World Cup of Great Powers

The Chinese team's 3-1 victory over Costa Rica has become a highlight of this cup.

Before the game, it was not that no one expected that the Chinese team would defeat their opponents, but that no one expected that the brother team would lose so thoroughly.

During the game, Sun Jihai on the right side killed all directions without saving any face for his opponent.

Not only do they compete for every half of the ball, but they don't even give the opponent a chance to go up the court.

Looking back at Sun Jihai's assists in the second half, they all relied on his personal ability and fighting spirit to intercept the ball in the frontcourt, and then sent a precise cross.

In this game, Sun Jihai was also awarded the MVP of course, and was praised by domestic and foreign media.

In the eyes of the fans, the reason why Sun Jihai performed so well is entirely because of his experience in the Premier League.

When the Los Angeles local media mentioned Sun Jihai, they would also add the prefix of "Manchester City".

When the Chinese team advanced to the quarter-finals, the AFC Competition Committee met in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the Asian Cup in a few months.

黎巴嫩在1996年12月举行的亚洲足球联合会执行委员会的投票中以14比2战胜中国，获得2000年亚洲杯赛的举办权。

When the news came, the whole country of Lebanon cheered and believed that hosting this competition is an opportunity to develop Lebanon's sports, tourism and economy.

But since then, the progress of various preparations for the competition has been twists and turns.

According to the relevant working documents submitted by the Lebanese Football Association to the AFC, Lebanon will provide 5 official football competition venues and 12 training venues for the competition, including building a new football stadium in Tripoli and Saida, and providing Beirut's three football stadiums will be expanded with an estimated cost of US$3 million.

But until the end of 1998, there was not even a shadow of the funds required for the above-mentioned projects. The answer from the relevant parties was: no money!

For this reason, some people in the organizing committee even proposed to give up the right to host the 2000 Asian Cup football match.

It was not until the beginning of 1999, after the AFC delegation visited Lebanon and met with Lebanese President Lahoud and Prime Minister Huss, that the funds required for the construction of the competition venue were not available, but they were cut in half.

It was not until August 1999 that the main project of the Tripoli football stadium, one of the venues for the competition, broke ground, but things did not go smoothly.

In January of this year, AFC vice chairman Tiji led a group to Lebanon to conduct another investigation on the preparations for the event.

It was found that not only the construction of the football field in Lebanon was too slow, but even the turf of the stadium was not up to standard.

Coupled with the recent major armed conflict between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese power plant was bombed, causing a nationwide power outage in Lebanon.

This sudden incident has increased the AFC's concern about Lebanon hosting the Asian Cup final as scheduled.

This gathering meeting is to discuss whether to let China replace Lebanon and take over the right to host this Asian Cup.

What will the AFC do if the Asian Cup final cannot be held on time?
Zhang Jilong said: Although China is Lebanon's substitute country to host the competition, it is impossible for China Zhuxie to host the competition in such a short period of time.

At least in terms of infrastructure, China is not prepared at all.

If the AFC resolution must be implemented, the final time may be greatly delayed.

In this regard, the Lebanese side also stated that for the sake of national dignity, Lebanon would not easily hand over the right to undertake the event unless it was an accident.

Lebanon will improve various infrastructures for the Asian Cup in the last time.

Although the meeting ended at this point, the seeds of succession quietly fell into the hearts of the two countries and took root.

On March 3, the national football team played against Trinidad and Tobago in San Diego.

Many teams have been updated since last year, and most of the exhibitors this time are young players born in 74-78, whose strength is obviously not as good as that of the national football team.

In the 15th minute, Qu Shengqing cut in from the left, received a pass from Sun Jihai from the right and shot into the far corner, opening the scoring for the national football team.

Two minutes later, Zhang Xiaorui pushed forward in the middle. Seeing that the opponent's defender was not coming up to press, he decisively took a long shot and made another victory.

In the 28th minute, many teams won free kicks on the edge of the penalty area on the left side of the Chinese team.

No. 2 Bakhtijol shot a curve ball straight to the upper left corner of the goal and pulled back a goal for the team.

After 10 minutes, the national football team made a comeback.

Veteran Ma Mingyu broke through the opponent's goal again with a signature long shot.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again, and both sides accelerated their offensive rhythm.

However, both teams failed to seize the opportunity in front of the goal, especially when many teams made use of a pass error in the penalty area of ​​the national football team to steal successfully 1 minute before the end of the game.

Wu Chengying tripped and fouled in desperation and gave the opponent a penalty kick, but the opponent's No. 8 Shirkola kicked the ball away, and the national football team once again advanced to the semi-finals with a score of 3-1.

After advancing to the semi-finals, fans who followed the event gradually began to increase.

Who is China's next opponent?
This has become the most concerned thing for the fans.

