Chapter 183: Argentine Pride
For the Argentines, the Athens Olympics have been a happy one so far, and regardless of the results in other sports, at least in the two most popular sports of the Argentines, their teams have reached the finals and are hopeful of winning the championship, which is absolutely rare in the 100-year history of the Olympic Games. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Football is one of the most popular sports of Argentines, and the Pampas grassland has given birth to generations of Argentine superstars, from Kempes to Maradona, from Passarella to Batistuta, generations of Argentine players have influenced the youth of their home countries, and also influenced the changes in world football, in Argentina, football is definitely a national industry.
This year's Argentine Olympic team can be said to be full of talent, they are based on the Argentine U20 national team that participated in the 2001 World Youth Championships, and the team has gathered many outstanding young players who have participated in the domestic league and European league, Saviola, Mascherano, Kiri? Gonzalez, Tevez, these young players are definitely experienced for their age.
In the group stage and knockout stage before the Olympic Games, the Argentine team played a very impressive result, they beat Serbia and Montenegro 6-0 in the group stage, Tunisia 2-0, Australia 1-0, Costa Rica 4-0 in the quarter-finals, 3-0 in the semi-finals against Italy, and scored 16 goals in five games without conceding a goal, which has already made them the favorite to win the Olympic football title.
Compared with the stumbles of the Chinese team in the Olympic football match, the Argentine team can be said to have reached the final like a rainbow, which more or less makes the Argentines a little contemptuous of their opponents in the final, after all, the Chinese are more suitable to open a supermarket in the eyes of the Argentine, except for Liu Han, who has Argentines who know, other Chinese players Argentines do not know and disdain to know.
At 8 o'clock in the morning on August 28, 2004 Athens time, the players of the Chinese Olympic team came to the stadium collectively for warm-up and adaptation training.
"Alas, Brother Liu was really awesome yesterday, he also won a triple-double against the American team, and he scored more than 40 points, it's just amazing, last night I heard that the leaders of the delegation went to visit the players in the middle of the night, and they were scared out, haha."
In a simple jogging warm-up, the young people of the men's national Olympic team talked about the basketball game that Liu Han participated in yesterday, although they did not have the opportunity to watch, but they had already heard from the rest of the station, and even the Greek driver who had been driving them to the Olympic stadium gave them a thumbs up when they met in the morning.
"That's, who is our Brother Liu, that is the first person in the world of sports, there is no one before, and it is estimated that there will be no cattle people who will come in the future, I dare to say, now Brother Liu is definitely more effective than the leader, and he can directly reach the top."
"Well, the athlete has reached the top of Brother Liu's part, but I hope that Liu Han's physical strength will not be a problem today, and when the game starts, we will run more to make Brother Liu a little easier."
Many young people in the team will never have an opinion on Liu Han now, they only have absolute worship for Liu Han now.
"Well, yes, it's all here, we must not be ashamed, do a good job, and show the Argentines how good we are."
Liu Han, as the captain of the team, listened to the dialogue of the young people in the team and didn't say much, the situation in the team is good now, and no player is too nervous, which is undoubtedly good news for Liu Han.
Not long after the Chinese team began to warm up, the Argentine team also came to the Olympic Stadium, which is the main venue of the Olympic Games, and the two sides warmed up and shared a field.
Compared to the atmosphere of the Chinese team, the Argentine team seems to be more relaxed, their players began to train with the ball after a simple jogging warm-up, and some young Argentine players began to show off their footwork in training, in their opinion, Liu Han is great but the Chinese team is definitely not their opponent.
After 9 a.m. Athens time, the Olympic Stadium began to be filled with fans one after another.
After all, it is the final of the Olympic men's football team, so although the host did not participate, but there are definitely a lot of spectators watching this game, many Chinese and Chinese in Europe have come to the stadium to watch the game, and the Chinese ambassador to Athens also came to the stadium to watch the game.
In addition to fans from both sides and some neutral fans, there are also many scouts and managers of European clubs in the stadium, although the football competition in the Olympics has not yet caught up with the influence of the World Cup and the Champions League, but after all, it is all young players who participate, and many clubs also want to find their favorite young players through the Olympics.
"Boys, one last word, remember our tactics, staring at the Chinese Liu in the midfield, this Chinese team is an ordinary team as long as there is no him, but everyone should not be too relaxed, and try not to give the opponent a chance to set pieces, the opponent's set pieces are our biggest threat."
After the warm-up, the head coach of the Argentine team, who returned to the locker room, made the final arrangements for the team, although he said not to be too lax with the enemy, but his demeanor clearly showed his contempt for the Chinese team, and the Argentines have such qualifications to despise the Chinese Olympic team.
Compared with the relaxation of the locker room of the Argentine team, the locker room of the Chinese team is much more serious.
The first thing Horton did when he returned to the locker room was to ask Liu Han how he was feeling and whether his physical strength could keep up.
"Rest assured, Mr. Horton, since I have chosen to participate in the competition, I will definitely give 100 percent, and there is nothing wrong with my body."
Liu Han could still faintly feel some fatigue at this time, but he used resolute words to encourage his teammates and head coach.
"This is the best, then remember our thinking, you can try to attack at the beginning, there is the best harvest, if you don't, you will defend and counterattack, the opponent is definitely stronger than us in the midfield, and the cooperation will be more tacit than us, so in the defense must pay attention to compressing the opponent's touch space, Liu, when the time is right, you also have to retreat to defend, the front line is leaning on Zhang, the side must be protected, their wingers are very fast."
Horton is now acting like a mother-in-law, but it still works, at least to sober up players who were a little confused before.
With the referee's whistle, the final of the men's football team at the Athens Olympics officially started at 10 o'clock in the morning Athens time.