On the 1st, Zheng Zhi arrived in Tokyo by plane from Milan, and then traveled to Niigata on Honshu Island in Tokyo, where he met with the Chinese national team, and the foreign players finally arrived!

The goal of the Confederations Cup?

Before the national team came to Honshu Island, it was decided to try to qualify from the group and reach the semi-finals!

A very low-key goal.

The difficulty of the group stage is OK, Brazil does not say, the probability of scoring points on Cameroon and Japan is still very large, the key is that the difficulty has increased sharply after the group qualification, the second group must meet the first group of Group A, the first group of Group A is likely to be France, if you meet France, the Chinese team will be more auspicious, and it is basically impossible to reach the final.

Although the Chinese team is already the absolute NO1 in Asia, in the world, China is only at the second-rate level. This is the most accurate positioning.

Of course, this is self-perception at the official level. In terms of the media, they won't be so low-key.

Even the most professional "Sports Weekly" is trying to 'help' the Chinese team qualify, and they speculate on three possibilities.

The performance of the French team in Group A was a big surprise, coupled with the despicable means used by the South Koreans, the French team was finally eliminated from the group, and it was South Korea and Mexico that qualified from the group.

The French team in Group A only finished second in the group, and the Brazilian team that won the group in Group B fought in the semi-finals in advance, while the Chinese team naturally reached the final.

The Chinese team directly met the French team in the semi-finals, and finally the Chinese team united to win the French team to advance to the final.

Are these possible?

Of course there is.

Half a month ago, when the various national teams participating in the Confederations Cup stated that they would bring all the main players to Asia, the Chinese team may not have much chance, as the winner of the World Cup and the European Cup, France will certainly not let such an accident happen. But now in the squad announced by the French team, many of the main players have not come, isn't this just a chance for the Chinese team?

Even Brazil's main force is not exhausted, if Ronaldo does not want to contribute to the Confederations Cup for his future Ballon d'Or, it is estimated that he will not come, of course, he may change his mind after the end of the Serie A league?

Always, France and Brazil are not the main players, but the teams that have no chance of winning the championship send all the main players, such as Japan, South Korea and China. Who doesn't have a dream? Even salted fish want to turn over......

Judging from the current situation in Group B, the Japanese team must be playing the Confederations Cup with all their strength.

In preparation for the Confederations Cup, the Japanese team has been training at the Shimizu Training Center in Shizuoka Prefecture. Japan will face China, Cameroon and Brazil in the group stage. Head coach Troussier has repeatedly emphasized in the training camp that no matter who the opponent is, he must play his own characteristics.

Japan are expected to play in the same formation for all three matches, and they are arguably the weakest team in Group B, and they should defend against the strong Brazil, Cameroon and China side on the counter-attack.

Star players such as Akira Nishizawa and Hidetoshi Nakata have returned to the team to prepare for the game, and they have performed very well in the warm-up matches recently. And one thing that cannot be ignored is that the Japanese team played at home in the group stage!

The strongest Brazilian team in the same group, recently played a warm-up match with the last ranked Tokyo Beldi team in the J League, the two sides actually attacked and defended each other in the first half, and the situation was deadlocked, and the Brazilian team won by two goals in the second half, which surprised the reporters who watched the game.

The match also gave Japanese fans hope of a win over Brazil, with former Japan international Sergio Ramos shocked by Brazil's sluggish form, "only 40 points." Although the Brazilian is very strong individually, he is not able to form a team, and Japan should be able to beat Brazil, which is a very good opportunity. ”

This delusion is also terrible!

At the Confederations Cup, which was a preview of the 2002 World Cup, the focus will be on what course the Japanese team will determine. This is because it is directly related to the Japanese team's policy of preparing for the World Cup.

Until last year, the Japanese team's route was quite clear, and that was to play offensive football. To this end, Trussier boldly adopted a back three system in order to reserve enough troops for the attack. As an East Asian team with relatively weak individual strength, using local advantages to grasp the initiative in attack is a shortcut to score goals and even to victory. Japan made their way down this route and almost won the Asian Cup.

Yes, almost.

Because they met the Chinese team, although they showed an extremely good technical and tactical level, they still lost in front of the stronger Chinese team.

The Chinese team is the champion of the Asian Cup, which is why the Chinese team is qualified to stand here and play in the Confederations Cup, if Japan is not the host, they will only be a small supporting role......

Entering the beginning of this year, the situation of the Japanese team has changed even more. In mid-March, they played against world champion France, and Japan was defeated 0:5.

