The match between Hong Kong and Australia was the second match of the Asian Cup.

In the previous only opening match between the host Thailand and Iraq, and then the first game of Group B, the host Vietnam faced the United Arab Emirates, as the second game of the second match day, and it is considered to be the strongest Australian team in Asia, there are still many people who pay attention, but due to the large gap in the strength of Australia and Hong Kong, China, almost everyone thinks that there is no suspense in the game, so many people pay attention to the upcoming next game, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates.

Even fans who follow the Australian game, halfway through it, don't think there will be any suspense in the game.

Hong Kong defended well, but it was just defensive, and Australia only needed one goal to decide the outcome of the game.

Almost everyone is not optimistic about Hong Kong.

Therefore, those fans who were not on the scene, or did not watch the live broadcast of the game, after hearing about Hong Kong's victory over Australia, their first reaction was to feel incredulous, and then they were sure of the news, and they had to turn on the TV or website as soon as they confirmed the news to find information about the game.

"Hong Kong, China won? Are you kidding me! ”

"It's not a dream! How can Hong Kong, China win against Australia! Even if Wansheng leads the team, it can't be done! ”

"It's not April Fool's Day!"

"It's not funny at all!"

“……”

Many people discussed, and their first reaction was not to believe it, and then when the news was confirmed, they immediately went to check the information in surprise to find out how Hong Kong, China scored the goal, as well as the comments of various media and commentators on the game.

It turned out that it was true, Hong Kong, China really won against Australia!

Hong Kong, China's win over Australia, it's amazing!

Almost no one could have imagined Australia would lose, and they were a little dumbfounded by the result, and they were the first to discuss the game with those they knew well after digesting the news.

"You know what? Hong Kong has won! ”

"The Hong Kong team? Who won? ”

"Australia!"

"Impossible!"

"It's true. If you don't believe it, go and take a look on the Internet, it's also reported on TV, and the live broadcast is not over yet! ”

"What's the score?"

"1:0, Hong Kong striker Zhuo Zhuo scored the only goal!"

“……”

In the discussions, the results of the game were transmitted to the fans at such a fast pace that even those who did not follow the Asian Cup, or even football, knew that Hong Kong had won against Australia.

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The media will always be more concerned about the game than the average fan, especially this kind of upset. There's a lot to report.

As a small country in Southeast Asia and one of the economic centers of Southeast Asia, Singapore is also very concerned about the Asian Cup football event, and Mediacorp sent a photography team to cover the Asian Cup match.

The team leader of Mediacorp's special team is Hua Yaosheng, who has only been with Mediacorp for two years, but has become the head of Mediacorp's sports interview department due to his long-term experience in covering sports events.

Hua Yaosheng brought a camera crew to cover the Asian Cup match, and there was only one match on the first match day, the host Thailand and Iraq. There's not much to say, but today there are two matches - Hong Kong and Australia, which are played at 6:30 p.m., and Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates. It starts at half past eight in the evening.

Before the start of the match between Hong Kong, China and Australia, Hua Yaosheng took the camera crew to the Rajamangala National Stadium to do interviews, and participated in the press conference before the game, and also did some filming work during the game.

But because there are two games to cover. In addition, Bangkok is far away from Vietnam, so in the middle of the game, Hua Yaosheng left with the camera crew. I plan to go to My Yen National Sports in Vietnam to cover the matches between Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates.

In Hua Yaosheng's view, there is no suspense in the match between Hong Kong, China and Australia, and it is enough to leave a photographer for the interview.

But just halfway through the journey, Hua Yaosheng regretted it, because he heard a shocking news - Hong Kong, China defeated Australia!

It's kind of amazing!

Hua Yaosheng never thought that Hong Kong, China could win, and after hearing the news, his first reaction was impossible, and then he reacted that it was impossible for his reporters to make such a joke on him, so he immediately looked up some reports and determined the accuracy of the news.

Then Hua Yaosheng decided to turn around almost immediately.

"Go back! Get back! Go interview Hong Kong, China, interview their head coach Wan Sheng! That's the big news! ”

One of his subordinates immediately asked, "What about the match between Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates?" ”

Hua Yaosheng glared, "What is there to report on that kind of competition?" It is enough to go to a photographer and take a few photos! No one in Singapore cares which team wins! ”

Hua Yaosheng is very experienced, and he knows what is really worth reporting on big news.

Hong Kong's win over Australia, the result of this big upset, is enough to attract the attention of all fans, compared to Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates, no matter which team wins, who cares? Singaporean fans really 'eat too much' to like Vietnam or the United Arab Emirates.

The media covering the Asian Cup match, from all Asian countries and all over the world, not every media has the ability to send several special teams to conduct a comprehensive interview on the Asian Cup, they can only 'select' to interview and report, so there are many media reporters who encounter Hua Yaosheng's situation.

After learning that Hong Kong had won Australia, many media reporters gave up covering the matches between Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates and instead returned to the Rajamangala National Stadium to cover the upset Hong Kong team.

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Rajamangala Stadium, Thailand.

After the games in Hong Kong and Australia, the players returned to the dressing room and the head coach attended the post-match press conference.

It was obvious to note that the press conference was much more lively before the game.

There were at least dozens more reporters than before, some of whom came after the game, and almost all of them were discussing Hong Kong's victory.

Australian coach Alexander-Arnold was the first to walk into the venue, and when he walked in, the scene was much quieter, and all the reporters looked at Arnold. The loser of today's game.

No one expected Australia to lose, including the Australian fans.

At the end of the game, the Australian fans who came with the team to cheer on the scene chanted "Arnold is out of class", which put a lot of pressure on Arnold, and the loss to Hong Kong, China was really difficult for Australian fans to accept.

Arnold was in a very low mood, and the first thing he said when he walked into the venue was to admit that the match was disappointing.

"We didn't expect the opponent to be so tenacious." "They did a very good job defending. We belittled them before the game and we made careless mistakes. ”

"The players are looking for something 'too hot'. Or 'wet or something' reasons for losing, but that's all nonsense, I know there are only two reasons for losing, one is that we don't pay attention to the game, and the other is that the opponent is unexpected! ”

'I'll reflect on the game with the players and maybe this defeat is good news and reminds us that we need to give our best against every opponent!'

With that said, Arnold won't say much.

He was very strong before the game, and Australia lost the game. He knew it didn't make sense to say anything now.

After that, Wan Sheng appeared at the press conference.

When Wan Sheng walked into the venue, he could feel a change, and the reporters interviewed him before. They all went for his name, and the questions raised had little to do with the Hong Kong team, and now the reporters want him to say something about the Hong Kong team.

That's the big difference.

Wan Sheng was pleased with this turnaround, along with the victory over Australia. More media reporters are starting to pay attention to the Hong Kong team itself, rather than him personally, which is good news. At least it proves that his efforts in the Hong Kong team have been recognized.

Wan Sheng had a victorious smile on his face and said to everyone in the audience, "How is it?" See? As I said before, Hong Kong are the favourites to qualify from Group A, and now we are number one! ”

In the first game, Thailand and Iraq drew and both teams scored one point each, that is, in Group A, only Hong Kong had three points, Thailand and Iraq tied for second place with one point, and Australia lost the game without points.

What Wan Sheng said made the Hong Kong media feel a sense of arrogance!

Wan Sheng also said the same thing before the game, but almost no one believed it, even the Hong Kong media didn't believe it, because in the eyes of everyone, Hong Kong, China is the last in Asia, and it is also a formality to come to the Asian Cup finals.

Before this game, no one was optimistic that Hong Kong would win.

But now it's different, Hong Kong, China defeated Australia, and the Hong Kong media felt that Wan Sheng really did what he said, he said that Hong Kong had the greatest hope of qualifying, so he led the team to defeat Australia, the strongest team in the group.

The Hong Kong media were overjoyed.

However, those media in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, or West Asia feel very bad, they admit Wansheng's coaching ability in their hearts, but they can't get used to his arrogant face in the Asian Cup.

You're bringing Hong Kong, China, not Japan, not South Korea, not the real Chinese team, a last-tier team in Asia, even if you win a game by 'luck', what's there to be arrogant!?

So these media used Hong Kong, China's full-court performance as an excuse to question Wan Sheng, "Hong Kong, China only showed its defensive ability in the game, will Hong Kong, China led by you only defend?" ”

"It's naked utilitarian football! Do you want to win the Asian Cup with defense? ”

"Why didn't Hong Kong, China attack the whole game?"

"Zhuo Zhuo's goal is his personal ability, and it has nothing to do with Hong Kong's style of play. It's a game of luck to win, what do you think about attack? ”

"Why isn't Hong Kong playing flashy attacking football?"

“……”

One question after another came out of the mouths of media reporters, and most of them were about the defensive 'passive' style of play adopted by Hong Kong, China.

Wan Sheng just sneered at this, "I also want Hong Kong to play beautiful attacking football like Manchester City." But as you said, Hong Kong is the last in Asia and the bottom in the world! ”

Superfluous words were not said, but the meaning was already obvious.

Hong Kong, China is one of the last teams in Asia, and it is already a 'miracle' to beat Australia, do you still need to play a good game?

To put it more bluntly, you ***, isn't this nothing to do?

The reporters in the audience were speechless for a moment.

Can they still ask for a team that is at the bottom of Asia? To beat Australia with beautiful attacking football? If Hong Kong, China can really do it, then they will not be the last team in Asia, but the world's strongest team.

Many reporters still resisted, mainly because the 'smugness' on Wan Sheng's face was obvious.

Just winning one game, what's the big deal, 'relying on luck' to beat Australia, doesn't mean you can come out of the group, and there are two games to go, always 'relying on luck' to win.

"Wait for the next Hong Kong loss, see what you say!" Many reporters secretly thought.

Wansheng doesn't care so much.

A few years. He has been through a lot, and he doesn't care at all about the hostility of several media outlets, but this proves his success.

If Hong Kong, China, had lost the game, the media reporters would not have cared at all, and naturally there would have been no hostility to speak of, but they won.

On the way to the success of a person or a team, there will always be various opponents, as well as various hostilities from bystanders.

It's inevitable.

All he had to do was kick the pesky guys out of the way one by one. Carving out a path for yourself or your team is the path to success.

At the end of the press conference, Wan Sheng did not forget about Arnold.

This guy was ashamed to say before the game that there was no suspense in the game, and directly talked about Australia's goal of winning the championship. At first glance, you can see that you don't take Hong Kong, China into account at all.

So after leaving, Wan Sheng did not forget to say, "I have long said that Australia should consider the issue of qualifying from the group." Thinking too far ahead doesn't make any sense to them. Now that my statement has been fulfilled, if they lose the next game, they probably have little chance of qualifying. ”

The gloating tone made Arnold grit his teeth with hatred.

After saying that, Wan Sheng got up and prepared to leave.

He's going back to the locker room. Celebrating the victory with the players together, but there was no time to waste time with these reporters, so when a reporter wanted to ask a question again, he saw that Wan Sheng had already gotten up and left the venue.

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This victory for Hong Kong, China not only caused a storm in the media and fans, but also was crucial to the whole Hong Kong team.

Just like Wansheng considered, most of the players in the team do not recognize the strength of the team, they all feel that the team is only 'the last in Asia', and among the 16 teams participating in the Asian Cup, Hong Kong, China is at the bottom.

This is a dangerous way of thinking.

When a team is in a tough game, the players think that way it makes the team more passive, and they are likely to give up in the middle of the game, so the team will not have many chances in the game of adversity.

So back in the dressing room, halfway through the victory celebration with the players, Wan Sheng reminded everyone, "I told you all that we are a strong team!" Everybody did a great job and we proved it with the competition! ”

"Against Australia, we won!"

"So you have to always remember that we are a strong team, we are the best team in Asia! Next, we will prove it with one victory after another, so I ask you, are you confident that you can do it? ”

Wan Sheng shouted.

