The lineup for the Berlin Olympics this time has been basically determined as early as April, and because of Lu Zhuhu's interference, it has been slightly adjusted, mainly to add himself and the two veterans of Shanghai Donghua, Dai Linjing and Zhou Xianyan. Because of Zhou Xianyan's joining, he also squeezed the number of a striker-

But normally, 22 people, is it really necessary to bring 10 strikers?

It can only be said that the world's understanding of football tactics is still too young these days.

The current Chinese players who failed are also for different reasons, such as Liang Xianzan of Nanhua is injured, Li Ning of Lehua, who is very familiar with Lu Zhuhu and Zhou Dai, has a recurrence of an old arm injury and can only stay in Shanghai for treatment, Tianjin's Tan Fuzhen was optimistic at first, but his performance was not good during the selection in Hong Kong, and the original goalkeeper candidate Zhang Rongcai was indeed too many goalkeepers, so he had to miss them.

During this period, there is indeed no shortage of goalkeeper positions in China (it seems that the quality of goalkeepers in the national team has always been good, even in contemporary times), Dai Lin is their current goalkeeper in Donghua, nicknamed "Iron Gate" Xu Heng is also very good, and he is 191cm tall, which is the tallest goalkeeper in China today.

The reason why several candidate players from the north were ultimately rejected was mainly because the overall strength of North China football was weak at that time, but it was not without famous players, such as Sun Sijing, nicknamed "North China Football King", who partnered with Li Huitang in Shanghai Lehua at the peak and was considered to be China's first "middle avant-garde", and only returned to Tianjin after the disintegration of Lehua. It's a pity that he is 34 years old this year, past his prime, and will no longer participate in national team events after the 9th Far Eastern Games. Even so, a year later, in 1937, he led the Tianjin Beining team to Japan, swept Honshu, won all four games, and defeated Waseda University, which was almost the original main force of the Japanese national team, with a score of 1-0.

(The previous chapter updated the roster of players and added the teams they came from, so you can review them when you have time)

The others were originally involved in the Olympics, but were "squeezed out" by Lu Zhuhu, namely Li Guowei (Chen Zhenhe's substitute), Yang Shuiyi, and Liang Shutang (forward substitute), but the three of them did not play in the match between China and Britain in history.

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After reuniting with head coach Yan Chengkun in Singapore, Boss Yan seemed to have forgotten some of the unpleasantness that happened with Lu Zhuhu before, as if he was nothing, talking cordially, and the spring breeze was blowing, so that Lu Zhuhu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: People who can do big business are really good at dancing with long sleeves!

Since the other party didn't mention it, it seemed that he was also very welcome to join the team, and Lu Zhuhu naturally wouldn't have nothing to do, so he pretended to be confused together.

The national team was finally assembled in Singapore, and there was a match against Singapore United that afternoon.

As the base camp of traditional Chinese, the enthusiasm of the Chinese in Singapore for the Chinese team at this time is indeed unstoppable-

At two o'clock, three hours before the game, Singaporean fans were already frantically flooding Anson Road Stadium. Fans who came a little later no longer had seats, so they all gathered around the outside of the stadium, climbing trees, climbing over fences, and even on billboards.

At the end of the game, more than 20,000 people attended, setting a record for a tournament held in Singapore and held so for many years.

Although the opponent is said to be the "Singapore United team", many people in the team have participated in the selection of the Chinese national team for the Berlin Olympics, such as Lin Zhiquan, the starting left midfielder of the Singapore United team, who was once also a popular candidate for the Chinese team. Singapore fans don't necessarily want to watch and see if someone who doesn't choose "us" plays in the Olympics, right?

At 5:15, the game officially began, and the starters of the Chinese team were:

Goalkeeper: Bao Jiaping

Defenders: Li Tiansheng, Tan Jiangbai

Midfielders: Liang Rongzhao, Xu Yahui, Chen Zhenhe

Forwards: Jia Youliang, Sun Jinshun, Feng Jingxiang, Li Huitang, Dai Linjing

Lu Zhuhu played two games in a row in Saigon, and this time he got a chance to rest (in fact, others will be unhappy if he has been starting) and sat on the bench.

In the first 5 minutes of the game, the unselected players of Singapore United were holding their breath to prove it to the fans on the opposite side and at home, so the attack was very fierce and also occupied the advantage on the field.

However, after all, there is still a big gap between the strength and the regular Chinese team that integrates elites from all over the world, so soon the balance will be tilted towards the side of the Chinese team.

In the 7th minute, Lee Hui Tong broke forward with the ball on the left side, easily shook two players, but his shot from a tight angle was lifted off the crossbar by Singapore goalkeeper Said. Then Jia Youliang took a corner kick, which was destroyed by Lin Zhiquan of the unsuccessful Chinese team, Dai Lin crossed to club teammate Sun Jinshun after winning the ball, but the "iron leg" comrade exerted too much force and shot high.

Just when everyone thought that the game was about to fall into the rhythm of the Chinese team, it suddenly rained in the sky in the 10th minute.

Strangely, when they saw that it was raining heavily, the players on the opposite side exchanged glances and showed joy.

Xiao Dong, who was sitting on the bench with Lu Zhuhu, asked a little strangely: "Why is it raining, and the players in Singapore look very happy?" ”

Before Lu Zhuhu could answer, Chua Wenli, also from Singapore, explained: "This is because it often rains in Singapore, and we all play in the rain here - and the domestic players are definitely not as familiar with the weather and venue conditions as here, so they naturally feel that they have to get the right location......

Xiao Dong suddenly realized, indeed, soon a lot of puddles accumulated on the poor field, and the football field became a muddy field. This is very unfavorable for the Chinese team, which is accustomed to walking the ball under their feet and looking for cooperation with their teammates. For the Singapore United, who are familiar with water warfare, playing in the mud is a piece of cake, and it is commonplace, so take advantage of the situation to attack and play a simple overhead cross - the ball is flying in the sky, and no matter how much water there is on the ground, it doesn't matter!

Singapore's right-winger Awan appeared to be prepared, his cross was slick but well-targeted, he was always able to find his team-mate in the crowd and was quite dangerous, coming close to finding the back of the net on two or three occasions.

At this time, I saw the role of a good goalkeeper - with Bao Jiaping here, "almost breaking the goal" can only be "near". He always strikes in a timely manner and always catches the ball even when it is disturbed by the rain.

Seeing that it was not possible to be pierced by the opponent repeatedly, the Chinese team thought about using the color - but as mentioned before, the old-fashioned sneakers became extremely heavy under the soaking of the rain, and it was difficult to move an inch. Rao is like this, but Li Huitang still cooperated with Jia Youliang to hit the wall and enter the opponent's penalty area - it's a pity that Li Huitang was entangled by the opponent's defender and shot too high in a hurry.

"If it goes on like this, it's hard for us to score!"

"The other party is walking on the ground......"

Xiao Dong Xiaohua shook his head and said.

Lu Zhuhu said: "This is not necessarily, you two forgot that there is a secret weapon in our lineup!" ”

Xiao Dong Xiaohua looked at him with some puzzlement, Lu Zhuhu's voice did not fall, only to see Ye Beihua passing, and one of the Chinese team fought out in the water - 18 yards from the door to catch the ball, then turned around and pulled up his left foot, and volleyed vigorously! The ball went into the net to open the scoring – and it was only 17 minutes! 1 to 0!

This man is ......