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Chapter 191 Heart of a Champion Great victory over Honduras! !Andre moment! !

For the first two matches of Italy's group stage in the BJ Olympics, the competition venues were all at the QHD Olympic Sports Center.

The QHD Olympic Sports Center is very beautiful, and it has a natural harmony with this port city. The lightweight steel suspension frame, the strong dynamic and curvaceous saddle-shaped skyline, and the milky white roof cladding make the stadium stand out against the blue sky during the day. In the background, it looks like a white sail rising on the sea; at night, under the background of floodlights, it looks like a huge scallop lying quietly on the seashore.

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On August 2008th, 8, the Italian Olympic team, at the QHD Olympic Center Stadium, had a day to adapt to the venue.

Xiangnan received a pass from Giovinco, facing De Silvestri who was rushing fiercely, he pulled and dunked, followed by another horizontal pull, raised his right foot, and fell rapidly.

De Silvestri scrambles for a tackle, but Lazio's young defender falls for it—
The right foot that fell to the south suddenly slowed down, took advantage of the trend, and the ball reached the foot of Rocky who was inserted in the middle.

All the Lazio striker had to do was flick the ball into the goal.

On the sidelines of the training field in the Olympic Sports Center, there was a lot of applause. Even if it was just an open training session to adapt to the venue, it also attracted a large number of Chinese fans to watch.

Of course, Chinese fans mainly come to see Xiang Nan. There is no doubt that Xiang Nan is the most popular male football player in this Olympic Games, even Argentina's Messi and Brazil's Ronaldinho , nor is Xiangnan popular in China.

In addition to Xiangnan, in the Italian Olympic team, the fans' favorites are Juventus genius Giovinco and Villarreal striker Rossi.

Rossi, the new Italian golden boy with the same name as the 1982 Italian World Cup golden boy Rossi, is doomed to be the third striker in this Olympic Games, and he will be Xiangnan's substitute.

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Xiangnan took a flight back from Tokyo on the night of the match between Chelsea and the Japanese national team.

Italy's opponent in the first round of the Olympic group stage is Honduras, and the two teams have not faced each other in the past in the Olympics.

The Honduras team's road to promotion is smooth sailing. They qualified first in the group in the qualifiers of CONCACAF.

The Italian team is because England is a regional team and does not have the qualifications to represent the United Kingdom in the Olympics. Therefore, Italy won the opportunity to participate in the Olympic play-offs, and finally defeated Portugal in the play-offs. BJ Olympic.

Although Italy's road to qualifying is stumbling, this is not the case in Italy. There is such an emotion in the Apennine Peninsula. Whenever the Italian team stumbles, it means that this team is very hopeful. Whether it was the 1982 World Cup or the 2006 World Cup, that was mostly the case.

Uh... Regarding this point, let's not talk about whether the 'experience' of the Italian team in the World Cup is applicable to the Olympic Games. Think about the European Cup in June. Italy was also eliminated by stumbles, and the reason why it was able to reach the quarterfinals , also has a lot to do with Xiangnan's turning out of the sky.

For the upcoming match against Honduras, the head coach of the Italian Olympic team, Casiraghi, expressed considerable optimism——
"Honduras are a good team, but, without a doubt, the winners of the match will be Italy, we have the best goalscorers in Europe."

"Of course, our goal is the championship!!"

Regarding Casiraghi's arrogance, the head coach of the Honduras Olympic team expressed a certain degree of caution when interviewed by the media——
"Italy are a strong team, there is no doubt that they have the upper hand and we will try to get a good result."

"Andre? He is simply a genius, a genius who gives me a headache!!"

"It's not easy to freeze Andre..."

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For this encounter, the head coaches of both sides did not play any mystery before the game. The starting lineups of both sides were announced the day before the game.

Italy Olympic starting lineup (4-4-2):
Goalkeeper: 1-Viviano (Brescia);

Defense: 16-De-Silvestri (Lazio), 6-Chriscito (Genoa), 15-Bocetti (Genoa), 3-Decelle (Juventus);

Midfielder: 4-Nocerino (Palermo), 5-Zigalini (Parma), 7-Montolivo (Fiorentina), 10-Jovenco (Juventus);

Forwards: 9-Andre (Chelsea), 11-Rossi (Lazio);

Honduras Olympic starting lineup:

Goalkeeper: 1-Hernandez;
Defense: 2-Alzu, 3-Molina, 4-Caballero, 5-Norales;

Midfield: 7-M-Martinez (Shanghai Shenhua), 8-Padilla, 12-J-Carlos, 13-Thomas;
Forwards: 9-Paon, 11-Rodas

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August 2008, 8, QHD.

