Guo Junfu stared at his phone, he was browsing the East Asian Cup album of "Goal".

Here is a summary of all the news of the East Asian Cup, as well as various statistics of the East Asian Cup.

Among the four teams, the Chinese team is currently at the top of the table with two consecutive wins and six points.

Japan is second with four points from one win and one draw. South Korea has one loss and one draw, ranking second from the bottom with one point.

North Korea, who have not won a game, are in the bottom place.

Looking at it this way, the Chinese team has the hope of winning the East Asian Cup.

Seeing this result, Guo Junfu couldn't help but want to cover his face.

He still remembers that when the training camp had just begun, he went to talk to him because of Hu Lai's "big words".

At that time, the conversation between the two people can be said to have broken up unhappily.

When he finally left, he threw down a sentence: "Let's not mention the World Cup, even if it is the East Asian Cup this time, the championship is not so easy to win!" ”

Now that I think about it, today's results are like a slap in the face to him.

They really ...... Hopeful of winning the East Asian Cup?

Of course, there is still no word.

But the situation is already very good, and in the last East Asian Cup game, as long as the Chinese team draws with the Japanese team, they can win the championship.

Yes, you don't need to beat the Japanese Olympic team, just draw with them.

A draw is a win.

As soon as he thought of this, Guo Junfu frowned.

Does it sound like a curse......

The matter of qualifying after a draw and not qualifying has happened many times in the history of Chinese football.

"Whatever happens to a draw", it is really a curse.

And with the strength of the Japanese team, it will not be easy to draw against them.

South Korea tried their best but only drew with them......

Speaking of the Korean team, Guo Junfu suddenly thought that we defeated the Korean team 3:0!

South Korea and Japan are tied, so why can't we also draw with Japan?

As soon as he thought of this, Guo Junfu suddenly had confidence.

Think about it again, who brought him this confidence......

Hulai.

Speaking of Hu Lai, Guo Junfu really has mixed feelings in his heart.

At first, he thought it was an arrogant or grandstanding clown.

Later, he found out that Hu Lai had real materials in training and warm-up matches, and his opinion of him changed, and he felt that although this person was a little crazy, he was not a vain person, and he was still qualified to win a place in the national Olympic team.

And now, he has overturned all his previous views of Hulai. What does it mean to be "qualified to earn a place in the Olympic team"? It's no problem for this performance to go directly to the real national team, okay!

Even after the game against the South Korean team, he released wild words in front of reporters, saying that winning the East Asian Cup and winning the top scorer of the East Asian Cup were "small goals", this time, whether on the Internet or in the media, no one called him "arrogant" or "grandstanding".

Even Guo Junfu himself didn't think there was anything inappropriate about what Hu Lai said, and even felt that he said it well in his heart.

Didn't Park Gye-hyun already shout these two goals in advance before the game?

We now won 3-0 against South Korea, and this goal is already very low-key and pragmatic.

Now that I think about it, where is it because we are low-key and pragmatic...... It's all because Hu Lai, who said this, has just scored a hat-trick in the game, doing something that no Chinese player has been able to do in the previous 41 years.

Ravings?

When he has this ability, he naturally has the qualifications to speak wildly.

Because what he said was not necessarily "wild words".

Now think back to what he said when he first entered the training team.

World Cup......

Guo Junfu still didn't dare to think about winning the World Cup, but he suddenly had more expectations than usual for the Chinese team to reach the World Cup finals......

Maybe, maybe, what if, maybe, ...... Did you really go in?

In the second game, the Chinese team played North Korea, and Hu Lai also scored a goal in the start, which fully showed that his performance was not a flash in the pan.

Guo Junfu has been observing Hu Lai's performance.

In the North Korean game, because Hu Lai has already worn a hat against the South Korean team, the opponent must be wary of him, and he will not take the opportunity of others who are not familiar with him to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

Therefore, in fact, the match against North Korea is the best reflection of Hulai's true level.

North Korea is also a strong team on the football field, and their national system also has its advantages in cultivating talents.

