Chapter 1046 The Rainbow of Victory
The singing of 60,000 fans at Wulihe Stadium was the fuse, Chen Yu's goal was the catalyst, and then the Chinese National Olympic Team, with only 10 people, launched a scattered attack on Belgium like a madman.
The Belgians were a little confused after conceding the ball. They were ready to stabilize their position and launch an attack. Unexpectedly, the Chinese team, which was one less, attacked first, and the pressing was very fierce, so there was no one missing. From the perspective of the fans, there were red figures everywhere on the field. It seemed that there were more Chinese players than Belgian players.
Belgium is not a rookie like New Zealand. They have rich game experience and think that the Chinese team's crazy attack cannot last long. As long as they stabilize the defense line and give them two counterattacks, the morale of the Chinese team will naturally decline. At that time, the Chinese team's physical strength was almost exhausted. If they counterattack again, they could almost defeat the Chinese team in one fell swoop.
Belgium has a good abacus, but he overlooked two points. One is that their main central defender and main midfielder are sitting in the stands, and the other is that Chen Yu has unparalleled attack power and can switch between different forward types at any time. As long as there are loopholes in the opponent's defense line, he can almost catch them.
In the 75th minute of the game, Belgian midfielder Harun was sent off after flying tackles behind Chen Yu and received the second yellow card, and the Chinese team equalized the number. The Chinese players with strong morale began to launch a more fierce attack on Belgium.
Two minutes later, Sun Hai broke through Belgium's wing defense and made a cross from the bottom. Under the interference of Dongfang Zhuo, the Belgian defender headed the ball directly to Zheng Hua when he cleared the ball. Zheng Hua and Chen Yu cooperated in a row two and one in a row, and Chen Yu formed a situation of directly facing the Belgian defender.
The Belgian defender did not dare to let Chen Yu get the ball at the front of his penalty area. Two central defenders immediately rushed over, one stuck it to entangle Chen Yu, and the other helped defend behind him, ready to grab it at any time.
At this moment, Dongfang Zhuo was empty. This was a fleeting opportunity. The Belgian midfielder was returning to defense. Without even two seconds, they could reach Dongfang Zhuo.
Chen Badminton's passing skills were superb. As soon as Dongfang Zhuo got out of the air, his pass flew in front of Dongfang Zhuo. Dongfang Zhuo could choose to shoot or insert into the penalty area at any time.
In the first round of the group, Chen Yu entered two and Dongfang Zhuo entered one. Chen Yu entered another in this game, and the total number had already entered three. Dongfang Zhuo was a little anxious, so he directly hit the lank in the air.
Dongfang Zhuo saw Chen Yu's thrust in the air and it seemed like he was playing. He could hit the door frame even when he was playing. It was not the case that he was not playing the main part of the kick, and the ball flew directly into the stands.
This was a little embarrassed. Dongfang Zhuo put his hands together embarrassedly and apologized to Chen Yu for letting down his foot.
Chen Yu waved his hand, turned around and started attacking again.
One minute later, Chen Yu broke through the middle and suddenly divided the ball to the side. He and forward Dongfang Zhuo quickly inserted into the penalty area. Sun Hai, who assisted on the side, did not make a cross, but hit the front of the penalty area.
This is a routine that the Chinese team practiced before the game. They used Chen Yu and the forward to attract the opponent's defensive attention. No one dared not to defend Chen Yu, and then put the ball to Zheng Hua who was inserted into the middle.
If the tactic is done, it depends on Zheng Hua's final kick.
Tens of thousands of Chinese fans are looking forward to Zheng Hua, who has the best skills in the football besides Chen Badminton, who can give Belgium a fatal blow.
There were many people in the penalty area. Zheng Hua couldn't see the shooting route, so he shot to the upper right side of the goal.
Zheng Hua was worried that he would be thrown by the goalkeeper, so he exerted too much force and the ball did not press down and flew directly out of the crossbar.
The Chinese team won two consecutive shot opportunities. Although they did not play within the goal range, there were many threats, which made the Belgian defenders panic. They dared not give the Chinese team a chance to shoot at the front of the penalty area, and could only expand the defense line.
Belgian head coach Desat saw the Chinese team, which was one less, actually pressing his team against his team. His mood was mixed. As a European coach, he could not accept such facts, "Forward! Forward!" The noise of the court was too loud, Desat's voice was completely drowned, and he could only wave his arms hard to command his team members.
Some players saw the head coach's gesture and began to push forward, while some players were very nervous and did not see Desat's gesture and were still burying their heads to defend.
At one time, the Chinese team completed a fatal steal, and the player who made the steal was the unknown midfielder Hao Jun.
Among the four midfielders of the Chinese team, the one who is strong and good at defense is ****. He also has the ability to shoot a long shot. Zheng Hua is versatile, good at attacking and defending, and can play in any position except the goalkeeper. Hao Jun's characteristic is that he is good at breakthrough, delicate skills, and erratic in position; Chen Yu is a liberate in the frontcourt and a versatile character. When he needs to organize, Chen Yu can transform into a midfield. When he needs to defend, Chen Yu can press at a high position, and when he needs to score, Chen Yu can top and shoot.
