Chinese champion

Chapter 93 Resisting Korea
In that issue of Sports Weekly, the most attractive thing was not the "Hua Disc" published on the front page, but another article entitled "The Conscience of Sports Media" written by Xiao Jun on the second page.

He wrote in the article: "...in the barren land of Chinese football, there are not no good seedlings, but they are often killed in the cradle. This is certainly related to our system and environment, but whether our sports media Do you also have to bear certain responsibilities? When you perform well, you will be hyped, and if you have any setbacks, you will start to sigh. It is not advisable to win or kill. Pei Wei is undoubtedly the only one in Chinese football in 20 years. (This sentence is absolutely not an exaggeration, as long as you look at what he has achieved in Europe, it is definitely not achieved by any Chinese player in the past 20 years), he is very lucky, he went abroad at the age of 14, There he made extraordinary achievements, which is the glory of the entire Chinese football world. A nation without genius is an unfortunate nation, but a nation with genius but not knowing how to cherish it is a sad nation! Take a look, in When Pei Wei suffered a little setback, our media did not give any help and encouragement to our national treasure football player, and some media and reporters not only did not send charcoal in the timely manner for the sake of circulation, but published some sensational, completely False reporting, is this the way to treat a young man who has worked hard abroad and won glory for Chinese football? For those who have no professional ethics as a journalist, we have to ask: What is your intention in doing this? To put it bluntly, the newspaper that published such an article at that time is more like a newspaper from Japan or South Korea..."

Xiao Jun's sharp writing style and aggressive writing style made this article an appeal. Jianfeng pointed directly at two other well-known newspapers that are as famous as Sports Weekly. As an excuse, the sports weekly is different. This weekly newspaper, which had a circulation of less than 96 in 30, has developed into a super media with a circulation of more than 500 million through five years of unremitting efforts and a fair attitude. The Zhang newspaper is famous for its daring to speak and dare to do. It often speaks out against the Football Association, especially Xiao Jun is one of the best. This article inherited his usual style and caused a huge wave among the fans.

Sports Weekly was also the only newspaper among the three super media that did not say anything about Pei Wei during that period, which also allowed them to publish this article confidently.

This article caused a series of debates in the country. The war of words in several media has enriched the fans during the idle days waiting for the World Cup.

Pei Wei didn't know that there was such a big disturbance in the country because of him, because Mallorca had a two-day closed training during this period. The most powerful opponents encountered in the UEFA Cup.

Aragones also knows that this game is of great importance. Five of the eight games in February have been played, and the rest are the two games against Eindhoven on the 20th and 28th and the halfway game against Seville on the 24th. In a league game in Asia, the schedule will become easier again in March. If they can survive this period of time, Aragones will have a little more confidence in achieving good results this season.

Although Eto'o can't play, Mallorca lacks one of the sharpest weapons. Fortunately, the two substitute forwards, Bagani and Roberto, are in good condition recently. In addition, Luke, who has rested for a while, at least on the front line The strength is still there.

The midfield staff is very neat, no injuries and no suspensions, but Aragones is a bit sloppy in the defense. Captain Nadal has accumulated three yellow cards and cannot play. Fortunately, the young player Ballesteros has recently played well. Gave Aragones confidence that he will replace Nadal.

In terms of opponents, Eindhoven's lineup is very neat, with no injuries or suspensions. The head coach Kretz seemed confident in the interview before the game. He said that he will achieve a satisfactory result in the away game. Achievements to pave the way for entering the next stage of the competition!

It is not surprising that Kretz has such confidence. Eindhoven was the Eredivisie champion last year. This year, he won No.3 in the first group stage of the Champions League and had to participate in the UEFA Cup. Since Ruud van Nistelrooy joined Manchester United, the striker Kežman from Serbia and Montenegro has taken over his No. [-] jersey well and has become the top scorer in the Eredivisie for two consecutive years. Link, Eindhoven's forward line is definitely not inferior to any giant's forward partner.

In the midfield, the Dutch international Van Bommel is their leader. He and the Swiss international Vogel's partner are quite tacit, coupled with the two wings Ruben and the Danish international Romedal. Fight to win over the Dutch barrier.

The back line is not inferior, led by Dutch international Hofland, Bouma, Aido, and South Korean international Lee Yong-pyo, plus goalkeeper Walters, they do have reasons to be proud.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on the 20th, the competition officially began.

