World Cup of Great Powers

During the preparation for the Olympics, Zeng Zheng was extremely busy.

He led the team to play 4 friendly matches one after another. Although they all won, the hearts of the fans are still not settled.

One is because these four opponents are all Asian teams, and there is nothing to be proud of if they win.

The second is because until the last 6-0 Vietnam, the 22 players who will play in the National Olympics have not yet been finalized.

This is very urgent.

At the end of August, during the Olympic training session, Zeng Zheng officially appointed Li Weifeng as the captain of the Olympic Games.

The fans still did not buy the news released by the Olympic Games.

Just knowing who the captain is is useless?

I need to know who these 22 players are!
The most important thing is whether your Olympic team should bring overage players;

If so, how many?
Which ones do you bring?
After repeated calls, Zeng Zheng finally announced the 22-man squad for the contest at the beginning of September.

Goalkeepers: Liu Yunfei, Li Leilei, Ou Chuliang

Defenders: Li Weifeng, Wu Chengying, Xu Yunlong, Yang Pu, Shu Chang, General Fan, Sun Jihai;
Midfielders: Li Tie, Zhang Xiaorui, Li Jinyu, Zhao Junzhe, Zhang Ran, Zheng Zhi, Shen Si, Li Yan;
Forwards: Li Yi, Zhang Yuxie, Shao Jiayi, Qu Bo.

Seeing Ou Chuliang, General Fan, Wu Chengying and Shen Si four overage players, the rowdy fans stopped.

"Huh! I thought Coach Zeng really planned not to bring any overage players!"

"Yeah, if I don't bring any of them, I think it's a little too big."

"It seems that Coach Zeng is still sensible!"

Zeng Zheng also has "difficulties" in choosing which overage players to choose.

According to the latest regulations of the Olympic Organizing Committee, each team can bring five overage players.

In this matter, no matter what Zeng Zheng said, Zhu Xie and others headed by Xu Wang disagreed with life and death that he should not bring any of them.

Coupled with the experience of the last Asian Games, even if Zeng Zheng agreed to bring Ou Chuliang, Xu and Wang shook their heads again and again, denying life and death.

In desperation, Zeng Zheng carefully selected and added Wu Chengying and Shen Si.

At this moment, General Fan directly called Zeng Zheng.

As a veteran of the national football team, General Fan asked, but Zeng Zheng really had no good reason to refuse.

After all, this is the Olympics!

What athlete doesn't want to be an Olympian and earn a medal for nothing?
Unable to resist General Fan's soft-spokenness, Zeng Zheng had no choice but to make room for him.

So far, Zeng Zheng did not agree to bring another overage player.

Seeing that there are already many national players in this batch of National Olympics, Xu and Wang finally agreed to Zeng Zheng's selection requirements.

This is one of the reasons why the list has not been made public until now.

As the main match approached, the National Olympic team finally played a very real friendly match with the South African team.

Sadly, the final game scene was lackluster.

After winning four consecutive warm-up matches, the National Olympics could only end in a dull draw.

The days fly by and the Sydney Olympic Games of the millennium are approaching.

The Olympic Games will start on September 9, but events such as football games will start on September 15.

In this Olympic Games, the Chinese team is in Group B together with Spain, Chile and Morocco.

According to the analysis of the "experts" before the game, the Olympic players must win at least one game before they can qualify from the group.

Who will win this game has become the focus of debate.

Spain?
The Matador played well in this year's European Cup. After falling behind 2-3 in the group stage, they even scored two more goals and beat Yugoslavia 4-3.

Although they failed in the quarter-finals, they also lost to the champion France because of penalty kicks.

As the seeded team in Group B, it is very difficult for the Olympic Games to win against the Matador.

Then these 3 points will be obtained from Chile and Morocco.

At the beginning of the year, the friendly match between Morocco and the South Korean Olympic Games ended in a 1-1 tie.

From this point of view, it is no problem to win against Morocco, which has played against South Korea, and it is safest to score 3 points against this small African country.

Although Chile is a strong team in South America, it should be no problem to fight Chile for a draw with the Olympic team's familiarity with the South American style.

In this way, the Olympic Games can advance to the quarterfinals with a record of one win, one draw and one loss.

As long as they advance to the quarter-finals, the Olympic Games will complete their mission.

As for medals?

Fans who know our football background really don't have much hope.

On September 9, the National Olympic Games will face Chile, the first opponent of this Olympic Games!
The Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney is crowded with fans.