So in the midfield, Hao Jun, who is good at breaking through and running, becomes the most inconspicuous one, and his opponents often ignore his existence.
This time, the most inconspicuous Hao Jun suddenly stole the full-back who assisted Belgium and dribbled the ball and drove the ball to the left of Belgium's penalty area at high speed.
At this time, the Belgian frontcourt player did not come back, and the midfielder was forced to pull the side and make up for defense.
Hao Jun originally wanted to get off the bottom, but when he saw that the Belgian midfielder was empty, he immediately passed it to Zheng Hua. Zheng Hua stopped the ball and immediately passed the ball straight to Dongfang Zhuo with his back to the goal.
After several defeats, Dongfang Zhuo finally got his sense of tricks this time and did not forcefully turn around. He stabbed the ball to Chen Yu under the close-up guard Vermullen, and turned around and pulled the side.
This is a stroke of great success. Belgian defender Vermall never expected that a foolish striker could provide such a good support. He quickly followed Dongfang Zhuo to chase. Vermall was taken away by Dongfang Zhuo, and only Simeers, who was substitute Kompany, was left in the middle of Belgium.
Chen Yu dribbled the ball forward at high speed and rushed directly to Huanglong.
The shadow of the famous tree, Belgian substitute central defender Simeyes had been scared by Chen Yu for a long time. He had no one to defend Chen Yu at all. Seeing Chen Yu rushing over, he followed him and prepared to take action. In his opinion, it was worthwhile to destroy this attack with a yellow card.
The defender is worth it, the forward is definitely not worth it. Chen Yu saw that the central defender was determined to foul and hardly looked at the ball under his feet, so he had an idea. He suddenly accelerated his pace and crossed the ball with his front and back feet. When the ball hit the heel of the back foot bounced up, Chen Yu flipped forward, and the ball passed over the top of his head, and then changed speed and flew past Simeers.
"How did it go?!"
"My God! What's this action?"
"The rainbow is extraordinary!"
"God! The rainbow is extraordinary!"
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The stands were in a mess, some people applauded, some asked urgently, and some shouted, all of them were shocked by this juggling extraordinary movement.
Kompany, sitting in the stands, and the future Manchester City captain, slapped himself in the head in shame. Although it was not him who was playing with him, it was humiliating Belgium. If he had not been sent off, Chen Yu would never dare to do such a move. But now, he can only watch that stupid teammate being played with by Chen Yu.
Poet He was excitedly forgot to lyrics, "Oh my God, even if this rainbow doesn't make it, it's enough to be recorded in the history of football!"
After the ball passed Chen Yu and Simeyes' heads, it reached the edge of the penalty area. Belgian goalkeeper Bailey could no longer hold back and rushed out of the small penalty area at high speed. Chen Yu picked the ball without hesitation without hesitation, and the ball crossed Bayley's head and flew into the net again.
2:1
Chen Yu's juggling goal detonated the entire game.
Sixty thousand people stood together at Wulihe Stadium, applauding and shouting Chen Yu's name. The momentum was as big as a mountain collapse and cracking the earth, making people feel pain in their eardrums.
The humiliated Simeyes was chasing Chen Yu, who was running, and wanted to question him, but he was also frightened at this time. He was very worried that if he really took revenge on Chen Yu, he could still walk out of the stadium.
Yin Shengtie looked incredible. He was a low-key and pragmatic person. In fact, he didn't like the genius's style of playing without regard for the collective and self-righteousness. However, at this time, he overturned all his stubbornness and felt that a genius player like Chen Yu could not be restricted and just let him perform at will.
Belgian coach Desart's face turned green all of a sudden. Losing is not scary, but it is too embarrassing. He was humiliated by a third-rate team in the world. Will the European Red Devils still have the face to meet people in the future?
No! This ball must not be lost! Desat quickly called the players over and asked them to seize the last time to counterattack, at least tie the score.
In the stands, in addition to crazy ordinary fans, such as Chinese Football Association Chairman Xi Yalong and Liaoyang Mayor, they all ran to the stands to applaud Chen Yu. Belgian Prince Philip also came to the scene. He had always had a smile on his face, but after seeing the goal, he also had a long face and sat there without saying a word for a long time.
After the noise on the court was slightly lowered, Poet He exclaimed: "This battle is a battle of the rise of Chinese football. After this game, I believe no one will dare not take the Chinese team seriously."
Under Chen Yu's stimulation, the Chinese team played like a magical help, and almost everyone performed extraordinaryly. Even the goalkeeper Qiu Jun, nicknamed Fatty, saved Belgium's two must-scoring goals. In the end, the Chinese team defeated Belgium 2:1 and won two consecutive Olympic group stages.
As a result, the situation of qualifying in Group C has basically been clear. Brazil and China both won two wins and had 6 points, and they qualified in the group one round ahead of schedule to reach the quarterfinals. Belgium and New Zealand lost both games and were eliminated. The only suspense in the last round is who is the first in the group.
