Champion’s Heart

No matter how everyone views this game, the quarter-finals between the Chinese team and the South Korean team are gradually approaching.

This time, Asia has three seats among the top eight, making it the continent with the most entries. This performance surprised many people. This also illustrates the improvement of the level of Asian football.

August 4th can be called Asia Day in the Olympic men's football competition, because on this day all three Asian teams that have reached the quarterfinals will appear.

The first team to make an appearance is the Japanese Olympic team, and their opponent is the Egyptian Olympic team. The match between South Korea and China will begin after this game.

Japan's Olympic team debuted at the Olympics to a roar of applause as they defeated the favorites, the Spanish Olympic team.

In this quarter-final, they played very easily against Egypt, which was not very strong. They took the lead after just fourteen minutes. At the end of the game, he scored two more goals and easily eliminated the Egyptian Olympic team with a score of 3:0 and entered the semi-finals.

This is the second time in Olympic history that they have reached the semi-finals - the last time they reached the semi-finals was the distant 1968 Mexico City Olympics. After reaching the semi-finals that time, they finally won a bronze medal, achieving a breakthrough of zero medals for Asian teams in Olympic football competitions.

It seems that the Japanese team is really going to fulfill their promise and win the Olympic gold medal.

As long as they can defeat the winner between England and Mexico in the semi-finals.

After this game is over, the game between the Chinese team and the South Korean team is about to begin.

The Korean media and fans are paying close attention to this game. In addition to the grudges between Chinese and Korean football, there are also more ambitious goals.

Since South Korean football appeared in the Olympic finals, its best result is the quarterfinals. Seeing that the Japanese team, which has always been competing, has entered the semi-finals, they naturally hope that they can also enter the semi-finals.

Sixty-four years ago was also the London Olympics. The Korean team participated in the Olympics for the first time and reached the quarterfinals. Since then, in the past sixty-four years, they have never been able to surpass the best result of that year.

Although this time they encountered the Chinese team with Zhou Yi, the Korean media still hoped that the Korean team could defeat the Chinese team, break into the semi-finals, and create history.

For the Chinese team, they have already made history, and every step they take now is creating new history.

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When Zhou Yi and his teammates appeared on the court,

He found that there were obviously many more spectators in the stands than during the group stage. On the one hand, this is because this is the quarter-finals and the knockout rounds after all. On the other hand... this game is very important to both China and South Korea, so many Chinese and Korean fans came.

The five-star red flag and the Korean Taegeuk flag were waved and fluttered by their respective fans in the stands.

Looking around, there is a sea of ​​red in the stands - because the jerseys of the Chinese team and the South Korean team are both red. However, the Chinese team won the home team lottery in this game, so they can not only use the home team's locker room, but also wear the home jersey.

It's just that the Chinese team's home jersey is not red, but white...

Therefore, although Chinese fans wear red, China's traditional color, to cheer for the Chinese team, from the visual effect, it seems that the entire audience is fans of the Korean team...

Although the red of the Chinese team and the red of the Korean team are actually not the same, the red of the Chinese team is a very positive red, while the red of the Korean team is a bit pink. But this difference is still not obvious enough.

In fact, many Chinese fans have complained about this - China's traditional color is red. Red also has a festive and pleasing meaning in the eyes of the Chinese, while white is always associated with the dead and funerals for the Chinese, which is not very auspicious. of. But the Chinese national team has always insisted on using white as their home jersey color and red as their away jersey color. I don’t know whether it is because the Football Association has a brain problem or because Adidas did not understand China’s national conditions and made this design decision...

Moreover, there are many bad memories in the history of Chinese football where white jerseys appear, so now everyone thinks that it is unlucky for the Chinese team to wear white jerseys, and they are heartbroken.

Now that the game has not even started, everyone has seen the unlucky white color again, and many people are scolding the Football Association and jersey sponsors.

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The captains of both sides quickly completed all the pre-match rituals, the players were in their positions, and the game was about to begin.

Roldan, the referee of this game, blew the whistle and the game started on time.

Following the whistle, huge cheers erupted from the stands.

After the game started, the Chinese team surprisingly did not choose the defensive counterattack tactics they had been using before.

Instead, actively control the ball.

Zhou Yi is the core of the Chinese team. He keeps running during the game, appearing not far from every teammate who has the ball, and providing support, regardless of whether his teammates pass the football to him. In other words, if other Chinese team players do not pass the ball to Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi's trip will be in vain.

But this will not affect Zhou Yi from continuing to do so.

As a core hub, this is what he must do.

Of course, he also has another purpose of doing this, which is to make it more difficult for defensive players to defend. He keeps running, his position is uncertain, and he can always create gaps in the opponent's defense.

