Chapter 151 Dream Shatters Olympics, Liu Xiang Takes the Blame and Prepares for the New Season
Shenyang, Wulihe Stadium.
Duan Xuan said bluntly:
"China's first game in Shenyang against New Zealand, who are supposed to be the weakest opponents in their group, will be bleak if they can't pick up points against New Zealand. It can be said that the first game of the Chinese men's football team decided the life and death of its group qualification. ”
In the opening game, the National Olympic team was like a rainbow, continuously pressing New Zealand to play, only in the 3rd minute, Wu Sanshi sent a wonderful pass on the left side, and Han Peng's header concentrated on the crossbar! In the 9th minute, Wu Sanshi took the ball on the left side to get rid of the New Zealand central defender and forced his feet, but the New Zealand goalkeeper saved the ball into his arms!
After that, New Zealand strengthened the frontcourt pressing, so that the national Olympic team could not calmly organize assists, and Wu Sanshi and Han Peng basically had no chance to get the ball in the frontcourt.
The half-time was 0:0.
Shenyang fans can't understand why the National Olympic team, which has half of the Chinese team, played so badly? There are also national team members like Zheng Zhi, Hao Junmin, and Zhou Haibin!
But they didn't consider that the Chinese team's defense is not the defense of the national team, and the two wings are Tan Wangsong and Yuan Weiwei. Although New Zealand's strength is average, they are not afraid of the Chinese team at all.
In the 38th minute, Yuan Weiwei made a defensive mistake, and the opponent crossed on the right side, and New Zealand took the lead in scoring!
0:1, at half-time, Chinese fans had to accept this bitterness.
As Duan Xuan said, if the Chinese team can't win New Zealand, then the Olympics will become bleak. However, Wu Sanshi still brought hope to the team, and in the 58th minute of the second half, Zheng Zhi's long-range shot from outside the penalty area caused the New Zealand goalkeeper to get out of his hands, and Wu Sanshi grabbed the landing point to make up for the goal.
Wu Sanshi scored the first goal of Chinese football in the history of the Olympic Games, and the national Olympic team rekindled hope, but as the game deepened, the physical fitness of the national Olympic team began to highlight the disadvantage, Du Yi replaced Han Peng with Gao Lin, but the score remained unchanged.
In the 89th minute, the National Olympic team ushered in the best opportunity to score, Wu Sanshi took the ball on the left side, faced the two surrounded, and suddenly stabbed the ball into the penalty area, Gao Lin volleyed with his left foot, but the angle was too positive, and the ball was directly pumped into the arms of the New Zealand goalkeeper.
In the end, the first match against New Zealand was actually a 1:1 draw!
It was a surprise to too many people.
What about taking New Zealand? It didn't!
The next day happened to be the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, and the news of the draw in the National Olympics did not make headlines, and even Wu Sanshi scored the first goal of the Olympics and failed to get more attention......
Dui felt the unprecedented pressure, if he couldn't win Belgium in the second game, the national Olympic team would have to say goodbye, and he couldn't beat Ronaldinho to lead Brazil in the last game, right?
Dembele, Vermaelen, Fellaini, Kompany, Vertonghen, Mirallas, Martens, Poconioli...... Wu Sanshi knows all these guys. Most of them and the later post-90s generation form a world-class lineup.
After the draw against New Zealand in the first game, Chinese fans' expectations for the national Olympic team have actually decreased a lot. As a result, two days later in Shenyang, the Chinese team lost 1:3, and only scored 3 shots in the whole game, two outside the penalty area and one in the big penalty area, which also allowed Wu Sanshi to score the second goal of the Olympic Games.
Except for Wu Sanshi being the highlight, the National Olympic team performed nothing.
The Belgian Olympic team also let the Chinese Olympic team see what the gap is and what is a strong European team.
"Sports Weekly" commented on the same day: We are still used to equating the level of this national Olympic team with the 2005 World Youth Championships, but after three years, the level of most players is actually regressing, or players from other countries are improving, but we are not improving......
The first two rounds of one draw and one loss, in fact, the Chinese team has come to the brink of elimination, Brazil has won two games has qualified, even if the Brazilian team is waterproof in the last round, it is estimated that Belgium will not be able to bear Belgium to win New Zealand, even if it is a draw, it also depends on the goal difference, can the Chinese team score two goals for the Brazilian team, and the Brazilian team does not score a goal?
Fan Zhiyi fired again: "Just played a few world preliminaries, we thought we were very strong, but as soon as we pulled it into the world, our level was exposed again, we couldn't win against New Zealand, and it was even worse to play Belgium, many Belgian players may not be famous, but it doesn't mean that they don't have a level." What kind of players and tactical level of the European teams are like in this game, it was already very clear in this game. ”
"Take Brazil? Don't be whimsical, it's impossible! ”
Hao Haidong also beeped: "What I said before, the game has to be played one game at a time." Before the game was played, everyone was on the ......."
In the third game, the media and fans finally stopped, and they no longer dared to have any hope for the Chinese team. The third round started at the same time, Belgium took the lead over New Zealand early, and the Chinese Olympic team has been led by the nose of the Brazilian team, the strong control of the Brazilian team made the national Olympic team perform quite amateurish, and there was no time in the first half to attack the Brazilian team's big penalty area. Although the final score was only 0:1, it was the Brazilian Olympic Games to save face!
The miraculous Wu Sanshi also failed to continue to score, and in the end his national Olympic goals stayed at 2, and after the group stage, his 2 goals could still rank 8th in the scorer list, but this did not mean anything.
In this way, Wu Sanshi's Olympic journey ended dismal like the national Olympic team, and they were lucky again, because there was one person who was even worse, and that was Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang withdrew in front of the Chinese people, causing a big stir......
Liu Xiang succeeded in diverting the attention of the national Olympic team from the defeat of the Olympic team.
Quietly, Wu Sanshi flew to England that night, and the Spaniard was training in England to prepare for next season.
Because of the preparation for the Olympics, Wu Sanshi also lost two weeks of time to train with the team, but the impact is not great, because the Spaniard's lineup has basically not changed much, but he may have to face competition from the team again......
After arriving in England, Wu Sanshi participated in the team's final warm-up game, playing in London and Crystal Palace, but manager Ernesto Valverde only allowed him to play in the second half, and his performance was average.
After that, he took the time to visit Dong Fangzhuo, who had just undergone major surgery, and then returned to Barcelona with the team.
This different summer, with joys and sorrows, has finally passed.
I don't know why, Wu Sanshi always feels that he is far away from the motherland, and his mood seems to have become a lot more relaxed, maybe the pressure from the national team and the national Olympic team is too great! And a new round of crusade against the national team and the national Olympic team has started in China......