Before the second round, South Korean coach Park Seung-hwa satirized the true strength of the Chinese team, and even New Zealand could not win, believing that they had found Italy's weakness, but the result of the game slapped the Koreans in the face. The Chinese team defeated the strong enemy Belgium to qualify, while the South Korean team lost 0:3 to Italy with weakness, and there was little hope of qualifying in the group.
There are four teams that have advanced in advance, Argentina in Group A, China in Group C, Brazil in Group D, Italy in Group D, Japan in Group B, New Zealand in Group C, Belgium in Group D, Honduras in Group D, and only Australia in Group A and South Korea in Group D are theoretically still alive.
This result is not surprising. Although the Chinese team's historical record is very poor, Chen Yu can make any team improve by a higher level, and the host's special identity can make them improve by half the level, so that the Chinese team's strength can already compete with ordinary strong teams.
After the Chinese team reached the quarterfinals, praise came again. This time, not only Chinese and Asian media, but also European media had nothing to say, because although Belgium lacked two absolute main players, the Chinese team scored 10 and 11 in more than 50 minutes, and was also one goal behind. In this way, Belgium could not win, so we can't blame anyone.
After qualifying, how to play against Brazil has become the hottest topic of discussion among Chinese people. Some people think that Brazil should strive to win the first place in the group, because the first place in Group C is second in Group D, and the second place in Group D is probably Cameroon. A team tied by South Korea is relatively easier to play, and the probability of entering the semi-finals is higher; some people think that they can't compete with Brazil anyway, so it's better to practice substitutes and get second in the group, and to accumulate strength to play against Italy. This benefit is that they can be divided into the second half of the zone, and there is no need to compete with Argentina, the favorite to win the championship, to compete for the final ticket. Some people think that they can't enter the semi-finals anyway, and they should play seriously in every game to show the morale and spirit of the Chinese.
Not only the media and fans were discussing this matter, but the National Olympic Team was also discussing the fight against Brazil. In the end, the team committee decided to let the situation go.
First, you can't beat Brazil even if you fight hard; second, every game in three days will consume a lot of physical energy. In this game, you have to go to Qinhuangdao again. The first and second in the group have their own advantages and disadvantages, so it's better to accumulate strength. Third, Italy and Cameroon are difficult to play, but Cameroon is stronger and has stronger attack power. Italy has strong defense and weak offense, and there is only one over-age player, which is beneficial to the Chinese team; fourth, if the Chinese team is second in the group, you can avoid Argentina, so there is a great hope of reaching the final. Although the hope of reaching the final is very slim, you must have a hope after all.
With these four reasons, the Chinese team decided to train a substitute in the third game and prepare for the next game.
The Brazilian team obviously did not know the decision of the Chinese team. In order to win the first place in the group, they also played all their main players in the game against the Chinese team. Seeing that the Chinese team was on the bench, the Brazilian team thought victory could be obtained at their fingertips, but they did not expect that by the main players, the Chinese team's substitutes played very hard. The Brazilian team spent a lot of energy and defeated the second team in the end 3:0 and got the first place in the group as they wished.
After the third round, all the men's football team group stages of the Olympics ended, and all the eight teams qualifying were announced.
Argentina and Brazil respectively qualify for a complete victory, and Côte d'Ivoire and China qualify for the second in their respective group; Italy drew 0-0 with Cameroon, which faced 10 people, and the two teams qualify for the top spot in the group, Italy, which won the top spot in the group, avoided Brazil, the top spot in Group C, and will compete with the Chinese team for a semi-final spot; the Netherlands defeated Japan with a thrilling penalty kick and qualified with Nigeria as the second in the group.
According to the schedule of the Olympic Games, the four teams in the upper half are Brazil, Cameroon, Argentina and the Netherlands. If the stronger Brazil and Argentina successfully defeat their opponents, the semi-finals will stage a classic "South American derby" at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing; the four teams in the lower half are Italy, China, Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire. If Italy wins the championship, if they successfully defeat the Chinese team, they will face challenges from the African continent - whether it is Nigeria nicknamed "Eagle" or Côte d'Ivoire, known as "elephant".
No one is optimistic about the Chinese team in the quarterfinals, including most Chinese. However, when the Chinese Olympic team won 18 gold medals in five days and beat the US team, the Chinese team not only did not cause trouble, but also reached the quarterfinals. This made the Chinese people overjoyed. Who would dare to hope that they would defeat Italy? Even the Italian team under the age of 23 is the world champion Italy, and it is not something like the Chinese team can challenge it.
During the short rest period, all Chinese media praised and comforted the Chinese team, hoping that they would not have psychological burdens and played well. As long as they could play with their own strength in the game against Italy, Chinese fans would be satisfied.
Italy did not take the Chinese team seriously at all, because from any perspective, the Chinese team could not create difficulties for them. The Chinese team has never beaten South Korea in Asia. They played the Korean team 3:0. The Chinese team didn't even dare to play against Brazil, and they were on the bench, but lost 0:3. Belgium lost because they lacked two absolute main players and played too conservatively.
So the Italian team is not talking about the Chinese team, but the next opponent, Nigeria or Côte d'Ivoire. Some people even look forward to the peak showdown with Argentina in the finals.
Chapter completed!