"Haha! Won." When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Chen Jiangfeng cheered happily.
At the same time, Chinese fans across the country who were watching the game happily celebrated the Chinese Olympic team's historic entry into the knockout stages of the Olympic Games.
The Chinese team players on the field were celebrating wildly. In the broadcast footage, the Mexican Olympic team became the background of the winner. Thinking of the unanimous optimism of the outside world for Mexico before the game, it seemed particularly disparate at this time.
After the game, the news of the Chinese Olympic team's victory flooded the entire domestic media. Even CCTV reported on the news broadcast and replayed the entire process of Qin Minghao's goal. This kind of treatment can be said to be the best treatment for China.
It's one of those rare times when football has cards.
After Nie Jiang scored twice in the last game, Qin Minghao became another "hero" of Chinese football in this game. CCTV reporters interviewed Qin Minghao's parents the next day, and they were discovered by Zhang Sheng in Brazil.
His miraculous experience was once again widely publicized. Unlike previous reports that were reported in sports news, this time Qin Minghao appeared in a more influential social section, and the page moved from the inside page to the cover.
It can be said that this is Qin Minghao's extremely influential positive publicity for Chinese football in the country. It allows the majority of parents to know that football is not a toy to lose one's ambition, nor is it a dirty circle in their impression. Chinese football is outstanding.
Talents can also receive respect.
In fact, this is the effect that Zhang Sheng has always dreamed of achieving.
This optimistic atmosphere not only exists in China, but also the entire Olympic team is surrounded by such emotions.
In another game in Group C that ended at the same time, the German Olympic team swept the Fiji team 1o:o, which allowed them to surpass the Chinese Olympic team in terms of goal difference, but the Chinese team had two wins and a draw and accumulated 7 points.
The results were 5 points better than Germany's one win, two draws, which made the German team's expectation of a draw between China and Mexico completely shattered their desire to qualify first in the group.
The Chinese Olympic team has also become a big dark horse. It defeated the German team, which is the world champion in the adult team, and the defending champion Mexico to qualify first in the group. Next, they will meet another dark horse team--
The Honduras Olympic team qualified after eliminating the Argentina Olympic team in Group D.
In the group stage, the Chinese team's paper strength was weaker than that of Germany and Mexico. Now in the knockout rounds, the Chinese team's luck has improved, because judging from the strength of the two teams of China and Honduras, the Chinese team is obviously
Have the upper hand.
Honduras is a small country in Central and North America. Chinese people who are not familiar with geography most likely do not know that this country exists. As one of the least developed countries in Latin America, it is one of the few countries that has not established diplomatic relations with China, but it has
A country with which Taiwan has "established diplomatic relations".
Although the country has not established diplomatic relations with China, the relationship between the two countries in football is different. Since China began the professional reform of football, there are not many players from Honduras who come to play in China, and the number of these players who come to China to play is as high as
The quality is pretty good.
Compared with foreign players from other countries, Honduran foreign players are generally not worth much and have low salaries. Moreover, most of the players play very hard and are very practical. These advantages lead to the fact that some teams’ foreign players are all Honduran players.
--For example, in the 2o12 season, all four foreign players of Hunan Xiangtao in the Chinese League One were Hondurans.
Among these players, there are Martinez and Ramirez who have won the top scorer in China (A), and countless players who have helped the team avoid relegation and win the championship. What is even more commendable is that in 2008 and 2009, they won the championship for two consecutive years.
The current Chinese Footballer of the Year are all Hondurans, they are Martinez of Shanghai Shenhua and Caballero of Changchun Yatai.
However, as the mid-level level increases, competition becomes more intense, and the number of Honduran players who lack personal ability gradually decreases.
Specific to the opponents of the Chinese team, most of the players of this Honduras Olympic team play locally. On the transfer market, the most valuable player in the team is only 800,000 euros. The most valuable player is the center of the Honduras team.
Joko Lozano is one of the few players on the Honduras Olympic team to play overseas. Last season he played for the Spanish second division team Tenerife. As the team's main center, he played in the league.
Scored 10 goals and assisted 3 times in 32 games.
Not only are their net worth compared to several Chinese players playing in Europe, their net worth is lower than that of most of the main players in China.
However, the team's low value does not mean that their performance is poor. In the Olympic qualifying stage, they defeated the powerful U.S. Olympic team and Mexico to enter the Olympic finals together.
In the final group stage, they even defeated the star-studded Argentine Olympic team and the North African powerhouse Algeria team, qualifying as second in the group and becoming another dark horse in this Olympic football competition.
This quarter-final contest has also become a test battle to verify which of the two dark horses is darker.
After the game in Mexico, the Chinese Olympic team came to the Belo Horizonte Mineiro Stadium in Minas Gerais from Brasilia. Fortunately, this place is not far from Brasilia, otherwise it would have been the last time.
Honduras, who played just one game here, are just waiting for work, and their advantage is obvious.
Even so, Rick Link was still full of worries.
The Chinese Olympic team has the youngest average age among the football teams in this Olympic Games, and Nie Jiang, as a player born in 1998, is the youngest among all Olympic football players.
Compared with other teams, which generally have players in the 1993-1995 age group, except for a few players who played in Europe, most of the Chinese Olympic team players are in the 1995-1997 age group.
In the group stage, the Chinese Olympic team continued to dialogue with opponents that were stronger than itself, such as Germany and Mexico, and the players put in more running and physical effort.
The Olympic Games is a typical tournament system, with a game every three days. Now, many players on the Chinese Olympic team have reached their physical limit.
After discussing with the coaching staff, Rick Link made adjustments to the personnel and formation. 3-5-2 became 3-6-1. Nie Jiang was placed on the bench, and Tao Wentao played in his place;
Du Zhenyu, who received two yellow cards at the back, was suspended and Liming took over.
At 6 a.m. on August 14, Beijing time, the match between the Chinese Olympic team and the Honduras Olympic team officially started.
More than 57,000 fans came to watch this game, which was even more than the previous game between Portugal and Germany, which was a world-class dialogue, but slightly less than the host Brazil game. At the same time, this game
This game is also the game with the largest number of TV viewers since the start of the Olympic Games. According to domestic real-time viewership statistics, it has reached 3%, with more than 110 million viewers, which shows that Chinese fans attach great importance to this game.
After the game started, most Chinese fans who had not paid attention to the roster were also surprised that Nie Jiang, who had no rumors of injury, was placed on the bench.
However, from the fact that the Chinese Olympic team played Tao Wentao instead of Xiong Jian, who performed well as a substitute in the last game, it can be seen that Rick Link chose to focus on offense. Compared with the Chinese Olympic team's 3-6-1
The offensive formation of Honduras is 5-4-1, which clearly focuses on defense.
And the situation on the field was indeed like this. The Chinese Olympic team launched a fierce attack at the beginning. The two wing-backs Ding Huaiyi and Zhang Linpeng rushed up extremely high, leaving the two Honduran wing-backs behind and handed them over.
The midfielders and defenders have to deal with it.
In the full ten minutes after the opening, the Chinese Olympic team had already completed three shots, while Honduras had not taken a single shot.
The Chinese fans in the stands kept cheering the boys on the field, hoping that they could break through the opponent's goal with one kick.
But the reality is cruel. Those fans watching the game in front of the TV, especially those who understand the game, can see more clearly that although the Chinese team attacked very fiercely, they did not have any absolute good opportunities.
Most of the Chinese team's shots are long-range shots from outside the penalty area, and they are all lottery-style shots after being unable to enter the penalty area.
In response to the impact of the Chinese team's two wingers, Honduras definitely made special arrangements before the game. The purpose of the five defenders was to limit the impact of the Chinese team's wingers, using the double defense of the full-back and the full-back to prevent them from easily
The lower bottom or the horizontal incision.
Therefore, the Chinese team played lively on the scene, but in fact there were not many absolute opportunities.
Compared with the Chinese Olympic team, in addition to the special arrangement of five defenders, Honduras also implemented two things well, that is, the two full midfielders pressed forward very resolutely, specifically playing between the Chinese team's wide midfielder and central defender.
At the joint between the two players, the other two players in the midfield adopted a foul-killing tactic, determined not to let the Chinese team tip the ball up in the midfield.
Another advantageous point for Honduras is that the referee of this game, Roddy Zambrano from Ecuador, seemed to have a very loose standard of refereeing. Many fouls were ignored by him, and the most representative one was the one above.