Whether it is the International Olympic Committee or FIFA, through the organization of competitions in the past two years, they have gradually figured out.

As long as there is a game of the Chinese team, it must be full of seats.

In response to this phenomenon, in addition to raising the ticket price for the Chinese team's games, the organizer will also sell some small items that can be brought into the stadium in the name of the official outside the stadium.

This National Olympics can be said to shoulder the great expectations of the people of the country!

You know, before this, the Chinese men's football team only participated in the Olympic Games once (1988), leaving an embarrassing record of no goals and no victories.

This time, the grouping and schedule of the National Olympic group stage are all understood as "favorable".

Just look at the little days next door.

They were once again drawn into a group with Brazil.

In contrast, Group B is more gentle.

In this game, the National Olympics will be led by two overage players, General Fan and Wu Chengying, with Jianlibao as the team and all young players studying abroad.

Since General Fan played in the battle, even though Li Weifeng was the "official captain", the captain's armband was still tied on General Fan's shoulders.

In the enthusiastic atmosphere created by the fans on the scene, the National Olympics set up an offensive posture at the beginning of the game, and continuously attacked the opponent's left wing in a short period of time.

In the 3rd minute, Zhang Xiaorui was violated in front of the top corner of the penalty area, Guoao won a free kick on the right.

The line of Shao Jiayi's pass was very precise. Zhang Yuzheng, who was ambushing in the middle, jumped high and headed for the goal. The ball hit the crossbar and popped out!
Li Huajun on the sidelines also heaved a sigh of relief after seeing Zhang Yuxie's brilliant performance after the opening.

"It seems that he has walked out of the shadow of the car accident."

Zeng Zheng shook his head, but said nothing.

He didn't know whether Zhang Yuxi was as reported by the media, and he didn't bother to get to the bottom of it.

As long as the player is of the right age, in good health, and mentally online, he doesn't mind using it.

As for character
Zhang Yuhun was young and frivolous, Zeng Zhengxin.

But Zeng Zheng didn't believe that Zhang Yuchen himself was in that car in order to harm his teammates!

No matter how good the driving skills are, there is no guarantee that in the event of a car accident, the co-pilot will be seriously injured and he will be fine.

So "deliberately harming people" doesn't make sense at all!
The Chilean team is considered to be the biggest opponent to qualify for the Olympic group.

Although the "experts" proposed a tie.

But if they can win, the fans are still looking forward to it.

What's more, when Zeng Zheng led the team to South America for training, he won so many South American teams.

Facing Chile, which also belongs to South America, no matter how bad the National Olympics is, they should have the confidence to win.

Sure enough, after resolving an opponent's cross from the right, the Olympic Games once again launched an attack on the opponent.

Sun Jihai from the right side jumped forward and saw the opportunity, and picked the ball into the right wing of the penalty area.

Zhang Xiaorui, who was thrusting diagonally, caught up with the ball and twisted his body, forcing a small angle to attack the goal.

The Chilean goalkeeper at the near post reached out and pushed the ball out of the baseline.

Subsequently, the Olympic Games quickly took a tactical corner kick.

Zheng Zhi, who partnered with Li Tie as a double defensive midfielder, broke into the penalty area on the right side of the middle, pushed forward desperately, and finally formed a cross before the bottom line.

It was Zhang Yuxi who rushed to the spot where the ball landed at the first time and shot sideways. The ball was blocked by the Chilean goalkeeper again.

Then Li Jinyu made a supplementary shot, and the ball went straight into the sky.

In the opening stage, the National Olympics did not know whether it was ordered by Zeng Zheng, or it was a burst of new models, and the attack was extremely fierce.

Since then, Chile can only rely on corner kicks and frontcourt set kicks to hoist the ball into the Olympic penalty area, but it has never been able to form an attack.

Under the strict control of the Olympic midfielder, Chile basically attacked less and defended more.

In the 15th minute, Sun Jihai made a pass from the right wing, and Zhang Yuxie again missed the goal with a header.

This time, even Zeng Zheng sighed, secretly thinking that his luck was bad.

A few minutes later, the Chilean team's defense gradually shifted to their left.

Seeing this, Zeng Zheng reminded the players on the field to attack from the other side.

In the 20th minute, Li Jinyu retreated to take the ball and was violated, winning a free kick in a good position for the Olympic Games on the left.

Seeing this free kick, Shao Jiayi, Li Jinyu and Zhang Xiaorui all stood in front of the ball, as if they all wanted to take a penalty.

On the bench, Shensi also stepped forward at this moment, watching nervously.

Zeng Zheng could see clearly.

In the column of set-piece data, Li Jinyu is 89, Shao Jiayi is 88, Zhang Xiaorui is 85, and Shen Si is 91. They are all outstanding set-pieces.

But things like free kicks also need to be matched with left and right feet, shooting, passing, strength and other attributes.

The numerical value is just a reference. When it comes to the field, the players have to decide who will take the penalty.

After the referee blew the whistle, Zhang Xiaorui was the first to start and dropped the ball directly into the penalty area by the way.

Even though there were three people standing in front of the ball, he still chose to pass the ball!
In the penalty area, Zhang Yu, who is 1.8 meters seven, jumped up high with two defenders on his shoulders, and headed the ball.

The ball went high over the bar.

For such a result, Zhang Yuchen had done his best to stand up to it.

But looking at the expressions of Shao Jiayi and Li Jinyu, I feel a little unconvinced.

"Oh, you can just kick the ball directly!" Shen Si sighed.

If he came to kick the ball, he would have to try it no matter what.

But no way.

Shao Jiayi is the "little brother" in front of Li Jinyu and Zhang Xiaorui.

Even if Zhang Xiaorui didn't kick the ball, Li Jinyu would probably get it.

In the 25th minute, Chile played a simple straight attack from the left. Wu Chengying fouled in defense, brought the opponent down near the penalty area line, and received a yellow card.

Fortunately, General Fan has a solid air defense and defuses the opponent's free kick with a header.

In the 29th minute, Chile tasted the sweetness on the left, and once again used the opportunity of a left-wing throw-in to infiltrate the Olympic penalty area, forming a small-angle attack in the melee.

Facing the opponent's first attack, Liu Yunfei blocked the ball across his body.

Seeing Liu Yunfei rolling around on the ground and getting up again, many domestic fans in the stands were a little dazed.

"Huh! Good guy!"

"If I didn't know who the starter is, I would have thought Ou Chuliang was on the field!"

At this moment, Ou Chuliang on the sidelines also nodded repeatedly.

Although he didn't play, he was very pleased to see his "proud student" perform so well.

In the 32nd minute, Guoao once again made an impact through continuous passing on the right.

Before Sun Jihai crossed the ball, the Chilean defender desperately brought him down, which also led to the first yellow card of the Olympic Games.

Seeing the yellow card, Zeng Zheng nodded secretly.

The opponent on the left could barely hold on.

Since the National Olympics no longer only attack from the right, once Sun Jihai explodes again, Chile's left back will be overwhelmed.

Although his left back also received a yellow card, Zeng Zheng felt that Wu Chengying's foul was actually not necessary.

"Hey, there is still a lack of people at the left back position!"

In the 37th minute, after the National Olympic defense line fell continuously, Zheng Zhi made a forward pass to the right and assisted Zhang Xiaorui to form a forward drive.

Different from Sun Jihai's explosive sidewalk, Zhang Xiaorui's map is full of flowers.

After several consecutive bicycles cut into the penalty area, the Chilean defender dared not step down at all.

As a Chilean player who has played friendly matches with guys from Argentina and Brazil all the year round, I know very well that if I kick rashly at this moment, even if I miss the opponent, the opponent's foot will deliberately bump into my own.

If Zhang Xiaorui falls to the ground at that time, whose fault is it?

Fortunately, Zhang Xiaorui did not continue to move forward, and after looking at the situation, he picked the ball and made a pass.

The ball flew over Zhang Yuxie's head and flew back, and was resolved by the goalkeeper before Li Jinyu formed a header.

Looking at these 40 minutes or so of the game alone, the Chilean goalkeeper deserves the MVP on the field!

One minute later, Sun Jihai was brought down again by his opponent in front of the penalty area.

Guo'ao gets a good free kick from the right wing.

This time, Shao Jiayi took the initiative to find Li Jinyu and Zhang Xiaorui.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Li, I have a left foot, I am a left foot!"

The two looked at each other, Li Jinyu nodded, turned around and ran to the penalty area to participate in the top.

"I'll give you cover."

After Zhang Xiaorui finished speaking, he also stood in front of the ball.

"Beep!!"

The whistle sounded.

Zhang Xiaorui started to run.

Before running to the ball, Zhang Xiaorui's eyes lit up, and he suddenly found that Li Weifeng got rid of the defense without anyone noticing, and rushed to the penalty area by himself.

