Chapter 660 Unexpected Joy

Don't shame the people!

This sentence seems simple, but it is not easy to do.

Yang Yang's understanding of this is that the strength can be inferior to others, and the game can be lost, but he must have a clear conscience and do his best.

In the second game of the group stage, the Chinese team faced such a dilemma against the European powerhouse Belgium.

Belgium lost 0-1 in the first game to Brazil. The main center defender Kompany and the midfielder Fellaini both got red cards. Both of them will miss the game against the Chinese team. This is definitely a game for the Chinese team. Great benefit.

But even so, the overall strength of the Chinese team is still not as good as Belgium.

This is not something Yang Yang can make up for alone.

Thomas Vermaelen and De Muer are both in the current Belgian Olympic team. Even if Fellaini and Kompany are suspended, there are still Belgians such as Van den Bore, Miralas, Dembele, etc. The younger generation of players, the overall strength is still quite good.

Chen Tao has been playing in Anderlecht, Belgium. He has a deep understanding of the strength of Belgian players. He told his teammates before the game that Belgium has vigorously developed youth training in recent years. The overall strength of young players is very good. The team paid attention.

The game was still held in Shenyang. After the opening, the Chinese team continued to attack.

Belgium is very afraid of Yang Yang, and specially arranged two players to freeze him, and Vermaelen obviously has no sympathy for his iron buddies.

The first shot at the opening, Zhao Xuri in the middle scored the ball to the left, Yang Yang made a left-footed cross to the goal, and Gao Lin, under the interference of Vermaelen, directly threw the ball into the air, missing an excellent goal. Chance.

Then Belgium launched a continuous offensive, Dembele's first shot broke the Chinese team's goal.

The player who played for Alkmaar is obviously better than his teammate Gaolin in scoring efficiency.

After conceding the ball, the Chinese team launched a series of side attacks, and Belgium began to defend and counterattack.

In the 18th minute, the Chinese team launched an offensive from the right. Chen Tao made a pass to the middle, Gao Lin headed the ball and Yang Yang quickly caught up, calmly volleyed with his right foot, and broke the Belgian goal, leveling the score, 1-1.

After that, the situation fell into a stalemate, and no one was able to break the opponent's goal, but the Belgian counterattack made the Chinese team very uncomfortable. Feng Xiaoting and other players were successively awarded yellow cards for defensive fouls.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, it only took the Chinese team three minutes to reverse the score.

Zhou Haibin sent a precise through ball from the middle, tearing open the Belgian defense. Yang Yang slanted behind the defense at the fastest speed. Facing the old buddy Fermalen, he made a beautiful emergency stop and cut inwards. The body blocked the opponent, the right foot curved the ball to hit the goal, and the ball was sent to the upper right corner of the goal, two to one!

After scoring twice in two consecutive games and knocking down Fermaelen at the same time, Yang Yang's state is quite good.

After being pulled up from the ground, Fermaelen complained to him.

But just when the Chinese team was about to retreat, defender Tan Wangsong made a very irrational kick when the opponent had already passed the ball during a fight, and was sent off by the referee with a red card.

This time the Chinese team will be one person less than the opponent.

Not long after that, Zheng Zhi committed a tactical foul when the opponent counterattacked and was sent off by the referee again with a red card.

After several years of training in the Bundesliga, Zheng Zhi's overall strength is second only to Yang Yang in the team. There are a lot of small movements in defense, but they are not too rude, but this time mainly because Zheng Zhi has nothing to stop him except fouls opponent's method.

With two consecutive red cards, the Chinese team suffered a heavy blow, and Belgium quickly equalized the score and launched a frantic attack to try to reverse the situation.

The players on the field seemed to have low morale, but at the critical moment, Yang Yang used a chase to the penalty area in front of the goal and fell to the ground to tackle, so that everyone could see his fighting spirit, and then he got up from the ground and yelled at his teammates, It also ignited the blood of the fans in the stands, and at the same time, it also revived the morale of the players in the team.

Nine to eleven, the Chinese team can only retreat.

In the end, under the indiscriminate bombing of Belgium, the Chinese team tenaciously held the score of two to two.

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When Yang Yang was interviewed by the media after the game, he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with his teammates, believing that it was a very irrational foul and should not have appeared on the court at all.

"We could have won, but in the last 30 minutes, we had to be two less than our opponents. This is a nightmare for any team, and we have to reflect on why this happened!"

Yang Yang's bombardment proved his annoyance.

He is not targeting a specific teammate, but is questioning the rudeness of the Chinese domestic league environment.

Similar to that kind of flying kick, it is not uncommon in the domestic league, but it should not appear on the court at all.

Yang Yang's accusation also quickly aroused questions from the domestic media and fans, and attracted the attention of all parties.

But in general, nine to 11, China tenaciously held on to the score of 2-2 and got a draw. The result is still satisfying in the end.

