World Cup of Great Powers

Riding on the traffic of "Korean fear", the media paid great attention to this National Olympics.

This Olympic Games led by Zeng Zheng is called the golden generation!

They won all six games in the qualifiers without conceding a goal. This record also gave fans strong confidence.

Some media even believe that under the leadership of Zeng Zheng, this team will have no problem reaching the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games!

Of course, there are also some "professional" media who have questioned Zeng Zheng.

Because most of the team members are members of Jianlibao who studied abroad.

When he played in Brazil, he played 352, but after returning to China, he had to change to the internationally popular 4-back formation.

Is this a waste of martial arts?

In this training screening, both Xu Yunlong and Yang Pu were selected for the final list, but their club teammate Shao Jiayi, the top scorer of the World Youth Championship, was not selected. Is there something fishy in this?

Other national teams have three goalkeepers, but we only have one substitute as goalkeeper. Will there be a goalkeeper shortage?

Zeng Zheng, who was harassed endlessly by these media, finally released a classic Northeast dialect: "Stop being blind, let's see!" which aroused the enthusiasm of fans across the country.

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As the old rivals of the Chinese team, Japan and South Korea also attach great importance to this top nine match.

Speaking of which, the three strongest powers in East Asia are destined to form a situation of competition between two and two.

The other team will not be far behind either, because it will be grouped with two strong West Asian opponents and will fight the enemy in a more unfamiliar place.

No one can tell which of these two "models" is better or worse.

Anyway, the result was that China and South Korea met, and Troussier led the expedition to West Asia.

According to the news brought back by the Army - South Korea is not terrible!

South Koreans also want to cry but have no tears.

In the second warm-up match after returning to their home court, they also lost to Xiaori.

Such a result directly caused Troussier to be so confident that he even declared arrogantly after the game: "Eight of us can kill South Korea without even using a goalkeeper!"

It can be seen that not only did the small days gradually cross the mountain of South Korea, but South Korea itself also continued to flatten the mountain.

After losing two games in a row, South Korea's Bamboo Shoes held an emergency standing committee and decided that if South Korea's Olympic head coach Huh Din-moo does not recruit professional players such as Ko Jong-soo recommended by the Bamboo Shoes Technical Committee to the team, he will be dismissed from his position as head coach.

As soon as this news came out, everyone in South Korea was in an uproar.

When domestic fans saw such news, they were constantly amazed.

“I didn’t expect that it’s almost the 21st century, and these guys would still come to learn from us!”

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On September 27, team leader Li Xiaoguang and assistant coach Tang Pengju arrived in Seoul first.

The first is to watch the second round of the warm-up match between Japan and South Korea, and the second is to inspect the venues, accommodation, etc. in Seoul.

According to Zeng Zheng's request, Tang Pengju first measured the length and width of the stadium, and the results were 106 meters and 68 meters respectively.

Then, he carefully inspected the condition of the turf on both sides of the goal.

When he walked around the court from the right side of the rostrum to the corner area on the left side of the rostrum, he also met Lu Jun and Sun Baojie, who were invited to enforce the law.

"Coach Tang, what are you..."

"Shh!" Tang Peng pointed at the press pass on his chest.

He didn't want the stickmen to know that the Chinese team coach appeared in the game in this way.

After returning to China on the 30th, Li and Tang drafted a "South Korea-Japan Contest Report" based on the intelligence they collected.

It gives detailed explanations on South Korea's handling of set pieces, long and short passes, formation changes, etc. during the game.

When the game video tape and report were sent back to China, Zeng Zheng snorted after watching it: "Sure enough, the stick guys are just as I thought!"

The assistant coach Sang Tingliang on the side found an opportunity and deliberately described this scene to the players in a more embellished way.

After hearing this, the Olympic team members became more confident.

On October 2, a 31-member Chinese Olympic team participating in the "Top Nine" Asian preliminaries for the Sydney Olympic Games arrived in Seoul by plane.

In Seoul, a city at the same latitude as Yantai, the weather has gradually turned cooler.

Standing on the Seoul Tower in Yongsan District, you can overlook the entire Seoul.

Walking along the Han River, you can occasionally see the afterimage of Goguryeo's other capitals.

It is the Seven Days of National Day in China at this time.

During the holidays, let a large group of capable fans buy tickets in advance and come to South Korea.

