Fox in the Penalty Area

On the last match day of the East Asian Cup, the first game is between the Chinese team and the Japanese team, and the last game is the Korean team playing against the North Korean team.

Such an arrangement of the game, on the one hand, is naturally because South Korea is the host, and of course the host's game must be arranged as the last game, as the finale.

On the other hand, the reason is that the organizers of the event must have felt that the South Korean team could win the East Asian Cup championship, or that they had hope of competing for the East Asian Cup championship.

Then this last "Peninsula Derby" might be the game that decides the championship.

The South Korean team is arranged to play at the end. After the game, if they win the championship, they can go directly to the awards ceremony.

Simply perfect.

Unexpectedly, all their little Jiujiu were beaten for nothing.

The South Korean team never won the championship, although they have not yet played against the North Korean team.

The South Korean team, which has accumulated only one point so far, is ranked second to last, bidding farewell to the championship ahead of schedule.

The champion of this East Asian Cup will be decided between the Chinese team and the Japanese team.

It directly made the last match between the South Korean team and the North Korean team meaningless.

It may also be because of this reason that there are not many Korean fans who come to the Seoul World Cup Stadium to watch the game. There are a lot of empty seats in the stands of the huge stadium.

And those areas where people are sitting, the red square formation can be seen with the naked eye.

"There are so many Chinese fans here today..." In the stands, the players of the Chinese women's football team looked at the big red on the opposite stand and said with emotion.

"After all, it is possible for the Chinese team to win the championship... A tie can win the championship, but now the Chinese team is 0:1 behind, as expected..." Xu Wen spread her hands.

"You can't blame them, can you? Who would have thought that Sugiyama Tatsuya would hit a world wave?"

They were talking about the only goal in the first half.

Because only one draw is needed to win the championship, the Chinese team played very conservatively in the first half, playing steadily and trying not to make mistakes.

On the other hand, the Japanese team faced the intensive defense of the Chinese team due to the lack of effective scoring points.

There is no good way either.

From this point of view, Shi Wuyin's tactics were successful.

Although the game scenes are very dull most of the time, who cares about this among Chinese fans?

Even if they fell asleep, as long as they opened their eyes and saw that the Chinese team won, they would have no complaints.

But who would have thought that at the end of such a dreary first half, there would be thunder on the ground.

Sugiyama Tatsuya, the midfield organizer, suddenly shot a very high-quality long shot from outside the penalty area, bypassing all the defensive players in the penalty area, and also bypassing the ten fingers of the main goalkeeper Song Kun of the Chinese team. Fly into the goal with the inside of the post.

The Japanese team took a one-goal lead in this way.

"That ball was too demoralizing. After losing the ball, it can be seen that the boys of the Olympic team were a little panicked... If it wasn't for a few minutes in the first half, they might lose another one."

"This is the trap where you can do whatever you want... When you only think about what you can do with a tie, you will often prepare for the goal, so you won't get the desired result..."

The players of the Chinese women's football team are still discussing the first half of the game.

"By the way, did Hu Lai even take a single shot in the first half?" Someone in the team asked.

"It seems..." Everyone frowned and thought hard.

"No." Before they could think it over, Li Qingqing had already given the answer, "Not even a single shot."

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"The first half of the game was very dull. Both sides had no achievements in offense. Who would have thought that Tatsuya Sugiyama's world wave would break the deadlock in the end?" In the studio behind CCTV, He Feng was Analyze the game in the first half with guest commentator Yan Kang.

"The conceded goal was a bit of luck, so it cannot be said that there was a problem with the tactics prepared by Director Shi in the first half. After all, 99% of the time, the Chinese team's defense did not make mistakes. Even if this conceded the goal, it cannot be said that China What's wrong with the team's defense..." Yan Kang was defending Shi Wujian.

Like Shi Wuyin, he used to be a player of the Chinese national team. He is four years older than Shi Wuyin and retired a few years earlier than Shi Wuyin. Unlike Shi Wuyin who became a coach after retiring, Yan Kang chose to join a TV station and become a football commentator.

He and He Feng have been partners for many years, and they are very familiar commentators to Chinese fans.

His career has intersected with Shi Wuyin many times, and the two of them can be regarded as very familiar.

It seems to be worried that after losing this game, Shi Wuyin will be overwhelmed by the saliva of Chinese fans. Yan Kang is taking advantage of his work convenience to defend Shi Wuzhen.

"It is indeed the case. Sometimes luck is very important in football matches... Like the goal conceded in the first half, we can only say that the Chinese team was unlucky." He Feng said here, thinking of another thing, and added road. "In addition, due to tactical arrangements, Hu Lai, who has scored goals in two consecutive games, did not take a single shot in the first half... Sato Koichi must have studied Hu Lai carefully before the game. In this game, he A person was specially arranged to defend Hu Lai, and he was almost inseparable."

Yan Kang was speaking for Shi Wuyin, and He Feng decided to speak for Hu Lai.

After all, in the first half of this game, Hu Lai really had nothing to show for it. Sometimes you even have an illusion, thinking that Hu Lai was not sent on the field?

"That Morikawa Junpei?" Yan Kang shook his head and said, "As a central defender, he is not tall, but he is very flexible. He was originally used as a substitute for the Japanese Olympic team, but he just used it to defend against Hu Lai... This In the first game, Koichi Sato arranged for the Japanese team to play three defenders, which is to contain Hu Lai. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to Hu Lai... I think the second half of the guidance should let Hu Lai continue to attract the defense of the Japanese team, and then arrange Wang Zijian and Wang The two of Hua are looking for opportunities in other open places, we don't necessarily have to let Hu Lai score..."

He Feng nodded and said: "Yes. In fact, Hu Lai's performance in this East Asian Cup has been very good, which has exceeded everyone's expectations. We can't expect him to solve our scoring problem alone. ...Even if Hu Lai doesn't score a single goal in this game, he can still leave the East Asian Cup with his head held high..."

He is already vaccinated.

He hoped that if the Chinese team failed to achieve their wish to draw with Japan in the end and lost the championship, the fans would not scold Hu Lai.

Because perhaps many people should be responsible for the failure of the Chinese team, but only Hu Lai should not.

Even without him, this East Asian Cup might not even have a chance for us to look forward to the championship.

Just for the hat-trick against the South Korean team, he is the best player of the Chinese team in this East Asian Cup, and he has a chance to use the "death-free gold medal".

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When Xie Lan got home from get off work and couldn't wait to turn on the TV, the first sentence he heard was He Feng's: "...Even if Hu Lai didn't score a single goal in this game, he was enough to leave the East Asian Cup with his head held high... ..."

what's the situation?

Xie Lan was taken aback. The Chinese team lost? Son is going to take the blame?

Then she said that the guest guest Yan Kang frowned and nodded: "Yes, He Feng. In fact, it is enough for him to let Sato Koichi change his team for him. You know that Hu Lai is only nineteen years old. It is the first time for him to represent the Chinese team in an international competition, I think the future will be long in Japan, and there will be many competitions in the future..."

The more Xie Lan heard it, the more frightened she became. These people tried their best to say good things about Hu Lai, but no matter how they heard it, they thought it was not good?

At this moment, as if to confirm her worry, the scores of the Chinese team and the Japanese team in the first half were displayed at the bottom of the screen:

0:1.

The Chinese team is temporarily behind.

She frowned.

At this time, there was a sound at the gate, and when Hu Lixin opened the door and came in, he saw his wife sitting in front of the TV instead of busying herself in the kitchen. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "Did you cook?"

"Order takeaway!" Xie Lan looked at the TV and said without looking back. "No cooking today!"

Hu Lixin heard his wife's tone was a little angry, so he turned his eyes to the TV screen, saw the score, and immediately understood why his wife was in a bad mood.

"There's still half time left, don't worry too much..." he had no choice but to comfort his wife.

"What does this have to do with the second half? I listened to these two commentators, as if our son played poorly in the first half."

"What? Did they criticize Hu Lai?"

"No, but I'm bragging about it!"

"Isn't that nice?"

"What's so good? When you suddenly hear everyone praising someone, isn't it because this person died?" Xie Lan turned to her husband and asked.

Hu Lixin was stunned for a moment: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Anyway, that's what it means. As soon as I turned on the TV, I heard these two commentators, you said to each other, saying 'Even if Hu Lai doesn't score a goal in this game, you can leave with your head held high', and What about 'the future is long'... If our son didn't behave well, they would try their best to make up for it here?"

Hu Lixin understood what his wife was worried about, and he quickly comforted her: "You think too much. It's just a normal speech. Your old problem of excessive associations needs to be corrected. Hu Lai has scored goals in two consecutive games , has made many people have high hopes for him. This situation is a good thing and a bad thing. So the two commentators are cooling everyone's expectations. After all, who can guarantee that they will score goals in every game? No goals It's normal, it's not normal to score goals every game... Especially with the current score, if the Chinese team loses the game, what should some fans do if they vent their dissatisfaction on Hu Lai? So the two commentators are helping Hu Lai Let's talk, let's pour cold water in advance..."

After listening to her husband's explanation, Xie Lan also realized that maybe she was really being overwhelmed, and now she was a little bit in the mood to make dinner.

"Eat a bowl of noodles at night." She said as she walked to the kitchen. "I'll boil the water first."

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The Chinese women's football girls in the stands are still discussing the game, and the topic has reached the point of guessing what tactical adjustments the head coach Shi Wuyin will make in the second half.

"If I were to guide, I would let Hu Lai be the bait, and then let Wang Zijian, Wang Hua and others compete for the goal." Xu Wen said.

Her views were quickly echoed by others. From the current point of view, this is indeed the best way after Hu Lai is restricted by the opponent.

After all, who stipulated that the Chinese team can only rely on Hu Lai to score alone?

But just when everyone agreed with Xu Wen, Li Qingqing shook his head and said: "I don't think it's useful. The Japanese team specially found a defender to follow Hu Lai every step of the way. No matter where Hu Lai is, this person will stick to him anyway." he."

"That's right, Hu Lai can take him out of the defense zone and create gaps..." Xu Wen said.

"But in this game, the Japanese team seems to be playing a three-back, but in fact it is a 541 formation. When defending, the two full-backs withdraw and become full-backs. Among their three central backs, except for Morikawa Junpei In addition to defending Hu Lai, the other two central defenders are not responsible for the defense of Hu Lai. They only need to defend their own defense zone, which is the same as in normal games. Even if Hu Lai pulls Morikawa Junpei away, how can they What kind of space is created?" Li Qingqing explained.

Li Qingqing's understanding of the tactics of the game, everyone is convinced. Hearing what she said, many people frowned again: "Doesn't that mean that the Chinese team has no recruits?"

Shi Yuehua asked: "Qingqing, do you have any ideas?"

Her question made everyone cast their hopeful eyes on Li Qingqing, but to their disappointment, Li Qingqing shook his head under the eyes of everyone: "I have nothing to do."

"Alas..." Someone sighed.

Some people comforted themselves: "In fact, this result is already very good, and it is not bad to be a runner-up."

Li Qingqing didn't speak, just stared in the direction of the goal.