Prominence in Football Community

Chapter 120 Fighting South Korea

After Gao Zheng left the field, some things happened in the game, but no one took these things seriously anymore.

Every Chinese fan has already started discussing whether it is better to meet the host Australia or South Korea in the quarter-finals.

Many people hope that the Chinese team can touch South Korea. After all, the term "Koreaphobia" is too famous. Korean football has caused the most and deepest damage to Chinese football.

Now, if you don't take advantage of the excellent state of the team and the opportunity of Gao Zheng's blessing, what else do you want to completely end the Korean-phobia?

The last time the Chinese national team defeated the South Korean team was in the East Asian semi-finals in 2010. At that time, the Chinese team led by Gao Hongbo defeated the South Korean team 3:0.

However, some people also said that the game was meaningless, because at that time the Korean team was all domestic league players, and none of the overseas players were called. Although the goalkeeper Li Yunzai was a famous player, he was already thirty-seven years old at the time, and his condition had declined seriously. He was no longer at his peak.

Therefore, the Korean team defeated by the Chinese team can only be regarded as the second Korean team.

Although many people think that it is stupid to help the opponent find reasons after losing, they all hope that the Chinese team can use an undeniable victory to silence the mouths of those two devils.

How happy would it be if they could beat the main force South Korea in the Asian Cup?

In addition, South Korea implements a mandatory military service system. Male citizens between the ages of 20 and 28 must serve in the military, even celebrities and sports athletes are no exception. Now the number one star of Korean football, Sun Xingmin, will also face the problem of military service in the future.

Think about it, when your career is in full swing, you suddenly return from a European club and serve in the army for 18 months. Who can bear it?

According to South Korea's military service law: the top three Olympic champions and Asian Games champions may be exempted from military service, or they may be exempted from military service when they make significant contributions to the country, and they will be replaced by four weeks of military training.

During the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, in order to avoid becoming the first host country that failed to qualify for the group stage, the government gave the South Korean men's football team a special clause to boost morale: as long as the team qualified for the 2002 World Cup group stage, they would be promoted. In the top sixteen, all members of the team can be exempted from military service.

As a result, the South Korean team made it to the semi-finals of the World Cup historically, and all players were exempted from military service.

Later, because the Korean baseball team also reached the semi-finals of the first World Baseball Classic,

However, he was not exempted from military service, which led to a big discussion in public opinion. In the end, under pressure, the South Korean Military Manpower Administration exempted the 2006 baseball team players from military service.

After that, athletes in other sports protested the decision to exempt from military service, demanding that they also be treated accordingly.

The South Korean government finally introduced provisions for athletes to be exempted from military service, stipulating that athletes of any sport can only be exempted from military service if they achieve excellent results in major international competitions they participate in.

In the 2012 London Olympics, the South Korean Olympic team defeated Japan in the third and fourth finals, won the bronze medal, and the whole team was exempted from military service.

At the time, 20-year-old Sun Xingmin was playing for the Hamburg team. In order to get a better position in the Hamburg team, the Korean Football Association did not recruit him to participate in the Olympics. This caused him to miss his first chance to be exempted from military service.

In last year's Incheon Asian Games, the South Korean team narrowly defeated North Korea 1-0 in the final and won the Asian Games again after 28 years.

At that time, Sun Xingmin himself wanted to participate in the Asian Games, but because he had just transferred to Leverkusen, the club refused to release him on the grounds of avoiding affecting the team's new season. Son Heung-min missed his second chance to be exempted from military service.

So this year's Asian Cup became Sun Xingmin's third chance to fight for exemption from military service.

If the Chinese team can meet the South Korean team, the Chinese fans have already shouted slogans such as "Send Sun Xingmin to serve in the army!" "Serving in accordance with the law is the unshirkable responsibility of every Korean male citizen!"

As for the meeting with the host Australia, Chinese fans are also worried that the AFC will be forced by the football market and broadcast pressure, which will cause obstacles and report Australia to the semi-finals at the expense of the Chinese team.

Therefore, I am not willing to meet Australia in the quarter-finals.

