Green Dragon

Chapter 386 The Road to Advancement
The 3-1 victory over Uruguay allowed the Chinese team to temporarily rank first in the Group A standings. This is also the first victory and the first three points for the Chinese team in the Olympics.

Regarding the first victory, the media was still relatively cautious. They just congratulated the team, and then reminded the players to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and not to capsize again in the gutter.

Three days later, on July 7, the Chinese team ushered in their opponent in the second round of the group stage, Senegal.

Senegal, located in West Africa, is not considered a traditional African team like Cameroon and Nigeria, but in this team, there are many players who play in mainstream leagues.

For example, the old captain Cisse—not the Frenchman whose leg was broken by Zheng Zhi, but the one who joined Shandong Luneng later. He scored 2011 goals in the just-concluded 12-15 season, which is probably more than the Chinese team except the dragon. All the players except special combined are more...

Another example is Demba Ba. He and Cisse formed the "Black Wind Shuangsha" together in the Premier League "Magpie" Newcastle team. The scoring efficiency is quite impressive, and together they helped Newcastle reach the fifth place in the league.

Another example is Mane, who was born in 92 and just turned 20 years old. He just became a professional player a year ago, and he only played for Metz, the second-tier French league team. He was relegated last season—the one that Wang Chu played for before, and he is also Wang Chu's teammate...

In the system data in the eyes of Long Shute, this young man who is still unknown became a thigh-level player of the traditional Premier League giant Liverpool a few years later.

Senegalese players have the generally excellent physical fitness of African players. In this regard, Chinese players are indeed difficult to compare with. However, they also have shortcomings such as African players relying too much on personal ability, lack of discipline, and simple tactical thinking.

But... When it comes to relying on personal ability, how can they be as serious as the Chinese team?
The overall score of the Senegalese players is very average, generally reaching a level above 75, and Demba Ba, who scored profusely in the Premier League, even exceeded 85, while the average score of the Chinese team is only a poor 65 points, thanks to 93 points Long Shute helped them improve a lot, otherwise they might fall directly below the passing line. The strength of the two teams is not at the same level at all.

So Long Shute played a bit hard in this game. Not only did he have to fight with the opponent's main striker Demba Ba, but he also retreated from the side from time to time to race with winger Mane, and then he had to undertake almost all offensive tasks... …

Fortunately, although this group of Olympic teams does not have any offensive players, several midfielders still have good qualities:
Zhang Linpeng, Wu Xi, Li Jianbin, Zheng Zheng, Jiang Zhipeng, Cao Yunding, Rao Weihui, and goalkeeper Wang Dalei have basically played in the Chinese Super League for one or two seasons and have some game experience.

In addition to the defenders, the slightly famous forwards Wu Lei and Zhang Chengdong in this group of Olympic teams, but one of them scored goals in the Chinese League, and the other was a substitute in Portugal. From the perspective of their resumes, they are not even as good as those defenders. .

The good news is that Senegal really doesn't have any tactical system. Except for club teammates Demba Ba and Cisse, most of them are fighting on their own. This is really similar to the Chinese team, which is also not good at teamwork...

Another good news is that goalkeeper Wang Dalei performed bravely today. He made 7 saves by himself, including saving Demba Ba's two must-goals. There is only Long Shute's role.

When the 90 minutes were over, the Chinese team, which had Mr. Golden Ball Long Shute and Wang Dalei, also known as the "big game player", had the last laugh.

Their offensive core is stronger than their opponents, and their goalkeeper is also crazier than their opponents... Although the scene of this game is not good at all, they still won the second victory!
"2-1! Relying on Long Shute's one pass and one shot, the Chinese team defeated the African powerhouse Senegal!"

Liu Jiayuan, who was in charge of the game commentary, looked at the players who were raising their arms and shouting on the court, and said happily:

"Congratulations to the boys of the Olympic team. In the group stage surrounded by strong groups, we have achieved two consecutive victories, and we are the first to break out of the death group!"

"With all six points, we have already qualified ahead of schedule. The hosts with one win and one draw are temporarily ranked second with a difference of two points. Senegal, which has one draw and one loss, is ranked third and still has the possibility of qualifying in theory. As for the hosts, which lost both games Uruguay missed the cut."

Guest commentator Nangong Lei praised the performance of the Chinese team from another angle:

"Although the British team has an advantage, if in the final round of the group stage, Senegal beats Uruguay by a big score, but they themselves lose to the Chinese team, then the Chinese team and Senegal will advance to the knockout round, in other words ...The host wants to advance, but also depends on our face..."
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Although Nangong Lei's analysis is very reasonable, such an ending is unlikely to happen.

The Chinese pay attention to etiquette the most, so it is absolutely impossible for them to make the host feel ashamed in front of them.

Four days later, in the third round of the group stage, Senegal beat Uruguay 3-0, but still had to accept the fate of being out.

Because in another game that ended at the same time, the British team and the Chinese team shook hands 0-0!
A draw is enough to make both the Chinese team and the British team happy!
The origin country of ancient football and the origin country of modern football, England in Asia and China in Europe... At this moment, join hands and enter the quarter-finals together!

Officials from both football associations in the VIP seats in the stands smiled brightly. The warm handshake between Chairman Tsai and FA Chairman David Bernstein has also become a memorable scene in the history of Chinese and British football—probably.

Britain is not China. They have always been proud of being the birthplace of modern football. If they are eliminated in the group stage, it will undoubtedly shame their football.

Qualifying from the group stage is undoubtedly the bottom line of the UK, and even many British fans are optimistic that their team can win the championship at home...

The British government will not force such a thing as winning the championship, but the most basic face must be preserved.

Just like China holds the World Table Tennis Championships, if you can't even make it to the finals, the leaders of this table tennis association will probably become national sinners...

Football has never been about politics, but... who would really believe that?
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On the first day of August, the men's football group stage matches are all over, and the qualifying teams of each group are also released simultaneously.

Group A is the Chinese team, the birthplace of Cuju, and the British team, the ancestor of modern football.

Group B is Mexico, the birthplace of chili sauce, and South Korea, the ancestor of the entire universe.

Group C is the most popular Brazil team and the pyramid country Egypt team. The Samba is also the only team that has won all three games. It is indeed the biggest favorite to win the championship.

Group D consists of Japan and Honduras.The Spanish team, another favorite to win the championship, was defeated by Japan and Honduras before the game. In the third round, it only drew 0-0 with Morocco, and was out of the game with only one point in three games.

Among the teams that advanced to the quarter-finals, only England belonged to Europe, Honduras and Mexico belonged to Central and North America, Brazil belonged to South America, Egypt belonged to Africa, and the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea cheered the entire Asian football...

But before the cheers could be heard, they immediately disappeared again.

The South Korean team crashed headlong into the arms of the hosts, while the Chinese team... had to fight the Japanese team head-to-head.

Asian teams will lose at least one spot in this round, and the worst situation is that South Korea is killed by the host, and no matter who wins in China or Japan, they will lose troops and lose their vitality due to the battle between their old enemies!
But... this does not mean that they were hacked, because there is no lottery here!All are based on the pre-set schedule and rules of the matchup situation!
This matter can only be blamed on God!
(End of this chapter)