Chapter 562 The last group match
Tony Clark looked at the dense crowd outside the Santa Lucia Stadium and turned to ask his companion Matt Dawn: "Didn't you say that every game is full of seats? I think a British Championship game is about the same. This attendance rate..."
"Today is a life and death battle between the two teams." Matt Dawn said.
"I'm afraid Argentine fans don't see it that way." Tony pointed to the jubilant Argentine fans in the distance. One of them held a sign with a few words written in English:
"We are not good at table tennis, but we are good at football! You are good at table tennis, but you are not good at football!"
Matt also noticed the sign, grinned and made no comment.
"But there are quite a lot of Chinese fans. This is the first time I have seen so many Chinese people gathered together. I bet I have never seen so many Chinese people in Chinatown." Tony looked in another direction. , there are all Chinese fans with black hair and yellow skin. In addition to their physical characteristics, another sign that makes them particularly easy to identify is that they basically wear red shirts. Even if it is not the Chinese team’s jersey, it is still red. T-SHIRT.
"Maybe all the Chinese in Europe are gathered here..." Matt was also shocked by the scene in front of him, and he murmured.
Although he has watched two Chinese team Olympic games, this is the first time he has seen such a scene. Compared with the number of Chinese fans he has seen outside the stadium in the past few days, today may be the first of those two. The sum...
He thought to himself, are these fans here to witness the Chinese team qualify?
I'm afraid not?
Maybe a lot of them are actually here to watch Mellie Banega play?
With Merry's fame, it should be no surprise that he has a huge number of fans in faraway China.
After all, even my little nephew likes Mellie...
While Tony was looking around and Matt was having his own thoughts, they were caught by an interview team from China.
"Hello, we are reporters from China Central Television. Can we interview you?"
The reporter holding the microphone asked in fluent English with a smile.
Matt and Tony were both surprised: "Why do you want to interview us?"
The reporter explained the reason. He pointed to the Chinese team jersey on Matt: "To be honest, it is too rare to see a Chinese team fan here... Are you a Chinese team fan?"< br>
Matt nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course, I am, I am a fan of Hu."
After saying that, he turned around and showed the camera the number and name on the back of his jersey.
"That's great. Um, can I know your name?" the reporter asked.
"Matt." After speaking, Matt pointed to Tony Clark standing next to him, "Tony, my friend."
Tony Clark smiled at the camera and said nothing.
The reporter just nodded to Tony Clark and then fixed his gaze on Matt: "Matt, did you know? In fact, you are already a celebrity on the Chinese Internet!"
"Celebrity?" Matt's eyes widened, and Tony next to him also looked at him in surprise.
"Yes, as I just said, after all, a foreigner wearing a Chinese jersey is so rare... Can you tell us how you became a fan of the Chinese team?"
"Ah, it's a long story!" Matt coughed, and then began to tell the Chinese reporter his story with LaiHu and Hu Lai.
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"The above is our live report from outside Santa Lucia Stadium..."
After the reporter at the front finished saying this, the TV broadcast cut to the studio in the back, with the two hosts still showing surprised expressions on their faces.
"I really didn't expect that such a foreign fan would have such a connection with our Hu Lai, and be connected through a football game... This must be fate!"
"I was originally a character in a game, but now I have become a real person. It feels so dreamy! Oops, I got goosebumps all over my body..." The female host showed her arms to her partner.
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"Aha, Tony. Did you hear what the reporter just said? I'm a household name in China, and now I'm a celebrity!" Matt said to Tony happily.
"I became famous earlier than you, Matt. Maybe every Chinese family will have a small statue of me!" Tony was not to be outdone.
"You can't say for sure, Tony. None of us have been to China. Maybe there isn't a little statue of you?"
The two people were bickering and walking towards the court.
On the road, Matt, who was wearing a Chinese jersey, was very eye-catching. After walking for a while, they were stopped by a group of Chinese fans, who strongly requested to take a photo with Matt.
After taking the photo, Matt proudly showed off to Tony: "Look what I just said? I am a celebrity!"
Tony snorted: "You just took advantage of Hu's glory. Just like the reporter said, a foreign fan wearing a Chinese jersey is really rare."
"Ha." Matt rolled his eyes at his friend, then turned around and gave a thumbs up to the Chinese fans who were watching them, shouting: "CHINA!!"
And as expected, he won the house.
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"You don't have to stay up late to watch today's game." Xie Lan said as she put the stewed vegetables she bought from the market on the coffee table. "The first two games were in the middle of the night, I really couldn't stand it anymore..."
Hu Lixin suddenly said: "Then you don't plan to watch the women's football match in the middle of the night?"
Xie Lan was stunned for a moment, with a painful expression on his face, as if he was struggling internally, and finally said: "Forget it...the women's football team has qualified early, Qingqing will definitely not play in this last game...don't watch it, don't watch it .”
Hu Lixin was amused by his wife's entangled look. He shook his head: "You are really a picky guy - you have a hot head. You don't know the real situation, so you just think about things here, and you are not afraid of wasting your feelings."
"What kind of emotion can this waste? People and media have said that our son and Qingqing are high school classmates."
"High school classmates are high school classmates. Will every high school classmate come together?"
"Oh, what do you, a grown man, know?" Xie Lan was too lazy to tell her husband.
"You...start worrying about his significant other now. After he finds a girlfriend, will he have to worry about when they will get married? After getting married, will he have to worry about when they will have children? After giving birth to one, he will worry about the second child... …”
"Go, go." Xie Lan waved his hand in disgust. "I don't worry about having children. How can female football players still play football if they have children so early? Give up their careers? That's not possible. They must wait until Qingqing retires before talking about having children."
"After retirement? How old are you?" Hu Lixin was surprised.
Seeing that he was so surprised, Xie Lan asked, "Hey, why are you worried?"
