Chapter 303: This Cake Is Delicious
After the end of the day, the Chinese delegation once again became the protagonist.
Americans have been killing people in track and field events, but the Chinese have also killed crazy in indoor events, and are stronger than the United States in the more influential big ball games, so they are not lost.
Now the Chinese men's football team and Chinese women's handball have entered the finals, and the men's basketball, women's basketball, and women's volleyball team have also reached the semifinals with a crushing advantage.
If it can win three or four gold medals in these big ball games, then with the global influence of these sports, China can still create a staggering feat at this Olympic Games.
Of course, both the United States and China have achieved what they have achieved now in the absence of the Soviet camp.
The Soviets have always been very sour, but their firepower is mainly focused on the United States.
Although the Americans' track and field achievements were unmatched, the Soviets were not convinced, and these were based on their absence.
If anyone wants to refute it, then just look at the Olympics in '72 and '76, the Yankees were not only forcefully suppressed by the great Soviets, but even their younger brothers were able to lead the United States in the medal table.
Of course, China is happy to watch the excitement, the Americans did not really engage them, and eighty percent of the Soviets have been beside the yin and yang, pulling all the hatred points over.
But the Soviets' rhetoric is also plausible, because when both countries participated in the Olympics, at least for the entire seventies, the Soviets completely suppressed the United States.
Now the Soviet media have already shouted the cruel words of "we want to let the Americans in Seoul be exposed", and even the younger brother East Germany hastened to express his position: I can see at a glance that the heroes of today are only bears and tiger ears. The generation of eagles and rabbits is not enough. The orange on the couch is more like the dry bones in the mound, and I will capture it sooner or later. ”
In such a chaotic international situation, China, of course, relied on its strong performance that people had to win over, and as soon as it entered the company, it firmly sat in the position of the second leader.
Now the West, no matter how jealous it is, can only win them over, and dare not use excessive means against them, after all, no one would have thought that the powerful Soviet Union would fall so quickly.
Therefore, Lin Yaodong's red card was actually canceled after review, and he did not have to face the penalty of being banned in the next final.
But this was naturally bad news for the Gallic chickens, who seriously suspected that it was a revenge from the Americans.
Americans are really unhappy with the French, and in recent years the Reagan administration's blockade and embargo on the Soviet Union has set the strictest record since World War II, and countless transactions with the Soviet Union have been banned under the review of the CIA.
However, under economic pressure from European countries, especially the French, taking advantage of the fact that American companies could not do business with the Soviet Union, they instructed Alstom to grab business with the United States in various fields and sold a large amount of embargoed equipment to the Soviet Union.
Wu Jie thought of another thing at this time, the Reagan administration was about to start implementing the "reverse oil shock" strategy to contain the Soviet Union, and oil prices will usher in a sharp drop at this time next year, and oil speculation will definitely make a lot of money at that time.
But for now, it's important for him to earn as many Olympic points as possible, and every game he wins at the Olympics will be a good one.
On the thirteenth day of competition, there was a temporary truce in the big ball events, and the United States continued to be the biggest winner, sweeping most of the day's track and field events.
The next day, China also started a performance in the big ball event.
The Chinese men's volleyball team first fought hard in five rounds in the battle of the palace in the afternoon, and in the case of losing one game first, it recovered three games and staged a reversal, and finally defeated the old European powerhouse Italy 3-2 and snatched a bronze medal.
Western media respect the performance of the Chinese men's volleyball team, because this is the first time that the Chinese men's volleyball team has entered the Olympics, and in a sense, this result is no less than the Chinese men's football team entering the top eight in the first World Cup.
In the evening, China's women's handball opponent was Yugoslavia, who eliminated the United States in the final.
The U.S. crowd paid no attention to the game because they lost 25-37 to the Southern Baseball team in the afternoon's championship game, and they don't want to see any handball games at all.
It's embarrassing, because the Americans are betting on the men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the women's volleyball and men's volleyball teams, because this is the only big ball event they have any hope of winning at the moment.
Wu Jie ruthlessly took out 1 diamond card, 4 platinum cards, 4 gold cards, a total of nine cards, the purpose of which is naturally to let China's big ball games take advantage of the victory of the Olympic Games, so that these projects can gain high enough domestic influence and political influence, and then improve the mass base and popularity.
He knows that under China's unique cultural atmosphere and political system, if a sport cannot be played at the beginning, there is a high probability that it will get worse and worse in the future.
