Chapter 74 The Veteran Is Late

Due to poor offensive performance, the Chinese team could only defend passively.

But the Chinese team's defense is not too solid. Although the national team's defense line has meritorious veteran Li Fengwei, Li Fengwei is already a 34-year-old veteran after all, and his physical condition has declined seriously. Faced with the impact of Japan's attacking players Honda Keisuke and Kagawa Shinji, he seemed Somewhat embarrassed.

In fact, Li Fengwei still occupied a place in the history of Sino-Japanese football confrontation. There is a very famous photo in the Sino-Japanese football feud. It is a picture of the Chinese national team captain Li Fengwei smiling and pinching the Japanese national team captain Keita Suzuki. . It was the East Asian Cup in early 2008. Although the Chinese team lost that game with a score of 0:1, Li Fengwei's pinch was so domineering that it became a scene that people talked about after the game. At that time, the Japanese media and commentators were very angry about this scene. The Japanese media even considered it a shameful scene for Japanese football.

But in fact, from the perspective of football itself, this is not a glorious thing. After all, if you lose the game, so what if you pinch someone's neck? Still a loser on the football field.

Now, 34-year-old Li Fengwei is facing the fierce attack of the new generation of the Japanese team and gradually feels that he can't stand alone.

In the 25th minute, Keisuke Honda made a wonderful pass to Shinji Kagawa. After receiving the ball, Shinji Kagawa faced the defense of the Chinese national team captain Li Fengwei and suddenly accelerated after a fake move. Although Li Fengwei saw it, he could not react physically. Come on, half a beat too late, I could only watch as Shinji Kagawa broke into the penalty area from his other side, and then shot angrily, and the football flew into the goal guarded by Zeng Cheng.

"Beautiful——!!" the Japanese commentator raised his arms and shouted. "Shinji Kagawa! Shinji Kagawa! He opened the scoring for the Japanese team!!"

The cheers that erupted from the Tokyo National Arena at that moment were like a volcano erupting. After the Olympic team lost to the Chinese team and lost the gold medal, Japanese fans were also holding fire in their hearts.

Now this anger can finally be vented.

"Danger! Oops!" Liu Hong exclaimed after Shinji Kagawa entered the penalty area, but in the end he still failed to prevent the Japanese team from scoring. "The Chinese team fell behind in the away game! The Chinese team's defense has been under pressure before and was in danger, as if it could lose the ball at any time. This was really too dangerous, but in the end the national team still couldn't survive... Li Fengwei is here During the frontal defense, Shinji Kagawa easily broke through... There is no way. The 34-year-old Li Fengwei is already a veteran. Even if he performed well in the Tianjin team, competitions such as the domestic league and the top ten games are still not on the same level. superior……"

Li Fengwei's performance in the past two years has indeed been outstanding. At the beginning of this year, Li Fengwei was selected in the selection of the best artists in Asia on the British professional football website. As the best central defender, the website's evaluation of Li Fengwei is: Since he left After joining the Tianjin team of the Korean K-League in the Chinese Super League, Li Fengwei’s experiences and changes over the years,

There are some inspirations for the entire Chinese football world. This experienced veteran played a very important role in the Tianjin team's locker room and also helped the Tianjin team win the Chinese Football Association Cup.

Because of last year's outstanding performance, domestic public opinion has been calling on Gao Hongbo to give veterans a chance to make another contribution to the Chinese team's World Cup campaign. These veterans include Li Fengwei and Zheng Zhi.

So after the top ten games began, Gao Hongbo complied with "public opinion" and recruited Li Fengwei. However, Zheng Zhi was not recruited because of a complete conflict with Zhou Yi's role.

After Li Fengwei entered the national team, he became the captain by virtue of his qualifications. It must be said that Li Fengwei is quite conscientious in the national team and plays a leading role in helping the coaching staff stabilize the locker room. In the past, there have been many negative comments about Li Fengwei, who believed that he was a ball tyrant who led players against coaches and clubs. He often couldn't control his temper on the court and received cards, causing controversy.

However, as he grows older and has more experience, his temper has gradually softened, and now he is no longer the unruly ball tyrant.

Gao Hongbo's recruitment of Li Fengwei into the team was not only due to pressure from domestic public opinion, he also saw changes in Li Fengwei.

But there is one thing to say, Li Fengwei's importance in the locker room is not equal to his importance on the court. The intensity of the Chinese Super League and the Football Association Cup cannot be compared with the top ten games. This is a game that determines who can go to the World Cup. In terms of the importance of each team and the gold content of the game, it even exceeds the Asian Cup. .

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After scoring the goal, Shinji Kagawa excitedly ran to Keisuke Honda, who assisted him. The two Japanese players who played in Europe hugged each other. Other Japanese players also rushed up to celebrate the goal excitedly.

