Chapter 813: The Battle of China and Pakistan, 9:1?
After the game, the international players were surrounded by CCBV reporters, almost everyone was interviewed, and everyone's face showed ecstasy.
Veteran captain Fan Zhiyi said proudly in front of the camera: "It has been proven that we are capable of facing any opponent. We can make a bigger breakthrough at the World Cup. Everyone was very good, and although we missed some good chances, we won the game solidly, a bit more goals, we thought we would score two goals at most, who knows, ......"
Sun Jihai also said: "Actually, before the game was played, I knew that we could win, it was just a matter of how many wins, if the state is better, I think we can score more goals." ”
Shao Jiayi also said happily, "I just wanted to give an assist in the game, I am very happy that the first assist was completed by me, Zheng Zhi and I have made history, Sun Xiang behind me is also very good, I have a very tacit understanding with him." ”
Ou Chuliang was also full of emotion: "The team is too strong, after the end of the Premier League, I have been maintaining the highest intensity of training, just to be ready to play at all times, but I didn't expect that basically I had nothing to do in front of the goal in the game, Fan Zhiyi and Li Weifeng They did a good job of defense, and after 90 minutes of the whole game, I only made two key saves, most of the time, I watched everyone perform like a fan in the stands." Seriously, the Chinese team is much stronger than before, and I'm very proud of them. ”
Perhaps only Zheng Zhi's words are an exception, he was not as happy and optimistic as everyone thought in an interview with CCBV5.
'It was a game at the level we had and like Horton used to tell us, we had to stay focused for 90 minutes.
"The 5-0 score looks exaggerated, but I think the score should be bigger. Our ability to take chances is still very average, and it would be bad if we waste chances against Brazil or Turkey, they won't give us so many chances. Costa Rica played hard, but to be honest, they weren't at a high level. I don't think this game really tested our quality. We have to continue to be cautious about the challenges ahead, not that a big win over Costa Rica means we can easily qualify for the group stage, no, the three points don't mean anything. ”
The big victory should be ecstatic, but Zheng Zhi actually poured cold water.
"Turkey lost to Brazil, but they still have a good chance of qualifying. Therefore, we are absolutely not optimistic now. We must continue to be like hungry wolves, and we must not relax. ”
"We have to learn from the strong teams, not settle for today's victory!"
"We're not here to travel, we should aim higher!"
"I can feel how happy everyone is, but we can be even happier!"
At the post-match press conference, Horton's views were similar to Zheng Zhi's, and he was not arrogant. Horton knows what level he can lead the Chinese team, and he definitely doesn't want the Chinese team to pack up and leave after playing three games in the group stage.
Three more points and qualifying for the round of 16 is the goal, and when it comes to the knockout round, there may be more surprises.
'We played at the level we should have today and the win was expected. But we do have to calm down as quickly as possible and start preparing for the second game. It's not about playing three games in the group stage, there will be a lot of accidents in three games, and we don't know if we can qualify until the last second of the third game, unless we can win two consecutive group games. But I don't think so, we have to think of the worst all the time so that we can create surprises. ”
"The 5-0 victory is a thing of the past and now we have to prepare for the second game. We actually saw it before, although Turkey lost 1:2 to Brazil, but throughout the game, Turkey and Brazil were in a divided position, there were not many opportunities for both sides, but Brazil won because of the superstars, and I remember clearly that in the federation last year, it was quite difficult for us to play with Brazil, and the Brazilian team at that time was not the Brazilian team today. ”
"So, we have no reason to have fantasies and carnivals now, at least the players can't, the fans are happy, the players still have to work hard in the next few days to prepare for the game and do every detail!"
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Despite this, the Chinese media still blew the Chinese team into the sky, and almost all the sports pages were the news of the Chinese team.
Major media have predicted that the Chinese team can at least advance to the round of 16 in the group stage.
Sina.com: Even if we lose to Brazil, we can win Turkey and advance to the round of 16.
Soarc.com: If you can win Costa Rica 5:0, then it shouldn't be a problem to win Turkey.
"Sports Weekly": The first game of the Chinese team showed strong strength, and we are moving towards the round of 16! With a score of 5:0 and top spot in Group C, this result started our dream of the World Cup. Now we have set our sights on the match against Brazil. We're going to make it to the round of 16, and who knows, maybe we'll be able to go further......
The domestic media is just that, and the foreign media are also joining in the fun.
Brazil's "Global Sports": The Chinese team is the biggest threat to the Brazilian team, whether it can win the first place in the group, the battle between China and Brazil will be decisive!
Turkey's "Free Press": China is Turkey's biggest obstacle, we must win Costa Rica, and then fight the Chinese team, Turkey has no way out!
