World Cup of Great Powers

The men's football team advanced to the semi-finals of the Olympic Games. When the news spread back to China, the fans were as excited as the Chinese New Year.

In this era, the Olympic Games are the biggest sports event in the hearts of Chinese people.

And men’s football is the number one sport in the world.

When their own team achieved breakthrough results in the first sport of the biggest sports event, not only the fans, but also the aunties selling vegetables on the streets were proud of it.

"Dalian Evening News" published an article that night with the title: "Thank God, thank you, thank you Zeng Shuai!"

"... Under the command of coach Zeng, the 120 minutes of fierce battle was finally condensed into a 5-minute penalty shootout."

"And the final victory, as everyone expected, belongs to China."

"12 years! Three Olympics."

"The brand-new men's football team just returned to the Olympic finals and eliminated the powerful Italy to reach the semi-finals."

"Coach Zeng is as trustworthy as ever, and Coach Zeng is still rewriting the history of Chinese football."

"When Xu and Bao Zai led Songri to successfully attack A, they left behind a sentence of 'Thank God, Thank Earth, Thank People'."

"When it comes to Chinese football, this 'person' is undoubtedly Zeng Zheng!"

After the men's football team reached the semi-finals, many uninformed sports fans felt that the men's football team should do its best to compete for the Olympic gold medal, just like the women's football team that had already reached the finals.

When reporters excitedly approached Zeng Zheng for an exclusive interview, Zeng Zheng, who was taking his team members to swim in the swimming pool, rushed out of the water and pressed the edge of the pool with his arms.

Looking at the reporters with long guns and cannons in front of them and looking expectant on their faces, Zeng Zheng took off his swimming goggles and replied in a bored tone: "Olympic gold medal?"

"How dare you think!"

"Okay, you go back first, I will do my best."

"Don't delay my swimming!"

After saying that, Zeng Zheng turned his back and lay down on the water.

He pushed hard against the wall with both feet, and used the force of the recoil to leave the edge of the pool.

Watching Zeng Zheng leave gracefully, only a group of reporters who were splashed with water were left by the pool, looking at each other in shock.

September 26, Sydney.

The venue was still filled with enthusiastic Chinese fans.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the two Olympic forwards immediately rushed forward after taking the ball.

After the ball passed twice, Zhang Ran took a kick and passed the ball directly to the empty space on the right.

"Wrong transmission?"

"Is it too late?"

"It's spread?"

neither!

Like a bolt of white lightning, Sun Jihai stood out from the three green players in the blink of an eye.

As we all know, the biggest advantage of African teams is their bodies.

Quickly surpassing one position from the crowd was already the limit of Sun Jihai's running.

Snapped!

Sun Jihai blocked the ball forward with his right foot, and then continued to sprint.

For a moment, the Cameroon full-back could only hang behind him, eating Sun Jihai's exhaust.

After three or four consecutive shots, Cameroon's bottom line was already in sight.

Sun Jihai immediately raised his right leg without hesitation and hit the ball hard.

boom!

Bang!

Two muffled sounds in succession.

Lauren, who was hanging behind Sun Jihai just now, rushed forward and used the outside instep of his right foot to block Sun Jihai's cross from the baseline.

"Beep!"

Corner kick for the Olympic team.

As soon as the game starts, you can see the speed of the players from both sides.

The fans in the stands also skipped the warm-up and cheered at the top of their lungs.

Especially fans of the Olympic team.

After watching a boring quarter-final, I eagerly hope to see my men's football team spread its wings in the Olympics.

"It's quite fast!" When Sun Jihai asked the caddy for the ball to take a corner kick, Cameroon's 51-year-old coach Acono and the assistant coach beside him muttered. "Let the boys pay attention."

"It's so damn fast!" Li Huajun's mouth twitched, "How can a black guy like this have such a good body?"

Sun Jihai made a forward gesture and then quickly kicked the corner kick.

In the penalty area, three Cameroon defenders jumped high.

Their identical big bald heads were shiny under the sunlight, and the reflected sunlight just flashed to the side of the Olympic champions.

Boom!

The first point where the ball hit was hit by the Cameroonian.

Seeing the ball flying towards the outside of the penalty area, the 16-year-old goalkeeper Kameni quickly opened his arms and slapped forward: "Run, run!"

After a corner kick, commanding the players to quickly rush out of the penalty area is one of the many slogans the goalkeeper shouts on the court.

This is just the start of the game, and the Cameroon players are full of energy.

Kameni didn't need to shout, a group of people roared and rushed outside the penalty area.

On the penalty area line, Zhang Ran's header was distributed to Zhang Xiaorui on the other side.

Zhang Xiaorui, who was almost as bad as his opponent, stepped on the ball, used the time when others stopped the ball to briefly observe his opponent's movement, and then decisively kicked the ball towards the arch of his left foot with a fried ball.

