Half asleep and half awake, I vaguely heard movement in the next room. It should be that my teammates were back. Lyrical pop piano music was flowing in the room. Wang Ai remained motionless on the bed, firmly maintaining the good mood of the moment.
Mood. It wasn't until the room next door fell silent again that Wang Ai got up from the bed.
In the outer room, Zhao Dan was on duty. As soon as Wang Ai came out, Yan Zhu, who was sleeping, immediately opened his eyes and asked with his eyes: What are you doing in the middle of the night?
"train."
Yan Zhu and Zhao Dan looked at each other: This guy is sick again. He slept hard during the day, but he couldn't sleep at night and went to training on a whim. Come on, get up!
Wang Ai carefully maintained a happy mood and ignored the two of them, holding the ball from the corner and going out downstairs. Near the Olympic site is the Olympic Village, which is semi-closed and no one can enter except the athletes, so it is very quiet at night. Wang Ai
Ai found an open space and started practicing. After practicing, he found the two of them an eyesore and kicked him out of the training ground. Wang Ai ran around on the lawn by himself to play. When he got tired of running, he would throw the ball.
When the ball was no longer interesting, I closed my eyes and waited until it had slowed down enough to shoot again. I continued to work on it until about three o'clock in the middle of the night.
It's not that no one noticed Wang Ai's weirdness. Assistant coach Wang Jianying was on duty tonight. He knew it as early as when Wang Ai walked out of the hotel. During the three or four hours Wang Ai was practicing, he had been paying attention in the hotel room.
But he didn't bother. He knew that in terms of age and experience, he was the coach. But in terms of familiarity with himself and even wider football achievements, this kid is the number one player in Chinese football today. Besides, he has a lot of experience.
It doesn't even apply to Wang Ai, he is too special.
Therefore, he did not dare to disturb and could only pay close attention to Lao Shen. He would report to Lao Shen tomorrow morning when he got up.
Wang Ai was tired and didn't go to the gym. He went all the way back to the room, rushed casually, and went to bed with the ball in his arms.
How long has it been since you slept with a ball in your arms? It seems that you still kept this habit when you first went to Germany. Later, you gradually stopped holding it. The familiar smell of rubber, the familiar roundness, and the familiar leather surface made Wang Ai fall asleep quickly.
It’s on.
When I woke up again, it was already noon.
"Haha, it's early, Director Shen." Wang Ai arrived at the restaurant and greeted Shen Xiangfu in a bright sunshine. He deliberately pretended not to know even though he knew it was noon.
Lao Shen tilted his head and looked at it, then raised his voice and said: "Practice yourself more at night, don't always be too late."
Wang Ai laughed loudly and started eating. He understood that Lao Shen had not arranged for anyone to call him in the morning, so he was covering for him now. After all, his teammates must have practiced in the morning, and he was the only one sleeping in the room.
, if he, the head coach, doesn't say anything, others will have ideas. What's more, not only the players in the team, but also the fourth master who doesn't like Wang Ai.
It was also his misfortune. Wang Ai encouraged him to go to the beach the day after the first game, so he was so angry that he didn't go. As a result, Northern Paper handed out a gift package without him. Yesterday, he went to the beach again, and he was not happy.
I went there, but as a result, Northern Paper didn't send it out this time... Speaking of which, can it be sent out again and again? It's enough to send it out once.
If you didn't catch up, then who do you blame? So, he was angrily and disliked Wang Ai even more. But now Wang Ai is popular, and after a long time, he was not in good form in the last game, and the whole team was not good. The only one
He still scored a goal, so he had no choice but to endure it.
In the next day and a half, Wang Ai still left the team from time to time to make adjustments on his own. The fourth master couldn't help but report to Nan Yong. Nan Yong paid special attention all morning, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "
Let’s watch the game.”
Yes, let’s watch the game! Since Wang Ai’s debut, countless people have criticized him for this and that. What’s the result? He can score goals and lead the team to win. Under normal circumstances, leaders don’t dare to criticize him.
Already.
But in the final analysis, Nan Yong is still better than the fourth master, that is, his position is high enough. If he can only choose between political achievements and money, his choice is the former.
This is called "The king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with."
On August 16th, it was the men's and women's football match day again. As usual, the most advanced was the women's football match. The German team in Group F defeated Mexico 2:0 and qualified first in the group. The Chinese team had one win and one loss. The second place in the group was Mexico.
Be eliminated.
The women's football girls breathed a sigh of relief in the stands. Finally, they didn't have to go home. Under the leadership of Zhang Haitao, they simply didn't go back and stayed in the stands to cheer on the boys!
At 8:30 p.m., and at 1:30 a.m. on the 17th, Beijing time, the final round of the men's football group A was played simultaneously between China and Mali, and between Mexico and Greece.
China and Mali, who are tied with four points, will basically lose and die when Mexico is likely to defeat Greece. Lao Shen then sent out his strongest lineup combination. Forward Zhang Yuning, left and right midfielders are Yan Song and Qu Bo respectively.
, Shao Jiayi once again partners with Wang Ai as the attacking midfielder, Zheng Zhi and Xu Liang double as the defensive midfielder, Dewey, Zhang Yaokun, and Zhang Baofeng are the three central defenders, and Zong Lei serves as the goalkeeper.
Life or death, it’s up to you!
47 minutes later, Nan Yong, who was behind the bench of the Chinese team, turned to look at the "Fourth Master", said nothing, turned around and left. The "Fourth Master" shook his head, turned around and left.
The on-site electronic scoreboard showed: "China 3:0 Mali"!
Wang Ai scored all the goals!
In the first minute of the game, Wang Ai showed strong confidence and a stable mentality. He played tricks in front of the opponent's defender. As a result, the opponent may not have moved well when he first came on the field, and accidentally fell down when he tried to intercept.
When he fell, the opponent's players had no preparations. As a result, the goal was wide open, and Wang Ai kicked the football into the goal from the upper right corner.
The second goal occurred in the 33rd minute of the first half. It was a bit lucky. Wang Ai shot a long shot from outside the penalty area. As a result, the opponent's midfielder raised his foot to block the ball. As a result, Wang Ai's shot spun a bit and prevented the opponent from hitting it.
In the right position, the football hit his foot and bounced, causing the goalkeeper to throw the ball in the wrong direction.
The third goal came in the stoppage time of the first half. Qu Bo Kuai Tu was pulled down during an attack. Wang Ai took a direct free kick. As a result, he kicked a banana ball from the right side of the penalty area and spiraled into the far point.
Regarding these three goals, Tao Wei, who watched many of Wang Ai's games, commented: His condition is still average, but he dares to kick, has strong confidence, and has a bit of luck.
Wang Ai played for about ten minutes in the second half, but Mali still failed to score. Zheng Zhi's range of activities was extremely large. The central triangle formed by him and the strongest defenders in the Olympic Games, Dewey and Zhang Yaokun, was very stable. Later, Lao Shen simply replaced Wang Ai.
Ai, later replaced Zhang Yuning and Shao Jiayi one after another.
It was not until the end of the second half that Mali scored a standard cross from the middle, outflanking the score, and changed the score to 1:3.
Wang Ai has performed like this, scoring seven goals in three games. He is the most powerful shooter in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games and the creator of the best results in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games. After the World Cup two years ago, he once again achieved golden glory.
After the game, Nan Yong, who personally led the team, gave a warm speech, shook hands and hugged the Olympic team members one by one, celebrating the birth of the best result in the history of the Olympic Games.
In the last match of the group on August 17, the Chinese team defeated Mali and entered the quarterfinals as the first in the group!
This chapter has been completed!