Chapter 272: Miniature

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Chu Zhongtian's goal ignited the passion of the fans in China, as well as the passion of the commentators. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, it is also a powerful blow to the South Koreans. After Chu Zhongtian scored the football into the goal, the South Korean commentator was silent for three minutes. Maybe he couldn't accept this fact for a while, or he simply didn't want to say anything at this time.

South Korea's "Red Devil Cheerleaders", who had been chanting "Republic of Korea" before, also fell silent.

The Chinese became the absolute protagonists on the pitch at this time, and the five-star red flag flew over the stands of the Khalifa Stadium.

The South Korean team was completely stunned by Chu Zhongtian's goal, and they didn't know how to play the remaining minutes of the game.

South Korea's head coach Cho Kwang-rae was so angry at the goal that he jumped up from the dugout and yelled at the sidelines.

Having an opposing player take the ball to the edge of their penalty area and shoot with their feet is a morale-boosting goal. He knew that, which is why he was so angry.

Fortunately, there was not much time left in the first half, and in the 45th minute, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the players of the South Korean team could finally breathe a sigh of relief, they got precious breathing time, and the fifteen minutes of the halftime were up to Zhao Guanglai to figure out what way to reverse the disadvantage.

The South Korean players walked off the pitch with their heads bowed, some with blank expressions on their faces. The Chinese team was so ahead of them, and it was really a big blow to them. If Zhao Guanglai can't make effective adjustments at halftime, I'm afraid that the second half of the game will be more difficult for them.

The players of the Chinese team walked off the field with smiles on their faces, and some people applauded and thanked the Chinese fans in the stands, and their expressions were very relaxed.

Chu Zhongtian's goal filled them with confidence, and the victory over South Korea is no longer just a good wish or slogan, but a real fact, which is in front of them, as long as they work hard, there is a great possibility to achieve it.

Now we are leading and South Korea need to score two goals to win against us, and we only need one more goal to basically seal the win.

In this way, the players of both sides entered the dressing room with their own different moods.

※※※ In the locker room of the Chinese team, there are already players who can't wait to start cheering. However, Chu Zhongtian, the scorer, did not have a bright smile on his face, on the contrary, he straightened his face. After everyone had cheered, he spoke, "I don't think it's time for us to be happy, is it?" ”

Gao Hongbo also walked in and said to everyone: "Da Chu is right, there are still forty-five minutes in the game, and we are only one goal ahead of the opponent. Forty-five minutes is a long time for a one-goal deficit and they have plenty of time to complete the comeback and turn defeat into victory. If you really want to win, you have to forget about this goal and give it your all in the second half. You have to fight as if you were the one behind you. Everyone has to fight for me! He clenched his fists and accentuated his tone.

Gao Hongbo, the small-eyed head coach, often gives the players the impression that he is taciturn, cherishing words like gold, and rarely has such a passionate time.

It seems that this final also infected him.

The substitute players remember clearly that after Chu Zhongtian scored, Gao Hongbo ran outside the coach's box, waved his fist vigorously, and then hugged the coaches around him to celebrate the goal. Apparently he was also excited.

'In the second half, South Korea will definitely come back, they have the quality, they have a lot of players who have scored in Europe, and what about us? We are inferior to them in terms of overall strength. Gao Hongbo continued. So in the second half we continued to defend and counter-attack. I'll say it again, even if we get a goal back in the second half, we don't have to mess around, there's nothing to panic about. Even if it was a draw, we didn't lose. Be steady. As time goes by, even if the score is 1:1 in the second half, they will become more and more anxious, and when the time comes, they will inevitably press forward, and we will take advantage of the space behind them to fight back! ”

※※※ In the locker room in South Korea, head coach Zhao Guanglai scolded all the players bloody: "Do you still plan to let our people relive the nightmare of last year's East Asian semi-finals!" ”

His eyes widened and he glared angrily, looking terrifying.

"Look at how you behaved after conceding the goal, it was like sleepwalking! I'm so ashamed of you! We can't go on like this! We are the Republic of Korea men's football team, we have created the best result of an Asian team in the World Cup, and we deserve to be the Asian champion! I ask you to show me the fighting spirit in the second half! ”

Zhao Guanglai doesn't think it's a tactical problem, from the field of view, the South Korean team had the upper hand in the first half, but the Chinese team had better luck than the South Korean team. As long as the South Korean team can show fighting spirit, cheer up 200 percent of the spirit, and let the strength speak, defeating the Chinese team is not an impossible task.

In order to regain the Asian Cup championship this time, we recalled almost all the foreign players, and in terms of strength, we deserve to win, not China!

He pointed to Park Ji-sung and said to the other players: "This Asian Cup is Park Ji-sung's last Asian Cup in the national team, and this final is his last Asian Cup final, shouldn't you give the best gift to your seniors?" ”

As soon as the head coach said this, the players of the South Korean national team lowered their heads.

Park Ji-sung is the number one star in the South Korean team, and his status is equivalent to Chu Zhongtian's status in the Chinese team. Before the game, everyone discussed using an Asian Cup champion to bid farewell to their old captain, old-timers, and some young Korean players revealed this intention in an interview with the Korean media.

