Chapter 29 Favorite to Win the Championship

After Zhou Yi scolded Reporter Zhang with the word "Fangcaotian" on Weibo, he never said a word again. No matter how much Reporter Zhang jumped, he had no response.

Of course, there was no need for him to respond. After scolding the other party, he was caught off guard and then drifted away, leaving only a legendary figure for future generations to admire.

As for beating up the drowned dog, he doesn't need to take action at all, it's up to the netizens to do it.

After Zhou Yi created a hot topic with tens of millions of hits for everyone, he disappeared from the Internet again.

What is he doing? Of course I am preparing seriously for the semi-finals.

That night, the Chinese team's opponents in the semifinals were announced. As expected, the Brazilian team defeated Honduras and will meet the Chinese Olympic team in the semifinals.

This is not an opponent that can be won easily.

So although there are many reporters who want to know something from Zhou Yi about his grievances with reporter Zhang of the "Legal Evening News".

But Zhou Yi did not answer this question: "I only pay attention to our opponents in the semi-finals. Don't talk about other people's problems. There is nothing to say. I have said everything that needs to be said."

Reporter Zhang was completely abandoned by Zhou Yi...

The "mobs" on the Internet quickly diverted their attention and interest after teasing Reporter Zhang for a day. Although Reporter Zhang continued to criticize and denounce Zhou Yi on his Weibo and a Q&A website, there was nothing more. People care about his words and writings.

Compared with scolding, competition is the real thing.

It is already remarkable that the Chinese Olympic team has reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games, but if they win one more game, they will definitely win a medal. This is a historic breakthrough for the Chinese men's football team.

Can Zhou Yi and his teammates do it?

This is the issue that everyone is most concerned about now.

The Brazilian Olympic team is the top favorite to win the championship in this Olympics. The Chinese team met them in the semi-finals, which made many domestic fans still feel regretful - look at the two opposing teams in the other semi-finals. Mexico and Japan.

The Mexican Olympic team was defeated by the Chinese team in the group stage. The Japanese team is not afraid of them based on the current performance of the Olympic team. Among the four teams, everyone felt that the two relatively weak teams came together, but the Chinese team happened to encounter the strongest team...

Now many people are looking back and thinking about the group stage.

They all feel that if the Chinese team lost a game in the group stage, it might be better to finish second in the group. In that case, the Chinese team can avoid Brazil in the semifinals. Although they will meet the host British team in the quarter-finals, looking at the performance of the British team this time, everyone believes that the Chinese team can definitely win even if they meet them.

Now, if the Chinese team wants to enter the finals, it must fight Brazil to the death. In the end, it is very likely that it will be a situation where the crane and the clam compete, and the fisherman wins.

So a reporter asked Zhou Yi if he regretted finishing first in the group.

Zhou Yi looked puzzled: "Why?"

"Because the second place in the group can avoid the Brazilian team..." the reporter asked.

"But we could also meet Brazil in the final."

"That's what I say, but if you enter the finals, you can guarantee a medal..." the reporter defended.

Zhou Yi smiled: "Have you forgotten what I said at the press conference? Our goal this time is the gold medal. How can we be satisfied just by reaching the finals? If we have to meet them anyway, then what does it matter if we meet them in the finals or semi-finals? the difference?"

Zhou Yi did emphasize at the press conference that the Chinese team's goal this time is the gold medal, but everyone still felt that there was some element of anger in this statement. We are all professional football reporters. We know that there are many factors that determine the outcome of a football match. Strength, state and luck are all indispensable.

Even though the morale of the Chinese team is high and the players are in good condition, the overall strength is still not superior to the Brazilian Olympic team. Coupled with the unpredictable luck, how can Zhou Yi be so sure that they will win the gold medal?

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At the Chinese team's regular press conference yesterday, Zhou Yi mainly scolded the Japanese devils in China, but some of the information he revealed also attracted the attention of the Brazilian media.

This information is that Zhou Yi publicly stated that the goal of the Chinese Olympic team is the gold medal.

Although Zhou Yi said that he wanted to win the gold medal when he was in China, it was only in China after all, and his influence was not great. It would never reach the ears of the Brazilian team anyway.

This time it was different. At the press conference during the Olympics, he directly stated that he wanted to win the gold medal.

"... When Zhou Yi said these words, our semi-final match with Honduras had not yet started. I wonder if he still had such courage after learning that the opponent in the semi-final was the Brazilian team led by Neymar... "The Brazilian media still have great confidence in the Brazilian team, so they said this.

And they also noticed that the theme of this press conference was Zhou Yi's anger against certain Chinese media. Looking at the news reports of the past two days, they could easily know what happened - the Chinese team eliminated South Korea. After the team, the controversial remarks of some players seemed to have stirred up a storm in China. This storm swept the entire Olympic team, so Zhou Yi, as the captain of the team, stood up and made an explanation.

But judging from his explanation, the contradiction has not been alleviated and the problem has not been solved at all.

Zhou Yi has no intention of easing his relationship with the Chinese media.

At first glance, these things seem to have nothing to do with Brazil, and there is no need for the Brazilian media to pay attention. If Brazil's opponent in the semifinals is not the Chinese team, they really won't care.