Hu Lixin looked constipated.
Xie Lan covered her mouth and smiled happily.
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When Li Qingqing followed Xu Wen into the conference room, the TV in the conference room had been turned on, and the TV was showing scenes of both teams warming up on the court.
The Spanish commentator was saying something, but most people couldn't understand it.
Li Qingqing played football in France for a year and could barely understand the general meaning of some words.
The commentator seemed to be talking about Hu Lai, maybe he was praising him, because he seemed to say "very important".
Maybe it means Hu Lai is very important to the Chinese team?
In the last game of the group stage, will the Olympic team go home?
Although Xu Wen has already analyzed the situation for her, it is already very good for Hu Lai and the Olympic team to perform as they are now. But deep down in Li Qingqing's heart, she was still a little unwilling.
They promised to meet in the Olympics, but it turned out that they had never really met before, and they were about to break up...
Li Qingqing was unhappy.
How could this be?
She has been looking forward to this Olympics since the beginning of the year.
The TV broadcast showed a close-up of Hu Lai who was warming up. He was playing a warm-up game with his teammates.
Aren't you willing to give in, Hu Lai?
Li Qingqing looked at the figure on the TV screen and asked in his heart.
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The scene of the players warming up ended, and it cut back to the rear studio, where the host and commentators sat behind the table facing the camera.
"Okay, just now is the scene of the two sides warming up earlier. Now they have returned to their respective locker rooms and are making final preparations for the start of the game. So, what do you think of this game, Director Zhang?" The host said. Next to him was an elderly commentator, Zhang Rang, a well-known domestic football critic.
Seventy-year-old Zhang Rang's face is wrinkled, his hair is gray, and he has huge bags under his eyes, as if he hasn't slept well.
But he is a TV football commentator that many Chinese fans are very familiar with. He has been a commentator on the CCTV platform for more than 30 years. Many Chinese fans must have Zhang Guidance in their memories of European professional football leagues. "Hey hey" sound.
After being asked, Zhang Rang nodded first, and then said: "There is a huge difference in strength between the two sides, but I think the Chinese team does not have no chance. Although the three-back formation is conducive to Argentina's wing attack, it can liberate the two wings. players, allowing them to invest more in the attack, but if we can be more active on the wing, maybe we can use Argentina's players. The two wing-backs press back, so that we can gain a numerical advantage in the midfield... In addition, Argentina's defense has an old problem. Their left center back Santiago Sweeney has a more aggressive temper. , is easily impulsive and often makes some inexplicable mistakes, which was reflected when he was playing in the club..."
After Zhang Rang's talk, he finally came to a conclusion: "I think the Chinese team should defend its counterattack after the opening, first withstand Argentina's offensive after the opening, and at the same time weaken the opponent's morale. Then wait for opportunities to counterattack, relying on the two wings. The speed and the efficiency of Hulay in the middle may not necessarily be able to compete with Argentina.”
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In the locker room of the Chinese team, Shi Wuyuan said to his players with a serious expression: "Argentina definitely hopes to get enough goal difference from us, so it is completely expected that they will launch a fierce attack on us after the game starts. Offensive. In this case, there will definitely be a lot of space behind them, which is an opportunity we can take advantage of. If the time is right, we must counterattack decisively. At the same time, when we counterattack, Du Wanqing needs to move back to protect the defender. Line.”
When his name was called, midfielder Du Wanqing held his head high and replied: "I understand, Shi Guidance!"
As the substitute midfielder of the Olympic team, Du Wanqing was able to start in such an important game because in the last match of the Chinese team against Belgium, the original main midfielder Zeng Chi was injured, and the results of the post-match examination were inconsistent. Optimistically, he will miss a month due to injury, which means he bids farewell to the Olympics in advance.
In Hu Lai's system vision, a chain of light has appeared above Du Wanqing's head, joining the network formed by other teammates.
The last [Lingxi Card] in the Olympic gift pack was used on him, and the other two were used in the last game.
In the last game, Shi Wuyunshi's guidance made adjustments to the team's starting lineup, and Hu Lai used two [Lingxi Cards] at that time.
Seeing that Du Wanqing did not show any nervousness, Shi Wuyuan nodded with satisfaction.
He turned to the other players.
In short, the Chinese team’s tactics after the opening can be summed up in two words: counterattack
Argentina cannot deal with the Chinese team slowly. On the one hand, they are stronger than the Chinese team in terms of strength, so the players cannot have that mentality. On the other hand, they need more goal difference and don't have time to play with the Chinese team. In this way, when they attack, the Chinese team will hit them right behind. After all, the Chinese team has a speed advantage on the wing. Both Luo Kai and Chen Xingyi are not slow.
After finishing the tactical part, he looked around the locker room, his eyes passing over the faces of every Olympic team player in turn.
Under his gaze, everyone looked at their head coach very quietly.
After just looking around, Shi Wuyin said: "In a few minutes, our last group match at the Olympics will start, but I don't want this to be our last game at the Olympics. Back then When the group results first came out, both the media and the fans were very pessimistic about our future in the Olympics. But I don't think so. I am very satisfied with the group results when we come to the Olympics. Why? Are we here to travel? Of course not, we are here to compete against the world’s top opponents, some of whom we may not even be able to pay for. Even if we are invited, can the warm-up match be comparable to the Olympic Games? So, it is really lucky for us to be in the same group with three strong teams.”
Having said this, Shi Wuyin spread his hands: "Through the first two games, I have seen your progress, and I believe you can also feel the gains. This kind of gains will definitely be helpful to your future career. Continue There is another game next, against Argentina, a world-class team. I think this is also a good opportunity for us to learn from them, so in the next game, we will try our best to see how much we weigh in front of a world-class team. Two!”(End of Chapter)