In fact, it is not just the Brazilian media that the Chinese Olympic team will be influenced by their domestic public opinion, but the Chinese themselves think so. So a voice calling for everyone to calm down soon appeared on the Internet. At this time, quarreling with others is just a short time to speak, but for the Chinese team, the most important thing is the semi-finals with the Brazil team.

Everyone should strive to create a harmonious atmosphere so that the team can concentrate on preparing for the semi-finals.

After all, they are actually very little time left.

This London Olympics will only last seventeen days from July 27th to August 12th.

If a team can play in the football event until the finals, they will play six games in these seventeen days, and an average of more than two days. Such intensive event arrangements are even more terrifying than the schedule during the Premier League during Christmas.

The interval between the two games is very short, leaving the players with little time to restore physical fitness and train to prepare for the next opponent. Once the mess is mixed up, it will not be too much time for the National Olympic Team.

That's why everyone is worried about the semi-finals. It would be fine if the Chinese team met the defeated player Mexico, but it was the most powerful Brazil.

Someone said on Weibo that if the Chinese team eventually loses to the Brazilian Olympic team, those public intellectuals will definitely be responsible. If they weren't there to mess around, everyone would have been happy that the Chinese team entered the semi-finals, and there wouldn't be so many messy things. Of course, it's hard to say whether the public intellectuals are willing to take this responsibility. Most of the time, they will pretend to be dead...

The match against the South Korean team was on the night of August 4, while the match against the Brazilian Olympic team was on the night of August 7, with only two days apart - the fifth and sixth.

I had a day of quarrel with the media, and the fifth one passed in a quarrel. The seventh night was the game, so the real time left for the Chinese team was actually only one day for the sixth one.

Is this day enough for them to calm down and prepare for the game? Do they still have the time and mind to study their opponents?

Many people have this concern.

Some people are also worried about the team's physical fitness.

After fighting continuously to this stage, the team's physical fitness reserves had almost been used. Zhou Yi was not a player with good physical fitness. He had to face his strong opponent Brazil until this time. Does his physical fitness support him to continue to perform at a high level?

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When the outside world has various concerns about the Chinese team, within the Chinese National Olympic Team, Zhou Yi, as the captain of the team, is "breaking superstitions" for his teammates.

It was 8:30 in the evening. After the day of training, sixteen people in the team flocked into Zhou Yi and He Ying's room, which made the not-so-spacious room of the two people seem crowded. Because there were not enough chairs, many people sat directly on the bed. It was still not enough, and the others stood against the wall and listened to Zhou Yi's words.

This meeting was proposed by Zhou Yi, and no one of his teammates opposed it.

"Don't listen to the media outside, saying that the Brazilian Olympic team is worth 200 million." Zhou Yi waved his hand and said, telling his teammates about their next semi-final opponents.

But he didn't speak as serious, serious, or passionate as the coach. Because there was limited space for him to sit, he sat on the desk, his legs hanging down and could not touch the ground, and he just shook his legs like a chat, with a relaxed tone, as if he was talking.

"What Hulk is 72 million, Neymar is 50 million, Damien is 47 million... It sounds quite scary, but Hulk's 72 million is a liquidated damages, and the liquidated damages are not equal to his value. Damien is even more irrelevant, the price of 47 million for him by Brazil International Club. Can that be counted? Not to mention anything else, I guess Chelsea wants to bid 50 million euros for Panpan now, but whoever really buys 50 million to Panpan is a fool!"

"Your sister, Zhou Yi! Please take Lao Guo with examples, don't use me!" Sun Pan protested in the crowd.

"It's all about me!" Guo said angrily.

The others laughed.

Zhou Yi ignored the opinions of the two people and continued: "So how valuable the Brazilian team is, it's just a gimmick of media hype. Don't worry, football games are not determined by value. That's right, this Brazilian Olympic team looks quite powerful, with stars and stars gathered. But football is not something you can win by stacking stars. Not to mention that the Brazilian team's stars are not technically packed with - most of their stars are concentrated on attacking players in the frontcourt. The 200 million yuan net worth is four people, Hulk, Neymar, Damion and Pato, and these four people are only 190 million yuan. But so what? The biggest problem with this team is actually their poor defense."

"But there are also stars like Thiago Silva and Marcelo on their defense." Zhang Linpeng raised his hand and said.

"They are not superman, and Marcelo is a defender who is stronger than defense. Brazil's offensive firepower in this Olympics is quite strong. They scored three goals in each game, no more or less, only three goals. This is the case in every game." Zhou Yi raised three fingers. "For an attack lineup worth 200 million, this performance is reasonable, right? But what about their defense line? So far, they have played four games, and only one game has not lost the ball, which is the game that won New Zealand 3-0. In addition, they lost two goals in the first game against Egypt and almost turned over. In the last round of the group stage, they also scored one goal against Belarus. In the quarterfinals, they also lost two goals against Honduras. Such a defensive performance is really sorry for the evaluation of "the favorite to win the championship".

