We are half of the six champions of the fifth part of the sixth chapter

"I'll admit that I've never heard of this team before and haven't researched any information about them. This team is new to us. But now that they're in the final, I'm going to treat them like a very good opponent. Fiorentina will give it their all...... No, no, the semi-final scene will never be repeated, I will not hide any of the main players, Dalian is an opponent worthy of our full spirit. ”

Luo Shengmao turned off the TV, and as he guessed, after he eliminated São Paulo with a conservative and negative style of play, many domestic media criticized him mercilessly, and even the lines of criticism were not as he expected - insulting the prestige of the world champion.

He scoffed at this criticism and did not take it to heart. At any time, there is no shortage of SBs in China who pretend to be forced. If they all listened to them, Chinese football would have been finished long ago.

He was concerned about the attitude of his opponent, and he was relieved that Sabato had praised him on the TV news and promised to send all his main forces as a sign of respect. In this way, he was able to prepare for the battle as he had envisioned at the beginning.

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On the other side, Sabato is discussing countermeasures with Di Livio, who knows too little about Dalian. Di Livio was in a hurry, but Sabato was not in a hurry. From the semi-finals to the finals, there was a full four-day break, and these days Di Livio dragged Zhang Jun online to collect information. Because he couldn't read the official website of the Dalian team in Chinese.

To Di Livio's delight, as the strongest team in the Chinese league at the moment, their official website is also doing well, updating in a timely manner, with all kinds of statistics, the only drawback is that they do not have an Italian version.

Each player is accompanied by a clear photograph that can be easily identified by Di Livio and Sabato.

It took some money to print out a thick stack of materials and hand it to Sabato. For Di Livio's work, Sabato is grateful. However, the information has only helped him to get acquainted with the team and allow him to match the players' names with their faces. It does not play the slightest role in studying the opponent's tactics and habitual play.

And for Sabato, the opponent's tactics are all in his mind. He is convinced that yesterday's game is all the strength that Dalian team can use, as long as he watched that game, it is enough for him to have a deep understanding of this team, and at the same time, he can also understand some of this head coach.

He doesn't think that Dalian can pose any threat to Fiorentina, who is going all out, and the key is not in the opponent, but in himself. How much spirit can the players lift in the face of such an unexpected opponent? After all, there are domestic league and Coppa Italia competitions waiting for them when they go back, and this game is destined to be a distraction for some.

The opponent will definitely do his best, but he has to think about many things: what if the main player is injured in this game? This is certainly the first thing for Florence to watch out for.

At the moment, Fiorentina are in very good form, on all fronts, and at this time, the only thing that can stop the high-speed Fiorentina train is injuries.

There is another problem, it was said that Luo Shengmao was a coach who advocated attack, but yesterday's game subverted the image in people's minds, and even the Chinese media hollowed out his experience in coaching the junior team, which shows that this person is born conservative. So in the final four days later, will Luo Shengmao attack or defend?

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Four days passed quickly, and the Dalian team was very nervous up and down, they actively prepared for the game, trained every day, and delayed the announcement of the starting lineup. Fiorentina, on the other hand, only trained for two days, then on the third day of free time, the whole team went shopping in Tokyo, and on the last day there was only a simple recovery training, and then they dispersed. The players seemed quite relaxed, and reporters even felt that Fiorentina underestimated Dalian, and many Chinese media were still angry about it.

Only Luo Shengmao did not believe in these things, and Sabato was known as a cunning fox in Europe, and it is likely that he pretended to show him all this to achieve the purpose of provoking him and making him lose his calm judgment. I must not be fooled by this, and this game still has to be played according to the tactics formulated at the beginning.

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The players are relaxed, but the coaches are not at all. Sabato was asking Di Livio: "Angelo, tell me, if Dalian plays a defensive counterattack, or even sends an iron bucket formation, wants to drag us to the penalty shootout." How should we cope? ”

Di Livio thought for a long time, but didn't speak.

"Well, let's put it another way: how many ways do we have to break through the opponent's dense defense?"