The formation of this phenomenon is too complicated to analyze, but it is nothing more than the three major elements of politics, state investment, and the concept of the common people.
Take women's handball as an example, if they can win this gold medal, then the body will invest more in the sport.
However, every year the state allocates so much money on sports, and the more resources are allocated on this side, the other side will definitely be correspondingly less, so naturally more will be stronger, and less will be weaker.
In addition, political factors are also important, but this cannot be analyzed in depth, but the political impact is bound to be great.
As for the masses, it is nothing more than a herd mentality, a bunch mentality, and idol emotions, which are all habits that have long been formed.
Therefore, he must use enough honors to expand the mass base, as long as the base of such sports as volleyball and handball rises, there will naturally be many inner favorites, and talented seedlings will be excavated, and a virtuous circle can be formed with their national system.
Yugoslavia, a socialist federal country that will be reorganized sooner or later, has a population of only 20 million, but it has always had a strong say in world sports and is very competitive in many sports.
Today's game was extremely intense, the first half of the two teams from 0:0 to start a fierce battle, almost always you and I point fighting, the entire first half of a total of 7 draws, and finally 13:13 Yibian again.
In the second half, the two teams were still indistinguishable, and even under the fierce confrontation, there were many conflicts with a gunpowder flavor.
This kind of hot competition did not change until the last five minutes, and the Yugoslav girls finally seized the opportunity to play a wave of climax by the Chinese team after their physical strength declined, and finally scored three goals after scoring four points in a row, which was already the biggest lead in today's game
After that, the Chinese team, which was also about to bottom out in physical strength, gritted its teeth and used Wei Yuli's personal ability to always maintain a three-goal lead, and finally defeated the powerful Yugoslav women's handball team 28:26, helping the Chinese team win the first gold medal in the Olympic big ball event.
Wei Yuli naturally won the title of best of the match after the game, although she did not play the same dominance as Lang Ping, Zheng Haixia and Wang Xiaoqian in this championship match, but with 10 goals in the final, and 11 goals in the group stage and knockout games of the entire Olympic Games, she is definitely the undisputed MVP winner of this tournament.
Wu was very nervous, he knew that the real strength of the Chinese women's handball team was worse than that of Yugoslavia, and it was definitely inferior to the other party in terms of physical strength.
But today, he was able to stalemate until the opponent's physical strength was exhausted first, naturally with his card bonuses.
These 9 cards add up to nearly 20,000 points, but they are naturally not worth mentioning compared to the significance of this gold medal, even in terms of gain, which is several times the previous payment.
The Chinese media naturally entered the carnival after the game, and the Western media were also very shocked by the Chinese team's achievements in women's handball, because from the "obscurity" four years ago to the current "blockbuster", the speed of the rise of Chinese women's handball is really amazing!
Many media have written the words "China speed" on paper, and too many Chinese sports have risen at such a speed of light in recent years.
If one or two is still an accident, then so many projects have risen and so many superstars have come out, is China still the sick man of East Asia?
If Lin Yaodong knew the doubts of these people, he would definitely say: 1951 was not!
This hard-won gold medal also made the number of gold medals that the Chinese delegation had not moved for several days finally move, but the next men's football final is the real highlight!
The French attach great importance to the Chinese team, after all, the stronger France lost to China two years ago.
Now the strength of the Chinese team has obviously gone further, but they can't send the strongest lineup to fight with the first team, can such a second team + National Olympic team lineup really beat China?
The French did not know that when they had such an idea, the outcome would already be known, and the answer was: they really can't beat it.
If the French had fought hard, the result would not have been easy to say.
The strength of the Chinese team lies in the three cores and the perfect offensive and defensive system, but the shortcomings are still not average enough, and there are still several shortcomings that can be targeted as weaknesses.
However, before the French started fighting, they first doubted whether they could do it, so naturally they didn't care about the question of shortcomings or shortcomings, and the answer was definitely no.
Wu Jie didn't expect this final to be so easy, although they beat Italy and Brazil in terms of results, they actually did their best.
This is also the characteristic of Chinese football, who let them have three superstars, no matter how they lose, they will not lose too ugly, but to win, either rely on the stars to play narrowly, or they will be directly abused after taking advantage!
If you can't have an advantage in the face of Italy and Brazil at that time, then there is no better way to use this lineup, you can only use Lin Yaodong's play in front of the goal to see if you can use his and Chen Haonan's personal ability to sneak attack, to put it bluntly, it is back to the World Cup two years ago.
