Chapter 1058 We are the Asian champions!
"Holy shit! The Chinese team leads Japan 2:0? Did I read that correctly?"
"Stop talking, I still can't believe my eyes..."
"If I hadn't watched the live broadcast of this game, I would have thought that the TV station got the score wrong..."
"It's not just the score, friends! That scene... the Chinese team was not at a disadvantage in the scene! Even though the Japanese team was suppressing the Chinese team for a while, it actually gave the Chinese team an opportunity to counterattack. And in the second The goal happened to be scored during the counterattack... I think the Chinese team’s tactics in this game are completely wrong!”
During the halftime break, the excited Chinese fans couldn't wait to start a discussion on the Internet, expressing their feelings after watching the half game.
It is understandable that everyone is so excited, after all, this is a two-goal lead against the Japanese team.
Even if the Chinese team has already participated in the World Cup, the Japanese team is still an opponent worthy of their special attention.
It can even be said that after the World Cup, they understand the strength of the Japanese team better.
After all, Japan is the only Asian team to reach the knockout stages of this World Cup. The South Korean team with "former Light of Asia" Park Soon-tae also stopped in the group stage and failed to go further.
With this comparison, you can know how strong the current Japanese team is.
Facing such a powerful Japanese team, the Chinese team was able to take a two-goal lead at halftime... This performance cannot be overstated.
However, this cheerful discussion soon turned to a strange angle - if the Chinese team defeats the Japanese team, can Dong Jianhai continue to be the head coach of the Chinese team?
Someone posted such a post on the "Goal" website, and it quickly became the most popular discussion thread during the halftime break.
Everyone rushed in to express their opinions and even started arguing.
Some people were impressed by the Chinese team's performance in this half and thought that everyone should give Dong Jianhai some trust and opportunities. There has to be an adaptation process, and he should have passed the adaptation period now.
Frequent coaching changes are not a good thing for the Chinese team. It is still necessary to provide the head coach with a stable environment instead of shouting "change the coach" at the slightest sign of trouble.
It is easy to change the coach, but if you change it again and again, and you can't make it in the end, isn't it still Chinese football that will be hurt, isn't it still us Chinese fans?
There are also those who object to this statement. They believe that even if Dong Jianhai leads the Chinese team to defeat the Japanese team - not to mention the small possibility of defeating Japan - it does not prove that Dong Jianhai is a capable head coach.
It is very likely that defeating the Japanese team will be just a flash in the pan, and it can even be said to be a victory where luck far outweighs strength. If Dong Jianhai is allowed to remain in office just because of rising nationalist sentiment, that would be the greatest harm to Chinese football.
People holding two diametrically opposed views started to quarrel, and there were also some people who didn't hold exactly the same positions but disliked each other.
The popularity of the post has remained high, and many people have watched it.
At the same time, on Weibo, the same topic also spread quarrels and personal attacks.
The enthusiastic excitement that everyone showed on this matter proved how entangled they were in their hearts.
Originally, if the Chinese team was eliminated cleanly in the group stage, then there would be no problem. Everyone would agree that Dong Jianhai was incompetent and harmed the country and the people.
Even if they reach the knockout round, if they are defeated by the Japanese team, it will be a result that will not cause any controversy. All the responsibilities still have to be shouldered by Dong Jianhai. As the team's head coach, he must be responsible for the team's poor performance. Not to mention the serious consequences of losing to the Japanese team...
Only after class can people be angry.
Now, the good news is that the Chinese team is not only two goals ahead of the Japanese team in terms of score, but it is also not at a disadvantage on the field and can play back and forth with the Japanese team.
This caused some people to defect and feel that letting Dong Jianhai continue to coach was not an unacceptable result.
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There were endless quarrels on the Internet. Far away in the Chinese team's locker room in Qatar, Dong Jianhai had no idea that his fate was being heatedly discussed by fans across the country.
He was telling the Chinese team players in the locker room: "The Japanese team will definitely strengthen its offensive in the second half, and our defense will face huge pressure. However, the more times this happens, the more we must withstand it. If you feel that you can withstand it, If you can’t stop, just think about the World Cup.”
Dong Jianhai's words made the Chinese team players a little confused.
Before the Asian Cup started, they felt that "having played in the World Cup" was a huge advantage. There is a mentality of "I have seen all kinds of storms and waves, what's the big deal about the Asian Cup?"
As a result, when they faced the shrinking defense of Iraq and were unable to attack for a long time in the game, their mentality completely changed.
The previous sense of superiority of "having played in the World Cup" was gone, and instead became the main culprit that made them so embarrassed.
After losing to Iraq, "playing in the World Cup" became a taboo. Both the media and fans are criticizing the Chinese team's mentality of "looking down on the Asian Cup after playing in the World Cup" as one of the important reasons why they lost the game.