Zhang Xiaorui made a decisive decision, swung his right foot, and kicked the ball towards Li Weifeng's head.

Li Datou jumped high and headed the ball fiercely.

It's a pity that the force was too great, and the ball was higher than the crossbar.

Shao Jiayi, who was about to run up before the ball, looked at Zhang Xiaorui helplessly, wanting to cry.

Although he didn't make a sound, the aggrieved little eyes already showed everything.

"Ha, next time, I'll give it to you next time!" Zhang Xiaorui also knew that he was wronged, so he slapped haha, and continued to participate in the competition.

In the 43rd minute, the Chilean team also got a free kick in front of the penalty area, and the No. 9 striker's arc kick went slightly wide.

In the 45th minute, Shao Jiayi made a pass from the left. Li Jinyu stopped the ball in the penalty area and returned it. General Fan who followed him slammed his leg and volleyed. The ball was blocked by the last Chilean defender.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again.

Simple Olympic players came on stage, and the stands were full of shouts.

Twelve years have passed since 88.

Fans can't wait!
Hurry up and score a goal!

After changing sides, Guoao continued to maintain the offensive idea of ​​controlling the midfield and advancing from the side. In a short period of time, they made multiple passes near the opponent's penalty area several times, but none of them had a good chance to form an attack.

After rest and tactical analysis, the Chilean team also found a breakthrough for the National Olympics, which is behind the side of the National Olympics.

Whether it is Sun Jihai or Wu Chengying, both of them are very forward when they get the assist.

After the two put in the assists, it is inevitable that there will be a huge gap behind.

The Chileans used high-altitude long passes and began to frequently counterattack against the Olympic Games.

In the 50th minute, Chile made an oblique pass from the backcourt to the right. The Olympic defense made an offside error and was pushed forward by the opponent's winger.

Fortunately, Li Tie, who can't run to death, is still brave. He rushed from the front of the opponent's penalty area to the top of the arc of his own penalty area.

But less than 2 minutes later, the strategy of pressing forward on the National Olympic defense line was dealt a fatal blow again—the opponent's concise pass crossed the entire National Olympic defense line again. This time, Zheng Zhi recovered it immediately and made up for it. Sun Jihai's vacancy.

But compared with Li Tie, Zheng Zhi, who has not fully grown up, is obviously slightly inferior physically.

Even pulling and pulling, still let the opponent break into the penalty area.

Just after catching up with the ball after entering the penalty area, the Chilean striker kicked decisively and shot coldly.

Facing the sudden shot, Liu Yunfei tried his best to stretch his body, and used his fingertips to flick the ball that was rushing diagonally in the air.

Boom!
The crisp sound of the doorpost sounded.

Liu Yunfei, who fell to the ground, quickly got up and hugged the ball that rebounded into the field.

Seeing that the ball was controlled by Liu Yunfei, all the Chinese on the scene breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey! Xiao Fei is doing great!"

Ou Chuliang put a glove to his mouth and shouted on the field.

"Brother Ou, can you catch this ball?"

In order to ease the atmosphere, Zeng Zheng half-jokingly said.

"Xiaofei's reaction is too fast, better than me!" Ou Chuliang first gave Liu Yunfei affirmation, "But if the ball is selected well, I can also catch it."

"but."

Ou Chuliang paused, "But I may not be able to get up so quickly."

"Xiaofei's two saves are much better than mine."

Speaking of this, Ou Chuliang let out a long breath.

Looking at Liu Yunfei's eyes, his eyes are full of his 20-year-old self.

After this dangerous situation, Zeng Zheng made a substitution adjustment, replacing Zheng Zhi with Zhang Ran.

As soon as the well-regulated Zhang Ran came on the field, he immediately made up for the carelessness and emptiness of the Olympic defense.

In the 60th minute, the Olympic midfielder immediately pushed forward after stealing the ball.

Zhang Ran sent the ball to the right, and Zhang Xiaorui made a pass from the bottom to win the corner kick.

Sun Jihai took a corner kick, and Li Jinyu hit his chest to stop the ball and dunked with his foot.

He wanted to shake his opponent away and shoot, but the dunk was noticed by the alert Chilean defender and he directly destroyed the ball.

For a period of time thereafter, the Olympic offense still blossomed but failed to bear fruit, and the scene remained stalemate.

Until the 78th minute, Zhao Junzhe, who came off the bench, won a left-wing corner with a pass.

After the corner pass failed to form a point, Shao Jiayi from the periphery of the penalty area followed up with a long shot. The ball hit the right post and popped out of the baseline.

