Chapter 55 The National Olympic Team
After easily achieving his goal, Xiao Ji did not stay in Italy and returned to China directly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
But this time he didn't go back to Shanghai, he was going to Kunming to the National Olympic team.
The Incheon Asian Games kicked off on September 19, but football has always been the first to start, and this time was no exception.
The earliest September 14th started, and the National Olympic team was on September 15th, and there was still a week to go.
The rules of the Asian Games are the same as those of the Olympic Games, requiring players to be under the age of 23 and allowing 3 overage players.
For the Olympic Games in 2 years, the Football Association was ruthless and used this Asian Games to train young players, and 1 overage player was not recruited.
Then the Lunong Club had a conflict with the Football Association, and all six young players of the club were forcibly retained and not allowed to report.
As a result, this year's Olympic team is almost the weakest in history, and the age of the players is generally around 20 years old, which is about the same as the U21.
With his outstanding performance in the club this year, Liao Lisheng has become the most famous, although he is only a player who has just been selected this year.
It's just that with the arrival of Xiao Ji, everything has become a thing of the past.
Looking at a bunch of players who were originally his little brother and now have been circling around Xiao Ji, asking this and that, Liao Lisheng felt very unhappy.
Although Liao Lisheng knows that there is a gap in strength between him and Xiao Ji, one plays in the Chinese Super League and the other in the Premier League, which is the best proof.
But young people are competitive and will never admit defeat.
In the days of the training camp, Liao Lisheng had to compare with Xiao Ji as long as he had the opportunity.
Liao Lisheng plays as a forward defender and a midfielder on the field, and his defensive tasks are greater than offensive tasks, and he often has the opportunity to play against Xiao Ji in intra-team matches.
The result is very cruel, Xiao Ji can always pass him easily, he doesn't need too superb passing movements, the simplest speed change can be done, he can't keep up with Xiao Ji's speed at all.
The only consolation is that when he comes to attack and Xiao Ji comes to defend, he can easily pass Xiao Ji.
No one can guard against anyone, and it seems to be on par.
In fact, Liao Lisheng knows very well that he is doing his best when defending, but Xiao Ji is not, obviously not serious, and once even defended with his eyes.
After a long time, Xiao Ji gradually felt that Liao Lisheng seemed to be a little hostile to him.
This is not good, Liao Lisheng is the owner of the No. 10 shirt, the core of the midfield, which is very important to the team, Xiao Ji can shoulder the heavy responsibility of attacking, and the defense still has to rely on his teammates.
In this Asian Games, the goal of the top 4 was set by the foot agreement, and the Chinese people all regarded it as a joke.
Xiao Ji doesn't think so.
Because there's him in this team! His goal is to win the title!
After taking some time, Xiao Ji invited Liao Lisheng to dinner.
At the dinner table, Xiao Ji smiled and spoke first: "Is it unexpected?" ”
Liao Lisheng nodded very frankly and admitted that he didn't expect Xiao Ji to suddenly invite him, they didn't know each other before.
Xiao Ji: "I actually want to talk to you today, the Asian Games are coming soon, and the two of us should be the offensive and defensive core of the team." If the team wants to go far, unity is essential. As you should know, my relationship with the Football Association is very poor, the Premier League schedule is very busy, I have to play in other sports, and the opportunity to play for the Olympic team is very rare, you don't have to. ”
Liao Lisheng's ball quotient is very high, and his EQ will not be low, Xiao Ji said this, he immediately understood the meaning, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, and immediately apologized to Xiao Ji.
Xiao Ji naturally won't accept it, he didn't come to apologize, he just wanted Liao Lisheng to let go of the mustard, and encouraged him to perform well in the National Olympic team, he also knows some people in the Premier League, if he performs well, it may not be impossible to go abroad.
The word "going abroad" suddenly made Liao Lisheng's heart move, he has been yearning for high-level events abroad for a long time, and he has never had a chance, but he didn't expect the opportunity to suddenly appear, and he was suddenly full of motivation.
A simple conversation that resolves a small contradiction.
On September 15, the men's national Olympic football team welcomed its first opponent, the North Korean team.
The North Korean team has always been strong and fierce, and it is not easy to deal with, but it is not as fearful as South Korea, Japan and Iran, and the Canadian Olympic team is in a group of only three teams, and the top two in the group can qualify, and the other opponent, Pakistan, is still the number one hardcore brother of our country, and the pressure to qualify is basically none, and the mentality of the players is quite relaxed.
After the start of the game, the national Olympic team also played very smoothly, with Xiao Ji pulling the main energy of the opponent's defense, and several midfielders played a smooth cooperation in a row, creating a lot of opportunities, and they were close to the goal.
Seeing that the opponent was suppressed, it seemed that there was no power to fight back, the young players made the mistake of inexperience, they underestimated the enemy, relaxed and loosened became lax, and unconsciously moved the formation forward a lot.
At this time, the National Olympic team made a mistake in passing and was intercepted by the North Korean team.
The North Korean team immediately organized a quick counterattack, made a few quick passes, and quickly took the ball through the half, forming a 2-on-2 advantage in the frontcourt.
Shin Hyun-jin didn't waste this opportunity, he used his excellent individual ability to take the ball all the way to the penalty area, and then pretended to pass to Li Xiangzhe, successfully deceived the young Fu Huan, faced goalkeeper Fang Jingqi alone, and pushed the goal.
The North Korean team did not attack, and scored with the first shot on goal.
The members of the national Olympic team had a little difficulty accepting this situation and seemed to be lost.
This state was soon hit again, the National Olympic team made a mistake in defense, the two defenders made a mistake in coordination, mistakenly thinking that the other party would go up to defend, but no one went up, and the unguarded Xu Jiongzhen scored from a distance.
The national Olympic team fell behind 0-2.
The young players are in a hurry all of a sudden, and the reckless and crazy attack, without discipline, will naturally not score.
In the 40th minute of the game, the national Olympic team was still two goals behind, and if it entered the second half with such an analogy, it would make the players very frustrated, and it would be difficult to get it back, Xiao Ji knew that he had to stand up.
When encountering problems, Xiao Ji is still used to scoring with the best long-range shots, and this time is no exception.
At the edge of the penalty area, Xiao Ji met the opponent's defender and shot unreasonably from a distance, and the football crossed a wonderful arc and hung into the dead corner and drilled into the net.
The Olympic team pulled one goal back.
This goal suddenly made the national Olympic team get up the momentum, and at the end of the first half, they bombarded the North Korean team's goal, and if it wasn't for the half-time whistle, I believe that they would have scored an equalizer soon.