Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Second: I Refuse to Accept You!
Hong Kong, China beat Vietnam to enter the semi-finals of the Asian Cup. Hong Kong fans cheered. At the same time, many mainland fans who didn't care about Hong Kong, China before, also paid attention to the game in Hong Kong, China.
For domestic fans, this Asian Cup is unfortunate and lucky.
Unfortunately, the Chinese team that represented China in the Asian Cup was eliminated in the group stage, creating the worst result of Chinese football in the Asian Cup in 27 years. What is worth seeing is Hong Kong, China led by Wan Sheng.
The Chinese team was eliminated, but China's Hong Kong reached the semi-finals.
Many mainland fans do not recognize Hong Kong, China. They think that Hong Kong, China, is not a Chinese team, but some fans believe that Hong Kong is part of China, and Hong Kong, China is also a part of the Chinese team.
The two views are completely different. In fact, the Chinese team and the Chinese Hong Kong team are like the British team and the Scottish team.
There is no British team in football, and only the Olympics will have a British team.
The English believe that the team representing them can only be England, and do not recognize Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
The situation in China is different.
Historically, there is no contradiction or hatred between China and Hong Kong. The reason why there is a Hong Kong team in China is only because Hong Kong returned to China in 1997, and it has only been ten years since then. - The policy of "system" also makes Hong Kong, China a special place. They are like a country and can have their own representative teams. That is to say, if a Hong Kong team of China can appear, it is more a matter of history and system, domestic China and Hong Kong. Very different from England and Scotland, more like England and Scotland in comparison.
In short, from the point of view of the system and history, Hong Kong, China can also be regarded as a part of the Chinese team. Therefore, mainland fans have a certain degree of recognition for Hong Kong, China.
Chinese fans didn't care about the Hong Kong team before. Because their results are much worse than the Chinese team, but now it is different, the Chinese team is out in the Asian Cup, China Hong Kong has entered the semi-finals, plus China Hong Kong is coached by Wansheng, it is like It is Hong Kong, China that has become the representative of Chinese football.
Many domestic fans see it this way, and the media's approach further illustrates the problem.
After the Chinese team was "out". Those who follow the Chinese team to interview the media of the Asian Cup. Almost all of them "moved" to Hong Kong, China, to interview the game in Hong Kong, China.
Even Central TV has decided to set aside prime time to live broadcast the games of Hong Kong, China, so that Hong Kong, China has almost become the 'China's representative team'.
At the same time, Chinese fans are also very emotional when talking about the topic of "how far can Hong Kong, China go", their hearts are very complicated.
The first point of Chinese fans' emotion is Wansheng's coaching ability, which is what they are proud of.
Hong Kong, China can be recognized by many mainland fans. The more reason is that Wansheng is a pure Chinese coach, and he leads the team to coach. Hong Kong, China will naturally be recognized.
Before, many domestic fans thought that Wansheng had a strong ability, but there was still no future for Hong Kong, China. After all, Hong Kong, China is the last in Asia, and its strength is at the bottom in Asia. Even if Wansheng has a strong ability to lead the team, it is difficult to achieve good results.
But now Hong Kong, China has entered the semi-finals, so many people are stunned.
The media and fans are so convinced of Wansheng's coaching ability that Hong Kong, China's achievement of the semi-finals can definitely be described as a miracle.
As reported by "Sohu Sports", "Wan Sheng is a real international famous coach. He led Hong Kong, China, and is still undefeated in the Asian Cup!"
"Before, Hong Kong, China entered the Asian Cup finals with 'lucky places', and no one expected them to achieve good results. The Hong Kong Football Association took the most correct step. They invited Wan Sheng to be the Hong Kong coach. Now they are in the Asian Cup. achieved success!"
"What is certain is that after this Asian Cup is over, Hong Kong football will usher in great development!"
When it comes to these issues, Chinese fans think of Zhu Guanghu's Chinese team. The Chinese team is stronger than Hong Kong, China. What would happen if Wan Sheng coached the Chinese team?
On various sports forums, there are almost all relevant questions and speculations, and most of the opinions are, "If Wansheng coaches the Chinese team, the Asian Cup will definitely be in the finals, and the team will be able to play a good result in the World Cup!"
So Chinese fans deplored, "Why didn't Wansheng bring Hong Kong, China!"
Under this argument, the Chinese Football Association was brought out.
When the Chinese team was eliminated from the group, the pressure of the Chinese Football Association came. Those officials did not dare to stand in front of the fans and the media. They could only make the head coach Zhu Guanghu a scapegoat, but it was difficult to calm the fans. anger.
