Fengba Greenery

Chapter 331 No More Regrets
Chapter 175 No Regrets

Duan Xuan was right, this was indeed a highly anticipated match.

Sydney is in the East Tenth District, and the time is two hours away from BJ.

It is now [-]:[-] pm BJ time, and there is still an hour before the start of the game.

It was still daytime, and the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower was lit up early.

Against the backdrop of red LED lights, several light characters slowly rotate on the Oriental Pearl Tower by the Huangpu River.

"Team China! Come on!"

On the landmark buildings of the city, there were slogans cheering for the Chinese team.

Such scenes also happened in BJ, in Guangzhou, in Shenzhen, and in many cities in China.

Although the level of Chinese football is not high, football is one of the most watched sports in China.At this time, even people who don't usually watch the game, driven by such an atmosphere, stood in front of the TV on time.

Although it was only an Asian Cup final, it attracted as much attention domestically as the World Cup.

The Chinese team reached the Asian Cup final again after many years, which naturally made the domestic fans very excited.

Lao Wang is also a fan, but he is not going to watch the game.

In addition to the fact that he is still working hard at work at the moment, it is more of the promise that "I will never watch the national football team again" made back then.

However, he hadn't been able to get the game out of his mind for a few hours.

No matter what webpage he opens.

Asian Cup...

finals…….
Chinese team……..
These news will always appear in his eyes, and it is difficult not to pay attention to them.

Lao Wang looked at his watch, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still an hour before the game started.

At this moment the phone vibrated.

It was a message from his best friend in college.Since graduating from university, everyone went their separate ways and hadn't contacted each other for a long time.

Lao Wang hesitated for a moment, and finally picked up the phone.

He knew that the message from this buddy must be about the Asian Cup final.

"Aren't you watching the ball, SB?"

Lao Wang immediately wanted to reply with "SB is only watching!"

Just when he was about to press send, the lights on the Canton Tower outside the window lit up, just shining into their office.

"Support the Chinese team!"

A few big characters appeared on the waist of the Canton Tower with radiance, and the red light reflected the round and rough face of Lao Wang.

Lao Wang lowered his head and touched his belly which had grown again.

I haven't played football for a long time...
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Zheng Zhi led the players out of the player tunnel to prepare for the warm-up before the game.

He was not usually a talkative person, and he is the same now.

At this moment, the fans in the stands have already entered the field one after another, and the stadium is gradually becoming noisy.

But none of these affected Zheng Zhi, he was doing every warm-up movement meticulously.

Being serious is the biggest trick for this veteran to still maintain a good state.

Speaking of which, this is the second Asian Cup final he has experienced.

For him, at the end of his career, he never expected to have another chance to participate in the Asian Cup final.

In the 2004 Asian Cup, the Chinese team made it all the way to the final at their doorstep.

Looking back now, that game was almost the beginning of the dark 11 years of the Chinese team.

In the summer of 2004, that was the closest Chinese football was to the top of Asia, but it was also a peak of the parabolic development of Chinese football.

That Chinese team was regarded as an enhanced version of the 2002 World Cup. There were not only veterans such as Hao Hai and Li Xiaopeng who had participated in the World Cup, but also Mesozoic players such as Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng and Li Yu who played well in the league. Sun Jihai and Shao Jiayi, the main players in the Premier League and Bundesliga, have an extremely mature lineup.

And such a national football team really lived up to expectations.After successfully qualifying for the group, the Chinese team eliminated Iraq in the quarter-finals, and then faced the bitter host Iran in the semi-finals. The two sides drew [-]-[-] in regular time. Played, eliminated the Iranian team and reached the final. .

In the final, the Chinese team's opponent was the Japanese team.

This is the second time in the history of the Chinese team to stand on the stage of the Asian Cup final.

This time, the Chinese team is facing the Japanese team that has made it to the top [-] in the Korea-Japan World Cup. At that time, the Japanese team was led by the popular Shunsuke Nakamura. Ben Hengjing, Sanduzhu, Nakazawa Yuer and others were also famous generals of the time.

It is not a surprise to lose to this Japanese team, but those who have watched this game will not think so.

In the No.606 minute, Shunsuke Nakamura's free kick created a murderous intention. Koji Nakata staged a "hand of God" in front of the goal to score the ball, but the referee ruled that the goal was valid. The national football team once again fell behind in such an unjust way. situation.

In the 78th minute, the national football team had an excellent opportunity to equalize the score again. Li Yi, who came on as a substitute for Hao Hai, scored a single goal, but instead of shooting directly, he chose to try to beat the opponent's goalkeeper Nouko Kawaguchi. destroy.The national football team lost an excellent opportunity to equalize, and Li Yi also became a critic after losing this single-handedly.

At the last moment of the game, the national football team came out in full force, trying to equalize the score, but the emptiness of the defense made them pay the price.In stoppage time, Shunsuke Nakamura sent another assist. Keiji Tamada passed Liu Yunfei with a one-handed goal and easily broke through the goal. The Japanese team won 3-1, and the national football team lost the Asian Cup championship at home!
Because of a handball goal, the balance on the field was broken, but after this game, no matter how aggrieved the players and fans of the Chinese team were, they could not change the result of the game.

After this game, the Chinese team entered a long dark period until now.

And this is the third time that the Chinese team has stood on the stage of the Asian Cup final.

Zheng Zhi, who returned from England a few years ago, could never have imagined that in the last years of his career, he would be rejuvenated again.

First, he won the Chinese Super League championship for four consecutive years in the domestic arena, and even won the AFC trophy with the team's historic history.

In terms of the national team, there is actually a second chance to hit the Asian Cup championship.

After warming up, Zheng Zhi stopped.

The Australian Stadium is full of seats at the moment. Although this is the home stadium of the Australians, the number of Chinese fans who flock to this stadium is no less than that of the Australians.

The noise made by the fans of the Chinese team made the players feel that this is an away game.

Zheng Zhi looked around and let out a long sigh of relief.

He is 34 years old, and this may be his last chance to wear the national team's jersey to compete for the honor of the Asian champion.This time, he will never let regrets be written in his resume!

(End of this chapter)