After learning that the next opponent of the Chinese team is Mexico, the fans have made predictions about the game.

Mexico won the championship of the highest level event in Central America and the Caribbean in 1993, 96 and 98, and also performed well in the 98 World Cup.

Not only that, but also won the Confederations Cup in Brazil, which made many Mexican fans think that Mexican football will be revitalized after the 86 World Cup.

March 3, San Diego Stadium.

After seeing the Chinese players play, the huge cheers in the stadium flooded up like a tide.

Facing the North American powerhouse Mexico, the Chinese team started a blitzkrieg.

Just 2 minutes into the game, Sun Jihai made a bold move forward on the right for an assist. After Zhang Xiaorui got the ball in the middle, he attracted two opposing players to defend, and then skillfully distributed the ball to the left.

On the other side, Li Jinyu took a step forward after receiving the ball and made a cross.

The ball seemed to be passed too far, the ball passed everyone in the penalty area high and flew to the bottom line on the right.

At the same time, Fatty Qu Shengqing stepped in in time and stretched out his foot to stop the ball when it was about to fall off the bottom line.

Then lightly dunked the ball inward, swung past the rushing defender, raised his left foot and hit!

Guarding the gate of Mexico is the famous goalkeeper Jorge Campos, nicknamed the butterfly!
In previous competitions, Huadie was famous for her flexible reaching and quick response.

But this time, a Mexican defender was standing just inside the wicket.

Qu Shengqing's shot hit the calf and changed direction, even Huadie didn't react.

In this way, only one minute into the game, the Chinese team broke through the gate guarded by Huadie.

The opening goal so quickly disrupted all the deployments of Mexico.

They originally wanted to rely on shrinking defense to wear down the spirit of the Chinese team from afar, and then scored goals through counterattacks.

But now, the score has fallen behind, and it is obviously unwise to play a defensive counterattack.

Because the score fell behind, Mexico quickly launched a confrontation with the Chinese team.

After launching the attack, the Mexican found that there was no good way to pass the dense midfield defense.

In desperation, he can only use the forward's personal ability to make a strong breakthrough, wherever he can attack.

Li Tie's excellent running ability and active interception made the Mexican suffer a lot.

Although his passing ability is inherently weak, but under the double training of Zeng Zheng and Sevilla, at least in terms of ball awareness, Li Tie can fully adapt to the current West Second Division.

Under the double defensive midfielder partnered with Yao Xia, Li Tie successfully made 20 steals in just 6 minutes!
This is an astonishing statistic!
Continuous successful steals gave the Chinese team many chances to counterattack.

In the 19th minute, Zhang Xiaorui, Ma Mingyu and Su Maozhen played an exquisite cooperation at the front of the opponent's penalty area, but it was a pity that the golden-headed Lao Mao's final kick missed the goal frame, causing the fans present to sigh.

The Mexican also got a good chance in the 29th minute.

Taking advantage of the gap inserted by Sun Technology Haibin Road, Mexico quickly counterattacked.

After using the speed to pass through the side corridor, it seems that the striker is about to pass through to form a single-handedly.

No one expected that at the critical moment, the last pass was blocked by Sun Jihai, who was actively chasing the ball, stretched out his foot from behind.

Sun Jihai made up for his mistakes and prevented the opponent from counterattacking this time.

Ladd nodded again and again on the sidelines, and Jin Zhiyang and Chi Shangbin also celebrated with each other.

Regarding the tactical arrangement of this cup, they have some conflicts with Zeng Zhengben.

Coupled with the above order, the three parties have not reached a consensus.

After the draw with Canada and the victory over Costa Rica, the two of Jin Chi slowly figured out a "development path" suitable for the current Chinese team.

That is "governing by doing nothing".

Zeng Zheng's identity this time is a consultant, and the most common sentence is: let the right person play the right position.

Because of this sentence, even if Zeng Zheng didn't arrange the formation, starting players and basic tactics, the Chinese team can still compete with Mexico in offense!
You must know that Mexico is not a big team.

Common people estimate.

If the Chinese team can really compete with Mexico, then it is basically not difficult to get the right to qualify for the World Cup group stage in Asia.

The normal formation of four defenders, four midfielders, and two forwards, and then select some experienced and capable players from the national team to play, can play at the level that is one goal ahead of Mexico.

Can the two of Jin Chi be unhappy?
Looking at the situation on the field, although Mexico has a lot of opportunities.

But since the midfield and the center are not dominant, they still need something new to break through the Chinese team's gate.

In terms of offense, Ma Mingyu is a veteran of the national football team, while Zhang Xiaorui is the hottest new star in Benfica.

Under the organization of the two, the Chinese team's offensive organization played well.

