Chapter 150: The First Battle of Spain

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In fact, Canberra can become the capital of Australia is very dramatic, at the beginning of the establishment of Australia, the six colonies formed a federation, at this time, the two most developed cities at that time, Sydney and Melbourne, there was a fierce dispute over who would be the capital of the new country, and finally it was decided to build a new city as the capital of the new country at the same distance from the two cities.

Over the years, Sydney has become Australia's largest city and economic, financial, shipping and tourism centre, but it is not Australia's capital.

Liu Han and the men's Olympic team traveled to Sydney with the Chinese Olympic team to stay in the Olympic Village, but the players of the National Olympic Team will not stay long in Sydney's Olympic Village, and they will have to travel to Adelaide after a short break, which will be their main venue for the group stage.

The Chinese men's national Olympic team, which came to Adelaide in advance, has attracted a lot of media attention, although everyone knows that the target of these media is only Liu Han, but the strength of the Chinese team has also caused many people to speculate, after all, they have the best player in this year's Champions League and the Golden Boot winner Liu Han.

Although the Spanish national team was eliminated by the French team in the just-concluded European Cup, there are many young talents in the Spanish Olympic team, all of whom play in various teams in La Liga.

In response to this game, Horton decided to adopt a more conservative 532 formation, Liu Han acted as a midfielder, organized the team's defensive responsibility, and at the same time had to find opportunities to wait for counterattacks, and the defense that has been useless has always been useless.

The Southern Hemisphere night is actually a bit cool in September, so all football matches are played in the afternoon.

On September 13, 2000, two days before the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games, the Olympic football competition officially began.

For the first opponent of the group stage, the Chinese team, the Spanish Olympic team does not pay much attention, although the media's attention has always been very important to Liu Han in the Chinese team, but for these young Spanish players, the Chinese team is not too much in their eyes.

In the eyes of Camacho, the head coach of the Spanish Olympic team, the Chinese team is not an opponent that has always been worth paying attention to, in his influence, the Chinese team seems to have never participated in any international large-scale competitions, although it is a good team in Asia, but Asian football at this time is still a border in the eyes of Europeans.

As for Liu Han, Camacho doesn't feel that one person can change a team.

Camacho still played a 442 lineup in accordance with the habits of the national team, and he is a coach who follows tradition.

The game entered the half-court offensive and defensive drill as soon as the Spanish Olympic team kicked off, and the tactics of the Chinese team were very conservative, except for Xie Hui and Li Jinyu in front of the front, the other players almost all returned to defense.

Liu Han is very active in defense, although he is a single midfielder, but he has five of his teammates behind him to supplement the defense, so Liu Han can press Xavi, who is responsible for organizing the attack, to his heart's content.

Xavi is another day of Barcelona La Masia youth production midfielder, in the club, he has gradually replaced Pep Guardiola's position since 98 to become the core of Barcelona's midfield, and in the national team and the national Olympic team, Xavi is also an indispensable core of the team, and the entire team's attacking organization is controlled by Xavi.

However, compared to the smooth sailing in the club, Xavi's performance in the national team and the national Olympic team is not so satisfactory, and Xavi, who is used to playing in the club, is always a little uncomfortable in the national Olympic team.

Liu Han's pressing made Xavi have to retreat his position, because Liu Han's defensive pressure on Xavi was too great, almost making Xavi have a hard time connecting the ball, no matter speed or strength, Xavi could not be Liu Han's opponent.

Strangled the brain of the Spanish attack, although their attack was very fierce but the effect was not great, although the Chinese team has been suppressed in the half, but the Chinese team's bus-style defense made the Spanish players a little helpless, and as a last resort, the Spanish players strengthened their long-range shots.

The players of the Chinese team in today's game are dedicated to defense, compared with the past, they always lack purpose in both defense and offense, but after Liu Han joined, the team has the only core, whenever the players don't know how to play next, Liu Han will always appear in a position that can be answered, and in defense, the players of the Chinese team will also be more bold to grab, because they know that even if they are broken, Liu Han will be in place next.

Although this style of play made Liu Han's physical strength depleted quickly, the effect was really obvious, the Chinese team did a very good job of defending in the first 30 minutes of the game, and the Spanish team's siege failed to achieve any effect.

After 30 minutes of siege, the Spanish team inevitably showed some slackness, and their backline players began to appear in the Chinese half, and Liu Han began to try to organize a few counter-attacks.

In the thirty-fourth minute of the game, Liu Han cut off Xavi's pass in the backfield, and now Xavi is not so rich in game experience, in the face of Liu Han's pressing, Xavi took it for granted that he passed the ball to his teammate Albelda, but Liu Han suddenly grabbed and cut off the ball.

