World Cup of Great Powers

"Zhang'er Station, Zhuang'er Station, good evening, viewers. What we are broadcasting now is the men's football quarter-finals of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games."

"China, versus Italy."

As a Serie A fan, Huang Jianxiang couldn't hide the joy in his voice after saying the word "Italy".

After watching Serie A football for more than ten years, today I can finally see my team compete with Italy in a real competition.

Although it is the Olympic Games, it is also an international A-level event, right?

"For the Olympic team, Coach Zeng still has a 4-4-2 formation."

"The goalkeeper is Liu Yunfei, who played three consecutive times in the group stage."

"The four defenders are Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, General Fan and Wu Chengying."

"The four midfielders are Li Tie, Zhang Ran, Li Yan and Shao Jiayi."

"Since forward Zhang Yuheng was injured in the last game, Li Yi and Li Jinyu formed a strike partner."

"For Italy, the goalkeeper is Abbiati, who plays for AC Milan."

"The four defenders are Grandoni who plays for Sampdoria, Marco Zanchi who has just transferred to Juventus, Matteo Ferrari and Bruno who have just transferred to Inter Milan.

Cirillo.”

"The two defensive midfielders are Cristiano Zanetti from Roma and Gennaro Gattuso from AC Milan."

"The two attacking midfielders are AC Milan's Ambrosini and Juventus' Gianluca Zambrotta."

"Andre Pirlo, who plays for Inter Milan, and Nicola Ventola, who has just been loaned to Atalanta."

For the Italian Olympic team members, Huang Jianxiang can be said to be a treasure trove.

Even now, he is not afraid of fans writing letters to complain, saying that he treated the two teams differently when introducing the players.

If you don't even know which club your players currently play for, how can you talk about being a National Olympics fan?

Just a fake fan!

"I believe fans who are familiar with Serie A know that most of the players on the Italian Olympic team play for Serie A giants."

"And there are also main players such as Abbiati, Gattuso and Gianluca Zambrotta who have already established themselves in the club."

"There is currently a player on the Olympic team who is playing in Serie A. He is Li Jinyu, who just helped the Turin team avoid relegation last season."

"I believe that after a season of relegation battle, Li Jinyu, who has thrived in Serie A, will play a key role in this game."

"good!"

"At the referee's whistle, the game officially begins."

"Italy kicks off first."

"Can the Olympic team, which has advanced to the quarter-finals for the first time, still create a miracle and reach the semi-finals historically?"

“Let’s look forward to it!”

In the past season, Turin, where Li Jinyu played, successfully avoided relegation, while Sevilla, where Li Tie played, was relegated to Sevilla again.

Li Tie, who originally wanted to transfer, sought Zeng Zheng's advice and finally chose to stay with the team.

As a result, both Li Jinyu, the hero of relegation, and Li Tie, who never gave up, have become the main players of their teams.

Zeng Zheng's quick counterattack has made a name for himself in the coaching world. A team with a speedy attack forward is a nightmare for every defensive team.

Therefore, after the game started, Italy, which was playing against the National Olympics for the first time, carefully advanced the front line, for fear of accidentally losing the ball and being counterattacked by the National Olympics.

But they soon discovered that these so-called "cautions" meant nothing.

The National Olympics can actually defend better than them!

After 20 minutes, the fans were stunned.

Which team is Italy?

When did Italy wear red jerseys?

Under Zeng Zheng's deliberate arrangement, all members of the National Olympic team retreated from the defense, leaving the offensive initiative to the Italians who were not very good at attacking.

If Italy can't attack in, the Olympics can't go out.

Both sides played until they were drowsy.

Except for some football experts who are very interested in studying the defense of the two teams, those fans who really like to see exciting shots and goals are already yawning.

"What are the National Olympics doing? Why are they always defending? Why aren't they attacking?"

"Coach Zeng played really conservatively today! He didn't even attack when he had a chance just now."

"Use a defensive formation to deal with Italy? Coach Zeng really thought of it!"

Every football powerhouse has a unique football philosophy.

Like the passionate Brazil, all they can think about is how to use their personal skills to tear apart the opponent's defense;

The rigorous and sophisticated Germanic chariot is calculating every day how to turn 11 people into obedient parts;

The Netherlands, which plays full offense and defense, is always pursuing the ultimate perfection and does not want its players to have any shortcomings;

A matador who is obsessed with technology and obsessed with ground control of the midfield;

Argentina, an elegant and unrestrained country, wishes all 11 of them were agile forwards;

Portugal, which admires superstars, always wants a superman to lead the team to the bureau;

Romantic France constantly integrates the physical qualities of black people, combining technology with the body.

The Italian football philosophy is, don’t care whether I am comfortable or not, I will definitely make you uncomfortable anyway;

Don't worry about whether my attack is ugly or not, I will definitely make your attack look ugly!

