Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 333 The Olympic ship, set sail! (two chapters in one)
For Chinese fans, although they don't pay as much attention to the Olympic team as they do to the national team, to some extent, as fans, they may not pay enough attention to the Olympics, but for a large number of sports fans, entering The significance of the Olympics is even higher than that of the World Cup.

The first time the slogan "go out of Asia and go to the world" was realized in the Olympic Games, that is, the Seoul Olympics in 88. In the last round, the Chinese team had to win to qualify, and the Chinese team played a soul-stirring game. In the game, he just won the Japanese team with two wonderful goals in the away game and advanced to the World Cup. This is a rare moment in the history of Chinese football.

But in the history that Pei Wei knows, there is a very strange phenomenon among Chinese fans, the expectation of the Olympic team seems to be higher than that of the national team, and the expectation of the youth team is higher than the expectation of the Olympic team , but this is also determined by historical phenomena. The young Chinese players seem to perform better than after entering the national team. For example, the Chinese team has entered the World Youth Championship more than once, and it is often possible to win and qualify. Therefore, it is inevitable that fans will have higher expectations for the younger national team.

In fact, this is a rather deformed expectation-in Europe, fans generally don't care much about the performance of the youth team. The attitude of the European football powers towards the youth team is that the performance does not matter. A good seed with superstar potential. After all, the place where a player shows his value is mainly the club. The World Cup is certainly the highest honor in world football, but after all, it is only held every four years, and the league is played every year, and there are games every week. Yes, and it is the league that brings the most fun to fans.

Moreover, the good results of the Chinese youth team do not necessarily mean that the players are not polluted and are willing to work hard—of course, no one can deny this, but the overage phenomenon of Chinese youth players is also very serious. Strong, with these two points, it is no surprise that China's youth teams at all levels can achieve relatively good results in world competitions.

Although the national team had a good record in the World Cup last year, they still have quite high expectations for this impact on the Olympics. This can be seen from the first game against Vietnam, although it is only the group stage of the qualifiers In the second stage of the game, it was an away game. Surprisingly, thousands of Chinese fans came to watch the game. It is worth noting that only half of the local overseas Chinese in Hanoi accounted for the remaining hundreds of Chinese fans. Went to Vietnam to watch the Olympic Games!

The head coach of the Olympic team, Milu, naturally knows the importance of the Olympic team qualifiers. After entering the World Cup last year, Chinese fans have already had a great appetite. If they cannot enter the Olympic finals this time, then the fans will be more than before He is even more dissatisfied. At the same time, for him personally, the Olympic team is the best step for him to enter the national team. Only when he at least leads the Olympic team to the Olympics, then he will have the opportunity to lead the fifth national team to the World Cup.

Fortunately, he has a good hand.

How good is it that in the Hanoi Division's first game against hosts Vietnam, five of the six age-appropriate players who played overseas returned, but he put four of them on the bench and only allowed Sun Chenghai started the game, and Li Gang, Li Wei, Zhang Xiaorui and Li Jinyu did not play.

Even so, the lineup of the Chinese Olympic team is luxurious. The goalkeeper is Xiaofei from Yunjiatianyu. Compared with Cheng Dong from Dalian, he has more experience. Partnering with Zhu Guosheng of Yunjiatianyu as a central defender, the left back is also Wu Jiang from Yunjiatianyu, the middle midfielder is Zhao Junzhe from Liaoning and Sui Liang, a former Qianglibao player, the left midfielder is Huang Yong from the People's Liberation Army, and the right midfielder is BJ's Tao Wei, the two strikers are Zhang Yulin of Liaoning and Wan Peng of Yunjiatianyu.

This lineup, which can only be regarded as half of the main team, did not give the host any face in Hanoi. In front of the short Vietnamese defender, Zhang Yulin's true qualities as a killer in front of the goal were vividly displayed. He scored three goals with his head kick and Wan Peng also scored a goal. In addition, the two full-backs also scored a goal each. The score of [-]-[-] made everyone feel the power of these players who grew up under the influence of the professional league.

In the second game against Myanmar, Milu changed almost all the main lineup, Dalian's goalkeeper Cheng Dong, Shanghai's right midfielder Li Yan, Yunjia's left midfielder Ailin, Li Wei and Yunjia's Zheng Zheng Two overseas players Li Gang and Zhang Xiaorui play in the middle, Liu Wei of the People's Liberation Army and Qingdao's Ma Kang play two full-backs, and the striker partner is Li Jinyu and Li Yi of the second-tier team Locomotive.

The Chinese Olympic team, which changed the entire lineup, once again had a massacre. They swept Myanmar [-]-[-]. Li Jinyu scored four goals alone, Zhang Xiaorui scored twice, and Li Yi also scored a goal. This lineup is the same as the previous one. Compared with the set, it obviously lacks some tacit understanding, and relies more on the coordinated attack of Li Jinyu and Zhang Xiaorui, who were originally the best partners in Qianglibao, but it is obvious that their strength is indeed a line higher than that of domestic players.

Two wins in two games, scoring [-] goals without conceding a goal, even if their opponents are a group of amateur players, but these two victories are enough to inspire Chinese fans.

After defeating the Myanmar team, the Chinese Olympic team ushered in another piece of good news. The last member, Nie Fei, returned to the team after finishing the Serie A campaign. So far, the Chinese Olympic team is on the first training list. Thirty players All players are concentrated.

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"Haha, Nie Fei, you're finally here!" After Nie Fei walked into the hotel where the Olympic team was staying, several acquaintances like Sun Chenghai, Zhu Guosheng, Wu Jiang and others rushed forward one after another. affectionate.

"How are you guys?" Nie Fei was also very happy. He had been to Italy for a year, and he hadn't seen them for a year. It was really strange.

"I'm finally back. A big name is a big name. The concentration time is half a month shorter than ours. Brother Fei, please think about me if you have any good care in the future." Zhu Guosheng patted Nie Fei on the shoulder and said with a big smile .

"Guosheng, you're teasing me again." Nie Fei said angrily, "You think I want to be late, Serie A is the last to end."

After chatting and laughing for a few more words, Nie Fei raised his head and greeted Ai Lin who was standing beside him: "Lin Zi, long time no see."

Ai Lin nodded. Nie Fei knew that he had this kind of temper, so he didn't take it too seriously. He turned around and asked Sun Chenghai: "Should I go to see the head coach first? What floor is his room on?"

"It's the head coach who asked us to wait for you here." Sun Chenghai smiled and said, "Come on, I'll take you there. He told you to meet him as soon as you arrive."

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This is the first time Nie Fei met Milu, the head coach of the Olympic team.

Nie Fei’s first impression of Milu was that he looked much more pleasing to the eye than Benitez—at least, just the smile on his face for a long time made people look very friendly, unlike Benitez With such a bossy face like Si, occasionally a smile can scare people.

"Head coach, Nie Fei is here." Sun Chenghai knocked on the door, then opened the door and led Nie Fei in.

Milu who was sitting at the table raised his head, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Are you here? Okay, sit down, what do you want to drink? I have coffee and tea here."

Nie Fei smiled: "No need, I drank on the way here, so I'm not thirsty."

Milu didn't force him either: "Well, well then, Sun, if you have nothing to do, go out first, I want to talk to Nie."

Sun Chenghai seemed to be very familiar with Milu, nodded with a smile, took a pack of instant coffee from Milu's table, and walked out laughing.

"This boy! He has a higher income than me, and he always takes advantage of me." Milu scolded with a smile, and then called Nie Fei to sit down: "Sit whatever you want, the room is quite messy, don't mind."

The room is really messy, with video tapes and newspapers everywhere, but Nie Fei is already very familiar with this environment. He has gone to coach Benitez’s room quite a few times before, and it is also in such a mess. Maybe this is a professional coach It's a common problem.

Even a coach like Wenger who always appears in front of the public with a refined demeanor has the same mess in his workplace.

"Nie Fei, I came to you today because I want to tell you something." Milu greeted Nie Fei to sit down and said straight to the point: "I prefer to talk to you players who already have overseas experience, because I can say some things directly...Nie Fei, for me, your position is not so easy to arrange."

Nie Fei raised his eyebrows, didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly.

Milu is obviously very satisfied with Nie Fei's performance: "This Olympic qualifier is related to whether we can participate in next year's Olympic Games... I think you should know this better than me. The Olympic team's 30 The roster has basically gathered all the elites of this age group in China, so the competition must be very fierce...Of course, your strength is unquestionable, the absolute main force of the national team, playing for a Serie A team, no matter how , are the main force of the Olympic team.”