While avoiding Gremi, he hit a shot with his left heel.

The ball rushed out with a whoosh, flying against the turf towards the lower left corner of the goal.

Bang!

In front of the goal line, Kameni fell sideways and blocked the ball out of the baseline with the palm of his right hand.

"Another corner kick for the National Olympics!" Huang Jianxiang said excitedly.

While Shen Si ran to the other side to take a corner kick, Huang Jianxiang quickly used the broadcast to return to the defense and once again described to the fans the scene where Zhang Xiaorui just hit the goal.

"Zhang Xiaorui did a great kick."

"The shot is very decisive, the angle is very tricky, and the power is full."

"It's a pity that Cameroon goalkeeper Kameni was focused and quickly blocked the ball from the baseline."

"If this goal is scored, it will be a dream start for the Olympic Games."

"Let's look at the corner kick from the other side of the Olympic team."

"It's the previous point again..."

"Still pushed out by the Cameroonian players..."

"Lee Iron!"

"Don't miss the second point!"

Outside the penalty area, Li Tie, who was as strong as an ox, quickly rushed to the second landing point of the ball after fighting with his opponent at the first landing point.

Mimbo, a 26-year-old overage player, did not expect to fight so fiercely after the start of the Olympic Games.

By accident, Li Tie was rushed over his head, and the ball returned to the Olympic team again.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This time, Zhang Xiaorui, who got the ball, did not choose to move forward.

He first controlled the ball and then passed it back to Zhang Ran behind him.

Before the ball reached Zhang Ran's feet, Zhang Xiaorui stretched out his arm and pointed at Shen Si who had just returned from the corner kick area.

Zhang Ran understood and kicked the ball without stopping.

He is worthy of being the vice-captain of Jianlibao.

Although the distance between him and Shen Si was more than 20 meters, Zhang Ran did not choose to hit a high ball over the top, but directly hit a ground ball with the instep of his instep.

The ball slipped away from the feet of two Cameroon defenders with a "CHUA" sound.

When they turned around, Shensi on the left sideline had already caught the ball with the arch of her left foot.

After taking a small step forward, he quickly catches up with the ball and crosses the ball.

The National Olympic team members who had just returned from the offside line turned back again and rushed towards the opponent's penalty area.

Under the normal gazes of the two linesmen, no one was offside.

In order to perfect such details, Zeng Zhengke started from selecting team members and trained all the way to now.

Seeing this, countless wealthy scouts at the scene nodded silently.

Inside the door to see the door, the layman to watch the fun.

Judging from the success of the Olympic team members this time, whether it is Shen Si passing the ball or the forwards and defenders making the difference, the professionalism of football has already crossed the European passing line.

Although the basic professional quality is passed, it does not mean that it can create advantages.

In the National Olympic team, high forward Zhang Yuheng was not present, and the main force fell on General Fan and Li Weifeng.

However, Cameroonians were well prepared.

As soon as Fan and Li break into the penalty area, a team member will immediately guard them.

This time, the National Olympics still made no real progress in passing the ball.

Kameni saw the opportunity and gave up the goal, picking the ball off with both hands.

At this time, the camera also focused on the youngest player in this Olympics.

When seeing his mature face, everyone couldn't help but complain: "Is this 8 years old?"

In the first three minutes, Guoao hit a wave of shots inside the goal frame, won two corner kicks, and attempted two crosses.

Facing such a fierce offensive in the Olympic Games, young Kameni's ability to read the game obviously needs to be improved.

After spotting the gap, Kameni quickly threw the ball in his arms.

"Force me!!!"

As Zeng Zheng shouted, as soon as Lauren on the wing stepped on the ball, Sun Jihai was already behind him.

23-year-old Lauren Ettame is the same age as Sun Jihai and just transferred to Arsenal from Mallorca this season.

Like Laurent, Sun Jihai, who has just been promoted from League One, has also not played a game in the Premier League due to the Olympics.

But now, before the two have played against each other in the Premier League, they have already met once in the Olympics.

At Mallorca, Lauren played as a winger.

So in this Olympics, Lauren is also playing as a winger.

It is worth mentioning that the reason Wenger chose Lauren was because he wanted to train him into a full-back.

But looking at Lauren's terrible ball protection on the screen, Wenger finally shook his head.

Poor Lauren.

He never dreamed that his debut at Arsenal would be postponed for a month just because of this wing guard!

In front of the sideline, Lauren bent over, stuck out her butt, and put her hands back to protect the ball.

Sun Jihai pressed Lauren's back with one hand, pulled his shoulder with the other hand, and kicked him continuously, trying to reach the ball.

Faced with continuous competition from her opponents, Lauren couldn't even lift her head, let alone pass the ball to her teammates.

At this time, two Cameroon players had already ran to his side and shouted loudly.

