The day before the final between the Chinese team and the Japanese team, the U23 Asian Cup held a third or fourth place final. This game was related to who would get the last place to go to Madrid.
The two sides facing each other are the Vietnam Olympic Team and the South Korean Olympic Team.
The Vietnamese team failed to qualify for the Olympics from the Chinese team. They were forced to a dead end and naturally had to fight with the South Korean team.
And Korean fans absolutely cannot accept the result that the dignified Korean Olympic team cannot even participate in the Olympics.
This game was held in Dashun City. Because it is located in Northeast China and close to South Korea, many Korean fans came to cheer for the team.
Sino-Ocean Stadium was almost half full, and most of them were Korean fans.
Amid the cheers of their fans, the Korean team played very proactively and gradually gained the upper hand.
Their main center Park Kyuhyun opened the scoring for the Korean Olympic team in the 31st minute.
In addition, this is also his third goal in this U23 Asian Cup.
This number of goals allowed him to occupy the second place in the scorer list.
If it weren't for Hu Lai, he might actually be the top scorer in this U23 Asian Cup.
But now, his three goals are simply not worth mentioning.
Fortunately, he learned the lesson this time. When he was interviewed by Korean media before going to the U23 Asian Cup, he did not say that his goal was to win both the championship and the top scorer.
Otherwise, he will now become the laughing stock of Chinese and Japanese fans. Some Japanese fans on the Internet have already expressed regret for this. They don't understand how Park Guixian, who has always been loudmouthed, can be honest. This makes them feel very boring.
Hu Lai's five goals in nine minutes directly put the competition for the Golden Boot in this U23 Asian Cup out of suspense. Just like he did in last year's East Asian Cup, he scored all the goals of others in the tournament in just one game.
Before Hu Lai, in many cases, two or three goals were enough to win the top scorer of the East Asian Cup.
In the U23 Asian Cup, Hu Lai went even further, scoring a number of goals that are still difficult for others to match in just nine minutes. When Park Guixian only scored three goals in six games, just think about it.
It only took less than four minutes for Hu Lai to complete three goals. It is estimated that he didn't even think about celebrating.
So he didn't think about it and just celebrated his goal. Celebrating that his goal helped the South Korean team take the lead and take the lead in the fight for Olympic tickets.
Thinking of this, the smile on his face became brighter.
No matter what, life has to go on after all...
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In the end, the Korean Olympic team relied on Park Kyuhyun's goal to defeat the Vietnamese team in the third-place finals and get Asia's last ticket to the Madrid Olympics.
As a result, the teams representing Asian football in this Olympics are all teams from East Asia.
This has never happened before. After all, in the past, at most, only Japan and South Korea, the two strongest teams in East Asia, could participate in the Olympic Games, and the other quotas were often reserved for teams from West Asia.
But this time, there was no West Asian team, and West Asian football suffered a huge defeat.
Qatari football, in particular, has suffered a heavy blow.
They have just successfully hosted the World Cup in 2022. The domestic football craze is high. Coupled with a large number of outstanding players of all ages planned from other countries, Qatari fans are eager to continue to stimulate the development of domestic football by reaching the Olympic finals. At the same time,
Enhance their status in Asian football.
And now, after those nine stormy minutes, the Qataris' football ambitions have been blown away by the rain and the wind.
Now they have become the laughing stock of the entire Asian football world.
I won’t talk about the unsubstantiated things like whether there are small tricks behind the scenes. Let’s just say that there are so many naturalized players from all over the world in their team, but they were defeated by Hu Lai alone in the U23 Asian Cup. It is simply embarrassing.
At least now in Asia, when mentioning Qatar football, the first thing that everyone will think of is no longer the World Cup to be held in 2022, but the tragedy of their U23 Asian Cup where Hulay scored five goals alone.
As for the referee of that game, Alireza Farhani, there was news two days ago that after he returned to Iran, he was walking on the street one day and was raped by three masked men in an alley without surveillance.
He was intercepted and beaten up.
After the beating, the three people dispersed and quickly disappeared at the end of the alley. Due to the lack of surveillance video and witnesses, the police have not caught the attacker until now.