The Japanese team completely rejected the previous team building route and chose to focus on stability......

And the strong Brazilian team?

They are now in dire need of Ronaldo's return and they need the best goalscorer in the world.

The Kyobeldi club they warmed up before is currently the worst team in the Japanese league, ranking first from the bottom in points, but Brazil only won a 2:0, which is embarrassing.

Brazil are the team that will be aiming to win the title, and they will have to step on the head of France to win the title. Why? Because of the failure in '98, because of the vow to win the championship in '02!

But Brazil has a sense of internal and external troubles, Leao's Brazilian team looks like a national second team, only Dida, Lucio, Wanpeta, and Anderson are still embellishments.

Leao knows that if he loses another game in the group stage, it will be difficult for him to keep his position. Although the president of the Football Association, Teixeira, will not sack him, the domestic public who love football has long been complaining, and even Pele has blasted the Brazilian Football Federation in Milan, saying: "We are tired of their performances on the field...... The young players who performed well at the Sydney Olympics and the lack of vision for the Football Association not to use them at the start of the South American qualifiers and now rush to the front at crucial moments. ”

However, the Brazilian players are full of confidence, and three-time Ligue 1 goalscorer and Lyon striker Anderson is full of confidence: "Although we are not well-known internationally, many of the Brazilian players have a lot of experience in major tournaments, and we are a young team. The goal this time is, of course, to win the championship. ”

'I'm going to score in every game.'

Is he overthinking? As soon as Ronaldo returns, he will definitely have to sit on the bench and watch the water cooler, and even Kaka and Adriano look better than him......

As for the other strong team, the French team?

Due to their excellent recent results, France ousted Brazil from the top of the table in May and became the new leader of the FIFA rankings. If they can win the Confederations Cup again, the French team will conquer the World Cup, the European Championship and the Confederations Cup for the first time in history.

Le Maire's 4231 formation was well received after several warm-up matches, and coupled with the excellent understanding and adaptability of the French players, the practice of technical and tactical play was no longer a problem. Le Maire's main focus is on assessing new recruits. Zinedine Zidane, Thuram, Candela, Trezeguet, Thierry Henry and Butters are all on leave and their places will be replaced by outstanding players in the domestic league.

This season, the French footballer of the year and the core of the Nantes midfield, Carrière, will take over Zidane's No. 10 shirt and take on the task of organizing, and the 22-year-old Lyon midfield star Breschet, Marseille defender Camara, and Nantes' young and mature goalkeeper Rundello will attract the attention of many scouts. In order to achieve the treble of the national team, the French attached great importance to the Confederations Cup, canceled the warm-up matches with Italy and Belgium, and went to Japan and South Korea as one.

None of them play soy sauce, they are all teams with dreams!

As for the Chinese team?

It has been ten days of preparation for the Confederations Cup, and after Zheng Zhi returned to the team, Horton finally played the strongest card. The main lineup has been basically decided.

The media can give Horton a starter with their eyes closed: defenders Sun Jihai, Fan Zhiyi, Li Weifeng, Wu Chengying; midfielders Li Yin, Zheng Zhi, Qu Peng, Shao Jiayi; Forwards Yang Chen, Qu Peng.

The main force of the last ten days has been like this.

There is only one position that has changed, and that is the goalkeeper position, with Ou Chuliang and young Anqi competing for the post. Sometimes it's Ou Chuliang, sometimes it's Angel.

As for the third goalkeeper Fu Bin, he has always been a substitute.

Jiang Jun, who was temporarily expelled from the national team before, is estimated to not be able to return to the national team for a while.

The main reason for the controversy among the goalkeepers is the disagreement among the members of the domestic coaching staff. Some people think that Ou Chuliang's height is too short, and the young Angel is more suitable to play the starter, and cannot repeat the mistakes of 1997. It seems that in the eyes of some people, Ou Chuliang is still a scapegoat.

However, Ou Chuliang has been very indifferent to the battle for the main force recently, and only focuses on training. He had already watched the videotapes and CDs that Zheng Zhi gave him no less than ten times. On the training ground every day, he is the first to come, and he is the latest to leave.

However, since Zheng Zhi returned to the team, he was not the first one, and became the second.

"Brother Ou,"

"Here, let me see your recent results."

Seeing Ou Chuliang in the morning, Zheng Zhi was in a good mood. Unexpectedly, in the national team, the second most diligent was the eldest Ou Chuliang, which inevitably reminded him of Lin Lin in his previous life, when he was the oldest, and he was the first to come to the training ground.

