Chapter 287: One Stone Stirs Up a Thousand Waves
The 1-0 result was a drawback, with Brazil achieving the biggest result in the group stage of the Confederations Cup with the smallest margin of points.
At first glance, it doesn't sound like anything wrong, but for Brazilians, who are aiming to win next year's World Cup, it was a match made in heaven.
However, all the fans who watched the whole game passed by were dismissive of it.
"It's not the mighty four-star Brazil team, they're just a bunch of cowards, a bunch of cowards!"
"I've never seen such a brazen game, I've never seen such a brazen team!"
"It's ridiculous, a former world champion, but not as good as a second-rate Asian team!"
The fans' ridicule was not unfounded, according to the statistics of the whole game, the Brazilian team completed a total of 17 shots on goal, and the Chinese team only had six. Most of the game was played in the Chinese half, and Brazil also had 79% possession.
But it was this crushing data that scored a goal for the Chinese team. And fans who watched the last 10 minutes of the game know how Brazil's nearly 80 per cent possession came from.
After the game, the Brazilian players were surrounded by numerous news media.
Especially Ronaldo, who did not score a goal, he became the subject of reporters scrambling for interviews.
Ronaldo was also smart and ran into the tunnel early and hid.
When the Chinese players returned to the locker room one after another, a big bald head stopped Ou Chuliang from the side.
Ou Chuliang turned around, stepped forward and hugged Ronaldo, and shook hands with Leonardo, Cafu, Aldair and others.
Everyone plays in Serie A and there will definitely be other contacts in the future. It's better to make friends beforehand than to have multiple enemies.
"Oh, since I came to Europe, I have never run into the tunnel so quickly after the game as I did today." Ronaldo was shirtless and wore the shirt that Ouchulian had just changed to him.
"Me too." Ou Chuliang tilted his head, he thought of the look in Leotta's female reporter who almost swallowed him after the game.
Ronaldo naturally didn't know what Ou Chuliang was thinking, and he thought that Ou Chuliang was ridiculing him.
"Oh, I can't figure it out, how the hell did you know I was going to shoot?"
Before that shot, Ronaldo had actually calculated. As long as Ou Chuliang takes another step, even if he is the world short gun champion, it is impossible to save the ball back.
But in the end, Ou Chuliang not only didn't take that crucial step, but also stood in place and was ready, waiting for his shot.
This is simply unreasonable for a goalkeeper who strikes.
"Ronnie, your intention to shoot is too obvious!" Ou Chuliang naturally did not tell the other party his mental journey at that time, but gave an answer in an ambiguous way.
"Shooting intent?" Ronaldo smacked his lips.
Most of the shooting intentions are expressed in the subtle movements of the body, and there is definitely something different about a striker before shooting at goal. And these subtle movements are not out of subjective consciousness, some are out of bodily functions, such as maintaining balance or something; Some are habits that the team members have developed over the years, and they can't be changed at all.
So for a striker, if the goalkeeper finds his unknown shot in front of the goal, the consequences will be terrible.
It's not that he can't score again, it's that if he wants to score, it will be a lot harder.
By the time Ronaldo came to his senses, Ou Chuliang had already walked with his teammates to the locker room of the Chinese team at the other end of the corridor.
Years later, when Ronaldo retired, he revealed his secret: "If it weren't for Ou telling me that he could tell my intentions from my movements, I wouldn't have flicked past the goalkeeper so many times. ”
Brazil's victory in this way is a bit of a joke. But in the era of utilitarian football, it is understandable to use a little trick within the rules.
But the bad thing is that the Brazilian team is the World Cup champion, and the Chinese team is just a team that has just broken out of Asia.
After discovering that the Brazilian team did not "fire" with the Chinese team, the European media failed to make another plan.
The French newspaper "Team" said, "The Brazilian team has to resort to the 'delaying time method' in front of a second-rate team like the Chinese team, which is simply detrimental to the image of a big football country." ”
"If the Brazilian team has to use this kind of 'three indiscriminate' means to win against a team like the Chinese team, then it will be difficult for the Brazilian team to achieve good results in next year's World Cup."
Spain's "Marca" also said, "As the first team to break out of Asia, the Chinese team has played their own spirit. ”
"Although I lost the game, the process of the game was evocative."
"If you don't look at the score, the Chinese team is actually not defeated."
"You can see this from the reaction of the fans in the stands. When the game ended, the cries of the Brazilian fans were not as loud as the cries of a goalkeeper of the Chinese team after making a save. ”
"If it wasn't for a fluke goal, did Brazil really win?"
The Europeans want to put pressure on Brazilians in this way, and it is also very profitable to inflict some "mental damage".
In Asia, Japan's Asahi Shimbun also reported on the match. According to the Asahi Shimbun, "Brazil's late performance was a 'smart' way to win at the lowest cost, and to take advantage of the Confederations Cup to train and show off their young players." ”
"But the performance of the Chinese team is enough to shock the world, as a rising football power in Asia, the Chinese team is already qualified to represent Asia to challenge the world championship."
"The progress of the Chinese team is the progress of the Asian team."
As Japanese, both the Brazilian team and the Chinese team are close to them, so the Asahi Shimbun basically talks to both ends, and they all find a shining point to praise.
Just like the interview with Hidetoshi Nakata in the "Reading News", the rising star of Japanese football praised the match as a "world-class" contest.
Although in the end, the winner was decided, but after all, it is football, and it is normal to divide the winner and loser.
"But the outcome of a game is not enough to distinguish the strength of the two teams." Hidetoshi Nakata said in a deep voice, "Just like last year's Olympics, the main framework of that Brazilian team is the same as today's Brazilian team. But they lost to the Chinese team. ”
"If you have to evaluate or compare the two teams by 'score' and 'win or loss', then so far, the Chinese team and the Brazilian team are on the same level."
The Japanese don't offend each other, but the Koreans don't see it that way.
In the eyes of Smecta, the Chinese team is "still glorious despite defeat".
According to the Seoul Daily, "Brazil's performance in the final moments of the match was unethical. ”
"Brazil stole the victory in a disdainful way."
"Such a Brazilian team is no longer enough to be called a world champion."
In China, the evaluation of fans and the media is quite pertinent.
"Sports Weekly" believes that "although the Chinese team defeated Brazil in the Olympic Games last year, this does not mean that the Chinese team is stronger than the Brazilian team, or that it stands on the same level as the Brazilian team." ”
"The fact that this encounter can only be lost by one goal is enough to show the progress of the Chinese team."
"Although the Brazilian team had the advantage in the process and the result, the players worked very hard in the game."
"Whether it's Xie Hui's top win or Sun Jihai's breakthrough on the wing, the Chinese players are not afraid to play their own style of play against the mighty Brazilian team, which is a cause for celebration in itself."
"Although they lost the game in the end, if the Chinese team maintains this momentum, it will definitely achieve better results in next year's World Cup."
Dong Lu also mentioned in his column, "At present, the strength level of the Chinese team is far from reaching the point of competing with world-class teams, and it is already extraordinary to be able to play such a score." ”
Huang Jianxiang's statement was almost the same, "Today's Chinese team, whether it is a striker, a defender or a goalkeeper, is beyond the normal level, Ou Chuliang contributed 15 saves in the whole game, of which at least 7 blocked the Brazilian team's must-score shots. ”
"It is not so much that the strength of the Chinese team and the Brazilian team is equal, it is better to say that the 'weak team is the goalkeeper', and Ou Chuliang alone mentioned the entire Chinese team to the place where there is only a 'one-goal gap' with the Brazilian team."
The news reached South America, and as Brazil's sworn rival, the Argentine newspaper Ole also had similar opinions from other European newspapers.
took the opportunity to desperately despise his sworn enemy and avenge the World Youth Championships in the middle of the year.
But Brazil's own domestic voices are interesting, neither mentioning the reaction from around the world, nor taking credit for China's progress as before.
Instead, he reported in hindsight: "Brazil defeated China 1-0 and avenged last year's Olympics." ”
I have to admire the brain circuit of the Brazilian, in order to protect the team before the game and not put pressure on the players, so I don't admit the word "revenge". However, when most countries and regions criticized their team's performance after the game, they took out "revenge" as a shield to "paralyze" domestic fans.
And that's not the sharpest, after the victory of the Brazilian team, the headline of the newspaper "São Paulo" turned out to be "Brazil's youngster turned out, Denilson dribbled and stunned the world".
Well, those who have watched the video of the game have to admit that Denilson's dribbling is really world-class!
Just like Denilson, the two teams have had their share of praise and criticism overall, and when it comes to the players, the media and fans have also commented on them.
The most talked-about in Brazil's squad was Ronaldo.
This striker, whom Robson called an alien, actually fell in front of the Chinese team again and again, and was completely frozen by a goalkeeper who was a year younger than him on the opposite side.
While the media was "crusading" Ronaldo, Ou Chuliang also received the attention of fans and the media.