As for the reason why Farhani was beaten, one of the most widely circulated theories on the Internet is that he clearly accepted money from Qatar, but failed to help Qatar win the game. He did not find an excuse to beat Hu Lai when he was showing off his power.
Penalties were imposed, or all the goals scored by Hulay were disallowed. As a result, the Qatar Olympic team not only missed the Olympics, but also became the laughing stock of the entire Asian football world, thus attracting revenge from the Qataris.
However, Qatar immediately denied this statement, saying that the beating of Farhani had nothing to do with them.
They also never gave Farhani a penny.
The Qatari media blamed China for this incident, believing that Farhani was chased to Iran by angry Chinese fans and beaten.
However, this statement is really nonsense. Not to mention that the three attackers all spoke the language of Iran. Even with their faces covered, it can be clearly seen from their high noses and deep-set eye sockets.
characteristics of West Asians.
And why do Chinese fans need to travel all the way to Iran to be the referee?
They had already taken action at the airport, causing one person to be detained and three people to be criticized and educated. Why did they still spend air tickets and hotel money to go to Iran just to fight Farhani?
How shameless is Farhani? As for that?
This statement is really untenable. However, the statement that Farhani was beaten by someone from the angry Qatar Football Association is more in line with the imagination of the majority of people who eat melons. Therefore, this latter statement is widely circulated. No matter what the Qatar side does
It was useless to refute the rumors and deny them. Everyone concluded that the Qatar Football Association must have spent money to bribe Farhani. After all, the Qatar Football Association has a history of doing this...
It doesn’t matter if there is no evidence, everyone is willing to think so anyway, how can you still silence people all over the world online?
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The fact that both West Asian football and referees have become laughingstocks is just a minor episode.
If the match between the Chinese team and Qatar had just ended, many people might still be interested. For example, the news that Alireza Farhani was beaten while walking outside his home would only stay on the Weibo hot search list.
After less than half a day, we can see how miserable it is to be an internet celebrity...
Now, Chinese fans are more concerned about the next U23 Asian Cup final.
As Shi Wuyin said, when the Chinese team meets the Japanese team at its home court, there is no need to mobilize or explain too much in such a game. Everyone knows how heavy the weight is.
In football, China and South Korea are mortal enemies, so any match between the Chinese team and the South Korean team will attract the widest attention.
China and Japan have a historical feud, and this hatred extends to football.
For those Chinese fans who experienced the 2004 Asian Cup, they removed the "U23" before the U23 Asian Cup final and watched it directly as the Asian Cup final.
The adult team was unable to take revenge back then, but now it can only be done by the young people.
Tickets for the finals have been sold out long ago, and there are still many people on the Internet asking for tickets at high prices.
This scene is really like the "grand occasion" when Huawei released its flagship mobile phone series...
The event official had to issue an announcement on the Internet, advising everyone not to buy tickets from unknown sources. However, some people still turned to scalpers for help, and some even paid an additional 1,000 yuan to buy a ticket for the U23 Asian Cup final.
This situation has been a long time coming for China's national team. Even in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team's home games are not sold out.
This is because this Olympic team has given many Chinese fans the confidence to see the light of day.
After nearly ten years of reform in Chinese football, it has finally borne fruit, and it is such a National Olympic team.
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"Mom, if I don't come back for dinner tonight, please leave me alone." Yan Yan stood at the door, changing his shoes while calling his mother at work. "We have a class reunion today... a high school, high school class reunion. After eating
I still need to find a place to watch the game after dinner, so I might be a little late when I get back... Oh, don't worry about me, there are so many of us, how can there be any unsafety... What? Just because we are worried that too many of us will cause trouble? Mom
, are the players from our Dongchuan Middle School football team considered football hooligans in your mind? Okay, okay, I get it, I won’t tell you anymore, I’ll call a taxi..."
After hanging up the phone, Yan Yan opened the door and went out. At the same time, he circled everyone in the group: "Guys, I'm leaving! See you at the school gate!"
"receive!"
"Captain Yan, are you just setting off? I'm already here!"
After Shen Yulin finished speaking, he sent a photo of himself and coach Li Ziqiang.
"Nonsense, your home is next to the school, of course you are already here!"
After Yan Yan said this, he put his cell phone in his pocket and ran out of the building.
Today is a gathering day for their former teammates of the Dongchuan Middle School football team.
This matter was only mentioned more than a week ago, because Hulay completed the "95th Supreme" performance in the game against Qatar. At that time, everyone in the group was scrambling to recall that they played together with Hulay The day of the ball to show that they are proud.
In the end, Yan Yan cheered up and held a party for his school team teammates.
While everyone is at home during the winter vacation, let’s get together and meet some of the people we haven’t seen in years.
And this time, Captain Chu Chu Yifan is also coming back.
We all made an appointment to meet at Dongchuan Middle School and called coach Li Ziqiang. I thought that the Spring Festival was coming soon and his daughter Li Qingqing was still abroad. She must be lonely at home alone. Everyone is his disciple. At this time, I must go to give her a gift. The coach sends warm messages.
Now looking at the photos sent by Shen Yulin, he has successfully pulled Coach Li out.
After everyone plays at school for a while, they will go to the restaurant to eat, and then watch the football together.
Eat at a restaurant near the school.
After dinner, everyone changed places together again. It was also in a bar not far from the meal. They had booked the place in advance. They were the only ones in the bar by then. Everyone used a 120-inch large projector to watch the live broadcast of the game and cheer for Hu Lai. Cheers Luo Kai.
At the same time, we hope that they can defeat the Japanese team in the game and win the U23 Asian Cup championship.
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When Yan Yan rushed to school, everyone was chatting around Coach Li on the court.
From a distance, he heard Chen Rui shouting: "Coach, why have you never mentioned the fact that Li Qingqing is your daughter before? If it hadn't been exposed online, we would still be in the dark... …”
"Why did you bring it up?" Meng Xi asked him, "What else can you do if I know this?"
"Of course I can't do anything..." Chen Rui quickly waved his hands in defense. "It's just a pity for me. I should have known to ask her for an autograph!"
"Good luck! I'd like a group photo instead!" Meng Xi sneered at Chen Rui's statement.
Mao Xiao next to him laughed: "Then I will take a photo and sign an autograph!"
When Yan Yan arrived, he saw that the coach next to Team Chu looked a little unnatural, and he quickly interrupted everyone's fantasies about the coach's daughter: "I said you are just chatting in such an awkward manner?"
Everyone turned around and saw him and asked, "What are you talking about, Captain Yan?"
Yan Yan took out his mobile phone: "Don't the finals start tonight? How about each of us say a few cheers to Hu Lai and Luo Kai, and I record them and send them to them?"
"Good idea, I agree!" Chu Yifan was the first to support.
Others also thought this proposal was a good one. If the Olympic team wins the final, will we also have a share of the credit?
So everyone appeared in front of Yan Yan's camera one by one to cheer for Hu Lai and Luo Kai.
At the end, Yan Yan pointed his phone camera at coach Li Ziqiang: "Coach, can you say a few words?"
Everyone echoed next to them: "Yes, yes, you are the coach!"
Li Ziqiang originally wanted to refuse, but seeing everyone's enthusiasm, he still stood in front of Yan Yan's mobile phone camera with a straight face.
"Although it's the finals, don't feel any pressure. Just play how you usually train..."
As Li Ziqiang was talking, he suddenly realized that his posture was too much like their coach. Although Hu Lai still called himself "coach", he had to understand that he was no longer their coach, and he was not qualified to guide them.
Playing football. So he changed his tone again:
"There's nothing to say. You both know what you have to do, just do it."
Yan Yan was stunned for a while holding the phone. Seeing that Li Ziqiang did not continue, he asked in a low voice: "That's it, coach?"
"Well, that's it." Li Ziqiang nodded and said seriously.
"Okay, I'll send it to Hu Lai and Luo Kai."
When Yan Yan was about to send it, he realized how big the video was. He wailed: "I'll go, my traffic!"
"You edit it. No one has released the original file..." Chu Yifan said.
"No, Captain Chu... just tell me whose scene to cut out?"
"Uh... Then just spend some data." Chu Yifan suddenly had no objection.
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"Ready to go! Ready to go!"
Wang Zijian excitedly ran up and down the hotel corridor, knocking on the door one by one... or rather banging on the door where his teammates were.
But he didn't wait for the people inside to open the door for him. He just said "get ready" and ran to knock on the next door.
Just like that, he knocked all the way, and the doors behind him opened one by one, and the heads of his teammates were poked out.
"Zijian, you are so excited! Knock on the door when it's time?!"
"That's why I said get ready to go, get ready! Get ready!" Wang Zijian's voice came back from the front, accompanied by a new knock on the door.
Wang Guangwei turned back from the door and looked at Hu Lai: "Let's go down early. There will be so many people waiting for the elevator, why don't we wait to die?"
Hu Lai stood up: "Okay, everything is packed anyway."
The two people kicked off their backpacks, took their coats in their hands, and walked out of the hotel room.
At the same time, a new message alert popped up on Hu Lai's phone.
He opened it and found that it was... a video sent to him by Yan Yan.
He clicked on it without thinking, and then realized that the video started to load in circles at a turtle speed...
"Let me go, what is this?" Hu Lai asked Yan Yan directly on WeChat in surprise.
"We are having a gathering today, and this is a video of everyone cheering you on!" Yan Yan replied instantly.
"Okay, I'll do it first. I'll take a look when I get there later."
"Are you ready to go?" Yan Yan asked.
"Well, I'm ready to take the car."
"We are eating and waiting to watch the live broadcast of the game! Come on for the game soon! Try to come back with a championship!"
"That is required!"
Hu Lai put away his cell phone. Seeing that he was smiling happily, Wang Guangwei asked: "What's wrong? Who sent the message?"
"Captain Yan, they had a party for the Dongchuan Middle School team today. He recorded a video of his teammates cheering me on. How about it, Lao Wang, are you envious?"
Wang Guangwei took out his mobile phone and waved it in front of Hu Lai's eyes: "What a coincidence, Wu Yue and the others also cheered me on WeChat, by voice."
"What are you two talking about?" Chen Xingyi came over.
Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei took out their mobile phones at the same time and showed them off to Chen Xingyi.
After hearing the two of them showing off, Chen Xingyi exclaimed: "What's the point? My teammates from Shuguang High School not only cheered me on, but also gave me a big red envelope!"
Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei looked at each other, then speeded up their pace and walked to the elevator in perfect agreement.
After just two steps, Luo Kai walked out of his room. When he saw Hu Lai, he asked: "What's going on with the video Yan Yan posted? I scrolled for a long time without opening it."
"They are having a gathering today, and this is a video to cheer you up." Hu Lai explained concisely as he walked.
"Ah this..." Luo Kai froze on the spot, looking down at his phone, a little surprised that his former teammates on the Dongchuan Middle School football team would still remember him.
He replied under the video: "Thank you, Captain Yan, and thank you all, I will work hard."
Soon he received a voice message from Yan Yan: "You're so polite, Luo Kai! This is a little thought from all of us. I'll let Japan see how awesome you are in the game later! We played against them in the East Asian Cup last time.
You were not here when we arrived, so you surprised them this time! Don’t let Hu Lai steal the show by himself!"
The background sound in which he said this was so noisy that he had to raise his voice.
Luo Kai could still faintly hear someone shouting: "Coach, I give you a toast!"
Someone else is asking Yan Yan: "What are you doing? Drink, drink, stop pretending to chat on WeChat!"
"Who are you talking to?"
Listening to the excitement in this voice, Luo Kai couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
He replied: "I promise not to let Hu Lai steal the spotlight alone!"
Then he put his cell phone in his pocket, carried a sports backpack, and quickly chased after Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, and Chen Xingyi.
In the corridor, more and more Olympic team players dressed up, walked out of their rooms, and gathered together, like a stream, ready to run to the sea.