The age is similar, and the feeling of getting along with each other is also different.

"I'll make you feel the football from different angles and different ways of playing."

When he came up with the idea of training Ou Chuliang, he couldn't help but laugh. It seems like a lot of fun......

But for Ou Chuliang, it may not be fun.

Because the next result was too tragic, in the face of Zheng Zhi's tricky shots again and again, his save success rate was too low and too low, so low that even he couldn't believe it.

In his opinion, Zheng Zhi's shots in the training state are all fairy balls. What's worse is that Zheng Zhi can often kick all kinds of fairy balls in games, which is hard power.

Therefore, he knew that now that he could get Zheng Zhi's special training, it was unavoidable.

Foreign players are so perverted in their shots? Of course not, Zheng Zhi is too perverted personally, his footwork is too awesome, and he plays well with the instep, outer instep, and inner instep, not to mention his domineering elevator ball.

If you can grow up under Zheng Zhi's crazy special training, it will be no problem to pick up the ball from the goal 1,000 times, it is not a blow at all.

For a week, every morning and every afternoon, Zheng Zhi became Ou Chuliang's royal shooter.

One person shoots wildly, and one person flies wildly in the goal, which has become a unique scenery on the training ground. This is an inspirational story of two men who are different.

"I thought Zheng Zhi was just perverted, but I didn't expect Ou Chuliang to follow the pervert."

"I can understand Zheng Zhi practicing like this, after all, he has to maintain a world-class state, but what does Ou Chuliang want to do? Is it possible to rejuvenate and rejuvenate? There is no point in practicing like this. ”

"Brother, sooner or later you will take away his position, my brother is already old, stay in the third goalkeeper position with peace of mind, anyway, as long as you enter the national team, the treatment in the club will not be bad." Fu Bin patted Anqi's shoulder, he was always on Anqi's side.

"I wondered, he's going to get hurt soon, right? Little brother, you're really going to start the game. ”

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Fortunately, not everyone thinks so, and the captain Fan Zhiyi recognized this matter very positively.

"Xiao Zheng can,"

"It's almost time for Ou Chuliang to fall apart."

"I've never seen Ou Chuliang so serious and focused."

"I've been in the national team for so many years, and I've never seen anyone train so hard. We also suffered a lot back then, but compared to the two of them, it was really embarrassing. If you don't go abroad, you really don't know how big the world is. ”

Standing beside him was Shens.

Shensi didn't say anything, he had already lost his illusions and played in China with peace of mind, it didn't matter if he understood all this Fan Zhiyi said, anyway, two-thirds of his career had passed.

Li Weifeng, who was on the other end, nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, if I hadn't gone abroad, I thought I was already the number one in the world, but after I went abroad, I found out that I wasn't a ......."

Li Weifeng said this, and a trace of discomfort immediately flashed on Shu Sing's face on the side. Paralyzed, you're not even a fart, what am I? A fart within a fart?

Li Yin also spoke, "I heard that Ou Chuliang is going to Perugia, if he really goes, it will be a good thing for the national team, we have a better goalkeeper, and we will be more at ease to play." The test for him should be this Confederations Cup. ”

"If he keeps it, our results shouldn't be too bad."

"Let's take the Japanese flag first! Hehe, I like to play the Japanese team the most. ”

Zhu Guanghu, the Chinese coaching staff, was also moved.

At the small meeting of the Chinese coaching staff, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Ou Chuliang's determination is very great."

"It seems that he has made up his mind to go abroad."

'It's important to have that attitude and we just don't have players with that attitude. If every player trains like Ou Chuliang and Zheng Zhi, why don't we worry about the players' form? ”

"Zheng Zhi practices him like this, it's strange that he can't come out, his age is here, and his learning ability is strong."

"As for the battle for the main goalkeeper, I think it can be over."

Zhu Guanghu seems to have made a decision, and he doesn't want the group to discuss this anymore. A goalkeeper position has to be discussed, and there is a disagreement with Horton every day, what is this called?

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On the morning of the 7th, there was talk of revenge throughout Japan.

The Asahi Shimbun wrote: The Japanese team lost in the 2000 Asian Cup final, and tonight must take revenge! Troussier's team can only really grow out of the shadows by defeating the Chinese team, which is the biggest obstacle to Japan's rise!

Magic barriers?

Yes, in the eyes of the Japanese media and fans, the Chinese team is a mountain that presses on the Japanese team. Only by climbing over the mountains and trampling the mountains under their feet can the Japanese team truly become stronger.