Unexpectedly, in this first half, it was them who fell behind.

"The contest between China and South Korea has always been one-sided - we can't always hold our heads up in front of strong and confident Koreans...... But today we see hope for radical change. A year ago, in the East Asian semi-finals, our national football team defeated South Korea 3-0. At that time, everyone said that the Korean team was only a second team, because none of their foreign players came back, especially the absence of Park Ji-sung, which greatly affected their strength. But today the South Korean team did their best, and it was us who took the lead. I'm sure every fan of national football who watched the first half of the game must be very excited. Me too. At halftime, the host Zhang Bin in the Beijing studio was making a half-time summary.

"To tell you the truth, when Chu Zhongtian scored, I slapped the table with a slap, and it hurt." Zhang Bin shook his hand and motioned for everyone to look, it was indeed a little red.

'But the situation is not good and if our lads come back to half-time thinking it's settled, then we have to disappoint them in the second half. There is no shortage of such a past in Chinese football - when we think the victory is decided, how many black three or five minutes make us cry without tears? At half-time, I hoped that Gao Hongbo would calm down the players, forget about our goals in the first half and go all out. After all, we didn't have the upper hand in the first half. In order to avoid being beaten again by the opponent's black three-minute striker, we have to give it our all. ”

This is not only Zhang Bin's hope and worry, but also the national fans.

At half-time, the discussion about the game was in full swing on the Internet. Many people are cheering and worrying at the same time, and some natural "national football black" lose no time in telling everyone that the "fine tradition" of Chinese football will definitely make the second half become the world of Koreans, and the best laugh is the last laugh.

At this time, the only one who can be reassured is Chu Zhongtian. Before the Asian Cup, there were concerns that he had never played in a major tournament with the national team, which would become his shortcoming. It turns out that this shortcoming that everyone is worried about has not affected him, he does not have experience in the Asian Cup, but he has six seasons of experience in the top European league, his performance in the game is very outstanding, no matter how the rest of the Chinese team performs, Chu Zhongtian will always be the most stable one.

In the second half, everyone pressed the treasure on Chu Zhongtian.

Such tremendous pressure is invisible but real.

The hope of Chinese football was all on his shoulders, but he still straightened his back and walked onto the field.

※※※ In the second half, the South Korean team took advantage of their kick-off opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the Chinese team's defense. The opening five minutes are the easiest stage to score, and the South Korean intends to make the most of that.

However, the Chinese team has been prepared for a long time, and at halftime, Gao Hongbo asked everyone to pay attention to the attack of the South Korean team after the opening, and they must strictly defend and never concede the ball. If the opponent equalized at the beginning, then the morale of the South Korean team was boosted, and it was not difficult to score another goal or two in 40 minutes.

So the first five minutes of the second half are particularly important.

Chu Zhongtian and his teammates worked hard to defend, and every time he blocked the opponent's attack, he would slap the field and roar loudly: "Come on!" Defend! Don't give them that chance! ”

His shouts kept ringing out, still clearly audible on the noisy pitch, and it was clear that after this game, his voice would not want to speak for three days...... If Rangnick was watching this game, he would have shaken his head. Although Chu Zhongtian is very involved in every game, he is so devoted that the whole person is completely forgetful, and it is the first time he has seen him.

Sure enough, the club and national team just don't play the same. He plays in the club to make money and glory, but he can't make money in the national team, and he wins glory for the country while fighting for honor, and that kind of motivation is extraordinary.

Under the captain's leadership, the Chinese team survived the first five minutes of the South Korean team's indiscriminate bombardment, and despite the Taiji Tigers' hard work, they were unable to break through the Chinese team's goal.

Such a Chinese team has really achieved unity. Just like in the warm-up match between them and France before last year's World Cup, after leading the French team, they retreated with all their members and blocked the opponent's shots with an eye-catching attitude, and finally succeeded in defending the French team's crazy counterattack and defeating the former world champion 1:0.

The joy that the game brought to the fans has gradually disappeared, and in today's game, Chinese fans feel the joy of cheering for their national team again.

Whether it was at the scene or in front of the TV, a voice sounded: "Chinese team, come on!" Chinese team, hold! ”

In the sixth minute of the second half, the Chinese team, which had survived the South Korean team's furious attack, began to launch an offensive.

Under the leadership of Chu Zhongtian, they launched a fierce attack on the South Korean penalty area.

As soon as Chu Zhongtian got the ball, the South Koreans in the stands booed him, but they were often overshadowed by the deafening cheers of the Chinese fans as soon as they got up. Because this game broke into the final, many Chinese fans came from China, and they counted down to pay high prices for tickets, and even slept in the airport hall just to watch a game. The large number of Chinese fans is not much different from that of South Korean fans.

Before the first game, Chu Zhongtian and his teammates saw a handful of Chinese fans in the stands, many of whom may not have watched football before, but Chinese employees of companies stationed abroad or staff of Chinese embassies, who only came for the word "China". At that time, the stadium was completely full of fans of the opponent Kuwait, and the Chinese team played a real away game.

