Shinji Kagawa's words to reporters did not appear in the media, but instead Shinji Kagawa's words of encouragement to the players of the Japanese Olympic team. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

“...... Although Zhou Sang and I are teammates, of course, national honor is more important at this time. I hope that the national Olympic team can beat the Chinese team and win the first Olympic men's gold medal in the history of Japan . I'll be cheering for Japan from the stands at Wembley Stadium then!"

This is very normal and ordinary, and it can't be broken, but it doesn't have any practical significance.

But at the same time, the head coach of the Japanese Olympic team, Takashi Sekizuka, received a call from a Japanese reporter, which lasted 21 minutes, and after the call, Takashi Sekitsuka fell into silence and pondered for a long time in his hotel room.

Then he took out his phone and called the team's coaching staff, assistant coaches Tsutomu Ogura, Satoru Muto, physical coach Takeshi Riuchi, and even goalkeeper coach Toshitoku Fujiwara came to his room.

They got together to develop the following specific strategy against the Chinese team in the final.

In fact, the team already had a countermeasure, which was to stick to themselves and play according to the usual style of Japanese football. To put it bluntly, it is to pass and control, and then slowly consume with the Chinese team, depending on who is more stable.

However, after receiving the call, Takashi Sekitsuka pondered for a long time, and finally decided to reverse the strategy that had been formulated and adopt Shinji Kagawa's suggestion instead.

"Is this really what Shinji Kagawa said?" asked assistant coach Satoru Muto after listening to Takashi Sekizuka's words.

"Yes, it was he who spoke to me through a journalist. Takashi Sekitsuka nodded in affirmation.

"If it's really Shinji Kagawa's opinion, then I think it's okay to consider it. Satoru Muto gave his opinion. After all, he is very familiar with Zhou Yi, and he understands Zhou Yi's strengths and weaknesses. ”

"But do we have enough time to make the transition? You must know that we are not just sending someone to follow Zhou Yi. Another assistant coach, Tsutomu Ogura, was a little hesitant. "This means that we actually have one less person to fight, and the person who follows Zhou Yi can't count on him whether it's attacking or defending. He might even disrupt our own defenses......"

"I understand, but I don't think it's impossible. The key is how much we are conscious. Takashi Sekitsuka said. "If you have the consciousness to win the championship, then you have to overcome any difficulties. ”

"But the problem is, if we do that, we don't necessarily win. Tsutomu Ogura said.

"How can you win a game in this world, Ogura?" Sekitsuka smiled. "It's all risky, but I think it's worth taking. ”

"Since you've thought it through, I have no opinion. How?" Ogura gave up his doubts.

"That's what I called you for, we have to get the team back up for a whole new set of tactics for the rest of the day. In addition, everything we are talking about today must not be disclosed to the media, and this tactical adjustment must be gag-and-go within the team. This is the secret weapon we use against the Chinese team!"

"Understood!" the coaching staff nodded in promise.

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While the Japanese team is in full swing preparing to play against the Chinese team, in China, there is a lot of anticipation for this final.

This match has a double meaning for Chinese fans, not only as an Olympic men's football final, but also as a continuation and embodiment of the football feud between China and Japan.

Let's not talk far, just talk about the Asian Cup at the beginning of last year, the Chinese team went all the way to the final without being favored at all, and faced Japan in the final, but unfortunately Zhou Yi missed the game because of suspension, which led to the Chinese team losing to Japan in the final and losing the championship.

But the grievances of this match are enough to attract the interest of Chinese fans.

In addition, there is still a period of hatred between China and Japan in history that is difficult to erase and forget. Although it is now an era of peace and the friendship between China and Japan is advocated, the scars of history are not so easy to erase in the minds of the Chinese people, and the war decades ago cannot be repeated, but the stadium provides another possibility for China and Japan to compete on the football field.

So every time there is a clash between China and Japan, there are always a lot of football surprises. No one will say that football makes these things go away, because you can't go away, between China and Japan, you can't go away.

Chinese fans hope that the Chinese Olympic team can beat the Japanese team and not only win the gold medal, but also let out a bad breath.

If the opponent of the Chinese team in the final is Mexico, many people may feel that there is no pressure on the national Olympic team at this time, and it is already history to win the silver medal. But when it comes to Japan, almost no one would want the Chinese team to lose to Japan in the final, except for the Japanese fans at home...... Do these people have them, of course they are, because Japanese football is really strong, and naturally there will be fans.

But then again, such people are a very small minority after all, a minority of the minority, completely unrepresentative and negligible.

So before the final began, it had already surpassed the scope of the Olympic men's football final and became the focus of the showdown between China and Japan.

A reporter went to interview Zhou Yi and wanted to hear his opinion on this situation.

Zhou Yi said: "It's just an ordinary Olympic final. I don't want people to give too much to this game, it's not necessary. Winning the Japanese team doesn't mean much other than adding one more gold medal to our Olympic team. It does not mean that the overall level of Chinese football is higher than that of Japanese football. ”

A reporter asked: "But a year ago, the national team lost to Japan in the Asian Cup final, isn't this a good opportunity for revenge?"

"Even if we win against the Japanese Olympic team here, it won't change the fact that we were runners-up in the last Asian Cup. If you want revenge, it should be in the Asian Cup, defeating the Japanese team to win the championship, that is revenge. Other than that, neither. ”

The reporters around Zhou Yi all shook their heads secretly - Zhou Yi returned to the state that made the reporters feel bored, and after he angrily reprimanded the two devils at the press conference, it seemed that the edge of his whole body was reined in.

Every word he says sounds fine, but when put together, it's so boring. No gimmicks!

How they hope that Sun Pan can be interviewed, is it possible that they can hear him say "Little Japan" as soon as possible in Sun Pan's mouth......

As a result, now they can only face a boring Zhou Yi.

Damn gag!

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Time flies quickly, and on the evening of August 7, after the Chinese team played the semi-finals with the Brazilian team, on the evening of August 10, the Olympic men's football event ushered in the third and fourth finals, which were played by the Brazilian team against Mexico.

The end result was somewhat unexpected.

Everyone thought that the Brazilian team, which was blocked by the Chinese team in the finals, would definitely go all out in the third and fourth place finals, because they had already lost the gold medal and would never be allowed to lose the bronze medal again.

The bronze medal can save some face, right?

But no.

Brazil played in the third and fourth place finals against Mexico, and it seems that they have not recovered from the blow of losing to China in the semi-finals.

In the end, they lost 1:2 to Mexico in the third-place and fourth-place finals, and did not even win a bronze medal.

After the game, some Brazilian media angrily criticized the performance of the national Olympic team, believing that they had lost the face of the football kingdom.

As the leader of the team and the number one star, Neymar was also scolded by the Brazilian media and fans.

But this has nothing to do with the Chinese team anymore, and it will be their turn to appear the next day.

At 10 p.m. Beijing time on August 11, the final is finally coming.

This time is actually quite convenient for domestic audiences to watch, and everyone doesn't have to stay up late.

Before the game, when the British media reported on the match, they announced that one billion viewers in China would watch the final, which would set a record for the Olympic football event.

Although the report is quite nonsense and shows that British journalists do not know much about China, this final will indeed be the most watched in the history of Olympic football.

The Chinese media and fans paid as much attention to this match as the semi-final against Brazil.

In addition to reporters, there are actually a lot of fans, many of these fans are students in the UK, they are waiting outside the hotel wearing a five-star red flag outside the hotel, they are not looking for the players to sign a group photo, but just hope that when the Chinese team goes out, they can shout "Come on to the Chinese team" at the nearest distance to see them off.

These men will remain outside the hotel until the afternoon, and will not leave until noon when the sun is at its strongest.

It wasn't until the afternoon that they finally waited for the players of the Chinese Olympic team, and they appeared in the lobby one after another, and the team's bus stopped outside the lobby, and everyone knew that the team was about to leave.

As the players of the national Olympic team appeared in everyone's field of vision, everyone cheered.

The shouts of "come on the Chinese team" and "the Chinese team will win" rang out one after another.

The shouts were apparently heard by the Olympic players who had been waiting in the lobby to board the bus, and some of them waved to the fans outside the gate.

This made the cheers outside the gate even louder.

Head coach Blazevic and his interpreter were the last to come down, and after he appeared in the lobby, the players of the Chinese Olympic team began to walk towards the gate, ready to board the bus.

The cheers continued to grow, and reporters also sent them one after another, carrying cameras and microphones to the gate, wanting to take the opportunity to interview the players of the national Olympic team.

Sun Pan waved his hand very forcefully: "Please wait for the good news of the motherland!"

He Ying was very calm: "We will do our best." ”

Guo Nu: "I, I, I ......" and then was pushed into the car by Zhou Yi: "Hurry up, old Guo, don't block the road!"

Behind him, reporters pulled their throats and asked, "I heard that Pele just said that he is more optimistic about the Japanese team winning the championship, what do you think, Zhou Yi?"

Zhou Yi didn't look back, pushed Guo Nu into the car, and threw down a sentence: "The Japanese didn't beat him?"

Blazevic was the last to board the bus, and when he got on the bus, he turned around and stood at the door and waved to reporters and fans with a smile.

The bus then closed its doors and drove away from the hotel to the sound of reporters' flashing lights and cheers from fans, heading for Wembley Stadium, the stadium of the tournament.

There, a game that will go down in history is waiting for them. (To be continued.) )