Zhou Yi really knows a lot about Brazil. Even if players of the national Olympic team pay attention to their opponents, they cannot remember the data in such detail.

"Thiago Silva is very strong. But I want to remind everyone that defense is not based on personal ability, but on the whole. Even if a person is a top central defender in the world, he cannot play his level if he is put into a chaotic system. AC Milan was so strong at the time, not because they had a Martini or Nesta. But because they had a very complete and excellent defensive system. In this regard, the Brazilian Olympic team did not have it." Zhou Yi continued to talk. "This is also why the Brazilian Olympic team often concedes goals and they also lost a lot of them. Thiago Silva is a very good central defender in AC Milan, but he is not in the Brazilian Olympic team. Don't be scared by his name."

Sun Pan said next to him: "That's right, what opponent we Zhou Yi has never seen? He and Thiago Silva are both chatting and laughing!"

Zhou Yi commented on the Chinese team's opponents here, and everyone could hear it. It is precisely for this reason - those stars that many players of the National Olympic Team can only look up to, Zhou Yi has fought with them in Europe. He has personally experienced the power of those people, and naturally knows how much they are. What he said should not be wrong.

Moreover, it is not only Zhou Yi, Sun Pan, Guo Nu, and Yang Muge who have also had confrontations with these people in Europe. In addition to He Ying, He Ying was because of the Spanish Second Division...

"So don't think the media behaves like a tiger, but in fact they are just 'paper cats', not paper tigers, but cats!" Zhou Yi said. "And what advantages do we have? I think first, we are more united than them, and secondly, our defense is better. We have won only two goals from the group stage. Although we are not the team with the least goals, it is also very good. Our goalkeeper Panpan is simply a security goal. Although he has lost two goals, he has conceded more goals than the Japanese team..."

Originally, Sun Pan was quite happy to hear Zhou Yi praise him, but Zhou Yi added that sentence later, which made him snort: "Don't compare me with Japanese! They didn't meet any strong opponents! And one of the two goals I lost was a penalty kick, and this penalty kick shouldn't be judged at all!"

Sun Pan has always been upset about this, so he was so upset after the game against the South Korean team, causing a storm.

"If you want to talk about the central defender, I don't think Lao Guo is worse than Thiago Silva. Apart from being slightly shorter... But Lao Guo is good at jumping, and can make up for such a small height gap. Anyway, I think Inter Milan will regret that they put Lao Guo in Siena sooner or later, but fortunately they still have half of Lao Guo's ownership."

Guo Nu also raised his chest when he heard Zhou Yi praise him like this, and looked very happy.

"And Lao Yang, as a midfielder, is our midfield iron gate, which is very reassuring. And Zhang Linpeng, who can go up and down, is not much inferior to Marcelo..."

Zhou Yi praised his teammates one by one, all of them were players on the defense line.

Every player of the National Olympic Team who was named and praised by him was very happy and his posture became straightened unknowingly.

Just as Zhou Yi said just now, defense never relies on a certain star player, but on the whole. Because defense requires building a wall in front of the goal. Since it is a wall, of course it has to be composed of bricks. Can a brick be built into a wall?

Anyone who knows a little bit of penalty kick will understand this truth. However, many people usually exaggerate their personal role and ignore this point.

Zhou Yi's words made the team's defensive players very useful, especially those who are not very famous in China. Under the light of the Five Little Dragons, they are always easily overlooked, but Zhou Yi remembers their goodness and Zhou Yi understands their value, which touched them very much.

"Compared with Brazil, our defense is more like a whole. We are more disciplined and organized and resilient than them. No matter from any point of view, they are better than Brazil. This can be seen from our and their number of goals conceded, and there is no objection. Although my defense is average, I believe that our defense can definitely defend Brazil's offense worth 200 million yuan... Hey, after I said that, do you feel very touched? We have to face an offense of 200 million yuan in the game! How** is this more** that we have won! We can go out and brag in the future - I regard 200 million yuan as dirt!"

A burst of laughter rang out in the room. When everyone laughed and thought, a very magical scene suddenly appeared in their minds - their opponents on the court were not wearing Brazilian players, but "people" composed of a pile of banknotes.

"And as a South American team, if Brazil plays smoothly, they will do whatever they want, and they will do whatever they want. But the two effects of doing whatever they want are completely different. If we can put more pressure on them in the game and make them play harder, their cooperation will be gone, and they will fight alone more, then there is nothing to be afraid of. No matter how strong Neymar is, it is impossible for him to succeed in a game every time."

After Zhou Yi's analysis, everyone felt that Brazil was not as powerful as they imagined, and even...

"Why do I feel that when Zhou Yi said this, Brazil doesn't seem to be very powerful, it's just a sign of it..." someone said.
Chapter completed!