Chapter 186: Quarterfinal Opponent! Japan!

Wei Shihao was lying on the ground, gasping for breath, and still needed to calm down, he worked hard in this game, and scored a goal with an assist in the final stage, of course, there were also conflicts with opponents, overall, he played very well, counting the group stage, he scored in four games, and the stable output is worth remembering. Yao didn't seem too excited, but he scored a brilliant free-kick to help China score at that moment, which was crucial, and although no one expected a midfielder to turn the tide, it was from him that the horn of the counterattack was sounded. Zhang Yuning's eyes are still red, but now he can't care about being tied up with bloated calves, waving his jersey to express the joy of PUBG, although he basically withdrew from the Asian Games, and there may be no regrets about the big reversal.

At the end of the game, in the thunderous drum noise of the cheerleaders led by Lu Zhuhu, the U23 turned the game around like a whirlwind, and the counterattack came quietly and ended violently. After the game, the fans at the scene shouted "Chinese team" in unison - there were fans from China, and there were also Chinese who came to see the excitement.

Well, it would be difficult for the strongmen to hope that they would unreservedly support the national team of "another country", as they did half a century ago. But this simple "Chinese team" is enough to express their little closeness.

In the future, I hope that the football of this country, the country can be better.

After winning three consecutive victories to top Group C, the U23 national football team has won praise from all walks of life, including opponents. Saudi Arabia, the third in Group F, lost to North Korea by three goals in the final round, and the team also has world-class star Lu Boss in the team, so the U23 national football team is very confident that the team can successfully pass this hurdle.

However, four days have passed from the end of the group stage to the start of the game today, and the originally tight rhythm of the game has been disrupted, and their attention may be disrupted. The pride also faded, causing the opening scene to be as heavy as a hollowed out.

Thankfully, they managed to get themselves back.

1, 2, 3, 4, whether it is Lu Zhuhu, the players, or the Chinese fans and spectators, their hearts are all broken. The smug look of the spring breeze in the group stage has disappeared, and Xiao Zhang is not the only one who can only report frustration and sobbing. However, in the final time, the U23 did not have the mentality of being sloppy in the past, but showed a tenacity that did not admit defeat and pulled back 3 goals in a row!

Chinese men are not ashamed!

Fans can now praise, "The Chinese team can finally be supernatural in the absence of Lu Zhuhu!" "It's happy to have a leader you can trust, but it's sad to be the only one you can trust. Lu Zhuhu was thinking about what he could do to these younger brothers who were three or five years younger than him, in fact, he wanted to give them a little confidence, a little bottom, without his two goals to be there first, it can be imagined that even if the little brothers can complete the wonderful three goals in the last ten minutes, they can only say that they are "regretful", and they will inevitably be ridiculed by the Chinese people for their inferior skills and love to talk big.

If you can meet Sun Qiuwang, you want to send someone to be a soldier?

It's certain that it's rotten, but it's also a reality that the public opinion environment and the people who watch the excitement are very intolerant. As the big brother, he doesn't spoil these younger brothers, who else does?

If you can, just work hard!

After the game, as a major focus of the game, Lu Zhuhu, who played less than 15 minutes and scored two goals, was naturally the object of media interviews. Now that you're angry, the next one will dare to give you something more disgusting. It's good to go through the normal channels of appeal......

However, Lu Zhuhu reflected on the tactics of the Chinese team in this game, saying that although he may be suspended in the next game, it will help the team prepare more carefully - if the opponent is the Japanese team, he is an out-and-out Japanese expert.

In the end, he said something like "I hope the fans will continue to support our players" and bowed for a curtain call.

On the contrary, the little brothers dare to "speak up" more than him:

'I felt like the tactics were wrong from the start. Since we were able to pull back three goals in such a short period of time, it is normal for them to not be able to do it at all. "An international player expressed his dissatisfaction with coach Maddaloni's wrong tactics after the game, and was not convinced by the obscenity of the Saudi team for so long.

This ball did hit Maddaloni in the face, before the game, he said that he had found Saudi Arabia's weakness and a way to win, but in the first half the opponent scored 3 goals in a row, and the scene fell into complete passivity, especially for Kamara's restrictions, which was very poor, and Saudi Arabia's defense of Zhang Yuning was very successful, who found whose weakness in the end?

