Chapter 117: The Championship Determination Tournament
On the last match day of the East Asian Cup, the first match was between the Chinese team and the Japanese team, and the last game was the South Korean team against the North Korean team.
On the one hand, the schedule is naturally arranged because South Korea is the host, and the host's game must of course be arranged in the last game to be the finale.
On the other hand, the organizers of the tournament must have felt that the South Korean team could win the East Asian Cup, or that there was hope to compete for the East Asian Cup championship.
Then this last "Peninsula Derby" will be the match that will decide the championship.
Arrange for the Korean team to play at the end, play the game, and if you win the championship, you can go directly to the award ceremony.
It was just perfect.
Who would have thought that their little ninety-nine were all in vain.
South Korea didn't win the championship at all, even though they didn't play the North Korean game yet.
South Korea, who have only one point so far, are in second to last and bid farewell to the championship race early.
The winner of this year's East Asian Cup will be decided between China and Japan.
It directly made the last match between the South Korean team and the North Korean team meaningless.
It is also possible that for this reason, there are not many Korean fans who come to the Seoul World Cup Stadium to watch the game, and there are large empty seats in the huge stadium stands.
And those where people are seated have a red phalanx visible to the naked eye.
"There are so many Chinese fans here today...... "In the stands, the players of the Chinese women's football team looked at the large red swath of the opposite stand and sighed.
"After all, the Chinese team is likely to win the championship...... A draw can win the championship, but now the Chinese team is behind 0:1, which is really unexpected......" Xu Wen spread her hands.
"You can't blame them, can you? Who would have thought that Tatsuya Sugiyama would actually hit a world wave? ”
They were talking about the only goal of the first half.
Because it only takes a draw to win the championship, the Chinese team played very conservatively in the first half, playing steadily and steadily, and trying not to make mistakes.
On the Japanese side, due to the lack of effective scoring points, there is nothing too good to do in the face of the dense defense of the Chinese team.
From this point of view, Shi Wuyan's tactics are still successful.
Although the game scene is very dull most of the time, who cares about this Chinese fans?
Even if they fall asleep, as long as they wake up and see that the Chinese team has won, they will never complain.
But who would have thought that just when such a dull first half was about to end, there would be thunder on the ground.
Tatsuya Sugiyama, the playmaker of the midfield, suddenly came with a very high-quality long-range shot from outside the penalty area, bypassing all the defenders in the penalty area, and also bypassing the ten fingers of the main goalkeeper of the Chinese team, Song Kun, and flew into the goal by grazing the inside of the post.
In this way, Japan took a one-goal lead.
"That goal was so demoralizing that you could see that the boys in the Olympic team were a little panicked after conceding the goal...... If it weren't for the minutes left in the first half, I wouldn't have lost another one. ”
"That's where the trap of a draw comes in...... When you only think about what you can do with a draw, you tend to prepare for a draw, and you don't get the result you want......"
The players of the Chinese women's football team are still discussing the first half of the game.
"Did Hulai have even one shot on goal in the whole first half?" Someone in the team asked.
"It seems ......," everyone frowned and pondered.
"Nope." Just before they could think about it, Li Qingqing had already given the answer, "I didn't have a shot on goal." ”
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"The first half of this game was very dull, and neither side did much in attack, but who would have thought that in the end it was Tatsuya Sugiyama's world wave that broke the deadlock?" In the studio behind CCTV, He Feng was analyzing the game in the first half with guest commentator Yan Kang.
'There was a bit of luck in conceding the goal, so you can't say there was a problem with the tactics that guided the preparation for the first half. After all, at 99 percent of the time, the Chinese team's defense did not make mistakes. Even if it is this conceded goal, it cannot be said that there is any problem with the Chinese team's defense......" Yan Kang defended Shi Wuyun.
Like Shi Wuyun, he used to be a player of the Chinese national team, he was four years older than Shi Wuyun, and he retired a few years earlier than Shi Wuyun. Unlike Shi Wuyun, who became a coach after retiring, Yan Kang chose to enter the TV station and become a football commentator.
He and He Feng have been partners for many years and are very familiar commentators to Chinese fans.
His career has crossed paths with Shi Wuyun many times, and the two of them are very familiar.
It seems that after losing this game, Shi Wuyun will be drowned in the saliva of Chinese fans. Yan Kang was using the convenience of his work to defend Shi Wuyun.
'It's true, there are times when luck is important in football...... Like the goal conceded in the first half, we can only say that the Chinese team is unlucky. When He Feng said this, he remembered another thing and added. In addition, due to tactical reasons, Hulai, who has scored in two consecutive games, did not have a single shot on goal in the first half...... Koichi Sato must have studied Hulai carefully before the game, and he specially arranged a person to defend Hulai in this game, and he was almost inseparable. ”
Yan Kang was speaking for Shi Wuyan, and He Feng decided to speak for Hu Lai.
After all, Hulai in the first half of this game really didn't have any good performance, and even sometimes you will have the illusion that Hulai was not sent to play?
"That Junhei Morikawa, right?" Yan Kang shook his head and said, "As a central defender, he is not tall, but he is very flexible. Originally, I was playing as a substitute for the Japanese Olympic team, but I didn't expect it to be used to defend Hu Lai...... In this game, Koichi Sato arranged for the Japanese team to play three backs, that is, to contain Hulai. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to Hulay...... I think in the second half, Shi Lai should let Hulai continue to attract the Japanese defense, and then arrange for Wang Zijian and Wang Hua to look for opportunities in other open places, and we don't necessarily have to let Hulai score......"