The opening ceremony of the Drum Festival was also held one after another in Seoul Plaza, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Open-air Stage and other places.

Domestic tourists who don’t know this think they are here to specially welcome them!

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On October 3rd, the weather was fine.

More than 70,000 spectators were welcomed into the Seoul Olympic Main Arena.

Chinese fans wearing red jerseys filled the stadium to capacity.

South Korea did not want to sell so many tickets to Chinese fans.

But it can’t stand the high prices paid by Chinese tourists.

In the end, some local individual fans also imitated scalpers and sold their tickets to Chinese fans at high prices.

At the end, when I looked into the stands, at least half of them were Chinese fans.

In this game, South Korea wore a red and purple jersey with blue shorts.

The opponent's main color is red, so the National Olympics can only wear white away uniforms with red dots to play.

After confirming that the players on both sides were ready, the referee from Malaysia started the first round of the top nine for this Olympic team, which is known as the strongest in history.

"Put a cushion on the table, decorate a cushion on the table!"

"Good afternoon, audience friends..."

"We can see that the Chinese Olympic team is attacking from right to left on the screen, and the South Korean Olympic team is attacking from left to right."

"The Chinese team, playing away from home, hopes to score a point against its opponent, and the South Korean team understands what it means if it cannot win the strongest opponent in this group at home..."

This is not the first time that Huang Jianxiang and Liu Jianhong have partnered in commentary. As for this kind of international competition, the two also have rich experience.

As soon as the game started, both sides were cautious and entered the testing stage.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Until the 17th minute of the game, Lee Tie and Zhang Ran stepped forward to double-team in a tacit understanding near the midline, stealing the ball from Lee Young-pyo's feet.

Lee Young-pyo raised his hand to signal a foul against the Chinese team, but the referee ignored it.

After getting the ball, Zhang Ran took the ball forward alone.

"Zhang Ran dribbles the ball..."

"Two team members are here to double-team..."

As the vice-captain of Jianlibao, Zhang Ran has a strong view of the overall situation and his midfield organizational skills are not weak.

Facing the approaching defenders, Zhang Ran took a small step forward to the right, completely attracting the two defenders together.

At the same time, he spotted the opportunity and tiptoed.

"Zhang Ran made a pass..."

"pretty!"

In the footage, the ball flew through the gap above the heads of the South Korean players.

Li Jinyu, who had a good understanding of the situation, had already moved forward and intercepted the ball slightly to the side of the penalty area line.

Seeing how easily Li Jinyu controlled the ball at his feet, the South Korean defender who wanted to press forward quickly accelerated and forced Li Jinyu as fast as possible to prevent him from turning around.

But Li Jinyu seemed to have expected this.

With his back to the defensive player, Zhang Yuhuang moved the ball horizontally, and Zhang Yuhuang, who caught up with the ball, directly raised his right leg.

"Li Jinyu stops the ball..."

"Horizontal..."

"Zhang Yuhuan!"

Liu Jianhong's voice was full of joy.

The fans in front of the radio opened their eyes wide, anxiously waiting for the next step.

"Oh!"

"What a pity!"

"Zhang Yuheng's shot was too accurate."

"Ejected directly into Jin Longda's arms."

Liu Jianhong's tone was full of disappointment, but after Zhang Yuheng's shot, the audience sounded gongs and drums at the same time to cheer for the Chinese team.

These gongs and drums are hard-earned!

This is because most South Korean fans use plastic sticks, and the sound produced by knocking these plastic sticks together is naturally not as loud as gongs and drums.

In order to suppress the morale of the Chinese team, the belongings of some uninformed fans were confiscated before entering the field.

After the news spread, clever Chinese fans used their coats to secretly transport the gongs and drums into the venue.

Seeing that the goal was not scored, Zhang Yuheng, who had temporarily cut off his hair, covered his face with his hands and was filled with regret.

Soon after, Guo Ao won a corner kick on the right side of the frontcourt.

Zhao Junzhe, who took the corner kick, followed the pre-rehearsed method at the corner flagpole and spun the ball in the opposite direction of the goal, forcing Jin Yongdae to defend the goal line.

Facing the incoming ball, Park Jin-seop jumped high and pushed the ball out immediately.

However, he collided with Li Jinyu during the scramble, and after falling to the ground, he tripped Zhang Yuheng. At this time, the penalty area fell into chaos.

