Chapter 1453: Work hard
Hearing a whistle from the side, Sugiyama Tatsuya was stunned for a moment, and then he realized something. He seemed to have lost all his strength, and his running body fell forward under the influence of inertia.
He supported his body with both hands when he was about to chew the dog's shit, and then he lay on the grass and panted heavily.
At the same time he heard the second and third whistles.
As the whistle sounded, more Japanese players fell down one after another, lying on their stomachs or lying down, all of them trying their best.
"The game is over! Argentina finally defeated the Japanese team 2:0 and advanced to the semi-finals! It is a pity for the Japanese team. Although they performed very tenaciously in the game, especially in the last ten minutes, they threatened Argentina's goal many times, but at the end One kick was slightly lacking and they failed to score the goal..."
Merry also gasped and stopped, then he raised his arms and waved to the sky, celebrating his victory.
Then he turned his attention to the Japanese team players lying on the ground in the distance.
There was admiration in his eyes.
These Japanese players still caused them a lot of trouble during the game.
Especially in the last ten minutes of the game, the Japanese players, who were supposed to have run out of physical strength, seemed to have been pumped together, frantically attacking Argentina's penalty area, and they didn't care even if he counterattacked with the ball.
The crazy energy reminded Melly of the samurai in Japanese animations and movies...
But it's finally over, and the Japanese team's final madness is more like a dying struggle.
Their offensive was fierce, but they failed to break through Argentina's goal.
Argentina eliminated Japan with a score of 2:0 and reached the semifinals.
Now it depends on whether Hu Lai's Chinese team can eliminate Spain...
Although there was little hope, Melly still had hope.
In other words, he had high hopes for Hu Lai.
The person responsible for the defense in this game is his teammate Nuno Sequeiros at the Madrid Kings. Based on his understanding of Sequeiros and Hulay, he believes that it is not easy for Sequeiros to guard Hulay.
This is also the reason why head coach Roy Wei never asked Cequeiros to defend Hulay when he was in the club team.
Because Sequeiros is tall and powerful, its frontal interception and air defense capabilities are excellent, but its speed is a bit slow and not flexible enough.
And Hu Lai is very flexible. His movement without the ball is superb, and it will be more difficult for Cequeros to defend against a forward who is always crawling around in the penalty area, looking for open spaces.
As for Ramon Cantero's statement that the Chinese team only has one Hu Lai, Meili doesn't quite agree. At least they still have Zhang Qinghuan.
The last round of the league has not passed long, and Meili still remembers Zhang Qinghuan's performance in that game.
With this in mind, Melly decided to go off the court to get his phone back, and then pay attention to the game in another stadium.
But at this moment, the No. 10 player of the Japanese team stopped in front of him and asked in English: "Hello, Merry, I am Tatsuya Sugiyama. Can I exchange jerseys with you?"
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Melli's English level is quite average, but he understood the meaning. After all, the other party pulled the jersey with his hand when he said this.
"Of course, no problem." Melly nodded in agreement, took off his jersey, and handed it to the other party.
No. 10 of the Japanese team on the opposite side also quickly took off his jersey and completed the jersey exchange ceremony.
At the end, he said: "You are really strong, Merry. I hope you can get the gold medal as you wish."
Melly smiled slightly: "Thank you. You are also great."
After saying that, he shook hands with the opponent again, turned around and walked towards the sidelines.
Sugiyama Tatsuya looked at his back, then looked back and fell on the Argentina No. 10 jersey in his hand.
The summer before last, he was loaned to newly promoted Bundesliga side Bielefeld Arminia by Blue and White Munich for two seasons.
In the past two seasons, he feels that he has made significant progress. Now that the loan has expired, Arminia Club is ready to negotiate with Blue and White Munich about buying him out.
Although Tatsuya Sugiyama is very happy in Arminia and has been fully trained as the core of the team, he does not intend to be bought out by Arminia.
Because Arminia Bielefeld is only a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Bundesliga, and its goal every year is to avoid relegation. If he stays in Arminia, how can he compete with a master like Merry?
He wants to stay in Blue and White Munich, and if he wants to leave, he must go to a team that can participate in the Champions League.
Or you can go to La Liga. Kabangca has moved to Catalonia. In the future, La Liga will be the stage for Kabangca, Meli and Hulay to compete.
Speaking of Hu Lai... When he first entered the international competition stage, his reputation and ability were not even as good as his own.
But now he has been able to fight Merry back and forth.
It even made Mellie care enough to send a special message to express his regret for not being able to meet him...
And the gap between him and himself has become wider and wider. The reason is that Sugiyama Tatsuya believes that in addition to Hulay's own super talent, his ability to play in European competitions and compete with high-level opponents in Leeds City and Madrid Pirates is also an important reason for his rapid progress.
Tatsuya Sugiyama, who was born in 2002, is already 26 years old this year. If a professional player of this age cannot play in the European competition stably for a long time, it can basically be said that the future achievements of his career should not be much higher.
