【385】Red Storm in the Finals

After the match, the Chinese team's home in the 'comfortable Lorenzo' hotel was used by the local fans of Curtiba as a temporary retreat to visit when they had time. At the same time, reporters from all over the world who asked to cover the Chinese national football team also came one after another, and nearly 100 people watched the routine warm-up training every day. The so-called Fight to Fame is like that.

Next, the Chinese team with backache and leg pain finally recovered their strength after an overnight massage push by the team doctor and the Chinese medicine massage therapist. After the last game, the whole team was not tired under the excitement, but when they returned to the hotel, many people collapsed. Zhang Jie, the back back who played all over the game, even if he lay down, his muscles were still trembling spasmodically!

On July 2, the Chinese team defeated the tangled Bolivian team 2-0 despite muscle soreness.

The Bolivian team not only wants to leave with dignity after a victory, but also wants not to be slammed by the seemingly powerful Chinese team that flattened the Uruguayan team.

The Chinese team won both games and qualified for the top spot in the group!

In the final stage of the 1950 Shijie Cup, the group single round-robin system was adopted, and the four group winners fought against each other, and after three games, the ranking was determined according to the point ranking, and the points were the same to see the victory or defeat of the match between the two sides, and the draw was based on goal difference, and the goal difference was the same, and the number of goals was the same......

There were no surprises in Group A, with Brazil qualifying. Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Mexico out.

In Group B, England suffered the same historical defeat, losing twice to the United States and Spain, and only beating Chile. In the end, the team that qualified from this group was Spain, as in history.

Group C also has only three teams like Group D due to India's withdrawal. However, the Swedish team, which originally qualified in history, lost to Italy inexplicably this time, and even lost to Paraguay, which led to the final qualification team being the Italian team. History is a sport of football, which embodies a mysterious randomness.

Due to the tireless touting of Brazilian news agency reporter Santos, the Chinese team has become a mysterious "Oriental Dragon", a potential dark horse to win the bid.

But those veteran powerhouses still don't care about the Chinese team.

However, when the leaders of China learned that the Chinese team defeated the 1950 Shijie Cup champion Uruguay by a huge score of 11:0, they immediately realized the great significance involved...... What does it mean for the Uruguayan team that won the championship in history to be defeated by the Chinese team by a big score???!!!

The Prime Minister sent a congratulatory message!

The National Sports Council sent a congratulatory message!

The Military Sports Bureau of the People's Liberation Army sent a congratulatory message!

The Chinese Sports Federation sent a congratulatory message!

The Beidu Sports Association sent a congratulatory message!

Puhai Sports Association sent a congratulatory message!

Liaoning Sports Federation sent a congratulatory message!

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In accordance with the requirements of the central government, all congratulatory messages only express the joy and happiness of the people of the motherland for the good results of the national football team, and do not put pressure on the national football team.

In his congratulatory message, the Prime Minister said: "...... The whole country has no regrets about your historic breakthrough, but after discussion by the central authorities, it is believed that it is better for you to make some progress and have this potential...... Don't be pressured, it's an unexpected joy at present, you've done a good job, the people of the motherland are very happy, we have prepared a celebration banquet for you to triumph, ready to celebrate your successful qualifying from the group, and the historic breakthrough of Chinese football......"

Coach Li Fenglou read the premier's congratulatory message word by word to all the players, and the whole team suddenly burst into thunderous applause. The players of the Chinese team were all very excited, and their faces were blackened and red by the scorching sun, all of them were red, but the head coach didn't say anything to let everyone speak, so everyone kept discipline and didn't speak.

Miao Qihui, a Chinese diplomat in Brazil who was crowded in the room, smiled: "Don't be restrained, the prime minister also said in his congratulatory telegram, you must not bring a little pressure next, your current achievements have exceeded the hope of the motherland, the Party Central Committee and the people of the whole country are looking at it, next, we have a game, as long as it is fought down, it will be an additional credit!" ”

Miao Qihui has recently been busy with the Brazilian government to upgrade diplomatic relations between China and Brazil, from the chargé d'affaires level to the ambassadorial level, and also shoulders the important mission of introducing Brazilian clover rubber trees. This time I came here specially to convey the congratulatory message of the people of the motherland and cheer for the boys of the Chinese football team.

As soon as Ambassador Miao's words came out, the team members expressed their determination one after another, and Zhang Jie, who had muscle spasms in his lower back before, almost burst into tears, gritted his steel teeth and said: "Please rest assured that the motherland!" Please rest assured that the Party Central Committee! As long as I can win glory for the country, I will be happy even if I run to death on the field. ”

"Ambassador Miao! Please tell the premier and the party Central Committee that we, the athletes, only hope to fight for the Chinese, and we will fight hard every time! That's what our whole team thinks! For the sake of the Motherland, we have nothing to fear! Chen Chengda, the core of the organization on the field, said loudly.

"Well said! Comrades, please fight bravely for the sake of the motherland! Ambassador Miao bowed deeply to everyone and said very seriously. In Ambassador Miao's view, since the next three battles are settled, it is equivalent to fighting a war, and each one must be fought to the end.

After Ambassador Miao left, the Chinese team held a long summary meeting.

The goal is simple, to beat the Spanish team.

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In the sweltering Brazilian summer, the Shijie Cup finals began.

First, on July 9, the host Brazil defeated Italy 8-2 to the cheers of 138,000 people at the Maracanã Stadium.

In Rio de Janeiro, the Maracanã Stadium, the largest stadium that can accommodate 158,000 people, the cheering of 138,000 people is like a doping, which makes the Brazilian team completely crazy, and both sides of the game offer offensive football.

Just three days ago, the Chinese team that came to São Paulo, the port city of São Paulo, was arranged by the Brazilian organizing committee to stay at the "Bay Plaza Hotel", which gave people a luxurious feeling compared to the "comfortable Lorenzo" hotel in Curtiba. However, there was a lack of turf like the "Comfortable Lorenzo" around the hotel, so the Chinese team had to walk 20 minutes to a slightly farther piece of turf arranged by the organizing committee every day for maintenance training, led by team leader Huang Zhong and translator Yuan Biao.

On July 9, the day Brazil played Italy, China also played Spain.

Before the game, the Spaniards, who only knew that the Chinese team defeated Uruguay, did not know the tactics of the Chinese team. In their opinion, since the Uruguayan team can beat Bolivia 8-0 and lose to China 11-0, it shows that the Uruguayan team is extremely unstable. The Chinese team can beat the Uruguayan team by a big margin, but only beat Bolivia, which was scored by Uruguay by 8 goals, which shows that the Chinese team is also a very unstable team.

According to his own understanding, the head coach of the Spanish team, Chucho, reprimanded his players before the game:

"You don't care what the Chinese look like, they look about the same as the yellow-skinned and black-haired Indians, you should focus on football on the field." The fact that the Chinese can score 11 goals in a game shows that their attacking power is still strong enough, and you should be careful when defending and don't let them play too comfortably.

In addition, the newspapers said that they were playing a new type of defensive 4-4-2 tactic, which I guess was a layman's phrase from journalists, and they must have played five or six strikers, otherwise they would not have scored so many goals. As for the reports that boast of the excellent defensive tactics of the Chinese, you don't have to care, as long as you put in enough forwards, there is no goal that cannot be broken on the shijie! According to my guess, Chinese should be like the Indian barbarians, with very good physical strength, after all, the newspapers also said that they were running all over the field......"

Then Coach Chucho snorted coldly and said: "This kind of robbery is not an uncommon thing for professional football players, you have also seen it in those amateur teams, in short, you should pay attention to playing more horizontal passes and high hoisting transfers, exhausting their physical strength, pulling out their gaps, and stuffing the ball in." Also, I looked at their squad profiles and they weren't very tall or heavy, so I'm expecting you to make more crosses so that the centre-forwards can score a few headers with ease. ”

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The São Paulo Public Stadium was hot and humid, and the concrete steps of the stadium at half past three in the afternoon were already hot from the sun. São Paulo's local fans, young and old, seemed accustomed to the environment, and sat down solemnly with a simple newspaper on the rough steps.

But even so, the hot weather still made the audience constantly fan the small fans they carried with them. This is a non-collapsible fan similar to the Chinese pu fan, but it is made very small, the handle is only one grip, the size of the fan is the size of an adult's palm, and it is generally made into a small oblong shape, which is easy to tuck into the pocket of a suit or shirt.

Translator Yuan Biao panted and placed ten military kettles on the edge of the coach's seat, which were filled with salt sugar water mixed with glucose, vitamins and salt, similar to the electrolyte sports drinks of later generations. In the past few games, the Chinese team has been drinking this to replenish their stamina.

Coach Li Fenglou and the players have not yet appeared.

At this time, Coach Li was cheering up the players in the locker room before the war.

"Have faith! The Spaniards wear steel spikes, each of which weighs nearly 300 grams, and each foot is two taels heavier than you! It means that each of them has a small sandbag tied to his foot. ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone smiled proudly, and the team members unconsciously stepped on the pair of high-end sneakers that were said to be specially developed by the Central 491 Engineering Team for the Chinese team to participate in the Shijie Cup. Feeling the lightness and grip under their feet, the Chinese team members were as comfortable as drinking a glass of ice water in this hot summer, and their bodies exuded heroic momentum and self-confidence that they would inevitably win.

The nascent football team of this nascent republic has unconsciously gained confidence and domineering......

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Heartfelt thanks to Wujin people, Ben Ben Xiaohui, LZC880210, Dahan surname Liu, Xiling Wang, Junjun reward!

Xiexie Everybody!!

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