But looking at the situation on the field, even if Lauren heard it, she couldn't see the specific position of her teammates at all.

When Abanda, who plays for Sparta Prague, saw this, he turned a corner and ran towards Lauren.

Seeing a flash of green in front of him, Lauren, who was about to lose control, was like a drowning man grabbing onto a floating board. Without thinking, he launched a through ball towards his teammates.

But the next second, Lauren regretted it.

Qu Bo, who had been following Abanda, accelerated suddenly, stretched out his kick from behind Abanda and poked the ball out.

Facing the incoming ball, Zhang Xiaorui stretched out his left foot forward to meet it.

After waiting for the opponent to rush to the side, he directly stood firm and let the ball roll in front of him. While blocking the opponent with his back, he retracted his left foot and turned around, successfully throwing away the close defender behind him.

Zhang Xiaorui's fake turn fully demonstrated the true nature of Benfica's star player.

After he turned around, he not only stood out from the dense defense area with the ball, but also could shoot through it.

Also a two-touch player.

This time, Zhang Xiaorui, who brought the ball from the wing, chose to cut in and pass.

Whoosh!

The ball passed over the heads of three Cameroon players and flew to the back post without any mistakes.

General Fan and Li Weifeng both jumped up, but neither hit the ball.

Seeing that the ball was about to hit the ground, Li Jinyu rushed over, flew forward and kicked the ball into the Cameroon goal with the spikes on his soles.

"The ball is scored!!!" Huang Jianxiang shouted immediately.

At the same time, the Chinese coaching staff and Olympic fans in the stands immediately raised their arms and cheered loudly.

"Li Jinyu scored a goal."

"In the 5th minute of the game..."

"Eh???"

"Wait a moment..."

"The referee raised the flag."

"Is this ball an offside?" Huang Jianxiang's voice was full of reluctance.

"Oooh!"

"It's offside."

"Li Jinyu was offside and the goal was invalid."

After seeing the referee's penalty, Huang Jianxiang could only relay the referee's final penalty to the fans no matter how reluctant he was.

"Fuck, that's offside? How is this offside?"

"Referee, did you see clearly?"

"This is obviously a goal, a goal!!!"

Zeng Zheng yelled and ran to the fourth official, baring his teeth and claws in protest.

"Referee, you can't do this!"

"That's a goal!"

"You can't just blow away our goal!"

Faced with Zeng Zheng's yelling, the linesman from Dalaomei remained unmoved.

Until Li Huajun and Li Hui both arrived, each holding an arm and pulling Zeng Zheng back to the Chinese coaching bench.

"Coach Zeng, it's over, it's over." Li Huajun advised.

"Coach Zeng, don't get excited. This ball seems to be really offside." Li Hui also stroked Zeng Zheng's back.

"Boss Zeng, let's drink some water to calm down." Han Tao opened a bottle of mineral water in time and handed it to Zeng Zheng.

Taking the water bottle, Zeng Zheng raised his head and took a sip.

When he swallowed the water in his mouth, his face returned to its previous calmness.

Going to the fourth official and yelling is a required course for almost every coach.

Li Jinyu's ball just now was indeed offside, and Zeng Zheng could see it clearly than anyone else.

But this does not prevent him from going to the fourth official to protest.

Unlike the last match against Italy, this match against Cameroon, Zeng Zheng really didn’t have much confidence.

Cameroon and Italy have completely different football styles.

Zeng Zheng can draw a stalemate with Italy by sticking to his guns;

But if you use the same turtle shell tactics against Cameroon, your own defense will be torn to pieces by the African Lions before long!

If you can't defend, you can only rely on attack.

However, the National Olympic team is already weak in strength, and now it is short of soldiers. A normal attack against Cameroon will probably not end well.

Therefore, Zeng Zheng's strategy for the team is to attack at the beginning and attack without limit!

Don't care about defense or physical fitness.

Press high in the frontcourt and create set pieces.

If you can pass, pass, if you can shoot, shoot.

If the last game of the National Olympic Games showed the world its own defensive ability, then in this game, Zeng Zheng wanted to let fans around the world take a look at the offensive capabilities of the National Olympic Games.

As long as you can catch your opponent off guard at the beginning and then score one or two goals by luck.

It is not impossible to capture the African lion.

But how can the football scores be so good?

Don't say that the ball was offside by Li Jinyu.

Even if it is not offside, the goal may be disallowed due to the referee's misjudgment.

So for Zeng Zheng, he also has to fulfill the responsibilities of a head coach on the sidelines.

Whenever there is a questionable penalty, Zeng Zheng will rush to the sidelines immediately, find the linesman, and the fourth official to protest and appeal.

The stronger the coaching staff performs, the less likely the referee staff will take it lightly.

To use Zeng Zheng’s words, maybe if he scores an offside goal next time, it will count as a goal!?