Liu Han, who grabbed the football, did not look up to observe the situation and made a long pass directly to the right side, where Li Jinyu was inserted at high speed, and Spain's left-back Capdevilla had just assisted the Chinese team in the half, and it was too late to return to defense.

The Chinese team formed a very threatening counterattack in an instant, the midfielders and forwards began to plug in at high speed, and Liu Han in the middle also ran forward with all his strength in order to meet Li Jinyu.

Spain's defenders also immediately returned to defense, and the curly-haired and blond Puyol also immediately defended on the right side, and it was impossible for the Spanish team to let Li Jinyu directly threaten the goal.

Li Jinyu was very excited when he received Liu Han's ball, which made his stop slightly flawed, but the impact was not big, but Li Jinyu didn't dare to cut in rashly, because he had just observed the running position of the Spanish defender when he stopped the ball, and the cut was likely to let the Spanish defender entangle himself, so Li Jinyu buried his head in the bottom with a pleading, and he believed that Liu Han would definitely take the middle to answer in place.

Li Jinyu, who was close to the bottom line, stabilized the ball, and at this time, there were already two people in the middle of the Chinese team in place, Xie Hui ambushed to the back point, and Liu Han had stepped into the big penalty area.

Li Jinyu passed the ball to the front of the middle before Puyol came to make a stop, where there was a gap in the Spanish team's defence, and he believed Liu Han would be aware of it.

Liu Han, who stepped into the big penalty area, saw Li Jinyu's pass and raised his speed to the highest, but the distance was still a little far.

Another Spanish centre-back, Marchena, also noticed the gaps in the defence, and he was also making up for it at high speed.

Liu Han found that he was still a little far away from the ball, so he lowered his body and dived out just as the ball was about to get closer, and Marchena was ready to clear the ball with his big feet.

Liu Han swooped in the air without fear of Marchena's big feet, he flicked a header before Marchena could touch the ball, the ball changed direction and bounced to the back post, and the Spanish goalkeeper Alan Subia couldn't reach it.

Marchena retracted his big foot after seeing Liu Han's desperate dive, but he still inevitably kicked Liu Han's forehead near the eyebrow bone.

After the goal, Liu Han only felt that his eyebrow bone hurt, and then something flowed out, but he didn't care, because he just scored, although this is not his first goal on behalf of the national Olympic team, but this is the first goal of the Chinese team in the Olympic Games, the Chinese team did not score any goals in the two Olympic games before the liberation, and the only Seoul Olympic Games after the liberation was also three games and did not score a goal.

Liu Han habitually raised his hands high, and a rare smile appeared on his face, but the flow of facial fluid made him feel a little itchy.

The Spanish players looked at Liu Han, whose face was bleeding, and celebrated his goal without caring at all, and suddenly felt a sense of respect in their hearts, although the Chinese team was their opponent in this game, but the Warriors always deserved everyone's respect.

The players of the Chinese team hugged excitedly, and at this time, Liu Han realized that he was bleeding, and the blood had dyed the white jersey red.

Domestic fans were excited after Liu Han scored the first goal, and some excited fans even hung up the prepared firecrackers in advance and set them off.

Horton, who was on the bench of the Chinese team on the sidelines, urged the team doctor to play immediately at this time, and he didn't dare Liu Han to have any problems now.

The referee signaled that Liu Han must first get off the field for treatment and change his jersey, and then Liu Han walked to the sidelines with the towel given by the team doctor.

Although the Spanish players were a little regretful, they were not discouraged by the Chinese team's goal, and they believed in their own strength.

The match continued without Liu Han in China, and the Spanish team immediately launched a fierce attack in the hope of equalising as soon as possible.

"The wound is a little big, the band-aid can't stop the bleeding, the hemostatic spray can't be used near the eyes, it will hurt the eyes, it can only be sutured, and the sutures need to be anesthetic, Liu Han has to end." The team doctor explained the situation to Horton and Liu Han, who were surrounding Liu Han.

Although Liu Han is receiving treatment, his spirit is all focused on the field, the situation on the field is precarious, and there is already a dangerous situation in front of the Chinese team.

"Just stitch it here, I can bear it, I can't get out of it." Liu Han ordered the team doctor in an unusually firm tone.

"But ......"

"No, but, come on."

Liu Han was injured and left for treatment, and the cameras on the sidelines have been watching here, as the biggest star in this Olympic football game, Liu Han's actions are very concerned, and at this time, the camera faithfully recorded the next scene.

The Chinese team's team doctor approached Liu Han's eyebrow bone tremblingly with a needle and thread in his hand, but Liu Han watched the game with an indifferent face. (To be continued.) )