"Long shots in the middle, breakthroughs on the wings, long lateral passes, cross-cutting runs at the front guards...... A lot. Still, Antonio, how can you be sure that they will be conservative? ”

"I'm not sure, I'm just going to design the situation for the worst first, and be fully prepared, of course, if they attack us, it's the best, I can't ask for it."

"Actually, why should we bother about what tactics the opponent uses here?" Di Livio said, "Isn't it true that when Fiorentina faces their opponents today, they stick to their own style of play? As long as we follow our own steps, what does it matter what happens to our opponents? ”

Sabato slammed his head: "You remind me, I'm confused." True, intrigue only works if there is not much difference in strength between the two sides. However, if there is a 10,000-light gap between our strength and theirs, then any stratagem is just a useless ornament. Although the gap between Florence and Dalian is not 10,000 light years now, I don't think they can beat us by trickery alone. ”

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Zhang Jun was very happy to meet a team from China in the final. If the opponent is Sao Paulo, then it is just an ordinary final for the title. But when the opponent became Dalian, the situation was different, for Zhang Jun this was the first time he played against a team from his homeland in an official match, there were many acquaintances, and the game would be broadcast live to the whole country, and the emotions in the hearts of those fans watching the game must be very complicated. He felt that it was very meaningful, and the opponent alone was enough to make him remember.

Before the game, he also spoke on the phone with Li Jie and other teammates of the national team. Since the World Cup, the players of the Chinese team have not been together. The Football Association is still selecting a coach, and after the Chinese team won the world championship, the selection range of coaches has become larger, but it has also made the Football Association's vision more critical. There are even media and leaders of the General Administration of Sports calling for local Chinese coaches to coach this mature team, on the one hand, to train coaches, and on the other hand, to show the world that we have the best players in China, and there are also the best coaches, not just Qiu Suhui.

It seems that the leaders of the General Administration of Sports have some opinions on Qiu Suhui's choice to retire at this time.

From the phone, it can be learned that Dalian is also very excited to play with Fiorentina, Li Jie said that he is now dreaming of playing with Zhang Jun, and even Sima Hongxin, who has always been taciturn, is rarely excited.

Zhang Jun felt that he could somewhat understand the other party's reactions. Although the Chinese national team is the world champion, our club is still a big distance from the world's first-class, and they may not have the opportunity to play against the world's top teams all year round. Only such a game can inspire the fighting spirit and ** in the hearts of the players.

China's professional football clubs still lack the opportunity to communicate with the world at a high level...... The Japanese can use money to smash a Toyota Cup and let the top two European and American countries come to Tokyo to play every year, on the one hand, cultivate the domestic football market and increase people's interest in football; On the other hand, it has also indirectly improved the level of football in the country. Why didn't anyone think about it in China? In Zhang Jun's view, there must be no shortage of lords in China who have less money than the Japanese? Why are they reluctant to invest? I am afraid that the main reason is that our domestic professional football market is immature and can bring them tangible benefits.

When China's domestic professional leagues can attract famous players from Europe and the United States to choose this place as a place to support their families before retirement, it will be successful enough. How high a level? I'm afraid it's not something that Zhang Jun can see when he's alive, foreign leagues have developed for hundreds of years, and China's leagues still have a long way to go. It will take the joint efforts of several generations and perseverance. As before, it was the same for the first three years and the next three years, and after each leader came to power, he changed it according to his plan, changed it back and forth, and changed it day and night...... Nothing can be done that way, we're just standing still.

Zhang Jun never thought that the Chinese team won the world championship once, and Chinese football took off. He doesn't believe the words of the media to praise virtues, he only believes in his own judgment, he has been playing abroad all these years, he has gained a lot of knowledge, and he has his own ideas. The foundation of a country's football level lies in the level of mass football, and the most direct response to the level of mass football is the domestic league. If you have money, you can continue to increase your investment in football infrastructure and improve your football level. It has created a healthy football environment for the whole society. Then attract more people and money recently, and from then on form a complete virtuous circle.

