"Football News" published an article on social media today, commenting on Shenhua player Jiang Shenglong. Football News believes that Jiang Shenglong's rich experience has allowed him to evolve into a big-hearted man who has no fear when facing big scenes. The following is the original article from Football Newspaper.
In the top 36 of the Asian preliminaries, Jiang Shenglong, who played in the front, middle and back lines, is undoubtedly the player who has played the most positions in the national football team, and his performance has been recognized by the vast majority of fans.
In 2013, Jiang Shenglong, who was only 13 years old, was selected into the national junior team and participated in the U14 Asian Junior Championship preliminaries with the team. This was his first time being selected into a national team. Later, he became a frequent customer of Guozihao.
In October 2023, the Chinese Football Association announced the latest national football training roster. Jiang Shenglong was selected. Born in December 2000, he became the youngest player on the current national football roster. In the first round of the round of 36, the national football team challenged Thailand away from home. Jiang Shenglong represented the adult national team for the first time in the World Cup preliminaries, and he was the starter. He played the central defender position that he is familiar with. In that game, the national football team finally won 2-1. "For me, defense is the first priority. For personal performance, I will give myself a passing grade." After the game, he said. At that time, what Jiang Shenglong was thinking about was "working hard to improve myself as soon as possible, hoping to gain a foothold in the national team as soon as possible."
After that, the national football team lost 0 to 3 at home to South Korea in the World Preliminaries. After the Asian Cup, Jankovic was dismissed from get out of class and Ivankovic took over. Since Ivankovic led the team in March, some of his ideas have not yet been fully recognized. With an away draw with Singapore and a home draw with Thailand, the national football team's qualifying situation once became dangerous. In the last round of the top 36, they faced South Korea away from home. , the national football team needs at least one point to securely qualify.
Everyone is paying attention to what kind of lineup Ivan will form to resist South Korea. When the first lineup was released, many people were indeed surprised. First of all, there are quite a few young players. Xie Wenneng, Zhu Chenjie, Baihe Lamu, and Jiang Shenglong are all born after 2000. Xu Haoyang was born in 1999. Secondly, some positions have been adjusted. Jiang Shenglong started. In the first round of the top 36, he was the starter. Central defender, in the last round of the round of 36, he played as a defensive midfielder. In the last home game against Thailand, Jiang Shenglong was substituted in the second half and also played the center position.
The strategy that Ivan formulated for the team in this game was first to defend well, and secondly to counterattack after successful defense. The task Ivan gave to Jiang Shenglong was to compete for the high-altitude ball and complete the midfield interception. Do a good job of barrier work ahead. Jiang Shenglong is no stranger to the defensive midfielder position. He played one game in 2018. In 2019, he played as a defensive midfielder for half a season, and has been playing in the central defender position since then. For professional players, they will inevitably feel unfamiliar after not playing one position for a long time. Facing the Korean team's high-pressure offensive, Jiang Shenglong remained focused and did not dare to relax. The national football team wanted to score points from the Korean team, but everyone did not give up. In the end, the game ended with a score of 0 to 1. No one was satisfied. They did not score a point and had to wait for the results of the match between Thailand and Singapore. The whole situation was very passive, so after the game, many international players, including Jiang Shenglong, They all find it difficult to accept.
After that, it was an unbearable waiting process. The match between Thailand and Singapore that started later was still in progress. This match was related to the fate of the national football team, and the national football players were also watching. Jiang Shenglong was staring at the game on his mobile phone in his room. When Thailand rewritten the score to 3-1, his whole heart was hanging. If the Thai team scores another goal, it will be very detrimental to the national football team.
finally waited until the final whistle blew. In the end, Thailand defeated Singapore 3-1. Since the points, goal difference and other data were the same, when comparing the results of each other's games, the national football team had the upper hand and beat Thailand to advance to the top 18. . This is the result that the national football team wants. After completing the promotion, Jiang Shenglong feels more "fortunate" in his heart. This promotion is a bit passive. Some games that should be won were not won. After all, there are some regrets.
Looking back on this journey to the top 36, what Jiang Shenglong will never forget is that the game in which he represented the national football team in the World Qualifiers for the first time (defeating Thailand) became an important weight in determining the fate of the team. Jiang Shenglong summarized his debut in the World Cup preliminaries. He knew that as a national football player, he always has to face some pressure. The source of pressure is ultimately due to performance. As the backbone of the team's defense, he should take the initiative to shoulder this responsibility.
Ivankovic boldly used young players in the match against South Korea, which achieved results and won him the recognition of many fans. However, 16-year-old players have already appeared in the European Cup, and Jiang Shenglong will no longer regard himself as a young player. After all, he will be 24 years old at the end of this year. Players of this age are in their prime in many teams. And became an indispensable key figure in the team.
html More than 0 years of experience in national brands at all levels has helped Jiang Shenglong mature faster. Before becoming the main central defender of Shanghai Shenhua, he was loaned to a relegation team twice and experienced a very brutal relegation battle, which gave him a "powerful" "Heart", I have experience in dealing with "big scenes", and I don't feel any panic. When the Chinese national anthem was played before the match betweenand the South Korean team, tears welled up in Jiang Shenglong’s eyes. He was a little excited knowing the importance of the game. He never thought that this was the last game for the national football team in this World Cup preliminaries. In fact Prove that he is right. Now, what the national football team has to do is to improve itself and better prepare for the top 18. Jiang Shenglong hopes to work hard with his teammates to let fans see the team's improvement.
