Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 387
In Asia, East Asia and West Asia are the two strongest football camps. Although there are many countries in Southeast Asia, their football performance is really not very good, and there are many scandals, such as the shocking Malaysian gambling case and a certain Tiger Cup. The two teams did everything they could to "seek defeat". Before the end of the game, there was even a scene where a defender grabbed the opponent's ball and then kicked the world wave into his own goal, which was called "the ugliest football history". Except for the Thai team Except for the third-rate powerhouse in Asia, the strength of other teams is very poor, and the Indonesian team is no exception.

The Chinese team with the right time, place and people launched a massacre in the Workers' Stadium. In this game, Milu sent all four other overage players on the field. Appearing in the team, the two scored twice, and midfielders Ma Tian and Nie Fei also scored a goal each. General Fan, who was unwilling to be lonely, also scored a goal from a corner kick in front of the goal. The Chinese team swept the opponent [-]-[-].

The Chinese team, with two victories in two games and enough goal difference, has already qualified from the group in advance. They only need to draw with Kuwait in the final game to win the group first—Kuwait beat Indonesia [-]-[-] in the first game In the second game, they drew a one-to-one tie with Iraq. The defense was fairly solid, but the attack power seemed weak. I believe it will be difficult for them to break through the gate of the Chinese team.

Two wins in two group matches, scoring ten goals and conceding one goal to advance to the group stage. Although there is a weak opponent in Indonesia, such results are also excellent, but in the group stage, the Chinese team is not the most showy team.

In terms of the strength of the limelight, it is the Chinese team's close neighbor Japan team-they also have a luxurious lineup with the main Olympic players in the Asian Cup, Nakata Hidetoshi, Nakamura Shunsuke, Ono Shinji, Inamoto The midfielder composed of Junichi and Mingbo Hao is even more famous than the midfielder of the Chinese team, and Naoyasu Takahara on the forward line plays for the Argentine giants Boca Juniors. Although the number of overseas players is not as exaggerated as the Chinese team, it seems The gold content is slightly larger.

Hidetoshi Nakata, who was robbed of Perugia's position by Nie Fei, is not doing badly now. He played for the Bologna team in Serie A and performed very well in the past two seasons. Together with Nie Fei, he provoked the Asians In the mainstay of Serie A, he is now the absolute main force and core midfielder of the Japanese national team.

Before the start of the Asian Cup, everyone recognized that there were nine overseas players, and as the host, the Chinese team was the biggest favorite for the Asian Cup championship. The relatively low-key Japanese team performed even more amazingly—they were in Group C is more difficult than Group A of the Chinese team. Except for the Japanese team, the other three teams are the last Asian Cup champion Saudi Arabia, the 94 Hiroshima Asian Games champion Uzbekistan and the West Asian powerhouse Qatar. In the first game, the Japanese team surprised everyone. With a big score of [-] to [-] and an absolute advantage on the scene, they beat the defending champion to the ground. Then in the second round of the game, they created the current Asian team. The game with the most goals in the World Cup - an eight-to-one sweep of Uzbekistan, two forwards, Akihiro Nishizawa and Naoyasu Takahara, both staged a hat-trick, showing a chilling attack.

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"The Japanese team is coming aggressively." After watching the match where the Chinese team swept Indonesia, Pei Wei and Su Mei returned to the hotel. After getting the news from the TV, Su Mei said to Pei Wei with a smile.

"Yes." Pei Wei nodded in agreement: "They will be the biggest opponents of the Chinese team in this cup."

"Are you so sure?" Su Mei asked with some surprise: "Saudi Arabia, Iran, South Korea... None of them are easy to deal with. Although the Japanese team has superb skills, the Chinese team really didn't suffer any losses when they faced them." ... South Korea and Iran, I think, are a bit more difficult to deal with."

"Saudi Arabia will not talk about it. Since they failed to enter the World Cup in 98, they have been going downhill." Pei Wei said with a smile: "Iran's golden generation of players like Dai and Bagheri are also getting old. ... As for the South Korean team, until they find a good coach, they will not be the opponent of the current Chinese team, and they may not be able to meet the Chinese team, but the Japanese team, if the Chinese team can enter the final without being on the way If you meet the Japanese team, then the opponent in the final will definitely be Japan."

"Starting to pretend to be a magic stick again." Su Mei is now unwilling to bet with Pei Wei, because Pei Wei always speaks accurately - betting with him is purely asking for trouble.

Pei Wei smiled, and did not refute Su Mei's words, and said to himself: "Compared with the European Cup and the American Cup, the Asian Cup is still much worse...I'm not talking about anything else. , but in the discovery of talents-every European Cup and America's Cup will emerge a group of new players that make people shine, and there are only a few good players in Asia. It is really difficult to dig out any outstanding players from it."

