young players. The second is because this game was broadcast live on TV. The last is because the Indian National Youth Team won the first game.
"The Indian Youth Team performed very well in the first match, and we can see that they are still in the starting lineup."
"The person in front of the camera is Anirudh Thapa, the MVP of the previous game." After the camera was turned to Thapa, Sanjay began to introduce Thapa to the audience.
In the past two days, news about Thapa has been everywhere. He can be seen on all major sports websites. The media have praised Thapa to the sky and said that he is the hope of Indian football.
Such reports made many Indian fans curious. Originally, they did not watch competitions like the Evolution Cup, but they could not resist their curiosity and came to watch the live broadcast of this game.
"Okay! The referee blew the whistle, the game officially begins, the Indian National Youth Team kicks off first."
As Neil expected, the Croatian team was indeed stronger than the New Zealand team. After the game started, the Croatian team launched several attacks.
Thapa maintained the same fighting spirit as in the previous game, especially on the defensive end, where he made several close defenses and Croatia returned empty-handed.
In the 7th minute, Falleta dribbled the ball facing Thapa. Falleta made a series of bicycle moves, trying to get past Thapa, but how could Thapa be passed so easily?
Falleta thought he could easily pass the Indian player, but Thapa stretched out his leg in time and kicked the ball out.
But the ball did not go far, and Falleta quickly got the ball back. Falleta felt a little embarrassed, so he had no intention of passing the ball, and just wanted to get past Thapa by himself.
When Thapa saw Falleta catch the ball again, he immediately stuck to him. Falleta subconsciously turned around and used his back to resist Thapa's defense.
While Thapa was defending closely, he kept stretching his legs to interfere with Falta. Facing Thapa's interference, Falta became flustered.
After stretching his legs several times, Falleta fell down. The referee blew the whistle and penalized Thapa for a defensive foul. Thapa was very dissatisfied with the referee's decision and protested to him, but the referee maintained his original decision.
"Thapa was still brave today. Facing the opponent's core player, Thapa did not back down. Although he committed a foul this time, he prevented Croatia's attack."
When Falleta stood up, his face turned pale. He didn't expect Thapa's defense to be so good. Falleta unconsciously developed a fear of Thapa.
However, Thapa's defensive show was not over yet. In the 11th minute, the Indian team launched an attack, but was blocked by Croatia. Chiletta tried to counterattack with a long-distance through ball.
There was no way the Croatian team was doing this today. I don't know what they were thinking. Facing the Indian National Youth Team, they actually used a 5-4-1 formation. The defense was very solid, and it was difficult for the Indian team to break through Croatia's defense.
The football rolled towards Karapan, who was running at high speed. At this time, Thapa accelerated to assist in defense. It seemed that both of them were about to catch up with the football, but it was obvious that Karapan was a little faster.
Thapa was very decisive. He fell to the ground and made a tackle. His right foot touched the ball first, and Karapan fell down. However, the referee saw clearly that Thapa did not commit a foul and signaled that the game should continue.
And the best part is that Thapa slid to control the football under his feet instead of kicking it away.
Thapa's defense not only prevented Croatia's counterattack, but also took the ball back so that they could continue the attack.
"Beautiful! Thapa's wonderful defense prevented Croatia's counterattack."
Because the first game was not broadcast live on TV, Sanjay was not familiar with Thapa. After seeing so much news about Thapa, Sanjay became curious about Thapa.
When commentating on this game today, Sanjay looked at Thapa's performance and couldn't help but praise Thapa, lamenting that Thapa was indeed a good player.
"So far, Thapa has indeed performed very well, although his offensive performance is mediocre up until now." Sanjay continued.
"But on the defensive end, Thapa plays a very important role. Thapa's range of activities is very wide. With Thapa in the midfield of the India National Youth Team, the defensive pressure is much less." Sanjay praised Thapa.
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