A foul in the 13th minute of the half.
This time, Honduras failed to attack in the frontcourt. After Li Yun got the ball, he transferred the ball to Zhang Linpeng. The latter got up immediately after receiving the pass on the right, but Honduras midfielder No. 15 Banega
Si brought down Zhang Linpeng with a fierce tackle.
Hong Gang, who was in charge of commentating the game, said quickly: "This is going to get a card. Although he went for the ball, he not only showed the soles of his shoes, but also had an incidental action that did not scoop the ball, leading Zhang Linpeng.
Fell down."
As a result, the referee Roddy Zambrano just ran over to warn Banegas and gave the Chinese team a free kick in the backcourt.
"Holy shit!" Chen Jiangfeng's eyes widened, "Damn it! You don't even give me any cards?"
"Black whistle!" Dad Chen also turned into an old angry young man at this time, "Didn't Zhang Linpeng be more alert and get injured in a minute without giving him a yellow card?"
As the captain on the field, Li Yun also came to interfere with the referee, but the referee was completely unmoved.
The referee's penalty gave a very bad start. Then the midfielders of both sides frequently committed fouls to interrupt the opponent's offense, and the referee still did not call the call.
This kind of penalty scale is very beneficial to Honduras. Anyway, they don't need too many passes and organizations in the midfield. They kick off more from the backcourt to the players in the frontcourt. The midfield is a transition place. On the contrary,
The Chinese team plays ground ball and needs to coordinate with passing and cutting. If a foul is interrupted, the offense will be interrupted. The midfield is a place that must be managed well.
For this reason, the Chinese team had to strengthen the manpower in the midfield and let Tao Wentao come back to shorten the distance between the teams and speed up the passing of the ball so that it would be too late for the opponent to foul.
With the return of frontcourt players, the Chinese team's offensive formation also shrank accordingly, and Honduras was finally able to squeeze out the formation.
"This game is too ugly." Chen Jiangfeng looked unhappy, "I just keep falling in the midfield. It's interesting."
The Chinese fans in the stands also kept booing, protesting that the referee turned a blind eye to various fouls. He just kept warning this player, warning that player, but did not play cards. For a while, the atmosphere of the game became extremely weird.
The only time there was cheering was because Honduras had no chance to take a long shot outside the penalty area to show its determination to score.
Gradually, the Chinese team also figured out the routine, no longer insisting on playing on the ground, and began to use Li Yun and Ma Yongli, both of whom have certain ball-playing abilities, to directly find two wingers or simply find center Zou Weijia. Anyway, Zou Weijia's
The height is still guaranteed.
In the 29th minute of the first half, Ding Huaiyi played a two-on-two with Xu Mingyu on the left. Then Ding Huaiyi's personal ability came into full play. His final catch and change made a direct breakthrough.
Honduras' right back Alvarez broke into the penalty area.
This is the first time that the Chinese Olympic team has brought the flames of war into the penalty area of Honduras.
Next, Ding Huaiyi's pass accurately found Zou Weijia in the penalty area. The latter rubbed the ball and the ball came to the back point. Tao Wentao, who was ambushing in the back point, shot directly. Unfortunately, the ball flew over the crossbar.
The bottom line has been crossed.
Ding Huaiyi's breakthrough can be regarded as providing the Chinese team with another offensive method, which is to rely on the players' personal abilities to make single-point breakthroughs.
Now on the court, whether it is Qin Minghao, Ding Huaiyi or Xu Mingyu, they all have certain breakthrough abilities and can be fully utilized.
In the 37th minute of the first half, the Chinese team once again relied on a personal breakthrough to get a chance.
It was Qin Minghao who created this opportunity. He took advantage of Zou Weijia's opportunity to bring his opponent out of the penalty area, and an overhead pass found Tao Wentao, who had a tacit understanding with Zou Weijia and switched positions.
Honduras' central defender Palacios turned too slowly and was squeezed behind Tao Wentao. He had to use a defensive hug to knock Tao Wentao down.
Even the referee couldn't stand this kind of foul without the ball. He finally took out the yellow card he had treasured for a long time and gave it to Palacios. The Chinese Olympic team also got an excellent frontcourt position.
