The result of the Chinese Olympic team’s “second team” victory over the Chilean team obviously surprised the Toulon Cup chairman committee. In their expectation, this Chinese Olympic team did not have a large number of main players.
This team should be the weakest team in this competition. Before the draw with the French team, the press release of the main committee still focused on "accident", "team" and "the spirit of never giving up". Now they are beginning to face up to this.
It only depends on the strength of the team.
In fact, as the organizer, everyone hopes that the participating teams will be stronger and have enough promising stars, because this can enhance the attractiveness of hosting the event. Even an event with a long history like the Toulon Cup holds this in mind.
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When the Toulon Cup invited the Chinese team to compete, first of all, China was becoming more and more influential in the world, and I hoped that more Chinese people would come to watch the game. Secondly, it was also because of the consistent good performance of the Chinese team in the Toulon Cup.
Historical results, I hope the Chinese team can continue to send strong teams to participate.
However, the Chinese Football Association's actions made the organizers of the Toulon Cup very angry. With the Chinese team's current level in international football, the organizers of the Toulon Cup have already given face to them by inviting them. Now the Chinese Football Association has sent the "National Olympics"
"Second Team" made the organizer very unhappy.
However, the performance of the Chinese Olympic team has now earned face for the Chinese Football Association, and the organizers do not feel slighted.
In order to repay the favor, the organizer this time strongly promoted the match between the Chinese Olympic team and the Portuguese U21 youth team, and said that the Chinese Olympic team is the biggest dark horse of this Toulon Cup.
In addition to the host committee, Chinese domestic fans were also surprised, because before the Toulon Cup, all media said that the Chinese Olympic team went to the Toulon Cup for training. The fans
They naturally lowered their expectations. But what they didn't expect was that the Olympic team played at a relatively high level this time. It first drew with the host France, and then easily defeated the South American powerhouse Chile. Everyone was really overjoyed.
Fans in France are also very enthusiastic about the Chinese Olympic team. Many young fans are waiting outside the door of the Chinese team’s bus, seeking autographs and photos from the Chinese team. Some fans cannot find the players of the Chinese team, and even the staff of the Chinese team cannot find them.
Being asked for autographs shows the enthusiasm of the fans.
Domestic fans are more concentrated on the Internet. The Longteng players in the Olympic team who are obviously stronger than others have once again aroused widespread discussion among fans:
"This second Olympic team is led by players from the Longteng team. The rest are just a bunch of pig teammates."
"Some time ago, there were those who slandered the youth training of the Dragons, but now it seems that they are most likely stabbing them in the back."
"I've seen this happen too often. When will the pinkeye disease in domestic football be cured? I'm completely disappointed with the domestic environment."
The final topic obviously returned to the old topic of rants about the domestic football environment. Each keyboard warrior once again took advantage of his own advantages - the longest attack distance, the fastest speed, can cause shocking internal injuries in a few seconds, and often moves inexplicably.
Attack is hard to guard against.
Also interested in the performance of the Chinese Olympic team are the various scouts who have heard the news. Sitting next to the national football coach Perrin are full-time scouts from the five major European leagues. According to an on-site witness, there have been
Some scouts began to inquire about the Chinese team players. When communicating with Fu Bo, Perrin also made it clear that he hopes more young players can go to the European leagues to receive training. These players are undoubtedly the new forces that the national team needs in the future.
The match between the Chinese Olympic team and the Portuguese U21 youth team attracted a lot of attention. Even CCTV, which was not prepared to broadcast the Toulon Cup, temporarily purchased the broadcast rights. Liu Jianhong was responsible for commentating the match.
At the beginning of the game, Liu Jianhong introduced: "In this game, the Olympic team continued to field the lineup from the previous game. Let's look at the Portuguese team again. This is a really strong team. This time in their lineup, there are
6 people play for the Portuguese team, 2 people play for the Portuguese Liga team, 1 person plays for the Spanish C team, 1 person plays for the La Liga team, and 1 person plays for the Serie A team. Among them, defender Vizo represents Portuguese Setubal this season.
He played 12 times and played 8 times after moving to Valencia in La Liga. Fernandez, who played for Udinese, even got 24 Serie A game opportunities, scoring 4 goals and contributing 6 assists. Even on Portugal's bench
It also serves as a strong supporter for French Ligue 1 team Ajaccio and Portugal's Benfica. Such a lineup is even stronger than the French team that the Chinese team encountered before."