It is very dangerous to ignore the league and only pay attention to the national team, and pin all hopes on a few talents who have come out by chance, and the South Korean team has sounded the alarm bell for the Chinese team - in the past few years, they have been paying close attention to the national team, and ignoring the construction of the domestic league, when the talent is cut off, their football level began to regress, and now Chinese teams at all levels can easily defeat their old opponents. On the contrary, because Japan has always attached great importance to the construction of the league, and a good football environment has been formed in the country, and their rookies are emerging in an endless stream, either playing in the country, or exporting to the European league, and finally replenishing back to the national team to improve the level of the national team, and they have embarked on a virtuous circle.

Chinese football can't learn from South Korea, that's an act of killing chickens and taking eggs. Japan is the role model and teacher of Chinese football.

This time he came to Tokyo to play the Club World Cup, which also made Zhang Jun deeply feel the increasing importance of football in Japan. In the past, Japanese teenagers were obsessed with baseball, but with the improvement of Japanese football and the improvement of the environment, more and more Japanese young people have taken football as their first interest. Looking at the fanatical Japanese fans, Zhang Jun has to sigh: this is a powerful opponent, and he will become the enemy of Chinese football for a long time to come, of course, but at the same time, he is also a teacher.

Although the Chinese team has become a new upstart in the World Cup, although it cannot be regarded as the real rise of Chinese football, it can be used as an opportunity to attract the attention of the world and make more people pay attention here, thereby bringing more hope and bringing in and going out.

This is a hope for the real rise of Chinese football.

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The day before the game, Luo Shengmao, the head coach of the Dalian team, who had finished the pre-war preparation meeting, was talking to a person on the phone.

This person is actually familiar to everyone, it is none other than Qiu Suhui, the former head coach of the Chinese national men's football team.

Luo Shengmao is the head coach of the Dalian team, and Qiu Suhui is a native of Dalian, and he is accompanying his family at home in Dalian at the moment. The two have actually known each other for a long time, but Luo Shengmao has been working in various youth teams in Dalian and Liaoning, and he is not as famous as Qiu Suhui. He was able to become the head coach of the Dalian team, thanks to Qiu Suhui's recommendation.

The two used to like to get together to analyze the situation in world football, and people can't get together, but they can also use the phone. Later, after Qiu Suhui resigned, the two got together for three days. It is precisely because of these years of contact and understanding that Qiu Suhui thinks that Luo Shengmao is an excellent coach, as long as he exercises well and increases some coaching experience and resume, he will definitely be able to achieve a career. The Chinese men's football team has recently been selecting a coach, and he asked Luo Shengmao to coach in Dalian, also for the sake of the future national team coach.

Although he has retired from this position, his love for Chinese football still makes it impossible for him to completely give up everything related to football.

"Do you have any questions? Lao Luo. ”

"Ahem, that's right. Our opponent is Fiorentina, you know? ”

Qiu Suhui on the other end of the phone nodded: "In the past few days, TV, newspapers, and the Internet have reported like crazy, and it is said that hundreds of Chinese reporters will flock to Tokyo on the day of the finals." ”

"Hey, then I'm really under a lot of pressure......" Luo Shengmao smiled bitterly. Fiorentina are strong and there will hardly be anyone who looks favorably on us. It doesn't matter if we lose, but I don't want to lose at this time, and I especially want to beat Fiorentina and prove my ability to outsiders. I'm a little undecided now, I don't know which side to choose, and I'd like to hear your opinion. ”

There was silence for a while, and it was obvious that Qiu Suhui was also thinking. This is the first official contest between a club and the strongest foreign team in the history of Chinese professional football, which is definitely not comparable to those commercial competitions of entertainment. The significance of this match is so significant, the media has not been less publicized these days, although there are some comments that Qiu Suhui disagrees with, but most of him thinks it is very reasonable.

For example: first of all, if Dalian wins, then after the Chinese team has just become the world champion, it will undoubtedly be a great victory to continue to expand the influence of Chinese football in the world and further improve the image of Chinese football. It will help to increase the enthusiasm and various investments in football in the country, and the political and economic significance cannot be ignored.