Lu Zhuhu is an old fritter, and it is even more impossible not to see it. The opening game was still in accordance with the previous strategy and speed, and the game was taken for granted, and it was completely blinded by the impact of Saudi Arabia's opening speed-up and strong attack, which seemed to be physically insufficient, but in fact, it was unable to keep up with the opponent's speed, and kept conceding goals, causing nervousness and inability to let go of hands and feet. At this point, the coach should change the formation, strengthen the defense, and let the players stabilize and not concede the ball again, instead of waiting until they are knocked down. If it weren't for Lao Lu's help in the middle, the old man Ma would be ready to be sprayed!

These players are not core players in the club, they are all around foreign aid and old players, the talent itself is average, and the ability to read the game and self-adjustment ability is not good, then it can only rely on the coach to remind, Lao Lu If I intervene more, in fact, I will sit on the notoriety of "ball bully", and I can only make suggestions euphemistically.

Of course, the old man himself didn't think so - in the post-match press conference, Maddaloni answered the media's questions about the "slow substitution": "When I was down by two goals, I was going to adjust, but I found that the players themselves had already adjusted at that time, so I only made adjustments after the break......

Dizzy! The adjustment after the intermission was obviously proposed by the tiger......

If he didn't have a few hands, Lu Zhuhu would have been bluntly accused, but after the World Cup, there is a way to find Uncle Zhao to replace Ma Bald, so there is no need to talk to him, and it is better than him to directly find Uncle Zhao to command on the spot, at least not as stubborn and unrepentant as him......

On August 23rd, the fans ushered in the 1/8 finals between the South Korean team and the Iranian team. Of course, South Korea didn't want to do this, and the three overage players in the team, Son Heung-min, Cho Hyun-woo, and Hwang Yi-su, all started and made a gesture of hard work.

But this two sides have not scored before they almost started to fight first, which happened after 30 minutes of the first half, the Iranian team players were injured, Mosler Miple leaned on Huang Renfan and kicked the ball out of the sideline after the ball was broken in the half, Huang Renfan saw that the opponent kicked the ball out of the sideline and still collided with Moslemipoole, which caused Moslemipur's strong dissatisfaction and then found Huang Renfan's "theory", which caused a conflict. During the conflict, Lagabo pushed Son Heung-min, and the Korean players saw that they dared to move Sun Qiuwang, of course, and they were surrounded all of a sudden. Chinese fans are happy to act as melon-eating crowds, but both sides are rude anyway, dog-eat-dog.

However, under the persuasion of many parties, the incident was quelled, and no one got the card, so it was too wronged to see Lu Zhuhu, and next time he would directly push the other party down...... Compared with the No. 10 Huang Hee-chan of the South Korean team, he is worthy of the name of "Dirty B", and it is not unjust to say that every game is aimed at the waste.

The balance of power was broken in the 40th minute, the South Korean team instigated an offensive in the front, Kim Jin-yeol received a pass from his teammates on the left side of the front field and shook off the defensive diagonal pass to the penalty area, Hwang In-bum burst into the penalty area along the left side to receive the pass and leaned on the defender near the bottom line, half-turned around and crossed with his left foot in front of the goal, Huang Yizhu, who outflanked the middle of the small penalty area, met the ball without being marked and hit with his right foot, and the South Korean team broke the deadlock. After scoring the goal, the South Korean team was very excited, especially Son Heung-min, who ran to Hwang Eui-suke and jumped up to hug Hwang Eui-suke for the first time. You can see that Sun Qiuwang is really happy after scoring every goal in this tournament, which makes him want to send him to the barracks even more.

In the second half, South Korea's Lee Seung-woo dribbled the ball past Agosy and Atta in succession, and scored with a right-footed shot in the penalty area, giving South Korea a 2-0 lead.

In the end, South Korea won 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals, where they will face Uzbekistan, the new Under-23 Asian Cup champions, as the defending champions. The only thing that is a little sad is that the goalkeeper Zhao Xianyou, who is known as a "beautiful man" and "more delicate than a woman", was replaced due to an injury in the second half, and it is a pity not to see his makeup.

The soap opera of being a soldier can only continue into the next round.

The South Korean team is still far away, and the opponent of the Chinese team in the next round will be between Japan and Malaysia.

The Malaysian men's football team will face the Japanese men's football team. In the group stage, Japan ranked second in Group D with 6 points from 2 wins and 1 loss, while Malaysia topped Group E with 6 points from 2 wins and 1 loss. Malaysia defeated South Korea in the group stage, and its strength should not be underestimated, while Japan lost to Vietnam in the group stage, which made people shout "Vietnam rises, Taijun can't", so this encounter is quite interesting.

