While the Chinese team defeated Mali and Mexico to qualify, all the matches in the four groups have been completed. Paraguay and Italy in Group B are first and second in the group respectively. Argentina in Group C has won all three games, leading Australia
To qualify, Iraq and Costa Rica from Group D teamed up to qualify.
Next, the top and second place teams in Group AB and Group CD will compete against each other to compete for the top four spots. Then, the two winners from Group AB will compete with the two winners from Group CD in the semi-finals.
The opponent of the Chinese team is the Italian team.
The most famous stars in the team are Pirlo and De Rossi! The other players are also the new generation main players in Roma, Lazio, Parma and other Serie A teams. In contrast, in addition to the superstar Wang Ai of the Chinese team, and
Except for Qu Bo and Zong Lei, they are all Chinese Super League players. There is a huge gap in the leagues the players are in, personal strength, vision, competition experience, etc.
The 81 National Olympics has been established for five years since the National Youth League, but has never played against Italy. It is a completely unfamiliar opponent. Among the entire team, only Wang Ai has played against Lazio in Serie A in the 2002-03 season of Tübingen Youth.
He has played in the UEFA Cup, and in the 2003-04 season he played in the Champions League with Depor and AC Milan. He also directly faced off with Pirlo. They both left a deep impression on each other, and he was very complimentary of each other in the interview after the game.
words.
For example, Wang Ai said, "He is a master of midfield. Even though it was our first time playing against each other and we never knew each other, I like him."
Pirlo also expressed his appreciation for Wang Ai tacitly.
But they were still strangers. Unexpectedly, a few months later, the two sides would meet at the same major venue, the Olympic Games.
During the preparation meeting before the game, Lao Shen deliberately dragged Wang Ai to the conference room. Of course Wang Ai had no say in how the tactics were formulated, and he didn't understand either, but in terms of his familiarity with Italian players, especially the opponent's core Pirlo.
Familiar, he knew it better than anyone in the team. After he reviewed in detail the impressions of that game from the sidelines and direct feelings, especially the difficulty of the Italian defense, Lao Shen gave Wang Jianying a
Eyes.
"You have no loyalty, just throw people away when you're done!" Wang Ai stood outside the door of the tactics room. He stared at Wang Jianying with a smile on his face as he went back to close the room and closed the door. Suddenly he realized, I thought I was the decision-maker, but after all, I was still just a person.
Information officer!
The next day, Lao Shen announced his tactical thinking for this game: defensive counterattack!
Yes, we are playing defensive counterattack in front of the opponent who is best at defensive counterattack! This is not to attack the stone with an egg, because we are an egg ourselves! The strength gap between the two sides is too big, from individuals to the whole, from technology to consciousness, as the domestic media said
Reported: "Chinese football's battle of honor", "Chinese football's learning battle", etc. No one thinks that China will defeat Italy, even if Wang Ai can compete with Pirlo, even if Qu Bo and Dello
Even if the West competes, it won't work. Unless all 11 members of our team play in Serie A.
The confrontation at the national team level, especially when there are not many overseas players in Chinese football, is actually about the same as the confrontation between Serie A and the Chinese Super League. How can we not be pessimistic?
Lao Shen is also pessimistic. He has led the team for five years and has played against many European teams. The ones that can be defeated are basically second-rate European teams, such as the Ukrainian youth team, the Polish youth team, etc., while the highest-level European teams are
I've never encountered it before, and I don't have the confidence.
Therefore, the real purpose of Lao Shen's so-called "defensive counterattack" under his 361 formation is to "set up the bus"! Put on a rigid look, fight for 120 minutes, and then bet on penalty kicks! Fortunately, the 81 National Team
Ao's physical fitness is definitely not weak.
If Italy doesn't play, we will fight with you. No matter how you call, I won't go out! If Italy presses hard, then go for it! Our 361, what are the six midfielders doing? Go there
The last one is 901! I ask you if you are afraid! If you are not afraid of my large number of people, you should also be afraid of my shamelessness!
Of course, while Old Shen was scratching his neck and rolling his eyes, pretending to be stupid, he also had a small thought: Our team has two fast horses and two sharp knives! If Italy really doesn't want to gamble on penalty kicks and attack aggressively, hehe.
, be careful if I stab you, it will make you miserable! You will never forget it for the rest of your life!
A Chinese coach has been remembered by many Italian stars for decades... Old Shen thought, this is more exciting than advancing to the semi-finals!
On the 21st, when men's table tennis, women's badminton, and women's 75kg weightlifting added three more gold medals to the Chinese team, the first quarter-final of the Olympic men's football team was held in China at 18:00 pm on August 20, local time.
The team played three games at the Papaio Bonijak Stadium in the city of Patras. Since the Chinese team ranked first in the group, it enjoyed the "home advantage" and did not have to adapt to the venue again.
The Italian team can only come on its own initiative.
Before the game started, the Chinese reporters had already thought of a press release. Anyway, the powerful Italian team was second in the group and took the initiative to "challenge" the Chinese team. Oh my god, it's so beautiful!
This day is also a women's football match. The Chinese women's football team was assigned to compete with the Brazilian women's football team, but the match location was moved to the Kaleskaki Stadium in Athens, and the match time was also moved to 21:00.
The men's and women's football teams have reached the quarterfinals respectively, especially the men's football team, which has fulfilled the expectations of their superiors. At this time, each of them is facing a strong opponent, and they can only fight with their last legs and settle their fate. Whether you will laugh or cry after the game depends on this
It's 90 minutes.
Since the Chinese men's football team has made unprecedented progress, many athletes from the Chinese team who have completed the competition came to the field for this day's game. Whether it was to cheer or to witness history with one's own eyes, it was inevitable that they would be a little curious.
Let’s see how far the men’s football team can go. Many entertainment stars who like football themselves also came to the game.
"Watching men's football" has become a hot topic among the Chinese Olympic team during this period.
Wang Ai, Qu Bo, Zong Lei, and especially Wang Ai are so famous that their reputation among professional athletes is no less than that among fans.
"Hello, Andrea." Wang Ai and Pirlo said hello during the warm-up.
"Hi, Dr. Wang." Pirlo smiled elegantly.
The two had a brief chat. This was just out of respect for their opponents. Don't expect them to save face for each other during the game later. On the contrary, they all regarded each other as the biggest opponent in this game.
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With the whistle of Paraguay referee Torres and Huang Jianxiang's passionate and entangled commentary, the Chinese team in white jerseys and the Italian team in blue jerseys met in a narrow road.
This chapter has been completed!