World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 187
With the "Korea-phobic" traffic, the media gave this Olympic Games a lot of attention.

This Olympic Games led by Zeng Zheng is called the golden generation!
Winning all six qualifiers without conceding a goal, this record also gave the fans strong confidence.

Some media even believe that under the leadership of Zeng Zheng, there is no problem for this team to reach 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 overseas students of Jianlibao.

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

Is this self-defeating martial arts?
In this training selection, both Xu Yunlong and Yang Pu were selected for the final list, but their club teammate and World Youth Championship top scorer Shao Jiayi was not selected. Is there something tricky about this?
The other national teams have three goalkeepers, and we only have one substitute to keep the goalkeeper. Will there be a shortage of goalkeepers?

Zeng Zheng, who was harassed tirelessly by these media, finally released a classic Northeast dialect: "Don't be blind, let's wait and see!" It aroused the enthusiasm of fans all over the country.

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

Speaking of which, the three powerhouses in East Asia are destined to form a situation of rivalry between the two.

And the other team will not be far behind, because it will be grouped with two strong West Asian opponents and 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 the little days led by Troussier went on an 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 Little Days.

Such a result directly led to Troussier's confidence bursting, and even arrogantly declared after the game: "We can kill South Korea with 8 people, even the goalkeeper is not needed!"

So it can be seen that the small days not only gradually crossed the mountain of South Korea, but South Korea itself continued to level the mountain.

After losing two games in a row, South Korean Bamboo Shoes convened an emergency permanent council and decided that if South Korean National Olympic head coach Heo Jung-moo did not call up professional players such as Gao Zhongxiu recommended by the Bamboo Shoes Technical Committee, he would be dismissed from his position as head coach.

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

And domestic fans are constantly amazed when they see such news.

"I didn't expect that it's almost the 21st century, and these bastards still come to learn from us!"

On September 9, team leader Li Xiaoguang and assistant coach Tang Pengju arrived in Seoul first.

One is to watch the second round of the warm-up match between Japan and South Korea, and the other is to inspect the venue and accommodation in Seoul.

According to Zeng Zheng's request, Tang Pengju first measured the length and width of the court, and the results were [-] meters and [-] meters respectively.

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

When he walked around the field 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 come to enforce the law.

"Coach Tang, what are you?"

"Hush!" Tang Peng pointed to the press card on his chest.

He didn't want the sticks to know that the coach of the Chinese team appeared on the field in this way at the moment.

After returning to China on the 30th, Li and Tang drafted a "Korea-Japan Competition Report" based on the collected information.

Detailed explanations were given on South Korea's set-piece handling, long and short passes, formation changes, etc. in the game.

When the game videotape and report were sent back to China, Zeng Zheng snorted slightly after watching it: "Sure enough, the sticks are exactly what I thought!"

The assistant coach Sang Tingliang on the side took an opportunity to deliberately describe this scene to the players with embellishments.

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

On October 10, a 2-member Chinese Olympic team that participated in the "Nine Finals" of the Sydney Olympic Football Preliminary Tournament in Asia 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 whole of Seoul.

Going all the way along the Han River, you can occasionally see the afterimage of Goguryeo Biedu.

At this time in China, it is the National Day of the Seven Heavens.

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

The opening ceremonies of the Drum Festival were also staged one after another in places such as Seoul Plaza and the open-air stage of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts.

Domestic tourists who don't know, thought it was a special welcome for themselves!
On October [-], the weather was fine.

More than 7 spectators were welcomed in the main Olympic Stadium in Seoul.

Chinese fans in red jerseys occupied the stadium to the brim.

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

But Chinese tourists can't stand the high bids.

In the end, some local individual fans followed the example of scalpers and sold their tickets to Chinese fans at high prices.

At the end, I looked at 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, and the Olympic Games can only wear white away jerseys with red dots to play.

After confirming that the players from both sides were ready, the referee from Malaysia blew the first round of the nine-final match, which is known as the strongest Olympic team in history.

"Pack up the mat, put up the mat!"

"Good afternoon, audience and 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 in the away game hopes to score a point against their opponent, and the South Korean team understands what it will mean if they can't win the strongest opponent in the group at home."

This is not the first time that Huang Jianxiang and Liu Jianhong have partnered to commentate. 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 trial stage.

