Chapter 16: And the Smile
Just as the Chinese team was training for the game, the South Korean team also arrived in Changsha, which meant that the game was getting closer and closer.
As the team's number one star, Son Heung-min is naturally the target of reporters.
But in fact, the reporters are more like interviewing Park Changji, but Park Changji was obviously protected by the South Korean team and did not let him face the reporters directly, even if a reporter threw the question at him, he lowered his head and remained silent, this posture is really like a Korean male star who was taken to the police station for investigation......
After seriously injuring Gao Zheng in the last game, Park Chang had defended that he did not mean it, and he regretted Gao Zheng's injury, but he emphasized that he was an unintentional mistake.
His exact words at the time were as follows: "...... Stuff like that is common in games and I think it was an accident and I definitely didn't mean to hurt him......"
It means that injuries are not uncommon in the game, so don't hold on to them.
Anyway, he insisted that he didn't mean it, and others couldn't do anything about him.
And there is one thing that seems to prove his "unintentional mistake", that is, the referee gave Park Changji a yellow card as a warning at that time, and did not even send him off with a red card.
What does this mean?
It shows that even the head coach doesn't think Park Changji is a bad foul, otherwise why wouldn't he just send Park Changji off with a red card?
Many South Korean fans and media have used this as a basis to refute Chinese fans and Chinese media.
Park Changji is also well aware that his current status in the hearts of Chinese fans is not much better than that of street rats.
So after stepping on Chinese soil, he tried to shrink himself into the crowd of his teammates, with people in front of him and left and right, and he would never lean in front of the cameras and microphones of the Chinese media.
Chinese reporters who couldn't catch Park Changji had to go and interview Son Heung-min.
"I really hope that Gao Zheng can catch up with this game and look forward to giving a wonderful game to the fans of both sides." He told reporters.
But he didn't talk about Zheng's injury and was reluctant to turn the conversation on his teammates.
In fact, Sun Xingmin's emotions are also very complicated.
He didn't agree with Park Chang-g-ji's approach, even though Park Chang-ji had benefited the team. But Son Heung-min believes that even without Park Changji, the South Korean team can beat the Chinese team, and he can beat Gao Zheng.
But Park Chang followed this foul, well, everyone said that the South Korean team can only win by this kind of indiscriminate means, and even if it wins, it will not be convincing.
Some people in the team don't think it matters, as long as they win, there's nothing more important than getting three points.
But Sun Xingmin couldn't accept this approach from the bottom of his heart.
He still can't approve of the kind of completely unscrupulous approach in the sports circle of his homeland in order to win.
This may be due to the fact that he went to Germany as a teenager to extract it, has been training in Germany, and his personal thinking tends to be close to the European set of ideas.
In short, he didn't like what Park Changji did to Gao Zheng.
Even if someone says that after Gao Zhen is injured, he is the real boss of Asian football, he doesn't like it.
He really wants to beat Gao Zheng, but he wants to beat Gao Zheng in football, not relying on this kind of "assist".
But because Park Changji is his teammate, and Park Changji's approach is supported by other teammates in the team, it is difficult for him to publicly criticize Park Changji's approach, because it means that he will be the enemy of the whole team.
The Korean sports circle is a place that pays attention to the respect of the young and the elderly, even if he has achieved good enough results in European football, but in the South Korean national team, he is still a backward player, and in front of so many seniors, it is not his turn to point fingers in the locker room.
A Chinese reporter still asked about Park Changji.
In this regard, Sun Xingmin could only wave his hand and not answer this question.
He really didn't know what to say.
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Park Changji was hiding among his teammates, and he could sense that many Chinese reporters at the scene were looking at him unkindly, and he knew why this was happening.
But he didn't think there was anything wrong with what he was doing.
As he said to the outside world, everything was an accident, he didn't mean it, didn't he allow accidents on the football field yet?
Oh, just your Gao Zheng is a baby, can't even be injured? So why are you still playing? It's safest to sit on the bench.
Second, even if I did it on purpose, what would you do with me?
Just like now, you can only look at me from outside the cordon, just watch it if you want, and you won't be able to see me if you look at it a few more times.
Oops, I really like this feeling that you guys don't like me and I can't do anything about it!
Park Changji puffed out his chest in the crowd and smiled at the reporters who were glaring at him.
He still feels that he was right to hurt Gao Zheng in the first place, because it not only allowed the Korean team to win that game, but also made the Korean team lose a strong competitor in the round of 12.
Imagine if Gao Zheng is not injured, wouldn't this group have one more opponent who can compete for the World Cup finals?
Originally, there were only two and a half places in this group, with South Korea and Iran occupying two, and the remaining half belonging to Uzbekistan, which was all arranged.
But if the Chinese team has Gao Zheng, then they will become a spoiler and make some changes in the situation of this group.
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Park's smiling photo soon appeared on the Chinese Internet and then succeeded in provoking the anger of Chinese fans.
"Laugh? He still has a smile! ”
"Damn, this is clearly a naked provocation! He hurt Gao Zheng, and now he is still laughing in front of us! ”
"Korean sticks are so shameless!"
However, the fans can only swear a few swear words on the Internet, and they can't hurt Park Changji at all.
And Park Changji probably knows this, which is why he is so unscrupulous.
Cyber violence?
Is cyberviolence of any use to such shameless people?
At this time, it seems that the Chinese team can only be expected to defeat the South Korean team in the game to make the Chinese fans get rid of this bad breath.
It's just that if Gao Zheng's form is not good, will the Chinese team be able to beat the South Korean team?
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A copy of Gao Zheng's physical examination report was placed on Lippi's desk.
The advice given by the team doctor was given above: "You can play, but you can't play the whole game." The risk of re-injury is medium-to-high. ”
I still haven't been able to get back to my best condition, both in competitive condition and in physical condition......
Lippi sighed.
But there is no time left for him and the Chinese team.
When he took over the team, he said that he thought the Chinese team still had a chance to compete for a ticket to the World Cup finals.
And that's what he thinks until now.
The round of 12 is only halfway through, and it's far from time to raise your hand and surrender.
It's time to take some risks.
May God favor them.