Aragones formed the strongest lineup he could. Goalkeeper Roa, defenders Finidi, Nino, Ballesteros and Curtis, midfielders Panovic, Ibagaza, Campano and Pei Wei, the forwards are Luke and Robert.

Although this lineup is not weak, it is still much bleak compared to the opponent's lineup that is almost all international players.

First, Mallorca kicked off the ball. Pei Wei knocked the ball returned by Luke to Nino behind him, and then ran forward by himself.

The two forwards of PSV immediately pressed forward, and at the same time their entire formation immediately pressed forward.

The traditional style of play of the Dutch team is total attack and total defense!

Fortunately, the Mallorca team is not an underdog. The stable passing of the defenders makes the opponent have no chance to steal the ball.

Nino evaded Hesselink's press and passed the ball to Campano on the right.

Campano was about to catch the ball when suddenly a figure rushed past him like a wind and broke the ball halfway!
The one who stole the ball was the young player who only entered the first team this year, Ajayne Ruben, who had played against Pei Wei in the World Youth Championship!

Ruben didn't stay after stealing the ball, but directly dribbled the ball to the bottom line!
Finidi, who was unprepared, was broken by Ruben in an instant. Ruben did not continue to cut in, but made a cross from the right side of the penalty area!

Relying on his speed, Kezhiman threw off Ballesteros' defense and grabbed a powerful header to attack the goal!

There was a burst of exclamation from the Mallorca fans. Fortunately, Roa reacted quickly, and with a beautiful side attack, he narrowly saved the ball out of the bottom line with a single palm!

corner kick!Only 3 minutes into the game, Eindhoven created a good opportunity through a frontcourt interception. This was also the first shot of the game. Eindhoven started aggressively.

Romedal took a corner kick and assisted Hovland with a header, but Nino was not to be outdone, and rushed the ball ahead of him.

The ball flew out of the penalty area and landed at Van Bommel's feet. The captain of Eindhoven did not wait for the ball to hit the ground, but took a powerful long-range shot, and the ball was slightly higher than the lintel.

Although they didn't score a goal, Eindhoven's momentum was fully displayed. They launched an attack against the guest, overwhelming the Mallorca team for a while.

The most active players on the field are Kežman and Ruben from Eindhoven. Ruben breaks through Finidi's defense frequently. Campano has to retreat to help the defense, and Kežman's running position is the speed. It made Ballesteros, who was marking him, a headache, and had to use fouls several times to stop Kezhiman's breakthrough.

No. In 203 minutes, Eindhoven finally waited for the goal. Ruben took the ball on the left and swayed Finidi again, forcing Finidi to pull him down from behind and prepare to break through. The referee awarded a penalty on the left Free kick.

Van Bommel took the penalty. When Mallorca's defenders focused all their attention on Kežman, he sent an overhead ball. Heselink was unguarded at the back point and he stopped comfortably. A volley from the far corner after the ball!
Luo A failed to make a save, and the ball was about to hit the net. When Hesselink was about to cheer, he heard a "clang", and the ball hit the goalpost and bounced back into the penalty area!

The Mallorca fans just breathed a sigh of relief. Kezhiman did not know when he got rid of the Mallorca defender's defense and appeared on the ball path accurately. With an easy shot, the ball flew into the empty goal!

The noise of the entire stadium stopped immediately, leaving only the cheers of more than 1000 Eindhoven fans!
The Mallorca players felt powerless in their hearts. They conceded the ball first after being pressed for 10 minutes. This was a very serious psychological blow.

At the critical moment, Nino did what a captain should do. He yelled loudly: "What's wrong? Isn't it just a ball? What is there to be discouraged? They are just the Dutch champions. Don't forget that we are Mallorca Our home stadium is the San Moise Stadium! Even giants such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Deportivo have not been able to please us! PSV Eindhoven is nothing, let us work together to bring them Defeat! Maintain the dignity of our home court!"

Nino’s words gave the players a shot in the arm. Yes, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​one of the super teams in Europe, also failed to take away three points here, and Deportivo was even scored 4 by us: 1. What is little Eindhoven?

The game restarted, and Luke handed the ball to Pei Wei after the kick-off.