Until the 17th minute of the game, Li Tie and Zhang Ran tacitly stepped forward to double-team near the center line and snatched the ball from Li Rongpyo's feet.

Li Rongpyo raised his hand to signal the Chinese team to foul, but the referee ignored it.

After getting the ball, Zhang Ran went forward alone with the ball.

"Zhang Ran dribbles the ball."

"Two players double-team over."

As the vice-captain of Jianlibao, Zhang Ran has a strong view of the overall situation, and his midfield organization ability is not weak.

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

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

"Zhang Ran's biography."

"Pretty!"

In the shot, the ball flies through the gap above the heads of the South Korean players.

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

Seeing that Li Jinyu controlled the ball so lightly, the South Korean defender who wanted to press forward hurriedly accelerated, pressing towards Li Jinyu with the fastest speed to prevent him from turning around.

But Li Jinyu seems to have expected this long ago.

With his back against the defensive player, he flicked the ball sideways, and Zhang Yuchen, who was catching up with the ball, directly raised his right leg.

"Li Jinyu stopped the ball"

"Cross pass."

"Zhang Yuxie!"

Liu Jianhong's voice was full of joy.

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

"Oh!"

"What a pity!"

"Zhang Yuxie's shot is too straight."

"Shot directly into Jin Longda's arms."

Liu Jianhong's tone was full of disappointment, but after Zhang Yuhan's shot, the sound of gongs and drums sounded at the same time, cheering for the Chinese team.

These gongs and drums are hard-won!

Because South Korean fans mostly use plastic sticks, and the sound of the plastic sticks when they are tapped together is naturally not as loud as gongs and drums.

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

After the news spread, smart Chinese fans used their coats to sneak these gongs and drums into the arena.

Seeing that the goal was not scored, Zhang Yuhan, who temporarily cut his hair short, covered his face with his hands, feeling very regretful.

Soon after, Guo'ao won a right corner kick in the frontcourt.

Zhao Jun, who took the corner kick, swung the ball to the opposite direction of the goal according to the method of the drill at the corner flagpole, forcing Jin Yongda to stick to 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 tripped Zhang Yuhen after falling to the ground. At this time, the penalty area fell into chaos.

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

This time, Jin Longda reacted immediately.

He immediately raised his hands, trying to hit the ball into the air.

But the cross kicked by Zhao Junzhe had a lot of rotation force, Jin Longda just rubbed his fingers, and the ball rubbed against the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.

After landing, Jin Longda looked at his fingers and frowned, as if he was not satisfied with his save just now.

Jin Yongdae's consecutive performances caused dissatisfaction among the South Korean fans in the stands.

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

The goalkeeper is active, but it is not a good thing.

Dissatisfied with the team's "trend" to be beaten by the Chinese team, the South Korean fans in the stands couldn't help but howl loudly.

"Although South Korea has inherited the style of play of the senior teams in the past, their weaknesses are also obvious."

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

Han Tao, who was at the side, had already practiced the "peerless magic skill" of watching the ball with both eyes and recording with both hands.

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

"We will insist on controlling the midfield, make more effective passing arrangements through the front midfielder, and strive to tear their defense from the front wing."

"And the formation of the bats is also very interesting."

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

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

"But look at Xiao Tao when the transition from offense to defense, their No. 17 forward will always take the initiative to retreat."

"That way they're a back four."

When Zeng Zheng was explaining South Korea's defensive formation to Han Tao in detail, South Korea's backcourt temporarily became chaotic due to the change of position.

Seeing this opportunity, Zhang Yuxie, Zhang Xiaorui, Li Tie and Li Jinyu all rushed to surround and snatch it.

Facing the pressure of the four, the South Korean defender had no chance to open his feet at all.

Just when the ball was kicked out of the crowd, Li Weifeng appeared from nowhere in the backcourt and kicked the ball directly.

Swish!
With the sound of brushing the net, the ball passed through the crowd and entered the lower right corner of the goal.

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

Offside!

The goal is invalid and the score is still 0-0.

Seeing the goal being blown, Han Tao's expression turned ugly.

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

Zeng Zheng didn't change his face, and said lightly: "The less offside, listen to the referee."

"Xiao Tao, don't forget that this is Seoul, and it's the place of stickmen."

"When we play away games, we must be mentally prepared for any unexpected situation."

