Golden Greenery

Zhuo Yang said to Kou Kou: I still think it is reasonable for only 24 teams to participate in the World Cup. Although 32 teams are more beneficial to the Chinese team and more beneficial to the development of football, I still think 24 teams are better. .

Koko said: I don’t understand very well~, I was very happy when I saw you win.

Zhuoyang said: I didn't win, I just tied.

In the last game of the World Cup group match in South Africa, the Chinese team was equalized three times by the tenacious Italian team after taking the lead three times. This 3:3 allowed the Chinese team to enter the top 16 of the World Cup. In another game in the same group, Paraguay and Cameroon played It became 0:0.

In Group F, Paraguay has three games, one win, two draws, and first place in the group with 5 points, while the Chinese team has one win, one draw, and one loss, second place in the group with 4 points. Italy remains unbeaten with three draws and ranks third in the group with three points. Cameroon has two draws and one loss and is at the bottom of the group with two points.

Of the six games in Group F, only the two games in which the Chinese team participated had a winner, and the remaining four games were all tied. On the surface, this is a group of death. But the Chinese team qualified from this group of death. Although the first game was not satisfactory, it created the most brilliant performance in the team's history in the second game. In the final battle, the Chinese played a thrilling match against the defending champion.

In the final stage of the game, the two sides returned to chaos, but did not fight. After the restart, the referee blew the final whistle after the football left the center circle. Many Chinese players cried at the end of the game, but Zhuo Yang didn't. Maybe he had seen too many big scenes, and a mere top 16 was nothing. Many Italian players also cried. They are used to success, and today's failure made them overwhelmed.

Gattuso's nose stopped bleeding and he shed tears. Ba Ye said: We are Italy’s sinners, and everyone present is Italy’s shame.

The second brother Meng also apologized, but he who scored a hat trick in the game should not be humiliated. The second brother scored all six goals of Italy in this World Cup. As a midfielder with defensive responsibilities, Meng Er is already impeccable. In the scorer list of this World Cup, the second brother ranks only seven behind Zhuo Yang. With this data, the two brothers can become the top scorers in previous years.

Just looking at personal performance, Ricardo Montolivo is the best player among the top 32 players in the World Cup and the best star in world football this year.

At the end of the game, Pirlo did not cry. He hugged Zhuoyang tightly with a calm face like his second brother. Back in the dressing room, Sleepy and his second brother lay on their seats and cried for a long time.

When Cannavaro and Gianluca Zambrotta hugged Zhuoyang, their eye circles were still swollen. After the game, facing the camera, the two of them announced their withdrawal from the national team, along with Jia Baye.

Coach Lippi didn’t shed any tears;

At the age of 62, he has experienced too many different things in life, but because he hurriedly hid in the locker room, he rudely forgot to shake hands with Rijkaard, which also showed that he was a little confused.

Lippi apologized to Jieshuai gracefully at the post-match press conference and congratulated the Chinese team on their successful advancement.

"The Chinese team is very good. They have an outstanding head coach and an incredible captain. It's not that Italy lost to the Chinese team. In fact, we performed very well in this game. Italy lost in the first two games. .”

No matter from the scene or the data, it can be reflected that Italy has an absolute advantage in the match against the Chinese team. However, the Chinese team made three mistakes in the game and took the lead three times. And this is football.

In the last game of the group stage, Italy played their best football in this World Cup, but the result was unsatisfactory. The root cause was indeed the decadence in the first two games.

Italy is the most famous slow-starting team in world football. It often performs poorly in the group stages, but after entering the knockout rounds, it will gradually get better. Their performance at the 1994 World Cup in the United States best illustrates this.

That time, Italy was placed in the same group as Norway, Ireland, and Mexico. Italy, which was originally significantly stronger, stumbled, and the strong and weak were kicked into a death group. All four teams scored four points with one win, one draw and one loss, and all were small wins with just one goal. In the end, Italy only advanced to the rematch with one more goal and ranked third in the group with better results. .

After that, Roberto Baggio led his Italy on a killing spree, defeating the powerful and dark horses all the way, and joined Brazil in the final. That time, if there were 32 teams participating, and only the top two teams in each group advanced, there would be nothing wrong with Italy, and there would be nothing wrong with Baggio.

The World Cup has expanded from 24 teams to the top 32. The most disadvantaged are slow-to-heat teams like Italy. One careless move will put them in jeopardy.

Zhuo Yang felt very sorry for Brother Meng and those old friends, especially Brother Meng. His phenomenal performance this year should not have left him home in the group stage. After Italy returned home sadly, all the players were criticized by the media, except Meng Er.

On the day the second brother left Nelspruit, he said to Zhuoyang: "Among our brothers, I hope you win the championship the most, although it seems you are the least likely. If you win the championship, I will feel better Some, because I tied with the champion.”

Zhuoyang said: "You even tied with Cameroon."

"Alas, why are you so confused about amorous feelings?" The second brother flicked his bangs and said, "Night falls in my heart, and on my hands covered with weeds, the water runs away drop by drop."

"Hey, what a poem, what a poem~"

"gone!"

A week later, on the first day of the transfer window, second brother Ricardo Montolivo announced his official transfer to AC Milan.

After the game, the Chinese team fell into a carnival. Captain Zhuo Yang delivered a passionate speech on behalf of the team. He dedicated his success in advancing to the top 16 to all those who have worked hard for Chinese football and to everyone. A hard working Chinese.

The land of China is in a state of boiling. Although football in China does not yet have a profound foundation accumulated from history, the appeal of the world's number one sport to the whole society is unmatched by other sports.

The Chinese are accustomed to doing things in a low-key manner. Before the World Cup, the Chinese team still declared the three-stage goal of "scoring a goal, scoring a point, and winning a game." In other words, in fact, as long as one goal is scored, the minimum task is completed. In fact, Zhuoyang and the coaching staff are naturally dismissive of this goal. No matter how modest he is, he will not think that he can't even score a goal.

The Chinese team's internal competitive goals are that the bottom line is third place in the group, winning one game is the minimum configuration, and advancing to the top 16 is the real direction of efforts. From this point of view, the Chinese team has actually just reached the standard.

But the brutal slaughter of Cameroon and the fierce battle with Italy put a brilliant halo on this "standard". Although they were only second in the group, they were the brightest second among the eight groups.