Hulai was indeed targeted by his opponent in the game.

Most of the time, he struggled to even get a shot on goal.

He had just one shot on goal in the entire first half, and it didn't hit the woodwork.

Guo Junfu thought at the time - it's over, I don't know how to scold Hu Lai's performance in the first half at this time......

As a result, until he was substituted in the 76th minute, he had only three shots in total, one in the first half, and twice as many shots in the second half as in the first half, to two!

And then...... A goal.

Three shots and one goal helped the Chinese team defeat North Korea 2:1 and won two consecutive victories in the East Asian Cup.

Kwok found that Hulai was a very efficient goalscorer, and he didn't need himself or his teammates to keep passing him the ball during the game to create shooting opportunities for him.

On the contrary, he can always take those few shots and convert them into goals.

As a midfield playmaker, Guo Junfu simply loves this type of shooter.

After all, sometimes you feed the bread to the striker's mouth, and the striker can spit it out and say, "Phew! The big husband doesn't eat the food that comes to him! "That really made Guo Junfu, who was feeding the bread, very helpless and angry - why don't you eat the cake and say it earlier, I won't feed you, isn't it a waste of food to spit it out if you don't eat it?! Now the country is calling for saving food, you are still so wasteful, it is simply a catastrophe!

But he can only spit out in his heart, he can't feed the cake in it and poke it into the stomach with a wooden stick, right?

This game also made Guo Junfu realize that Hulai is probably the kind of striker who is difficult to target, and unless you don't give him a chance in the whole game, he may take the only chance he has and convert it into a goal.

What is the saying?

"He's been invisible for 89 minutes, you can't see him. But when you see him, he scores. ”

Hulai is such a striker.

Not to mention how much psychological pressure it will bring to you if such a striker who is good at seizing opportunities and finding open positions is always moving in your defence during the game......

No one can guarantee that they won't make a single mistake in a 90-minute game, and it's not a big deal to make a mistake in normal times, but against Hulai, making a mistake can kill you!

So even though the North Korean team played tenaciously in this game and scored a goal, they still lost the game.

They defended well, giving Hulay only three shots in the game, only to concede in the end...... Who do you ask the North Korean players to reason with?

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"We must pay attention to their number fourteen." In the hotel conference room where the Japanese Olympic team stayed, the head coach of the Japanese team, Koichi Sato, was holding a meeting with the whole team.

They only drew with South Korea yesterday, a draw that left Japan behind China in the race for the East Asian Cup.

If they still want to win the title, then there is no other way but to beat China in the last game.

If you tie, you can only go to the runner-up.

"I just watched the video of the match between the Chinese team and the North Korean team, what do you think of this fourteenth?" Koichi Sato asked, pointing to the close-up of Hulai on the big screen.

Tatsuya Sugiyama raised his hand: "I feel like a striker who is very good at capturing fighters, his skills are not too outstanding, and his physical confrontation is also average, but his ability to run without the ball and find openings is very good." Instructor. ”

Koichi Sato nodded very satisfied with Tatsuya Sugiyama's answer: "Observe carefully, Sugiyama." What else do you see? ”

Tatsuya Sugiyama frowned, he felt that the head coach asked this, there must be something he didn't see, but what was it...... He felt that he had observed very carefully, and running without the ball was what the Chinese striker named "Hu Lai" did best, and it was his greatest strength.

When he watched the video of the game, he even had this idea - if we have such a striker in the Japanese Olympic team, plus my passing, I believe that we can win a lot of goals in every game!

Koichi Sato noticed that Tatsuya Sugiyama frowned and fell into deep thought, but decided to give his subordinate a hint: "Have you noticed how many shots he shot in this game?" ”

When Tatsuya Sugiyama heard this, he raised his head suddenly, then shook his head and said, "Sorry, coach, I didn't pay attention to this data, I didn't count ......"

Koichi Sato raised three fingers: "Three-legged shot." Played 76 minutes, three shots, one goal, what does that mean? ”

"He's very efficient!" Tatsuya Sugiyama almost blurted it out.

