South Korea. Saudi Arabia still manages to get a spot in the World Youth, but loses to Brazil and France and manages a tie with Cameroon. Xiao Junguang Xiao Junguang is a midfielder for the Chinese national team and their secret weapon. While he manages to score a goal at Wakabayashi outside the penalty area, China still loses to Japan in a match of the Asian preliminaries. Because of his injury, he's unable to play in the match against Saudi Arabia, who eliminates China from the preliminaries. He then signs a contract with FC Bayern Munich where he plays alongside Schneider and Levin. Ricardo Espadas Ricardo Espadas is the goalkeeper and captain of the Mexico national team. As a kid, he lived in the slums of Mexico City along with García, Saragosa, Alvez, Suárez and López. Since they had no ball, they had to play with a ball made of clothes. After overcoming his poverty, he became captain of the Mexican team. The first team they face in the World Youth is Japan and while they prove to be a fierce opponent, they lose to Japan by 1–2. They are eliminated from the tournament since they had a draw against Italy and two losses against Japan and Uruguay. Espadas currently plays for Everton and in the Rising Sun, played for Olympic Mexico, who was eliminated from the tournament by Olympic Spain. Stefan Levin Stefan Levin is the captain and a midfielder for the Swedish national team. One year before the events of the World Youth tournament, his fiancée Katarina Karen died from a car crash. This made him become a cold and heartless person and fulfill his wish of becoming the best soccer player in the world. He signs for 1FC Koln and in a match against Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga, he injures Genzo Wakabayashi with his deadly Levin Shoot. In the World Youth, Sweden ties against Colombia and the United States in order to avoid playing against Brazil in the knockout matches. Levin finally plays in the match against Germany and injures Karl Heinz Schneider and Deuter Muller with his Levin Shoot, winning against Germany by 5–3. In the quarter-finals against Japan, Levin finds himself unable to shake free from Akai Tomeya, who is replacing Hikaru Matsuyama because the latter's girlfriend was injured in a car accident. Akai blocks many of Levin's powerful shoots but this causes him