Chapter 737 Bigger cheers
"The foreplay is sufficient, but it's just a bluff. Whether it works or not depends on the real skill!" the commentator of the Korean TV station said angrily.
At this time, players from both sides have already stood in their respective positions, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle.
The stadium, which had been noisy for dozens of minutes, finally quieted down a little at this moment.
The frenzy seems to be fading away, and reason is taking over people's brains again.
No matter how lively the stands are, the outcome of the final game still depends on the performance of the twenty-two players on the field.
In terms of strength, the Korean team has the advantage.
"Although coach Yang Zhongxun did not field the strongest lineup in this game, with the personnel structure of the Korean team, we are far better than the Chinese team!" Park Yongzhe, the commentator of Korean TV, said confidently. "As long as our players can calm down, they will find that the Chinese team is just a bluffing paper tiger. There is nothing to be afraid of! The Chinese players on the field can cause us less trouble than the Chinese fans in the stands!" ”
When the Chinese fans booed the Korean national anthem, the two commentators in the studio behind were filled with anger.
Now when explaining, I can't help but let out some of my anger.
Pu Yongzhe almost gritted his teeth and said what he just said.
In his opinion, the playing of the national anthem just now was the final climax of the Chinese team's game.
Next, we will enter the rhythm of the Korean team.
You know, in history, China may have been South Korea's father, but in football, we, South Korea, are your father!
Don’t think that just because your Olympic team was lucky enough to win a game in the East Asian Cup that year, you really think that the “Korean phobia” has been broken.
Very early!
Park Yong-cheol, who once commented on that East Asian Cup game, is still brooding about that failure.
Although the Korean national team later defeated the Chinese team in the Asian Cup, he still felt that it must defeat the Chinese team at their home court in order to achieve perfect revenge.
The last time the Chinese Olympic team also defeated the Korean Olympic team at home in South Korea.
In comparison, he also enjoyed the scene when the South Korean team was at the home court of the Chinese team and silenced the more than 60,000 Chinese fans with their victory.
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The stadium fell silent, and the referee's crisp whistle was clearly heard.
"CCTV, CCTV! Audience friends! Welcome to watch the ninth round of the 2026 US-Canada World Cup Asian Qualifiers where the Chinese team will face the South Korean team at home! The game has begun now!"
Along with the whistle, CCTV commentator He Feng roared in the commentary box.
Because the huge shouts rang out again, he had to try his best to raise his voice a little higher to ensure that his explanation could be clearly transmitted to the ears of the TV audience.
The voice of this kind of live commentary sounds completely different from the voice of the commentary in the studio behind. The former has a more live feeling. Even if you don't look at the picture and just listen to the voice of the commentary, it seems that you can be immersed in the scene.
"Both teams played the youth card in this game - both the Chinese team and the Korean team have played a lot of young players. But the reasons are different. On the Chinese team, since Shi Wuyin took over the team, The national team underwent a blood change. Although there were widespread concerns at the beginning that this blood change would affect the team's performance... now it seems that the impact has not been so. It has an impact, but it is a positive impact. The Chinese team's performance is obviously much better than before. The reason why the Korean team sent many young players is because they qualified two rounds in advance and have the capital to let more young players. People come out to exercise... To put it bluntly, it's training." Yan Kang also raised his voice to analyze the starting lineups of both sides.
The starting lineup of the Chinese team is not much different from the previous two top-12 games. The main reason is that the central defender position has been changed. Mao Jun, one of the original main central defenders, was injured in the league and will miss three games. In the last two games of the top 12, the Chinese team was unable to play.
Under such circumstances, Shi Wuyin ignored the other central defenders and directly named Wang Guangwei, asking him to replace Mao Junzheng and partner with captain Yao Huasheng in this game.
Secondly, Gao Ruimin, the main defensive midfielder of Capital Tenglong, also started for the national team.
The most eye-catching thing about the South Korean team is their forward Park Guixian.
This Korean player, who is hated by many Chinese fans, does have two tricks up his sleeve. From the national youth team to the Olympic team, and now to the national team, he has always been the leader among young Korean players.
Some Korean media also call him "Little Park Suntae", and it is self-evident that they are optimistic about Park Guixian.
It is said that he has also been spotted by European teams, and it is estimated that he may go to Europe early next year to play, but he may choose to stay in the Korean domestic league in order to obtain a stable position in the national team. I will wait until I finish playing in the World Cup next summer before going abroad to study abroad.
If Park Guixian also goes to Europe to play football, the best young players from China, Japan and South Korea will all be in European football, and their future grievances may continue to be staged in the European arena.
Park Guixian has performed well in the Korean domestic league this season and has scored fourteen league goals so far, creating a new high in his career. That's why the Korean team coach Yang Zhongxun was willing to let him start in the Korean team instead of Park Suntae.
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As soon as the game started, Park Guixian launched a charge towards the Chinese team's goal amidst huge boos - the South Korean team took advantage of the kick-off opportunity to attack first.
Park Guixian, as the offensive arrow figure, rushed to the front.
He quickly received a pass from his teammate outside the penalty area.
Facing Wang Guangwei's defense, he originally wanted to break through directly.
Speaking of which, he and Wang Guangwei are considered "old" rivals. From the East Asian Cup to the club, he has played against Wang Guangwei. Regardless of the records of the two teams, just looking at the duel between the two of them, there is a win or loss for each other.
Park Guixian was so confident that he didn't even take Wang Guangwei, who was playing for the national team for the first time, in his eyes and wanted to use his speed to force a breakthrough directly.
But as soon as he put the football out, he was stuck by Wang Guangwei, and he couldn't speed up at all.
He tried to use force to knock Wang Guangwei away, but failed.
Wang Guangwei doesn't look very strong, but his core strength is excellent and his bottom plate is extremely stable.
Park Guixian not only failed to knock Wang Guangwei away, but also lost possession of the ball because he was entangled by the latter - the ball was intercepted by midfielder Gao Ruimin who came up to help defend.
"Beautiful! Two young players who played for the national team for the first time in this game worked together to complete a wonderful defense!" In response to this defense, He Feng and Yan Kang applauded.
"It was the first time for both of them to play in the top 12, but they performed very calmly. At the beginning of the game, some people may not have entered the game state yet, but Wang Guangwei and Gao Ruimin didn't feel any discomfort. Wang Guangwei's opportunity to attack just now The timing was perfect. Just when Park Guixian was about to exert his strength, Gao Ruimin's protection was very timely..."
Park Yongzhe, the commentator and guest commentator of Korean TV, seems to be better at seeing positive things from failures: "It takes two people to stop our Park Guixian. The Chinese team's defense line will face it from the beginning of the game. Very huge pressure! ”
"Coach Yang Zhongxun should have made special arrangements for this situation, which is to let the team focus on Wang Guangwei and force him to make mistakes..."
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The Chinese fans in the stands applauded Wang Guangwei and Gao Ruimin's defense.
Wang Guangwei’s father and mother were also among them.
"Well done, Guangwei!!"
"Come on Ah Wei!"
"Well done, just kick like that!!"
Their excited faces were gnashing their teeth and waving their fists at the same time. It was hard to tell that these two middle-aged men and women were Wang Guangwei's parents.
After the collective applause, someone in the stands shouted with a loudspeaker: "The first song: majestic and high-spirited! Get ready - sing!"
In various places in the stands, I don’t know how many other conductors issued unified instructions.
So the song that is closely related to South Korea for the Chinese people sounded in the stands on all sides at the same time:
"Crossing the Yalu River with great vigor and high spirits!!"
"To protect peace and the motherland is to protect our hometown!!"
"China's good sons and daughters, unite as one!"
"Resist US aggression and aid Korea, defeat the ambitious wolf of South Korea and the country!!"
Chinese fans changed the country in the last line of the song, making it more appropriate for the occasion.
They just sang the war song over and over again, cheering for the Chinese team on the court.
In the majestic singing, the Chinese team launched an attack on the South Korean team's goal.
They crossed the center line and pressed forward.
The Korean team players could only be forced to shrink back and defend against this attack first.
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Zhang Qinghuan turned around in the middle and then pulled to the left to support.
The football was quickly passed to his feet.
Zhang Qinghuan, who had the ball on the wing, caught the ball and took the ball diagonally toward the center. Then he faced the Korean team's main midfielder Liu Myung-won who came to defend him.
Liu Mingyuan is one of the three overseas players who returned to participate in the top 12 this time. The 30-year-old is now a rotation player in the mid-to-lower Bundesliga team Almaine.
