Chapter 17 Be Prepared
At the pre-match press conference, both the head coach of the South Korean team, Stillik, and the captain of the South Korean team, Gu Zizhe, avoided talking about the grievances between Park Changji and Gao Zheng, nor did they talk about Gao Zheng's injury.
They were deliberately downplaying it, but Chinese journalists were mentioning it again and again in front of them.
The reason why the Chinese media are so persistent is because after Gao Zheng was injured, no one in South Korea apologized for Park Changji's incident, let alone Park Changji himself.
After Gao Zheng was injured, the Korean media also avoided the serious, believing that it was normal for him to be injured in the game. It's just that Gao Zheng was unlucky this time and was seriously injured. But this must not be a reason to accuse the South Korean team of playing dirty football and using indiscriminate methods.
In short, from Gao Zheng's injury to his recovery, no one in South Korea has apologized for this, which is the most unacceptable point for the Chinese.
Think of the despicable tactics of Koreans in short track speed skating, and that's the sportsmanship of Koreans.
Someone else's sportsmanship is all about fair play and surpassing oneself.
The sportsmanship of Koreans is to be a fart for the sake of winning the rules.
The pre-match press conference, because of this atmosphere, ended up unhappy.
The South Korean media then reported that the Chinese were domineering and aggressive on their home turf, constantly pressuring Stillik and Gu Zizhe, looking very petty. They also combined the current international situation to suggest that the Chinese are used to being domineering in all aspects, really thinking that they can do whatever they want everywhere, but forgetting that football is not their strong sport.
Their report also sparked anger and dissatisfaction among fans in South Korea, who threatened to make the Chinese team look good in this game.
Now it is clear that only by defeating South Korea can the Chinese team continue to maintain their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals.
Then the South Korean team completely extinguished the hope of the Chinese team to enter the World Cup in this game!
Chinese fans, for their part, were also very unhappy with South Korea's performance in the pre-match press conference, believing that both the South Korean coach and their captain avoided talking about it showed that they did not feel that they had done anything wrong.
The Chinese media wrote very politely, and there was a lot of scolding on the Chinese Internet.
However, their scolding is useless, and it is difficult to really affect the Koreans.
In the final analysis, it is still necessary to rely on shouting and speaking, relying on grades to speak.
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Of course, there are also Chinese fans who are angry and run outside the hotel where the South Korean team is staying, and also set off firecrackers all night before the game, hoping to interfere with the rest of the South Korean team.
However, the South Korean team seems to have a countermeasure in place.
Every Korean player was given noise-cancelling headphones, asked to wear them when they went to bed, and to turn on the noise-cancelling switch.
Park Changji was by the window of the hotel room, looking at the faintly visible firelight outside the window, and sneered.
He was wearing headphones with the noise-canceling switch on, and with the windows closed, the sound of firecrackers outside was barely audible.
Can't think of it, right? We know what the Chinese will do, isn't what you are best at with this kind of indiscriminate means? The preparations are all done. Sorry to disappoint you, haha!
On this night, many players of the South Korean team slept as well as usual.
The next day, when they met in the restaurant, they greeted each other and joked with the Chinese fans downstairs: "Oh, I wonder if they haven't slept all night?" ”
"They're afraid they think we're all in trouble, right? The thought of how happy they are makes me happy! Hahahaha! ”
"Surprise them when it comes to the game, haha!"
The cafeteria was filled with the cheerful laughter of South Korean players, completely unaffected by the recent tensions.
Although Gao Zheng released cruel words before the game, the Korean players basically didn't take it to heart.
They are still very confident of winning this game.
Because even if Gao Zheng can play, with his state of not playing for nearly seven months, what outstanding performance can he show?
What is the difference between such Gao Zheng and without him?
And what is the level of the Chinese team without Gao Zheng, Iran, Uzbekistan, Syria and Qatar have all tested for them.
Even Syria and Qatar can't win on their home turf, and they still have the face to say they want to win us?
Who gave them courage?
There were rumors before the game that if they did win against the Chinese team, they might not be able to leave China alive......
But how is this possible?
It's just a football game.
Even if they make the Chinese team lose hope of qualifying for the World Cup, is losing the qualification for the World Cup a strange thing for Chinese football? It's not the first time this is the first time.
Politics is politics, football is football.
They just won the Chinese team once in China, how could their lives be in danger?
If nothing else, if they really have something to do when they play in China, the most nervous thing will definitely be the security of the Chinese side, not themselves.
So as long as people with brains will not believe the kind of nonsense rumors on the Internet.
There may indeed be some extreme fans, but do you think the Chinese police eat rice?
In any case, the South Korean players are coming to China to play, and their safety is what China cares about the most.
And the Chinese, what they care most about is face. The head can be broken and the blood can flow, and the face must not be lost.
The Korean players are like a mirror in their hearts, so they have nothing to fear, and they are not as feared by the Korean media and fans.
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On the day of the match, outside the Changsha Helong Stadium, there was a sea of people.
The tickets for this game were sold out long in advance, and it was not even known whether Gao Zheng would be able to make a comeback in this game.
Of course, I don't know if Gao Zheng will be able to make a comeback in this game......
But it doesn't matter, now Chinese fans are like warming up the "Korean guests" from afar with national scolding.
Although there are only a few hours left before the start of the game, there are still people outside the stadium holding signs that say "Asking for Tickets", trying to buy tickets from those who can't come because of something, or to buy tickets at a high price from scalpers.
But tickets are so rare, how can they be resold after they are finally obtained?
Most of these people reap nothing but disappointment.
All the Chinese fans who came to watch the game wore red clothes, including the home jersey of the Chinese team, as well as some red T-shirts, in order to create the best home atmosphere.
Since the Chinese team changed the jersey sponsor, the color of the home jersey has changed from the previous white to red, which looks more festive and closer to the traditional aesthetic of the Chinese.
The old white jersey was too much like a mourning dress.
And this match South Korea will wear a white away jersey.
But looking outside the field, there were hardly any white figures.
It was basically difficult to see the Korean fans who came to cheer for the Korean team in this game.
Come to think of it, the South Korean players may not be too worried about their personal safety, because that's the focus of protection.
But South Korean fans don't dare to bet on this probability, they just came to see the game, in case they come out and are beaten up, who will reason with them?
So when the time comes, the South Korean team will encounter the craziest boos and targets from the Chinese fans in the game, without the support of their own fans.
The South Korean team doesn't seem to care about that, though.
Since he came to China to play, he still has the consciousness of being targeted, and it is not the first time that he has been booed by Chinese fans anyway.
After all, we have been holding them down for more than 30 years, and they have only beaten us three times......