World Cup of Great Powers

"Downloading stage, loading stage, good evening, audience friends, and now we are broadcasting live the men's football quarter-finals of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games."

"China, against Italy."

As a Serie A fan, Huang Jianxiang couldn't hide the joy in his voice after saying the word "Italy".

After watching Serie A football for more than ten years, today I can finally see my team play a real fight with Italy in a major competition.

Although it is the Olympic Games, this is also an international A-level event, isn't it?
"For the Olympic team, Coach Zeng still uses a 442 formation."

"The goalkeeper is Liu Yunfei who played three consecutive games in the group stage."

"The four defenders are Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, General Fan and Wu Chengying."

"The four midfielders are Li Tie, Zhang Ran, Li Yan and Shao Jiayi."

"Due to the injury of forward Zhang Yuxie in the last game, Li Yi and Li Jinyu formed a forward partner."

"For Italy, the starting goalkeeper is Abbiati who plays for AC Milan."

"The four defenders are Grandoni who played for Sampdoria, Marco Zanzi who has just moved to Juventus, Matteo Ferrari who has just moved to Inter Milan and Bruno Ferrari. Cirillo."

"The two defensive midfielders are Cristiano Zanetti from Roma and Gennaro Gattuso from AC Milan."

"The two attacking midfielders are AC Milan's Ambrosini and Juventus' Zambrotta."

"Andrea Pirlo, who plays for Inter Milan, and Nicola Ventola, who has just been loaned to Atalanta."

For the Italian Olympic players, Huang Jianxiang is like a treasure.

Up to now, he is not afraid of being complained by fans, saying that he "treats differently" when introducing players from the two teams.

If you don't even know which club your players are currently playing for, what kind of Olympic fans are you talking about?
Simply a fake fan!
"I believe that fans who are familiar with Serie A know that most of the players of the Italian Olympic team play for the giants of Serie A."

"And there are Abbiati, Gattuso, Zambrotta, the main players who have established themselves in the club."

"At present, there is also a player in the Olympic team who has played in Serie A. He is Li Jinyu who just helped the Turin team to relegation last season."

"I believe that after a season of relegation battles, Li Jinyu, who has thrived in Serie A, will play a key role in this game."

"it is good!"

"At the referee's whistle, the game officially begins."

"The Italian team took the lead."

"Will the Olympic team, which advanced to the quarter-finals for the first time, still perform miracles and reach the semi-finals in history?"

"Let's wait and see!"

In the past season, Li Jinyu's Torino was successfully relegated, while Li Tie's Sevilla was relegated to West Second Division again.

Li Tie, who originally wanted to transfer, sought advice from Zeng Zheng, and finally chose to stay with the team.

In this way, whether it is Li Jinyu, the relegation hero, or Li Tie, who never gives up, they have become the main players of their teams.

Zeng Zheng's fast defense has already made a name for himself in the coaching world. A team with a speedy assault striker is the nightmare of every defensive team.

Therefore, after the start of the game, Italy, which was fighting the Olympic Games for the first time, carefully advanced the front line, for fear that if they accidentally lost the ball, they would be counterattacked by the Olympic Games.

But soon they discovered that these so-called "careful" were meaningless.

The National Olympics can defend better than them!

After 20 minutes, the fans were dumbfounded.

Which team is Italy?

When did Italy wear the red jersey?
Under Zeng Zheng's deliberate arrangement, all the Olympic staff retreated and handed over the offensive initiative to the Italians, who were not very good at attacking.

Italy can't get in, and the Olympics can't get out.

Both sides played sleepily.

Except for some football experts who are interested in studying the defense of the two teams, those fans who really like to see wonderful shots and goals are already yawning at this moment.

"What is the Olympic Games doing? Why is it always defending? Why isn't it attacking?"

"Coach Zeng played really conservatively today! He didn't attack when he had a chance just now."

"Use a defensive formation to deal with Italy? Coach Zeng can really figure it out!"

Every football power has a different football philosophy.

Like the passionate Brazil, all he thinks about is how to use his personal skills to tear apart the opponent's defense;
The rigorous and experienced Germanic chariot is calculating every day how to turn 11 people into obedient parts;
Holland, the all-out attack and all-out defense, is always pursuing the ultimate perfection, and does not want its players to have any shortcomings;
A matador obsessed with technology, obsessed with ground control of the midfield;
The elegant and unrestrained Argentina wished that all 11 players were smart forwards;
Portugal, which admires superstars, always thinks of a superman leading the team to the bureau;

Romantic France constantly incorporates the physical qualities of black people, combining technology with the body.