Shunsuke Nakamura, the midfielder in the company, said bluntly: "We can't always be second, this time we are playing at home, we must win against the Chinese team." Only by winning them and becoming the first in Asia, can we have more confidence to go out of Asia! ”

Junichi Inamoto said the same: "I'm looking forward to playing against the Chinese team, looking forward to winning against them, I don't think our team is weaker than them, we need a win to prove that we are stronger than them, compared to last year, our victory is stronger!" ”

The same goes for striker Naotai Takahara, "We're not worse than them, they're just catching up with a good era, and we're trying to prove that we're doing better than them now!" ”

It seems that the Japanese players are becoming more and more confident, and they are also becoming more and more unpleasant to the Chinese players.

Perhaps Hidetoshi Nakata is a special case, he has always kept a low profile. That's because he witnesses Zheng Zhi's strength in Serie A every day, not to mention that his Roma was defeated by Zheng Zhi's Inter Milan for two consecutive games, and finally could only be relegated to the league runner-up.

The 34 rounds of Serie A ended three days ago, and in the end, Roma finished seven points behind Inter Milan and could only finish second in the league, so it can be said that a season's hard work has been wasted. Roma, who are aiming to win the title, have no interest in second place at all.

Until now, Hidetoshi Nakata can't lift his spirits, it's too sad. Most Italian media attribute the victory to Ronaldo, who scored 38 goals (he scored 2 more in the last round), but those who know the ball know that the most crucial candidate is Zheng Zhi, without Ronaldo, there are others who can score, but without Zheng Zhi? Inter Milan may not be at the top of the table, and he thinks so.

The tragedy is that every time he fights with Zheng Zhi, he is always at an absolute disadvantage, he confirms that he has tried his best, but he always feels powerless!

Perhaps, this is a huge difference in strength, right?

He is no longer as sharp and high-spirited as he used to be, and he even has a little inferiority.

Of course, such an inferiority complex can only be hidden in the heart, and cannot be manifested outside.

He is still the core of the midfield of the Japanese national team, but behind him, Shunsuke Nakamura and Junichi Inamoto are all eyeing him......

The Japanese Football Association and the fans still have their best hopes on themselves, but can we really beat them?

Perhaps, in China, he is the only one who secretly thinks so......

At 20:00 on the evening of the same day, the first match of the Group B Confederations Cup was played at Niigata Stadium.

The 42,300-seat stadium was packed, mostly filled with Japanese fans in white Japanese jerseys. In stark contrast, the Chinese fans wearing red shirts, although the number is only a few thousand, but the Japanese flag is so fresh and bright, with a little red in the middle of the white, and the aunt's true color......

Both Japan and China are the main players.

The starting line-up for Japan is:

Goalkeeper: Kawaguchi can live

Defenders: Naoki Matsuda, Ryuzo Morioka, Koji Nakata;

Midfielders: Junichi Inamoto, Kazuyuki Toda, Shinji Ono, Shunsuke Nakamura, Hidetoshi Nakata;

Forwards: Naoyasu Takahara, Akihiro Nishizawa

China's starters:

Goalkeeper: Ou Chuliang

Defenders: Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, Fan Zhiyi, Wu Chengying

Midfielders: Qu Peng, Li Yin, Zheng Zhi, Shao Jiayi

Forwards: Yang Chen, Xie Hui

"Apart from the goalkeeper and left-back, the other nine players are all foreign players. And Acchulian is ready to join Perugia, which means that there are actually 10 players who are playing in Europe! This is definitely the strongest squad in Asia. The Japanese team wants revenge today? I think it's hard. The message released by Horton's lineup is too obvious, he is just about to get results. ”

"Of course, the Japanese team also wants to get results, otherwise Hidetoshi Nakata would not start, and they also have the strongest lineup."

"Whoever loses today, I think they will basically miss out on qualifying, because they have to play Brazil, who can win Brazil? Neither China nor Japan dare to say that even a draw is not optimistic, so tonight must be a game to get points, preferably three! ”

"The Japanese team has no advantage today except for home advantage! But not to be underestimated, just as they are always eyeing our country, their football is always looking to beat us and replace us in Asia. ”

"The starting line-up is pretty similar to last year's Asian Cup final, with very few changes. Troussier actually didn't have a choice, the formation must have switched back and forth between 352 and 532, in order to balance the attack and defense. ”

"And Horton's side is 442, and Qu Pin, who originally played as a striker, appeared in the right midfield position."

Immediately after the start of the game, Japan wanted to use the home advantage to suppress the Chinese team. Amid the cheers of the Japanese fans, they tried to launch a blitzkrieg, and the midfield coordination was like a smooth flow, quickly advancing to the back of the Chinese team, and the first to complete the first shot was Nakata Hidetoshi, after Junichi Inamoto took Zheng Zhi for him, he hit a curling ball before Li Yin arrived, and the ball went straight to the top right corner of the goal.

Separated by Li Yin, Ou Chuliang's reaction was quite fast, he took a big step forward for the first time, and then quickly jumped up his flexible body, and slapped the ball out of the bottom line with his right palm.

"Danger!"

"Yo huh?!"

"Ou Chuliang has made meritorious service!"

"It's a beautiful save."

"I was scared to death, I thought the goal was going to be scored, but I didn't expect Ou Chuliang's reaction to be so fast and he could save the ball, this ball is still quite difficult for him, after all, height is a shortcoming."

"Recently, I heard a report from a reporter in front of me that Ou Chuliang has been receiving special training from Zheng Zhi, and it seems that it has worked."

"Of course, after this attack, we also saw that the Japanese team seems to be getting stronger again? This offensive coordination played beautifully, not scared of the Chinese team's defense at all, and played quite confidently, and really couldn't underestimate the Japanese team. ”

However, Japan's corner kick did not pose any threat, and Liverpool's main central defender Fan Zhiyi was in the penalty area, he was the most effective aerial interception weapon.

The ball was firmly pushed to the right side by him, and Sun Jihai quickly stepped forward to get the ball. Qu Peng also rushed out of the penalty area, and Sun Jihai immediately sent a straight kick.

In the face of Junichi Inamoto's interception, Qu Peng chose to go directly to the outside line and cut him with speed.

"Beautiful!"

"It's really worthy of playing in the Eredivisie, I feel that Qu Peng is rapidly changing in the direction of the winger, at this speed, Junichi Inamoto can't even see the tail lights!"

It's a pity that when Qu Pine continued to advance, he was still shoveled out of the sideline by Koji Nakata.

Qu Peng picked up the ball and threw it forward, Yang Chen turned his back to Ryuzo Morioka and forced him to turn to the left, poked his left foot, and wanted to stab the ball behind Naoki Matsuda to Xie Hui, but he was still discovered by Naoki Matsuda, Naoki Matsuda turned around quickly, and kicked the ball to Kazuyuki Toda on the right, Kazuyuki Toda immediately hit the wall with Shinji Ono and passed Shao Jiayi.

However, Shao Jiayi did not give up, and ran all the way back, forcing Toda Kazuyuki to quickly stuff the ball to Nakata Hidetoshi, Nakata Hidetoshi followed Zheng Zhi, and a heel was picked up to Nakamura Shunsuke behind him, Nakamura Shunsuke faced Li Yin, and directly stabbed the ball forward to Takahara Naotai, Takahara Naotai knocked back in the horizontal and successfully hit the wall, but Li Yin was not gotten rid of, and took a big step back to try to stop Nakamura Shunsuke, but Nakamura Shunsuke poked his toes, and the ball still drilled under Li Yin's crotch!

Terrible Shunsuke Nakamura!

Naotai Takahara made another horizontal wave with his right foot, and the ball rolled to the feet of Akira Nishizawa!

"This ......"

It's really dazzling and shocking.

Akihiro Nishizawa also touched the ball with one kick, and Naotai Takahara hit the wall again, Fan Zhiyi and Li Weifeng had nothing to do, Li Weifeng finally lost his position, and was inserted by Akihiro Nishizawa from the right side, forming a single knife!

In the flash of light, Ou Chuliang had just run out of the goal and pounced at the feet of Nishizawa Akito, not giving Nishizawa Akira time to adjust again. The Japanese team continued to play amazing combinations, and when they came to the big penalty area, Ou Chuliang had already smelled a strong danger, so he was quite well prepared.

Akihiro Nishizawa was slightly surprised, did the Chinese goalkeeper attack so fast?

could only stab it in a hurry, but the ball was directly blocked by Ou Chuliang's abdomen, and Wu Chengying hurriedly kicked the ball out with a big kick!

"It's amazing, this Nishizawa Akitomi is worthy of playing for the Spaniards, and the level is okay."

"It should be said that the level of the players of the entire Japanese team has improved, the game is really pleasing to the eye, and the cooperation is quite skillful, fortunately we have Ou Chuliang! Ou Chuliang's attack was too timely, and at the critical moment, it was reliable. Experience and reaction are Ou Chuliang's two magic weapons. ”

"The Chinese team should stabilize its position as soon as possible now, and can't let the Japanese team attack like this."

"There are too few midfielders, and we suffer."

Although the ball was gone, the Japanese team quickly launched a counter-robbery on the spot, preventing the Chinese team from easily touching the ball, and Wu Chengying in the backcourt felt huge pressure and had to kick the ball out. Even Yang Chen, who played in the Bundesliga, lost his aerial superiority under the bag of Naoki Matsuda and Kazuyuki Toda, and Shinji Ono got the ball and immediately stuffed it to Hidetoshi Nakata.

Hidetoshi Nakata quickly transferred the ball again, not giving Zheng Zhi a chance to get closer, and the ball fell to the feet of Junichi Inamoto on the left, who immediately sent the ball into the big penalty area of the Chinese team, a half-high ball! Shunsuke Nakamura suddenly interfered with Fan Zhiyi, which made Naotai Takahara dive directly forward!

Da~

The ball raced towards the left post of the goal!

Ou Chuliang made a side pounce and contributed another divine pounce!

"It's Ou Chuliang again! It's really a one-man affair, don't open it! Strive to ensure that the Chinese team's goal is not lost. ”

Sun Jihai calmly controlled the ball on the right side, passed the ball alone, and cleanly passed the pounced Inamoto Junichi, and then continued to walk forward with the ball, Qu Peng was already sprinting, but Zheng Zhi shouted loudly for the ball, and finally the ball came to Zheng Zhi's feet.

Shunsuke Nakamura heard the news, but Zheng Zhi made a dashing 360-degree turn, easily threw Shunsuke Nakamura away, and then continued to push forward.

Instead of playing a fast break, he chose to change the pace. Can't follow the rhythm of the Japanese team, the Japanese team can't wait to play fast attack with the Chinese team now, their team cooperation is not inferior to the Chinese team, on the contrary, it seems to be more awesome.

Shao Jiayi, who had already rushed up, also pulled back, but Zheng Zhi chose to cooperate with Li Yin in a wall-to-wall style and killed Shinji Ono.

The recommended speed was not fast, but the pass and reception were accurate, and the ball was not lost, and the Japanese team had quickly retreated back to the front of the big penalty area. Hidetoshi Nakata also ran back, wanting to sneak attack Zheng Zhi, but Zheng Zhi had eyes behind him, and at the moment when Hidetoshi Nakata came up from behind, he suddenly took a step to the left with the ball, avoiding Hidetoshi Nakata, and at the same time, his left foot suddenly sent a diagonal plug to the right!

Qu Peng suddenly plugged in, got the ball, and immediately sent a half-high ball to the middle!

Yang Chen, who was at the front point, leaned on Koji Nakata and swept the lower right corner of the goal with his right foot! It's a pity that Kawaguchi is also in excellent condition, and he actually fell to the ground and threw the ball in his arms.

The Japanese team also escaped.

"Fight back on the spot! Don't go back! ”

Zheng Zhi gave an order, signaling everyone to hurry up and switch from offense to defense, and absolutely no longer give the Japanese players an easy ball. After the Japanese players are pressed closely, it is not so easy to pass and receive the ball, and they first have to find a way to get rid of the talent who follows them.

With Shao Jiayi and Qu Pin pinching the two wings, Japan could only attack from the middle, and the bold Sun Jihai cruised from the right side to the middle, increasing the defensive intensity of the midfield. With Zheng Zhi forcing Hidetoshi Nakata to pass the ball out, Sun Jihai took the risk of flying a head-on tackle towards Junichi Inamoto.

The sharp flying shovel seemed to be able to turn over the entire turf, and the blade swept by, and Junichi Inamoto was frightened, jumped up decisively, and was shoveled into the ball by Sun Jihai.

On grabbing the ball? The Chinese players are even more fierce than the Japanese players!

Zheng Zhi quickly came over to answer, this time Zheng Zhi no longer hesitated, pushed the arch of his right foot hard, and immediately stuffed the ball straight to the right front, Qu Bo used his speed to quickly shake off Koji Nakata, and quickly swept towards the right bottom line of the Japanese team.

"Zheng Zhi's passing is too artistic, and the combination of fast and slow is quite perfect."

"He's got the pace right, just right."

Xie Hui and Yang Chen quickly changed positions, the former went straight to the front point, while Yang Chen swam to the middle, suddenly took two steps back, Qu Bo reversed the triangle and passed, Yang Chen directly met the ball and pushed with his right foot!