Once the game started, there weren't many chances for either side. Even in the 30th minute, when Japan's Maeda Dairan got a good chance to go to the meeting alone, facing Malaysian goalkeeper Nazri in the penalty area, he actually sent the ball vertically into space......

It's really speechless......

Overall, Japan had a slightly more shot on goal, but the ball was either saved by Malaysian goalkeeper Nazri, or Nazri saved the ball but there was no Japanese player to follow up with the follow-up shot...... The two sides looked like rookies pecking each other.

It wasn't until the 81st minute that Malaysia hit the crossbar with a free-kick, and then Malaysia hit the post, and Japan was hit by Malaysia in a row......

In the 88th minute of the game, Ueda Kiyo was brought down by Tan in the penalty area, and Japan got a penalty opportunity. Ueda personally took the penalty kick, and Japan beat Malaysia 1-0.

Compared with the Chinese team's games, the plots of other teams are indeed quite monotonous and flat, probably because the Chinese team is born to be the protagonist, and there are a lot of dramas......

In this way, the opponent of the Chinese team in the quarterfinals is confirmed to be the Japanese team.

No matter when or what level of the game, the head-to-head confrontation between China and Japan is still quite interesting.

The most popular team in this tournament is definitely the Chinese team with Lu Zhuhu and the South Korean team with Son Heung-min, and even the super strong Uzbekistan has to be sidelined, and the Japanese team is a little lonely in comparison, and few say that they are championship contenders. In fact, it is not that the Japanese team is not good, on the contrary, they have a terrible number of reserve talents, which are far from being comparable to China and South Korea. This time it was relatively low-key because the Japanese Football Association did not send the U23 team in order to consider the Tokyo Olympics in two years, but still used the U21 team. The squad is made up entirely of players of Olympic age for the Tokyo 2020 Games, with no overage players over the age of 23 called. Head coach Mori Hoichi also made it clear that the Asian Games were aimed at training for the Tokyo Olympics, and the original goal was to win the championship, but after seeing the lineup sent by China and South Korea, he said that he should not fight for these false names......

Since the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, players under the age of 23 have been required to participate, but the Japanese have a lot of talent, and the Under-21 national youth team has always participated in the Olympic age to train for the Olympics two years later. And unlike the Chinese Football Association, when the Japanese Football Association recruits talented players under the age of 21 to play for overseas clubs, they are often rejected by the opposing clubs and are not allowed to go. (In fact, because the national Olympic team members are different from the national A team players, the national football associations have no mandatory binding force on the national Olympic team members, except for one country.) )

Even so, the composition of Japan's U21 is still rich and full of newcomers. Of the 20 players who were called up for the Asian Games roster this time, 15 are from J-League teams, and 5 are from Japanese university football giants such as Waseda, Distribution Economy, Juntendo and Tsukuba, and they are aged between 19 and 21. There is also an acquaintance of Lu Zhuhu, Shin Okazaki (not Shinji Okazaki) from Tokyo FC, who is only 19 years old this year and has been selected for the U21 national youth team for the first time. It is said that when Lu was still calling the wind and rain at Ajinomoto Stadium, this teenager was still in the echelon of Tokyo FC, taking on the glorious role of picking up the ball for Lu and acting as a human wall, of course, Lu Zhuhu occasionally pointed out one or two, and now this kid has a little sign of emergence, but he can play as a right wingback, central defender and defensive forward, and he is a versatile player, and he has made his J-League debut in March this year.

Sometimes Lu Zhuhu also feels very helpless, the new stars of the devil seem to be endless, always in the hematopoiesis, update, do not pay attention to it for a period of time, players of a certain age group may have completely changed a wave, and the Chinese team is quite cold, turn forward 4 years, you know that the main players in this team must still be Wei Shihao and Tang Shi. No way, our selection of materials is really quite narrow!

However, in the AFC U23 Championship qualifiers on July 23 last year, China U23 won against Japan U23. In the first half of the game, Wei Shihao broke the deadlock and assisted Deng Hanwen to expand the score, highlighting the style of "anti-Japanese pioneer"; In the second half of the game, the opponent was saved by Keita Endo, and finally the U23 national football team defeated Japan U23 2-1, and won the group with 7 points from 3 games, 2 wins and 1 draw in the Asian preliminaries.

This time, there are many familiar faces on both sides to confront each other, and there is no Lu Zhuhu intervening, and the two sides are very fair.