After 16 advanced to 8, Hong Kong fans were in revelry, but the five major European players all faced real problems. They had all exceeded their leave, and if they extended their leave, it would be the second time.
Initially, everyone asked for leave on the third day after the group stage. For a team that had not qualified in 52 years, the clubs also believed that these players were just participating, going through the motions, and could score a goal and accumulate some points.
Personal data is better, but it really doesn't work. Even if the data is zero, as long as it doesn't get hurt, it's fine.
After defeating Uzbekistan, they have already extended their vacation to the club. This time the vacation extension will be after the 16-to-8 match. The reason why they readily agreed is that they have also seen the schedule. The end of the group stage is November 11.
No., they will return to report at least on the 13th, and it is impossible to just play the game as soon as they get off the plane. They always have to rest and adjust.
According to this schedule, Rong Aping, Chen Zhuo and Ruud van Nistelrooy will not be able to catch up with the Eredivisie and Serie A matches on November 14th. Lin Zhijian and Xie Jiaqiang will participate in the reserve team match between Germany and the United Kingdom, which will be on Saturday.
On the 13th, they couldn't catch up, so they were allowed to extend their vacation until November 17th, which is after the 16-to-8 game, and let them participate in this weekend's game.
Having delayed so many league games for an international top-level event, various clubs, especially Genoa and Heerenveen, have already expressed their opinions.
However, Rong Aping's appearance is also rewarding for Heerenveen. The Japanese J-League club Qingshui Guangdao has made an inquiry to Heerenveen, hoping to transfer Rong Aping to the Japanese Professional League.
(two)
"Patton, I suggest you don't wait until the eight-to-four game is over. Book your flight ticket now for the night of the 19th. I will arrange for you to come on as a substitute for the game on the 21st. It's not just a matter of victory or defeat. Whether you can play is now the team's box office and
The ratings are all affected, haha, Mr. Chairman
He said, if you can score a goal and defeat Juventus in this game, he can give you a ten-day holiday. After the Asian Cup, you will have a few days to go home..." Added
Sperini doesn't dare to make too strict demands now and can only negotiate.
"Also, if you agree, the boss will personally book this round-trip ticket for you. Two first-class round-trip tickets, including your physical coach. If you fail to reach the semi-finals and you agree to cancel the vacation, the boss will book this round-trip ticket for you.
A ten-day holiday is converted into 100,000 euros... In China you call it a red envelope.
Let's consider it as a welcome gift for your brother to come to Italy for school." Gasperini smiled and said: "Patton, the boss said that if your brother agrees, he doesn't have to wait until the winter break and can come now. He can contact a school.
School, first sit in for half a semester to adapt to the environment..."
Chen Zhuo thanked him. He knew very well that this was a trick of Genoa boss Preziosi, and the purpose was to keep him in the Genoa team.
When Chen Zhuo left Italy and returned to China to play in the Asian Cup, it happened to be a double match in Serie A. Now Chen Zhuo has missed the 10th, 11th, and 12th rounds of the league. Genoa is still stable, except
In addition to the away loss to Palermo in the 10th round, in the 11th and 12th rounds, relying on Ruud van Nistelrooy's two golden goals, Genoa defeated Bologna and Cagliari respectively and still maintained the
Ranked first in points.
Lazio, which has been closely chasing Genoa, fell off again in the 11th round. After losing to Roma 0:2 at home, they lost to newly promoted Casena 0:1 in the away game, and the points with Genoa were widened.
5 points.
AC Milan gradually found its feeling in the middle of the season. After losing to Juventus at home in the 9th round, they ushered in a three-game winning streak. They defeated Bari, Palermo and local derby rival Inter Milan respectively, and the points rose to 3rd place.
Second, 2 points behind Genoa, only half a place left.
In these three rounds of games, Inter Milan has fallen into a trough. Their high defense and pressing style have gradually been adapted to the Serie A teams, and the injuries of the players have gradually appeared. The poor results of two draws and one loss have also caused their ranking to slip.
In sixth place, in terms of points, with 18 points from 12 rounds, it is already 10 points behind Genoa and 8 points behind AC Milan.
At the end of the 12th round, the top six teams in Serie A are Genoa, AC Milan, Lazio, Naples, Juventus and Inter Milan. Genoa's dark horse quality remains unchanged this season.