The pushed ball just returned to the feet of Zhao Jun who had just taken the corner kick. Seeing the chaos in the opponent's penalty area, the latter directly swung his leg and swept the ball in front of the goal again.

This time, Jin Longda responded immediately.

He immediately raised his hands and tried to knock the ball away.

However, the cross ball kicked by Zhao Junzhe had great spin. Jin Yongda's fingers just rubbed it, and the ball flew past the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.

After landing, Jin Yongda looked at his fingers and frowned, as if he was not satisfied with the save he had just made.

Kim Yong Dae's consecutive performances aroused dissatisfaction among the South Korean fans in the stands.

Judging from the performance of both goalkeepers, it is obvious that our own goalkeeper is more active.

The goalkeeper is active, but that's not a good thing.

Dissatisfied with the "trend" of the team being overpowered by the Chinese team, the South Korean fans in the stands couldn't help but howl loudly.

"Although South Korea has inherited the playing style of the adult team in the past, their weaknesses are also obvious."

On the side of the court, Zeng Zheng said while pointing to the corresponding part of the South Korean team.

Han Tao, who was following him, had already developed the "unparalleled magic skill" of seeing the ball with both eyes and recording it with both hands.

"Look, they like to play the ball from the back and pass it straight to the forwards."

"We will insist on controlling the midfield, use the attacking midfielder to organize more effective passes, and strive to open up their defense from the front."

"And the formation of the sticks is quite interesting."

"According to my observation, they should be calling 3421."

"The three defenders and the four midfielders are all in parallel positions."

"But when switching from offense to defense, Xiaotao, look, their No. 17 midfielder will always take the initiative to retreat."

"This way, they have a back four."

Just when Zeng Zheng was explaining South Korea's defensive formation in detail to Han Tao, there was a temporary chaos in the South Korean backcourt due to the position change.

Seeing this opportunity, Zhang Yuheng, Zhang Xiaorui, Li Tie and Li Jinyu all rushed to surround him.

Facing the pressure of four people, the South Korean defender had no chance to take a big shot.

Just when the ball was kicked out of the crowd, Li Weifeng came out of nowhere and kicked the ball directly.

Whoosh!

With the sound of the net being brushed, the ball passed through the crowd and entered the lower right corner of the goal.

However, when Li Weifeng raised his arms and shouted, he found that the linesman had already raised the flag in his hand.

Offside!

The goal was invalid and the score on the field was still 0-0.

Seeing that the goal was called, Han Tao looked a little ugly.

"Boss Zeng, I think this ball is not offside, right?"

Zeng Zheng's expression did not change and he said calmly: "The less offside you are, just listen to the referee's decision."

"Xiao Tao, don't forget that this is Seoul, and this is the territory of the sticks."

"When we play away from home, we must be mentally prepared for any emergencies."

Seeing Zeng Zheng's attitude of not changing his face despite the collapse of the mountain, Han Tao, who was just about to argue, couldn't help but scratch the back of his head.

Zengtouer is still a big city with a city!

No, I have to practice again!

Thinking of this, Han Tao's admiration for Zeng Zheng increased again.

Soon, the first half passed and the two sides played 0-0.

Just as Han Tao was preparing to welcome the players off the field, Zeng Zheng's soliloquy was heard.

"Fuck him with a stick all over his butt, and I'll fuck your legs!"

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In the second half, the game changed places. The National Olympic Games continued to follow Zeng Zheng's arrangements and continued to launch general attacks into the South Korean penalty area while maintaining a stable midfield.

But whether it was Zhao Junzhe's long shot or Li Jinyu's header, they were all saved by Jin Long.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Against South Korea's brutal playing style that does not require midfielders, the biggest difficulty for the National Olympics lies with midfielder Lee Hyun.

The opponent directly lifts the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, which means that their own defense will be conducted in their own backcourt.

Correspondingly, the source of attack also retreated to the backcourt.

Overall, this group of Olympic players are strong in the midfield, which is something Zeng Zheng is proud of.

But the opponent's style of play just happened to surpass the strongest position in the Olympic Games.

Whether this is South Korea's original strategy or a temporary method that Xu Dingmao came up with to deal with the National Olympics.

This is undoubtedly a new topic for the Olympic players who are used to fighting in the midfield.

Fortunately, Zhang Xiaorui’s six-month trip to Benfica was not in vain.

In the 68th minute of the game, Zhang Xiaorui used his personal ability to beat three people in a row.