Everyone replied with high morale, "Yes!" ”

"Good!"

"It's the first game, it's the first win, then we need to prepare for the second game, and then we need to win the second game, and we can get to the quarter-finals, that's our goal in the near future." I hope that each of you will recognise the quality of the team, and at the same time, I also hope that you will pay attention to every game, even if we win one game, it is not certain that we will qualify, but I believe that as long as we train hard, prepare carefully and put in a lot of energy to play, we can win no matter what team we face......

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That evening, the media was full of coverage of the match, and the whole of Asia, and indeed the world, started to discuss the game.

Hong Kong, China is the 'brother team' of the Chinese team, and it can also be said to be a part of the Chinese team, Chinese fans are very happy to see Hong Kong, China defeat Australia, and at the same time, they can't help but think of the results of the Chinese team.

The Chinese team is much better than Hong Kong, China, and they have reached the Asian Cup finals with their strength, but for Chinese football, this is not a great thing, because the Chinese team is originally a strong team in Asia.

But the Chinese team has never been good at creating miracles......

Defeating a strong team or something, it is very rare in the history of Chinese football, let alone a world strong team, even if it plays against teams such as South Korea, Japan, and Iran. In recent years, the Chinese team has rarely performed well.

If the Chinese team meets Australia, the result of the match is almost conceivable.

Unexpectedly, Hong Kong, China created a miracle and won the Australian team, which made many Chinese fans start to care about the game in Hong Kong, China.

At the same time, many people also thought of the rumors in April, when Wan Sheng originally hoped to coach the Chinese team, but unfortunately the Chinese Football Association finally decided to let Zhu Guanghu continue to lead the team, and Wan Sheng went to coach the Hong Kong team.

Wan Sheng and the Hong Kong team were able to create a miracle victory over Australia. What would happen if we led the team to China?

Quite a few people have begun to imagine it.

It's a pity that there is definitely no hope for this Asian Cup, and fans can only expect Zhu Guanghu's 'Zhu Jiajun' to play a good result.

The media coverage of the game in other countries was all about surprise, and fans from other countries would not support Hong Kong, they were just surprised that Hong Kong could do a miracle to beat Australia.

In this game, the only bright spot for Hong Kong, China was striker Zhuo Zhuo.

In the process of scoring the goal, Zhuo Zhuo almost completely shook off Bresciano, showing unparalleled speed.

As a result, many media have also made a lot of reports on Zhuo Zhuo. It's a pity that this black striker really has nothing to hype, he is nearly 30 years old, and his potential and strength are on the bright side, even if he occasionally performs outstandingly. No club will have a fancy to such a player.

It is worth mentioning that Britain has also reported a lot about the Asian Cup, and the important point is that it is still Wansheng.

Arrogant Britons don't care about football outside of Europe, because it's so far from Europe. But Wansheng is different, Wansheng has become the hottest head coach in England in a few years, so Wansheng temporarily coached Hong Kong, China. There are still quite a few British media reports on it.

In the past, the British media only mentioned it little, and many media really went to cover the Asian Cup, but when Hong Kong, China won Australia, it attracted widespread attention in world football, and the British media were also interested in making some reports.

In these reports, Wan Sheng is very cordial, because in the eyes of British fans, Wan Sheng has a constant relationship with English football, "He went to the Asian Cup and led Hong Kong to create a miracle!" ”

"Finally, those Asians can also see what the top coaches in the world are. Facing the Hong Kong team led by Wan Sheng, even the Australian team, which has stars such as Cahill and Viduka, can only face the result of defeat......"

"This is actually not an unpopular, Arnold doesn't know anything about Wansheng, if it is an Englishman, he will definitely know that Wansheng has never said it to do!"

"He's just that."

"As long as it is a team led by Wan Sheng, even if it is Hong Kong, China, it must be paid enough attention, this is the ability of the world's famous coaches, and Australia has paid the price for their carelessness!"

“……”

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In these reports, Hong Kong, China, returned to normal training.

There was a three-day break before the second match against Thailand, and the team could make good use of these three days to recover and prepare, and Wan Sheng also arranged some new training content for the team.