In the penalty area, Li Fengwei raised his head and closed his eyes in pain. He knew that it was his responsibility to concede the goal, and he could not argue or blame others. He could only scold himself, which made him feel aggrieved.

I think that the "big head" who was all-powerful in the past is now difficult to resist the invasion of time...

On the Chinese Internet, some fans who have a negative opinion of Li Fengwei are scolding his defense as simply "defending with eyes." Others question why Gao Hongbo recruited such an elderly player into the national team, and Give him a chance to start.

"Why not use Guo Nu as the starter? Guo Nu is a little taller, but little Japanese is not tall either!"

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After losing the ball, Gao Hongbo finally got up from his seat. He walked to the sidelines and clapped his hands to encourage the team and told them not to be discouraged by losing the ball.

The substitute international players sitting on the bench were also very upset about the loss. Yang Muge and Guo Nu were sitting together. Guo Nu put his head in his hands and leaned back on the chair. Although Yang Muge did not make such exaggerated movements. , but also sighed.

For them, the Chinese team's defensive problems actually greatly increase their chances of playing. For example, some people on the Internet are calling for Gao Hongbo to replace the two of them to withstand the Japanese team's attack.

But the two of them on the sidelines didn't think much at all at this moment. They were just sharing the same fate with the eleven national team teammates on the sidelines. I felt regretful and regretful that the Chinese team lost the goal, and I didn't think about whether I would be able to play because of it.

Zhou Yi turned to look at the old captain Li Fengwei. When he was still a fan, he watched Li Fengwei on the TV wearing the national team's jersey and captain's armband, playing against players from various Asian countries. He had a lot of controversies on and off the field, but it was undeniable that he was the best central defender in Chinese football at that time. His two headers against Uzbekistan and Qatar in the top ten games in 2001 made Xiao Zhouyi, who was still watching the game in front of the TV, jump up from his seat with excitement.

Li Fengwei is also indispensable for the Chinese team to reach the World Cup finals.

The hero of Chinese football has now become the culprit of conceding goals.

All these experiences made him sigh.

Talking about sympathy is very pretentious.

Unable to bear to watch the hero's twilight drama, Zhou Yi turned his head and happened to catch Shinji Kagawa's gaze.

Just after finishing the celebration, Shinji Kagawa turned his attention to Zhou Yi.

The two people's eyes met in the air. Although they did not speak, Zhou Yi understood what Shinji Kagawa meant - he challenged himself with this goal.

However, Zhou Yi did not make any response and looked away calmly.

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After the game restarted, the Japanese team took advantage of the momentum they had just taken the lead and continued to attack the Chinese team's goal. Among them, Shinji Kagawa was very active.

Every catch, pass and shot he made was immediately praised by Japanese TV commentators.

Chinese commentator Liu Hong also mentioned Kagawa Shinji's threat to the Chinese team's defense many times.

After Li Fengwei lost the ball, he obviously became the main target of the Japanese team's offense. Fortunately, he was not affected by the lost ball and was still actively defending. Although his frontal defensive ability has declined, he is still at a very high level in terms of headers. The Japanese team occasionally made a cross from the wing, but Li Fengwei directly blocked it.

But the Japanese team still completely suppressed the Chinese team.

After conceding the ball, the Chinese team played in a very awkward manner. For a while, they couldn't even get past halftime. He Ying was cruising in front and couldn't catch the ball at all.

The Chinese team's defense line was frequently in danger, and the sirens kept sounding in front of the door.

"This ball is dangerous!"

"Danger!"

"It's so suspenseful!"

Such words kept coming out of the mouth of the commentator Liu Hong.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV were also so nervous that they almost had a heart attack.

Fortunately, after losing the ball, the Chinese team's shrinking defense still worked. Zhou Yi also actively participated in the defense, using his judgment of the Japanese team's path to interfere with the Japanese team's offensive organization. He had another direct conversation with Shinji Kagawa. At that time, he blocked Shinji Kagawa. Shinji Kagawa did not choose to break through, but passed the football sideways, thus avoiding Zhou Yi.

In the end, through the efforts of the entire Chinese team, the Japanese team was unable to expand the score until the end of the first half.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was 1:0, and the Japanese team playing at home took the lead.

Liu Hong praised the Chinese team's performance after conceding the ball and looked forward to Gao Hongbo's adjustments at halftime.

The Japanese commentator was a little disappointed that the Japanese team did not expand the score in the first half.

But at the same time, in his simple outlook for the second half, he was still optimistic that if the game continues like this, it shouldn't be a problem for the Japanese team to win the Chinese team at home. (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian.com (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )