Chapter 1032: Two Consecutive Wins and Two Consecutive Defeats

With the end of the 2012 European Championships held in Poland and Ukraine, the attention of fans gradually shifted to the Olympic football match, and the Chinese Olympic team, which was highly exposed by the media, became the focus of fans' attention.

Because their total value reached 36.5 billion, they became the most valuable player in the 2012 London Olympics.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the captain Iro's personal worth of 1300 million euros.

However, the Chinese Olympic team is a whole, and there are many well-known stars in this team, in addition to Ailuo, who has attracted much attention, such as Feng Xiaoting, Gao Lin, Wang Xiaolei, Wu Xi, Zhang Linpeng and others have a high reputation in the five major European leagues.

Zhang Linpeng, in particular, has been out of control since his transfer to Chelsea after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and has become the best right wing-back in Europe in just one season, and transferred to the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid for 35 million euros in the summer of 2011.

To get back to the point, after the European Cup, the Chinese Olympic team played two more friendly matches with Uruguay and Morocco, in which the Uruguayan team played the main force, which means that Ello's teammates in Valencia, Cavani and Godin, are listed as overage players, and Ello's teammates in Chelsea, Suarez, have also become overage players.

The match ended in a 2-2 draw, with Suarez and Cavani scoring for the Uruguayan Olympic team.

The process of this game made Chinese fans a little worried, because Suarez and Cavani are not world-class strikers, but they were able to score two goals in the back combination of Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Linpeng, which means that the whole back line is very problematic.

After the game, head coach Manzano took the initiative to mention the problem of the Chinese Olympic team's backline, saying: "The team is still in the run-in, the qualification problem is within the normal range, fortunately it was found that the problem was before the Olympic football match and not after the start of the Olympic football match, we have a lot of room for adjustment......

The Chinese reporters listened and nodded repeatedly, Feng Xiaoting's strength did not need to be questioned, but his central defender partner Mei Fang has not yet adjusted to the best condition.

In addition, the central defender Lei Tenglong, who plays in Lille in Ligue 1, has great potential and can try to partner with Feng Xiaoting, and nineteen-year-old Shi Ke or Wang Tong can try to partner with Feng Xiaoting, anyway, there is still some time before submitting the final eighteen-man squad.

The warm-up match between the Chinese Olympic team and the Moroccan Olympic team was the last warm-up match before the submission of the 18-man squad, and it was also the last warm-up match before the Chinese Olympic team started the main competition.

In view of the shortcomings of the last game with Uruguay, Manzano tried to use the 19-year-old Shi Ke to partner Feng Xiaoting, and the result was very good, because Shi Ke's technical characteristics and Feng Xiaoting's technical characteristics complemented each other.

In the case of the problem of the defensive line, the attacking line led by Ailo and Gao Lin messed up the Moroccan back line led by Ailo's teammate Benatia in Valencia, and finally won 4:0.

Two days later, the Chinese Olympic team submitted the final 18-man squad to the London Olympic Football Committee - 15 school-age players and three over-age players.

Needless to say, the three overage players are, and the fifteen school-age players are: goalkeepers: Wang Xiaolei and Yan Junling.

The defenders are: Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Zhipeng, Lei Tenglong, Shi Ke, Mei Fang.

Midfielders: Wu Xi, Cao Yunding, Zhang Xizhe, Mai Tijiang, Zhang Jiaqi.

Forwards: Sun Ke, Zhang Chengdong, Wu Lei.

Overage players: Ai Luo, Gao Lin and Feng Xiaoting.

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Due to the long duration of the Olympic football tournament, the tournament starts earlier than other competitions, and the first kick-off is the women's football match in Group E-H.

The first match of the Chinese Olympic team was played at half past two in the afternoon of the 26th local time in London, that is, at half past nine in the evening Beijing time, just right for Chinese fans to watch the game.

However, there is not much pressure on the Chinese Olympic team led by Ailuo, who are the seeded team in Group B and one of the biggest favorites to win the Olympic championship.

After 90 minutes, the Chinese Olympic team defeated the Mexican Olympic team with a score of 2:0 and won a good start.

The other group stage played later was a bit of a surprise, when one of the favourites to win the championship, Spain, lost 0:1 to South Korea, causing the first upset of the Olympic football tournament.

You must know that the Spanish Olympic team and the South Korean Olympic team have a 70% to 30% possession ratio, and the Spanish Olympic team is made up of former and current Valencia champions such as Mata, David Silva and Xavi Martinez, plus Jordi Alba and Azpilicueta, which is basically a small half of the Spanish national team......

This cold is really too big.

In Group C, Brazil and Egypt played a goal battle, and in the end, the Brazilian Olympic team led by Neymar and Pato won 3-2.

The next day, the media that followed the Olympic football match focused on the upset defeat to South Korea's Spanish Olympic team, because the value difference between the players of both teams was several times greater......

In the end, thanks to David Silva, Juan Mata, Xavi Martinez and others who participated in the European Championship, the physical exertion was too great, and the form has not yet been challenged and returned.

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Another day later, the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games officially kicked off at the Stratford Olympic Stadium in London, and it is worth mentioning that Iroh became the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation again after serving as the flag bearer of the team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Compared to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Ailuo is now the most famous athlete in Chinese sports, and it is even more indisputable that he will be the flag bearer of the national athlete team, especially after Yao Ming retired and Liu Xiang was unable to continue to represent the national team in the 110m hurdles due to injury.

Of course, with Ailuo's current international popularity and international influence, even if Yao Ming and Liu Xiang have no physical problems, they will still become the flagbearers of the Chinese delegation without dispute.

The second match of the Chinese Olympic team was played at the Coventry City Stadium on the 29th, and the opponent was the Swiss Olympic team, after 90 minutes of fierce battle, the Chinese Olympic team defeated the Swiss Olympic team with a score of 4:1.

In the first game of Group B, Mexico defeated Gabon 2:0, and the Chinese team advanced to the group with two consecutive wins in the group, which is basically the first place in the group.

At the same time, the Group D match was once again an upset, and Spain, one of the favorites to win the championship, lost 0:1 to the South Korean Olympic team in the first round, and lost 0:1 to the little-known Honduras in the second round of the group, and was eliminated early......