Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 533
"To Japan?"

"To Japan."

"To Japan..."

"To Japan!"

After the top [-] matches came out, in China, the conversation between fans basically consisted of these four words. Although the tone is different, the meaning is different, and the content is also somewhat different, but these four words are exactly the same .

During the period from June [-]th to June [-]th, although there are more exciting knockout matches than the group stage, although in these games, Germany beat Uruguay, England swept Denmark, and Uruguay eliminated Sweden with a golden ball , Spain beat Ireland, Portugal lightly beat Mexico and Brazil eliminated Belgium with a controversial goal, but Chinese fans still focused all their efforts on the upcoming Sino-Japanese battle, so much so that they were very concerned about this Six games is just a little bit of attention.

This is Chinese fans. They also have their own teams in normal times, whether it is the national team or the club team. Maybe they will fight with other fans because of the team they support, and even attack each other— — But at this time, there is only one goal left for them to support, and that is to represent their Chinese national team, the Chinese national team!

This is the normal psychology that fans should have-in a game with their own national team participating, who else can they support if they don't support them!

As for those fans who only pay attention to European teams or South American teams in later generations, and even hope that their national team will lose as badly as possible-please forgive them.They are not traitors or traitors, they are just poor people who have been heartbroken and chilled by Chinese football.

After the observation of the group stage, basically everyone has a more specific understanding of the two teams of China and Japan. Of course, the Chinese team needless to say, although the results of the four-point qualifying team are not very good, but against the Brazilian team. A classic game is enough to bring great confidence to Chinese fans, while Japan has shown their progress in the past four years in the group stage. The victory over Russia and Tunisia and the draw with Belgium have proved the Japanese team His strength can occupy a place even in the World Cup.

Unlike the Chinese team, which is composed of three generations of old, middle-aged and young players, the Japanese team is basically composed of rookies and middle-aged players. The old generation of players in the team is only Masashi Zhongshan, and this old forward is basically reduced to a substitute, and the four old players of the Chinese team, Hao Dong, Ma Tian, ​​General Fan and Jiang Hai, are still playing in the national team. With different pivotal roles, the older generation of players in the Japanese team has basically withdrawn from the stage of history.

This is also related to the sluggishness of Japanese football in history. Before the 90s, Japan was never the mainstream of Asian football, and it always lost more than it won against the Chinese team. Suppressed by China, in the previous three powerhouses in East Asia, there has always been a vicious circle of China defeating Japan, Japan defeating South Korea, and South Korea defeating China.

This also makes Chinese fans show great confidence after knowing that their opponent in the top sixteen is Japan. The recognition of many fans-that is, as the host, Japan hopes to take a step forward on the old opponent of China, and playing tricks on the referee is the best way.

Quite a few fans agree with this view—in China, the overwhelming majority are those who don’t understand the Japanese. After hearing this rumor, they will naturally think—fuck, little Japan is despicable and shameless , this kind of thing can definitely be done!
Especially after the seventh round of the quarter-finals - when the South Koreans conceded a goal first, they exhausted the Italians with almost brutal hand-to-hand combat. The referee turned a blind eye, including Seol Ki-hyun's elbow that blew Koko's head - and finally tied the score with 3 minutes to go before the Ecuadorian referee unnecessarily obliterated Italy in extra time. After getting a goal and then sending off the Roman Prince Totti in the name of diving - after receiving such help, the Korean finally relied on Ahn Jung-hwan's header at the end of the game to beat Italy and break through. Into the quarterfinals.

After the game, China's domestic concerns about Japan's use of referees reached their peak - the shamelessness of the Koreans chilled everyone, and at this time the most confident people began to waver. If the performance is also like this, China's hope of winning can be said to be quite small-after all, the strength of the Chinese team has not yet reached such a point.

Even the Chinese coaching staff was greatly troubled by such rumors. Five hours before the start of the game, that is, just after the Korean team's game ended, all the coaching staff members, including Pei Wei, gathered in Mi Inside Lu's room.