The ball went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, and although Kawaguchi pounced sideways, the ball rolled through his armpit.

"The ball is in!"

"The ball is in!"

"Yang Chen!"

"Yang Chen opened the scoring for the Chinese team!"

"The Chinese team took a 1-0 lead."

"Although the opening was at a disadvantage, the Chinese team played efficiently, and although the Japanese team had the advantage of possession and cooperation, it was ...... We have Zheng Zhi in front, Ou Chuliang in the back, and luck ......"

Huang Jianxiang suddenly felt that the Japanese team really had nothing to spray.

But no matter what, the Chinese team scored first, and the Japanese team fell behind.

The Japanese fans in the stands were quite upset.

"Why?"

"Why are we always in the ascendancy, but the Chinese team is leading?"

"It's unfair, it's unfair, we've had at least three chances to score, they've only twice!"

"That goalkeeper was very good, saving shots from Akira Nishizawa and Naoyasu Takahara."

……

Japanese fans once again saw the strength of the Chinese team, but subconsciously felt that the Japanese team lost to luck.

Next, the Japanese team must step up their attack. However, after stabilizing their position and taking the lead, the Chinese team played quite tough, and played more and more aggressively, making it difficult for the Japanese team to advance in the midfield, and there was no longer the comfortable situation before the opening.

In the 29th minute, they had another well-placed set-piece opportunity. Shunsuke Nakamura's left-footed shot was quite beautiful, and the curling ball hung straight to the top right corner of the goal, but today the goalkeeper of the Chinese team, Ou Chuliang, seemed to be open, and once again saved the ball, and after the corner kick, Ou Chuliang picked up the ball on the top of Naotai Takahara.

Zhang Lu said, "Ou Chuliang is really too confident. ”

"The attack is very decisive, dare to take the ball away on the head of Naotai Takahara?"

"Hehe, I dare to say, this is definitely the credit of Zheng Zhi."

"I've never been so reassuring!"

After a long period of attack, the Japanese team's offensive arrogance became more vigorous, and even Koji Nakata often ran through the midfield to participate in the attack, and Troussier did not say anything to stop him. After all, if you don't invest more troops, how can you create chances to score?

But the back three is always a back three, so much space in the backfield, Zheng Zhi's eyes have always been in the eye, and in the 42nd minute, he finally caught the loophole.

This time it was Shao Jiayi who seized the opportunity to counterattack, Li Yin broke the ball in the backfield, and immediately handed the ball to Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi directly sent a long pass over the top, and the ball fell behind Toda Kazuyuki like a cruise missile, Shao Jiayi easily unloaded the ball, and then passed to the right side of the Japanese defense, and Koji Nakata, who failed to come back in time, was inserted behind him by Qu Peng, and he was powerless to prevent Qu Peng from frantically entering the right side of the Japanese team's penalty area.

Qu Peng calmly pushed the far corner of the goal, and Kawaguchi was able to keep the goal again.

"The ball is in!"

"Pine!"

"Qu Peng scored the second goal of the Chinese team!"

"Is this the level of the number one goalkeeper in Asia? Noho Kawaguchi has conceded two goals in a row. ”

"Don't you feel as good as Ou Chuliang?"

"Even if Kawaguchi can live and play in Portsmouth, can't Ou Chuliang? Kawaguchi can live only 1.79 meters tall, one centimeter shorter than Ou Chuliang. ”

Zhang Lu was very surprised, at this time, the two goalkeepers were competing in the same field, in contrast, it was clear at a glance.

There are very few good footballers in Asia, and even fewer good goalkeepers. The height of goalkeepers is generally short, Ou Chuliang is only 1.8 meters tall, and Kawaguchi is only 179 cm tall. As the No. 1 goalkeeper in Asia, he must have something extraordinary, but now in comparison, Ou Chuliang's performance is better.

The 98 World Cup is the first time that Japanese football has appeared on the World Cup stage, and Japan has paid unprecedented attention to it, when Kawaguchi was only 23 years old, but his fame in China has already spread, although Japan lost all three stops, but Kawaguchi's performance in three games has been unanimously praised.

Kawaguchi then chose to land in England and joined Portsmouth, a Championship side at the time.

Now, isn't Ou Chuliang more fragrant?

"This time it was Zheng Zhi who directly sent the assist."

"It's just talking and laughing, and the canopy is in ashes, and it doesn't seem to take much effort."

"Look at Hidetoshi Nakata on the other end, and his teammates tried their best to help the team score, and Zheng Zhi only needed to pass a kick...... I think of Inter Milan playing Bayern Munich in the Champions Cup, when Elber said that Zheng Zhi would only make a few passes, hehe, but just these few passes, the problem can be solved. The Japanese team has no shortage of good passers, but can they be like Zheng Zhi's? No. ”

"Asia's No. 2 star, Hidetoshi Nakata is playing soy sauce."

In the end, the Chinese team took a two-goal lead in the first half.

After trailing by two goals at half-time, Japan needed to score even more in the second half. The biggest characteristic of Troussier's team is self-confidence, and falling behind cannot change their obsession with victory.

It's just that they didn't meet other Asian teams today, but the champion Chinese team, and although the Japanese team still occupied more of the ball, the Chinese team did a pretty good job defending. After the Japanese team advanced to the backcourt of the Chinese team, they found that basically the last pass was always a little bit less meaningful, or the Chinese player used a foul in advance to interrupt the fast attack.

Qu Peng and Shao Jiayi on the two wings committed a lot of fouls, and Sun Jihai also got more and more, using his body position and speed advantage to intercept. And if it's in the middle lane? Not to mention Li Yin and Zheng Zhi. Frontal interception, they have never been at a disadvantage. ”

Japan had no choice but to seek opportunities from set-pieces.

In the 57th minute of the game, the Japanese team got a direct free kick opportunity twenty meters away from the front of the penalty area, and this time the penalty was replaced by Shinji Ono, but Shinji Ono's ball was rejected by Ou Chuliang again, and he didn't give the opponent a chance at all!

Trussier had to make substitutions, with Naotai Takahara coming off and Masashi Nakayama coming off the bench.

After three points, substitute Masashi Nakayama went down the left side and passed a ball with a good point, Akira Nishizawa returned to the middle on the right side of the penalty area, and Shunsuke Nakamura did not let Li Eunka get into position this time, and fired a low left-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the goal.

But the ball was pressed into Ou Chuliang's arms again!

It's tragic.

The Chinese team has been so good in every position.

The morale of the Japanese team is finally dropping, and as the game progresses, the fitness will be a huge test for them. And at this time, the Chinese team's offensive arrogance came up!

That's right, the offensive rhythm of the Chinese team came up, and after Horton replaced Xie Hui with Qi Hong, the formation became 4411, and the rhythm came up instead.

There was an early warning in the 73rd minute, when Shao Jiayi took the ball on the left side and galloped, Qi Hong stepped forward to respond, and then quickly distributed the ball to the middle to Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi gave it to Qu Peng, Qu Peng crossed the middle, Yang Chen fell to the ground and shoveled, but the ball was slightly off.

Five minutes later, the Japanese team was cleared by Fan Zhiyi's header when the door of the Chinese team was not successful, and Zheng Zhi immediately separated Shao Jiayi on the left side outside the penalty area, and Shao Jiayi went directly to Qu Bo with a long pass.

Qu Peng took the ball straight into the bottom line and passed back to Qi Hong, Qi Hong pushed the upper left corner of the goal, and Kawaguchi Noh picked up the ball from the goal for the third time.

In the end, the Chinese team won the Japanese team 3:0 and scored all three points in the first game.

"Hiss~"

"I feel like this Chinese team is really scary."

"Combining the brightness of a Bundesliga team, the femininity of Serie A, and the simplicity of the Premier League?"

"I thought that the Japanese team could at least play five or five open, who knew that if they died so badly, they would lose in a daze? Feel like the Japanese team is attacking for almost the whole game? Not a single goal was scored. ”

"Hehe, isn't there still Ou Chuliang? We can't forget to take credit for his work. Zhang Lu added, "In fact, to be realistic, the current Chinese team is really not weak, the striker is Yang Chen, the main striker of the middle team of the Bundesliga, Xie Hui is the top scorer of the German Second Division, not to mention the midfielder, Zheng Zhi is the main core of the European championship, Shao Jiayi is the main force of Munich 1860, and he will also play the Champions Cup next season, and Li Yin is also the main defender of Frankfurt." ”

"In the back line, Fan Zhiyi is the main central defender of the League Cup champion Liverpool. Sun Jihai is at Arsenal and Li Weifeng is also in Frankfurt. ”

"Coupled with Ou Chuliang's performance after Zheng Zhi's training......"

"Who are we weaker than?"

"We're at least the world's second-rate powerhouse, aren't we?"

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