"Let me tell you, when a few of us were out playing just now, we encountered a funny thing...... There was a restaurant that hung a banner, and we asked the translator to help us look at it, saying that in order to celebrate the Chinese team's qualification for the Olympic Games, their restaurant was 50% off for three consecutive days...... It's so funny, isn't it just an Olympic qualification? It's like going to the World Cup, haha! ”

"We also encountered something similar, to be honest, I really thought that the Chinese team had won the U23 Asian Cup after I went out......"

In the hotel's restaurant, the Japanese team players took advantage of the meal to talk about what they had seen and heard about their outing today.

In the semi-finals last night, they defeated South Korea and also qualified for the Olympics.

So even though there is still one final to play, the coaching staff of the Japanese Olympic team has given the players a day off and allowed them to go out shopping.

When these people returned, they all brought back what they had seen and heard.

What caught their attention the most and impressed them was the ubiquitous joyful atmosphere in Jingyang City, the capital of Haining Province.

In addition to hanging banners in restaurants announcing various discount activities, major shopping malls can also be seen everywhere to cheer for the national Olympic team and congratulate the national Olympic team on entering the Olympic Games.

As one of the host cities of the U23 Asian Cup, in fact, the original football atmosphere here is not so strong.

If you're not a fan and don't follow Chinese football, as someone who lives in the city, you probably won't know that there's an intercontinental football tournament going on in the city.

But now, in the streets, as long as you go out, you can see a lot of football elements.

Even the commissary convenience store can see handwritten bulletin boards telling everyone that the national Olympic team has just qualified for the Olympics.

All of this made the Japanese players feel both novel and funny.

After all, it's just an Olympics, not a World Cup, and it's so grand that it makes people feel like Chinese fans have never seen the world......

But when you think about it, it seems that they have never seen the world.

The only time I participated in the Olympics was at my own doorstep, and I didn't even go out of the country for a long time.

As for the World Cup, they have not participated in it once, so that they now qualify for the Olympics as well as the World Cup.

You must know that in Japan, there is no big reaction to qualifying for the Olympics this time, after all, everyone is used to it, and since Japanese football participated in the Olympics for the first time in 1996, it has not missed a single Olympic Games.

Now only going to the World Cup will make a reaction in Japan, but it is unlikely that they will see the scene in China today.

After all, everyone, including the players themselves, take it for granted to reach the World Cup.

If the Japanese team does not qualify for the World Cup, I am afraid that it will be the most sensational time in the media.

Tatsuya Sugiyama couldn't take it anymore, and he stood up from the table.

Seeing the captain get up, everyone's eyes were drawn to it.

"I say, you can stop in moderation!" Tatsuya Sugiyama said to the team with a frown. "When we first reached the World Cup, didn't we look like hillbillies? Know that this is a superpower with a population of 1.4 billion! When these people's passion for football is fully aroused, how terrifying it will become, don't you know? Do you need to remind you of the attendance of the Chinese team in these games? Especially their third game of the group stage against Qatar......"

Hearing the captain say this very seriously, the expressions of the players of the Japanese Olympic team, who were still laughing before, gradually converged.

Especially when they heard the last sentence, the expressions on the faces of many people could already be described as "dignified".

Hulai scored five goals in less than nine minutes in that game, shocking not only the fans, but them as well.

The game was not supposed to be watched by the players, but after Hulai scored a hat-trick in just over three minutes, the news quickly spread among the Japanese players, who were still in their hotel rooms, turned on their televisions to watch the game.

But even so, those who move a little slower only see the afterglow of Hulay's five goals, not the five goals themselves.

They later watched it all through the online highlights.

Every player of the Japanese Olympic team who saw this ten-minute video was shocked and could only repeat "Si Guoyi" over and over again.

Although they didn't see the live broadcast of Hulai's "Nine Minutes and Five Goals", they still felt the hot atmosphere when they turned on the TV.

The whole stadium seemed to be only cheered by the Chinese fans, and any other sound, not even the referee's whistle, could not be heard.

"Now you think about it, in the next finals, if we play in that environment, will we be able to withstand it?"

When Tatsuya Sugiyama said this, there were no other voices in the restaurant.

