On June 8, 2002, at 8:30 pm local time, the second round match between Brazil and China in Group C of the World Cup began. This was originally an ordinary group match, and the strength gap between the two sides was so big that there was no chance of winning or losing.
There is no suspense. Some well-known bookmakers in Europe have not even opened betting on this game. The only medium-sized company that insists on opening all games has set odds of 99:1 for both sides. This is completely symbolic.
Probability.
Even though many senior people do not have a good opinion of this team, such as the 3r is in poor condition, the cooperation is rusty, etc., people cannot ignore the existence of Ronaldo and Rivaldo, the two world footballers. Regardless of the Brazilian team
No matter how many problems there are, as long as these people are here, they will always be contenders for the championship.
As for the Chinese team... not a single player has been put in the sight of the international mainstream sports media. Fan Zhiyi, Sun Jihai, and Yang Chen who studied abroad are all in the secondary leagues of the five major leagues, on the World Cup stage where stars gather.
, it is really lackluster.
This is a comparison between the main characters of the World Cup and the interns, background boards, and small transparency.
Except for one thing, that 14-year-old Chinese boy.
If the Chinese national team has a tradition of "bullying", then it also exists on the stage of the World Cup. The newcomers are obedient to the rules, victims of the game, and actors of the plot. Otherwise, the Chinese team would not be able to win the four championships.
The king's Brazil and Turkey, which had just become the quarterfinals of the European Cup two years ago, were assigned to a group, just like the Chinese team was assigned to the group of the flourishing West Germany team in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. In this World Cup, the Chinese team has a certain meaning
He is a "lucky guy". Japan and South Korea jointly organize the event, and Asia lacks a strong competitor. Therefore, the international mainstream sports community has never expected how the Chinese team will perform. That is impossible! That is unscientific...
However, something unscientific happened. In the "garbage time" of the last twenty minutes of the last game, the 14-year-old young genius of the Chinese team came on the stage without being noticed, and then used three extremely exciting
The goal changed the outcome of the game. Not to mention that the already huge Chinese press team once again surged in numbers. Sports media from all over the world also set their sights on the magical Chinese national team.
The Football Association has been holding a press conference every day these days, but in the final analysis, it is forced by foreign media.
Therefore, when the Brazilian and Chinese teams entered the stage, warmed up, guessed sides, and started the game, the live camera lens passed over the Chinese team's bench many times. Under the curious eyes of the world, Wang Ai remained calm and composed.
He held his shoulders and watched the game. However, there was a crutch beside him. The surprised photographer adjusted the focus, and a piece of snow-white was exposed from the trousers of Wang Ai's trousers. Finally, when Wang Ai turned around, he discovered
It was a thick bandage.
This discovery is earth-shattering!
People are still looking forward to the magical Chinese boy who collided head-on with the Brazilian 3R. Why was he injured? The most distressing group of people, apart from the frightened Chinese fans, was a large group of people who temporarily adjusted the odds after the last game.
The boss of a gambling company... We heard about those rough-and-tumble Asian colleagues who tried to bribe Chinese team members, but the Chinese government corrected them and sent them to outer space. But this has nothing to do with us. We are very formal. We don't
It's wrong to do this... at least it's not done this time. You Chinese can't cheat us.
Why didn't you tell us that the team member was injured? The bosses who monitored the betting volume in real time found that after the camera scanned Wang Ai, the betting volume surged...
On the Brazilian coaching bench, coach Scolari was touched on the shoulder by the assistant referee who had been staring at the big screen and whispered something. The surprised Scolari almost stood up, but fortunately the big screen was there.
Still replaying, Scolari raised his head and finally saw clearly. Knowing that there must be countless cameras facing him at this moment, Scolari looked serious, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Of course he is not afraid of Wang Ai. As a Brazilian coach, he has not seen too many young geniuses. All the members of this national team were young geniuses at the beginning, but he cannot deny the huge threat of Wang Ai.
.He obviously came on as a substitute in the last game without being trusted, so what about this game? He can play at least half time, so how many goals does he have to score? Scolari is not naive to think that this Chinese
The teenager can only play set pieces, and Brazil has always had a tradition of poor defense.
But this Chinese boy was unexpectedly injured. This is really... As long as the first half ends the game, we can continue to rotate. The journey to the World Cup is still long.
Wang Ai doesn't care what others think. Ever since he and Milu playfully agreed on this way of playing, he has anticipated various situations. At this moment, he is paying attention as nervously as the national team coaching staff and substitute players.
The direction of the game.
The Chinese team unexpectedly arranged a 631 formation. Except for Hao Haidong in the forward line and Qi Hong, Ma Mingyu and Li Xiaopeng in the midfield, the rest were all defenders! In fact, it is not that the Chinese team did not want to arrange a more extreme example.
901 or something, the space in the back line is really limited, and there can't be so many people squeezed in... The four players in the frontcourt basically stayed in their own half, while the six players in the backcourt basically circled the penalty area.
The individual skills of the Brazilian stars were more obvious than those of the Costa Rica players, but their mutual coordination was worse than those of Costa Rica. Especially when the Chinese team was intensively defending, the formation was almost torn to pieces, and Dewey, who replaced Fan Zhiyi, performed very well.
Steady, under the leadership of Li Weifeng, he basically managed not to lose position, not miss a foot, and not make mistakes. At the same time, he frequently caused offsides, leaving Ronaldo, who had the speed advantage, helpless. The three in the middle and frontcourt took advantage of the Brazilian team.
The backcourt was empty and kept launching sneak attacks.
This group of international players knew that this might be their only chance in their lifetimes to compete with a full-strength Brazilian team, or even a chance to compete against their idols, so they performed particularly excitedly. For example, Xu Yunlong frequently inserted in on the right wing.
Assists, in a head-to-head competition with Carlos, one of the best left backs in the world, he actually did not fall behind, and bravely dribbled past others many times.
Although this may be a bit to attract the attention of idols, we have to admit that the Chinese team's performance is far better than the previous game. Li Tie, who is called a midfielder but actually a defender, constantly drives away opponents through dribbling, including Ronaldo,
There is also Rivaldo, and of course the attacking midfielder Ronaldinho is indispensable!
Milu's threat played a certain role. The Brazilian team did not want to play a "cruel game" with the Chinese team, so it was very restrained in the game. It was not as dirty as Costa Rica in the previous game. Of course, this is also the four-time champion Brazilian team.
Strong self-confidence. Therefore, at least from the scene, the Chinese team, which is stable and gives full play to the characteristics of collective cooperation, is comparable to the Brazilian team, which is brilliant individually, but always has ups and downs, and the team cooperation is very poor, with only three or four people working together at most.
Comparatively, it does not fall behind.
This chapter has been completed!