After the game started, the Portuguese team showed its strong strength. The Chinese team, which suppressed the Chilean team in the last game, was no longer as relaxed as before in the midfield. The Portuguese team with Fernandez as the core put a lot of pressure on the Olympic team.
In particular, defensive midfielder Zhu Xuhe was obviously not used to facing such a technically superior player.
In the 11th minute of the first half, Fernandez passed the ball to Ricardo Horta after getting rid of Zhu Xuhe. Then the right winger saw that the goalkeeper of the Chinese Olympic team Fang Jingqi was not in a good position and made a light kick.
The lob shot was successful, and Fang Jingqi could only look at the ball and sigh.
The Chinese Olympic team fell behind 0:1.
Liu Jianhong said with a little regret when he saw this ball: "Oh! Fang Jingqi made a mistake on this ball. The Chinese team got off to a bad start."
Next, the Portuguese team obviously had the advantage, but apparently they were a little careless. The Chinese Olympic team launched a quick counterattack.
In the 25th minute of the first half, left-back Wei Zhimin took advantage of his strong assist ability. He successfully broke through on the left wing and then made a pass. Zou Weijia in the center grabbed the first point. His header attack was blocked by Portugal.
Team goalkeeper Silva punched his way out of the penalty area. Xiong Jian, who was guarding outside the penalty area, fired a direct shot without stopping the ball. Silva was completely helpless. The Chinese Olympic team evened the score 1:1.
Liu Jianhong shouted excitedly: "It's in, it's in, it's in! Xiong Jian's shot is so beautiful, it's really a stroke of genius, and the cooperation between several members of the Olympic team is also very skillful. Although the opponent
We are strong, but we will not give up."
Xiong Jian's goal was very relieving. The players who had been beaten before also rushed over to celebrate. Xiong Jian returned to the field with a smile on his face surrounded by his teammates.
After the goal, the morale of the Olympic team was high. For a while, the players took the initiative in the midfield and played vigorously. The Portuguese team seemed to be in a hurry. The fans on the sidelines also began to cheer loudly for the Chinese team.
Unfortunately, before everyone was happy for a few minutes, another player in the Chinese team made a low-level mistake. Horta's non-threatening pass was blocked by Li Yuanyi in the penalty area. This was too obvious a handball.
The referee blew the whistle decisively, and the Portuguese team got a rare penalty kick opportunity.
Ricardo Horta did not miss a good opportunity this time. He faced a penalty kick and turned the score into 2:1. Horta, who plays for Setubal in Portugal, has played 24 times on behalf of the team this season.
, scored 7 goals and was the team's second scorer. This time he scored twice to put the Portuguese team ahead of the Chinese team.
The loss of the ball this time was a big blow to the Chinese Olympic team. Even Liu Jianhong was a bit cowardly: "This ball shouldn't be played. Why did Li Yuanyi use his hand to block the ball? Du Zhenyu has already established his position. Portugal
The team has no chance. This is a big gift to the opponent. Alas! It is probably because they have too little experience in participating in the competition and made such a mistake. I hope the boys of the Olympic team will not be affected by this goal.
Play well in the next games."
But the mentality of young players is not so easy to adjust. After conceding the goal, the players of the Olympic team became even more nervous. In the 38th minute, right back Liao Junjian committed a foul in the penalty area. The referee once again awarded Portugal a penalty kick.
Then Benfica defender Nelson Semedo easily put the ball into the net.
The Chinese Olympic team fell behind 1:3 in the first half.
Liu Jianhong was completely speechless about this goal: "Obviously, the young men of the Olympic team have not come out from the shadow of losing the ball just now. The defense seemed very flustered and the offense was disorganized. I hope the head coach Fu Bo can improve the team in the second half."
Adjust, and also adjust the mentality of the boys."
Sure enough, after the change of sides, the Chinese Olympic team made adjustments. Fu Bo replaced Liao Junjian with Guo Sheng.
Fu Bo obviously comforted the players during the midfield. In the second half, the Chinese Olympic team returned to normal. The 1:3 score allowed them to let go of their entangled mentality of wanting to win and fearing to lose. They played very well on the court.