The bus of the Italian Olympic team departed from the QHD Hotel.

As soon as I got out of the bus, the media reporters followed the car and reported that the match between Italy VS Honduras was scheduled for 17:00 in the afternoon, while the match between the Chinese Olympic Team and New Zealand on the same day was scheduled for 19:25 The golden hour goes on.

This also allows Chinese fans to have a fun football night. After watching the game between Italy and Honduras, it can be used as dessert before the meal, and then they can cheer for the Chinese Olympic team.

Therefore, TV stations all over the country, especially the sports channel of China's media leader CCTV, also followed the live broadcast of the Italian VS Honduras match.

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QHD Olympic Sports Center.

The 3 tickets for the entire Olympic Sports Center have long been sold out, and the entire stadium is full of seats. Many fans came here purely to watch Xiangnan's performance.

The scorching heat, with the continuous rain falling, in this stadium like a huge scallop, silver lines swayed, making this port city in northern China look as beautiful and pure as a girl.

At the beginning of the game, the Italian team gave the Hondurans a heavy gouge! !
Juventus genius Giovinco, after a beautiful change of direction, broke through Martinez from Shanghai Shenhua Club, and a beautiful curve ball hoisted the ball into the penalty area. Lazio veteran Rocchi squeezed the defense away The Honduran defender beside him, Molina No. 3, headed the ball, and the ball was hit out of the penalty area by the Honduras goalkeeper Hernandez with a single palm.

Just when the Honduran defender Alzu made a big clearance, he only felt a compressed air flow passing by his side, and then the ball under his feet disappeared.

Xiang Nan hooked lightly with his toes, and the ball deftly fell off Arzu's feet. Without the slightest hesitation, facing the ball, he swung his right foot high, exerted force on his calf, and the right foot that quickly fell hit the ground. In the middle and lower part of the ball, the ball roared and flew towards the goal like a fired cannonball.

Honduras goalkeeper Hernandez only felt a white light flashing from the corner of his eyes, and he didn't have time to react.

The extremely powerful ball created a large wave of waves in the net, spinning violently...

"goooooaaaal!!! AND-REA!!! AWESOME!! Perfect start, Italy leading!! This is the first goal for Italy in this Olympic Games, I dare say this goal is absolutely super MAN!!!"

With his usual high-pitched voice, Tomasi continued to yell sensationally.

Italy's National Sports Channel [-] broadcast live the Italian men's soccer team's Olympic journey, and Mr. Tomasi was able to continue to enjoy the incomparable happiness brought to him by going south. The only regret is that Tomasi and his partner Justin can only explain in the small studio in Rome, in the words of the boss of National Sports Three——
'We haven't had the luxury of spending a lot of money to go to the Olympic Games! ! '

Continuing to greet the manager with a big beer belly in his mind, Tomasi felt more and more regretful that he could not go to China in person.

After scoring the goal, Xiangnan seemed very excited. He ran to the main stand of the QHD Olympic Sports Center, waved his arms vigorously, and made the movement of bowing and shooting the sun.

Responding to the south is the cheers and shouts of the fans like a tsunami! !
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Chinese fans are one of the most football-savvy groups in the world, and they may be the most tragic color among the most football-loving people in the world.

The paleness of reality makes them desperately need the emergence of heroes, and the cure for the 'hero deficiency' is only the emergence of heroes! !
Xiang Nan appeared at this time. This Chinese boy, in the hall of world football's highest honor, began to write gorgeous poems belonging to the Chinese.

In the QHD Olympic Sports Center, it is neither the Italian flag nor the Honduras flag flying high, but——
Bright five-star red flag! !

The breeze from the harbor is blowing, and the five-star red flag is swaying, swaying and colorful! !

Xiang Nan felt excited at this moment. He never denied his Chinese ancestry. He was proud of this ancestry. At this moment, he felt the excitement from the bottom of his heart! !

In the blood of the Chinese descendants in the south, perhaps, his perception of the national flag is different from that of the people in China. As a Chinese descendant who grew up abroad, what he sees is not the concept of a country, but a Chinese national flag. The pedigree of his descendants, he wants to prove that a Chinese pedigree can also become a strong player on the green field.

This kind of thinking, as Xiang Nan grows up day by day, takes root and sprouts in the bottom of my heart, because the roots in a person's blood can never be forgotten! !
At this moment, Xiang Nan understood that the reason why he insisted on participating in the BJ Olympics in his heart was just to present his own dance steps in this festival shared by Chinese all over the world...

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In the face of Italy's almost gorgeous offense, the Hondurans were completely fooled! !
The frontcourt combination of Xiangnan and Giovinco, the collision of two talented teenagers, sparked a collision at this moment.

At the moment when the referee's whistle sounded, Xiang Nan felt that he was in excellent condition. The whole capillary was full of fighting factors, jumping happily, and the five-star red flag fluttering high in the stands gave this The huge power of the wandering overseas, at this moment, is Xiang Nan's inner battle alone! !

Regardless of Xiang Nan's blue Italian jersey, this is the power of the heart! !

In the 15th minute of the game, Zigalini intercepted the ball in midfield and Italy launched a quick attack.

After a dazzling cooperation in the midfield, the ball went to the front of the penalty area, Monterey made a pick pass, and the ball went over the head of Norales, the small Giovinco, with a light chest, the ball was timely. When it fell, the Juventus star didn't wait for the ball to land, rubbed the instep of his right foot lightly, and the ball flew to the middle of the penalty area. Lazio veteran Rocchi jumped high in the penalty area and shook his head vigorously! !
This is a header ferry! !
At this moment, like a tiger in a cage, Xiangnan accelerated suddenly, throwing off his defender M-Martinez, who was playing for the Shanghai Shenhua team in the Chinese Super League, and held up the giant sword like a charging prince. , with an unstoppable momentum! !

Right foot on the ground! !
The genius boy who broke away from the gravity of the earth, gliding wonderfully, gliding in the air, at this moment, the jet-black hair is chic and elegant——
The ball made a swishing sound as if it had been hit by a guided missile. No one expected that the power of the ball diving off the ground was so great. Honduras goalkeeper Hernandez also had no doubts about this goal. Reaction, in Hernandez's horrified eyes, the ball hit the net——
Wave like a tsunami! ! !

QHD Olympic Sports Center is boiling! !

At this moment, the stand has completely become an active volcano, hot magma, at this moment, is erupting without restraint! ! !

Like a child, Xiangnan is running happily on the field, with his arms open, and the heavy bomber is setting sail! !

At this moment, someone shed tears! !

At this moment, there are tears of happiness, and the Chinese can also kick that black and white elf so beautifully and so delicately! !

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"Two goals!! Two goals!! In the 15th minute of the first half, Xiang Nan had already scored two goals!! 2:0!! The Hondurans were completely fooled!! Maybe Their head coach said the only thing right before the game, Xiang Nan is unstoppable, he is a genius, a Chinese player, and declared to the world football that the Chinese can also play football so beautifully! !!" Liu Jianhong, the commentator of CCTV's live broadcast of the match, could hardly restrain his emotions. At this moment, this veteran commentator couldn't help being sensational! !

"goooooooaaal!!! AND——REA!!! It's so beautiful!! Now the game has just been played for a quarter of an hour, and it's completely entered the Andre moment!! This talented guy is always able to bring surprises!! He The 'spark of love' with Giovinco, in far away China, began to sparkle!!"

Tomasi is already enjoying the game, the high-pitched tenor voice is so artistic! !

The head coach of the Italian Olympic team, Casiraghi, jumped up from the coaching bench. The former legendary Lazio striker waved his arms vigorously towards the sky, and jumped three times on the spot! !
Casiraghi understands that compared with the victory of the game, he undoubtedly values ​​Xiang Nan's 'Champions Cup final level' state in the game and the relationship between Giovinco and Rocky. The tacit understanding is getting better and better! !
The head coach of the Honduras team is completely like a baboon whose beard has been ripped off, yelling at his players, but he also knows that this has nothing to do with his players. Andre in a super state is unstoppable ! !

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Before the end of the first half, the Honduras team had the best chance in the first half. J-Carlos took advantage of De Qielie's low-level error to get a single-handed goal. However, the Honduras midfielder proved himself and The gap between forward players, facing the attacking Italian goalkeeper Viviano, J-Carlos kicked the ball to the stands.

