2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands

Goalkeeper position

Birthday 1985 65438+ 10/01.

Born in Tianjin

Height1.88m.

Weighing 75 kg

Playing for Shandong Luneng

A goalkeeper who likes to attack will always wander between heaven and hell. Yang Cheng, a young man from Tianjin Wei, went to heaven and went to hell during the World Youth Championship. Every game can save a single-edged ball, which is his proud capital. However, Yang Cheng suffered the first goal of the German youth team and the China youth team in the knockout stage, and he also had an unshirkable responsibility. He is not alone at the age of 20, but Yang Cheng's innate heroism often makes people forget his age. He has never fallen behind in his World Youth Championship.

Confession, "I have made progress after experiencing it."

I have been depressed and desperate.

He has been in contact with football since he was seven years old. Yang Cheng had a smooth sailing in his early years. After several years in a sports school in Tianjin, Yang Cheng became the first player in the first team. In 2000, Yang Cheng, who was only 15 years old, registered in the League A that year and obtained the qualification. The road ahead was suddenly bumpy in 2003. Yang Cheng, who played in the first team for several years at that time, was sent to the reserve team because of "some improper handling". After two years, Yang Cheng still has no regrets: "Although I was desperate to leave football at that time, in retrospect, this is the price of youth. This taught me what to say and what to do. Therefore, every experience is a valuable asset to me today. "

In 2004, Yang Cheng ushered in a "legendary" year for his career development. At the beginning of the season, he was the No.5 goalkeeper of Luneng team. But after the middle of the season, Tuba began to use Yang. Unexpectedly, Yang Cheng seized the opportunity and suddenly became the main goalkeeper of the team. Yang Cheng doesn't think he was touched by the light of "luck". "I can be lucky twice at a time, but can I be lucky forever? As the old saying goes, opportunities only favor those who are prepared. " Yang Cheng, who came prepared, met the best opportunity of his career at the World Youth Championship. He beat Guan Zhen to become the main goalkeeper of China youth team. Yang Cheng feels that there are many people to thank, except his parents, that is, Chuliang Ou: "Although I am from Tianjin and the district director is from Guangdong, our attitudes towards life and work are very similar. He is a person who loves life very much and pays attention to every detail of life. "

Controversial gains outweigh regrets.

Young Yang Cheng is controversial in both Taishan Team and Zhongqing Team. Some players even attributed the reason why the China Youth Team stopped in the quarter-finals to two points: First, Crouchen's substitution was not timely; Second, Yang Cheng made a low-level mistake. Yang Cheng admitted that he had made a low-level mistake, but he didn't want to bear the evaluation that he was "a locomotive player with poor basic skills". "My characteristic is the feeling when receiving the opponent's shot, but this does not mean that my basic skills are not solid. After all, I also spent some time in Luneng. Others should not denigrate my coach and my efforts. "

Because of his smiling face, Yang Cheng's independent personality doesn't make people think he is an arrogant guy. Yang Cheng only magnified his personality on the court, and his humor won the trust of his teammates off the court. So Yang Cheng has many friends in China Youth Team. Even the teammates who questioned him admitted frankly afterwards that if Yang Cheng was not an offensive goalkeeper, those goals might just be in a different style and the number of goals conceded might be more. Yang Cheng also thinks he is a man of backbone, but he is warm and friendly to everyone.

Yang Cheng was deeply impressed by this World Youth Championship. He wrote in his diary: "The situation of the team is really not very good now. The head coach lacks prestige in the team, and for other reasons, the team is obviously divided. The conflict between the China coaching staff and the German coaching staff is very obvious, so this team may not have enough cohesion and fighting spirit if it wants to achieve good results in the World Youth Championship. As a goalkeeper, you are likely to face more difficulties in the game. Therefore, the mentality and mood, as well as the spirit, determine my play in this game. "

Yang Cheng thinks he has seized this opportunity. "Although there are regrets, overall, the gains outweigh the regrets. I gained experience in the competition, but I certainly regret not going further in the World Youth Championship. You know, we can play better. This World Youth Championship, failure and success are enough for me. This is the only way to grow up. Thank God for letting me go through this road so early. I really don't care what the outside world thinks of me, because I know I have been doing well, I am serious about my work, and I am making progress silently. I want to correct my mentality and let myself get more things from my work that others can't see at all. "

The seeds of love don't let your girlfriend be invisible.

