Section 262: The Crown Without Pearls (Act 1: Blood Flow)
It was 3:45 pm Beijing time and 2:45 pm South Korea time, just 10 minutes before the start of the match between China and Turkey. The court fell into a conspiratorial silence, except for a few noises.
The international players seemed unable to believe it. They frequently looked up at the scoreboard, which read bloody: China vs. Turkey, 0:2! Milu had already run to the sidelines and was shouting to the players, using only a few words he knew.
shouting in Chinese.
We played intensive defense. We were only two goals behind in the first half of the last game against Brazil, but it's only ten minutes now! There are still thirty-five minutes left, what should we do?
What to do? The national team, the fans and even the on-site commentators were confused. All the optimism before the game was swept away, and instead they were filled with panic. Not-so-distant memories re-entered the mind, whether it was two black men
It took three minutes for the Chinese people to go from full of joy to hell of pain, or the lonely eyes of Schlapner, Qi Wusheng, Horton and others after their failure, all seemed to come to life.
In the commentary box, Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu, as well as Zhang Bin, Tang Yaodong, Li Bing and others in the live broadcast room far away in Beijing, all lost their voices for a moment. Xu Genbao and Gao Hongbo, who were far away on Chongming Island in Shanghai, both frowned and looked heavy.
The low pressure has enveloped the hearts of millions of football people and fans, as well as countless squares, bars, and families across the land of China, making people breathless.
"Relax, it's not your time to go on stage yet."
On the bench of the Chinese team, Ma Mingyu, who was wearing regular uniforms, put his arm around Wang Ai's shoulders and shook his slightly stiff body.
Wang Ai let out a long breath and opened and closed his painful fingers a few times. The blow came so quickly, which was beyond Wang Ai's expectation. Like everyone else, he believed that we had paid enough attention to our opponents, not to mention before the World Cup.
The national team coaching staff watched and studied every warm-up match in Turkey. As far as this match is concerned, the training in the past few days has also been very targeted. We also took out the results from the last game against two world footballers.
The Brazilian team's intensive defense could not be defended. But I never expected that Turkey would score two goals in less than 10 minutes. These were the only two shots that the Turkish team had so far!
If the fight continues like this, Wang Ai won't have to play anymore!
At the beginning of today's game, the Turkish team was very excited. They frequently launched offensives in the Chinese team's half at the beginning. However, the Chinese team seemed very relaxed. After the last game against the Brazilian team, the confidence of the Chinese defense line
Unprecedented expansion: We are the best in the world...well, the best general ranking in Asia, right? Ronaldo told us that we don’t have many good ways to defend ourselves. Who are you in Turkey?
In the sixth minute, Turkey's free kick in the frontcourt was intercepted by Li Weifeng, but Li Weifeng did not kick the ball in the right position. As a result, Hassan Sass, who was inserted in the back row, met the ball with a crisp volley, which did not give the front line a chance.
Dewey, who came to cover the defense, and goalkeeper Jiang Jin had no chance to react, and the football scored directly.
Li Weifeng and Dewey were very upset. The emotions of the two defense generals were affected, and their thinking, movements and other people began to have slight out-of-sync problems. This was fatal to the Chinese team's defense, which strictly relied on tactical discipline.
Loophole. Soon, three minutes later, the Turks took advantage of this lack of synchronization to create another scoring opportunity.
In the ninth minute of the game, the Turkish team, which was furiously attacking, got a chance for a corner kick. The Turkish team sent a tactical kick. Brent Kolker, a defender from the Turkish domestic Galatasaray team, stepped forward and scored in the back door.
Zhu got the ball. He did not choose to break through the tall Jiang Jin head-on, but chose a header from the far corner. As a result, Jiang Jin was unable to save the ball and the score was rewritten again.
The excited Turks almost ran for half of the game to cheer and celebrate, leading their few fans to make loud noises in the stadium. However, the ocean of red flags, which accounted for 70% of the audience, was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water, and cameras from all over the world were watching over and over again.
Scan the Chinese fans and take in the expressions of despair, numbness, and horror.
At this time, a new problem arose in the national team, that is, the captain problem.
The captain of a football team is divided into two types: technical leader on the field and opinion leader off the field. They are usually unified, but there are exceptions. But no matter which case, the captain must have two distinctive characteristics: First,
Being able to make teammates obey; secondly, being willing to express opinions. Both are indispensable.
There are only two and a half people in this national team who can serve as captain, or who can convince everyone. One is Hao Haidong, the number one forward who has been famous for many years. Everyone is convinced by his skills;
Fan Zhiyi, whose abilities are also recognized by everyone. The other half is Ma Mingyu, who is kind and dedicated. These three people can convince others and are willing to express their opinions. Later, the national team considered who among Hao Haidong and Fan Zhiyi
I didn’t obey anyone, and I had an unhappy past. In order to avoid the national team being divided or having poor tactical direction, I chose Ma Mingyu, who had a good relationship with everyone, had experience studying abroad, and had better skills than ordinary people, to be the captain.
After more than two years, Ma Mingyu's actual performance proved that this decision was correct. There were almost no conflicts in the national team. Hao and Fan also obeyed the tactical instructions relatively well. Neither of them had any problems.
I have the nerve not to give face to a good friend, and even if I have an opinion about him, I can only communicate behind his back.
In fact, there is often no absolute right or wrong in things on the football field. When manpower is limited, Zhuge Liang still has time to fight, not to mention the ever-changing situation on the football field, so the captain is the person who stabilizes the morale of the military.
, when faced with a choice, make a decision based on your words. And most of the time, it is better to make a decision regardless of whether it is the best after review, than to be leaderless and at a loss.
Facing the powerful enemy Brazil in the last game, Ma Mingyu indeed shouldered the responsibility of a national team captain to step forward at critical moments. He ran around the entire field regardless of physical strength, trying every opportunity to win, and even more importantly at the critical moment.
Except for Wang Ai, he was the first to score a goal among the tens of thousands of international players, which completely vindicated the name of this national team that has been established for more than two years, and rectified the name of this group of international players. Later, it was his goal that completely activated the veteran Hao Haidong.
, and finally equalized the score. Therefore, even if some people had objections to his position as captain before, they were convinced after this battle.
Compared with the above people, Jiang Jin or others are much weaker. Although Jiang Jin is the first national goalkeeper, he dares to fight on the field, has excellent skills and is also talkative, but the characteristics of the goalkeeper's position determine that he cannot command the whole team.
When fighting as a team, they can only organize and coordinate the defense and at most the midfield. Even the German goalkeeper Kahn cannot do this. In life, Jiang Jin is an honest and obedient dull man, and no one is afraid of him. More importantly,
Although the Chinese team performed well in the World Cup, Jiang Jin's performance at least convinced the other two goalkeepers An Qi and Ou Chuliang. But after all, he was given six goals in two games. Not only were others not convinced of him, but his own