Before being tackled by his opponent, he inserted his right foot and sent the ball to Zhang Yuheng's feet.

At this time, South Korea's defense line had been completely disrupted by Zhang Xiaorui.

When Zhang Yuheng got the ball, Jin Long was the only one in front of him.

Facing the South Korean goalkeeper, Zhang Yuheng calmly pushed the shot into the upper left corner of the goal and succeeded.

1 to 0.

The Chinese team took the lead.

As the game passed by, the voices of the fans in the stands became louder and louder.

It seemed that we were only one step away from breaking the Korean phobia, but at this moment, an accident happened.

The desperate South Korean frontcourt threw a throw-in. Li Dongguo, with his back pressed against Li Iron, turned around lightly, squeezed through the gap between Li Iron and Zhang Ran, and dribbled the ball to the upper right corner of the penalty area.

Facing Yang Pu's pursuit and Li Datou's interception, Li Dongguo blocked the ball and tried his best to protect the ball.

Seeing that he was about to lose his balance due to being squeezed by Li Weifeng, the moment before losing the ball, Li Dongguo fell down and returned the ball to Li Guanyu who came to respond.

The latter did not stop the ball but directly swung his leg and made a light push.

The ball instantly flew into the sky and flew towards the penalty spot.

Seeing the ball flying overhead, Sun Jihai just turned around and saw the South Korean captain rising from the spot.

Shin Byung-ho shook his head in the air and headed the ball straight towards the Chinese team's goal.

There was a bang.

The ball hit the upper right corner of the goal and bounced down against the post.

It wasn't until the ball bounced back that Chen Dong rushed over and hugged the ball tightly in his arms.

At the same time, Shin Byung-ho and the other South Korean team members immediately stretched out their hands and shouted loudly.

The referee glanced at his colleagues on the wing, then nodded and blew his whistle.

"Beep!!!"

"The goal stands!"

Seeing the referee's decision, all the South Korean players immediately hugged each other excitedly and ran to the sidelines to salute the fans.

Zeng Zheng was not even given time to react.

"grass!"

"Does this really count?"

Zeng Zheng grabbed the fourth official by the collar, veins bulged in his temples, and he wished he could lift him up with an arm.

The fourth official also showed no sign of weakness.

The referee was summoned to show Zeng Zheng a yellow card, and the latter was reluctantly pulled back to the coaching bench by several other assistant coaches.

"Zeng, Boss Zeng, have a drink of water." Han Tao stuttered under Zeng Zheng's ferocious appearance.

"Want to drink some JB water?"

Zeng Zheng threw the mineral water bottle aside and asked, "Did the Malaysian referee collect money?"

After venting his anger, he saw Han Tao looking at him blankly.

Zeng Zheng straightened his collar and returned to his previous calm state.

"Xiao Tao, let me tell you...you can't be a coward as a coach."

"If a soldier is cowardly, he will be cowardly for a whole group of soldiers."

"When it's time to take action, we have to take action, do you understand?"

There was no goal-line technology in this era, not even a baseline referee.

Several cameras at the scene did not capture whether the ball crossed the goal line at all, but Zeng Zheng could see clearly from God's perspective that the ball definitely did not cross the goal line.

But for such a ball, the referee was subjective and hastily ruled it as a penalty.

How could Zeng Zheng be convinced?

Under Zeng Zheng's order, the team members who had begun to retreat with all their strength launched a counterattack in the remaining time.

Before the game was about to end, Zhang Ran made a cross with his left foot from the sideline.

Wang Peng leaned on his opponent in the penalty area and stopped the ball with his feet to Li Tie, who rushed up from outside the penalty area.

The latter swung his legs to meet the ball and blasted the ball into the stands.

In this way, with Shin Byung-ho's controversial goal, the National Olympics tied 1-1 in the away game, almost breaking the fans' nightmare of fearing South Korea.

After the game, both Zeng Zheng and the players questioned the referee's decision. Zeng Zheng grabbed the camera lens and pointed it at his face, shouting: "The goal scored by South Korea is questionable, and the goal we were blown away by

It’s equally questionable!”

Finally, amidst the commotion, Zeng Zheng was dragged back to the locker room by several assistant coaches.

He was not even allowed to participate in the post-match press conference.

In this way, because of this controversial goal, the Olympic team ended its first top nine game.