In the 31st minute, Sun Jihai and Zhang Xiaorui, who came forward with assists, played consecutive cooperation, and finally the latter made a cross from the right.

Su Maozhen and Qu Shengqing both jumped up to grab the point, and Huadie Campos hit the ball out of the penalty area in front of them, and the defender immediately made a clearance.

Two minutes later, Sun Jihai advanced again and was brought down by the opponent on the wing.Ma Mingyu took a free kick and passed it directly into the penalty area, but Campos got the ball again.

The Mexican counterattacked quickly. The players on the side got rid of Li Tie, who was rushing to intercept him from the center, and went straight in. They rushed to the left side of the penalty area and suddenly kicked and shot. The ball hit the side net hard, causing the hearts of the fans to beat violently.

Immediately afterwards, the Mexican scored another corner kick.

Fortunately, Jiang Jin is tall and can get the ball in time.

Seeing that the Mexicans, who were one goal behind, were on the offensive, the Chinese fans who came to the scene couldn't help but increase their cheers.

After only 5 minutes, these cheering voices turned into cheers.

This time, it was Wu Chengying who assisted and stepped forward from the left.

Li Jinyu rushed into the penalty area after getting the ball, but the ball was intercepted by the opponent.

However, the ball was not controlled by the Mexican, but rolled to the penalty area line in the middle.

At this time, Ma Mingyu at the top of the arc rushed up suddenly, facing the rolling ball without stopping the ball, he just kicked it!
The moment the instep came into contact with the ball, the force-bearing surface of the ball sank.

"Whoosh!"

The ball flew out from Ma Mingyu's feet like a cannonball, and the Mexican defender three meters in front of him didn't even have time to react, he just felt a gust of cool wind blowing from his side.

After the ball rushed into the air, it began to draw a slightly downward arc.

In the face of the obvious fall, Campos also seemed a little caught off guard.

He desperately stretched out his hand to block, but the ball hit his fingertips fiercely, continued to move forward, and finally flew into the net.

"Wonderful world wave!!!" The American commentator on the scene roared loudly.

"2 to 0!"

"The Chinese team expanded the score!!!"

Amid the cheers of the fans, Ma Mingyu pointed to the sky, showing his own style in a foreign country.

The Mexicans also looked at each other in blank dismay.

They really didn't expect it.

An Asian team that was invited to participate in the cup for the first time could make themselves, the three-time champion, so unbearable.

Seeing the strength of the Chinese team, CONCACAF also had some doubts: Is the invited team too strong?

They invite teams from other continents to compete for commercial gain.

It's not really letting them win the championship!

During the intermission, Zeng Zheng did not communicate with Jin Chi.

Correspondingly, Ladd did not make any substitution adjustments, but only asked that it is best to continue to expand the score in the second half.

The players who "let go" do it quickly.

In the 54th minute, after receiving a pass from Zhang Xiaorui, Su Maozhen made a beautiful turn and broke into the penalty area. Facing the attacking Campos, he calmly pushed and shot, [-]-[-].

The victory is almost sealed.

After a three-goal lead, Ladd sat back in his chair satisfied.

After the two of Jin Chi exchanged glances, they began to arrange for those players who had never played in the national team to warm up on the sidelines.

From a certain point of view, the three-goal lead was played for these "new recruits".

They are all three goals ahead, if you lose the chain, you will not lose all these three goals, will you?

After Jin Chi took over the team, Zeng Zheng, like Ladd, was bored doing his own thing in the coach's chair.

At this moment, Zeng Zheng's satellite phone rang.

"Hello? Who is it?"

"Coach Zeng, it's me!" Miss Qian's voice came from the other end of the phone, "What are you doing?"

"Miss Qian, I'm in the middle of the competition! What's the matter with you?" Zeng Zheng said helplessly.

"Oh oh oh!" Upon hearing that Zeng Zheng was at work, Ms. Qian put away her jokes and got straight to the point.

"Coach Zeng, according to the latest news, there is an excellent investment opportunity, should we give it a shot?"

"What investment opportunity?" Zeng Zheng asked curiously.

"I just got news that Zhuxie plans to replace Lebanon as the host of this Asian Cup, and they are planning to gather people to attract investment and subcontract! If we win a few turf businesses, won't this situation open up? "

Zeng Zheng's eyes lit up.

I am delighted by the words "hosting the Asian Cup", but also a little proud of the title "we".

However, Zeng Zheng, who has always been prudent, did not express his position immediately.

After all, this matter has not been written yet, whether Lebanon can agree or not is still a matter of opinion.

"Coach Zeng, what do you think of this?"

Zeng Zheng couldn't help but snort when he saw Jin Chi and his team replacing three overseas players with three "local freshmen".

"Tsk tsk, it feels like I can do it again!"

After vomiting for more than two hours, I felt my body was hollowed out.
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