Chapter 300: Japan's Respect
Sendai City, Honshu Island, Japan, the Chinese team checked into a pre-booked hotel after rushing from Seoul, South Korea on June 15, and will spend the next three days preparing for the competition, where the Chinese team will decide a place in the quarterfinals on June 18. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Although they are opponents, and there are many grievances between the two countries due to historical reasons, what everyone in the Chinese team did not expect was that when the Chinese team came to Sendai, there were local fans to greet them, and what was even more unbelievable was that there were still Japanese among the fans who came to greet them.
Although most of these Japanese held signs welcoming Liu Han's arrival, this scene still surprised everyone, generally speaking, in a game of this level of the World Cup, the two sides of the game are basically enemies, and now the two teams that are going to decide a promotion place still have a lot of grievances, the Japanese can do such a thing can actually show how much they worship the strong.
In Japan, Liu Han is almost the representative of Asian football, without one, their domestic stars can hardly be compared with Liu Han, countless Japanese companies waved checks in the hope that Liu Han endorsed their products, but Liu Han refused, if such a thing happened to others, it might be boycotted by Japanese fans, but Liu Han did so but won the worship of more Japanese fans, they think that Liu Han's behavior seems to be more national spirit, although this nation is their enemy, I have to admit that the Japanese way of thinking is really difficult to understand.
When they came to Sendai, many players of the national team thought of nothing else, they thought of Mr. Lu Xun. People who have been educated in China basically studied an article called "In Sendai" when they were in elementary school, in fact, this article is an excerpt from Mr. Lu Xun's work "Mr. Fujino", it is because of Mr. Lu Xun that Chinese know that there is a place in Japan called Sendai, and the medical school here is very famous.
Originally, according to the idea of the national team players, they may be treated a lot of hard work when they come to Japan to fight with the Japanese team, but what is surprising is that the Japanese team as the host country has done very well, they have specially arranged the same level of training ground for the Chinese team and the Japanese team, and the hotel service is also very good, and there are even hot springs to soak, which is undoubtedly good news for the tired Chinese team, from June 4th to 14th, the Chinese team played three hard-fought games in ten days, This is not too much of a problem for Liu Han, but it is undoubtedly a huge challenge for others, and the Chinese players who came to Sendai are actually very tired.
Although from the perspective of national righteousness, it is difficult for Chinese people to have a good impression of Japan from the bottom of their hearts, but it has to be admitted that the Japanese still have great respect for the current Chinese team.
"Brother Liu, what do you think about this little devil, let's just not embarrass us, but is there any conspiracy to take care of it so well."
At the residence of the Chinese team, Li Jinyu, who performed very well in the first few games, had some strange "fantasies".
"What conspiracy can there be? No matter what you do, you still have to decide the winner in the game, so don't think about what you don't have, take a good rest, and then prepare to fight hard in the game, if you can't win the Japanese team, we don't want to fly back, just swim back from the sea, we can't afford to lose that person. ā
Liu Han also couldn't figure out what the Japanese were doing, but he didn't think much about it now, just appease his teammates and actively prepare for the next game.
In fact, Liu Han's idea is most suitable for this kind of cup competition, he is eager to win, but will not be fascinated by victory, he is eager for glory, but also sticks to the bottom line of personality, in Liu Han's idea, all success needs to be obtained with real strength in the game, this is the truth that his grandmother taught him from a young age, and his grandmother said a sentence to Liu Han that he has always remembered, that is, "no matter who has it, it is not as good as having it".
While the Chinese team is seizing the time to recover and prepare for the game in Sendai, the other quarterfinals of the World Cup have gradually begun.
On the afternoon of June 15, the German team defeated Paraguay 1-0 in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, and advanced to the quarterfinals, and their goalscorer scored five goals in the group stage, ranking second in the scorer list after Liu Han, but he failed to break through the door of Paraguay in this game, and it was Neuville who scored the winning goal for Germany, who sealed the victory for Germany in the 87th minute.
On the evening of June 15, Denmark were swept out of the tournament by England 3-0. Only four minutes into the game, the Danish goalkeeper Soren made a mistake to give England a goal, and in the 22nd minute, Owen received a pass from Beckham and broke the Danish door again, and before the end of the first half, Heskey received a cross from Beckham to seal the win, and England directly ended the "fairy tale" in the first half.
The match on June 16 was also of great significance for the Chinese team, as Sweden drew 1-1 with Senegal in 90 minutes, but in extra time, Senegal sent Sweden home with a golden goal. In this way, if the Chinese team defeats the Japanese team to advance to the quarterfinals, then they will face the Senegalese team.
In another game on the 16th, the favorite Spanish team was also forced to draw 1-1 by the Irish team in regular time, and the two sides failed to decide the winner in extra time, and the Spanish team had the last laugh in the final penalty shootout, eliminating the Irish team 4-3 on aggregate.
On June 17, the Mexican team was defeated 2-0 by the American team, and the American team deserved the title of its Mexican killer.
In the evening game on the 17th, Brazil defeated Belgium 2-0, and their strength was confirmed, especially the "three R" combination in the frontcourt, and the two goals of the whole game were related to them.
In this way, six places in the quarterfinals have been decided, Germany, the United States, Senegal, Spain, England, Brazil first advanced to the quarterfinals, and the remaining two places will be decided after the game on the 18th, and the three teams in Asia will appear respectively, and the game between the Chinese team and the Japanese team is undoubtedly more eye-catching, after all, the game between the South Korean team and the Italian team is not very suspenseful, and no one will think that the South Korean team can beat the Italian team.
There are two more chapters after midnight. (To be continued.) )