In the next finals, the Chinese team occupies the advantage of the home field, and the advantage is very large.

This is something that everyone can think of with their knees.

"Of course, if you think that reaching the Olympics is a job done, and it doesn't matter what the final is, then I didn't say it."

After Tatsuya Sugiyama finished speaking, he sat down again.

The other players looked at each other, and then the team's main central defender, Yoichi Yamaura, said, "Sugiyama-kun, no one thinks that the final doesn't matter." The Chinese team snatched our championship in the East Asian Cup, and this U23 Asian Cup final is a good opportunity for us to take revenge! ”

"yes, yes! Yamaura-kun is right! ”

"If you really want revenge, then put away your contempt." Tatsuya Sugiyama said.

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All the players of the Chinese Olympic team gathered in the conference room of the hotel.

They are in a meeting.

Head coach Shi Wuyun knocked on the table, and the conference room suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at him.

Under the gaze of everyone, Shi Wuyun said: "I called everyone here to ask everyone's opinions." Now that we have qualified for the Olympic Games, we can say that the task of this Under-23 Asian Cup has been completed and the goal has been achieved. So what do you think about the next final, you can talk freely. Do you just play casually regardless of the results, or do you plan to compete with the Japanese team for the championship? ”

"Needless to say, Shi Gui, it must be the championship!" As soon as Hu Lai's words fell, he couldn't wait to raise his hand and say loudly.

After qualifying for the Olympic Games, the task given by the system is actually considered completed, and he can directly receive the task reward.

But he didn't do it, because a fool would directly receive the task reward, and if he won the championship, wouldn't the mission reward be better?

He was afraid that everyone would lose motivation after qualifying for the Olympics, so who would he go to for his reward?

He's just a striker, he can only score goals, he needs to rely on his team-mates to support him, and if his team-mates are not on the same page as him, then he will definitely be alone.

So he had to make a statement in advance and try to pull some of them.

But he seemed to be thinking too much this time, and almost as soon as he finished speaking, all the teammates in the conference room said: "Hu Lai is right, Shi Gui, we all want to win the championship!" No one made it to the final to finish runner-up! ”

"Besides, our opponent is Japan...... How can anyone lose to Japan again on their home turf? ”

In the 2004 Asian Cup, the Chinese team was the host, but finally lost to the Japanese team in the final. At that time, it was Koichi Sato, the head coach of the Japanese Olympic team, who helped the Japanese team turn defeat into victory and won the championship.

How could the players of the national Olympic team not intend to win the championship under such circumstances?

So in fact, Hu Lai doesn't have to rush to stand up and "bring the rhythm", and his teammates in the National Olympic team will not give up this final.

Shi Wuyun was very satisfied with the reaction of the players, he nodded, and then raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down: "Okay, I know what you guys think, and to be honest, I don't want to lose to the Japanese team on my home turf." Although we won the East Asian Cup last time, we didn't beat Japan in the competition. It was just a draw with them, and it can be said that it was our only regret in the East Asian Cup......"

If Shi Wuyun's words had been put aside a year ago, he would definitely not have said that. He will feel that the team can win the East Asian Cup is already a very good performance, and he will not ask for more.

But at this time and at that time, the strength of the national Olympic team a year later is completely different from that of a year ago, and he has experienced more and more excitement a year later than a year ago.

Especially after Hu Lai's performance of five goals in nine minutes, Shi Wuyun suddenly had a sense of atmosphere of "Lao Tzu has never seen any scenes".

I have more confidence to speak than before.

So now, when he thinks that not being able to beat the Japanese team is the regret of the Chinese team in the East Asian Cup, he himself doesn't think there is anything wrong with saying this.

Similarly, no one in the room felt that what he said was wrong.

It's as if it was a shame that they didn't beat Japan.

But in fact, after the Japanese team was drawn to win the East Asian Cup, everyone was very satisfied, and no one felt that it was a pity to draw with the Japanese team......

“…… So this U23 Asian Cup, now that we have reached the final, our goal is definitely to beat the Japanese team and lift the championship trophy on our home turf! ”

"Yes, take the championship!"

"Defeat Little Japan!!"

Howls rang out in the conference room.