He Feng nodded and said, "Yes." In fact, Hulai's performance in this East Asian Cup has been very good, and the good has exceeded everyone's expectations. He can't be expected to solve the problem of our score alone. Even if Hulai doesn't score a single goal in this game, he can leave the East Asian Cup with his head held high......"
He's already getting vaccinated.
He hoped that if the Chinese team failed to draw with Japan in the end, resulting in the loss of the championship, the fans would not scold Hu Lai.
Because there may be many people who should be responsible for the defeat of the Chinese team, but Hu Lai should not.
Even if it weren't for him, this East Asian Cup, maybe we wouldn't even have a chance to look forward to the championship.
For the hat-trick against South Korea, he was the best player in the Chinese team in this East Asian Cup, and enjoyed a chance to use the "death-free gold medal".
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When Xie Lan came home from work and couldn't wait to turn on the TV, the first thing he heard was He Feng's: "...... Even if Hulai doesn't score a single goal in this game, he is enough to leave the East Asian Cup with his head held high......"
What's the situation?
Xie Lan was taken aback, the Chinese team lost? Is my son going to take the blame?
Then she said that the guest Yan Kang frowned and nodded: "That's right, He Feng." In fact, he was able to get Koichi Sato to change the formation specifically for him, which is enough to show how powerful he is. You must know that Hu Lai is only 19 years old, and this is the first time he has represented the Chinese team in an international competition, and I think that he will come to Japan for a long time, and there will be a lot of ...... in the future."
The more Xie Lan listened, the more frightened he became, these people desperately said good things about Hu Lai, how could they feel bad when they heard it?
At this moment, as if to confirm her worries, the scores of the Chinese team and the Japanese team in the first half were played at the bottom of the screen:
0:1。
The Chinese team is temporarily behind.
She frowned.
At this time, there was a sound at the gate, Hu Lixin opened the door and came in to see his wife sitting in front of the TV, instead of busy in the kitchen, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "You didn't cook?" ”
"Order takeout!" Xie Lan looked at the TV and said without looking back. "Don't cook today!"
Hu Lixin heard that his wife was a little angry in his tone, so he turned his eyes to the TV screen, saw the score, and immediately understood why his wife was in a bad mood.
"There's still half a game, don't be too anxious......" he had to comfort his wife.
'What does that have to do with the second half? I listened to the two commentators as if our son had played poorly in the first half. ”
"What? Did they criticize Hulai? ”
"No, but I'm boasting!"
"Isn't that good?"
"What's good? When you suddenly hear everyone praising a person, isn't it because the person is dead? Sheilan turned back to her husband.
Hu Lixin was stunned for a moment: "What nonsense are you talking about!" ”
"Anyway, that's what it means, as soon as I turned on the TV, I heard these two commentators, you and me, saying something 'even if Hulai doesn't score a goal in this game, you can leave with your head held high', and what else is 'the future is long'...... If it weren't for our son's bad performance, they would have tried their best to make up for it here? ”
Hu Lixin understood what his wife was worried about, and he hurriedly comforted his wife: "You think too much." It's just normal talk. Your old problem of overly rich associations has to be changed. Hulay has scored in two games in a row and has already made a lot of people expect a lot of money from him, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. So the two commentators are cooling down everyone's expectations, after all, who can guarantee that they will score in every game? Not scoring is the norm, it's not normal to score every game...... Especially with this score now, what if the Chinese team loses the game and some fans vent their dissatisfaction on Hu Lai? So the two commentators were talking to Hulai and poured cold water on them in advance......"
After listening to her husband's explanation, Xie Lan also realized that she might indeed be overhearted, and she was only a little more in the mood to cook dinner now.
"You can eat a bowl of noodles at night." She said as she walked to the kitchen. "I'll boil the water first."
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The Chinese women's football girls in the stands were still discussing the game, and the topic had already reached the point of speculating on what tactical adjustments head coach Shi Wuyun would make in the second half.
"If I were to give guidance, I would let Hu Lai be the bait, and then let Wang Zijian, Wang Hua and others try to score goals." Xu Wen said.
Her views were quickly echoed by others. At present, this is indeed the best way to do it after Hulai is restrained by the other party.
After all, who stipulated that the Chinese team could only rely on Hu Lai to score alone?
But just when everyone unanimously agreed with Xu Wen, Li Qingqing shook his head and said, "I don't think it's useful." The Japanese team specially found a defender to follow Hulai every step of the way, no matter where Hulai was, this person stuck to him anyway. ”
"That's right, Hu Lai can take him out of the defense zone and create a vacancy ......," Xu Wen said.
"But in this game, the Japanese team looked like they were playing with a back three, but in fact they were in a 541 formation - when they were defending, the two full-backs withdrew and became full-backs. And among their three central defenders, except for the Junhei Morikawa defending Hulai, the other two central defenders are not responsible for Hulai's defense, they only need to defend their own defensive zone, and it is the same as normal games. Even if Hu Lai pulls Junhei Morikawa away, how can he create any gaps? Li Qingqing explained.
Li Qingqing's understanding of the tactics of the game, everyone was convinced, and when she said this, many people frowned again: "Doesn't that mean that the Chinese team has no recruitment?" ”
Shi Yuehua asked, "Qingqing, do you have any ideas?" ”
When she asked, everyone turned their hopes to Li Qingqing, but to their disappointment, Li Qingqing shook his head in front of everyone: "I can't do anything about it." ”
"Alas......" someone sighed.
Some people also comforted themselves: "Actually, this result is already very good, and it is not bad to win a runner-up." ”
Li Qingqing didn't speak, just stared at the direction of the goal.
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