Chapter 204 We Are the Champions
When the Kuwaiti referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the entire Gongti Stadium seemed to explode.
In the crowded stands, countless fans kept waving the bright red five-star red flag in their hands, and thousands of red flags were flying, like red dragons rolling in the crowd.
In the tsunami of 60,000 fans, the dragon seemed to be alive, setting off a stormy sea.
The live broadcast camera slowly swept across, and countless fans couldn't help crying with joy, tears blurring the paint on their faces.
The youngest of them are only seven or eight-year-old children, and the oldest is probably a white-haired old man in his sixties or seventies, but at this moment, each of them is standing in front of the seat, celebrating and cheering with joy.
The Chinese team finally won a championship!
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"we are the champion!"
"After tonight, we can finally proudly stand up and tell the world that we are champions!"
"Countless seniors, countless people have tirelessly pursued for decades, and finally realized their dreams tonight!"
"Great Chinese! Great Chinese players! Great Chinese national team! Great Yang Yang!"
"Let us congratulate all the national team players. It is your unremitting efforts and hard work that allowed us to finally stand on the top of Asia, so that we can realize our dreams for decades. You are the pride of Chinese football."
"Also let us thank Alihan, De Young, and all the coaches and staff. It is your hard work that allows our internationals to have no worries, especially Alihan, you have successfully proved yourself with an Asian Cup. ."
"Before the Asian Cup, many of us were full of doubts about Alihan, but now, we have to admit, he is right, he is leading the Chinese team on the right path, and we also believe that he can Bring the concept of Dutch football to China and profoundly influence Chinese football."
"Here, we would also like to thank Yang Yang."
"Although you are only seventeen years old, you have saved the national team time and time again, and helped the national team defeat strong enemies again and again. You are the hero of the national team, the influence of Chinese football, and the influence of all Chinese people. Hero, we are all proud of you."
"Here, we also sincerely hope that you can guard against arrogance and rashness and move forward. We believe that you will be able to achieve higher achievements and greater brilliance, and you will become the hope and banner of Chinese football in the next ten years. ."
"Finally, we would like to thank all the 60,000 fans who came to the scene, as well as the audience fans waiting in front of the TV. You are the hope of Chinese football and the pride of Chinese football."
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Amid the tsunami of cheers and thunderous cheers, the national team players kept throwing Alihan into the air.
This game tonight will be forever remembered by Chinese football.
This is the first Asian Cup champion in the history of Chinese football, and the first weighty champion.
After landing again, Alihan hugged the players of the national team one by one.
When he walked in front of Yang Yang, he hugged Yang Yang with great excitement and kept shouting, "Thank you."
The international players around also nodded their heads.
Whether they admit it or not, Yang Yang saved the team many times after the entire Asian Cup schedule.
Not only that, but he also used his personal statement to make everyone more clearly understand the tactical intention of coach Alihan, and let everyone understand that the original Dutch football philosophy is like this.
With two passes and one shot, Yang Yang completely directed this final, but more importantly, he taught the internationals one more thing.
That is, a football game is a war. Tolerance and kindness to the enemy is the greatest cruelty to oneself.
When the Japanese team played handball, they were accustomed to being civilized, accustomed to forbearance, and had no reason to argue, but Yang Yang stepped forward and single-handedly put pressure on the referee, and finally forced the referee to change the result of the penalty.
It can be said that this penalty completely changed the trend of the whole game, and also made the international players understand more.
There are several veteran players in the team who are quite uncomfortable. After all, they have played football all their lives, and even a 17-year-old young man doesn't know how to play. But after thinking about it carefully, although they are a little lonely, they are more happy.
A generation should be stronger than a generation, so that there is hope for Chinese football, right?
Through this session of the Asian Cup, everyone can clearly feel the changes and formation of the national team.
The entire central axis has been basically determined, that is, Zheng Zhi on the defensive line, Zhao Junzhe and Shao Jiayi in the midfield, and Yang Yang on the front line. This will be the main central axis of the Chinese national team in the next few years.
For Alihan, the next problem is to further enrich and enrich the tactical play of the national team, especially the transformation of the four-three-three formation that he has always wanted to carry out.
Whether it is in Ajax or the national team, Yang Yang is used to being active on the right. Playing as a striker is not his forte, but the key lies in the forward center in the fourth, third, and third. This is what Alihan will focus on next. Target.
Although Zhou Haibin only played one game in the Asian Cup, Alihan is very optimistic about this midfielder. If he really plays the third midfielder, Zhou Haibin will definitely occupy a place.