Ou Chuliang's dunk save was made into a classic video and replayed again and again, leaving all the fans who saw it angry and unable to extricate themselves.
Some good things in the media took a closer look at Ou Chuliang's resume, and suddenly found that this young man's background was so big.
The hero of the 1-0 clean sweep of the Brazilian team in the Olympic Games, the champion of the World Youth Championships, and the right-hand man of the Chinese team in the World Preliminary Tournament to break out of Asia.
In addition, Ou Chuliang and Ronaldo played in Serie A together, and "La Repubblica" even came up with a "strange trick" to form a pair of "CPs" who love and kill each other.
In today's football, almost all players are touted as players who can score goals, and if a goalkeeper is introduced at this time, will it arouse new enthusiasm and interest among everyone?
An indestructible spear, an indestructible shield.
The drama of contradiction and competition has attracted everyone's attention since ancient times.
But when this news came out, many fans still raised doubts.
One is a top scorer in Europe, and the other is a goalkeeper who is unknown in Europe and serves as a substitute in a down-and-out giant, is it really a good match when put together?
What's more, Ou Chuliang and Ronaldo have only played two games, and two games don't mean anything at all.
"Maybe Ronnie just had a bad stomach that day, and the desire to score goals wasn't so strong!" "Milan Sports Newspaper" quipped.
Just when the fans were questioning, "Napoli Sport" suddenly spoke out.
"Ou is not our backup goalkeeper, it's just that after he joined the club, he has to return to his home country often to play international competitions."
"It's like this Confederations Cup!"
"The club is not allowed to interfere with the return of players to their home countries to participate in the A-level competitions, and Napoli FC has been complying with FIFA regulations and respecting the free will of the players and the countries in which they are played."
"But when the Confederations Cup is over and the Chinese team doesn't have so many games for the time being, Ou is our main goalkeeper."
'He'll start every game in the second half of the season.'
Napoli's statement was far-fetched enough because everyone saw the current state of the club and the team's results this season. But Napoli brought FIFA and free will out as a shield, and no one could refute it.
As for whether Acchulian can get a starting spot when he returns to the team, as the Napoli spokesman said. Or even if he starts, whether he can save the team's defeat, the outside world unanimously maintains a completely unoptimistic attitude.
Based on Napoli's current performance in Serie A, if Ou Chuliang really starts in a row, it is likely to ruin such a good seedling.
Therefore, after seeing Ouchulian's "magical play" again and again in the Confederations Cup, the Torino club in Italy's northern team took the lead in throwing an olive branch to Ouchuliang.
"Come to us, we've got the best treatment and the coolest derby!"
Of course, most Italian fans scoffed at Torino's words.
The coolest derby? How dare you say it!
From the old woman's point of view, the strength of Turin, the city's sworn enemy, is far inferior to the Nerazzurri next door.
What's more, isn't the coolest derby in the world a desperate fight between Milan's two giants?
Ou Chuliang's excellent performance has naturally received the attention of FIFA.
In a subsequent interview, FIFA Blatter frequently praised Ouchuliang's save, even saying in a press conference: "The football world has always been biased towards those goals. ”
"After seeing the save from the Chinese OU, FIFA intends to establish an award for those wonderful rescues."
"The FIFA committee collects the year's bailouts and selects the 10 prettiest ones around November each year, and votes for the top three."
"The participants in this award don't have to be just goalkeepers, if there are outfield players who make wonderful goalmouth saves with other parts of their body than their hands, they can also participate in the selection."
"At present, this award is on the agenda, and I think it will not be long before everyone can see the best rescue in the world next year!"
"As for the name of the award, we will consider the names of excellent goalkeepers in the past, but the most popular ones at present are named after Ou's Chinese name."
"As for the specific results, please wait for further discussions from FIFA."
If Blatter's statement is true, and he really named the award after Ou Chuliang. That Chinese football will forever be written in the history of football all over the world. And Ou Chuliang's name is also remembered by everyone in the trophy.
Chinese football has progressed, and the AFC has also followed.
Immediately afterwards, the AFC also made a statement.
According to Villapan's list of three candidates for the last round of Asian Footballer of the Year, Ou Chuliang's name is prominently listed.
If Ou Chuliang is elected, then Ou Chuliang will become the youngest Asian Footballer of the Year.
Just when the Chinese fans were joyfully celebrating for Ou Chuliang, the Chinese Football Association also took the opportunity to drop a huge bomb.
The day after the end of the A-League, Yuan Weimin directly announced that Ou Chuliang was awarded the Golden Ball Award for Chinese Footballer of the Year.