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"Did you watch the game just now?" Tang Pengju said nonsense as soon as he came up: "It's so fucking stupid... Tomasi's goal in overtime was completely a good goal, Totti's pass At that time, he was still at least one meter away from the last Korean defender, and he was sentenced to be offside. Moreover, Totti fell in the penalty area, and the Korean defender's feet were almost stretched above his knees. Did you fall?"

"And look at their movements! It's like a taekwondo performance on the court!" Chu Guanghu said with lingering fear: "Especially the elbow to Keke, the brow bone was completely broken! Such a bad movement It's just a verbal warning! Faced with such a disadvantage, no matter how strong Italy is, they can't win, let alone being sentenced to an inexplicable penalty at the beginning..."

The two assistant coaches expressed their feelings respectively, and then said in unison: "Our next game will not be like this..."

Milu didn't speak, but he also had a worried expression on his face. He has been traveling all over the world for so many years, what tricks does he not know?What conspiracy tricks haven't seen?It is precisely because of knowing, precisely because of understanding, that we are worried.

"I don't think you need to worry so much..." Pei Wei explained to them with a smile: "The Japanese are really shameless. When they are at a disadvantage, they pretend to be grandsons, and when they have the upper hand, they pretend to be grandpas. And they refuse to admit their mistakes... But You have to admire their almost perverted bushido spirit, especially in sports, they are not so black - Koreans are different, maybe because their country is not yet fully independent, and In history, China and Japan have always been caught in the middle, and after World War II, they were controlled by the Americans, so they can only use their narrow national self-esteem on sports and other aspects. The pursuit of victory is simply abnormal. ——We saw their faces a lot in the 88 Seoul Olympics! It’s not uncommon to do such a thing. I think everyone can rest assured that the referee may favor the Japanese team a little bit in this game, but absolutely not It was as excessive as the game just now!"

"Why are you so sure?" Milu asked suspiciously: "With South Korea's performance ahead, it is inevitable that the Japanese team will not do this... After all, if you go one step further, you will be the quarterfinals, and you will be able to tie the history of Asian teams in the World Cup Better to record, in case they won't do it."

"Borah, you are not Asian after all, and you don't understand our two neighbors like we Chinese." Pei Wei blew a smoke ring: "Both of these two ethnic groups don't mind using some despicable means to achieve their goals. nation, but there are differences between these two nations—after all, Japan was once powerful and was once one of the most powerful countries in the world! With this kind of history, no matter what you do, it will have a certain impact! And South Korea...they have never been strong. If China is strong, they are China's vassals. If Japan is strong, they are Japan's vassals...Without a glorious history, there is no self-confidence. To obtain spiritual satisfaction, and they have indeed been satisfied, so I conclude that Japan will not do as lowly as South Korea!"

"But this is just your guess. In my opinion, never doubt the talent of human beings to play tricks." Milu still couldn't let go.

Pei Wei looked at Milu, and he knew that he had to calm down Milu first—the head coach is the soul of a team, and only when the head coach can keep calm and calm can the players keep calm.

It is not easy to do this, but Pei Wei is sure that he can do it, because he still has a trump card.

"I know who the referee is going to judge our game." Pei Wei's words stunned everyone: "I think if you know who the referee is, you won't worry about the fairness of the game."

"Who is it?" Milu, Chu Guanghu and Tang Pengju asked at the same time. Although they were surprised by the news, they were more concerned about who the referee was.

"Collina." Pei Wei said with a smile: "Pierre Luigi Collina, the most impartial referee in the world, and also the most famous referee."

He smiled and looked at the three of them: "What are you worried about now? If he can't make you feel at ease, then what referee in the world can make you feel at ease?"

"It turned out to be him!" Milu suddenly realized, and then showed a sincere smile on his face: "If it's him, of course I won't worry!"

PS: I'm sorry, I have something to do tonight. Although it's not a big deal, it took a lot of time. I just finished coding now, so everyone has been waiting for a long time. This chapter is yesterday's update of the 140th vote.

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