Chapter 42: Kagawa's Advice
Zhou Yi did not continue to quarrel with Caijing.com on the Internet, but there would still be reporters who came to ask Zhou Yi directly about the grievances between him and Caijing.com. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhou Yi was reluctant to answer this, because this is a question that has nothing to do with football and has nothing to do with the finals.
He just said, "Don't ask me this kind of question in the future, all of us have precious time, right? It's too much to waste time on idle people." You have time, I don't, sorry, I'm busy. ”
As a result, after "salted fish", Caijing.com gained the title of "idle people".
This reaction is on the Internet, that is, everyone has forwarded comments under the Weibo of the financial network "idle people, etc."
The editor of Caijing.com must be very unhappy, but there is no way to fight back, no matter how unconvinced he is, he can only hold back......
At the same time, deep down, they must have hoped that the Chinese Olympic team would lose to Japan in the final, because only defeat on the football field could give Zhou Yi the heaviest and most fatal blow. Caijing.com figured it out, the place where a player lives is on the court, and the reason why Zhou Yi can have the confidence to argue with him is related to his achievements on the court.
But if there are no results, he is just a ****. This has been proven countless times by previous Chinese football, as long as a Chinese player is a little controversial, it is definitely more scolding than praise. Because Chinese football naturally has a negative image, Chinese players naturally can't escape it.
Therefore, people like Caijing.com who are unhappy with Zhou Yi and the National Olympic team can only expect the National Olympic team to lose the game in the final.
But in fact, for more people who support the national Olympic team, they are already winners if they can break into the finals, and even if they lose the game, it is very happy to win a gold medal.
If someone wants to come up from the results of the Black Olympic team, it will be difficult to gain a foothold.
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The opponent of the Chinese Olympic team in the final is the Japanese Olympic team.
The two teams finally reached the final, which was somewhat surprising.
Before the start of the Olympics, everyone thought that Brazil and Spain would meet in the final, but as a result, Spain were eliminated in the group stage, and Brazil stopped in the last four.
The Japanese team was excited to learn that their opponent in the final was China.
“...... China is a strong team and we will go all out in the final because we have the consciousness to win gold!" said Yuki Otsu, a player of the Japanese team, in front of Japanese reporters. If the Chinese team thinks they can beat us easily, then we are ready to teach them a lesson!"
Unlike the low-key Chinese team, the Japanese team seems to be much more high-profile, and Yuki Otsu's words have been translated by the Chinese media and transmitted back to China, which has also caused various cynicism among Chinese fans.
But there is a reason why the Japanese players say this, because they are in the position of challengers, and of course they have to say some bold words to embolden.
For those who have not paid attention to Chinese football for a long time, they will be surprised if they re-watch the national Olympic team from this Olympic Games, because on paper, the strength of the Chinese Olympic team has actually surpassed the Japanese team, which can be seen from the odds offered by Western bookmakers for the two teams to win the championship, and the Chinese team is ahead of Japan.
This is mainly reflected in the five outstanding foreign players of the Chinese Olympic team.
They all played well in this Olympic Games, and they were the biggest contributors to the Chinese team's ability to reach the finals.
Especially Zhou Yi, He Ying and Sun Pan, they are very important to the national Olympic team.
On the other hand, on the Japanese Olympic team, although there are as many as six foreign players, one more than the Chinese team, but in terms of quality, it is not as good.
Zhou Yi was the heart of Borussia Dortmund's midfield and led the team to two consecutive league titles. Sun Pan is the main goalkeeper of Atletico Madrid, helping the team win the Europa League, and He Ying is the team's top scorer, helping the team qualify for La Liga and win the silver boot of La B. Only Yang Muge and Guo Nu's achievements are relatively poor, but they are also the absolute main force in their respective clubs.
What about Japan?
Six overseas players, defender Maya Yoshida plays for Venlo in the Dutch league, Hiroki Sakai plays for Hannover 96, Takashi Usami plays for Hoffenheim, Takashi Sakai plays for Stuttgart, Hirotsugu Kiyotake plays for Nuremberg, and Yuki Otsu plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach.
The teams played by these players are not comparable to the teams played by Zhou Yi, Sun Pan, and Yang Muge, and they are not all the main force in their respective clubs, let alone the core.
In fact, for the Japanese team, they should be very aware of the strength of Zhou Yi and Yang Muge, because most of them are playing in the Bundesliga, and they are naturally impressed by Zhou Yi's radiant performance in the Bundesliga.
So when they met Zhou Yi, they were actually in a weak position, and if they didn't find a way to boost their morale, then this game would be even more difficult to play.
And what made the Japanese media most depressed was that Zhou Yi turned out to be a prophecy at the beginning!
At that time, the Japanese team only played a group stage, and when they defeated Spain 1:0, Yuki Otsu shouted out that he was going to win the gold medal, and Zhou Yi responded that the Japanese team wanted to win the championship and must pass the Chinese team first.