They are right to criticize, this mentality does exist among the players.
Therefore, the national players also learned from the experience and reflected on it. Even when facing Palestine and the Philippines, we dare not take it lightly.
As a result, they achieved two consecutive victories and qualified from this group.
It seems that having played in the World Cup is no longer an advantage of this team, but has become a burden that hinders their progress. They must get rid of this burden and not allow themselves to continue to live in the past achievements.
Now their head coach is asking them to "think about the World Cup".
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"...The Chinese team's offensive was very fierce in the first half. According to common sense, their offensive at such a fast pace cannot continue forever." Hiroto Motegi said to his players with his hands on his hips, "Logically speaking, we only need to attack in the second half Just defend patiently for a while, and then they can regain control of the situation after their own physical fitness drops... But I don’t want to do that!”
The Japanese team players looked at their head coach. Just from the tone of this sentence, they could tell that their head coach was obviously angry.
This is normal, anyone who sees this first half will be angry.
Therefore, a group of players playing in European clubs, even though they have been famous for a long time, did not dare to make mistakes in front of the angry Motegi Hiroto.
The Japanese national team has reached the knockout stages of the World Cup three times before. Last year's World Cup in the United States and Canada was the fourth time they reached the knockout stage, and it was the first time they were led by a Japanese head coach.
Therefore, Motegi Hiroto's coaching level is evident.
The Japan Football Association was also very satisfied with Motegi's coaching work and renewed his contract with him after the World Cup.
If nothing else happens, he will continue to lead the Japanese team to the next World Cup. If he really achieves it, he will create Japanese football history. Because no coach has ever led the Japanese national team to two consecutive World Cups.
In front of such a head coach, the famous players within the Japanese team also have to bow their heads.
"We are the Japanese team! We are the defending champions! Why should we avoid their edge? The Japanese team has to wait until its opponent has no energy to reverse the situation?" Motegi Hiroto asked with a serious face.
No one in the locker room dared to answer his question.
"If we bow to the Chinese team here, then in my opinion, we don't need to pursue defending the Asian Cup. Because we don't deserve it! So we must push the Chinese team back in the second half! They will never be allowed to We are running wild on our heads!”
The atmosphere in the Japanese team's locker room also became heated.
The vast majority of the Japanese team players were already dissatisfied with the Chinese team for stealing their spotlight in the World Cup. They were beaten disgraced by the Chinese team in the first half, and they were so angry that they almost exploded.
Now the words of their head coach have ignited everything.
Yes, how can we huddle in our own penalty area and then pray and hope that the Chinese team will exhaust their energy?
What does this look like?
The Chinese team, which has not beaten us in 29 years, scared our courage just because they scored two goals against us in the first half? !
No!
Absolutely not!
We must not let the Chinese players dominate our half, not even for a minute!
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"Just at the beginning of the second half, the Japanese team launched the most violent attack on the Chinese team's goal. This is actually not unexpected... After all, the Japanese team was two goals behind! The Chinese team also tried to attack in the second half, but soon it was They were pushed back by the Japanese team's offensive... This period is very critical for the Chinese team, they must hold on! ”
In the commentary box, He Feng frowned and had a solemn expression.
The Japanese commentator on the other side shouted excitedly: "That's right! That's it! Use all your strength from the beginning! Don't underestimate the Chinese team at all, the lion will fight the rabbit with all your strength! Let their momentum Fight back! Press down! You are the Asian champion team!"
The Japanese team's fierce offensive in the second half was kicked off by a long shot from their midfielder Masao Yonezawa.
Although the long-range shot was blocked by Hao De, it gave the Japanese team a chance to make a follow-up shot.
Forward Masato Hirokawa swept the football towards the goal before the Chinese team players could destroy it.
Fortunately, the experienced Chinese team captain Yao Huasheng appeared in front of the goal line and made key defense. The football hit his leg and deflected off the baseline.
Japan gets a corner kick.
The Japanese team did not kick this corner kick directly in front of the Chinese team's goal, but made a cooperation. First, Masao Yonezawa, who was serving the ball, passed the ball to Akira Fukuzawa, who came up to meet him. He moved to attract the attention of the Chinese team's defense, and then Akira Fukuzawa passed the football to the Chinese team's goal.
The captain of the Japanese national team, center back Kengo Yamagata, jumped high in front of the Chinese team's goal and competed with the Chinese team's captain Yao Huasheng for this point.
He hit Yao Huasheng's body hard and grabbed the point.
But he pushed the football over the crossbar...
Although he didn't score a goal, Yamayama Kengo still waved his fist to his teammates after landing: "Just kick like this! We are the Asian champions!"
Beside him, Yao Huasheng was half-kneeling on the ground, covering his shoulders. (End of chapter)