Chinese champion

Chapter 287 Brilliant Road Smiling and Leaving
The last minute of stoppage time is almost here, and the time left for the Chinese team to create a miracle is counted in seconds.

Under the pincer attack of Gattuso, Pirlo and Zambrotta, the three first-class defenders, Pei Wei, who was almost exhausted, managed to control the ball. Just when he was about to lose the ball, a familiar voice sounded. A shout reached his ears: "This way!"

Without any hesitation, Pei Wei leaned on Gattuso with his last bit of strength, raised his right hand to support Zambrotta, and then passed the ball before Pirlo came up!

The one who caught the ball was Zhu Jun who had been standing motionless on the field since just now, as if he had disappeared!

Zhu Jun received the ball and immediately broke into the penalty area!
While catching the ball, he didn't shoot directly because he knew that with his current physical strength, it was not enough to shoot a shot that beat Buffon!
Cannavaro was watching Dong Yuzhuo, Barzagli was watching Zhanfeng, Odo was watching Zhong Yan, Grosso was watching Zhang Qi, and even Totti, who had withdrawn, followed Hu Yong. Buffon was surprised to find that , Now there are no extra people in Italy's backcourt to watch Zhu Jun!
The reason for this situation is that Zhu Jun has no ability to run anymore, so the Italian team gave up marking him!

"Come on! Come on!" The Chinese fans yelled loudly. Even Ma Keer and Zhao Xin put down their ladylike demeanor and stood up loudly to cheer for Zhu Jun.

Odo rushed over, but Zhu Jun flicked the ball several times with his feet. The captain of Lazio who rushed over was so shaken that he couldn't make a turn and fell to the ground. Zhu Jun dunked the ball past his body and rushed into the penalty area!

Although they entered the restricted area, Zhu Jun had no room for a breakthrough. Four Italian players and three Chinese players crowded the restricted area. Zhu Jun passed by, but Zhu Jun, who seemed to be on the verge of collapse, still did not fall to the ground. Instead, he leaned on Inzaghi's body and stretched out his left foot for a fierce kick, and shot the ball from the crotch of Barzali who was rushing over!
As soon as Cannavaro stretched out his foot, the ball bounced high on his foot.

"Release!" Buffon had no time to attack, and roared loudly.

Grosso was about to come up to make a rescue, when he suddenly found out in horror that Pei Wei appeared from nowhere and flew towards the ball's landing point.

"Get in!" Pei Wei yelled in his heart. He stretched his legs as far as possible in the air, and yanked hard on the falling ball!
A bouncing ball!The ball bounced off the back of Gattuso and flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal!
"Go in!" Marco'er clenched her hands tightly, her face flushed with excitement.

All eyes were on the flying ball. Whether it was at the scene or in front of the TV, the more than 2 million fans who watched the game had only one voice in common: Go in!

but……

A big hand suddenly appeared in front of the ball and held it hard.

The ball jumped up again, landed above the crossbar and bounced off the baseline.

The ball didn't go in!
The referee's whistle blew at the same time, two short and one long, the game was over!

Buffon jumped up from the ground and waved his fist to the sky.

It was his flying save just now that killed the last hope of the Chinese team, and in the whole game, it was also his several key saves that made Italy finally eliminate the Chinese team 3:2.

This is the end of the Chinese team's second World Cup trip, with two wins, two draws and one loss, entering the quarter-finals, scoring twelve goals and conceding nine goals. This is their answer sheet.

"The game... is over. The Chinese team lost to the Italian team 2:3, and missed the semi-finals." Wang Jianxiang's throat moved up and down a few times. He was not in the mood to speak at this moment, but his sense of responsibility as a commentator made him He continued, and he felt that every word he said was a knife in his heart: "This is the result that no one wants to see, especially when we see the boys working so hard on the court... Thank you, China Team, thank you for the good memories you have brought us in the past half a month, look up, you are not losers! Even if you leave, you have to leave with a smile..."

As Wang Jianxiang was talking, he suddenly felt a sore nose. He tried hard to control his emotions, but the audience still heard the trembling in his voice.

Pei Wei lay on the ground after taking that shot, his chest was heaving violently, even he himself didn't know why he still had the strength to show up at the spot of the shot just now, but although he was so exhausted that he wanted to fall asleep like this, he still Try to keep your eyes wide open, looking towards the goal.

He didn't close his eyes until he saw Buffon lift the ball out of the baseline and heard the referee's whistle.

Still didn't make it...we lost the game...

Two tears gushed out of Pei Wei's eyes, he covered his face and let the tears flow freely on his face.

Why does losing feel so painful?It's not that I haven't lost before, why is it so sad this time?
Not reconciled... Pei Wei wiped away tears and stood up reluctantly. Now that the captain's armband is on my hand, I can't be so weak!
Pei Wei pulled up Zhu Jun who was lying beside him not far away. Zhu Jun didn't cry, but he lost his usual smile.

One by one, Pei Wei pulled his teammates up one by one with heavy steps, and comforted them one by one.

"Don't cry." Holding the weeping Dong Yuzhuo in his arms, Pei Wei whispered, "Let's leave with a smile."

The players on the bench also walked into the field, and together with the players on the field, walked under the stands where the Chinese fans were, to thank the fans for their full support.

Everyone wiped away their tears and looked at the fans with a little smile, yeah, we lost, but it's not the end of the world, we still have a chance to do it again in the next World Cup.

In the group photo after the game, although no one was crying, almost everyone was smiling. Even those who didn't smile bit their lips tightly, showing no sadness.