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After three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

The Chinese team won the first place in the group as they wished. They once again walked around the field after the game to thank the Chinese fans who came from afar.

The fans chanted to the Chinese team: "Brisbane! Brisbane! Brisbane!"

This is their agreement with the Chinese team.

On January 22, they will meet again at this stadium.

In the two Group A group matches held yesterday, Australia defeated Oman 4:0, and South Korea beat Kuwait 1:0. Both teams won two games and qualified ahead of schedule. But who can get the first place in the group depends on the direct dialogue between the two teams in the last game.

Because Australia has more goals than South Korea, as long as they don't lose to South Korea, even if they draw with each other, in the case of the same score, the relationship between victory and defeat is the same. Compared with the goal difference, Australia has the upper hand and can become the first in the group .

At the post-match press conference between the Chinese team and Uzbekistan, Perrin was also asked by reporters whether he wanted to meet the host Australia or the South Korean team.

Perrin did not answer this question, but said: "Our next game is the third game of the group stage, and our opponent is North Korea. As for what opponent we will meet in the quarter-finals, this is not a consideration, because I It's useless to think about it."

Gao Zheng was more honest. When reporters asked him who he wanted to meet in the quarter-finals, he said without hesitation: "South Korea."

Then he laughed, and the reporters laughed too.

This is simply the choice that most Chinese fans will make.

Since you can fight South Korea, why should you fight Australia?

Is Australia easy to fight?

They're all equally difficult anyway, so why not pick the one you want to fight the most?

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In the third round of the group match between the Chinese team and the North Korean team, no one is paying attention at all.

In addition to sporadic people calling for the Chinese team not to lose the chain, and strive to qualify from the group with three consecutive victories.

But more people still pay more attention to the quarter-finals.

On January 17th, the third round of Group A kicked off at the same time. China did not participate in the two group matches on this day, but one of the group matches attracted a lot of attention from China. Lisbane reported the game, even if the Chinese team played in another city the next day, doing so would cause them to travel back and forth, which was very hard.

Just because this game is between Australia and South Korea.

Who will be the opponent of the Chinese team in the quarter-finals will be known after this game.

South Korea scored in the 32nd minute of the first half.

The score means Australia will finish second in the group and meet China in the quarter-finals.

This does not meet the hopes of most people. So after the South Korean team scored a goal, the Chinese reporters in the media seats sighed, which made many Australian colleagues very puzzled-they thought that this group of eastern faces were Korean reporters...how could their own national team enter Ball, but the reporters sighed?

Later they found out... this is a group of Chinese journalists.

But after understanding this, they became even more confused.

Didn't it mean that Chinese football has "Koreaphobia"? How do you look at the meaning of the group of Chinese reporters, they still hope that the Chinese team will play against the South Korean team in the quarter-finals?

Before the end of the first half, the South Korean player Lee Jeong-hye was injured and replaced. This made the Chinese reporters in the stands cheered, but the South Korean reporters glared.

Australia stepped up their offensive in the second half. Maybe they didn't want to meet the Chinese team with Gao Zheng and high morale in the quarterfinals.

Under wave after wave of offensives, the South Korean team's defense was in jeopardy.

The South Korean team also paid a price in order to withstand Australia's attack.

Their winger Han Jiaoyuan fouled when returning to the defense and received a yellow card. This is his second yellow card in this Asian Cup, which will lead to him being automatically suspended for one game, and he will not be able to play in the next game against the Chinese team.

If the South Korean team will really meet the Chinese team in the quarter-finals, then this is good news for the Chinese team.

In the 78th minute of the whole game, the moment that made the Chinese reporters excited finally came—Australia took advantage of the South Korean team's own defensive mistakes and scored an equalizer goal!

If this score is maintained until the end, it means that Australia will become the first in the group, and the South Korean team will be squeezed to the second in the group to meet the Chinese team!

The Chinese reporters cheered for Australia's goal in the media seats. At this time, they ignored the feelings of the Korean reporters...

Playing South Korea in the best condition is the single-minded thought of fans and media reporters across the country.

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