But the result of being too confusing made the French directly frightened, of course, it was also related to the fact that there was no one in this French team to twist the rope, but this topic will be talked about again.
The lineup sent by the Chinese team today is no different from the previous game, which shows that the French team is also very important, and after the opening, it is also fighting for control of the midfield, and then attacking from the middle.
But today's Chinese team did not spend much effort in the midfield competition, the French did not know whether to take the initiative or passive, anyway, after the opening of the game, they ceded control of the midfield, and actually played the Italian team's defensive counterattack.
This actually made the Chinese players a little uncomfortable at first, when will a team like France start to face them and fight back?
Platini and other French players in front of the TV naturally frowned, and secretly said that these French people are too cowardly, so why don't you resist?
But don't blame them for being angry, not to mention how embarrassing this self-willed tactic is, just giving up control of the midfield means that you can only be beaten passively.
However, this group of French players also had their own reasons, they were in the same group as Brazil, and the result of the attack against the Brazilians at that time was a 1-3 defeat.
So think about Brazil, which is attacking against China, being abused by 4:0, how can they dare to attack with names like Wu Jie and Chen Haonan?
So of course, it was a defensive counterattack, is it really embarrassing to face Wu Jie and Chen Haonan to fight like this?
But the first to embarrass the French today was not Wu Jie and Chen Haonan, but Ren Zhihui, a 17-year-old player.
Ren Zhihui has now become the fourth superstar seedling of the Chinese team through his outstanding performance in this Olympic Games.
Today, his breakthrough on the left flank was even sharper, with a successful side break in the opening three minutes, and successfully passed the ball into the penalty area, but it was a pity that Liu Haiguang was a slow shot, otherwise the French team could have surrendered.
It has to be said that the midfield of Wu Jie and Chen Haonan is an unimaginable bonus for any good winger, and it was not long before Gu Guangming also created a threat for the French team on the right side.
Since it is the final today, Wu Jie naturally does not think too much about whether he can score or not, and how to get the gold medal in the safest way is the most important.
So the Chinese team controlled the middle, and after tasting the sweetness on the side, they kept moving the ball to the sides.
This style of play made the French team in the middle very passive, and if it wasn't for a little luck, the Chinese team should have scored in the first fifteen minutes.
In the 20th minute of the first half, Chen Haonan dragged the ball on the right side of the midfield, and suddenly made a long pass to Ren Zhihui on the left side.
At this time, the French team still did not go forward to press, but it was not that they did not want to use the numerical advantage to defend this little flea, but they really did not have enough manpower to surround it.
When Ren Zhihui broke through with a top stop on the left side, the only French full-back in front of him was passed by him with absolute speed.
Real Madrid's top management regretted very much at this moment that they did not compete for this Chinese winger, Ren Zhihui's acceleration is really a bit of the taste of peak Cunningham, although the absolute speed without the ball is a little worse, but the speed after dribbling is not inferior, and the technique at the feet looks a little better.
Wu Jie can refute this rumor, Ren Zhihui's advantage is that he has a solid lower game, a strong sense of balance, and although he is also very fast in speed, he is definitely not as good as Cunningham at the peak, including technical and ball sense talents, otherwise it is really a king-level talent.
But Ren Zhihui's professional attitude and ball quotient are obviously much higher than Cunningham's, which makes it seem that his foot skills are better, in fact, it is just more sweat, more brains, and easier attitude to integrate into the team.
This raid caused the French to be in chaos, and Ren Zhihui quickly entered the penalty area after cutting inside, attracting enough defenders before distributing the ball, which was obviously a lot more sophisticated than the previous games.
Wu Jie received a pass in the front of the penalty area, and at this time he was already in the penalty area, and all the Frenchmen looked at the active No. 1 man with a look of horror.
Wu Jie did not shoot directly after raising his leg, but after making a shooting feint, he used the smash to shake off a defender, and then stepped on the ball and passed it diagonally behind, which was a bit of an acrobatic taste.
The French were completely stunned by this action, and it was not until Chen Haonan got the football outside the penalty area on the right side and kicked an exaggerated arc like a scimitar to wrap the football into the dead corner on the right side of the goal, and the Frenchman's confusion was replaced by despair!
At this moment, the commentators outside China can only shout "God" to vent their excitement, because such a wonderful and reasonable attack of the Chinese team is really unique in the world, and this is a super performance that can only be staged by two superstars!
Wu Jie was able to hit the goal by himself after shaking the ball past one person at that time, but he used his exclusive pass without looking at people to give the opportunity to the better Chen Haonan.