But as the opponent in the semifinals, the Brazilian media believes that this incident will definitely have an impact on the Chinese team. And this impact can hardly be called "positive" - ​​affected by this incident, the Chinese team's preparations and players' mentality will change, and this change will affect their performance in the game.

This is definitely a good thing for Brazil - although the Brazilian media is still full of confidence in their team, they will not think that the Chinese team with Zhou Yi, Sun Pan, Yang Muge, Guo Nu and He Ying The Olympic team is a vulnerable opponent that can be easily defeated.

Now they are encountering difficulties and troubles, which is definitely good news for Brazil.

Based on this analysis, there is no suspense for the Brazilian Olympic team to reach the final. No matter whether they encounter the Mexican or Japanese Olympic team in the final, they are confident of defeating their opponents and winning the first men's football gold medal in Brazilian Olympic history.

For Brazil, known as the "kingdom of football", in their most powerful men's football project, they have never won an Olympic championship. This is indeed a very shameful history. Not to mention the Brazilians themselves, many foreigners may also find it difficult to understand - why can’t the Brazilian Olympic team, which has so many talented players, not win an Olympic men’s football gold medal?

You must know that they have even won the World Cup, the highest honor of adult men's football, five times.

The Olympics is a football competition for youth under the age of 23, but in the history of the U20 World Youth Championship for the lower age group, Brazil has also won five championships, which fully proves the level of Brazilian football in all age groups.

But in the Olympics, they just couldn't win a gold medal.

Since the Brazilian men's football team participated in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1952, the Brazilian men's football team has never won an Olympic gold medal in the past sixty years.

Before 1984, professional football players were not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games. Therefore, Brazil could not send its strongest lineup composed of players like Pele and Garrincha to participate in the Olympic Games. It could only form an Olympic team with domestic second-rate players. Of course, its combat effectiveness was as good as There is a big gap between the teams in Eastern Europe who have fielded their strongest lineups.

After the Brazilian national team won the World Cup for the first time in 1958, from the 1960 Rome Olympics to the 1972 Munich Olympics, the Brazilian Olympic team was eliminated in the group stage. For the first time, I reached the top four in the Olympic Games, but in the end I didn’t even get a medal, only fourth place...

By 1984, the Olympics finally allowed professional players to participate. This time, Brazil had enough energy to show the strength of their football kingdom on the Olympic stage, so they reached the finals and came close to the gold medal for the first time. But it was a pity that they ran into a more powerful French team. The French team at that period had the "iron triangle midfielder" combination of Platini, Giresse, and Tigana. They had just won the European Cup that year. In the final, the Brazilian Olympic team lost to the French team 0:2 and missed the gold medal.

At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the Brazilian Olympic team had famous players such as Romario, Bebeto, and Taffarel, and once again reached the Olympic finals, but they fought hard with the Soviet team for 120 minutes and ended with 1 :2 was defeated and lost the gold medal again.

After 1992, Olympic football has undergone a major change, that is, Olympic football is no longer an international A-level event and has become a competition for players under the age of 23. Players participating in the Olympics must be players under the age of 23, which excludes the vast majority of mature and high-level professional players from the Olympics. This is the result of a battle of interests between FIFA and the International Olympic Committee.

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, each team was allowed three overage players. This rule continues to this day. Despite many restrictions, Brazilian football has entered its golden age, and the under-23 national team they can field is still strong. The Brazilian team at that Olympics included Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Bebeto and others. The Brazilian national team just won the World Cup in the United States two years ago, and everyone believed that the Brazilian Olympic team was the favorite to win gold in the Olympics. But they lost to Japan 0:1 in the group stage, exposing a major upset in that Olympics. In the end, although the Brazilian team reached the semi-finals, they lost to the eventual champion Nigeria in the semi-finals and only won a bronze medal.

In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Brazilian Olympic team led by famous coach Rosenborg promised to win the gold medal. However, they were eliminated by Cameroon in the quarter-finals and did not even win a medal. Luxenberg, who served as the head coach of the Olympic team and the national team at the same time, was dismissed from his position as head coach of the two teams by the Brazilian Football Federation on the plane back to Brazil from Sydney...

In the 2004 Athens Olympics, the Brazilian team did not even advance to the finals. They were eliminated in the South American qualifiers. Although the Olympic team had talented youngsters such as Diego and Robinho, they performed frequently and failed to prove themselves.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Brazilian Olympic team was also star-studded. They had outstanding players such as Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Ronaldinho, Diego, and Pato. They met the Argentine Olympic team led by Messi and Aguero in the semi-finals. The showdown between the South American foes ended in victory for Argentina, who later went on to win the title and Messi with his first and only Olympic gold medal. And what about Brazil? Another bronze medal...

Throughout the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the Brazilian Olympic team has come for the championship almost every time, but the final results have always been disappointing.

The crown of this football kingdom has five shining pearls of World Cup championships, but it only lacks the Olympic champion. Although not having an Olympic championship cannot reduce the status of Brazilian football, it will always make people feel a little regretful.

In this London Olympics, the Brazilian Olympic team has the number one genius Neymar, AC Milan's main center back Thiago Silva, Real Madrid's main left back Marcelo, AC Milan's main forward Pato, as well as Oscar and Gan. Suo, Hulk...a group of famous talented players.

Their goal is still the gold medal.

Will Lady Luck open her arms to them this time? (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )