After the Japanese team celebrated, the Chinese team kicked the ball in the center circle, and after the game restarted, the Japanese team quickly adjusted the formation and made substitutions, even the striker was replaced with a central defender.

This time, it's really a complete bus to defend.

Although until the referee blew the final whistle in four minutes of stoppage time, the Chinese team did not score even a single goal, let alone equalize.

However, from the moment Cheng Hai carried the ball back to the middle circle and prepared to kick off, the shouts of more than 50,000 fans in the stands "Huaguo team must win" have not stopped.

Even after the game, the bright score on the big screen showed Huaguo 2-4 Japan, and the fans did not stop shouting "Huaguo team must win".

Obviously, this is not everyone's expectation for the national Olympic team, but for the future of the entire Chinese football.

Especially when Cheng Hai walked to the sidelines with his teammates and bowed to the fans in the stands to thank him, the fans in the stands were even more crazy in an instant!

The fans did not disperse for a long time, Cheng Hai and his teammates walked along the stands, interacted with the fans in every stand in the stadium, and sang the national anthem and the song of singing the motherland over and over again, and countless fans shed tears of excitement.

The national team was not scolded by the fans after the big loss, and it also won the shouts and support of the fans, which is the first time in the competition of national brands at all levels in recent years.

Everyone knows that this was brought by Cheng Hai.

If it weren't for Cheng Hai's two goals, and if he didn't get frustrated and quickly called on his teammates to continue the game after conceding the fourth goal of the Chinese team, I am afraid the reaction of the fans after the game would have been the other extreme.

After the game, the media did not criticize the loss of the National Olympic team, and even Wang Dalei's words were not criticized, and the media and fans focused on the spirit of continuing to work hard and not be discouraged under the leadership of Cheng Hai in the final stage of the National Olympic team.

This kind of spirit and belief is what domestic football has not seen for a long time.

The performance of the national Olympic team in the last few minutes this time gave everyone hope.

Of course, everyone is famous, and this spirit is brought by Cheng Hai.

Therefore, although Cheng Hai lost the first National Olympic team game he participated in, his popularity did not decrease but increased, and ushered in a greater outbreak in China, and the number of fans can be said to have skyrocketed countless times overnight.

And within the National Olympic team, from the team leader above to the coaching staff, to the players below, a big change is brewing without Cheng Hai's knowledge.

The next morning, instead of training, the national Olympic team held a summary meeting to summarize the problems and successful experiences of the first group stage.

It's a must.

At the end of the summary meeting, head coach Sun Wei asked Cheng Haidao: "Cheng Hai, you played a half-time 45-minute game yesterday, how did you recover today?" ”

Cheng Hai said with a smile: "Coach Sun, don't worry, I sleep very heavily every night, and I completely fall into a deep sleep." No matter how tired you are during the day, a night's sleep will fully recover. ”

Sun Wei nodded, muttered to several coaches and said, "Then let's change your way of playing, you start in the first half and insist on playing for 45 minutes." Then you can go back to the locker room and rest for 15 minutes in the middle of the game, let the masseur give you a massage, maybe you can hold on for another one or two minutes in the second half, what do you think? ”

Cheng Hai and the other team members were stunned for a moment, and the other team members looked at Cheng Hai and suddenly began to light up.

If this is done, Cheng Hai will not only play 45 minutes per game, but can play for 50 or 60 minutes, which will not only increase the probability of scoring for his side, but also greatly suppress the opponent's backline to participate in the offensive action.

The probability of victory for the Olympic team has undoubtedly increased a lot.

Moreover, since Cheng Hai said that no matter how tired he is during the day, he can fully recover by sleeping at night, it is possible to do his best to score more goals during the playing time.

Once Cheng Hai can score a goal in the playing time to establish a lead for the national Olympic team, if everyone only defends in the last time, the psychological pressure will be completely different.

One is to catch up when the score is behind, and the other is to defend when the score is leading. One chases, the other leads, and the feeling is definitely very different.

Therefore, the team members were eager to raise their hands in favor of this proposal. However, the main thing is to see whether Cheng Hai agrees with this proposal.

Although Cheng Hai is the youngest player in the team, Cheng Hai's strength and role in the first game make any tactics even the head coach must consult with him.

Cheng Hai has become the de facto core of the National Olympic team.

Hearing Sun Wei's proposal, Cheng Hai was stunned for a moment, and then his heart was pounding.

What was his purpose in insisting on returning to China to compete and forcing the club to finally let him go? Naturally, he used his own strength to help the national Olympic team win more victories and go further, and it was best to win the championship in the end.

If he can get more playing time, it will undoubtedly be of great significance to the victory of the national Olympic team.

Even if you can't run, if you stand on the field for one more minute, the opposing defenders will inevitably be extremely afraid and dare not press on to participate in the attack.

Therefore, Cheng Hai is also very excited.

In addition, the coach proposed that the masseur give him a massage during the intermission to restore his strength, which made Cheng Hai think of another way.

Because he used to come on as a substitute in the second half at Dortmund, and he could only play twenty or thirty minutes, he never played in the first half and then recovered at halftime, so Cheng Hai has never tried this method.

But this time Coach Sun Wei's proposal made Cheng Hai think of another way.

He quickly asked the system with his mind whether he could enter ten minutes of dream training, that is, deep sleep, in the locker room during halftime to restore some of his physical strength and energy.

As a result, Cheng Hai was pleased that the system replied that yes, as long as the time was set, the system would let him wake up automatically at that time, and there was no sequelae of not sleeping enough.

However, because the halftime is too short, Cheng Hai will not gain any dream training experience.

Cheng Hai naturally didn't care about this, he didn't care if he could gain dream training experience at this time, as long as he could enter dream training, achieve the goal of deep sleep, and restore physical strength and energy.

According to the system's prediction, Cheng Hai played the first half of 45 minutes, and then went into a deep sleep in the locker room for 10 minutes at halftime to recover his mental and physical strength, and he could play at least more than ten minutes in the second half.

Cheng Hai was naturally overjoyed to receive this affirmative answer, and immediately replied to Coach Sun Wei in the affirmative: "Coach Sun, I have no problem here, follow the arrangement of the coaching staff." ”

Sun Wei and the others were immediately overjoyed.

In this way, Cheng Hai's playing time will increase, and the National Olympic team can be in the leading position with a high probability, and when the time comes, according to the degree of leadership, Cheng Hai will make the final tactical adjustments after getting off the field, which will undoubtedly be much calmer, and it is much better than catching up after falling behind by a big score like today.

The psychological pressure on the players is completely different.

Cheng Hai thought that his matter was over, but unexpectedly, after talking about this matter, Sun Wei said again:

"Cheng Hai, there is another matter, according to the discussion of our coaching staff, after obtaining the consent of other players and superior leaders, and in the case that you agree to start the next game, it is decided to appoint you as the first captain of the national Olympic team, and you will lead everyone to play, and complete the ceremony of exchanging team flags and picking sides."

Hearing that he was going to appoint himself as the captain, Cheng Hai instinctively shook his head and refused: "Director Sun, this can't work." I'm too young, and I don't think I'll be able to go back to my country for most of the events in the future, so that's not appropriate. ”

As a result, the first captain of the national Olympic team itself, defender Lu Pengdao:

"Cheng Hai, don't refuse, this is a matter agreed by all our coaches and players, and I am also willing to let Xian."

"Although you are the youngest, we are actually all players of the age of the London Olympics, and the oldest is 89 years old, which is not much older than you."

"Besides, what you've achieved in Europe and how you performed in the first group game, we're convinced."

"The most important thing is that the charisma and leadership you showed in the match against Japan not only boosted our morale, but also allowed the fans to cheer us on until the end of the game instead of cursing at the loss."

"This is rare in the national football competition in recent years."

"Therefore, you deserve to be the captain of this team. No matter the team, public opinion, or fans, absolutely no one has any objections. ”

"This is not only an honor, but also a responsibility, and it is everyone's expectation of you, I hope you will lead us to achieve good results in this Asian Games and the future Olympic and Asian preliminaries and Olympic competitions."

"I hope you don't shirk."

Others also talked nonsense, as if Cheng Hai pushed off this captain, just because he was unpatriotic and unwilling to lead everyone to victory, so that Cheng Hai couldn't even find a reason to refute.

In the end, Cheng Hai could only be "forced" to accept this new appointment.

But after he accepted the position of first captain of the national Olympic team, a stronger sense of responsibility and honor filled his heart.

No matter how many people scold the national football team, I dare not see how many people are disappointed in the national football team, but as a former fan and current practitioner, Cheng Hai still hopes that the national football team will be good and can achieve good results.

And now, he has this condition, with a system plug-in, it is really possible to lead the national teams at all levels to achieve good results, reverse the impression of the national football team in the hearts of fans, and it is more likely to reverse the impression of the Chinese people on football, change the interest of young people in sports, expand the football population base, and make useful contributions to the future development of Chinese football.

Thinking of this, Cheng Hai became even more combative.

It doesn't matter if he loses the first game, in the next game, he will definitely lead the Olympic team to victory with a new identity and way of playing, and strive to attack the championship.

There was only one day of rest between the first group stage and the second group stage, and then, on the evening of November 10, the second match of the group stage of the Chinese Olympic team vs Kyrgyzstan U23 Olympic team was about to start at the same Tianhe Stadium.

An hour before the game, reporters and commentators were taken aback when they got the starting list of the Chinese Olympic team for this game.

Because, Cheng Hai's name appeared on the starting list.

Cheng Hai made his first start in his career.

The news immediately exploded, and the online media spread the news as soon as possible, which also caused heated discussions among countless fans in front of the TV and computer.

Of course, there are also people who are very annoyed, and that is the opponent Kyrgyzstan.

Because they only came off the bench in the second half of Cheng Hai for tactical planning, they didn't expect Cheng Hai to start the game, which caught them off guard.

But this can't be helped, football coaches are inherently wits and courage, guessing the opponent's tactical formation and starting list is one of the jobs of the coaching staff, and it is natural to guess wrong.

When the appearance ceremony was held, an even more surprising scene appeared: Cheng Hai actually wore the captain's armband, walked at the front of the team, and led the Chinese Olympic team to play behind the referee team.

The youngest Cheng Hai actually wore the captain's armband of the Chinese Olympic team.

After the fans were stunned for a moment, huge applause and cheers suddenly broke out, and Cheng Hai's name was neatly called by more than 50,000 fans.

Xi Yulin saw that the fans cheered instantly, shouting his son's name, extremely excited, a little inexplicable, and asked Xi Huabin: "Huabin, what's going on?" The game hasn't started yet, why is everyone so excited? ”

Xi Huabin patted his arm excitedly and said, "Auntie, look at Ah Hai's arm, there is an armband on it!" It was the captain's armband of the team, and it represented Ah Hai as the captain of the Under-23 national team. ”

Xi Yulin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded happily: "Okay!" Well done son! ”

Then, he shouted his son's name with the fans.

Of course, others are the voices of Cheng Hai's admiration, and her voice is full of pride.

On the field, Cheng Hai, who started for the first time and was the captain for the first time, was also very excited and proud, and when he sang the national anthem, he completely let go of his voice and sang loudly.

This is his first start in an official game, the first time he participated in the appearance ceremony, the first time he sang the national anthem, the first time he took a photo with the starters, the first time he shook hands with the referee and opponents, and the first time he participated in the edge picking ceremony.

A strong sense of responsibility and honor filled Cheng Hai's whole body.

Everything is ready and the game is about to begin.

At 19:00 on the evening of November 10, 2010, in the cheers of more than 50,000 fans in Tianhe Stadium, with the whistle of the referee, the second round of the 2010 Yangcheng Asian Games men's football Group A group stage Huaguo VS Kyrgyzstan match officially began.

In the last game, the Huaguo team played extremely hard, and in the end they lost by a big score, but this game is very different.

Kyrgyzstan's FIFA ranking is much lower than that of the Chinese national team, and its strength is weaker than that of the Chinese national team, and the same is true of the national Olympic team.

Coupled with the factor of Cheng Hai, the Huaguo team showed an aggressive posture from the beginning.

Despite Kyrgyzstan's shrinking formation and playing a dense defence, the Chinese team quickly opened the scoring and broke the deadlock.

It was Cheng Hai who scored the goal with high hopes from everyone.

In the 8th minute, Cheng Hai occupied a position in the penalty area with his strong physique, carried the push of the opponent's defender and received a pass from Park Cheng, and then stopped and turned around, and instantly swept the ball towards the goal with a half-turn sweep.

Because this shot was a half-turned shot, Cheng Hai couldn't see where the goalkeeper was, he just subconsciously swept towards the goal, didn't hit any angle, and went straight to the goalkeeper in the middle, which should have been impossible to score.

But luckily, the moment Cheng Hai finished the strafing, the defender behind him also stretched out his foot and tried to clear the siege and destroy.

As a result, although he touched the ball, he did not break the ball off the line, but only slightly changed the line, and then flew into the right side of the goal under the desperate gaze of goalkeeper Agapov.

In the first 8 minutes of the game, the Huaguo team led 1-0.

More than 50,000 Chinese fans in the stands stood up suddenly, and warm applause and cheers filled the entire stadium.

On the commentary seat, the commentator of CCTV-5 also said excitedly:

"The ball is in!"

"Just eight minutes into the game, the Chinese team scored."

"The goal was scored by Cheng Hai, who everyone had high hopes for."

"This is the first time that Cheng Hai has started in an official competition, including the club and the national Olympic team."

"Moreover, Cheng Hai also wore the captain's armband of the national Olympic team."

"I'm sure that fans across the country will not object to that."

'And the new captain didn't disappoint either, giving us a 1-0 lead with a half-turn sweep from inside the box in the first eight minutes.

"Today's game, we should have won."

Fans in front of TVs and computers across the country, listening to the commentator's commentary, nodded again and again while celebrating, and liked Cheng Hai even more.

On the field, Kyrgyzstan, which had fallen behind in the first 8 minutes, was in a hurry.

Because they lost their first game to Malaysia, and the last game was against Japan, who beat China 4-2 and were the strongest in the group, the probability of losing is also very high.

If they can't win this game, the group stage exit is almost a certainty, and they won't even win the best four group thirds.

Therefore, in addition to strengthening the marking of Cheng Hai, Kyrgyzstan has also begun to counterattack.

However, the gap in overall strength, coupled with Cheng Hai's suppression of the defensive line, Kyrgyzstan has never been able to play any threatening attacks.

On the contrary, it was the Huaguo team that scored again in the 25th minute.

This time it was not Cheng Hai's first shot on goal, but the left fullback, Uyghur guy Maitijiang suddenly inserted an assist, and crossed the bottom after colliding with his teammates on the side, and Wu Xi in the middle rushed into the penalty area to grab the first point and shook his head to attack the goal.

This time the attack of the side cross and Wu Xi's header grabbed the attention of most of the opponents, and briefly forgot about the marking of Cheng Hai, allowing Cheng Hai to change direction and run away from the defenders around him in an instant and rushed into the small penalty area.

It just so happened that Wu Xi's header was more positive and was saved by goalkeeper Agabov.

Before everyone could react, Cheng Hai rushed to the spot where the ball landed, and without waiting for the ball to land, a light cushion shot cushioned the ball into the goal.