"Yes, he's very efficient in front of the door!" Koichi Sato turned to the whole team after speaking, "Don't just focus on those players who like to play football, don't always think that only players who can dribble past several people to score a world wave are the most threatening. I'll tell you right now that the most dangerous player is like him! ”

He pointed back to the close-up of Hulet on the projection screen.

"Score the most goals with the fewest shots! An efficient striker is what every team in today's football can only dream of! Why did the South Korean team fall on the Chinese team? Just because Li Anren, a fool, didn't realize this! His mind is full of information about Xinyan and Guan Xinyan...... What's so powerful about Guan Xinyan? It's just a little faster. This talent is amazing! Five shots on goal against South Korea, three goals; Three shots on goal against North Korea, one goal, what a terrifying efficiency? So we're going to have to freeze him for the rest of the game! Make sure he can't even shoot a goal! ”

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"In the game against Japan, we don't press all over the court because it's useless, but it will give Japan a chance."

Shi Wuyun said at a tactical meeting for the whole team.

"Japan are good at controlling the ball, and they have Tatsuya Sugiyama as the core of the playmaker, and they play the pass and cut forward. Our pressing is playing into their hands. In this game, we mainly played defensive counter-attacking tactics, and set up three lines of defense when defending. After retreating to the halfway line, starting with the forward line, blocking layer by layer, compressing their passing space, especially around Tatsuya Sugiyama......"

Combined with PPT, Shi Wuyun explained specific tactics to the players.

Because you can win the championship by a draw, Shi Wuyan's tactics this time are a little conservative.

But no one can say wrong, after all, in the face of an opponent like the Japanese team, you can only be conservative if you are not conservative, and with the current strength of the national Olympic team, pressing out and attacking the Japanese team can only be a dead end.

Guo Junfu is also the organizer of the attack, but in terms of strength, he is still worse than Tatsuya Sugiyama.

Even if there is a striker like Hulai, after these two games, is the head coach of the Japanese team, Koichi Sato, an idiot, and can't he see the importance of Hulai?

So in the third game, it's entirely conceivable how much defensive resistance Hulay will encounter in the game.

Shi Wuyan's strategy is to strengthen the defense, so that the Japanese team's offense will be frustrated and their spirit will be frustrated.

Then adjust it according to the situation on the field.

If the Japanese team wants to win the championship, they must press out and attack with all their might, and then it will be the opportunity for the Chinese team to counterattack.

Of course, if the Japanese team is worried that the Chinese team will counterattack and dare not press out to attack, then Shi Wuyun doesn't mind slowly maneuvering with the Japanese team, and finally takes a 0:0 score, which can also win the championship.

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After the tactical session, the players returned to their rooms.

Hulai, however, was chewing on the name of the head coach of the Japanese Olympic team that he had heard at the tactical meeting.

Koichi Sato...... Does this sound familiar? ”

His self-talk was heard by Wang Guangwei: "Of course I am familiar with him, he is the Japanese defender who scored the Chinese team goal with his hand in the final of the 04 Asian Cup, which led to the collapse of the Chinese team." ”

"I'm going? Isn't that the enemy very red when they meet? ”

"It's been a long time since I became popular, eighteen years have passed......," Wang Guangwei sighed, "No matter how much hatred and resentment you have, if you can't repay it, don't mention it again, you can only embarrass yourself." ”

The huge strength gap between Chinese football and Japanese football made the hatred accumulate more and more, and everyone was indignant at the beginning, shouting for revenge.

turned out that he couldn't take revenge at all, and slowly no one said it anymore, because he repeatedly talked about his wounds, and it was himself who was embarrassed, not the enemy.

Hu Lai also understood this helplessness, and he sighed: "This East Asian Cup is actually a cup to pay off old accounts, right?" ”

"Don't think about it so much, it's not an old account, it has nothing to do with us, Hulai. Don't be burdened with history. ”

Hu Lai snorted: "My ability to shake the burden is historic. ”

Hearing this, Wang Guangwei smiled, which he believed.