In modern football, which advocates scoring goals, Italy has been the "big villain" in football since ancient times!

A great man once said that Italy is an alternative in the football field, a poison in the football world, and a cancer in the football field!

The bloody and violent shoveling, the dirty and despicable little moves, the endless trash talk, and the sign language that involves speaking and gesticulating all the time are stirring up the opponent's nerves.

Under the tactic of "only defending but not attacking", the 90-minute game was dismembered into pieces.

When you're emotionally broken, then steal a chicken and get one.

With the pragmatism of 1 to 0, despite your unconvinced eyes, then go home and celebrate crazily.

This is Italian football!

Logically speaking, facing an Italian opponent who wants to play defensive counterattack, finding the defensive flaws in their lineup and then attacking them is a compulsory course for every team and every coach.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Before the start of this game, fans all over the world were speculating on what kind of offensive method the young Zeng Zheng would use to break the shell of Italy.

But now, people have seen a National Olympics that is worse than Italy.

"Brother, I really didn't expect that this person named Zeng would actually play this trick!"

In front of the swimming pool of a villa in Hainan, two middle-aged men wearing vests and underpants were lying on beach chairs and watching the satellite broadcast on the big screen.

"Yes, this Xiao Zeng still has a few tricks up his sleeve." The man who was called eldest brother nodded, "Soldiers are also deceitful. This guy is going in the opposite direction. Looking at things like this, Italy is really having a hard time!"

"Brother, you said this man named Zeng is so good at tricks. Did my little sister also get caught by him in a playful way?"

"Come on! Who can be better than that crazy girl in terms of wheel-mindedness? She has a lot of eyesight. From childhood to adulthood, who has changed her mind about the things she believes in?"

The second child of the Qian family rubbed the back of his head and said, "Ha, if you think about it carefully, it's really like this. But I just don't understand. It's not good for my little sister to like someone, so why would she like someone who is bad at football?"

"You are a football player? Then what are we two now? Are you a football watcher?"

"Uh... pretend I didn't say it, didn't say it!" Qian Laoer took a sip of champagne and then returned his attention to the screen.

"Brother, if this guy named Zeng fights like this, this game will be much more ugly!"

"It's ugly, but you don't have to look at it!" Boss Qian shook his head, "Second brother, you are already old, why are you still so unstable?"

"The stadium is like a shopping mall. Now the competition between the two sides is who can't stand it first or who can't stand it first."

"Whoever moves first loses!"

Qian Laoer curled his lips, as if he didn't want to listen to his brother's preaching.

"Brother, what do you mean, is that Zeng was planning to play a penalty shootout with Italy from the beginning?"

Boss Qian nodded, "It's possible."

"But for football matches, the last 10 to 15 minutes will be critical."

"Perhaps both teams are waiting for the last ten minutes to launch an attack."

"So I expect the competition will be intense at that time."

After hearing this, Qian Laoer stood up and said, "Okay, brother, you can call me again in 80 minutes. I'll go swim a few laps first."

With that said, Qian Laoer plunged into the swimming pool.

When the supermodels who were playing and playing in the pool saw this, they all quickly gathered over like cats that smelled a fishy smell.

...

Soon, more than half an hour passed.

The results have come out for Xiaorili and Da Laomei.

In the penalty shootout, the United States eliminated Little Rift 5-3.

The National Olympics became the only Asian team still remaining in the Olympics.

On the other side, Brazil and Cameroon, which started later than they did in their small days, also drew 1-1 and entered overtime.

These two teams are both strong teams in the world, and no matter who they face, the Olympic Games basically have no chance of winning.

Of course, if you want to compete with them in the Olympics, you have to overcome Italy and Italy!

On the side of the court, Zeng Zheng hugged his shoulders and waited for a long time before uttering a sound.

Since he is bitten to death, he should defend and counterattack.

When there is no chance to counterattack, there are very few places on the field where Zeng Zheng needs to be reminded.

Similarly, Tardelli on the other side was furious on the sidelines.

Defending against counterattacks has always been Italy's glorious tradition.

Although he has been criticized as a cancer, it is justified.

Look who are their opponents?

France, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, England...

What's wrong with playing defensive counterattack against these strong teams?

There’s no shame in kicking the defense!

The only one who loses is shameful!

But the problem is that Italy’s opponent today is the Chinese team!

This is a little-known Asian team in the World Series.

It is also a team that has reached the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games for the first time.

Playing defensive counterattack with such a team, isn't it too valuable?

Because of this, Pirlo, who was supposed to play as a shadow forward and attacking midfielder, was directly placed on the front line by Tardelli to participate in the attack.

What sneak attack? Long pass organization?

No need for that anymore!

Just attack and that's it!

