After returning from training on the evening of the 15th, Wang Ai went to the gym to practice as usual. While doing squats, Shen Xiangfu unexpectedly came in, patted Wang Ai on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You talked well during the day."
"Huh?" Wang Ai immediately stared: "Someone leaked the secret so soon? It's not bad! Tell me who it is?"
"Haha." Old Shen Chunfeng said proudly: "You don't think I really trust you for talking nonsense, do you?"
"Oh?" Wang Ai narrowed his eyes: "Are you eavesdropping? I really regret why I didn't scold you!"
Shen Xiangfu hugged his shoulders: "It's more enjoyable to scold me now, in person."
Wang Ai rolled his eyes: "You'd better think about consolidating the atmosphere first. Just relying on my words and everyone's passionate expressions can only guarantee that everything will be normal during the game, but the conflicts and unfamiliarity between each other will not be resolved immediately. You have to strike while the iron is hot!”
Lao Shen nodded: "Don't worry, we already have a plan. After this game is over and we come back from the holidays, I will arrange for the new and old players to pair up and practice individually, and pair up attack and defense."
"That's pretty much it." Wang Ai was happy.
In terms of forward-looking vision, Lao Shen may be limited by his role and experience, and there are some things that he cannot see. But when it comes to team management, the myriad of daily affairs, and turning correct theory into practice, Wang Ai is far away. Far worse. Wang Ai was really relieved when he heard that Shen Xiangfu had already made a corresponding plan.
In the high-spirited atmosphere created by Lao Shen's speech, Wang Ai's promotion, and the coaching staff's consolidation, on the 16th, the eighth game of Group A of the Asian Qualifiers for the Athens Olympics was also the most critical game of this round's dialogue between the strong. Tehran's Azadi Stadium officially opened.
The first half of the game was lackluster. Although the two sides played 1:1, many reporters on the sidelines even came to the conclusion of "ugly game". Because the problems were obvious in the game between both sides. The problem of the Chinese team The reason is that the offense is weak, the offensive organization and coordination are chaotic, and there is a lack of change. The ground coordination cannot effectively threaten the Iranian team's goal. As for the high-altitude ball, due to Dewey's accidental injury, both the front and backcourt, the offensive and defensive capabilities have plummeted. The problem of the Iranian team is that the lineup has changed too much. Big, five starting players were replaced in one breath, and the team's coordination frequently went out of control.
The Chinese team's goals relied on a large number of high-altitude balls, and Hu Zhaojun finally scored one. The Iranian team took advantage of An Qi's mistake and scored an empty goal.
In the first half hour of the first half, the Iranian team's cooperation was not tacit, which provided the Chinese team with many opportunities. However, in the last fifteen minutes, the Iranian team's cooperation gradually improved.
However, Chinese reporters, Chinese fans who came from afar and the Chinese coaching staff did not panic. One is that judging from the overall offensive and defensive situation on the field, the Chinese team is still ahead of the Iranian team, even if there are many problems. The second is that the Chinese team is now The qualifying situation is relatively good, so I’m not so nervous.
More importantly, everyone knows that we still have two generals watching the fun from the sidelines! And these two definitely can't sit back in the second half.
After 15 minutes, Shen Xiangfu really used his backhand. No. 13 Wang Ai came on to replace the only forward, also center Lu Feng. Within a few minutes, Shen Xiangfu played his second card in a row, Qu Bo. Go up and replace Yan Song.
At this time, not only were the Chinese fans at the scene in a commotion, and Chinese reporters were looking forward to it, but the Iranian team in the Azadi Stadium was also in a commotion. Wang Ai was so famous that the Iranian media hyped it up before the game. Even the Chinese team The two people who were substituted were also looking forward to it.
The two biggest stars of the Olympic team did not disappoint the fans. As soon as they came on the field, they teamed up to give everyone a surprise! In the 55th minute of the game, just the second minute after Qu Bo came on the field, he played center for the first time. Wang Ai squeezed the opponent's No. 3 Bakri to receive a high-altitude long pass from fullback Cao Yang. In the air, Wang Ai even half-turned flexibly and pointed a ball that should have been pushed to his feet or pushed back to the side space. At this time, Qu Bo was running towards him, without stopping the ball or adjusting, he volleyed.
After two years of training and comprehensive adjustments in Germany, Qu Bo is no longer a grilled fish fillet or rib team. Like Bai Guanghai, he has become a muscular man. Therefore, this kick is extremely powerful and unstoppable. He didn't give the opponent's goalkeeper any chance to react, and he didn't even make a save.
Old Shen, who was sitting on the coaching bench, jumped up. He was so beautiful! Both new and old players stood up and applauded enthusiastically. As a leading figure of the "Super Platinum Generation", Qu Bo's illness in recent years has seriously affected the National Olympic Games. The team's offensive power has become very dependent on set kicks and headers. Once the opponent makes targeted arrangements, the National Olympics' attack will become very ugly. With Qu Bo's healthy comeback, Lao Shen and the coaching staff finally I can breathe a sigh of relief, at least I won't be so embarrassed when it comes to offense.
"Old song, beautiful!" Wang Ai ran over and congratulated Qu Bo with a high-five.
Qu Bo patted Wang Ai on the head: "You can really play center? Why didn't you play in Germany?"
"How tall was I then? Is there a 1.6-meter center in the world?" Wang Ai put his arm around Qu Bo's shoulders and gestured while talking, walking back very happily.
Everyone knows the value of Qu Bo. Wang Ai is in the National Olympic team and knows the importance of Qu Bo even more. The Chinese team's attack has always been a "one high, one fast" model. Qu Bo is the "fast" in the National Olympics. Dewey or Lu Feng and others are that "Gao". As this sharp knife becomes dull, "Gao"'s situation suddenly becomes worse. Qu Bo's comeback brings the Chinese team's overall attack diversification, options There is more leeway, which is also conducive to Wang Ai's performance.
This judgment soon became reality. Less than five minutes after the last goal, after an attack by the Iranian Olympic team was resolved by Zhang Baofeng, the Chinese team counterattacked. Qu Bo and Sun Xiang cooperated quickly on the right wing. After blocking the opponent's defensive midfielder, a single soldier rushed forward. In the past, Qubo was an armored vehicle, but now Qubo is at least "five pairs of road wheels"!
The Iranian team was facing a formidable enemy and was forced to tilt the few troops in the back line towards the rampaging Qu Bo. At this moment, Wang Ai had already run to the forward line at high speed near the center circle. Facing Qu Bo's approach, he did not step forward. The forward responded but opened the distance and moved backward. Qu Bo looked up and looked around while dribbling the ball, and suddenly passed the ball out in a sneaky way.
The ball was a bit high and floating. Wang Ai used his legs hard while running and jumped up from the ground. The height of his jump was so amazing that when the ball was passed, he was forced to bow his head to touch the football.
It hit the goal line hard and bounced into the net.
Excited Wang Ai rushed to the sidelines and hugged his teammates one after another. Old Shen grabbed Wang Ai's jersey in surprise: "Can you really play center? I'm actually letting you attract firepower..."
Wang Ai pushed away the evil-minded Lao Shen, and center Lu Feng leaned into Wang Ai's ear: "Did you jump high?"
Wang Ai laughed loudly and patted Lu Feng's chest: "No! I'm not as experienced as you, I'm just jumping around! The ball is too floating for Laoqu, I'm afraid I won't be able to touch it if I jump too low."