Seeing this, another sigh came from the stands.

"My God, is that the first post?"

"Why are we so unlucky?"

"Olympic teenagers, can you keep your eyes on the spot? Don't keep staring at the pillars!"

"Shoot in the door! Shoot in the door!!!"

Seeing Shao Jiayi hit the post, everyone on the coaching bench also looked regretful.

Zhang Xiaorui even shook his head and said bluntly: "Then it would be nice if we kicked an extra free kick."

In the 81st minute, Zeng Zheng played the last substitution card, replacing Zhang Yuxie who could no longer run with Li Yi.

Zhang Yuxi almost limped when he got off the stage.

It was not until mid-June that Zhang Yuhan, who barely escaped from the lawsuit, was called into the team by Zeng Zheng for the first time.

Coupled with the injuries he suffered in the car accident, Zhang Yuxie's physical condition has been the worst in the team since then.

Now I have lasted for 80 minutes in the race, which can be regarded as persistence to the end.

Li Yi came on stage with Zeng Zheng's tactical mission.

When Zhang Yuxie was on the field, most of the attacks from the two wingers were air strikes;
Now that Zhang Yuxie was replaced by Li Yi, who was more delicate with his feet, the last cross would have to be changed to his feet.

In the 82nd minute, Shao Jiayi made a low pass from the middle, and Zhao Jun broke into the penalty area and pushed again with his arch.

Although Li Yi outflanked in place, he was still destroyed by the opponent's defender.

Even so, this attack by the Olympic Games also scared the opponent into a cold sweat.

Two minutes later, the Olympic Games made a comeback.

This time, Shao Jiayi made a cross from the left wing. The ball bounced off the outside of the Chilean player's foot and bounced into the penalty area.

When others thought he was going to pass the ball, he suddenly stepped forward and shot decisively.

The Chilean goalkeeper, who played bravely in this game, swooped across and once again blocked the Olympic shot from the bottom line.

"Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, this goalkeeper is really... Alas!"

"Is this Chilean goalkeeper on drugs? So brave?"

"Hey, no wonder Coach Zeng hates getting in power and not scoring. This is really tormenting!"

"Attack for so long, just don't score."

"Even Zhang Ran has shot, and I will be anxious later, maybe Tie Zi will also kick."

Just as the fans were complaining, Sun Jihai, who had run for more than 80 minutes, also had deformation of his feet.

After the corner kick was taken, it flew directly to the top of the penalty area. It seemed that there was no way to form a header.

Just when the fans felt that the offense was going to be reorganized, there was a sudden explosion in front of the top of the penalty area.

Facing the ball flying in the air, Li Tie rushed forward without any hesitation, and directly swung his right leg.

Seeing this situation, even Shao Jiayi on the side opened his mouth wide and yelled "No"! ! !
But the atmosphere has been heightened to this point, the posture has been placed here, and the evil fire that I have been holding back has been vented here.

How can there be any reason to close your feet?

Facing the incoming ball, the hair of Cabbage wearing No. 6 flew flying, as if he had been electrocuted.

"boom!!!"

Li Tie slammed the instep of his right foot and hit Sun Jihai's corner kick hard.

Swish! ! !
In the air, the ball disappeared in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, even Shao Jiayi, who was close at hand, failed to capture the trajectory of the ball.

The black and white ball seems to have been kicked into a wormhole and disappeared into the world.

The next second, the Chilean goalkeeper leaped high and stretched out his right hand helplessly.

But he didn't touch anything, and the whole person fell from the air to the ground.

Behind him, Chile's net was unknowingly set off a white wave.

People take a closer look.

The ball that was blasted by Li Tie had entered the goal of the Chilean team at some point.

Uh. The ball went in? ? ?
At this moment, even the few people on the sidelines of the Olympic Games couldn't believe it.

"The ball has been scored!!!"

Huang Jianxiang, who was still commentating on the spot, reacted immediately.

He picked up the microphone, pulled his throat, and roared loudly.

"Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho!!!"

Over the Sydney Stadium, there was a burst of shouting.

After scoring the goal, Li Tie put his arms behind his back and grabbed his neck, pulled upwards, tore off his jersey, and ran to the sidelines shirtless.

"Boss Zeng, I scored a goal, I scored a goal!!!"

On the sidelines of the court, Zeng Zheng opened his mouth in surprise when he saw that Li Tie had only 29 shooting ability points.

"Fuck, this is okay???"