In view of Zhou Yi's playing characteristics, the Korean team sent a person to defend Zhou Yi in this game. And this person is their captain, Ki Sung-yong, the core midfielder who plays for the Scottish Celtics. He is a midfielder with both offense and defense and has also performed well with the Celtics.

At the same time, Ki Sung-yong is also among the top ten most anticipated rising stars of this Olympics selected by the British media.

In this Korean team, in terms of midfield ability, probably only Ki Sung-yong can compare with Zhou Yi, and the others are not even qualified to compare.

No matter where Zhou Yi went, Ji Chengyong followed him, whether it was in the middle or on the side.

Koreans' super physical fitness and tenacious will are very suitable for doing this kind of thing.

This made Zhou Yi feel a bit like Yang Muge was defending himself.

I have to say that Ki Sung-yong is indeed an outstanding player.

If Zhou Yi had been replaced by another Chinese player, he might have been unable to defend him.

But it is a pity that Ji Chengyong's opponent is Zhou Yi, who can lead Dortmund to win two league championships and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Under the supervision of Ji Chengyong, Zhou Yi still organized the Chinese team's midfield in an orderly manner. He rarely let the football stay at his feet for more than three seconds, and stopping the ball to observe again almost never happened. On his body.

No matter how the football is passed, after it is stopped by him, it can be passed out immediately and other Chinese team players can be found accurately.

So Ji Chengyong really just followed Zhou Yi, but it had no impact on Zhou Yi's passing.

Korean commentators continued to praise Ki Sung-yong's unbreakable defense against Zhou Yi, thinking that Ki Sung-yong performed well. But Ji Chengyong knew very well in his heart that the effect was really not as good as imagined...

Although Zhou Yi has not sent any threatening passes so far, Ji Chengyong does not think that is his own credit. It may just be because Zhou Yi feels there is no need to pass the threatening ball. In the first ten minutes of the game, the Chinese team only had one shot, but this does not mean that the Chinese team is at a disadvantage. In fact, their ball possession rate is higher than that of the South Korean team. Zhou Yi and his teammates made more cross passes. , Such a fallacy.

Ordinary fans may find these passes to be meaningless, but to Ki Sung-yong, the midfield brain of the South Korean Olympic team, these seemingly ordinary passes seem like spiders weaving webs, one in the east and one in the west. It seems messy and unclear, but in the end it may weave a large web that the prey cannot escape.

In the fifteenth minute, Zhou Yi suddenly stopped passing the ball. When the football rolled towards him, he missed it directly behind him, and then suddenly turned around!

Ji Chengyong was caught off guard and was left behind by Zhou Yi.

We must not let Zhou Yi break through like this!

This was Ji Chengyong's idea when he was squeezed behind Zhou Yi. He reached out and grabbed Zhou Yi's jersey and pulled him to the ground. The referee's whistle sounded, foul!

At the same time, the Chinese team was given a free kick 31 meters away from the goal.

After the referee whistled for Ji Chengyong's foul, he did not show a yellow card or even a verbal warning. Zhou Yi did not protest against the referee not playing the card, but got up from the ground on his own.

Everything was normal, but Ji Chengyong's chest rose and fell violently, as if he had just completed a 100-meter sprint. But in fact, Ji Chengyong's physical fitness class was definitely not that bad. He was gasping for air just because he was a little scared.

Zhou Yi suddenly turned around without any warning. What would be the consequences if he didn't stop the foul and allowed him to break forward? Ki Sung-yong, who plays in Europe, knows it very well.

Just when Ji Chengyong was scared, the Korean commentator said excitedly: Ki Chengyong! His reaction was really sensitive, and he stopped Zhou Yi's breakthrough in time! He once again killed the Chinese team's offensive intention!

But then, the South Korean commentator exclaimed - the Chinese team's free kick was not affected by the penalty kick. The player from the La Masia youth training camp kicked the football towards the goal, and the football bypassed The ball flew towards the goal, only to be blocked by the Korean Olympic team's goalkeeper Zheng Chengyong in front of the goal line.

Almost got in!

What a risk! the Korean commentator exclaimed.

Oh! What a pity! At the commentary table, He Ping held his head in his hands.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV also put their heads in their hands and shouted Holy shit.

He Ying also looked very sorry, but Zhou Yi gave him a thumbs up, indicating that he played the ball well.

It doesn't matter, we still have a lot of opportunities!

He shouted in Chinese. If he had changed it to English, the overseas players of the Korean team would probably roll their eyes when they heard it - as if this game is your chance!

But Ji Chengyong may really have such worries... (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )