The Sino-Japanese battle in the Asian Cup final has attracted attention from all over Asia and even the world.

Because the rise of Japanese football over the years, it is also a force to be reckoned with in world football, and there is only one reason why the Chinese team has attracted attention: Yang Fan is Chinese, and he is in this team.

Such continental tournaments are actually a stage for players to show themselves, and there are often some unknown players who have performed well in continental tournaments and then been scouted and then signed with European clubs.

In the past, Chinese football was not dominated by the mainstream football in Europe, to put it mildly, in their eyes, Chinese football is a desert area of football. The first time this situation changed was after Yang Fan was born, Yang Fan shocked the football world with his outstanding performance, which also made some clubs and players really focus on China for the first time with pure football eyes, since there is the first Yang Fan, why not have the second? They thought so, but then they were disappointed, after their observation and understanding of Chinese football, they came to the conclusion that this is still a football desert, the football environment is very bad, Yang Fan's appearance can only be said to be an accident, even a miracle, you can hardly imagine that in such a harsh environment as Chinese football, there is actually a Chinese named Yang Fan born out of nowhere!

Yang Fan is a case, not universal, let alone a star of Yang Fan's level, that is, a player who can play the main force in the relegation team of the five major European leagues, which is rare here, this is the conclusion that these people have come to after understanding Chinese football.

Since then, European football has continued to ignore Chinese football. As for saying that Gao Lin signed with Manchester City and was later loaned to Wolfsburg, this can only be regarded as a special case, and everyone knows that there is Yang Fan's help behind this.

And now, with the Chinese team reaching the final of the Asian Cup, the eyes of European football are once again on Chinese football, to be precise, on the Chinese team that is preparing for the Asian Cup final.

Outside the training ground of the Chinese team, more and more scouts began to appear in the game, and there was constant news in the media, saying that it was a certain scout, a certain player of the Chinese team of a certain club, and even said conclusively that as soon as the Asian Cup ended, the players would transfer to that European team to play...... Such rumors are even more rampant as the Asian Cup final day approaches.

Of course, not every one of these may be true, but there is some basis for some of them, and that is that with the excellent performance of the Chinese team, some Chinese players have indeed attracted the attention of some European scouts and clubs. Some of the best players in the Chinese team, although they are too far from the height of Yang Fan, but it is still possible to play in the middle and lower reaches of European teams, take 10,000 steps back, and play a standing substitute.

The Chinese team has attracted attention here, not to mention the Japanese team, the Japanese team is the number one strong team in Asia, and the stage they are known to the world is not limited to the Asian Cup, the Japanese team just participated in the World Cup in South Africa last year, their stage is broader, and their team has many international players who play in the European league, with stars such as Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa, and the exposure of the Japanese team is already very high.

Speaking of which, because the Chinese team has not been taken seriously before, it has a bit of a mysterious taste, except for Yang Fan, of course, who has long been famous as the number one giant in world football.

The Chinese team can be said to be a team led by Yang Fan alone, and the Japanese team is star-studded and represents the overall football, so the two teams met in the Asian Cup final, which naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

The grievances between Chinese and Japanese football were re-introduced by the media.

In the Asian Cup alone, China has met Japan three times, losing all three times and conceding three goals in each game.

In the confrontation between Chinese and Japanese football, the Chinese team is mostly on the weak side and is the victim. The Times used the names of four Japanese players to review the grievances between Chinese and Japanese football:

Matsunaga's black feet, November 6, 1992 in the Asian Cup semifinals, in the 59th minute, the Chinese team launched an attack and passed the ball into the Japanese team's penalty area, Cheng Yaodong Japanese team goalkeeper Matsunaga and the Japanese team defenders rushed to the ball at the same time, as a result, the opposing defender kicked the ball out first, Cheng Yaodong immediately jumped high to avoid collision with the opposing player, but when falling, it inevitably pressed on Matsunaga Chengli, who stood up, first kicked Cheng Yaodong's shoulder, and then kicked his head. At that time, the game was not interrupted, and the Japanese team was still attacking, until Fu Yubin kicked the ball out of the sideline to form a dead ball. But the referee only showed a yellow card to Matsunaga, who had committed a malicious foul. In this game, the Chinese team was eliminated by the Japanese team.

Naoki Soma's ghost feet, on December 12, 1996, the Chinese team in the third game of the Asian Cup group stage and the Japanese team did not want to make progress but sought a draw, but in the 91st minute, Naoki Soma scored a goal from a distance on the left side, and finally relied on Syria in the same group to defeat the Uzbek team to get into the top 8.

