Chapter 330: A powerhouse from South America
When the Chinese Olympic team defeated the last warm-up opponent Pakistan 3-0, it also announced the end of the warm-up game, and Zhang Shujie and Li Mu did not play in this game. www.biquge.info In these five games, the Olympic team scored 21 goals and conceded only one goal, which is a good form for the upcoming Olympic Games.
Due to the peculiarities of the football competition, this event will be held in advance. The opening ceremony of the London Olympics will be at 9 p.m. local time on July 27 (5 a.m. Beijing time on the 28th), and the football event will start on the 26th (Beijing time), and the Chinese Olympic team will play at 11 p.m. on July 26.
Since the Chinese women's football team failed to advance to the Olympics this year, the men's football team carries more hopes. However, when people saw this grouping situation, they couldn't help but begin to lament.
There are 16 football teams in this Olympic Games, divided into four groups, with the Chinese Olympic team in Group A and Uruguay, Senegal and the host country, the United Kingdom. These three opponents are not easy to deal with, and the first opponent of the Chinese Olympic team is the South American powerhouse Uruguay!
Among the four groups, the overall strength of Group A is the strongest, and it is a veritable group of death, and the Chinese team can be divided into this group, and I don't know whether to say that these boys are lucky or unlucky.
The Chinese Football Association still encouraged them, and Guo Fan even said that he would pay attention to the performance of the national Olympic team and improve the morale of the soldiers. Head coach An Rong said in an interview: "We are here in London to represent the whole of China, and I will lead my disciples to play in good spirits. ”
He is playing an official tone, what does it mean to have a "good mental outlook"? I'm afraid that even An Rong himself can't come up with a reason. The reporters went to interview the players again, but An Rong had already warned the players that when facing the media, they would all play Tai Chi.
As a result, the reporters received the following answers......
Zhang Shujie: "We will try to play well and not disappoint the fans. ”
Ma Junqiang: "No matter what, we will fight to the end for honor." ”
Li Mu: "Our opponents are very strong, but we are not afraid, on the court, we will do our best. ”
Yan Tao: "I know they have a lot of big stars, such as Edinson Cavani in Uruguay and Ryan Giggs in England, and I would love to play against them so that I can improve. ”
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The other team members answered the same thing, always speaking official language, and no one knew what was going on in everyone's minds. This is very different from the previous national teams, such as the Chinese national team in 2002, which shouted the slogan of "qualifying from the group". According to common sense, shouldn't this national Olympic team say something similar? Why is there no tone at all?
An Rong and his team members are really unpredictable.
In fact, An Rong's goal is also to lead the team to break out of the group, but because the opponent is really strong, An Rong can't say these words casually in front of reporters, he just wants to take every step steadily. In fact, after entering the Olympic Games, An Rong's mission can be said to have been completed, and the moment Guo Fan appointed him as the head coach of the National Olympic Team, it was for the ticket to the London Olympics, and An Rong had already done it.
On July 26, the first game of Group A of the London Olympics, China vs Uruguay!
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The match took place at the famous Old Trafford, home of Manchester United, and Chinese fans came to the audience early. Wang Shihan and Zhou Ying watched the live broadcast at home, originally Wang Shihan wanted Zhou Ying to accompany her to the UK to watch the game, but considering the media, she still gave up, she didn't want to go alone, and she was bored when no one accompanied her.
The players have not played yet, but the stands are already full, mainly Chinese and Ukrainian fans, and some British fans are also here, as opponents in the same group, everyone also wants to see how the two teams play out.
Chen Hui glanced at the young man beside him and asked, "Are you all ready?"
The young man nodded: "Don't worry, everything is in order." ”
"That's good, let's go to the sidelines and get ready and take pictures of all the players. ”
"Well, good. The young man turned and walked to the sidelines.
This person is none other than Liu Fang, Zhang Shujie's former teammate and captain of the school football team. He is now a photojournalist for Sports Weekly, and after a six-month internship, he has finally been recognized by everyone and is able to travel to London to do a photo report on the front.
Of course, with the strength of "Sports Weekly", he is definitely not the only photojournalist, he is only the youngest of many colleagues.
Liu Fang looked at this green field, once, he also thought that one day he could stand on such a court, but his ability was limited and he didn't have that talent. However, I can see Zhang Shujie's old friends galloping on the field, and I am just as happy off the field.
People and people, after all, have different paths to take.
In the locker room of the Chinese Olympic team, An Rong drew two long arrows on the tactical panel with a marker, and the direction of the arrows was Uruguay's penalty area.
"Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, one of you is on the right and the other is on the left, and you are on both sides of Liu Jianwei and you are diagonally entering the Uruguayan penalty area. Liu Jianwei, you are mainly responsible for covering Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, attracting firepower for them and tearing up space. ”
The three of them nodded in understanding. An Rong pointed to the midfield with a marker pen and said: "Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi, what you have to do is to stabilize the midfield, organize the attack, and actively participate in the defense, and at the same time support the frontcourt." Zhao Wenkang, you are responsible for scheduling behind them, and both offense and defense need to participate. Pay special attention to Ramirez!"
The three midfielders know their mission and have practiced many times in their usual training sessions and in the previous warm-up games.
"Huang Yu and Tang Ling, since we don't have separate left and right wingers in our formation, then the task of the two of you has become very difficult. An Rong said and drew two forward arrows, the arrows were very long, from the backfield of the Chinese team to the backfield of Uruguay. He said: "The left and right wings belong to you! Regardless of offense or defense!
An Rong's words were still relatively concise, and many details were not explained, but everyone knew what to do. Because, An Rong will practice these tactics repeatedly in every training.