Open, the game between the two sides finally entered a normal state.
After the attack was blocked, the Portuguese team also began to make player adjustments. However, the Chinese Olympic team, which was very focused on the game, did not give its opponents many opportunities, especially the right and middle guards of Xiong Jian and Zhu Xuhe who performed well on both offense and defense.
Very outstanding.
Li Yuanyi on the left was also worried about his handball. He always wanted to regain the field and worked very hard. Basically, he and his opponent were in a state of conflict.
The desperate performance of the Chinese Olympic team was rewarded before the end of the game. In the 74th minute, Zou Weijia once again acted as a beacon in the frontcourt. He knocked the ball to Wei Zhimin, who came up from the left for an assist.
Wei Zhimin unexpectedly did not make a pass from the bottom, but played a one-two against the wall with Yao Tian who came to respond. In the end, Yao Tian's dribbling breakthrough on the penalty area line caused a foul on the opponent. The Chinese national team
The Olympic team finally enjoyed the preferential treatment of a penalty kick.
The penalty kick was taken by Yao Tian who created the penalty kick. He calmly faced the opponent's goalkeeper and kicked a spoon penalty kick, which was regarded as revenge for his own goalkeeper.
Seeing the penalty kick won by Yao Tian, Liu Jianhong also said excitedly: "Well done. The big deficit in the first half did not let the players give up. Their fighting spirit left the opponent with nothing to do. Now the hard work has finally paid off. Yao
Tian calmly used his skills to create a penalty kick. There is still time in the game. As long as the penalty kick is scored, we still have hope of equalizing the score."
When Yao Tian's spoon penalty kick was scored, Liu Jianhong shouted loudly: "Beautiful! The ball is scored, beautiful spoon penalty kick. At this time, he can score a spoon penalty so calmly. Yao Tian's player's mentality
It is really very powerful. We have seen another new star rise. Yao Tian was loaned to the Tianshan Snow Leopards in the Chinese League this season by Longteng Club. He is also the current assists leader in the Chinese League. We have reason to be optimistic about him.
future."
Yao Tian's goal ignited the hopes of the Chinese Olympic team players. On the contrary, the Portuguese players who came to the game just after the league had big physical problems. The head coach of the Portuguese U21 National Youth Team had to
Continuous substitutions were used to maintain the situation on the field. Horta, Semedo and Fernandez, who had performed well before, were replaced one after another, and many players with good defense were replaced. Obviously, he wanted to rely on the final defense to win.
Next game.
Gradually, the game time came to stoppage time, and the Chinese Olympic team launched waves of offensives. Just at the last minute before the end of the game, the Chinese Olympic team got a corner kick. This time, including goalkeeper Fang Jingqi,
The players all ran into the Portuguese team's penalty area. Obviously this was the Chinese Olympic team's last ditch effort.
Liu Jianhong also said nervously: "The success or failure of this game depends on this. Yao Tian took a corner kick, Zou Weijia, he jumped very high, he grabbed the point, header, the ball went in, went in, went in! Zou Weijia
They evened the score at the end. This is a Chinese Olympic team that never gives up. This is a Chinese Olympic team with a tenacious spirit. They have demonstrated their own value!"
After scoring the goal, Zou Weijia ran wildly towards the corner flag area. He didn't care about the rules of the game. He took off his jersey and waved it vigorously in his hands. The Chinese fans and Chinese fans who came to watch the game went completely crazy.
, in the end everyone sang the song "Ode to the Motherland" together in unison, and many fans had tears in their eyes as the camera panned all the way.
The referee quickly came over to stop the celebration, and then gave Zou Weijia a yellow card. Zou Weijia seemed very indifferent. As a forward player, he rarely received a yellow card in ten games, so he took it this time. Wearing the jersey
Zou Weijia also slammed the national flag on his chest with his fist in response to the cheers of the fans in the stands.
In the end, the game ended with a score of 3:3.
After the game, Liu Jianhong obviously didn't calm down. He continued: "The boys of the Olympic team really gave Chinese football a face. Not to mention how well they played, at least their spirit of never giving up is worthy of domestic recognition."
Players should study hard. This is a group of young men with great promise. I hope they can have a good future." (To be continued.)