Secondly, if Dalian wins, it will also boost the confidence of the Chinese people. After being called the "sick man of East Asia" for half a century, the Chinese have some inferiority complex, and any victory will be expanded by them into a victory for the whole of China and the whole nation. In turn, any failure can be magnified. Once the Dalian team wins, it will boost the confidence of the Chinese people, and this role alone is very remarkable.

Again, the Chinese men's football team won a World Cup, it was a victory for the national team, and if Dalian won, it would be a victory for the club. This indicates that China's football reform has indeed achieved results and is conducive to the continued implementation of football reform. Although Qiu Suhui has slandered Chen Wei, he still appreciates his ability to continue to adhere to the reform of football professionalism. Although the victory in Dalian will allow Chen Wei to continue to flutter, it can also play a very huge role in reform - objectively.

Finally, this game will be broadcast live to the world, and many people will watch this game, I believe that it must also include scouts from European clubs, so as long as the players of the Dalian team perform well, they will definitely be favored by European clubs, and then they will be able to be like the members of the national team that year. And what does it mean to be a good performer? The best way to do this, naturally, is to win the game.

Qiu Suhui and Luo Shengmao will not worry about the reserve force of the Dalian team, even if they send away more than half of the main force in the current team, Luo Shengmao can draw a group of top players from the youth teams at all levels to form a new Dalian, Luo Shengmao has been working in the Liaoning youth team for a long time, and he is very clear about the level of youth football in Liaoning. Although a long time ago, a group of geniuses in Luoyang, Henan Province stole the limelight. However, compared with Luoyang's golden generation, Liaoning's advantage is that they have accumulated a lot of money and will not worry about talent disconnection. And since Zhang Jun and the others left, Henan has never been able to come with any high-level talents. This is also what Qiu Suhui is worried about - what should we do if Chinese football is one day like Henan, and there is a talent gap? He believes that we can learn from the Brazil-Argentina model, transfer outstanding talents to professional teams to play, and then be sent out by European teams, and then transfer those well-trained young people to play in professional leagues to increase experience, and so on.

Since the country's youth football program is slow to develop, it is up to local clubs to complete the blood transfusion project for the country.

This Club World Cup final is related to the above four points, and it is no wonder that Luo Shengmao is more cautious and hesitant at this time. Who can easily carry so many expectations on their shoulders?

Qiu Suhui understands Luo Chengshengmao, this pressure makes him sway from side to side, but it is dangerous for the head coach to have such emotions before the final, which will show a lack of self-confidence, which in turn will directly affect the morale of the team.

"Lao Luo, I remember that there is a saying: when you don't know what to do, choose the method that you think is best. You are now the head coach of the Dalian team, I can't say anything superfluous, I just say this sentence to you, I hope you think about it yourself and choose. ”

Luo Shengmao, who ended the call, didn't say anything, and he sat quietly by the phone alone.

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Sabato have already decided on the style of play of this game, as they have shown in any Serie A, Champions Cup, Coppa Italia, and they have decided to play this game as if it were a normal game. It doesn't matter who the opponent is, it doesn't matter what the occasion is, as long as you play your football well, then no opponent can pose a threat to Fiorentina now.

Therefore, no matter what starting lineup and style of play Dalian has, he just needs to tell his subordinates: just play according to your previous way.

"It's less than half an hour before the start of the race." Sabato looked at his watch, "I still don't know the starting line-up of the opponent, and I don't know if they are counter-attacking or playing against us. But it doesn't matter, I'm sure everyone knows a little bit about this team from your captain's home country these days. We don't have to worry about how they play, we just have to play the game the way we play and then we will win in the end. Because...... We are many, many times stronger than them! ”

Sabato is as arrogant as ever, and Zhang Jun not only feels a little unhappy with the Dalian team, but also admits that he is arrogant and has capital. To say that Dalian can beat Fiorentina? I'm afraid not many people in this world can believe it.

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On the other hand, Luo Shengmao also made his own decision.

Looking at the players in the locker room whose bodies were trembling with excitement, Luo Shengmao felt relieved and proud of his choice, because he was convinced that these players' choices must be the same as his.

"Guys."

The players all raised their heads and looked at their manager. Because he led the team to win the AFC Champions League in just one year, and now he has reached the final of the Club World Cup, Luo Shengmao's prestige in the hearts of the players is unprecedented, and everyone believes in him.

"I think if you go online or call back, you must know what this game has been played up in China. I didn't want to put so much pressure on you, but now that the communication is developed, even if I don't say it, you all know what's going on, so I'll tell you directly, this game is very important for China behind us and for yourselves. But I'm not going to use the same conservative tactics as the last one. As I am sure you know, it is useless to be conservative when it comes to Florence. ”

A number of players are nodding their heads, and naturally they will not want to spend 90 minutes against Fiorentina in a passive conservative situation. It's hard to play against the most attacking team on the planet at the moment, if they shrink back to defense, how can they have face in the future? It is rare for them to recall in an interview: "The match against Fiorentina? Ah, I was in my own box for the whole game, I can't remember anything else. ”

It's a shame.

"So this game we reverted to the attacking football we are most familiar with."

When the players below heard Luo Shengmao say this, they were all so excited that they almost screamed. In the domestic league and in the AFC Champions League, they all relied on invincible and invincible attacks to sweep their opponents. Although they had to play defense in the last game in order to reach the final, they still felt uncomfortable inside.

"Fiorentina are known for their attacking play and when I decided to play against them, I was actually mentally prepared to lose. But! Luo Shengmao raised his voice violently, "However, I don't want you to admit defeat now, otherwise, we might as well not walk out of this door!" You know, they are European champions, Italian champions, we are also Asian champions and Chinese champions, we are not necessarily much worse than them! ”

"That's right! Football is round, and it is not certain who will win and who will lose! ”

"It's like, why are we going to lose?"

"Let the Italians see how good we are! The Chinese team is not so easy to mess with! ”

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Luo Shengmao motioned for everyone to be quiet, he still had something to say.

"It's coming soon, you're going to be playing soon. Before I walk out of this door, I have one last word to say to you, no matter what the game looks like later, you must remember that you represent China, and you can't be ashamed of anything! ”

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The Tokyo National Stadium is a very old multi-purpose stadium that once hosted the Tokyo Olympics. It has now been renovated and rebuilt into a new and modern stadium. This is the venue for the final of the World Club Cup Championship.

Because Sabato announced the starting lineup of the game to the news media the day before the start of the game, Zhang Jun, Crewe, Joaquin and other balloon stars were impressively listed, causing a wave of excitement among the fanatical Japanese fans, and the tickets for the final were quickly sold out. There are more than 200 reporters who came to the scene to cover the scene, of which the main force is Japanese and Chinese reporters, and the third is the Italian media.

Although the Italian side did not take this game too seriously, the Chinese side paid great attention to it, and they broadcast the "World Cup" of the club as if they were broadcasting the World Cup final. All eyes are on the Chinese players. There is such a very representative view in China: When have so many Chinese players appeared in such a world-rated football competition? We as China should be proud of this.

The two sides were very friendly when shaking hands, picking sides, and exchanging team flags before the game, and Li Jie even joked with Zhang Jun. But Jang Jun knew very well, no, everyone knew that when the game started, the friendly smile would be replaced by a look full of murderous intent.

What excites Sabato is that from the first minute after the whistle, Dalian team left the offensive banner and launched an attack against the mighty Fiorentina. Such a scene, even the commentator of CCTVS himself did not expect it, and repeated it several times: "Did we see it wrong?" It's Fiorentina wearing the white jersey now, right? ”

When Li Jie hit a header on the crossbar of Florence, Sabato excitedly stood up from his seat: "Angelo! Angelo...... You see, how ridiculous it is for us to be afraid of this and that before the game. People are attacking us, attacking us!! Oh my God, God forbid! What a situation it couldn't have been! ”

"That's nature. Even Xiang Tao, the left-back, has such a strong attack**, Zhang Jun is also the best scorer in the world, Crewe is the best striker, and it is understandable that their home country's club insists on attacking in key games, right? ”

"Yes, yes, you're right! They're amazing, and in order to pay tribute to them, we have to attack with all our strength and completely break them with our attacks! ”

Di Livio rolled his eyes, is this what is called a tribute? I'm afraid the last thing the opposing coach wants to see is your kind of "tribute......