Some of the training is about resuming training, which is basically to get the players back to their normal physical condition for the next match against Thailand, and at the same time, some offensive training has been added.

In the match against Australia, Wan Sheng realized that the team was too short on offensive means.

In addition to the normal counterattack goals, the team has almost no other means of scoring goals, normal attack, the player's previous cooperation is barely gone, but in front of the goal players will appear "don't know how to play" situation, in response to this, Wansheng has added some content to the tactical training, such as high passes, short passes to the middle and direct cooperation of set-pieces, etc., these training can let players know what to do in front of the goal.

You don't need to think much about how to do it.

In the team, the quality of the players is like this, no one can ask them to improve their ability in some aspects in a short period of time, that is unrealistic, as long as they know what to do, it is enough, and when it comes to the game, how it depends on the team's performance, after all, those are only auxiliary means of scoring.

At the same time, Wansheng also gave several players in the front court, especially explaining the problem of cooperation in the front court.

This aspect has nothing to do with the football training master system, it is completely in the past few years, Wansheng's coaching experience, the way the top team cooperates, and the bottom team is also very different, in terms of cooperation near the penalty area, the top team's means are more, Wansheng explained that some small routines of the problem, the vast majority of Hong Kong players have not been exposed to these contents at all, hearing Wansheng's explanation, they all feel very novel, you can try to do that in training and games.

Time is also in this kind of training, and a day slowly passes.

The next day there was good news, Diamares and Bergkamp both came, Diamares and Bergkamp made an appointment to go on vacation with their families, the two have always been together, and they came to Thailand together after the holiday.

Wan Sheng led the team to Hong Kong, China, which actually had little to do with them, but as members of the coaching staff, they still came to Thailand to see if there was anything they could do to help.

The arrival of the two is really timely rain!

In terms of really leading the team to train, Wansheng actually doesn't have much experience, when he was coaching Derby County, it was Diamares who led the team to train, and when he arrived at Manchester City, it was still Diamares, and now there is Pierce, and now there is Bergkamp, and now he is leading the team in Hong Kong, and he can rely on only Fan Zhiyi.

Fan Zhiyi was a professional player before, coaching experience is very limited, the ability to lead the team to train needless to say, compared to the 'professional' Diamares, he still has a big gap, but the two can not all help, after all, their Chinese is not good, Fan Zhiyi's English is not bad, he can just act as a translator for the two and communicate with the players.

Diamares is better, after being introduced, the Hong Kong players know that he is Wan Sheng's assistant coach at Manchester City, but he is only an assistant coach, and he is not very famous.

Bergkamp is different.

The "Ice Prince" has great prestige all over the world, and I don't know how many of his fans are in China, and many of the Hong Kong team are Bergkamp fans, who grew up watching Bergkamp play as children.

Now, they are very excited to let Bergkamp guide the training, so every player trains seriously, and the kind of hard work of the whole team makes Wansheng feel that he should let Bergkamp come sooner.

It wasn't just Bergkamp and Diamares that day came, and by the afternoon another staff member had found Wansheng.

When the staff member came to Wan Sheng, he still looked very excited, and he couldn't speak clearly, "Wan Sheng...... Mr. Wan Sheng......"

"What's wrong?"

Wan Sheng was sitting on the grass, watching the training on the field, and he frowned when he heard the voice.

"Someone is looking for it!"

"Who? It's working hours and you haven't seen the team train? ”

"Yes...... It's ......"

"What's going on? You speak slowly. ”

"David Beckham! It's David Beckham! I can't believe it's going to be David Beckham! The staff explained with excitement on their faces.

Wan Sheng understood, "You're talking about David?" David Beckham? ”

"Yes! And also...... There's also a fat man, it's Ronaldo, I'm sure it's him, and they're right outside, saying they want to see you! ”

"Huh?"

Wan Sheng was stunned.

Beckham and Ronaldo? They came to Thailand, just outside the training ground, and said they wanted to see themselves...... That's a bit too! (To be continued.) )