Italy's "Milan Sport" - Zheng Zhi, the World Footballer of the Year, made a big splash at the World Cup, scoring twice to win the opening game for the Chinese team. He is likely to lead China to the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time.
The Times – The Chinese have made them look stronger than England, and they could be the favourites?
Argentine newspaper "Ole" - Argentina midfielder needs a Zheng Zhi!
South Korea and Japan are also feeling unprecedented pressure.
Japan's Asahi Shimbun - The Chinese team did it, can we?
South Korea's "Seoul Sports News" - What the Chinese team can do, we can do too!
Japan and South Korea, since they have two different attitudes, the Japanese are cautious and suspicious, while the South Korean team is full of absolute self-confidence.
Yesterday, Saudi Arabia took the lead in representing Asia, and was slaughtered 0:8, and today three Asian teams played successively, and the Chinese team slaughtered Costa Rica 5:0, and then it depends on Japan and South Korea.
17 o'clock.
The first match of Group H of the World Cup began at the Saitama 2002 Stadium in Japan, where one of the hosts, Japan and Belgium, staged a wonderful offensive battle, and finally drew 2:2, and all four goals occurred in the second half of 16 minutes.
Wilmots and Van der Hayden scored for Belgium, while Takayuki Suzuki and Junichi Inamoto scored for Japan, and Junichi Inamoto's goal helped Japan overtake Belgium 2:1, but unfortunately they couldn't hold on to the end and ended in a draw.
A little later, it was the turn of the South Korean team to play.
With goals from veteran Hwang Sun-hong in the 25th minute and Yoo Sang-teol in the 53rd minute, South Korea defeated Poland 2-0 to claim their first World Cup victory since 1954.
With the advantage of the hosts, South Korea only won their first victory after 48 years, although they are regular participants in the World Cup.
On this day, the Asian team had a good result. The media in Japan and South Korea are also in the same way as the Chinese media, and they all praise the team to the sky, which is better than China......
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And with the deepening of the group stage of the World Cup, there are many upsets.
On the eighth day of this World Cup, the odds of the major spinach companies have experienced another big shock. This is mainly due to the fact that the progress of some games is indeed beyond the expectations of Spinach, and at present, except for Spain, who have won two consecutive games in Group B, no team is determined to advance to the round of 16, which also greatly affects the fluctuation of the odds to win the championship.
Among the odds offered by William Hill to win the championship, the most striking is that two teams have been cleared from the odds list in advance. These two teams are naturally the special team and the Nigerian team, which were eliminated early. Among them, the Saudi Arabian team has been at the bottom of the championship odds list since the big score loss to the German team, and it is expected to be out early; However, the odds of the African Eagles Nigeria to win the championship reached 1 to 41 not long ago, and this early elimination is believed to make some people sad.
In the odds to win the championship, in the first group are five traditional strong teams, of which Brazil jumped from the third favorite earlier to the first place, with odds of 1 to 4; Italy followed with 1 to 4.5. The odds of the Spanish team that qualified early have dropped by two points and are currently 5.5 to 1. Argentina, the original favourites, suffered slightly from the tournament due to a recent defeat to England, but the odds of 8 to 1 suggest that the bookmakers still have a lot of confidence in them. After Argentina, England's odds have also been slightly lowered and are currently 9 to 1.
Defending champions France, who have just one point from two games, have fallen from the original favourites to the second group, but the odds of 11 to 1 are still not too high. Germany's odds of 15 to 1 were not affected by volatility. Portugal was affected by the upset of the United States team in the first game, and the odds rose to 1 to 29.
The Chinese team is in the second group, and Portugal is in the same odds, both of which are 1 to 29!
Leading the way in Group 3 is one of the hosts, South Korea (51 to 1), whose performance over Poland was enough for Spinach to slam their odds to win by 100 points. Ireland and Mexico are both priced at 67 to 1, while Turkey and Sweden are also priced at 81 to 1.
Despite being held to a stubborn draw by Japan in the first game, Belgium's odds to win the tournament remained unchanged at 101 to 1, followed by Uruguay and Japan (both 126 to 1), and Paraguay and Costa Rica (both 151 to 1).
The last group is basically the teams that bookmakers have thought will be eliminated in recent days, with Croatia (201 to 1) having a slight advantage, followed by South Africa, Slovenia, Poland (all 251 to 1) and Ecuador (301 to 1) looking to progress to the round of 16 barring a miracle.
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On the afternoon of the 7th, the Brazilian team and the Chinese team went to Seogwipo Stadium for adaptive training.