Pei Wei did not pass back as he did at the beginning of the game, but directly dribbled the ball towards Eindhoven's half!

snort!Dutch champions!Let me see your strength!

His actions were deliberate. Although the vice-captain boosted morale, his team was still at a disadvantage on the scene. He wanted to use his own strength to bring the situation back!

Before the Eindhoven players could react for a while, Pei Wei passed through Kežman and Hesselink!
Vogel stepped forward to block. The 26-year-old midfielder has replaced the famous player Sforza and has become the new spiritual leader of the Swiss national team.

But he obviously underestimated Pei Wei. Facing Pei Wei's dribble, he was directly a frontal tackle!

Tackle as a football defensive technique is very useful in the game, but it also has its own weaknesses!

That is, if the player who uses the tackle fails to break the ball at the opponent's feet, he will be completely swayed by the opponent, and it will be difficult for him who has fallen to the ground to get up quickly and organize defense again. It is also equivalent to being completely shaken!
Vogel is like this. When Pei Wei jumped over his body with the ball, he completely passed his defense!
Van Bommel was on the other side, and it was too late to defend. Pei Wei quickly advanced to a place less than 30 meters away from PSV's goal. In this area, he was already within his shooting range!
The fans of Mallorca were excited, they shouted in unison: "Pei! Pei! Pei!" They were expecting their core to respond to the opponent as soon as they lost the ball!

"Lee! Go up and stop him!" Hovland yelled loudly. The two forwards of Mallorca were responding on both sides in front of Pei Wei. people at!

Li Rongpyo agreed. At this time, he had already run to Pei Wei's side. He had heard the name of this East Asian neighbor, and he also knew the rumor that Pei Wei was not suitable for professional football some time ago!
He sneered in his heart: "The physique of the Chinese is poor, but the players of our Republic of Korea are all in good health!"

Of course, he will not be polite to Pei Wei. Putting aside the 3 years of football grievances between China and South Korea, he rushed to the Chinese youth team led by Pei Wei to beat the Korean youth team 0-[-] last year, which prevented them from participating in that competition. In the World Youth Championship, Lee Yongpyo will avenge his juniors!

He bumped into Pei Wei's shoulder fiercely from the side, and at the same time stretched out his feet to wait for Pei Wei to lose his balance before breaking the ball under his feet!
It is undeniable that his strategy is still good. If it was Pei Wei who was more than a month ago, if he hits him, I am afraid that the ball will be broken by him!

Mind you, it was over a month ago.

But what he didn't expect was that after more than a month of training, Pei Wei's progress was obviously beyond his imagination!
Pei Wei noticed this guy with the same yellow skin and black eyes as himself when he came to prepare to defend. He usually likes to browse sports news and of course he knows who his opponent is. Lee Yongpyo, a member of the Korean national team, played against China in 2000 He scored four goals in three games for the national team, and came to PSV in 2000, and has become the main right back of this Eredivisie team.

He already knew what his opponent was thinking when Lee Rong Pyo bumped into him, of course he could avoid the collision with him, but Pei Wei didn't want to do that because he wanted to see how much his fighting ability had increased through Lee Rong Pyo!

Li Yongpyo bumped into Pei Wei's shoulder, and then he found that his opponent was not as unbalanced as he imagined, and at the same time, the outstretched foot was hooked in the air, and Pei Wei concealed the ball forward while colliding with him. Poke, and then speed up to catch up with the ball!

Li Rongpyo, who was competing with Pei Wei, suddenly found that he was completely out of force in front of him. He rushed forward when he couldn't hold back his strength. Fortunately, he stabilized his body in time and did not fall into the predicament of falling to the ground.

But is he capable of defending Pei Wei anymore? During this period of time, Pei Wei dribbled the ball forward for a few meters and was already close to the top of the penalty area. Bao Ma had no choice but to leave Luke to defend Pei Wei. Seizing the momentary opportunity to send a direct pass, the unguarded Luke shot an extremely fast ground ball to the goalkeeper after receiving the ball. Waters couldn't make a save, 1:1, Ma Lorca equalized the score!
The cheers erupted from the Mallorca fans lasted for a long time. Their prince did not disappoint them, and immediately pulled the score back less than 2 minutes after the opponent scored!
After the goal, Luke and Pei Wei ran to the sidelines with their shoulders crossed, raised their fists and roared: "Look, the dignity of our home court cannot be trampled on!"
"It seems that we have to focus on that guy." Looking at the celebrating Mallorca players, Eindhoven captain Van Bommel said lightly.