When Zhang Qinghuan saw Liu Mingyuan coming to defend him, a somewhat bold idea suddenly came to his mind:
Since I want to play abroad, this is an opportunity for me to face players who play in European leagues. Maybe I can use this opportunity to see how big the gap is between myself and the players who meet the requirements of the European League, so as to position myself...
Thinking of this, Zhang Qinghuan made a move to cut inside laterally. After seeing Liu Mingyuan pounce on him, he swung his foot and buckled the football back. At the same time, he quickly turned around and used his body to protect the football in front of him.
Then he twisted his body to the left, pretending to continue toward the center. But suddenly he used the outside instep of his right foot to move the football to the right.
However, Liu Mingyuan misjudged the direction and happened to pass Zhang Qinghuan, one going left and the other right.
“Beautiful!!”
Deafening cheers erupted from the stands.
Although this game has just begun. But it can be felt that every successful technical move by the Chinese team players can win loud applause from the fans in the stands.
Zhang Qinghuan, who passed Liu Mingyuan, dribbled the ball forward and tried to cut inside again when he reached the 30-meter area of the Korean team.
This time he not only faced the defense of Liu Mingyuan, who was chasing after him, but also Park Sung-hung, another Korean team center back. The two of them worked in tandem to eliminate Zhang Qinghuan's attack.
Zhang Qinghuan quickly flicked the football with the outside of his left foot before their encirclement closed.
The ball flew towards the space where Park Sung-hsing pounced.
There, Chen Xingyi cut in from the wing, got into the space and received the ball!
"Chen Xingyi!!"
Accompanied by the sudden increase in cheers at the scene, He Feng in the commentary box raised his head and shouted.
Before Chen Xingyi caught the ball, he faced the top of the penalty arc. When he caught the ball, he stopped the football with the outside of his right foot, then quickly wrapped the football with the inside of his right foot and hooked it into the penalty area!
He twisted around and went in!
Turn around on the spot and pass the spoon!
The cheers are louder!
"Oh beautiful! He went in! Chen Xingyi entered the penalty area! This is the opportunity for the Chinese team!"
The South Korean team's right back Kim Sung-su followed up and added to the penalty area. But Chen Xingyi accelerated in front of him, blocking his whole body in front of him, making him dare not make any moves. He could only slow down and retract his feet, and raised his hands at the same time to show the referee that he had no hands in defense. action.
Korean team center back Cho Hyun-hong, who wore the captain's armband in this game, couldn't care less about Hu Lai, whom he was defending. In this situation, Chen Xingyi, who has the ball, is definitely more threatening.
He strode after him and tried to block Chen Xingyi.
At this moment, Chen Xingyi passed the football.
He swings his legs very quickly and has a certain degree of concealment. At the same time, when he touches the football, he raises his toes slightly, and just picks the football to the back of the goal!
There Hu Lai ran a jumping arc and hit the horse!
Soaring into the air, he jumped towards the flying football at a position almost parallel to the goal!
The South Korean team's defensive midfielder Liu Myung-won, who returned to the middle of the defense, jumped up and tried to push the football out of the baseline, but failed to push the ball!
Falling out!
The football he missed happened to be at the same height as Hu Lai's leap!
"Hu Lai!!!" He Feng shouted until he heard this scene.
Not only him, but countless Chinese fans in the stands and in front of the TV were shouting that person's name at the top of their lungs!
Like bursts of thunder!
South Korea goalkeeper Sun Haimin returned from the previous point and saw Hu Lai throwing the flying football towards the goal. He made another save, but it was too late!
The football has flown into the goal he is guarding!
"Ah ah! Beautiful - beautiful!! Beautiful!!! Hu Lai!!! Can you believe it?! In just three minutes of the opening, the Chinese team took the lead!! The scorer was... No. 14 Hu Lai Lai!”
He Feng stood up suddenly in the commentary box and knocked over the chair behind him. Because he got up so quickly, his vision went dark and his body swayed. Fortunately, he held the table with his hands in time to stabilize himself.
In his ears, even with over-ear sound-isolating headphones, he could still clearly hear the cheers erupting in the stadium.
From the moment Wang Guangwei and Gao Ruimin stole the ball, to Zhang Qinghuan swiping Liu Mingyuan, to Chen Xingyi's spoon pass... each time the cheers were louder than the last, making people wonder what the limits of these Chinese fans are. where.
Now comes the louder cheers!
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