Three years ago, the two sides met twice. Once in the Hong Kong Future Cup, they defeated the Argentine Youth Team 3:1. The other time was in the quarter-finals of the World Youth Championship, where they lost 1:2.
opponent.
Three years later, it is still the same Argentina team and the same players, and they are even stronger! In the four games between the two sides at the end of this Olympic Games, the Chinese team won three and drew one, scoring 11 goals and conceding 5. Argentina
6:0 Serbia and Montenegro, 2:0 Tunisia, 1:0 Australia, 4:0 Costa Rica, scored 13 goals and conceded 0 goals!
No matter how dark horse China is, no one inside or outside the football world is optimistic about the Chinese team.
As for the National Olympics, it seems that three years ago they were blocked by their opponents from the top 8 of the World Youth Championship, and today they are blocked by their opponents from the Olympic finals. I have to say that this has a bit of a fate.
Regarding the absolute gap in absolute strength, even though Lao Shen was full of knowledge, he could do nothing. Therefore, after the final list came out, no one questioned his idea of letting Zheng Zhi recuperate again. Quan Sheng could not beat him.
As for Wang Ai's factor, Lao Shen has also considered it very clearly. He is not the same person he was two years ago. At that time, he had just debuted and no one knew him. That's why he was able to complete the free kick in Costa Rica in the first game of the World Cup.
Magic, but in the second game against Brazil, it was much more difficult for him to score free kicks, and in the third game, he only scored one. The outside world was extremely vigilant about his free kicks.
This prevented him from ever performing a free-kick hat-trick in an international competition.
Although he quickly changed his over-reliance on direct free kicks as his body grew, for example, the biggest factor in his extraordinary performance in this Olympics was him. He scored 10 of the 11 goals and was far ahead of the scorer list.
Carlos Tevez, who has scored 6 in 4 games, is absolutely outstanding. But so what? The strength of Argentina is the strength of the whole. Even if Wang Ai can complete a hat trick in this game, others can
Done with two!
And the Chinese team relies too much on him, or in other words, he uses his goals to carry the Chinese team down one game after another. Now not only the Chinese understand it, but the opponents also understand it. So in the next games, he will
You can imagine what happened.
After all, he is six years younger than everyone else!
Lao Shen actually wanted to put Wang Ai on the bench, but Wang Ai was unwilling, "Even if he dies, he must die heroically"!
Of course, Wang Ai was secretly warned by Lao Shen and vowed to avoid getting hurt.
Before the China-Arab war, a large number of reporters made requests for interviews, and a large number of people from all walks of life made requests for condolences, but they were all politely declined. Wang Bin hired a local security company in Athens to surround the Olympic site, and it was safe.
Secondly, the main thing is to avoid all kinds of harassment.
At 17:00 pm on August 23, Athens time, escorted by multiple reporting vehicles, the 81 Olympic Games soldiers led by Lao Shen boarded a bus bound for the Kaleskaki Stadium, the second largest stadium in Athens.
The atmosphere in the car was a bit gloomy. The five main players, Yan Song, Zhang Baofeng, Xu Liang, Sun Xiang, and Zheng Zhi, were absent, and they were facing Argentina at its peak. Even if it was not stated explicitly, after playing football for so many years, the coaching staff had already given up on the game.
It's obvious. Even some media have tasted something from the appearance list.
For example, CCTV Liu Jianhong said when predicting this game: "The Chinese team, which is short of major generals, met Argentina with an undefeated record. It is a misfortune for this Olympic team, but it is also a misfortune for Chinese football.
It's a kind of luck. Only by competing against strong teams in their prime can our failure become more valuable."
From the Olympic Village to the stadium, the more than 20 kilometers of road will soon come to an end. Wang Ai, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly stood up, turned around and said to his teammates in the car: "We still have so much left in our Olympic journey."
The two games are coming to an end. No matter what, we have all created the history of Chinese football and have more brilliant achievements than our predecessors. This is enough to satisfy the fans, leaders and teachers. Maybe many of us have fantasized about reaching the top of the mountain.
When it comes to reaching the highest podium, this past season I won the Triple Crown with Deportivo and ranked second in the Champions League top scorer list. Of course I also want to taste the gold medal. However, if you all
If it were an overseas player, I would really dare to think about it."
In the crowd, captain Dewey slowly let out a breath. Like all domestic players, hearing these words was a bit harsh, but he had to be convinced. The Asian Cup that just passed was the most powerful reason! Is the feeling in the past still so deep?
, after all, Qu Bo and Zong Lei are both people with peaceful personalities, and even when they went abroad to play football, they did not show off in the team. But asking Wang Ai to say it so straightforwardly still made people's faces burn.
"So should we try our best in today's game?" Wang Ai changed the topic and said decisively: "Yes! At least I want to! Why? Because the opponent has shown very strong strength in the past few games, and even
It is the most powerful opponent in this Olympic Games. Although we try our best, we may lose, and we will lose to a large extent, but we still have to try our best. This is not only the indomitable spirit that our Chinese Olympic team should have, but also because
Only when we exert our full strength can our opponents also exert their full strength. Only when our opponents exert their full strength can we truly feel how big the gap is between us and the world's best!"
Lao Shen also stood up at this time, pressed Wang Ai's shoulder, took over the topic and said: "We have only been together for three or five days. Looking back on the road we have traveled in the past five years, we have all the ups and downs.
, all kinds of tastes, I won’t talk about it today. I am very, very happy that our team can reach this height. I must thank everyone for their hard work. You all deserve me, Shen Xiangfu. Since we have reached this
At this stage, it is natural that you will encounter very strong opponents. So it is better to win the game, and it doesn’t matter if you lose. Because you are still young, there is still a lot of room for growth, and you can still increase the number of goals. If you lose, it’s a big deal and you can come back next time.
But we must gain something from losing and lose with value, so that we can have a chance to come back next time. Three years ago we lost to this opponent in the quarterfinals of the World Youth Championship. What was the result? Three years later we not only
We have entered the top eight and become the top four. Three years later, we will meet this opponent again. We may still lose, but we must treat this opponent as a learning object, a whetstone, and an encouragement just like we did three years ago.
and opportunities that inspire us to forge ahead. So, what about another three years from now? Maybe I won’t lead you at that time, but your personal progress will always make your career more brilliant. In the past five years, I, Shen Xiangfu, will
You have actually spent a lot of money on me. But at this last moment, I am lucky to meet such a strong opponent, so let this game be the last lesson I give you."
This chapter has been completed!