At the end of the first half, the Italian team entered the intermission with a 2:0 lead.

At the start of the second half, Honduras made a substitution --
No. 17, midfielder, Alvarez came off the bench, replacing No. 8 Padilla.

The game progressed to 51 minutes and Italy made a substitution ---
AC Milan midfield star Abate came off the bench, replacing Fiorentina midfielder Montereyvo.

Casiraghi's substitution immediately had an effect.

In the 61st minute of the game, Giovinco distributed the ball to Abarth who was plugging in. After breaking through a certain distance on the right, the AC Milan teenager passed the ball to the Parma player Zigalini in front. Running towards the frontcourt, Zigalini did not stop the ball, and directly passed a half-high ball, and made a collision with Abate. The AC Milan teenager stopped the ball with his chest, controlled the ball, and made a beautiful arc. Ball, hoist the ball into the penalty area--
Xiang Nan used his body to shoulder aggressively, squeezed away Molina, who was defending beside him, and made a beautiful lion shaking his head to attack the goal——
"goooooaaaa, God!! Viviano made an incredible save. At this moment, the North American goalkeeper is possessed by Banks--goooooaaaal!!! Sebastian--GIO-VINCO (Seb Stan Giovinko)!!! He was in the right place at the right time!! No surprises, 3:0!!!"

If you ask Mr. Tomasi what kind of game is the most enjoyable, the old man will tell you that the current game is the most enjoyable, and he is completely enjoying the pleasure of that black and white elf! !
"Andre's header is so beautiful!! Giovinco's calm awareness is also first-rate, simply amazing, I take my hat off to both of them!!"

Justin couldn't help but didn't hold back his praise at all! !
"3:0!! Italy completely took the initiative!! There is no suspense in the game!! Xiangnan is only one step away from his Olympic hat-trick, but it seems that Casiraghi no longer intends to give This is the chance for the best rookie king in the European Cup to perform. On the sidelines, the striker Rossi from Villarreal is already warming up. Will he replace Xiangnan or Rossi?"

"It should be Xiangnan!! After all, he was too tired last season!! It is said that there is an agreement between Chelsea Club and Casiraghi that Xiangnan must be replaced when the situation on the court is settled. On the one hand, it is to save energy for the next game, and at the same time, the giants of England are worried that Xiang Nan's tired body will be hurt!!" said Zhang Lu, a guest commentator of CCTV.

"Xiang Nan's state today is great!! It can be seen that he is very excited, and the fans of QHD are very enthusiastic, which stimulates Xiang Nan's adrenaline!!"

"Ah! Sure enough, a substitution has been made. Casiraghi replaced Xiangnan. Xiangnan's hat-trick in the Olympics will have to wait until the next game against South Korea!! No one doubts the strength of this talented player !!"

"Thanks to Xiang Nan for dedicating a nearly perfect game for us!! All the fans have stood up and sent off today's hero!! He deserves this courtesy, this Chinese player is today's pride!! "

"Standing in the middle circle towards the south, towards the surrounding stands, as well as the broadcast seats, the audience in front of the TV, politely applaud, bow, and thank the fans for their support!!"

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At 66 minutes into the game, Italy made a substitution——
The game scored twice, and there was an indirect assist for Xiangbei to replace him. He was replaced by young striker Rossi from Villarreal.

At the same time, Giovinco, a talented Juventus player who also performed well today and also scored a goal, was replaced. Giovinco was replaced by his Juventus teammate Marchisio.

At the same time, the Honduras team also made substitutions. No. 12, who wasted the best chance of the Honduras team in the first half, midfielder J. Carlos was replaced by No. 16 midfielder Sanchez.

In the 73rd minute of the game, the Honduras team ran out of the last substitution quota. Forward player No. 11 Rodas was replaced by No. 10 Nunos.

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Dudu! !
In the end, the score was not rewritten, and the score of 3:0 was maintained until the end of the game! !

After the game, Xiang Nan was named the best player on the field. When interviewed by the media, Xiang Nan, who can speak fluent Mandarin, said——
"It was the fans of QHD who gave me the strength to attack. I would like to thank the fans in China for their support!!"

"Next match?!! Korea?!! Hat trick?!! Maybe...why not 4?"

Xiang Nan in front of the camera smiled brightly, from the heart, just like the bright red flag...

(End of this chapter)