Chapter 21: You don't want to mess with me, do you?
After Wu Jie finished drying his jersey here, Park Chenghua was also carried off the court on a stretcher, and his thigh muscles were injured by Wu Jie's continuous bicycle shaking, and it seemed that eighty percent of his muscles were torn.
This time, the South Korean team can be described as losing and hurting, and there is no fighting spirit to launch a counterattack in the first half.
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the South Korean players walked into the tunnel one by one, and the Chinese players naturally held their heads high.
In the first half, the Chinese team could be said to have taken the advantage, and the score of 3:0 also announced that the South Korean team could say goodbye.
As soon as the Chinese players returned to the locker room, they immediately recalled their wonderful performances, and of course, there were all kinds of business blows here!
Su Yongshun also felt that the game was stable, but as a coach, he still reminded the players not to underestimate the enemy, and never let the South Korean team see the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.
The two veterans Rong Zhixing and Chi Shangbin also told everyone not to get too carried away, they still have a second half to play, even if 3:0 is not a score that can cover the coffin.
Wu Jie is very satisfied with the performance of the two veterans, this is the benefit of having an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, it also saves him to remind everyone.
The average age of this Chinese team is actually very young, and the two big brothers from the north and south spoke out, and the effect was better than that of Su Yongshun, the head coach, especially the overly excited mood of the young players slowly calmed down, but they were still full of enthusiasm and planned to make persistent efforts in the second half.
This is not good news for the South Korean team, and now as long as the Chinese team does not have problems with their attitude, then this game will really be closed.
At the beginning of the second half, the Chinese team controlled the frequent reversal of the ball in the midfield, and clearly played the tactic of luring the snake out of the hole.
The South Korean players will not have any desire to get out of the hole, so it is good to bury their heads in the ground, so as not to be exposed and beaten all over the head.
Kim Jong-nam sighed from the sidelines when he saw this, and at halftime he desperately cheered everyone up and said a lot of morale-boosting words.
But it seemed that the players suffered too much in the first half, and the game had lost the fighting spirit to continue fighting.
Seeing this situation, the Chinese team did not chase after it fiercely, they beat the South Korean team 7:0 10 days ago, and now that the South Koreans have disarmed and surrendered, they do not plan to waste their physical strength to launch a large-scale attack, so it is better to save some strength and keep it for the final.
This made the second half of the game dull, with both teams rarely hitting the 30-metre area, mostly boring midfielders back-to-back and then finishing off with a long-range shot.
But there is also a difference between long-range shots, Wu Jie received a pass with his back in the 69th minute, and after a quick observation of the situation, he suddenly turned around and volleyed 35 meters away from the goal.
How could Zhang Wailong have thought that Wu Jie would hit the goal in this position, there was no defense at all, let alone raise his foot to intercept, and when he looked back, he saw the ball in the air drawing an exaggerated arc straight to the upper left corner of the goal.
Wu Yanjiao reacted to the ball, but he didn't expect the angle of this shot to be so tricky, he flew up and jumped up to knock the ball out with his fist, but he stretched out his arm and still couldn't prevent the football from drawing an exaggerated arc into the goal.
"Beautiful!"
"Okay!"
"It's a great kick!"
"It's really exciting!"
The Chinese players rushed over to celebrate Wu Jie, but Wu Jie, who scored the goal, did not celebrate this time, and even his expression did not change much.
He knew that all the suspense of this game disappeared under this long-range shot, and at this time, silently pretending to be the best pretending was the best pretending.
The South Korean players did not appear more depressed, because they have already hit rock bottom, so what can they do?
Cha Beom-geun, the Republic of Korea's No. 1 star, could only save face for South Korea in the 83rd minute with a goal that appeared to be offside.
However, through the replay, it was found that the goal was really an obvious offside, and the referee obviously gave the South Korean team a comfort ball at the last minute.
The final score was fixed at 4:1, and the Chinese team easily eliminated South Korea in the semi-finals and reached the final of the Asian Cup for the first time.
The Chinese players celebrated modestly after the match because they knew there was still a final to play, and it was a bit too early to get excited.