"No way? You still want to find foreign players in Asian teams?" Su Mei asked in surprise.

"It's not me, it's other clubs." Pei Wei smiled: "Actually, this is also a good way. For example, if a certain team in Guangzhou introduces the number one star from Vietnam and Thailand, then maybe their backstage group will be able to bring in their top players. Selling products to Southeast Asia... This is a new source of income, but the level of football in Southeast Asia is still a bit low, and even their top players may not be able to play the main force in A-B teams."

"That has nothing to do with us." Su Mei shrugged: "You don't have any products to sell."

"But it has something to do with our league. If we can use the team to advertise abroad, I think those big groups will be more willing to invest in football, right?" Pei Wei said with a smirk: "Just like our cloud Jia Tianyu played in the final of the Asian Club Cup in Tehran the year before last, and the Tianhua Group's revenue from Iran immediately increased by [-]% from the chest advertisement... Doesn't this explain anything? I will let me know about these experiences of old friends."

The "old friend" he was talking about was naturally the bosses of other clubs. Su Mei understood: "This is a good way, but unfortunately, it is difficult for us to introduce high-level foreign players in places like Japan and South Korea. Their leagues are no better than ours. Poor, outstanding players are more willing to send to Europe, but it is possible in West Asia, after the introduction of Madavikia, the Eastern Group has now sent its business to Iran."

"That's the reason." Pei Wei snapped his fingers.

"What shall we do next?" Su Mei asked.

"Next?" Pei Wei thought for a while: "Take a good rest, keep your spirits up, and watch the last game of the group."

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On July [-], the final round of the Asian Cup Group A group stage.

The Chinese team played against Kuwait in Gongti, and Iraq played against Indonesia in Tianjin. Both the Chinese team and Kuwait had already qualified.

This game is just a formality for the Chinese team. They can spend the rest of the game in BJ if they tie – and Kuwait doesn’t seem to have any idea of ​​competing for the first place in the group. The quarter-finals will start in five days , and although the yellow cards obtained in the group stage will not be brought into the knockout stage, they will still be suspended for accumulating two yellow cards. No one wants to cause any loss of personnel for this not too important game.

Milu sent most of the substitutes, Li Jinyu and Zhang Yulin partnered up front, Tao Wei, Zheng Zhi, Li Gang and Zhang Xiaorui in the midfield, Li Wei, Zhu Guosheng, Wu Jiang and Sun Chenghai in the back, even the goalkeeper also sent two Goalkeeper Cheng Dong.

The game went smoothly, the only bright spot appeared in No. 308 minutes, Zhang Xiaorui assisted from the side, Zhang Yulin scored the only goal of the game with a header in front of the goal, and Kuwait lost the game. The ranking slipped to third place-in another game, Iraq beat Indonesia [-]-[-], relying on a narrow goal difference to get the second place in the group.

Two teams from Group B were eliminated. They were Thailand and Lebanon with the same two points. In the final match, South Korea defeated Iran [-]-[-] and ranked first in the group, but was tied [-]-[-] by Thailand. The Iranian team, which lost to South Korea again, had to rank second in the group and face the Japanese team that ranked first in Group C.

In Group C, the Japanese team, who had won two consecutive victories, also stopped their winning streak. After sending most of the substitutes, they drew Qatar [-]-[-] in the last round, but for this they had to face B Iran and Saudi Arabia, who are second in the group, swept the Uzbekistan team [-]-[-] in the final battle. All the old foundations left to them by the former Soviet Union have been tossed away, and they have become an out-and-out third-rate team. After being massacred by Japan and Saudi Arabia in a row, they only drew with Qatar [-]-[-] and were sadly out. After winning three consecutive draws, they grabbed the last place to qualify. Of course, this is also because Thailand and Lebanon in Group B drew in the last round. Squeeze out.

From the [-]th to the [-]th, in eight days, the twelve participating teams were reduced by one-third, leaving only eight teams. They are China, Iraq and Kuwait in Group A, and South Korea and Kuwait in Group B. Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Group C.

According to the match rules, the situation of the quarter-final matchup is as follows: China, the first place in Group A, will face Qatar, the third place in Group C, Iraq, the second place in Group A, will face Saudi Arabia, the second place in Group C, and Kuwait, the third place in Group A. Against South Korea, which is first in Group B, Japan, which is first in Group C, is against Iran, who is second in Group B.

The first quarter-final match will be the match between China and Qatar on July 23. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please visit www.QIDIAN.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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