Chinese champion

Chapter 213 Handover Ceremony
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"Young Defeats Younger", this is the description of the match between China and Iraq by major portal websites. The average age of the Iraqi team, which is the national Olympic team, is only 22 and a half years old. It is the youngest team in this Asian Cup. The average age of the team is only 25 years old after adding seven former Olympic players and a young player. The only veterans over 30 years old in the team are Hao Dong and Li Liang. They are the second youngest team in this Asian Cup. But unlike the Iraqi Olympic team, although the Chinese team is also very young, they obviously have far more experience than the immature Iraqi team.

Although the domestic players headed by Hao Dong are not comparable in strength to players from football powers, they have participated in quite a few international competitions, especially in competitions such as the Asian Cup. In the four Asian Cups, their experience will undoubtedly play a key role.

Although Pei Wei and other players are young, they are all players who have been nurtured in the European League for many years. They are obviously far superior to the Iraqi players in terms of psychological quality and physical confrontation, and the Iraqi players have paid for their youth. At the price, under the blow of an accidental conceded goal just at the beginning, although their offense was fierce, it seemed to be disorderly. The situation was completely controlled by the Chinese team, and the next two goals were a matter of course.

Pei Wei's performance in the game gave the resigned Ali Han a resounding slap in the face. Although he did not personally participate in the defense, his running and wandering in the frontcourt put more pressure on the opponent's defense than a The defensive midfielder is much bigger, and he can at least contain the assists of the opponent's two defenders alone. Coupled with Hu Yong's steal behind him, the Iraqi team can hardly find any chances in the middle.

Although the Iraqi team lost, they did not show any disappointment. They gained a lot of valuable experience in the match against the Chinese team. I believe that they will perform better in the Athens Olympics after experiencing failure.

The Sports Weekly report was ingenious. They used a shot of Hao Dong high-fiving Pei Wei, who indirectly assisted him after scoring a goal. In this photo, people saw the closeness between the spiritual leader of the old generation of Chinese players and the core of the new generation. Uninterrupted look.

Hao Dong also seemed to admire Pei Wei in the post-match interview: "With him, I am much more relaxed on the court! His passes can always fall right at your feet, and you can play with him It was a treat!"

However, Pei Wei seemed very humble in the interview: "Hao Dong is my big brother in the national team. He has played for the country for more than [-] games, and I am still a rookie. I am very happy to be able to I got such a high evaluation from Brother Hao, but I think I can do better."

The Chinese team is the second team to reach the semi-finals of this Asian Cup. In the first three hours of their match against Iraq, Bahrain, the second in Group A, drew 2 with their opponents in the match with Uzbekistan, the first in Group C. : 2 draws, and finally eliminated the opponent 4:3 in the penalty shootout, becoming the first team to reach the semi-finals.

The opponents of the Chinese team in the semi-finals will not come out until the end of the second day's game. Whether it is South Korea, which is the first in Group B, or Iran, which is second in Group D, they will be the strongest opponents for the Chinese team so far on the way to the championship.

Chinese fans are looking forward to this semi-final, because no matter who the opponent is in the semi-final, both Iran and South Korea have unspeakable grievances with Chinese football.

For more than 97 years, "Koreaphobia" will not be mentioned. For Iran, Chinese fans are still full of anger. In the 2000 World Cup qualifiers, China lost two games against Iran and lost every game. After scoring four goals, every time Iranian fans met Chinese fans, they always stretched out four fingers, and the Chinese team was not up to the mark. In the [-] Asian Games, they met the Iranian team twice. The only improvement is that the defense seems to be much better, and only three goals were conceded in the two games combined.

In the minds of Chinese fans, they probably hope to meet the Iranian team, because although the "Korea-phobia" has not been officially broken, but in recent years, China has won several consecutive games against South Korea in the National Youth and Olympic Games. South Korea's resentment is much less, only the Iranian team, the Chinese fans are still brooding over those four fingers.

Their wish was fulfilled. In a goal battle, the Iranian team relied on Karimi's hat-trick and Park Jin-sub's own goal to beat the South Korean team 4:3 and successfully reached the semi-finals, while the Japanese team beat Jordan. , became the last team to enter the semi-finals.

On the training ground of the Chinese national team.

Since just after a fierce game, and the next game will be played three days later, the coaching staff of the Chinese team did not play a lot today, but arranged a slight recovery training. In a relaxed atmosphere, the national team We have the leisure to chat while running.

"The opponent in the semi-finals is Iran, have you heard?" Zhu Jun asked Pei Wei while running.

Before Pei Wei could speak, Hu Yong, who was running beside them, let out a muffled snort: "Whoever he is, any opponent is the same to me, just a stumbling block."

"Niuuuuuuuuuuuu!" Zhu Jun provoked Hu Yong, "You can say such crazy words, obviously you are stealing my lines."