The news reporters on the sidelines didn't care so much, they rushed to Wu Jie as soon as the game ended, and dozens of flashing lights flashed towards tonight's protagonist.
As Wu Jie walked towards the players' tunnel, he interacted with the audience cheering for him, and from time to time gave some suitable poses for the reporters who were stopped by the security guards.
It was a performance that was in the style of a top star, although both he scored and celebrated today was already world-class.
After the Chinese players returned to the locker room, they finally celebrated unbridledly, and Su Yongshun did not say anything more at this time, and the coaching staff's thinking had been transferred to the final the day after tomorrow.
This time, the host Kuwait not only drew good draws for themselves, but they also had the best interests for themselves in the arrangement of the schedule.
Of course, this is also the right of the host, but the Chinese team just finished the semifinals today, and the day after tomorrow will play the final with Kuwait, and they will definitely fall one layer lower physically.
In addition, the home whistle of the final also had to be considered!
The most striking feature of West Asian football, in addition to being rich, is that it can always get favoritism on the whistle.
The Chinese team is the opposite, since they participated in the AFC competition, not only did they not have any say, but also always received all kinds of unfair penalties in the game.
This can't be helped, the oil countries of West Asia have huge wealth, and they are more generous in developing football than East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, which of course gives them more say in the AFC.
The royal family of West Asia is also very strong in the development of football, especially in various inputs.
They can build several modern stadiums in four years in order to host an Asian Cup, and they can spend a lot of money to invite a large number of European coaches in order to qualify for the World Cup, and the whole team can go to Europe for training.
This time, in order to encourage their own team, the Kuwaiti royal family promised to give the team an additional $1 million after winning the championship after eliminating North Korea, and the annual salary of all staff serving the national team will be doubled.
This is the magnanimity of the oil countries, and the royalty of these West Asian countries often bet on the victory or defeat of their respective teams when they watch the game together.
The UAE's Dubai royal family recently made a bet with the Saudi royal family over the outcome of their respective teams, and the UAE defeated Saudi Arabia in the preliminary round, which needed to build a modern 30,000-capacity stadium for Ras Al Khaimah, the UAE's seventh emirate.
This kind of game between local tyrants makes the poor rabbit stunned, but the rabbit is not stupid although he is poor, and everyone knows that he will inevitably suffer a big loss on the whistle against Kuwait in the final.
But what can be done?
They can only see the tricks!
At the post-match press conference, Wu Jie's classic goal, which can be recorded in football history, naturally became the focus of questions from the media.
At this time, he kept a low profile and replied modestly: "The magic stroke on the football field is mostly the embodiment of basic skills, if there is a little guy who likes football because of this goal, please remember to practice the basic skills to the extreme." ”
This answer was unanimously applauded by the media at the scene, and then a Chinese reporter asked: "In this Asian Cup, you have scored two wonderful goals that do not need to be described in words, but which one is your most satisfying goal?" ”
Wu Jie replied with a smile: "Next!" ”
Everyone laughed and wondered what his next goal would look like.
Many are expecting this, and they know that Wu Jie, who is only 17 years old, has the ability to contribute more classic goals in the future.
But such expectations do not include the Kuwaiti players, and now even Kuwaiti fans are starting to worry.
When today's semi-finals reached the second half, many Kuwaiti spectators holding small red flags slowly reacted.
They should actually cheer for the South Korean team, because this Chinese team is too strong, and that genius No. 10 is too strong!
Now the media and fans in Kuwait are worried that their team will become the next victim of the Chinese team, although the goal of the genius No. 10 is good, but if it is his own goal, then he will not be excited!
Such worries will continue for two more days, including the Chinese team, which is also worried about whether this game will encounter the same experience as the men's basketball team in Japan last year.
Wu Jie didn't dare to leave anything to chance, he knew that once football and basketball in this era became dark, the degree of shamelessness was enough to make fans feel unbelievable decades later.
Especially the Chinese team, there will always be all kinds of bizarre things happening on the body, who made you a member of the Hammer and Sickle Gang, or a yellow-skinned second leader who doesn't listen to the boss.
Then not only does freedom want to you, but the big brother of democracy also wants to you!