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With two red cards and multiple yellow cards, when China played Brazil in the third game, there was an embarrassing situation in which four players were suspended.

On the other hand, the Brazil team won the first two games steadily, especially the second game, which beat New Zealand 5-0 and won the first place in the group ahead of schedule.

But even so, the Brazilian team still did their best in this game, because they wanted to be first in the group.

Diego Alves, Rafinha, Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Anderson, Diego, Lucas Rewa, Ramirez, Diego, Ronaldinho , Pato, Sobis, if...

Facing the star-studded Brazil, the Chinese team, which is short of major generals, has nothing to do. The absence of many players such as Feng Xiaoting and Zheng Zhi has caused irreparable losses to the Chinese team, which is directly reflected in the game.

But despite being completely under control, the Chinese team still showed a tenacious side, especially under the leadership of Yang Yang, the players on the court were extremely tenacious, even in the face of super-strong Brazil, they did not give in.

The Brazilian team obviously did not do their best, but held back, on the one hand because China is the host, and on the other hand, they have to prepare for the next knockout round.

Unexpectedly, in the 14th minute, Yang Yang used a beautiful left flank to connect three people, tore apart the Brazilian team's defense line, and got a direct free kick in front of the penalty area, which won the applause.

And a minute later, Yang Yang used a wonderful direct free kick to break the Brazilian team's goal and take the lead.

But just two minutes later, the Brazilian team quickly seized the opportunity. After Ronaldinho and Diego passed in a row, Ronaldinho made a straight pass, and Diego quickly plugged in to form a single-handed shot and scored a low shot. , equalized the score.

Subsequently, the Chinese team fully retreated, and the Brazilian team pressed heavily and quickly reversed the score.

After that, the Chinese team has not been able to score goals, and the overall strength of the Brazilian team is too obvious.

Until the 72nd minute of the second half, the Brazilian team took another victory and expanded the score again, three to one.

The score was eventually maintained until the end of the game.

The Chinese team fought hard throughout the game, but in the end their skills were not as good as others, and they were helpless to lose.

Ronaldinho, Lucas Rewa and others also comforted Yang Yang after the game, while Yang Yang congratulated them gracefully and hoped that they could go further in the Olympics.

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Although the Chinese team lost 1-3 to Brazil, what they didn't expect was that Belgium did their best to beat New Zealand 1-0 in the last game and failed to score more goals.

As a result, the Chinese team and Belgium both accumulated four points, but because the Chinese team defeated Belgium 4-1 in the first game, the total number of goals in the group stage reached seven goals, and six goals were conceded. Belgium scored a total of three goals. 1 goal and conceded 3 goals, so the Chinese team actually slightly outperformed Belgium by one goal in terms of goal difference.

According to the rules of the Olympic group stage, the Chinese team and Belgium have the same points, but the Chinese team has a slight advantage in goal difference, so the Chinese team was able to qualify for the second group after Brazil.

It was an absolute surprise.

The media and fans were also very excited about this. National TV stations and authoritative party newspapers all praised this windfall as the result of the unremitting efforts and spirit of not giving up of the players headed by Yang Yang.

If there is no tenaciousness against Belgium, no hard pursuit against Brazil, where will there be the winning goal difference?

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Although the Chinese team got the right to qualify for the group by virtue of the advantage of goal difference, but in the knockout round of the quarterfinals, they encountered the Italian team, the favorite to win the championship.

This team is also star-studded and has gathered many famous European stars, including Marchisio and Giovinco of Juventus, Montolivo of Fiorentina, and forward Rossi of Villarreal. Italy's overall strength is still very good, they even beat South Korea 3-0 in the group stage.

In the face of such a powerful opponent, although the Chinese team used the main force and performed very tenaciously, even when they were behind by two goals, Yang Yang forced a pass and a shot, pulled two goals in a row, and equalized the score again. In the end, the strong offensive of Italy could not be stopped, and they lost this crucial knockout match 2-3.

Stopped in the quarter-finals and missed the semi-finals, but the Chinese team showed a gratifying side.

Yang Yang is the flag and leader of this team, and his role is becoming more and more obvious. There is no need to say more. The performance of several other international players who have studied abroad is also getting better and better. On the contrary, many domestic players are very impressive. disappointment.

Therefore, after being tragically eliminated by Italy, domestic and foreign media and fans generally gave praise to the Chinese team's performance, thinking that although the team's skills were not as good as others, they did their best in the end.

But at home, the discussion about encouraging players to study abroad, especially young players, has become more heated.

Because judging from the performance of this Olympic Games, the performance of the international players who stayed abroad is obviously much better than that of the players who stayed in China. Three years ago, they fought side by side to win the World Youth Championship.

Although the team stopped in the quarter-finals, Yang Yang's performance has been unanimously affirmed by domestic fans, and his prestige has risen to a higher level.