"It's stipulated that only you can say this sentence? You don't want to go crazy once." Pei Wei said with a smile: "The fool has always been too old, without the vitality of a young man. Old Hu, it has always been so much Well, I like you."

"...Forget it, I won't talk to you two, one mouth can't win you two mouths." Hu Yong hurriedly ran to the side, these two guys talk in a different way, let you If there is fire, it can't be sent out.

Pei Wei and Zhu Jun looked at each other and smiled. Every time they had a verbal battle, the two from the former Hubei team always joined forces, and Hu Yong, who was not good at words, was not their opponent.

They didn't take the Iranian team seriously. As Hu Yong said, in their eyes, who are always fighting against world-class stars, they really didn't pay much attention to their Asian opponents.

He Jin, who was watching the players' training from afar, said to Feng Yu with a smile, "It seems that the players are in a good state of mind."

Feng Yu nodded. The current Chinese team is strong and strong. None of the players in the team have been suspended due to a yellow card. They have a lot of resources available, and Zhang Qi is the only injured player. Not as strong as him, but he is experienced enough to make up for the technical gap.

"There is only one problem now, who will watch Madavikia." He Jin said a little worriedly.

Feng Yu has no good solution to this problem. Among the current players in the Chinese team, there are only two left back players, Sun Ru from Shanghai and Yang Pu from BJ. Their strength can only be said to be average. It belongs to the kind of general who pulls out of the cripples. Facing Madavikia, who has speed, technical impact and impact, the Chinese team's defense in this aspect is worrying no matter who they play.

"It's not just this. Ali Dayi is hard to deal with whoever comes to defend him. His height is a big threat."

He Jin smiled wryly when he heard Feng Yu's words. Originally, in his heart, there was someone who was staring at Dai Yi, and that was Li Min. The main position caused an impact. Although Li Wei was impulsive in defense, but as the captain of the national team, He Jin could not move easily, otherwise there might be another turbulence. The current Chinese team can't stand such a turmoil.

"I have no choice but to let Du Wei keep an eye on him. Li Wei plays the scavenger later. Du Wei's jumping is good, coupled with his excellent physical fitness, the 35-year-old Dai Yi should not be able to pass his defense." He Jin said helplessly.

"There is no other way." Feng Yu also sighed.

It's a feeling for a coach who has better options but for other reasons sends players who are not suitable for this position.

Three days passed in a flash. On August 8, the semi-finals of the Asian Cup were played in Jinan and BJ respectively.

The first match was the match between Japan and Bahrain. Bahrain's dark horse road came to an end. Although they still led the powerful Japanese team 89:3 until 2 minutes, Keiji Tamada and Yuji Nakazawa in stoppage time Scoring two goals in 3 minutes made a miraculous comeback, beating Bahrain 4:3 and taking the lead in entering the final.

An hour after the game ended, the second semifinal was played at BJ Workers Stadium.

The Chinese team has the same starting lineup as in the previous game. This lineup has basically become the main lineup of the Chinese team during the Asian Cup, while the Iranian team's lineup has not changed much, 4-2-3-1, veteran Dai Yi At the top, there are Madavikia, Karimi and Allawi lined up behind them. Although there is only one striker, both Karimi and Madavikia have strong offensive capabilities. It is a very severe test for the defense line.

Hao Dong stood near the middle circle and watched the captains of the two sides choose sides. At this time, the Iranian captain Dai Yi had just finished shaking hands with Li Wei. He raised his head and saw Hao Dong's eyes. The two looked at each other, and then walked away .

The Chinese team who took the lead kicked off the ball a few times in the backcourt unhurriedly. As Li Wei passed the ball to Hu Yong in front, the Chinese team's offense kicked off.

Pei Wei received a cross from Shaoyi in the middle, and the two midfielders of the Iranian team immediately greeted him. Nekonam and Kavinapol are both players in Iran's domestic league. Although they are not tall, they The victory lies in their flexibility. The head coach of the Iranian team, Ivankovic, obviously wants to use their flexibility to contain Pei Wei's quick breakthrough and pass.

Pei Wei raised his leg facing the incoming ball, and it seemed that he was going to stop the ball and then attack again. The two midfielders of the Iranian team were ready to fight immediately, but Pei Wei's feet seemed to be raised a little high, and the ball rolled under his feet over!

Li Liang ran over from the left, caught the ball and broke through the middle!
Before the defensive midfielders who were fooled by Pei Wei had time to react, Li Liang had already passed the ball to the right side of the Iranian team's penalty area.

Hao Dong, who was pulled to the side, accelerated and broke through to the bottom line. Seeing that there was already an Iranian defender defending, he did not force a pass, but knocked the ball to the sideline. After Shaoyi received the ball, he passed it immediately. Li Jinyu jumped high, but the ball was blocked by Rezai, who was in front of him, and pushed out of the baseline ahead of time and took a corner kick.

