After the list of the top eight was produced, the organizing committee of the tournament held a draw for the top eight on August 19 to determine the matchups for the quarter-finals.
Meijiang Middle School drew Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School in Guangdong Province, one of the seeded teams.
This is not a good sign for Meijiang Middle School.
Guangzhou No.5 Middle School was the champion of the national finals in 2002. Although that was five years ago, this achievement fully demonstrates the foundation and strength of Guangzhou No.5 Middle School.
Although the current players are not the same as those five years ago, Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School is backed by the China League One powerhouse Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Football Club. Both in terms of player source and training quality, it is stronger than Lijiang No. 1 Middle School in Yunnan Province, which Meijiang Middle School met in the round of 16.
Currently, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Football Club ranks first in the China League One and has great hope of being promoted to the Chinese Super League this year.
Players from the youth team of such a strong team, even if they are marginal players, are enough to play well in the high school league.
Meijiang Middle School will face Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School, and it will be very difficult for them to advance.
Of course, even if we can’t draw Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School, there will not be a weak team in the quarterfinals.
For Meijiang Middle School, no matter which team they draw, it will definitely be a tough battle. It would be a blessing if they didn't draw the defending champion Shenyang Huimin Middle School.
After the quarter-final groups were announced, the competition officially began the next day.
On the morning of August 20, the first quarter-final was held between the Hui Middle School in Shenyang, Liaoning Province and the Datong Middle School in Shanghai.
After 90 minutes, Shanghai Datong Middle School was easily defeated 3-1 by Shenyang Huimin Middle School, which had won the national championship twice.
The defending champion Shenyang Huimin Middle School easily entered the semi-finals.
Because the weather in August is still relatively hot, the organizing committee is cautious about the schedule of the quarter-finals.
Therefore, the second match of the quarter-finals will not be held in the hot afternoon, but in the evening.
This is also the reason why the four quarter-finals will be held in the Olympic Sports Center over two days: only the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center has all-round three-dimensional headlights that allow the two teams to compete at night.
The hardware facilities of other schools’ football fields cannot meet this requirement, so it is impossible to play football at night.
At 19:30 on the evening of August 20, the second quarter-final was held between Dalian No. 48 Middle School in Liaoning Province and Beijing Renmin University High School.
This is a evenly matched battle.
Dalian No. 48 Middle School was the national champion in 2003, and Beijing Renmin University High School was a regular in the top four of the national finals. The clash between the two teams lasted a full 120 minutes.
It was not until the last minute of overtime that Dalian No. 48 Middle School scored the winning goal with a lucky long-range shot, eliminating Beijing Renmin University High School with a score of 3-2 and advancing to the semi-finals.
In any case, judging from the results, Dalian No. 48 Middle School had the last laugh.
Two teams from Liaoning Province, Shenyang Hui Middle School and Dalian No. 48 Middle School, both made it to the semi-finals, fully demonstrating the overall strength of Liaoning football.
The Liaoning team has won ten championships, the Little Tigers, Dalian Wanda, Dalian Shide, etc. Liaoning occupies a large proportion in the Chinese football landscape, just like this national finals for high school students: the football of one province can occupy half of the national football.
After the game on August 20th, on the morning of August 21st, it was the turn of Guizhou Province Meijiang Middle School VS Guangdong Province Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School.
In this game, Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School did not focus too much on Lu Wenbin. They only sent a midfielder to closely guard Lu Wenbin, and the two central defenders just had to make sure they did not leave the defense area without permission.
The other players put all their energy into attacking.
Their goal was to use their overall offensive capabilities to completely defeat Meijiang Middle School. As for Lu Wenbin's counterattack alone, they didn't care much.
They believe that Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School can rely on its overall strength to overwhelm Lu Wenbin's personal advantage and defeat Lu Wenbin in terms of the number of goals.
However, facing Meijiang Middle School, which had been parking its team since the city and continued to the national finals, even though Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School had stronger overall strength, it was unable to score.
After 90 minutes of the game, the result was that Meijiang Middle School won 2-1.
Although the game was difficult, with a defender injured while defending and three players receiving yellow cards, Meijiang Middle School eventually defeated Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School thanks to two goals scored by Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin's shooting attributes are indeed too high in high school competitions.
The other team had three people specifically guarding Lu Wenbin, and although they were able to destroy Lu Wenbin's ball in many cases, as long as Lu Wenbin got a chance to shoot, there was a high chance that he would score.
In fact, due to the strong overall strength and oppressive style of play of Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School, the backcourt support of Meijiang Middle School for Lu Wenbin was very limited. Nie Yingkun, Han Dapeng and others rarely had the opportunity to rush up to support Lu Wenbin.
Throughout the game, Lu Wenbin only had seven shooting opportunities, three of which hit the goal, resulting in two goals. His goal efficiency made all the professionals on the sidelines very satisfied, including Dietmar Hopp.
Lu Wenbin's total number of goals has reached an astonishing 11, and he also has two assists.
Such performance naturally made Lu Wenbin more popular.
After the game, Lu Wenbin was invited by several domestic clubs again, but was rejected by Lu Wenbin again.
His goal is Europe, so he naturally won't consider accepting invitations from domestic clubs now. Everything can only be discussed after the final.
After winning the quarter-final against Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School with great difficulty, Lu Wenbin received 80 points for two goals and 80 points for winning, a total of 160 experience points, and his level experience rose to 972/1000.
In the next semi-final, even if Lu Wenbin does not score a goal or make an assist, as long as he can help the team win and advance to the final, he will definitely be upgraded and receive skill point rewards.
That way, before the final begins, he can improve his strength and increase the possibility of winning the final.
After the third quarter-final, on the evening of August 21, the final quarter-final was held between the host Tianjin No. 54 Middle School and Jilin Province Yanbian No. 1 Middle School.
Tianjin No. 54 Middle School was the third runner-up in last year's national finals and was quite strong. In addition, as the host this year, many local citizens flocked to the stadium to cheer them on.
Amid the cheers of more than 20,000 spectators, Tianjin No. 54 Middle School defeated Yanbian No. 1 Middle School 2-0 within 90 minutes.
Although Yanbian No. 1 Middle School is quite strong, it was ultimately defeated by the host and the well-rested Tianjin No. 54 Middle School.
Finally, the four teams that advanced to the 2007 High School Football League National Finals were Shenyang Huimin Middle School and Dalian No. 48 Middle School from Liaoning Province, Meijiang Middle School from Guizhou Province, and the host Tianjin No. 54 Middle School.
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