But everyone who saw this photo felt a sense of sadness, which came out of their eyes and radiated from the depths of their hearts...

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"The Chinese men's football team has historically reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Such excellent results have triggered a wave in China, an ancient and civilized country, no less than the success of BJ's bid to host the Olympics and the success of the five gods and six gods. Every day When people meet each other on the street, the greeting between each other is no longer 'Have you eaten?', but has become 'Did you watch the game yesterday?'. Although the record achieved by the Chinese team is not an Asian one. North Korea’s best performance in the World Cup, but in terms of gold content, it seems to be more important. Although the North Korean team also broke into the quarterfinals of the World Cup in 1966, as long as the participating teams broke through the group stage at that time, they could win. Going to the quarterfinals, and the quarterfinals in the current world cup are more difficult to get than the quarterfinals in 66, as for Korea's No.2002 in 4, let's forget about it, that's a disgrace to football, totally It cannot be compared with what the Chinese team achieved this time."

"We won the game, but lost the audience. When the game ended, apart from our fans, other neutral fans applauded the Chinese team. Although we thought we were lucky before the game, we ran into one of the quarterfinals. The weakest team, but the Chinese team proved with their performance that they deserved to be able to enter the quarterfinals."

The above text is excerpted from the "Gazzetta dello Sport" published on September 9. When this article appeared in the newspaper, the Chinese team had already boarded the flight to BJ. Although they thought their expedition was a failure, but The fans don't think so, a grand welcome ceremony is waiting for them.

England and Brazil returned home one day later than them. The British lost again to the Portuguese team led by Scolari in the penalty shootout. Brazil's three-game losing streak, while Brazil lost to France led by Zidane. In that game, Brazil did not show fighting spirit at all. When they fell behind, they still walked on the field. Compared with Brazil's loss, it is even more a shame.

So far, the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup have become a European civil war. Italy, which eliminated China, continued their outstanding performance. Through the goals of Grosso and Del Piero in overtime, they eliminated the host Germany 2-0, and France, which also eliminated Portugal, jointly entered the final.

The final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on July 2006, 7 may not be the most exciting final in the history of the World Cup, but it can definitely be regarded as a dramatic final. Dane and Cannavaro are not the top forwards Henry and Tony, let alone the head coaches of the two sides, but Pei Wei's teammates, Inter Milan defender Materazzi.

The 1.9-meter-two defender first tripped Henry in the penalty area with a rash foot in the penalty area just 7 minutes into the game, and the French team won a penalty. Zidane's scoop goal rewritten the score 1:0, Then 12 minutes later, he caught Pirlo's corner and beat Vieira to level the score. He had both goals.

The score of 1:1 was maintained until the second half of the extra match. At this time, a classic in the history of the World Cup final happened. After an attack by the French team, Zidane and Materazzi chatted endlessly. Suddenly, Zidane slammed into Materazzi, knocking the defender who was ten centimeters taller than him to the ground. Although this action was not seen by the referee, it was seen by the linesman.Red card, Zidane left an unfortunate record of being sent off in the last football game of his career.

The French team, which originally had a slight advantage, lost the ability to continue attacking after losing one player, and the Italian team could not rewrite the score in the remaining 10 minutes. The game entered a brutal penalty shootout. The Italian team, which has never won in the ball game, played exceptionally well this time. Pirlo, Materazzi, De Rossi, Del Piero, Grosso, the five players who played did not miss a single penalty, while the French team Trezeguet, who played second, hit the ball on the goal frame, 5:3, the Italian team showed unprecedented fighting spirit under the blow of the Calciogate scandal, and took home the fourth world championship in their history trophy.

In the melody of the classic "Italian Summer", the 2006 World Cup came to an end in the sadness of the French and the ecstasy of the Italians. Of course, it is not only the French team that lost, but also Brazil, Argentina, Germany, etc. Teams capable of winning the trophy also lost.

This is the World Cup. There is always only one team for the final winner, and the others can only serve as foils.

A week after the end of the World Cup, the awards of the World Cup were also judged.

Although the French team lost the final, Zidane still won the Golden Globe. The Silver Ball and Bronze Ball both came from the champion Italian team. They were captain Cannavaro and midfielder Pirlo, Pei Wei lost the bronze ball by a few points, which is also related to the failure of the Chinese team to go further.

The Golden Boot was won by Germany's top scorer Miroslav Klose with five goals, but the Silver Boot was won by a midfielder, of course from China, Pei Wei, who scored four goals, won it as a midfielder Silver boots, in a way, are also a kind of irony to forwards, and the bronze boot award is shared by eight people. This is the first time in 20 years, and Klose's five-ball boots also makes him Became the World Cup top scorer with the fewest goals since 1962.

The best team is almost divided between Italy and France. The goalkeeper is Buffon. Except for France's Thuram, the other three are from Italy. Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Grosso, Pei Wei The midfield has a place, and of course the Golden Globe Award Zidane is indispensable, and the other two are AC Milan double stars Gattuso and Pirlo.

The strikers are Germany's Klose and France's Henry. There is no dispute that Klose was selected into the best team for the Golden Boot award. Although Henry only scored two goals, he scored the valuable goal that eliminated the Brazilian team. Yes, from this point of view, Henry is also expected.

However, the Chinese team does have their reasons to be proud. The world champion Italian team only conceded four goals in a total of seven games, while they conceded two goals in one game against the Chinese team, while the other two conceded two goals. The goal was Zacardo's own goal against the United States and the penalty kick scored by Zidane in the final against France. Only Pei Wei broke through Buffon's goal in the open game.

PS: The fifth volume "Road to Glory" is finished.

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