"In the end, Yan Tao and Liang Xiran, you have only one task, and that is to target Suarez and Cavani, and Uruguay's main firepower is on the two of them. You don't have to mark to defend, try to play a zone defense so as not to be confused by their positioning. ”
An Rong explained everything clearly, and Song Weifeng reminded him next to him that the time was almost up and he could play. An Rong lamented that there was too little time, but there was nothing he could do. What kind of tactics will Uruguay use, he wondered?
It's also very simple to say, the Uruguayan coach gave his players only one order: attack! With Suarez and Cavani as their attacking partners, they can't find a reason not to attack. This is roughly the same as An Rong's idea, the Chinese team also has Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, and offense is also An Rong's purpose.
Zhang Shujie stood on the players' tunnel, he patted Li Mu in front of him on the shoulder, and asked: "Papaya, do you know? I heard that Liu Fang is the photojournalist in front of the "Sports Weekly". ”
"Well, I've heard Yan Tao say it. Eh, Jay, you're not worried about this game, why are you talking about it instead?"
"What's there to worry about? Uruguay doesn't have Cavani and Suarez. It's not like Cavani hasn't played him in Serie A, and as for Suarez, it's the first time. ”
Li Mu smiled: "Haha, Suarez is no worse than Cavani, I have seen his performance in the World Cup in South Africa, from a technical point of view, I think he should have more potential than Cavani." ”
"It doesn't matter, it's all happened anyway. ”
The commentator of the Chinese side of this Olympic Games is Liu Jianhong, an old acquaintance of the fans, who will be responsible for commenting on all the games of the Chinese Olympic team in the Olympic Games. The camera was originally aimed at the players of the two teams in the players' tunnel, but for some reason, it suddenly switched to the stands where the Chinese fans were.
I saw that on the corridor in front of the stands, there was a young man standing, he was wearing a five-star red flag and a red turban tied to his forehead.
"Alright, ready, do it again! One, two, three, up!"
As he shouted, some of the Chinese fans sitting on the far left side of the stands suddenly raised their hands and got up, and then sat down, and then several columns of Chinese fans next to them also raised their hands and stood up, and so on, wave after wave, cheering for the soldiers of the National Olympic team who had not yet played in the way of alternate stand-up!
It's a Mexican wave!
The so-called Mexican wave originated from the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. At that World Cup, people got to see the greatest superstar of all time, Maradona, and the Mexican waves created by the world's most passionate Mexican fans. This unique way of celebrating not only makes the audience enthusiastic, but also infects the fans in front of the TV. Because the fans are constantly staggered under this encouragement, it looks like a layer of waves from a distance, so it is called the "Mexican wave".
Liu Jianhong couldn't help but say: "I believe the audience in front of the TV has noticed that Chinese fans have set off a wave in the stands, which is what we often call the Mexican wave, to show themselves to the world." This way of adjusting the atmosphere is often seen abroad, but for Chinese fans, it is very rare!"
He Wei said with a smile: "This also shows that Chinese fans are becoming more and more professional. ”
After the wave passed, the young man nodded with satisfaction, and another person walked over and said, "Okay Xiong Kui, you have practiced many times, no need to practice, the competition is about to start." ”
Xiong Kui smiled: "I'm not afraid that I won't be able to achieve the expected results in the competition, so I practiced a few more times." ”
"No, it's already good. You see, they came out. ”
Xiong Kui looked at the audience and said, "I haven't seen Zhang Shujie yet." ”
"He's usually at the end. Look at the No. 8, it's Chen Zihua. ”
"See, there is also No. 13 Yan Tao, and No. 10 Li Mu also came out. Ah, Zhang Shujie, I saw him. Xiong Kui was a little excited.
"Seriously, Xiong Kui, you have disappeared for so many years, but I didn't expect to organize a fan association organization, and it took a lot of time, right?"
"Yes, it was also very hard, and I encountered a lot of trouble in the beginning, but fortunately, with my uncle, with his help, this organization was finally established. ”
"How many people?"
"Thousands. ”
"It's amazing. I used to look down on you. ”
Xiong Kui smiled embarrassedly: "Where, Vice Pan, you also know, I was just a pseudo fan before, but now, I am a real fan." ”
The man standing next to Xiong Kui is Pan Yongcheng. After the two arrived in the UK, they met by chance at the airport, and after a sigh, Pan Yongcheng also knew that Xiong Kui and his uncle had established a non-governmental fan association together, and the president was his uncle, and Xiong Kui himself was naturally the vice president.
Xiong Kui just graduated from college this year, and when he was still a student, he and his uncle established the prototype of these associations, and today they are also showing the world the professionalism of Chinese fans at the Olympic Games. At the beginning, many people were a little disdainful when they saw that the vice president of the association was actually a young man in his early twenties, and some people even thought that he was the nephew of the president who had won the position of vice president. However, Xiong Kui used his enthusiasm and passion to prove that he does not rely on relationships, and he has the attitude and sense of responsibility to cooperate with his uncle to manage this association.
Xiong Kui's uncle couldn't come to the UK due to an accident, so Xiong Kui volunteered and led everyone to cheer for the Chinese Olympic team.
Pan Yongcheng smiled: "I'm no longer the vice-captain, after all, I haven't played football for a long time, you don't have to call me Pan's vice-captain, just call me by my name." ”
Xiong Kui still smiled: "Okay, I'll try to correct it slowly, but in our hearts, you will always be the vice captain of our Yuying Middle School." ”
Pan Yongcheng patted Xiong Kui with a smile and said, "Let's not talk about it yet, they are about to kick off, and the game is about to start." ”