Nie Fei still didn't speak, and Milu didn't care, and continued on his own: "But, after all, football is an eleven-person sport, and it requires the joint efforts of all players on the field to win. No player can You defeated your opponent with your own strength, and you came back late, and you are not familiar with the cooperation with your teammates, so although the game against the North Korean team the day after tomorrow is very important, I still won't put you in the main lineup...you Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand." Nie Fei nodded: "I haven't cooperated with my teammates for a year, let alone many other players who have never cooperated before... But I think that before the start of the second round During the training period, I was able to establish a certain tacit understanding with my teammates."

"Well. I'm glad you think so." Milu nodded: "One more thing, the Olympic team will conduct two training camps before the final nine games, one of which happens to be held in Serie A During this period, I hope you can return to China to participate in this training camp, and the first training camp will be in July, so you may have to sacrifice your vacation.”

"It doesn't matter, I don't have much place to go anyway, but I have to get the club's approval for the training after the start of Serie A. It's not an international A-level competition. If they don't agree to let me go, I can't come back." Nie Fei put forward his own doubt.

"That's enough." Milu smiled and stood up, reaching out to Nie Fei: "Welcome to the Olympic team."

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May 29th is the time for the third match of the Chinese Olympic team to participate in the Olympic qualifying group stage. Their opponent is the last opponent in the group, and it is also the most difficult opponent to deal with. The ban has been lifted and the North Korean team can participate in international competitions.

To say that the North Korean team used to be a super strong team in Asia. The best result of an Asian team in the World Cup was created by them. Team Italy made this favorite go home in the group stage. At that time, there were only 1966 teams participating in the World Cup. After qualifying in the group, they directly entered the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, they met another European team, Portugal. Team, just three and 10 minutes into the game, they surprisingly led the Portuguese team with a big score of 02 to [-], if not for the greatest player in the history of Portugal, "Black Panther" Eusebio played well and scored four goals If you help the Portuguese team succeed in a [-]-[-] comeback, then the first Asian team to enter the semi-finals will not be able to turn to the South Korean team in [-].

Although they only made it to the quarter-finals, in that era, in Europe, when the right time and place were all on the side of the European teams, the gold content of the quarter-finals won by the North Korean team was higher than that of the South Korean team in 02. I don't know how much.

Unfortunately, due to political reasons, they stopped participating in international football matches in 1994. This year's Olympic qualifiers are the first time North Korean football has participated in international competitions in five years.

This period was the golden age for the development of Asian football. Japan and China launched the professionalization of the league almost at the same time, which brought a great leap forward in the football level of these two countries. It is still a mystery whether the strength of the North Korean team in [-] has risen or fallen.

Facing this mysterious team and they are playing away games, the domestic media are more cautious. They believe that only by doing their best can they deal with this opponent.

However, the starting lineup sent by Milu in this game is eye-popping. Compared with the previous game, more than half of the main lineup has been replaced: the goalkeeper is Xiaofei, and the four defenders are from right to left. Among them, Li Wei, Zhu Guosheng and Wu Jiang, Sun Chenghai was mentioned as the right midfielder, left midfielder Huang Yong, the two central midfielders were Li Gang and Zhao Junzhe, and the two forwards were Li Jinyu and Zhang Yulin.

And Nie Fei, the biggest player of the Olympic team, the main player of the national team, and the only Serie A player in China who joined FireWire, sat on the bench with a smile on his face.

All the fans murmured in their hearts, what is this Milu doing?Against the strongest opponent in the group stage, why not send the strongest ace to play?How to learn the same as Benitez, but when Benitez entered the national team, he also used most of the previous main players.

However, for the North Korean team, which has been away from Asian football for five years and is extremely closed in the country, it doesn't matter who is not on the Chinese Olympic team. Anyway, they don't know the opponent's situation.

Like the Chinese Olympic team, the North Korean team also won two matches. They first beat Vietnam [-]-[-], and then beat Myanmar [-]-[-]. As for the strongest opponent in this group, Milu will naturally not let go of inquiring about the situation of the opponent. Chances are, he has watched the videos of these two games several times, but he is not sure whether the North Korean players who played in these two games are all their main players.

Regardless of whether it's all the main force or keeping one hand, Milu still saw some clues in the opponent's tactics, and there was nothing particularly surprising. The basic skills of the players were not bad, and their skills were lacking, but their running The kinetic ability is really amazing. Basically, except for the goalkeeper, every player can run at least eight or nine thousand meters in a game, which is quite an astonishing number.

Therefore, the main lineup he made is all players with equal emphasis on skill and body. In his vision, as long as the Olympic team can not suffer in terms of physical fitness, as long as they can give full play to their technical advantages, the possibility of winning is still the same. quite large.

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"Damn it, it's actually raining." On the way to the stadium, Milu frowned and looked at the drizzle outside the car window. The rain can be said to be heavy or small, but the quality of the stadium lawn in Vietnam You can't trust too much, the rain is enough to make the ground muddy and not to the point where the game is to be terminated. It will definitely be more beneficial to the North Korean team, which is full of energy and excellent running ability.

However, after getting the opponent's lineup, Milu felt relieved. The opponent's lineup was exactly the same as the previous two games. It seems that the North Korean team did not retain much strength in the first two games. Judging from the level of competition, it should not cause too much trouble for the Chinese team.

"But, this damn rain..." Milu looked at the weather outside the window again, and sighed heavily.

"The rain has stopped!" The assistant coach Tang Pengju shouted happily, but Milu didn't show much joy. It has been raining for more than three hours, and the stadium must have become a swamp. It doesn't matter if it stops , the effect is the same.

The Olympic team really played very hard in this game. The muddy field brought a lot of trouble to their skills. On the contrary, the North Korean team with relatively rough skills was just like a fish in water. In the first half of the game, there were endless fouls, It ended in a mistake, and the two sides scored zero to zero.

Milu adjusted the lineup in time during the halftime break, replacing Huang Yong with the faster Ailin, and adjusted his tactics at the same time. Don't get too entangled with the opponent in the midfield. If you have a chance, hit the two sides and then A high ball into the penalty area, Zhang Yulin's header is excellent, Li Jinyu's ability to grab points is outstanding, as long as he can seize a chance, this game can basically be won.

Aren't you disrupting the war?Then I will mess with you!Let's see who can seize the opportunity first.

After adjusting the tactics, the Chinese team gradually took advantage in the second half, but they failed to convert into goals. The most regrettable thing is that Ailin's long-range shot from outside the penalty area hit the opponent's defender and changed the line. The ball in the goal was stuck by the mud on the ground, stopped in front of the goal, and was thrown into his arms by the goalkeeper of the North Korean team who was in a hurry.

In the No.708 minute of the game, the Chinese Olympic team's offense finally achieved results. Zhang Yulin's header was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. Li Jinyu quickly made up his foot. This time the muddy field helped the Chinese team Busy, after the ball slipped on the ground, the speed suddenly accelerated a bit, and rolled into the goal from the armpit of the unprepared goalkeeper!
This golden goal has brought three consecutive victories to the Chinese Olympic team. Now they are leading in points and have almost stepped into the top nine games. I believe that after returning to the Shanghai competition area, neither the Vietnam team nor the Myanmar team can stop it. With the victory of the Olympic team, they have an absolute advantage in goal difference, and they can even qualify one round ahead of schedule.

After winning this game, the Olympic team also started smoothly in the following games. After returning to China for a week of training, the whole team went to Shanghai to start the second round of games.

They won [-]-[-] against Vietnam and [-]-[-] against Myanmar. Although these two victories are not brilliant, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Milu is using the game to train his troops, in order to make the players develop a tacit understanding faster. In these two games, Nie Fei still did not play as the main force, but each played for more than half an hour.

The huge advantage of leading the goal difference by eight made the last game against the North Korean team a formality. The ranking rules of this qualifier are to look at the points first, then the goal difference, and then the relationship between the winners and losers. This is because the game is not divided into home and away games, but the division system is used. That is to say, if the North Korean team wants to qualify, it must win the Chinese Olympic team by four goals. This is obviously a bit more difficult.

The Chinese Olympic team, who played at home, once again defeated their opponents 24-[-], and advanced to the final nine with a record of six victories and [-] goals without conceding a goal.

The ship of the Olympic team started their journey to the Olympic Games and officially set sail.

PS: Because the development of these two chapters is not very good, so I put them together and post them together. It is the same as yesterday, [-] words, don't say that Lao Guo is not trustworthy.

Let's take a look at the East Asian semi-finals. I hope the Chinese team can perform better. (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please visit www.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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