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"Unexpectedly...... Against the offensive ......" Zhang Jun was also somewhat surprised by the Dalian team's move. In his impression (at least ten years ago), Chinese clubs rarely dared to attack each other in key games, otherwise there would be no shame of losing 0:5 to Japanese teams and 1:7 to West Asian teams. I don't know why, the more they need to let go, the more they can't let go, afraid of this and that, and in the end, they lose and lose, which makes many fans vomit blood in frustration.

It can't be blamed that Zhang Jun has no confidence in his country, but he doesn't know how many years he hasn't watched China's domestic league. This knowledge is pitifully poor.

"Hey, hey!" Lin Feng, who ran past Zhang Jun's side, smiled at him and said, "I know what you're thinking when you look so surprised." There's nothing to be surprised at, if I still shrink back in the face of you, then I won't even have the capital to go back to China to brag! 'I'm the one who did it against Florence!' Lin Feng spread his hands and ran backwards in front of Zhang Jun's eyes.

"Zhang! Sheet! Jang Jun heard Sabato calling him from the sidelines.

"Tell them! Press it out and fight! Don't be afraid of the opponent's attack, just use our attack to suppress them! Since they want to fight us, satisfy them! Sabato waved his arms and roared. Nothing to be polite!! ”

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It was a game that Chinese fans will cherish forever, not only because it was the first time that a Chinese professional club had reached the final of the world's highest tournament, but because of the courage shown by the Dalian players in this match, which was reminiscent of the World Cup that ended so soon.

It's a classic matchup that deserves to be remembered by FIFA in the history of the Club World Cup (if the tournament can continue like the Champions Cup), as the two sides brought a top-notch treat to the fans and the audience in front of the TV with a fiery match. Dalian team is not famous? It doesn't matter, they just play well. The classics are not because of the two sides of the competition, but because of what kind of game they play.

Players from both sides brought a classic game to the audience at the Tokyo National Stadium, with a big offensive battle, fast rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions, delicate skills at the feet, tacit cooperation and surprise, wonderful shots, and beautiful introductions and rescues...... In short, everything is in place, including the addictive goal.

Seventeen minutes into the game, Fiorentina unsurprisingly opened the scoring. Dalian team attack is very fierce, it also means that they have a lot of space behind them, the experienced Fiorentina keenly seized this opportunity, Crewe straight to Paccini, Pacini shot into the upper right corner of the penalty area from the left side of the box with almost no defense, Sima Hongxin no matter how powerful, it is impossible to save the ball to the far corner of the dead corner when blocking the near corner.

The football flew into the goal by grazing the post, and the National Stadium was filled with cheers. Except for the Chinese fans, everyone else was cheering for Fiorentina. It seems that Dalian played so ugly in the semi-finals, which made their impression score very low in the hearts of Japanese fans.

Fiorentina's 1-0 lead over Dalian made the Fiorentina players a little excited, and for them, the victory over Dalian should be a sure thing, and they don't need to be too happy.

But they soon realized that they were wrong, and the Dalian attack almost caused their gates to fall. Li Jie's savage shooting and dribbling made even Svensson a little jealous. There were times when they thought they were not facing Dalian, but AC Milan.

At the end of the first half, Fiorentina finally blasted the door of Sima Hongxin for the second time by Joaquin after four consecutive shots. The score of 2:0 made many people think that the Dalian team was out of play, and the second half was just a goal performance by Fiorentina.

But I don't know what Luo Shengmao told the players at halftime, the Dalian team in the second half continued to strengthen the attack and it was almost crazy.

This kind of momentum made the Italians completely unexpected, and many people were very relaxed at halftime.

The efforts of Dalian people finally paid off in the twelfth minute of the second half, Lin Feng pulled to the side and crossed, Li Jie jumped high in the middle, beat Bonella, and then made a powerful rush!

Because the distance was too close, Frei couldn't make a save, and he could only watch the football crash into the net.

At this time, the Chinese fans in the National Stadium were ignited, and they were like in the World Cup, frantically cheering for Dalian - because of the World Cup, the Chinese fan team has been greatly trained and improved, and now the comprehensive quality is no worse than the South Korean "Red Devils" cheerleading team.

After the goal, Li Jie was so excited that he even took off his shirt and ran all the way to celebrate despite the referee's yellow card warning, as if his muscles were marking his team.

His teammates quickly pinned him down and screamed right in front of the TV cameras: "We scored!!" What is Florence?! ”

"Well done!" ……

Zhang Jun stood not far away with his hands on his hips, quietly looking at the excited Dalian players and his compatriots. It's just to narrow the gap between the scores, but they are so excited, I'm afraid the goal is more meaningful than the score.

Because they proved themselves to be just one goal away from the highest level in the world......

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Although Zhang Jun started the game, his performance was far from satisfying the Japanese fans who were expecting him. Now it has almost become a stereotype, but whenever there is an important game, the number one star of the team must perform mediocre, but the people around him continue to shine one by one. Perhaps the role of the team's number one star is to use his fame and aura to scare opponents, draw defensive attention to himself, and create more opportunities for his teammates.

Li Kit got his wish and scored a goal and a yellow card. The morale of the Dalian team was empty, and they continued to maintain the offensive pressure on Fiorentina, and Sabato's insistence on not retreating also allowed the fans to see a hand-to-hand fight, and everyone fought fiercely and excitingly.

And, because of this situation, the goalkeepers of both teams have become the stars second only to the attacking players. Frei's performance was great, after all, he was the best goalkeeper in Italy last season. And Sima Hongxin's performance is believed to have also made the eyes of those European scouts in the stands and in front of the TV brighten, this teammate who never shouts loudly, and almost never goes out of the small penalty area, the tall goalkeeper reacts extremely flexibly, and he even reminds people of the former Brazilian international, AC Milan goalkeeper Dida.

Zhang Jun himself already had at least five shots planted under this man.

It's a situation that easily reminds him of the game he had many years ago when he was a student. Of course, the current Sima Hongxin is more powerful than before, and he Zhang Jun is far from being comparable to himself at that time. Sima Hongxin played at a super level, but Zhang Junke is not at full power.

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The score of 1:2 made the Chinese people excited, and also made the Dalian team see the hope of equalizing or even winning the game. Their attacks are getting bolder and at the same time, there are more holes in the backline.

In the seventy-first minute of the game, Zhang Jun, who had not scored for a long time, finally broke out, he took the ball forward after receiving a pass in the midfield, and then made two consecutive two-one-one cooperation with Crewe that made the audience scream non-stop, and successfully broke into the penalty area, and when he just entered the penalty area, Sima Hongxin, who almost never left the small penalty area, decisively abandoned the goal!

This made many people can't believe their eyes, only Zhang Jun was not surprised, because when they fought for the first time, Sima Honghongxin also attacked frequently when facing him. Don't attack? Jokes, no matter how good the angle is, there will always be a dead corner that you don't pay attention to, for a striker like Zhang Jun who shoots at a tricky angle, it is not difficult to find this dead corner and shoot in from there.

In one-on-one, it is always the striker who dominates, and for someone like Zhang Jun, he has more options when it comes to the goalkeeper. Complex, past the goalkeeper; Simple, direct shot.

This time, Zhang Jun chose the most pleasing way for the fans, he faked a real shot, shook Sima Hongxin to the ground, and then accelerated to overtake, broke through the last line of defense, and easily pushed the football into the empty goal!