Li Jinyu slapped Xiang Shaoyi a little annoyed. At first he thought he could grab this point, but Rezai, who plays for Reggina in Serie A, was really good in defense. He got stuck early and destroyed the attack.

Shaoyi took a corner kick, and another central defender of the Iranian team, Gormohamed, headed the ball out. Karimi received the ball in the middle circle, and the Iranian team counterattacked.

Facing Hu Yong's defense, Karimi seems to have no good way to break through. The player who performed a hat-trick in the last game made several consecutive dribbles, but whenever he wanted to break through, he saw Hu Yong. Yong stood in front of him silently like a rock.

The helpless Karimi had to pass the ball, otherwise the fast break would die in the midfield.

He protected the ball, then passed the ball back to the midfielder behind him, and the midfielder immediately distributed the ball to the right. There is the sharpest weapon of the Iranian team, the two-time Asian footballer Madavikia.

With a push and a buckle, Madavikia's advantage in speed was immediately brought into play. He passed Sun Ru's defense like a bolt of lightning, and rushed to the bottom line quickly.

Sun Ru, who was shaken for a while, turned around and chased desperately, but he could only avoid being left by Madavikia, and the distance between him and Madavikia did not seem to be shortened in the slightest.

But Sun Ru, who was chasing closely, also put a lot of pressure on Madavikia. He couldn't cut into the penalty area, so he had to pass the ball into the penalty area after finding the best place to pass the ball!

Dai was running in the penalty area, and Du Wei followed him closely. He knew the weight of this opponent. When Dai started to make a name for himself in Asian football, he was just a football school kid. How to say, throughout the 90s, Dayi was a symbol of Asia's top strikers.

Madavikia's pass was in place. Just as Dayi shook off Du Wei a little, the ball flew over. Without thinking, he immediately jumped up and shook his head to attack the goal!

Du Wei, who followed the jump, used his body to interfere with Dai Yi, and Wu Qi made a side attack and grabbed the ball firmly!

Dai shook his hand regretfully. He was hit by Du Wei just now. Although it didn't affect the final shot, it still made his shot a little weaker, which allowed Wu Qi to easily pounce on this close-by man. Heading the ball, if five years younger, Daei was confident that he was not disturbed just now.

Age is not forgiving.

"Counterattack!" Wu Qi roared, holding the ball and sprinting two steps to the edge of the penalty area, then raised his right hand and threw the ball vigorously!
This hand throw is very powerful, and it has been thrown near the middle circle. When Hu Yong saw Wu Qi receiving the ball, he gave up running back, but turned around and rushed forward, just in time to receive Wu Qi's pass .

Hu Yong stopped the ball with his chest in the air, then made a beautiful half-turn, unloaded the ball in front of him, and strode forward.

He had already judged when he received the ball, and now is a good time to counterattack. No one is defending himself, and he will definitely make the opponent's defense mess up by going forward.

His judgment was correct. The midfielders of the Iranian team in the backcourt were all by Pei Wei's side. He went forward for ten meters and no one came to defend him.

A defender pushed over, but Hu Yong passed the ball at this moment. The experienced Hao Dong received the ball on the right side of the penalty area, and then immediately turned around and broke through the penalty area!

Although Hao Dong's speed has slowed down due to his age, his instantaneous explosive power is still not far from that of when he was young!

Gormohammad is the second oldest player in the Iranian team. He is the same age as Hao Dong and is 33 years old this year. Although he has rich experience, his experience seems to be of little use in front of Hao Dong's speed.

No, I was wrong. Although he was broken by Hao Dong, his experience still allowed him to block Hao Dong's inward cut route in the first time, preventing him from shooting.

But Hao Dong quickly dunked the ball back, and then made a cross pass with his right foot, sending the ball near the penalty spot.

The place was empty!
A figure was running towards that place at an unimaginable speed, and the two figures following behind him had been pulled far away by him, even if they desperately reached out to grab his jersey, they could not do it.

It was Pei Wei who inserted into the restricted area!With his own speed, he forcibly threw away the two midfielders of the Iranian team who were known as sensitive. When he ran in place, the ball rolled over. Get on the rolling ball!
Although Mirzapur made a save in the first time, his outstretched hand barely touched the ball. The stressed ball had a downward refraction, bounced on the goal line, and then jumped. Goal!
The Chinese team led 1:0, Pei Wei scored the goal, and veteran Hao Dong assisted him!

After scoring the goal, Pei Wei ran towards Hao Dong, and the two of them clapped their hands heavily in the air.

"Beautiful pass!" Pei Wei said.

"It's a wonderful shot." Hao Dong smiled.

In the eyes of reporters on the sidelines, this seems to be a handover ceremony between old and new leaders.

(End of this chapter)