And now? As the Chinese team's performance got better and better, as they reached the final, their performance on the court won everyone's respect and love, and more and more people came to watch them play, and finally reached a peak in the final.

Wearing orange jerseys, the fans of the South Korean team dare to call themselves "Red Devils cheerleaders". Look at today's Khalifa Stadium, red occupies half of the country, not the red of South Korea, but the bright and thick red, which is the red of Chinese fans and the home jersey color of the Chinese national team.

In this game, the Chinese team wore this jersey to play, while the South Korean team, which was drawn by the away team, could only wear their white jersey.

As soon as Chu Zhongtian received the ball, the South Korean just raised a boo: "Woo-"

It was immediately drowned out by a louder shout: "Come on, Chinese team!" The Chinese team scored one!! ”

The shouts and atmosphere gave the Chinese players the illusion that they were not playing at Qatar's Khalifa Stadium, but at their home stadium, at the demolished Shenyang Wulihe Stadium.

It's their home and they're the masters here.

Fifty-four minutes, in the crazy cheering of Chinese fans, the Chinese team instigated an offensive, Chu Zhongtian and Deng Zhuoxiang, and Gao Lin three people in the front of the penalty area in a row to pass and cooperate, the defenders of the South Korean team were attracted to the middle, and finally Chu Zhongtian transferred the football to the side, Rong Hao inserted a cross, Chu Zhongtian in the middle of the shovel, and the body was thrown out, but unfortunately he did not touch the football, the football crossed the goal, and Gao Lin, who followed behind, did not touch the football, and the football directly drew the bottom line.

"It's too much! Chu Zhongtian is just a little bit worse! Duan Bin also held his head with his hands in the commentary seat at the scene, and shouted to the sky.

"Although the ball didn't score, the cooperation of the Chinese team was played, is this cooperation really the Chinese team? Is this still the rough buddy of the national football team that we are familiar with? Huang Jianxiang sighed in the live webcast. I believe this is also the doubt of many Chinese audiences, the performance of the Chinese team today is really different from the Chinese team that they have in their impression of flying like headless flies. They are more disciplined, clear-headed, clear-minded, and executive. If the Chinese team has such a performance in every game, breaking into the World Cup finals is not a dream of 44 years at all, but a dream once every four years.

Although Gao Hongbo has led the team for more than two years, the Chinese team has changed a lot compared with before, but it will not change so dazzlingly, right? Chu Zhongtian's return is the key.

Every time the Chinese team flashes in the offensive process, there is Chu Zhongtian's figure, he either appears at the beginning, or in the middle of the transition, or in the final finish.

His performance overwhelmed Park Ji-sung's brilliance, and in front of him, South Korea's number one star was a little dumb.

Chu Zhongtian rushed forward with the ball, and Park Ji-sung came up to defend...... Chu Zhongtian didn't slow down, and he didn't mean to pass the ball, he pushed the football forward, and Pu Zhixing was born! Hasten! Pretty! That's it! Over him! Huang Jianxiang shouted excitedly. Over him! ”

Chu Zhongtian in the center of the screen rushed forward with the ball, followed by Park Ji-sung, who was chasing after him. In Chu Zhongtian's eyes, it seemed that there was only football, and there was no one else around him, Park Ji-sung was like air, and he turned a blind eye. Just kept striding the ball, and none of the others, whether they were players from the South Korean team or the Chinese team, could come up to join the team, so they could only watch from the sidelines.

The two of them ran wildly for about thirty meters like this, and Chu Zhongtian finally succeeded in pressing Park Zhixing behind him. Chu Zhongtian's running speed is not fast in world football, but his basic skills are solid, the combination of man and ball in dribbling is very good, and the distance between the football and his feet is very suitable, so he will not reduce his speed because he needs to adjust his pace in the process of dribbling, and his dribbling speed is about the same as the usual running speed.

Park Ji-sung, who is nearly thirty years old, is slightly inferior to the younger Chu Zhongtian in terms of physical fitness.

After overpowering Park Ji-sung, Chu Zhongtian did not continue to rush forward, but flew the football to the side, and then he continued to rush forward until he rushed to the goal, looking like a striker, not a midfielder. He is the only one who has this ability, because he has super running ability and a keen instinct for the timing of the forward cut.

In the end, this attack did not cause a goal, but Chu Zhongtian ran 30 meters with the ball in the midfield, and only relied on the simplest ball to accelerate past Park Ji-sung, which still gave a wonderful replay on live TV.

"This speed competition between the two men may be seen as a microcosm of the competition between China and South Korea so far. In terms of various technical statistics, the South Korean team has the advantage, but the audience cheers for the wonderful performance of the Chinese team more often. The South Koreans' offense is thunder and rain, and the Chinese team's offense is a threat every time! The pride and pride that Duan Bin couldn't hide when he said this, and everyone could hear it.

A commentator is always worried every time he explains his national team game, always angry and helpless, always drowsy, this is his sadness. But today, this sadness has been swept away, and Duan Bin can also raise his eyebrows in the broadcast seat!

(To be continued)