"Let me do it!" It was Li Rongpyo who spoke, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with Pei Wei's performance just now: "I will definitely keep an eye on him! At the same time, I also want to maintain the dignity of our Republic of Korea! How can the players of the Republic of Korea lose to Chinese players!"

Van Bommel frowned. He had always disliked the fact that his teammate always talked about the "Republic of Korea". Not wanting to hit him, he hesitated for a while, then he nodded: "Okay, you come to the middle to keep an eye on him, and Vogel will fill your position."

"This..." Vogel hesitated to speak. After Lee Yongpyo left, he said to Van Bommel: "Captain, this is probably not good, right? I think Lee might not be able to keep an eye on him. This is how the game..."

Van Bommel interrupted him: "Don't worry, Johani (Vogel's name), I'm afraid he won't be reconciled if he is not allowed to do it. It will be worse for the team. It is better to let him fail a few times. I will help him appropriately, and after letting him suffer a bit, you will still be watching in the second half."

Vogel understood the captain, he nodded silently, and returned to the right back position.

Sure enough, Van Bommel was not surprised. After the game restarted, Lee Yongpyo couldn’t prevent Pei Wei’s breakthrough at all. He was far behind Pei Wei in terms of speed, agility, and height. Mallorca’s attack was also due to the Pei Wei became more active and aggressive. If it wasn't for Van Bommel's constant filling for Lee Yong Pyo, Mallorca might have overtaken the score.

Kretz kept yelling anxiously on the sidelines, while Aragones sat quietly on the bench, talking about something with the assistant coach next to him.

The expressions of the coaches of both sides also explained the current situation of the two teams.

Before the end of the first half, Pei Wei played tricks on Li Rongpyo again. He shook Li Rongpyo a few times and finally knocked Li Rongpyo to the ground. Lee Rongpyo couldn't hold back his temper. He fell to the ground and grabbed Pei Wei's feet from behind. The sharp whistle sounded, a free kick!

At the same time, the referee ran up to Lee Yong Pyo and showed him a yellow card!
Lee Yongpyo, who had come to his senses, knew how bad his move was. It was no longer a football move, but a technique in Taekwondo, the national sport of South Korea.

Mallorca fans wantonly satirized the Koreans in the opposing lineup. A genius guy actually made up a song: "La La... Koreans know Taekwondo, and they use it on the football field. In the Korean dictionary, Marado Na means kicking the ball... (Note: This is Pele's sarcastic words after the match between South Korea and Argentina in the World Cup in 86. The rude actions of the South Korean players in that game attracted the attention of the world, but in the end they ended up with After the 1:3 defeat, Bailey said after the game: "I just now know that Maradona means to play as a ball in Korean.") We also have a Chinese, he can magical Chinese Kung Fu, Taekwondo is not enough to watch..."

Pei Wei heard the singing from the auditorium, and having been in Spain for more than half a year, he understood the meaning of the song and couldn't help laughing.

Lovely Mallorca fans.

It wasn't until the referee's whistle sounded that he realized that it was time for him to take a free kick.

The position of the ball is very good, about 25 meters away from the goal, a little to the right of the top of the penalty area, which is suitable for a left-footed player like him.

Pei Wei took a deep breath, took a few steps back, started running, kicked up!
The wall jumped up, but Pei Wei's ball had a very high arc, passed the wall, and then had a strong fall!

Although Waters made a save, the ball had already started to fall when he just made a sideways save, and it was about to hit the net.

"It's over..." he thought to himself, and then he heard a "clang"!
Sighs rolled across the field, Pei Wei made a very good free kick, with perfect arc, power, angle, and speed, but it was a pity that it hit the crossbar in the end.

Waters hurriedly caught the falling ball, and his beating heart calmed down.

Pei Wei also shook his head helplessly. It's a pity that this free kick originally felt good.

Waters kicked the ball with a big kick, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. The two sides drew 1:1 and entered the break.

When entering the player tunnel, Pei Wei saw the dejected Li Rongpyo, and he smiled inwardly.

This can be regarded as another way of resisting Korea, right?

(End of this chapter)