And the football philosophy in Italy is, don't care if I play comfortably or not, anyway, I will definitely make you play uncomfortable;

Don't care if my attack is ugly or not, anyway, I will definitely make your attack ugly!
In modern football, which advocates scoring goals, Italy has been the "big villain" in the football world since ancient times!
A great man once said that Italy is an alternative to the football field, a poison in the football field, and a cancer in the football field!

Bloody and violent shoveling, dirty and despicable little moves, uttered trash talk, and sign language with gestures, all the time provoked the opponent's nerves.

Under the tactic of "only defending, not attacking", the 90-minute game was dismembered to pieces.

When you're having a meltdown, then sneak in one.

With the pragmatism of a 1-0, against your disbelieving eyes, and then go home and celebrate like crazy.

This is Italian football!
Logically speaking, it is a compulsory course for every team and every coach to find the defensive loopholes in the lineup and then attack them in the face of Italy, who wants to play a defensive counterattack against everyone.

Before the start of the game, fans all over the world were guessing what kind of offensive method the young Zeng Zheng would adopt to break the turtle shell of Italy.

But now, people have seen a National Olympics that is worse than Italy.

"Brother, I really didn't expect that this Zeng would play such a trick!"

In front of the swimming pool of a villa in Hainan, two middle-aged men were wearing vests and shorts, reclining on beach chairs, watching the satellite broadcast on the big screen.

"Yeah, Xiao Zeng still has some tricks." The man called the eldest brother nodded, "Soldiers are tricky. This guy is doing the opposite. Looking at the current situation, Italy is really hard!"

"Brother, you said that this surname Zeng is so good at tricks, is it true that my little sister was also chased by him playing tricks?"

"Come on! Wheel of heart, who can compare to that crazy girl? She has a lot of eyes. From childhood to adulthood, who has changed what she believes in?"

The second son of the Qian family rubbed the back of his head, "Ha, it's true after thinking about it carefully. But I just don't understand, it's not good for a little girl to like someone, why do you like a football scumbag?"

"Football fuckers? So what are we two now? Football watchers?"

"Uh, if I didn't say it, I didn't say it!" Qian Laoer took a sip of champagne, and then turned his attention back to the screen.

"Brother, according to the surname of Zeng, this match will be much uglier!"

"Ugly is ugly, you don't have to look at it!" Boss Qian shook his head, "Second brother, you are already old, why are you so unsteady?"

"The stadium is like a shopping mall. Now the comparison between the two sides is who can't stand it first, and who can't stand it first."

"Whoever moves first loses!"

Qian Laoer curled his lips, as if he didn't want to listen to his brother's preaching.

"Brother, what do you mean, the one surnamed Zeng was planning to play a penalty shootout with Italy from the very beginning?"

Boss Qian nodded, "It's possible."

"But for football games, the last 10 or 15 minutes will be the key points."

"Maybe both teams are waiting for the last ten minutes to launch an onslaught."

"So I expect that the competition should be intense at that time."

Er Er Qian stood up after hearing this, "Okay, brother, then call me again in 80 minutes, I'll go swim a few laps first."

As he said that, Qian Laoer plunged into the swimming pool.

Seeing this, the supermodels who were frolicking in the pool quickly gathered over like cats smelling fish.

Soon, more than half an hour passed.

Little Days and Da Laomei have already produced results.

In the penalty shootout, Tate Laomei eliminated Xiaotian 5-3.

The National Olympic Games has become the only Asian team that remains in the Olympic Games.

On the other side, Brazil and Cameroon, who started the game later than their small days, also drew 1-1 and entered overtime.

These two teams are strong teams in the world. No matter who they face, the National Olympics basically has no chance of winning.

Of course, in order to fight against them, the National Olympics has to pass the Italian level!

On the sidelines of the court, Zeng Zheng hugged his shoulders, and it took him a long time to squeak.

Since it was bitten to death, play a defensive counterattack.

In the absence of a chance to counterattack, there are very few places on the court that need to be reminded by Zeng Zheng.

In contrast, Tardelli on the other side was red-eyed on the sidelines.

It has always been a glorious tradition of Italy to kick the back of the back.

Although it is called a cancer, it makes sense.

See who their opponents are?

France, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, England
What happened to playing defensive counterattacks against these strong teams?
There is no shame in kicking against the counter!

It's embarrassing to lose!

But the problem is that today Italy's opponent is the Chinese team!
This is an Asian team that is not well-known in the World Series.

It is also a team that reached the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games for the first time.

Playing defensive counterattacks with such a team is too cheap, right?

Because of this, Pirlo, who was supposed to play as a shadow striker and attacking midfielder, was directly arranged by Tardelli to participate in the attack on the front line.

What sneak attack?Long pass organization?

No more!

Just attack and it's over!

According to Tardelli's thinking, as long as one goal is scored, the game will be completely in his own hands.

If the National Olympics is weak, then copy and paste and make another victory, and completely defeat the National Olympics;
If Guo Ao fights back, he doesn't mind honestly calling the players back to defend.

After all, it is the quarter-finals.

When it comes to whether it will win a medal for Italy, it is reasonable to be safer at the moment.

But the game lasted more than 30 minutes.

Not to mention scoring goals, even very few shots.

Abbiati almost had a bird in the backcourt.

In more than 30 minutes, he only touched the ball once, and it was still a goal kick.

For the rest of the time, the ball just keeps wandering around the 30-meter area of ​​the National Olympics, wandering, and wandering.

Can't attack, can't retreat.

From top to bottom, the Italians are all in a hurry.

The most important thing is that the more Tardelli watches the Olympic Games, the more familiar he is with today's style of play, as if he has returned to the Apennine Peninsula in the 90s.

Ventola was alone in the frontcourt.

Even with his old club teammate Pirlo, it is difficult to gain advantage in the intensive defense of the Olympic Games.

What's more, Pirlo is not a sharp-edged forward, passing and organization are his specialties.

As a result, Ventola was completely trapped in the double-teaming of Li Weifeng and General Fan.

Not to mention that the ground ball is difficult to pass to the feet, and the header is not even hit.

And whenever Zambrotta and Ambrosini want to use speed and skill to attack, they will bump into the combination of Li Tie + Zhang Ran, the strongest steel midfielder in the Olympic Games.

After spending two seasons in Spain, Li Tie has not only learned how to use his physical advantages to check and balance his opponents, but also has much more dexterity with his feet.

Coupled with the regional defense followed by others, the middle road was perfectly defended by the Olympic Games.

More importantly, it is more like a "big cloth pocket" opened by the National Olympics.

If you come to a few people, I will recruit a few people for you.

No matter how many troops Tardelli invested, he would fall into a quagmire after arriving in this area, unable to extricate himself.

In the 38th minute, Zambrotta took aim at a gap that was not considered a gap, hoping to use his speed to forcefully break through the Olympic defense.

After Zhang Ran lost his position in the first shot, he immediately followed up with his opponent and defended closely.

As a result, Zambrotta not only couldn't pass the ball into the penalty area smoothly, but he was also forced to the wing a little bit.

After dunking two kicks in a row without getting rid of Zhang Ran's defense, Zambrotta has been forced to the sideline by the Olympic players, completely separated from his teammates.

It is worthy of playing the main young player in Juventus.

In this case, Zambrotta was stunned to see the opportunity and kicked a cross.

Seeing the opponent kicking the ball, Li Weifeng and General Fan immediately found Ventola and caught him firmly in the middle.

Then General Fan jumped high and pushed the ball out of the penalty area not far in front of Ventola.

Facing the ball flying out of the penalty area, Gattuso rushed to the ball's landing point immediately.

This fierce man known as the "butcher" was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Li Tie.

The current situation is to earn the top in offense, and it is not Ronaldo who defends with the ball.

Gattuso's ability has nowhere to release.

I could only watch helplessly as my body was pushed away by Li Tie little by little, and then the guy with the old-fashioned cabbage head pushed the ball right in front of him.

Although he didn't reach the first point, Gattuso's efforts to earn the top were not in vain.

In order to resist Gattuso hard, Li Tie's header was also out of standard, not very accurate, nor too far.

Ever since, Li Yan and Zanetti collided again at a place farther from the goal, earning a header for the second time.

This time, Li Yan, who is 1.8 meters three, did not get any benefits from Zanetti, who was 1.8 meters and zero.

Zanetti, who has received professional and systematic training since he was a child, is at the top of his peers in terms of physical fitness and ball skills.

While catching Li Yan, the ball was rubbed by Zanetti's forehead and landed at Ambrosini's feet without error.

The latter immediately turned to protect the ball, and then pushed the ball back to Ferrari behind the midfield.

At this point, even if the ball is taken away by the Italians again.

The Olympic players all stopped behind the center line in a timely manner, without any mentality of "overstepping".

Seeing that Li Yi and Li Jinyu both stopped near the middle circle, Tardelli was even more angry and scolded his mother.

Hey Hey hey!
How many meters away from the center line is this, so you can't get on it?

Even if it goes a little further, one meter further will do!

Your formation is so tight, how can we attack from the middle?
In the stands, some fans couldn't help asking when they saw that the Italians still repeated the previous few offensive steps and tried to infiltrate from the middle.

"Are the Italians stupid? We have so many people in the middle, why is he rushing from here? Don't they go to the side?"

When the old fan Rossi heard this, he took off his cowboy hat and laughed.

"Hahahahaha~~~ Wing? What does he use to attack the wing? There are wing players in Italy?"