Kawaguchi can live a ruthless move, October 26, 2000 Asian Cup semifinals, stoppage time, 2-3 behind the Chinese team launched an attack, hoisted the ball to the opponent's penalty area, the Japanese team goalkeeper Kawaguchi can live attack, behind has formed an empty goal, Kawaguchi in the case of not touching the ball Qi Hong knocked down the ball, the ruthlessness of the attack actually caused Qi Hong concussion.

Koji Nakata's hand, in the 2004 Asian Cup final, in the match between China and Japan, Takashi Fukusai scored the first goal, Li Ming equalized for China, but in the 66th minute, Koji Nakata scored a goal with his hand, referee Saeed Camille ruled the goal valid, Japan exceeded the score again with this goal 2-1, and in the last minute Keiji Tamada scored another goal, and the Chinese lost the final 1-3.

The "Times" came to the conclusion at the end of the report that in the Asian Cup, the final result of the Chinese team meeting the Japanese team is always not good, and such a record will definitely make the Japanese happy, but this time, the Chinese team has Yang Fan, and there may be a different result.

The Times, as a bystander, said what the Japanese are thinking now.

Let's not talk about whether it is fair for Japan to win, but it is an undeniable fact that the Chinese team has never defeated Japan in the Asian Cup, but despite such a one-sided victory, the media and fans are not unified when talking about the Asian Cup final in Japan.

Some Japanese media and fans firmly believe that the Japanese team is much stronger than the Chinese team, and the Japanese team defeated the Chinese team to win the Asian Cup, which is certain.

In addition, some Japanese media and fans believe that the strength of the Japanese team is indeed stronger than that of the Chinese team, but, considering Yang Fan's terrifying strength, the Japanese team must be cautious in this game, otherwise it is very likely to capsize in the gutter.

Yang Fan's terrifying strength, Yang Fan's importance to the Chinese team, and Yang Fan's threat to the Japanese team are things that everyone knows.

Now in Japan, it can be said that the whole people are participating, and they are jointly contributing ideas and suggestions for the Japanese team to discuss how to defend Yang Fan.

The Japanese National Sports Channel has made a special outlook program about the upcoming Asian Cup finals, which has a very interesting link, that is, to invite on-site guests and fan representatives to support the Japanese team and how to defend Yang Fan.

Hidetoshi Nakata, a former Japanese international who used to play for Serie A giants Roma, spoke first as a guest, 'Obviously, containing Yang Fan is the key, as long as the Japanese team can solve the problem of containing Yang Fan, then the Japanese team will have no problem winning the Asian Cup. ’

Hidetoshi Nakata is the most successful Asian football player before Yang Fan, and his fame and prestige in Japanese football are very high, and his remarks also represent the voice of Japanese football to a certain extent.

Nakata Hidetoshi was stunned for a moment, and smiled bitterly: "I want to say that I know how to freeze Yang Fan, let alone the Japanese national team, Real Madrid and Barcelona should come to ask me to be the head coach." ”

The scene was full of laughter, really, how to freeze Yang Fan, this is already an open topic in European football, even Real Madrid and giants like Barcelona and Bayern Munich have a headache when facing Manchester City with Yang Fan.

After all, such TV shows are mainly entertaining, and they can laugh at the big problem of how to defend Yang Fan, but the coaching staff of the Japanese team, especially the head coach of the Japanese team, Zaccelloni, will really have a headache for this problem.

On this day, after the Japanese team's training ended, Zaccelloni was surrounded by the media, and the core of the question was naturally the topic of how the Japanese team could defend against Yang Fan.

"Yang Fan is a very good player, and he is one of the three best stars in football at the moment. The strength of such a player is terrifying, and it is indeed a big problem to defend against him, but I am confident in this, because modern football is overall football, and it is difficult for a star to dominate the game, which is even more difficult than how we defend Yang Fan, I believe that the boys of the Japanese team, we are a whole, when the whole team is united, there is nothing that we can't defeat, even if it is Yang Fan, we are confident to win. ”

When Zaccelloni spoke, he looked very confident, the core of his words is that the Japanese team is a whole, and the advantage of the Japanese team is that it is a strong whole, and when the whole and the strong individual collide, he firmly believes that the Japanese team will be able to defeat Yang Fan.

That sounds uplifting and reasonable.

However, these Japanese reporters are all old fritters, and they are not confused by Zaccelloni's words, because through the phenomenon, from Zaccelloni's words, you will find that the call is nonsense, because he did not point out how to prevent Yang Fan at all.

Regarding Zacelloni's remarks, Japanese media reporters analyzed in subsequent reports that there were nothing more than two points: the first is that Zacelloni doesn't know how to deal with Yang Fan, so he can only answer formulaically, and the second may be that Zacheroni thought of a way, but he was afraid of leaking secrets, so he avoided this question.