Work hard, Sugiyama! Otherwise, you will be pushed further and further away!
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Melly didn't know what the owner of the eyes looking at him from behind was thinking. He only cared about the match between Spain and China.
But the procedures that need to be followed still need to be completed.
After coming off the field, Melli high-fived and hugged his teammates and coaches one by one, accepted their compliments, and gave necessary responses.
After this set of procedures was completed, he finally came to the bench and took out his mobile phone to check the real-time game results.
He didn't even need to unlock his phone; a list of real-time information about the games he was following popped up on the screen.
The top one is:
"Spain VS China: At the end of the first half, Spain is temporarily behind 0:1..."
He was stunned for a moment. This score... turned out to be the Chinese team taking the lead!
So this goal should have been scored by Hu, right?
With this question, he looked down and saw the goal information:
"Spain VS China: In the 34th minute, the Chinese team scored, leading Spain 1:0! The scorer was the Chinese team on the 9th..."
Melly was stunned again: This goal was not scored by Hu Lai?
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When Zhou Zijing walked into the locker room, he roared excitedly and punched the door several times, making the door panel bang.
Everyone laughed when they saw him like this.
Mai Zhaocheng, who was the last one to enter the locker room, was also laughing, but when he came in and closed the door of the locker room, he raised his hand and made a gesture: "Close it!"
Seeing him do this, everyone's laughter and smiles gradually subsided.
"You played well in the first half. Although Zhou Zijing scored the goal, everyone played a key role... But the joy ends here!"
Standing in front of everyone, Mai Zhaocheng began to speak to them.
"Although we are leading by one goal, the pressure we face in the second half will be many times that of the first half! Spain may have looked down on us in the first half, especially everyone except Jule..."
Mai Zhaocheng talked about this without shyness, and the players of the Olympic team did not express any dissatisfaction.
Only Zhou Zijing puffed up his chest and chuckled.
His goal was a slap in the face to the Spaniards who looked down on them.
He's proud of it.
"But in the second half they will gradually transfer the pressure on Hu Lai to our entire team. This is a huge test for us, but it also means an opportunity. Especially Zhou Zijing, after you scored in the first half, you actually Have you felt the pressure? ”
Zhou Zijing quickly replied: "Yes, yes! As soon as I get close to the penalty area, they will immediately increase their defense against me..."
"That's it, in the second half you may become the 'target' that attracts the attention of the Spanish defenders. I need you to pass the ball to Julay at the right time."
"No problem, Director Mai." Although Zhou Zijing regarded Hu Lai as his competitor, he would not be confused about big issues of right and wrong. I will never pass the ball to Hu Lai during the game because I don’t want Hu Lai to be in the spotlight and not pass the football to Hu Lai...
"In addition, we must also take advantage of every opportunity for set-pieces in the frontcourt. After all, we have practiced set-piece tactics for so long, not just to have fun in training!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and some people turned their attention to Hu Lai.
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In the locker room of the Spanish Olympic team, head coach David Serrano waved his arms and spoke passionately:
"The goal conceded in the first half was just an accident. After we were prepared, the Chinese team's offensive threat was reduced!"
Having said this, Serrano looked at Sequeiros: "Nuno, you continue to keep an eye on him in the second half. Your task is to defend him, don't worry about others!"
Nuno Sequeiros hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Serrano noticed Sequeiros's hesitation and asked, "What's wrong?"
Sequeiros relayed to the coach what Hulay said to him in the first half.
"Their number nine? Of course, but number nine is given to Juan." Serrano continued to arrange.
Juan Domingos is Cequeiros' center back partner, playing for Pamplona in La Liga and a rotation player in the team.
"You don't have to worry about No. 9. You only need to focus on Hu for this game." Serrano repeated.
This time Sequeiros did not hesitate, but simply nodded in agreement: "Okay!"
Since the head coach said so, he naturally has no objection and listens to the head coach in everything.
After Serrano simply arranged the defense, he spent the rest of the time arranging offensive tactics.
The Spanish Olympic team, which is currently one goal behind, really needs to pay more attention to offense rather than defense.
In Serrano's view, the key to winning this game now is not to prevent Hulay from scoring goals, but to allow Spain to score more goals.
Given the overall strength of the Chinese team, he believes that as long as Spain can equalize the score as soon as possible and continue to put pressure on the Chinese team, they will collapse sooner or later.
Hu Lai is very strong, and the No. 10 Zhang Qinghuan is not bad either. There are two overseas players in their team, but there are only four players in total, and the rest are just unknown players playing in China.
In terms of overall strength, Spain is still more dominant. The characteristic of Spain is that offense is stronger than defense, so it must make use of its strengths and avoid weaknesses, and use a more violent offensive to completely overwhelm the Chinese Olympic team!
(End of chapter)