Jiang Shenglong: I have experienced a lot, and I don't panic about the "big scene".

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2024-06-19 13:56Posted on the official account of Guangdong Football News

Reporter Lu Mi reported that in the round of 36 in the Asian region of the World Preliminaries, Jiang Shenglong, who played all the front, middle and back three lines, is undoubtedly the player with the most positions in the national football team, and his performance has also 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 preliminary round of the U14 Asian Junior Championship with the team, which was the first time he was selected for the national team. Subsequently, he became a frequent visitor to the national brand.

In October 2023, the Chinese Football Association announced the latest national football training list, Jiang Shenglong was selected, and he was born in December 2000 and became the youngest player in the current national football list. In the first round of the round of 36, the national football team challenged Thailand away, Jiang Shenglong represented the senior national team for the first time in the World Preliminaries, and he was the starter, he played the familiar central defender position. In that game, the national football team finally won 2-1. 'For me, defending well comes first. For personal performance, I'll give myself a passing grade. After the game, he said. At that time, what Jiang Shenglong was thinking about was "working hard to improve himself as soon as possible, hoping to gain a foothold in the national team as soon as possible".

After that, the national football team lost 0-3 at home to South Korea in the World Preliminaries, and after the Asian Cup, Jankovic was out of class and Ivankovic took office. Ivankovic led the team in March, some of his ideas have not been fully recognized, away draw with Singapore and home draw with Thailand, the national football team's qualifying situation has become dangerous, the final round of the round of 36, away against South Korea, the national football team needs at least one point to qualify.

Everyone is paying attention to what kind of lineup Ivan will put out to resist South Korea, and when the starters came out, it did surprise many people. First of all, there are quite a lot of young players, Xie Wenneng, Zhu Chenjie, Bai Helamu, Jiang Shenglong are all post-00s, Xu Haoyang was born in 1999; Secondly, some positions have been adjusted, Jiang Shenglong started, in the first round of the round of 36, he was the starting central defender, and in the last round of the round of 36, he played in the back. In the last home game against Thailand, Jiang Shenglong was substituted in the second half and also played as a center forward.

The strategy formulated by Ivan for the team in this game is to do a good job of defense, and secondly, to do a good job of counterattacking after successful defense, and the task given to Jiang Shenglong by Ivan is to compete for high-altitude balls and complete midfield interceptions, and do a good job of barrier work in front of the central defenders. Jiang Shenglong is no stranger to the position of midfielder, he played one game in 2018, and in 2019, he played as a midfielder for half a season, and has been appearing in the central defender position since then. For professional players, if they don't play a position for a long time, they will inevitably feel unfamiliar, and in the face of the high-pressure offensive of the South Korean team, Jiang Shenglong has always remained focused and did not dare to relax a little. The national football team wanted to take points from the South Korean team, and everyone did not give up. In the end, the game ended with a score of 0-1, no one was satisfied, did not fight for 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, including Jiang Shenglong, many international players found it difficult to accept.

After that, it was an unbearable waiting process, and the match between Thailand and Singapore, which started later, was still ongoing, and this game was related to the fate of the national football team, and the international players were also watching. Jiang Shenglong himself stared at his mobile phone in the room to watch the game, when Thailand rewrote the score to 3-1, his whole heart hung in the air, if the Thai team scored again, it would be very unfavorable to the national football team.

Finally, when the final whistle blew, Thailand defeated Singapore 3-1, and because the points, goal difference and other data are the same, to compare the results of each other's games, the national football team has the advantage, and beat Thailand to successfully advance to the round of 18. This is the result that the national football team wants, the promotion is completed, Jiang Shenglong has more of a feeling of "luck" in his heart, this promotion is a bit passive, there are some games that should be won are not won, and there are some regrets after all.

Looking back on the journey of the round of 36, what makes Jiang Shenglong unforgettable is that the game in which he represented the national football team in the world preliminary round for the first time (defeating Thailand) became an important weight to determine the fate of the team. Jiang Shenglong summed up his debut in the World Preliminaries, and he knew that as an international player, he always had to face some pressure, and the source of pressure was because of his results. As the backbone of the team's defense, he should take the initiative to shoulder this responsibility.

Ivankovic's bold use of young players in the match against South Korea has had an effect, and he has also been recognized by many fans. However, there are already 16-year-old players in the European Cup, and Jiang Shenglong will no longer regard himself as a young player, after all, at the end of this year, he will be 24 years old.

Years of experience at all levels of national brands, to help Jiang Shenglong mature faster, before becoming the main central defender of Shanghai Shenhua, he twice loaned to the relegation team, experienced a very tragic relegation battle, so that he has a "strong heart", experience in dealing with the "big scene", and will not have any sense of panic.

When singing the Chinese national anthem before the start of the game with the South Korean team, tears rolled 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 of the national football team in this World Preliminary Tournament, and it turned out that he was right. Now, what the national football team has to do is to improve itself and better prepare for the arrival of the round of 18, Jiang Shenglong hopes to work hard with his teammates to let fans see the team's improvement.

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