Being away from home all the year round, 20-year-old Yang Cheng learned to use a diary to decompress and record his growth experience. Before attending the World Youth Championship, Yang Cheng was invited by a media in Shandong to publish his diary during the World Youth Championship. Yang Cheng told reporters that this is also a favor for friends, and there are many childish words in it. I hope readers don't laugh at him.

In this series of diaries, there is a paragraph that caught the attention of reporters. Yang Cheng wrote: "On Wednesday, June 15, 2005, the Netherlands turned sunny to light rain. Although today is a relaxed rest day, my mood is not very high and I don't know why. Maybe I really have a crush on a girl. Maybe this is part of life. " Young Yang Cheng was embarrassed to write the girl's name and naively used a "girl" instead.

On the phone, Yang Cheng generously admitted the existence of this "girl". "At my age, when I was in Seeds of Love, I liked her, so I won't hide. We are all people who love life, sunshine, air and love. This kind of life is wonderful. " At the beginning of the conversation, Yang Cheng accidentally let slip: "This girl is not from China." The reporter was surprised and said, "You are quite avant-garde." Yang Cheng, who has always been generous, giggled shyly this time.

Many China youth team members buy their parents a house and a car after playing the first-team main force, and take their parents to live together. Yang Cheng also bought a three-bedroom apartment for his parents in Tianjin, but he didn't mean to interfere in their lives. "Professional players run around all day. If they are willing to come and live with me, I welcome them, but I will not interfere in their lives, nor will I force them to follow me all the time. After all, I am an adult! "

Character file

Yang Cheng was one of the eight young locomotive players who joined Shandong Luneng team that year. In 2004, at the beginning of the season, he was the No.5 goalkeeper of Luneng team. But after the middle of the season, Tuba began to use Yang. Unexpectedly, Yang Cheng seized the opportunity and suddenly became the main goalkeeper of the team. Yang Cheng is tall, he controls the high-altitude ball well and has a wide range of attack, but the disadvantage is that sometimes he is impetuous in handling the ball. Because he joined the China Youth Team late, Yang Cheng only represented the China Youth Team in the Qatar Four-nation Tournament at the beginning of the year. Before the World Youth Championship, Yang Cheng and Guan Zhen will compete for the position of the main goalkeeper.

Public evaluation

◆ Crawford:

"His performance surprised me very much. Our main goalkeeper was injured before coming to Holland, and Yang (Cheng) can be said to have surfaced on the last day. His arrival made me no longer feel headache for the position of goalkeeper. Throughout the World Youth Championship, he saved several dangerous balls, but the mistakes were also obvious. "

◆ Chuliang Ou:

"Do you think about it, if the tall goalkeeper can effectively attack and defend again, is it worse? Yang Cheng has this development potential, so I don't blame him for attacking. China is short of distinctive young players. Yang Cheng has this characteristic, and the coach should protect his characteristics for sustainable development. "

Classic lens of world youth championship

The war between China and Ukraine:

In the second half 18 minutes, Milevschi threw his leg and shot angrily after receiving a cross from his teammate in the penalty area, but at this time Yang Cheng successfully blocked the opponent's shooting angle and subconsciously blocked the opponent from shooting hard from the front door.

Sino-German War:

In the 5th minute, Druras didn't pass the ball well, but Yang Chengzhong actually missed the ball, allowing the German team members who followed him to easily push the empty net in the small restricted area to equalize the score.