"Zhang Jun has scored! When facing old friends, he is not soft at all...... But, let's cheer, it was a beautiful goal indeed, and everyone waited for him for a full seventy-one minutes before he finally scored! As Fiorentina's captain, the number one star and top scorer, I'm afraid many people won't be satisfied if they don't score, right? ”

Zhang Jun was not excited, he just waved his fist to the stands.

Scoring against the Chinese team, he really couldn't put himself in a very excited mood

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Before Zhang Jun's goal, the Dalian players were still full of hope, and not just because the score difference was only one goal. But when Zhang Jun scored, they found that the hope of winning was gone, not only because the score gap had widened to two goals, but also because Zhang Jun was in form - this is the most terrifying thing, once the world's top scorer is activated, it is almost impossible for anyone in today's football to stop him.

So Luo Shengmao was standing on the sidelines at this moment, and he didn't say anything. He knows that the loss is very likely, but he still wants the players to fight and fight. Now, as he expected, the gap between Dalian and Fiorentina is still quite large, and the gap between the level of Chinese professional football and the world's top level is still quite large, far more than two goals.

After being stunned for a while, Luo Shengmao used the last two substitutions, replacing a striker, removing a defender, replacing an attacking defender, and removing a midfielder. This move won the applause of the fans at the scene, because it was completely a desperate style of play, a sign of active attack and never giving up.

The commentator is still analyzing, thinking that Luo Shengmao is unwilling to lose the game, who knows that he just doesn't want the players to have any regrets. It's not a shame to trade an attack for an attack, and it's not a shame to die in the attack. Against Fiorentina we scored a goal and that was the win, and if we could score more, it would be an even bigger win.

In the last ten minutes of the game, Dalian pressed the attack on all fronts, and finally forced Fiorentina to recycle the defense for the first time in the game, and even Zhang Jun had to return to his own half, he didn't go back in front of the first offside, and no one passed the ball to him in the second.

Able to make "the second in the world, no one dares to call the first" madman Sabato ordered the team to recycle the defense, Luo Shengmao has fully demonstrated his coaching level and courage to the world. Even the CCTV commentator is already inviting him to coach the national team: "Haven't we been worrying about the selection of the national team coach? This does not have a ready-made one. In this game, Chairman Chen Wei was watching the game at the scene, and he must have seen Luo Shengmao's performance, what is he still hesitating about? ”

Fiorentina really deserves to be a team from Italy, and if they really want to play defense, Dalian can't do anything about them. The final moments of the game passed with this kind of attacking and Fiorentina defending. When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the crowd cheered for a great game and applauded the performance of the players on both sides.

Fiorentina claimed their third trophy of the season (the first two being the UEFA Super Cup and the Italian Super Cup), halfway short of their six-time title.

Dalian has won the respect and appreciation of the world with their performances, and at the same time, it is believed that some of them will become newcomers to the European football list after this competition.

It can be said that this is a game without losers.

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When the two managers came together after the game to shake hands, Sabato patted Luo Shengmao on the shoulder and said to him in a language he did not understand in Italian: "You are such a good coach, you should try it in Europe if you have the chance." ”

Luo Shengmao didn't understand, but he still believed that this was a compliment to him. He congratulated Fiorentina and Sabato on not being ashamed of his team's performance to keep his head held high in his conversations with the world-class manager.

The camera swept to Chen Wei, chairman of the Chinese Football Association on the rostrum, who had just finished shaking hands with the president of the Japanese Football Association and the president of FIFA.

The camera was frozen for several seconds, and even the Japanese knew that it was difficult for the Chinese men's football team to choose a coach at present. Could it be that this time, will Chen Wei find a second Qiu Suhui?

The 2011 Asian Cup will be held in Japan, and it is clear that the host and defending champions have already seen world champions China as the number one threat, and the most important position of the Chinese team, the head coach, is naturally on their minds.

The general opinion in the Japanese media is that Qiu Suhui's resignation gives the Japanese a chance to defend their title, but if they regain a high-level manager, then the Asian Cup will become a no-brainer. This is certainly not what the Japanese want to see.

Will Luo Shengmao become the head coach of the Chinese team? Chen Wei is about to take action, and I believe it won't be long before we know.