Seeing Zeng Zheng's attitude of not changing his face even before Mount Tai collapsed, Han Tao, who was just about to quarrel, couldn't help scratching the back of his head.

Head Zeng still has a big structure and a city mansion!
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 about to greet the starters off the pitch, Zeng Zheng's voice came from talking to himself.

"Fuck him fucked up a fucking stick, I'll fuck your NN legs!"

In the second half, they changed places to fight again. The Olympic Games continued to launch a general attack on the South Korean restricted area under the premise of stabilizing the midfield in accordance with Zeng Zheng's arrangement.

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

Against South Korea's aggressive style of play that does not require a midfielder, the biggest difficulty for the National Olympics falls on the midfielder Li Tie.

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

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

From an overall point of view, this batch of National Olympic Games is strong in the midfield, which is also what Zeng Zheng is proud of.

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

Regardless of whether this is South Korea's original strategy, or Xu Dingmao's temporary method to deal with the Olympic Games.

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

Fortunately, Zhang Xiaorui's trip to Benfica in the past six months was not in vain.

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

Before being tackled by the opponent, he slammed his right foot and delivered the ball to Zhang Yuxie's feet.

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

When Zhang Yuhan got the ball, Jin Longda was the only one in front of him.

Facing the goalkeeper of South Korea, Zhang Yuxi calmly pushed the upper left corner of the goal and succeeded.

1:0.

The Chinese team took the lead.

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

Seeing that there is only one step away from breaking the Korean-phobia, but at this moment, an accident happened.

The desperate South Korea throws the ball in the frontcourt. Li Dongguo, with his back against Li Tie, turns around lightly, squeezes through the gap between Li Tie and Zhang Ran, and dribbles the ball into the upper right corner of the penalty area.

Faced with Yang Pu's pursuit and Li Datou's interception, Li Dongguo stuck to the position of the ball and tried his best to protect the ball.

Seeing that he was about to be squeezed out of balance by Li Weifeng, Li Dongguo fell to the ground and threw the ball back to Li Guanyu who came to meet him the moment before he lost possession of the ball.

The latter swung his legs without stopping the ball and made a light push.

The ball flew into the sky in an instant and flew towards the penalty spot.

Seeing the ball flying overhead, Sun Jihai just turned his head and saw the captain of South Korea rising from the spot.

Shen Binghao shook his head in the air and headed the ball straight to the Chinese team's gate.

bang.

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

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

At the same time, Shen Binghao and the rest of the South Korean team immediately stretched out their hands and shouted loudly.

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

"Beep!!!"

"The goal counts!"

Seeing the referee's penalty, all South Korean players embraced excitedly and ran to the sidelines to pay tribute to the fans.

There was no time for Zeng Zheng to react.

"Fuck!"

"Is that what the fuck counts?"

Zeng Zheng grabbed the fourth official by the neck, his temples were bulging, and he wished he could support him with one arm.

The fourth official showed no sign of weakness either.

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

"Boss Zeng, Zeng, drink, drink some water." Han Tao stuttered under Zeng Zheng's hideous appearance.

"Drink some JB water?"

Zeng Zheng threw the mineral water bottle aside, "Did the Malaysian referee take money?"

After venting, Han Tao looked at him blankly.

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

"Xiao Tao, I told you that you can't be cowardly when you are a coach."

"Soldiers love one, will love a nest."

"When it's time to make a move, we have to make a move, understand?"

There is no goal-line technology in this era, and even the bottom-line referees are not equipped.

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

But it was such a ball that was counted by the referee subjectively and hastily.

How can Zeng Zheng be convinced?
Under Zeng Zheng's order, the team members who had already begun to retreat with all their strength launched a counterattack again in the remaining time.

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

Wang Peng leaned on the 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, relying on Shen Binghao's highly controversial goal, the Olympic team scored a 1-1 draw in the away game, which was one step away from breaking the fans' nightmare of fearing Korea.

After the game, both Zeng Zheng and the players questioned the referee's decision. Zeng Zheng grabbed the camera lens and aimed it at his face, and shouted: "The goal scored by South Korea is questionable, and our goal that was blown away It is also doubtful!"

In the end, amidst the uproar, Zeng Zheng was dragged back to the locker room by several teaching assistants.

He wasn't even included in the post-match press conference.

In this way, because of this controversial goal, the Olympic team ended the first nine-final match.

(End of this chapter)