The reason why Chen Zhuo must be called back in the 13th round is because this is not only an important battle for Genoa to keep the top spot, but also AC Milan needs its own satellite team to block Juventus in the league! In line with Genoa and AC Milan
common interests.
(three)
Baggio is very understanding and accepting of Chen Zhuo's time arrangement. From his point of view, being able to qualify for the group stage and reach the top 8 has exceeded the target. Even at this time, the five major European players have proposed to return to the team.
Joe had no reason to refuse them.
Regarding the players' daily schedule, the Hong Kong Football Association also helped Baggio to fight for several European clubs. Hamburg and Manchester City readily agreed. Heerenveen also took into account issues such as Qingshui's inspection and other issues.
Regarding the extension of Abing's leave, only Genoa agreed that Gasson could stay, but Chen Zhuo had to return to the team anyway to participate in the home game against Juventus on November 21. This matter was not discussed, it could only be like this!
Not only did he refuse to let go at this time, Gasperini also contacted Baggio privately, hoping not to overuse Chen Zhuo in the game on November 19. The important surname of the Juventus game, Gasper
Rini also hopes Baggio understands that Baggio must consider these matters comprehensively.
"This period is the downward curve of Patton's physical fitness cycle. Why did Rebecca set Patton's peak physical fitness period in the last round of the group stage and the 16th to 8th..." Baggio stopped talking.
When adjusting the peak period of the team's physical fitness many months ago, Baggio indeed believed that the last round of the group stage and the 16th round of the 8th round were more critical games, so he asked Chen Zhuo to set the peak value of the physical period here.
, that’s what he meant.
"The issue of physical fitness cycle is not a big problem. Robert and Rebecca have done an analysis for me. The difference between my peak period and trough period is just the length of recovery time for muscle fatigue. With my current muscle group ratio, as long as it is not
The intelligence and emotional curves are at the bottom, and the longest time to fully recover is 48 hours..." Chen Zhuo explained.
Baggio nodded, thinking about how to adjust these games. The eight-to-four match on the 19th, the Serie A match on the 21st, and the semi-finals on the 23rd. The interval between games is indeed 48 hours, but these 48 hours
There were 13 hours of long-distance flight and jet lag. For Chen Zhuo's physical fitness, starting all three games and playing for 90 minutes would be no different from destroying Chen Zhuo.
"Keep the league, it's settled!" Baggio patted Chen Zhuo on the shoulder and said: "I can understand your desire to fight, but you must also understand that the European League is more important than the current competition. I guess,
If I hadn’t been the head coach of the Hong Kong team, you wouldn’t even have come back to compete in the Asian Games!”
(Four)
According to the schedule, the venue for the eight-to-four game on the 19th is still Tianhe, Guangzhou, and the time is scheduled to be held at 16:00 on November 19th.
Among the 16-to-8 games in the Asian Games, apart from the biggest upset in the related game of beating Kuwait, there were relatively few surprises in the other seven games.
Uzbekistan beat Qatar and they will meet South Korea in the quarterfinals.
The United Arab Emirates defeated Oman and will compete with their old rival Iran in the round of 16. Iran easily defeated Malaysia in the round of 16.
Known as the "Japanese Third Team", this team eliminated India in the 16-to-8 match. In the 8-to-4 match, they were still lucky. They were the remaining Thai team after the two weakest teams, Turkmenistan and Thailand.
In the remaining game, the Hong Kong team had to face the North Korean team. They also easily defeated Vietnam in the knockout round.
Although in the rankings of Baggio and Chen Zhuo, the North Korean team and China, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Uzbekistan were all listed as second-rate teams, the North Korean team, which had just participated in the World Cup in the summer, was listed as a second-rate team.
Ranked first in!
In the summer of 2010, the North Korean team was eliminated from the World Cup in South Africa without a win in three games, but this mysterious journey left a very deep impression on the world, not just Zheng Da-se's tears.
For the North Korean team, their biggest advantage is physical fitness. Almost every player is characterized by fast speed and strong running ability. Let’s compare the game against Brazil in the World Cup. In that game, the North Korean team’s midfielder
Core An Yingxue, reaching 1
1,792 meters, this distance ranks among the best among all the players on the team so far. In addition, Park Nam-cheol, Cha Jin-hyuk, Hong Ying-han and others have run distances of more than 10,000 meters. Ace striker Jung Dae-se's running distance
The distance is also 9800 meters.
On the other hand, Brazilian players are even inferior to Zheng Dashi. In the whole game, the average running distance of North Korean players reached 8**4 meters, while Brazilian players only had 7386 meters. The average running distance of North Korean players is 1300 meters more than that of Brazil.
meters, this also means that on average, North Korean players run 14 meters more than Brazilian players per minute. The 1:2 score in the match against Brazil also made them proud of their defeat.
In another aspect, North Korea's tactics and formation have become an alternative to this World Cup. The 4-5-1 starting lineup arranged by Kim Jong-hoon is slightly conservative on the surface, but in actual combat it hides murderous intent. First of all, this formation makes Brazil
The two wings of the team cannot be fast
Passed quickly, and the short pass from the middle penetrated North Korea's dense defense, and it was like a fist hitting cotton. Even though it had a high ball possession rate and passing rate, it could not successfully tear apart the opponent's defense. First half: 0:
The score of 0 also illustrates the defensive ability of the North Korean team.
Not only is the defense strong, but when dealing with the Brazilian team, the tactics of "focused multi-person block cutting defense" and "overall rapid advancement" adopted according to the characteristics of the Brazilian team are very distinctive. Facing the "UEFA Champions League championship level" Brazilian defense line
, the North Korean team actually had 11 shooting opportunities throughout the game, which shows that the coach’s tactics were very precise in advance.
In addition, in terms of defense, the North Korean team also showed a very good style of play. There were no malicious fouls in the game. In the game against Brazil, they not only completed the defensive task well, but also did not receive a single red or yellow card!
(five)
In view of the fact that the Hong Kong team, which has five major European players, bloodbathed the Kuwait team in the 16-8 game, the North Korean team did not dare to be careless in the game against the Hong Kong team. They even used the 4-5-1 against Brazil in the World Cup to deal with it.
The Hong Kong team just changed the single arrow from Zheng Dashi to An Zhehe.
"People's Rooney" Chung Dae-se did not participate in this Asian Games. The German second division team Bochum refused to release him, and the North Korean team also expressed its understanding and support.
Chen Zhuo was placed on the bench for this game. Baggio arranged a 5-4-1 formation to continue to let the Hong Kong team practice their "anti-attack" ability, and repeatedly emphasized that the players should save their energy and prepare for the play-offs or even the playoffs.
Preparation for taking a penalty kick.
Chen Zhuo came on the field in the minute of the second half. Chen Zhaoqi created a well-positioned free kick at the forefront of the North Korean team. Baggio asked Chen Zhuo to take the penalty, rewriting the score to 1:0.
After conceding the goal, the North Korean team ran more actively. Finally, at the end of the second half, captain An Yingxue hit the world with a long shot 40 meters away from the goal, which blasted the Hong Kong team's goal and brought the game into the game.
After a boring 30 minutes of overtime, the game entered a penalty shootout.
The North Korean team that took the first penalty shot was perfect, and the Hong Kong team also withstood the pressure. No one missed a free throw in the first five rounds, and it took four rounds to even decide the winner with one goal. It was not until the ninth round that Liang Xingjie made his first attempt.
Saved North Korea's penalty kick.
The ninth player to play for the Hong Kong team happened to be goalkeeper Liang Xingjie. With his penalty kick, the Hong Kong team defeated the North Korean team and entered the semi-finals, once again creating history.
In this game, Liang Xingjie of the Hong Kong team was also named the best player of the game. Historic entry into the top four made the whole of Hong Kong excited.
There are 25 minutes in the second half and 30 minutes in overtime. Although there will be a penalty shootout, these game time and physical exertion are no problem for Chen Zhuo's physical fitness.
Chen Zhuo's plane took off from Guangzhou at around 11 o'clock that night, so after the game, Chen Zhuo did not attend the press conference. He simply took a shower and changed clothes, and then rushed to the airport with Rebecca.
Before taking off, the other two games in the evening also ended. The Iranian team and the Japanese team defeated their opponents respectively. They will meet in the semi-finals. The other semi-final will be the Hong Kong team of China against the South Korean team.
Hong Kong fans expressed their understanding that Chen Zhuo had to travel to Europe and participate in a Serie A match in just four days during the quarter-finals and semi-finals. At the same time, they also expected the Hong Kong team to create new achievements in this Asian Games.
A bigger miracle is like the Danish fairy tale in 1992 and the Greek mythology in 2004. (To be continued.)