As for the back line, the current age is just right, and if they are younger, there are new international players like Du Wei and Feng Xiaoting.
It can be said that the current age group of the entire national team is very reasonable, and it is also the easiest to achieve results.
The lack of offensive attack made it difficult for the national team to improve. However, in this Asian Cup, Yang Yang was born, and Shao Jiayi, who was in amazing condition, would not need to worry about the national team in the next ten years. Attack killer.
And these older generation players are afraid that they have to retire.
The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and a new generation replaces the old.
This is also a necessity.
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While the Chinese team was celebrating wildly, the AFC had also prepared the final award ceremony.
Yang Yang won the best player of the game in the Asian Cup final without any suspense, with one goal and two assists. He directed the Chinese team's three-to-zero victory.
This is also the second time that Yang Yang has won the best of the game after winning the game against Iran in the semifinals.
Since coming off the bench in the first game of Bahrain, Yang Yang has used his excellent state and on-the-spot performance again and again to play an increasingly important key role, and even finally became the most important core player of the national team.
"Every touch of the ball can make defenders tremble. Every breakthrough and every pass he makes can create a murderous intention. He is the most dazzling offensive player in this Asian Cup. What's even more incredible is that he is only seventeen years old, which leaves no doubt about his future potential."
After a brief introduction, the audience burst into thunderous cheers again.
AFC officials officially announced that Yang Yang was successfully elected as the best player in this Asian Cup.
This is also the youngest player in the history of the Asian Cup.
But looking at Yang Yang's entire cup competition, his performance is not inferior to famous players such as Nakamura Shunsuke, and even in the final, he completely crushed Nakamura Shunsuke, and he deserves to be elected as the best player.
Bahrain's Huber was elected as the golden boot of the tournament with five goals, while Yang Yang only scored four goals, which is a little regrettable.
Zhao Junzhe won the Fair Play Award, which also brought a bumper harvest to the Chinese team.
In the selection of the best team of the tournament, goalkeeper Liu Yunfei, central defender Zheng Zhi, midfielder Zhao Junzhe, Shao Jiayi and Yang Yang of the Chinese team were all shortlisted. A total of five players were selected, occupying half of the best team of the tournament.
There are three Japanese who won the runner-up, namely defender Hengjing Miyamoto, Yuji Nakazawa and midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura.
Iran has defender Madavikia and striker Karimi selected, Bahrain is selected a striker Huber.
One of the important reasons why Yang Yang was assigned to the midfield is that he only started as a striker in the last game, and the rest of the games basically played as a midfielder on the right, but Alihan put him relatively forward and made him a more direct threat. opponent's line of defense.
Coupled with the fact that Huber and Karimi have performed quite well, the strikers who were elected to the best team are well deserved.
After the announcement of the individual awards, the runner-up awards were immediately carried out.
The players on the field, the fans in the stands, and the audience in front of the TV, watched the Japanese team take the stage to receive the runner-up medals, and everyone's face was filled with pride and pride.
Over the years, the feeling of Chinese football has never been better than tonight.
They beat Iran, beat Japan, and managed to reach the Asian Cup championship podium like never before.
The Japanese players didn't smile the whole time, only solemn, they looked ashamed, guilty and self-blame.
And when they walked off the podium and looked at the Chinese players, they were full of jealousy and unwillingness.
After Japan stepped down, the Chinese national team players, led by Alihan and captain Zhao Junzhe, successively ascended to the championship podium.
At this time, the 60,000 fans in the stadium once again burst into warm applause and thunderous cheers.
This is the most important international competition honor for Chinese football so far, and it may also be the last honor for many veteran players in the team.
As the youngest player in the team, Yang Yang was at the end of the team, but along the way he was encouraged by many domestic government officials, admired by football veterans, and congratulated by AFC officials.
Everyone has no doubt that he can perform like this at the age of seventeen. With time, he will definitely become a hot star in Asia and even the world.
When the captain Zhao Junzhe and the veteran Hao Dong joined hands and lifted the championship trophy high, the audience burst into crazy cheers again.
Especially when the national anthem was played on the live broadcast, all the fans in the audience stood up from their seats in unison and sang the national anthem aloud.
The chorus of more than 60,000 people was incomparably majestic and magnificent, and it couldn't help but make people's blood surging.
Tonight, China is doomed to be a sleepless night!
Tonight, the champion belongs to China!