Because of the disastrous defeat to the Portuguese national youth team, the morale of the players dropped a lot. It was only after Neil constantly encouraged the morale of the players that it improved.
Through this game, Gomez's ability was recognized by all his teammates. If it were not for Gomez, the Indian National Youth Team would have lost even more miserably.
At this time, the score of the first game had already been transmitted to the country. Although the fans knew that the Portuguese national youth team was very strong, they were still disappointed when they saw the results.
In addition to the sadness, the name Gomez appeared in front of them. Facing the powerful Portuguese team, he came on as a substitute and scored twice. He was a newcomer who was born in 1997.
Among them is Zico, who is the head coach of FC Goa. Before this, Zico had no idea about Gomez. He only knew that a young player of the team was selected for the national youth team.
He scored twice against the Portuguese national youth team, which made Zico curious about Gomez and he wanted to train him.
However, Neil didn't pay any attention to it at all, because Neil was going to lead the team to play the second game, and the opponent was the relatively weak Greek National Youth Team.
Although it is relatively weak, it is still a strong team for the Indian National Youth Team.
Because of his outstanding performance in the previous game, Gomez won the recognition of his teammates. In the team's training matches, his teammates began to try to feed the ball to Gomez, and he did show his strong ability.
In an internal team training match, Gomez completed a hat trick in just 30 minutes, which made his teammates trust him even more.
Time passed quickly and it was May 23. On this day, Neil led the Indian National Youth Team to challenge the second warm-up opponent - the Greek National Youth Team. In this game, Neil still used a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Goalkeeper: 15 Rohit Ramesh;
Guards: 5 Bungson Singh, 3 Sumit Adhikari, 4 Subhashish Bose, 18 Thokchom Singh;
Midfield: 7 Danny Meitei, 11 MD Arbash, 21 Yohaan Benjamin, 8 Ishaan Shishodia , 15 Ahongshangbam Samson;
Forward: 19 Kevin Gomez
In this game, Neil made several changes in the starting lineup. First, Thokchom Singh started as the right back.
Then Ishaan Shishodia started in the midfield, and Ahongshangbam Samson started on the right wing. Most importantly, Gomez played as the starting striker.
Just like the previous game, there were few spectators and the field was deserted.
Neil looked at the opposing players and knew that they were not the main players of the Greek National Youth Team. Only a few of them were the main players of the Greek National Youth Team.
With the referee's whistle, the game officially began. As Neil expected, although the opponent was not as strong as the previous opponent, its overall strength was still stronger than that of the Indian National Youth Team.
The Indian team was suppressed by the Greek team at the beginning of the game. In this game, just like the previous one, the Indian team was in a relatively backward position.
What's different from the previous game is that the players got into the game quickly and did well on the defensive end.
Gomez was somewhat restricted on the offensive end. Unlike the previous game, He had no chances because unlike the previous game, the Greek defenders were relatively stronger.
Although Gomez is also very strong, the physical confrontation in this match was obviously more intense, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Throughout the first half, the Indian National Youth Team was the suppressed side. Fortunately, the Indian team did not make any mistakes and the first half ended with a score of 0-0.
The India team had few shots in the first half, and all of them were long shots. Gomez, who had performed brilliantly in the previous game, also had a mediocre performance in the first half.
However, Neil could see that Gomez had begun to adapt to the opponent's defensive intensity, so Neil had no intention of replacing Gomez. Instead, he was more looking forward to Gomez's performance in the second half of the game. Gomez did not disappoint Neil.
In the 58th minute, the India team successfully defended and MD Arbash made a long pass to find Gomez in the frontcourt. Recent training has allowed Arbash to understand Gomez's style a little.
Gomez's speed is not fast, it can only be said to be unsatisfactory, but he has strong explosive power, so his initial speed is very fast.
Facing the flying football, Gomez successfully took the ball off and wanted to rush into the penalty area with the ball. However, because of the stop of the ball, the opponent's central defender came behind him.
Gomez didn't care and just rushed into the penalty area. The opponent's defender knew that he had to block him at this time, otherwise he would have a one-on-one opportunity, so he wanted to commit a tactical foul.
So he first pulled Gomez's jersey, but found that Gomez was still running, so he hugged Gomez's waist with both hands in desperation.
The opponent's defender's foul startled Gomez, and the referee had already put the whistle in his mouth, ready to blow at any time.
But even with such a foul, there was still no way to stop Gomez. He tried to shake off the opponent while rushing into the penalty area.
The opponent's defender found that he could not block Gomez, and he couldn't help but get anxious. In panic, he even fell to the ground to tackle, but Gomez avoided the opponent's tackle with a small jump.
Gomez faced the opponent's goalkeeper directly. Without any restraint, he shot the ball directly with his right foot. Although the goalkeeper made a save, he did not touch the ball and it flew into the goal.
The Indian National Youth Team leads the Greek National Youth Team 1-0! The goal was scored by Gomez again!
Neil saw this goal on the sidelines and celebrated excitedly. He couldn't help but sigh that Gomez's goal was so unreasonable that he actually ran into the penalty area with the defensive player.
After scoring the goal, Gomez excitedly rushed to the sidelines and slid on his knees passionately, leaving three scratches on the grass behind him.
And the goals scored by the Indian team did not end there. In the 80th minute, the Indian team got a corner kick opportunity. Danny Meitei was responsible for taking the corner kick, but the quality of the kick was mediocre.
The football landed too close, but Gomez did not give up. He ran towards the football, jumped up, and headed the ball. The angle of Tian Gomez's header was very small.
But Gomez's header was very good. He did not pursue strength, but angle. His header was a bit like a lob.
The football bounced and fell into the upper left corner of the goal. The opponent's goalkeeper had no idea of it. By the time he reacted and kept backing away, trying to knock the football out, it was too late.
The Indian National Youth Team leads Greece 2-0! Gomez scored twice! He scored four goals in two games!
The situation was always controlled by the Greek team, but no one expected that the Indian team would not only be leading, but even leading by two goals.
In the 89th minute, there was a melee in front of the Indian team's goal. The opponent's forward poked the ball in with his right foot, and the Greek team scored a goal.
This score remained until the end of the game, and the Indian National Youth Team finally defeated the Greek team 2-1. The Indian National Youth Team achieved a record of one win and one loss in this training camp, and Neil also won his first victory as coach of the Indian National Youth Team.
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