In accordance with FIFA practice, the acclimatization session on the day before the two teams meet is only open to the public for 15 minutes, and some teams even close themselves to the field completely, keeping journalists out of the stadium.
Today's Brazil team, however, is an exception. Not only is there no intention of being closed, but the door is wide open for you to see, so much so that many volunteers working at the press center also take the opportunity to go to the stands to meet their idols, and of course, it is only the Brazilian team that attracts their attention.
Superstars are always on the scene. There is still one hour left before the scheduled "stepping on the field" time of the Brazilian team, and various media reporters have already packed the players' exit lanes. After the goalkeeper coach and team officials appeared one after another, the Brazilian superstar in a blue T-shirt and white shorts appeared. At the head is the skinny and tall Rivaldo and Ronaldo with Afu's head, and behind is the short and stout Carlos. Despite the different body shapes, the lightness on the faces is absolutely consistent.
Brazil's warm-up begins with a game of ball grabbing, where two players come forward to grab the ball in a circle in the center circle, and if they fail to steal the ball within the required number of passes, they will be punished by being beaten. Júnior, Rivaldo, and Edmilson were kicked to the ground one after another, and when this group of football geniuses was happy, they screamed, as if there was no tomorrow in their heads.
The most annoying part is still to come, when the Brazilian team started to fight in two ways, Scolari only practiced attacking, completely ignoring the defense. Brazil's main line-up was the same as in the previous game against Turkey, with 3 R still in front and Cafu and Carlos on the flanks.
After only a few minutes of back and forth between the main team and the substitutes, Scolari pulled his players to the side of the substitute goal and began to practice corners. Ronaldo Jr. and Rivaldo take turns to take the penalty, don't look at the different landing points, there are always attacking players who can grab the point to carry out the goal, even the kind of creative corner kick, they do not avoid the eyes of the Chinese. Maybe in their minds, even if you know where I'm going, you can stop it?
After the corner kick practice, just when everyone thought that Scolari would practice defending a little, the Brazilian coach actually called all the players into the box and let everyone practice penalty. It seems that there will be plenty of penalty opportunities waiting for them tomorrow. The penalty kick is over, and so is the training for Brazil.
It seems that the Brazilian team is ready to eat the Chinese team......
Shortly after the Brazilians left, the Chinese team came over and stepped on the field.
Unlike the Brazilians, who are purely on the field, the Chinese team's training today is quite targeted, and the secret of tomorrow's change of formation is also revealed. The formation should have been adjusted from 442 to 451. However, the Chinese team has nothing to hide, and it is also open training.
Today's arrangement of the main lineup is basically consistent with the prior speculation, Fan Zhiyi, Li Weifeng, Sun Jihai, Sun Xiang appeared on the back line together, Li Yin, Zhao Junzhe and Zheng Zhi served as the back waist together, Qi Hong and Qu Peng appeared in the front waist position, and Yang Chen was at the front.
The training was not as intense as expected, and everyone played very relaxed.
There was no smoke before the battle between China and Pakistan......
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8th.
According to the forecast of the Jeju Meteorological Agency, the maximum temperature in Seogwipo today will be as high as 27 degrees due to the influence of high pressure, but the temperature will drop to about 22 degrees at 8:30 p.m., that is, at the beginning of the battle between China and Pakistan, which will help the players of both sides to play better in the game.
In order to deal with possible accidents during the race, the local police will dispatch 2,580 police officers to the scene to maintain order, and from 9 o'clock in the morning until 12 o'clock in the evening will implement vehicle control.
For today's China-Brazil battle, the local media are unanimously optimistic about Brazil, and the general view is that as long as the Chinese team draws, it will win. Even Scolari, who was at the press conference, bluntly stated:
"We're not going to leave the suspense for the third game."
"Beating the Chinese team is what we want to achieve."
"We want to make sure we are first in the group!"
In just three sentences, it says what the Brazilian team wants to do.
'I'm happy with the team's performance against Turkey, but I think they will perform better. In theory, it's an easy game to win, but we have to make it really easy through our performances. ”
"A lot of fans say that we only drew with China in the Confederations Cup last year, but I want to say that it wasn't the real Brazilian team."
"I know this game is important for the Chinese team, but we are also ready to win."
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Look at Horton, on the other hand.
Horton has kept a low profile at his press conference.
"Brazil are the favourites to win the tournament and we are just rookies at the World Cup, so the big wins before were not enough to float us up."
'But we have to dream of winning all the time, theoretically our chances are slim, but in a game maybe you score, maybe luck is on your side, a lot of things can happen.'
Low-key but not lacking in confidence.
And then Horton's announcement of the starting lineup also surprised everyone.