At that time, everyone analyzed that if the Chinese team and the Japanese team wanted to meet, it must be the final, and everyone felt that the probability of the Chinese team and the Japanese team meeting in the final was too low. Never before has an Asian team made it to the final of an Olympic Games, let alone two.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi really got it right! The only chance for the Chinese team and the Japanese team to meet was realized!
After the Chinese team defeated the Brazilian team and became the final opponent of the Japanese team, a Japanese reporter interviewed Shinji Kagawa and asked him to give advice to the Japanese Olympic team, because he and Zhou Yi have been teammates for two seasons, and he knows Zhou Yi best.
Shinji Kagawa knew everything, said everything, and told the Japanese reporter everything he knew about Zhou Yi.
However, the more the Japanese reporter listened, the more frightened he became: "Kagawa-san, how can I hear you say that Zhou Yi feels that it is difficult to defeat? Is he as powerful as you say?"
Shinji Kagawa rolled his eyes while holding the phone, but he still had to endure and try to explain as clearly as possible: "I'm just telling the truth, without the slightest exaggeration." This is what I see Zhou Sang, but he is so powerful, otherwise why would he be the core of Dortmund and not others?"
These words reminded Japanese reporters that when Shinji Kagawa first joined Dortmund, Zhou Yi moved his position backwards, from the front waist to the back waist, and gave up the front waist position to Kagawa Shinji. At that time, there were still media in Japan who believed that this was a sign that Klopp handed over the core responsibility of the team to Shinji Kagawa, and Shinji Kagawa would take over the core position from Zhou Yi.
The result?
Zhou Yi, who retreated from the position, was still the core that Dortmund Rey couldn't beat, and Shinji Kagawa could only assist him.
The reporter who came back to his senses said to Shinji Kagawa with some embarrassment: "But Kagawa-san, we can't publish what you said, I'm afraid that it will lower our morale......"
Shinji Kagawa also realized this, he thought about it for a while, and thought of the match between Dortmund and Schalke 04, where Zhou Yi was limited under Yang Muge's close watch. Although Dortmund still won the game in the end, Yang Muge's inseparable defense against Zhou Yi in the game still left a very deep impression on Shinji Kagawa.
So he said: "Zhou Sang is not completely without weaknesses, if we can carry out a tighter close defense against him, no matter where he goes, people will follow him inch by inch...... What I mean by 'inseparable' is the real 'inseparable', which is the kind of distance between passionate lovers who go shopping hand in hand. I think it should cause some problems for the Chinese team's offensive organization. But this is only to make the Chinese team's attack troublesome, and if they want to score, they also need to face Sun Pan, who was the best goalkeeper in the League Cup last season. ”
"It's okay, I think what you said is good enough!" The reporter was very happy, because Shinji Kagawa really came up with a solution, although I don't know how this method will be implemented, but at least it provides an idea.
Just when the reporter thanked Shinji Kagawa and wanted to hang up the phone, Shinji Kagawa stopped him: "Wait...... Are you going to publish everything I've said?"
"Yes, Kagawa-san......"
"Then I suggest you don't do that. Shinji Kagawa said.
"Huh, why?" the reporter wondered.
"Do you want to tell the Chinese what we are going to do with their core?"
"Ah, this ......" The reporter suddenly realized, he really didn't expect this before.
"I suggest that you go directly to the head coach of the Olympic team, Takasang Sekizuka, and relay my words to him, I think this may be a real help to the Olympic team. Shinji Kagawa finally said.
"This ...... We will seriously consider Kagawa-san's opinion!"
"No, don't think about it, just do what I say, what's the big deal about sacrificing a little sales for the first Olympic champion in the history of Japanese football?"
Shinji Kagawa's sudden momentum at the end overwhelmed the other party, and the other party promised to do what Shinji Kagawa said on the phone.
What he said was not published, but directly relayed to the head coach of the national Olympic team.
As a reporter who is with the team, there must still be such a channel.
Hanging up the phone, Shinji Kagawa remembered what Zhou Yi said to the Japanese Olympic team at that time.
He knew that Zhou Yi definitely wanted to take revenge by using the Olympics.
But no matter how good his relationship with Zhou Yi usually is, at this time it is a national dispute, and he will definitely stand on the side of his country without hesitation.
He didn't want Zhou Yi's revenge to succeed.
It may be difficult for him to surpass Zhou Yi personally, but his country still has a great chance.
I'm sorry, Zhou Sang.
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PS, statement: It was previously said that the Chinese team would meet the Japanese team in the semifinals, and the rules of the Olympic Games were not carefully studied at that time. Later, it was found that this was a bug, and it was impossible for the Chinese team to meet the Japanese team in the semi-finals, only in the finals. As a result, the Chinese team, which defeated Brazil, faced Japan in the final. (To be continued.) )