Chen Haonan was outside the penalty area at the time, and he didn't look farther away from the goal, but his shot angle was better.
The Frenchman was a bit of a dense defender today, with the entire box packed, but most of the defenders and goalkeepers were brought to the left at the time.
Therefore, although this goal is far away, as long as the shot is accurate, it is the best chance to score.
Chen Hao did not use a normal long-range shot, but used a kick similar to a free kick to draw an exaggerated arc of the football.
The goal looked like it was hanging up from the replay angle at the back, and the ball was clearly heading towards the flag area in the middle of the flight, but suddenly made a strange turn in the middle of the flight, and actually drew a wonderful arc and flew into the dead corner.
French goalkeeper Joel Butz couldn't do anything about it, not to mention that he couldn't fly from the left to the right to intercept it at the time, and in fact he thought the ball should fly out of the net.
So he didn't even move at that time, and since then he has become another pitiful background in the world-class goal highlights of the Chinese team.
"Made, it's good that I'm here!"
Lin Yaodong was standing in the midfield at that time and saw this goal, and complained in his heart about the cruelty of the eldest brother and the second brother.
This goal means death to any goalkeeper, and he can't be guarded against it.
"Damn, how did he get there?"
At this moment, although the whole world was amazed by Chen Haonan's world-class curveball, there were also many viewers who were not familiar with Lin Yaodong and made a fuss after seeing his position.
However, the audience who often watches the match between Barcelona and China has long been accustomed to it, this thing is to press to the halftime all day to watch the play, but I don't know when someone will give him an unforgettable lesson, such as entering a super long-distance tune to hit his arrogance!
Of course, the French team also wanted to slap the goalkeeper in the face, but not to mention that they didn't have many chances to create a dangerous shot, and even if they did create a chance, they were easily defused by the disgusting guy.
Lin Yaodong often looks like he is playing with fire, but when you really try to catch his mistakes, you find that there is no chance at all, because whenever the attacking team creates a dangerous shot, you will find that the daring goalkeeper is perfect in his positioning.
The strikers of Italy and Spain are deeply touched by this, and Lin Yaodong will often let the attacking players lose their hearts and minds the moment they shoot, because there is simply no suitable angle for the shot.
In the 29th minute of the first half, the French team finally created a good chance through a counter-attack.
French teenager Papin shook off Li Junwei on the right side of the box and got a shot in the box, but the moment the French future super striker got his feet, he found that Lin Yaodong was in front of the goal and was ready to save from the angle of his shot.
Papan was instantly disgusted, and in his eagerness he could only find a small angle to hit the goal, but in a hurry, the crosshair on his foot floated, and the football flew directly towards the left foot flag area.
But unlike Chen Haonan's world-class arc, Papan's ball was really crooked to his grandmother's house.
The French fans were full of chagrin at this moment, while Papin was full of powerlessness, and he had lost his former self-confidence when he looked at Lin Yaodong again.
Soon after, the Chinese team created chances again from the left.
Ren Zhihui is destined to become famous today, this goal is no longer a second pass from the eldest brother and the second brother, but a single clearance on the left side, he completely used his personal ability to pass the two defenders of the French team, and finally on the penalty line with a French fan scolded after the game "diving" action, successfully deceived the referee of a yellow card and a penalty.
Wu Jie naturally went up and touched the little brother's head, this trick is not even a mastery of Barcelona Academy, of course he didn't skimp on the little brothers, this necessary trick is also a skill that any outstanding striker needs to master.
Ren Zhihui naturally gave up the penalty penalty to Wu Jie very sensibly, but how could he be cheeky enough to eat this kind of food.
Chen Haonan said that I don't eat either, and when he just turned around and wanted to wave the most shameless person to come over for dinner, he didn't expect to turn around and almost collide with Lin Yaodong, who ran in front of him.
"You're so fast!"
Chen Haonan couldn't help but complain, of course Lin Yaodong pretended not to hear it, and stepped forward to punish the big pie steadily.
"Hehe, Lao Tzu is in the national team, and he is the penalty taker in front of Wu Jie and Chen Haonan, who will dare to rob me in the future?"
Lin Yaodong's psychological activities after scoring the goal are indeed very shameless, but no one dares to grab a penalty with him at the club.
After the first half, the score was 2:0.
The Chinese team did not take the lead so unexpectedly, if there was any surprise, it was that the French actually took the initiative to put themselves in a lower position, which is something that even Wu Jie did not expect.