Because the starting lineup is not what everyone guessed yesterday!
Goalkeeper: Ou Chuliang
Defenders: Sun Jihai, Fan Zhiyi, Li Weifeng, Sun Xiang
Midfielders: Li Yin, Zheng Zhi, Qu Peng, Qi Hong, Shao Jiayi
Forward: Yang Chen
It is indeed 451, but in this lineup, there are only two backs, and there is no Zhao Junzhe, but Shao Jiayi has been added, which means that Horton actually wants to attack!
Otherwise, Qi Hong will not be allowed to appear, Qi Hong's appearance means that he will play in the front waist, Shao Jiayi and Qu Peng are on both sides, and Yang Chen is at the front.
Horton on Adventure......
And the starting lineup on Brazil's side also came out.
Goalkeeper: Marcos
Defenders: Polkat, Júnior, Lucio
Midfielders: Carlos, Juninho, Rivaldo, Silva, Cafu
Forwards: Ronaldinho, Ronaldo.
The two defenders, Carlos and Cafu, were directly mentioned to the midfield!
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There are only four main colors in Seogwipo Stadium, which are the red flag of the People's Republic of China, white is the Chinese team uniform worn by Chinese fans, yellow is the Brazilian team uniform worn by Brazilian fans, and green is the main color of the Brazilian flag of the Brazilian team.
Compared with the last Sino-Colombian battle in Gwangju, South Korea, the number of Chinese fans who went to watch the Chinese team's game and cheer for the Chinese team this time was more. But there are also a lot of Brazilian fans, basically divided into courts, and each one is half.
Former FIFA president Brazilian Alain Vige also arrived at the scene, his arrival caused a sensation on the field, many Chinese fans have walked to the rostrum where Alain Vige is located, take pictures of him, and shake hands with him, and Alain Vige is also happy to shake hands with Chinese fans. It was this old Brazilian who restored the Chinese Football Association's rightful seat in FIFA in 1978.
In the players' tunnel, Ronaldo put his arms around Zheng Zhi's neck and kissed him lightly on the forehead.
"Man,"
"I'm going to be sorry today."
"We're going to work hard to qualify."
Zheng Zhi smiled, "Don't worry,"
"Maybe it's going to be us to say we're sorry."
Substitutes Adriano and Kaka also came to greet Zheng Zhi.
In the end, it was Ronaldinho who walked in front of Zheng Zhi.
"We did what we promised,"
"We really met in the World Cup,"
"Zheng,"
"This time I will also give you a taste of what despair is!"
"Don't worry, we'll all comfort you when the game is over."
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In the stands, the mood of the Brazilian fans was unprecedentedly high, and they did not have any fear of the Chinese team because of the 5-0 defeat of Costa Rica.
"What will be the score tonight?"
“9:1!”
"In the case of Brazil's big lead, it may relax the defense and let the Chinese team score one."
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Beep –
At 19:30, the first match of the second round of Group C of the World Cup was played at Seogwipo Stadium.
The Chinese team kicks off first!
The Brazilian team did not rush up to grab the ball, but slowly stood in the backfield, waiting for the Chinese team to attack, it seems that they are really not in a hurry at all?
After the ball passed all the way back to the feet of Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi simply passed diagonally to the feet of Qu Peng on the right side, and Qu Peng confidently led the ball to Carlos, but Carlos made a flying tackle in front of him and shoveled the ball directly out of the sideline.
Sun Jihai sent a throw-in on the right side and threw it back to Fan Zhiyi, Fan Zhi kept passing to Li Yin, Li Yin knocked it back to Li Weifeng, Li Weifeng continued to pass horizontally to Sun Xiang, and Sun Xiang stuffed it to Zheng Zhi.
The Brazilian team did not have anyone to stop Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi simply rushed through the half with the ball, and then faced Silva and Juninho, the two wanted to hit Zheng Zhi from both sides, but they didn't expect Zheng Zhi to swing with his right foot, and directly sent a kick over the top, this time the ball was sent behind Cafu, Shao Jiayi sprinted on the left side, and directly knocked the ball with his left foot in front of Cafu, and knocked the ball to Yang Chen in the middle, Yang Chen dared to take the ball, while carrying Lucio, while wiping the ball to the left front, ready to go straight to the left side of the penalty area!
But Yang Chen also underestimated Lucio's strong physical fitness, and when he took the first step, he lost his body balance due to physical contact, and his left foot fell to the ground before he could get up.
Beep
The whistle sounded just in time!
"Fack!"
"Lucy!"
"You!"
Cafu ran back and looked at Lucio in surprise.
It's like saying again,
Ah, damn it, how can you give them a set-piece in this position?
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