It's just that, when analyzed, the Japanese also think that the first one is more likely, because if Zacelloni really finds a way to prevent Yang Fan, then is he still Zacheroni?!

Of course, some stubborn Japanese players are still willing to believe in the second possibility.

On the Chinese team's side, there is a big man.

Wei Di, the head of the Chinese Football Association, came to Qatar, and he came to **** and supervise the battle on behalf of the Chinese Football Association and the General Administration of Sports.

Wei Di's arrival made Gao Hongbo feel a little surprised. Because throughout the Asian Cup, the head of the Chinese Football Association stayed in China and did not come to Qatar. And to be honest, the relationship between Gao Hongbo and Wei Di is not good, before Wei Di planned to invite the so-called 'world-class coach' to replace Gao Hongbo, only because of the opposition of Yang Fan, the number one star of the Chinese team, Wei Di gave up, Gao Hongbo was able to continue to coach the Chinese team, and led the Chinese team to the Asian Cup.

For various reasons, Wei Di did not come to Qatar before, and now, the Chinese team has reached the final of the Asian Cup, and Wei Di can't sit still.

The Chinese team gathered all the members to listen to the speech of the big man Wei Di, the head of Chinese football spoke highly of the outstanding performance of the Chinese team players in the Asian Cup, he praised the players, and finally expressed his gratitude to the players on behalf of the fans and football people in China as a matter of course.

Anyway, it took more than half an hour to speak, and Yang Fan was a little sleepy when he heard it, and the head of Chinese football held Yang Fan's hand very enthusiastically, and praised Yang Fan very much, which was the end of the speech.

After the speech, Wei Di found Gao Hongbo and had a special meeting with the head coach of the Chinese team.

Wei Di and Gao Hongbo's meeting was in the hotel café where they stayed, with a cup of coffee for each person. Wei Di is most concerned about whether the Chinese team can win the championship this time. Before the game, the Chinese Football Association gave Gao Hongbo the minimum goal of qualifying from the group, and it would be best to reach the semi-finals.

Now, Gao Hongbo's team not only qualified from the group, not only reached the semi-finals, but also exceeded the task and reached the final round.

It stands to reason that the Chinese Football Association should be very satisfied, should be very happy, and can enjoy the finals very relaxed, but, obviously, no, people are always greedy, since we have reached the finals, why not fight for the championship?

Wei Di's expression was serious.

He directly put forward his own requirements, the Chinese team must defeat the Japanese team, and must win the championship.

Gao Hongbo is disgusted with such a clear request from the bottom of his heart, and he believes that at this time, it is really inappropriate for the Football Association to put forward such a hard request, and it is adding to the chaos. Yes, there is a desire for the final within the Chinese team, and everyone is looking forward to winning the championship by defeating the Japanese team, but this is a different concept from being directly asked by the Football Association to win the championship. This move by the Chinese Football Association will only increase the pressure and burden on the players for no reason, which is harmful and unhelpful.

"Chairman Wei, I can only say that we will try our best to play the game, the result of the football game is difficult to predict until the last moment, besides, the strength of the Japanese team is ......"

"How does Australia compare to Japan?" Wei Di asked directly.

"Almost, they are two styles...... Gao Hongbo was stunned for a moment and said.

"That's it. Chairman Wei slapped his thigh, "If we can win Australia 4-2, then it will not be a problem to win against Japan, which is at the same level as Australia." ”

Gao Hongbo is very bitter, he is depressed, and such a person who doesn't know anything about football can't communicate, according to this Chairman Wei, the Chinese team has also drawn the world's No. 1 Brazilian team in the warm-up match, so does this mean that the Chinese team is the world's No. 1?

Chairman Wei ignored Gao Hongbo. He arbitrarily terminated the meeting, believing that his goal had been achieved, and that he had only come to inform the decision of the mission, not to negotiate with Gao Hongbo, and that in the eyes of the Football Association, the head coach had no authority.

"Xiao Gao, this is a politician, he must win the championship. Finally, Chairman Wei patted Gao Hongbo's shoulder and said earnestly.

Gao Hongbo didn't speak, and he was extremely angry and depressed in his heart.

Subsequently, the Chinese team held a press conference, and the head of the Chinese Football Association, who was full of red faces, made a shining debut, and his very imposing representative Gao Hongbo announced that the goal of the Chinese team is to win the championship! The Chinese team is very confident in winning the championship.

The flash lights on the scene were great, and Chairman Wei was in a good mood. When I had dinner with the whole team that night, I ate an extra bowl of rice than usual.

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