The strongest winger

Chapter 1030 Two consecutive victories and two consecutive losses

With the end of the European Cup held in Poland and Ukraine in 2012, the eyes of fans gradually shifted to the Olympic football match, and the Chinese Olympic team, which was highly exposed by the media, became the focus of fans' attention.

Because their total net worth reached 3 million, they became the most expensive players in the 65 London Olympic football match.

Of course, this has a lot to do with captain Ai Luo's personal worth as high as 1 million euros.

However, the Chinese Olympic team is a whole, and there are many well-known stars in this team. In addition to Ai Luo, who has attracted much attention, people like Feng Xiaoting, Gao Lin, Wang Xiaolei, Wu Xi, Zhang Linpeng and others are all well-known in the five major European leagues.

Zhang Linpeng, in particular, has been out of control since he moved to Chelsea after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In just one season, he became the best right back in Europe.

Closer to home, after the European Cup ended, the Chinese Olympic team played two more friendly matches with Uruguay and Morocco, in which Uruguay made the most of the main players, which means that Aiello's teammates Cavani and Godin in Valencia are listed as overage players, and Aiello's teammate Suarez in Chelsea has also become an overage player.

The game ended in a 2:2 draw, with Suarez and Cavani scoring goals for the Uruguayan Olympic team.

The process of this game made Chinese fans a little worried, because Suarez and Cavani are not world-class strikers, but they were able to score two goals in the defender combination composed of Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Linpeng, which means that the entire defense line has a big problem.

After the game, the head coach Manzano took the initiative to mention the defense problem of the Chinese Olympic team. He said: "The team is still running in, and the qualifying problem is within the normal range. Fortunately, we found that the problem was before the Olympic football game, not after the Olympic football game. We have a lot of room for adjustment..."

The Chinese journalists nodded repeatedly. There is no doubt about Feng Xiaoting's strength, but his central defender Mei Fang is not in the best condition yet.

In addition, the central defender Lei Tenglong, who plays for Lille in Ligue 19, has great potential. He can try to partner with Feng Xiaoting, and the 18-year-old Shi Ke or Wang Tong can try to partner with Feng Xiaoting. Anyway, there is still some time before the final [-]-man roster is submitted.

The warm-up match between the Chinese Olympic team and the Moroccan Olympic team is the last warm-up match before submitting the 18-man roster, and it is also the last warm-up match before the Chinese Olympic team starts the main match.

Manzano tried to use the 19-year-old Shi Ke to partner with Feng Xiaoting to address the shortcomings of the last match against Uruguay. The result was very good, because Shi Ke's technical characteristics and Feng Xiaoting's technical characteristics complement each other.

With the problem of the defense line solved, the attack line led by Ai Luo and Gao Lin beat the Moroccan defense line led by Ai Luo's teammate Benatia in Valencia into chaos, and finally defeated the opponent 4:0.

Two days later, the Chinese Olympic team submitted the final 18-man roster to the London Olympic Football Committee—fifteen players of the right age and three over-age players.

Needless to say the three overage players, the fifteen right-age players are--goalkeepers: Wang Xiaolei and Yan Junling.

The defenders are: Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Zhipeng, Lei Tenglong, Shi Ke, Mei Fang.

Midfielders: Wu Xi, Cao Yunding, Zhang Xizhe, Mai Tijiang, Zhang Jiaqi.

Forwards: Sun Ke, Zhang Chengdong, Wu Lei.

Overage players: Ai Luo, Gao Lin and Feng Xiaoting.

※※※

Because of the long period of the Olympic football game, it starts earlier than other games. The first kick-off is the women's football match of Group E-H.

The first game of the Chinese Olympic team was held at 26:02 pm on the 30th local time in London, that is, 09:30 pm BJ time, which was just suitable for Chinese fans to watch the football. The venue was St. James' Park Stadium. The first opponent was Mexico, the strongest in the group.

However, this does not put too much pressure on the Chinese Olympic team led by Ai Luo, because the Chinese Olympic team is the seed team in Group B, and it is also one of the biggest favorites to win the Olympic football championship.

After 10 minutes, the Chinese Olympic team defeated the Mexican Olympic team 2:0, winning a good start.

Another group match that took place later was a bit of a surprise. The Spanish Olympic team, one of the favorites to win the championship, lost 0:1 to the South Korean Olympic team, breaking the first upset of the Olympic football match.

You must know that the Spanish Olympic team and the Korean Olympic team have a ball possession ratio of 70% to 30%, and the Spanish Olympic team is composed of former and current Valencia champions such as Mata, David Silva and Javi Martinez. Together with Jordi Alba and Azpilicueta, it is basically a small half of the Spanish national team...

This unpopularity really exploded too much.

Brazil in Group C had a goal battle with Egypt, and the Brazilian Olympic team led by Neymar and Pato won 3:2.

On the second day, the media paying attention to the Olympic football match focused on the Spanish Olympic team, which lost to the South Korean Olympic team in an upset, because the value of the players of the two teams was several times different...

In the end, thanks to the fact that David Silva, Mata, Javi Martinez and others participated in the European Cup, the physical energy consumption was too large, and the state had not yet returned from the challenge and let it go.

※※※

Another day later, the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games officially kicked off at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, the capital of London.

Compared with the 2008 BJ Olympics, Ai Luo is now the most famous athlete in the Chinese sports world, especially after Yao Ming retired, and Liu Xiang was unable to continue to represent the national team in the 110-meter hurdles due to injuries.

The second match of the Chinese Olympic team was held at the Coventry City Stadium on the 29th. The opponent was the Swiss Olympic team. After 10 minutes of fierce fighting, the Chinese Olympic team defeated the Swiss Olympic team with a big score of 4:1.

In the first match of Group B, Mexico defeated Gabon 2-0, and the Chinese team qualified ahead of the group stage with two consecutive victories in the group, basically securing the first place in the group.

At the same time, the Group D match was another upset. Spain, one of the favorites to win the championship, lost 0:1 to the South Korean Olympic team in the first round, and then lost to the little-known Honduras 0:1 in the second round of the group, and was eliminated in advance...

(End of this chapter)