According to Tardelli's idea, as long as he scores one goal, he will completely control the game.

If the National Olympics is weak, then copy and paste and try another victory to completely defeat the National Olympics;

If Guo Ao counterattacks, he doesn't mind telling his players to come back and defend.

It's the quarter-finals after all.

When it comes to whether Italy will win a medal, it makes sense to play it safe at this time.

But the game lasted more than 30 minutes.

Not to mention scoring goals, there were only a few shots on goal.

Abbiati almost had free time in the backcourt.

In more than 30 minutes, he only touched the ball once, and it was a goal kick.

For the rest of the time, the ball just kept wandering, wandering, and wandering around the 30-meter zone of the Olympic Games.

If you can't attack, you can't retreat.

From top to bottom, Italians are all anxious.

The most important thing is that the more Tardelli sees the current style of play in the National Olympics, the more familiar he becomes, as if he has returned to the Apennine Peninsula in the 1990s.

Ventola was alone in the frontcourt.

Even with his old club teammate Pirlo, it would be difficult to gain an advantage in the intensive defense of the Olympic Games.

What's more, Pirlo is not a sharp striker. Passing and organization are his strengths.

As a result, Ventola was completely trapped between Li Weifeng and General Fan.

Not only was it difficult for ground balls to be passed to his feet, but even header balls were not hit.

Whenever Zambrotta and Ambrosini wanted to use their speed and skills to attack, they would run into the combination of Li Tie and Zhang Ran, the strongest defensive midfielder in the Olympics.

After two seasons in Spain, Li Tie not only learned how to use his physical advantages to check opponents, but also became much more agile with his feet.

Coupled with the follow-up zone defense by others, the center was perfectly defended by the Olympic team.

More importantly, this place is more like a "big cloth pocket" opened by the National Olympic Games.

If a few people come, I will snare a few people for you.

No matter how many troops Tardelli invested, they were stuck in the quagmire after arriving in this area and could not extricate themselves.

In the 38th minute, Zambrotta spotted a gap that was not a gap, hoping to use his speed to break through the Olympic defense.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Zhang Ran was out of position for the first time, he immediately followed his opponent to defend himself.

As a result, not only was Zambrotta unable to pass the ball into the penalty area smoothly, but he was also forced to the wing a little bit.

After two consecutive dunks without breaking away from Zhang Ran's defense, Zambrotta was forced to the sideline by the Olympic team members, completely separated from his teammates.

He is worthy of being a young player who plays the main role at Juventus.

In this case, Gianluca Zambrotta saw the opportunity and made a pass.

Seeing their opponent taking the ball, Li Weifeng and General Fan immediately found Ventola and sandwiched him firmly in the middle.

Then General Fan jumped up high and pushed the ball out of the penalty area not far in front of Ventola.

Facing the ball flying out of the penalty area, Gattuso immediately rushed to the ball's landing point.

This fierce man known as the "Butcher" suddenly had the upper hand in the confrontation with Li Tie.

The current situation is to gain the upper hand in attack and not to defend Ronaldo who is dribbling the ball.

Gattuso's abilities are nowhere to be unleashed.

He could only watch helplessly as his position was pushed away bit by bit by Li Tie, and then this guy with an old-fashioned cabbage head hit the ball right in front of him.

Although he did not reach the first point, Gattuso's efforts to earn the top were not in vain.

In order to resist Gattuso, Li Tie's header was also not up to standard. It was neither very accurate nor too far.

As a result, Li Yan and Zanetti collided further away from the goal again and managed to get a header for the second time.

This time, Li Yan, who is 1.83 meters tall, did not get any benefit from Zanetti, who is 1.80 meters tall.

Zanetti, who has received professional and systematic training since childhood, is among the best among his peers in both physical fitness and football skills.

While blocking Li Yan, the ball was rubbed by Zanetti's forehead and landed accurately at the feet of Ambrosini.

The latter immediately turned around to protect the ball and then pushed the ball back to Ferrari behind midfield.

At this point, the ball was taken away by the Italians again.

The Olympic team members all stopped behind the center line in a timely manner without any intention of "overstepping".

Seeing Li Yi and Li Jinyu stop near the center circle, Tardelli was even more angry and cursed.

Hey Hey hey!

How many meters are there from the center line? Why don't you go up?

Even if it goes a little further, it’s enough to go one meter further!

Your formation is so tight, how can we attack from the center?

In the stands, when they saw that the Italians were still repeating the previous offensive steps and trying to penetrate from the center, some fans couldn't help but ask.

"Is the Italian stupid? We have so many people in the middle, why are they so determined to charge from here? Don't they know how to go to the side?"

After hearing this, the old fan Rossi took off his cowboy hat and laughed.

"Hahahahaha~~~Wide wing? How can he attack the wing? Does Italy have wide players?"

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