On the Internet and in the media, many, many people are discussing the topic of May, "Why did the Chinese Football Association insist on saying 'Before the Asian Cup, stability is the most important thing, and Zhu Jiajun can also play well'". As a result, the Chinese team is now in the group eliminated.
The group is eliminated!
The group is eliminated! !
shame!
The Chinese Football Association has been scolded in a mess, and you can imagine how difficult it is for them.
At this time, officials such as Xie Yalong of the Chinese Football Association gritted their teeth with hatred for Wan Sheng. For them, Wan Sheng led Hong Kong, China to achieve good results, which is completely equivalent to smacking their cheeks. Then one, the better Hong Kong, China, achieves, the more difficult their situation will be.
When he heard that Hong Kong, China beat Vietnam and came close to the semi-finals, Xie Yalong threw the cup directly on the ground in front of many people, which shows how his mood was.
It is a pity that no matter what the mood of the Chinese Football Association officials is, it cannot affect the performance of Hong Kong, China, because they have the right to play again, and they will not control the head of the Hong Kong Football Association, let alone the Hong Kong team of China.
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After the game with Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, did not do anything to celebrate, but went back to the stadium to tidy things up, because the next morning, they were going to Malaysia to prepare for the semi-final match.
It is worth mentioning that there is another round of the quarter-finals. In the match between Japan and Iraq at the Miyan National Stadium in Vietnam, Japan relied on a penalty shootout to defeat Iraq 5:4 to advance to the quarter-finals.
Iraq was eliminated.
This result surprised Wansheng, and at the same time, felt it was a matter of course.
in the impression. This Asian Cup belongs to Iraq. During the civil war, Iraq created miracles in the Asian Cup, defeating opponents one by one, and finally won the Asian Cup successfully.
But with the participation of Hong Kong, China, it was different. Australia was eliminated, and Iraq did not win the first place in the group. They met Japan in the quarter-finals. The strength of the Japanese team must be affirmed. Iraq's performance was not bad, but in the end it failed to defeat Japan.
This is the history of Wansheng's coming to change.
History and memory are different. Naturally, the semi-finals and finals will be unpredictable. The championship will definitely not belong to Iraq. When he heard the news, Wansheng's thoughts of winning the championship became even more enthusiastic. He didn't want to. own arrival. It squeezed out the Iraqi champions, but cheapened South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia and other teams.
Work like that for half a day. Not all are busy for others, especially no one will appreciate it, because no one will know that Iraq should have won the championship.
Wansheng found another reason to win the championship!
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At noon the next day, Hong Kong, China arrived in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. After checking into the hotel, Wansheng gathered all the players and rushed to the Bukit Jalil Stadium to watch the quarter-final match between Iran and South Korea.
The winner of this game will be the opponent of Hong Kong, China in the semi-finals.
The South Korean team was out of danger in the group stage, but in this match against Iran, they showed a very tough side.
This game is also the focus of the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup.
The Iranian team is dominated by the three stars Karimi, Madagascar, and Hashmian, while the South Korean team hides Cui Chengguo, and has a combination of Li Tianxiu and Li Dongguo on the front line.
The Iranian team changed the characteristics of the slow heat at the start of the group stage, and immediately launched a fast-paced attack after the opening.
After withstood Iran's first round of onslaught, the South Korean team began to exert pressure on the Iranian team's midfield and backcourt with fierce pressing and physical running.
The game was in a stalemate.
In the first half, neither team could break the deadlock on the field. After changing sides and fighting again, the Iranian team significantly accelerated the offensive rhythm and took the initiative on the field. The offense on the two sides was very active. Time can only parry.
However, the Iranian team's offensive was very good, but it did not pose too many substantial threats to the South Korean team's gate. Until the end of 90 minutes, neither side scored a goal, and the game entered overtime.
In overtime, the physical fitness of the players on both sides dropped significantly, and neither team dared to attack rashly. As a result, after 30 minutes of overtime, the score was still 0:0.
The two sides can only play a brutal penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, the shots of the Iranian team captains Madavikia and Khatibi were successively saved by the South Korean team captain Li Yunzai.
In the end, the South Korean team defeated the Iranian team 4:2 and advanced to the semi-finals. They became the opponents of Hong Kong, China in the semifinals.
At the end of the game, Wansheng also led the team back to the hotel. After a night of rest, the next day, Hong Kong, China conducted normal preparation training.
Training is still focused on recovery, and keeping players in shape is the most important thing.
At the same time, according to the characteristics of the South Korean team, the team also carried out some targeted training, such as the defensive training of double cooperation, and the quick retreat to deal with sudden steals and so on.
These drills can make the team better defensively against South Korea.
The two-day preparation period is not long, but it is enough for Hong Kong, China to recover and do some targeted training.
Soon as time passed, it was the night before the game.
On this evening, Hong Kong, China will hold a press conference with South Korea and submit the semi-final player lists to the AFC respectively.
Due to the tight preparation and training time, Wansheng arrived a few minutes late. When he walked in front of the venue, he saw South Korean coach Verbek talking about the semi-finals.
Wan Sheng knows something about the Dutch coach.
Verbeek took over the South Korean team at the end of last year's World Cup. He was an assistant to former South Korean coach Ed Walker. He is only 43 years old this year.
In fact, in the 2002 World Cup, Verbek also served as assistant to the then South Korean coach Hiddink, two World Cups and two assistants. This qualification gave Verbeck a chance to righteously. His advantage is that he has a good understanding of Korean football. and Asian football.
At the time of signing the contract, it was clear that Verbek might just be a transitional figure in the position of South Korea's coach, as his contract period is only two years, and the bottom line given by the Korean Football Association is that Verbek's contract will not be based on the Korean team in the Asian Cup. The results above are the assessment targets, that is to say, the results of the Asian Cup football matches will not be used as a criterion for assessing Verbeck's work ability. Verbeck may only ensure that the South Korean team has a relatively stable state before the qualifiers for the World Cup in South Africa.
Verbek's performance was obviously beyond the expectations of the Korean Football Association. He led the 'Korea Second Team' to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup.
In fact, Verbek is also very satisfied with his team's performance, because he knows that leading a 'South Korea second team' to reach the semi-finals of the Asian Cup is enough to ensure that his contract can be extended to the end of next year's World Cup, as long as If there is another good performance in the World Cup, then it is likely to get a high-paying long-term contract from the Korean Football Association.
He's only 43 years old, and it's quite remarkable to be able to do this.
Verbek himself thinks so, so when he thinks of the Korean team's opponent in the semifinals, the young coach from Hong Kong, China, his mood becomes very bad. Compared with the Chinese who are only 30 years old, this achievement is really nothing.
Although he doesn't know Wansheng, his colleagues are enemies. Verbek is very jealous of Wansheng's achievements, and he doesn't think his abilities are better than his counterparts.
Now that we are about to encounter Hong Kong, China, Verbeck vowed to defeat Hong Kong, China, and the most important thing is to defeat the young Chinese.
At the press conference, Verbeke talked about it, "Comparing us with Hong Kong, China, we played overtime and had one day less rest than our opponents, and we were at a physical disadvantage."
"But I think in terms of strength, the Korean team is far stronger than Hong Kong, China, so our chances of winning will be much greater."
"Also, we have a mental advantage."
Verbeck is well aware of the advantages of his team. He talked about the "historical record of confrontation between China and South Korea". "Hong Kong, China is also a Chinese team, and the Chinese team has never defeated us since 1978."
"That's our mental strength."
"Many Chinese media say that the Chinese team has a 'phobia of Korea'. Sorry, I don't speak Chinese and can't pronounce it correctly, but I know what the Chinese media means is that the Chinese team has a tradition of being afraid of the Korean team."
"Their teams are afraid of us, their players are afraid of our players, and maybe their coaches are afraid of me..."
Maybe the last two sentences are Dutch humor, but the scene is the Asian Cup, so they can't understand this humor at all, and they can't accept Verbeek's humor, they will only interpret it as "Verbek is laughing at Chinese football".
A very important point is that when Verbek said this, he didn't notice that Wan Sheng was sitting a few meters away, looking at him with a sneer.
That look really doesn't look friendly.
Verbek continued to immerse himself in the topic just now, and seeing the expressions of the reporters in the audience, he thought that what he said was not very interesting, so he continued, "Yes, their coach must be afraid of me, otherwise why are they still Not coming……"
When hearing this sentence, many media reporters immediately turned to Wansheng.
Just when a reporter was about to remind Verbeck, he saw Wan Sheng stand up with a 'squeak', looking at Verbeck with a grim look on his face, holding an unopened mineral water bottle in his hand.
Wan Sheng looked at Verbek and squeezed his hand fiercely, only to hear a loud 'bang', the mineral water bottle exploded directly, the bottle cap hit Verbek's head, the water in the bottle flew a few meters, sprayed to Verbeck.
The place was a mess.
Verbeck sat on the ground in shock.
While the media reporters were dumbfounded, Wan Sheng pointed at Weibeck on the ground and said forcefully, "I am afraid of you? If I refuse to accept you, come here, see if I am afraid!"
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