vncnus Chapter 13 When Red Covers Everything, the First Victory in the World Championship is Finally Achiev
Chapter 13 When Red Covers Everything, the First Victory in the World Championship is Finally Achiev
"Fuck!"
Red flags fluttered everywhere at the Workers' Stadium.
Watching Hao Junmin sprint towards his own backfield to celebrate on the field.
New Zealand manager Stu Jacobs could only shake his head in frustration.
High pressing in the attacking third!
Even now, he doesn't think there's anything wrong with his tactics.
He accurately predicted that the Chinese team players lacked solid basic skills and were unable to withstand his all-around pressure; he also predicted that his own players would definitely find an opportunity.
He had calculated everything correctly, but he really hadn't anticipated that the goalkeeper from Barcelona in the Chinese team could bring the game to this point.
That's a goalkeeper!
The goalkeeper got 3 assists, and his long passes and his observation of the field were amazing!
That kind of ability is not only impressive in competitions at the Olympic level, but in Stu Jacobs' view, even in the top five leagues or even in those elite teams, any goalkeeper could earn a place with that kind of explosive observation skills!
However, now that the competition has come to this point, Stu Jacobs is naturally not going to give up easily.
While the Chinese team was celebrating, Stu Jacobs began to arrange his lineup again.
Stu Jacobs replaced Pivoli, who had been pushing too hard on the left wing and was showing signs of fatigue, with another fast player, Aiscu. He wanted to make one last push in the remaining thirty minutes.
However, to Stu Jacobs' dismay, while he was making his final desperate substitutions, the Chinese Olympic team coaching staff was also busy.
After discussing with the coaching staff, the national Olympic team's head coach Yin Tiesheng also played his two cards for this match.
Zhou Haibin, who had little impact in midfield, and Shen Longyuan on the left wing were substituted, and Yin Tiesheng replaced them with a center-back and a defensive winger.
自此，中国队的阵型也从4-5-1变成了5-4-1的纯防守阵型。
"That's more like it!"
"This match should be a sure thing!"
"With a two-goal lead, keep Dong Fangzhuo and Hao Junmin, our two explosive threats, and have everyone else drop back to defend. The New Zealanders will be wary of our two threats and won't dare to push too far forward. Coupled with our defensive strength, not only should we be able to secure the victory, but I even think that if we give Su Yu a chance, we might be able to extend the lead! Let's get this game under control!"
"Let's give it our all against Belgium in the next match. If we can get a draw, our chances of advancing will be extremely high!"
"After all, we are the host country, with home advantage. Since Brazil has already qualified, they are very likely to give us a suitable..."
- [Haha, Teacher Huang, this is a live broadcast, isn't it a bit inappropriate to say something like that!]
- [Although it's not easy to say this outright, I think Coach Huang is right. After all, they are the host country. If the Brazilians still want to play here, they definitely won't let us lose too badly. They might even give us a one-goal handicap as a token gesture!]
- [Yeah, I also think the Brazilian team will be lenient with us. After all, they thrashed us four times in the World Cup, so they should at least go easy on us a little in the Olympics!]
- [Hey! You guys are being too optimistic. You probably haven't been following Belgium. They're the Red Devils of Europe! Belgian football is very strong!]
-【Tch, why think so much? At least we scored 3 goals today. Originally, I thought we'd be happy if we could just break our zero-goal record in major international tournaments at this Olympics. Who would have thought we not only broke through, but scored 3!】
- [Haha, yeah, especially Su Yu. That guy has a really big heart. I'm still replaying his dribble just now. He was double-teamed in front of the goal, and he still managed to pull off that move with such ease. That's something only a few people can do!]
"With that footwork and vision, it's a real shame Su Yu is in goal. I think with those skills, he could easily be the midfield core of our national Olympic team! No... not just the Olympic team, but the national team too!"
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Playing at home, and with five defenders on the field, plus Su Yu's bug-level observation skills as the goalkeeper.
The course of the competition was exactly as Huang Jianxiang had predicted.
The Chinese team not only held onto their score, but also launched two threatening counter-attacks in the 69th and 84th minutes of the match.
If Dong Fangzhuo and Hao Junmin's shots hadn't gone just a little wide of the goal in the final moments, the score could have really gone up to 4-1 or even 5-1.
However, even if the score doesn't widen.
But the moment the referee blew the final whistle!
The entire Workers' Stadium erupted in cheers once again.
"roar!!!"
"The Chinese Olympic team is awesome!!!"
"The Chinese Olympic team is awesome!!!"
"Su Yu is awesome!!!"
"Dong Fangzhuo is awesome!!!"
The more than 40,000 Chinese fans in the stands celebrated like madmen, witnessing China's first victory in a major international tournament, a victory that their generation, and even their parents' generation, had never seen.
Especially the elderly fans with white hair sitting in the front row!
When the whistle blew, they didn't shout wildly like the other young people; they just covered their faces with their hands, seemingly hiding something.
Only when a huge red flag was passed from afar did they release their hands, which were already wet with tears, and excitedly pass the red flag in another direction while singing the national anthem!
Of course, while the fans in the stands were so excitedly venting their emotions, the national Olympic team players on the field did not celebrate wildly.
Led by captain Zheng Zhi, the Chinese Olympic team players walked one by one toward the New Zealand players who were slumped on the ground.
Although both teams played very aggressively during the match, they actually played very cleanly throughout the game. Even when the New Zealanders were in a hurry, they did not commit any purely malicious fouls.
Therefore, in the spirit of the Olympic Games and the theme song "Beijing Welcomes You," the young men of the national Olympic team showed their utmost goodwill.
Especially Su Yu, while others would grab the nearest person, Su Yu jogged all the way to the New Zealand goalkeeper who was kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly.
As a goalkeeper himself, Su Yu knew very well how upset the New Zealand goalkeeper was after his goal had been breached three times.
"Two games left, there's still a chance!"
Su Yu intended to comfort the poor New Zealand goalkeeper, but unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, the New Zealand goalkeeper thought about how he still had to face the Brazilian team, especially Ronaldinho, who had made goalkeepers all over the world appear in their highlight reels. The tears that had stopped flowed out again!
Yes!
In this poor New Zealand goalkeeper's mind, if the Chinese team can score three goals against him, then Brazil would probably score double goals against them.
How terrible would that be!
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