The players on both sides ended their warm-up and returned to their respective locker rooms, getting closer and closer to the start of the game, leaving little time left for the two teams to make final adjustments. ┡』E┡『『Ω Novel WwΔW. 1XIAOSHUO. COM

This game, although not related to qualifying, is related to the dignity of the two teams.

Especially for the Chinese team, they just got the qualifying right. If they lost to their rival Japan at home, wouldn’t it be too appetizing?

This game is equivalent to the Chinese team's qualifying celebration, how can they allow Japan to make trouble?

In the locker room of the Chinese team, the returning internationals are wiping their sweat with a towel, and then put on a dry appearance jersey. The shin guards were tucked into the shoes and socks, the laces were untied, and everyone was checking carefully.

It was like the soldiers about to check out their weapons.

After Gao Hongbo came in, he didn't rush to speak, but stood at the corner of the door and watched the players quietly doing their things.

He didn't speak until everyone was almost ready: "Actually, I originally planned to compete with the Japanese team at home, but the plan can't keep up with the changes, and I don't need it now." He said with a smile.

"This is a good thing, now you can put down some of your baggage and enjoy more pure football."

He did not emphasize the meaning of the Sino-Japanese football matchup. He was worried that it would make the players nervous, but he would be unnatural.

He didn't worry that if he did so, the Chinese players would be careless. In the contest between China and Japan, no matter what the project is, the Chinese will not despise it, and football is no different. In the past when the strength was not good, the game between China and Japan has attracted much attention, not to mention that the strength of the Chinese team is now improved.

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On the other side, Italian Zaccheroni is passing his instructions to the Japanese players in the dressing room through an interpreter.

"I read the reports in Japan. Some people think that this is a battle of revenge. But I think you are too nervous. Relax. We are already qualified. Let's consider this to be a warm-up match before the World Cup."

The Italians said it easily, with a smile on their faces.

He infects the players through his own expression and language, so that they can relax more easily, don't be too nervous.

Although outside, everyone thinks this game is very important and crucial, but the head coaches of both teams coincidentally chose the way to cool the team to make the final call.

In this regard, the head coaches of the two teams have a consensus-they are not afraid of their players not paying enough attention, they are afraid of paying too much attention.

Too much attention will lead to tension, the tension can not swing to the normal level, otherwise it may lose.

Although the head coaches of both teams seem indifferent, no one wants to lose to each other.

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On the south stand of Helong Stadium, a huge TIFo has been displayed. On the huge frame, a winding road extends from the lower left corner to the upper right corner, and beside this road are some pictures, These pictures are all related to the Chinese team. If you look carefully, you can see that they are all the pictures of the national team in the top ten, and they are displayed by hand.

The lens of the road is the iconic building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-the Statue of **** on Mount Jesus.

Below the frame is a sentence: "Brazil, here we come!"

After the TIFo appeared in the stands, it attracted almost everyone's attention. The live broadcast of the game directed the camera to aim at the TIFo. Today's domestic games, there are few such huge TIFo. , This is really a great picture.

But the enthusiasm of Changsha fans is not limited to this.

When the players from both sides played, the scene cheered.

Chinese players have also noticed TIFo, which is too big, and it doesn't work if you don't want to notice.

In everyone's attention, something shook at the top of the stand, and then accompanied by cheers, a five-star red flag the same size as TIFo poured down from the top like a waterfall.

Under the support of the fans, this huge national flag seemed to be undulating in the South Stand, as if the real wind had blown it.

Seeing the national flag appear in front of everyone in full, the scene burst into cheers like a mountain of tsunami.

Duan Xin, who explained the game on the spot, also said excitedly: "It's amazing! Changsha fans cheered for the Chinese team in such a creative way!"

Then the players from both sides stood and played the national anthem. This flag has been "fluttering" in the stands.

All fans stood in their seats and sang the national anthem, as did the national team players on the court.

After the national anthem was sung, the national flag slowly gathered.

Later, when the Japanese national anthem sounded, sporadic boos sounded in the stands, but in general, Chinese fans still gave this opponent full respect.

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Then the two sides shook hands. When Zhou Yi and Kagawa Shinji shook hands, the two people also patted each other's arms and shoulders.

When Yang Muge shook hands with Uchida Utsuda, he said two more words-they are both players playing for Schalke o4, they are teammates, and they are usually familiar.

After the handshake, it was the exchange of team flags, side picks and other procedures... China won the side pick, and Japan got the kick-off right.

The players on both sides stand in their respective positions and the game is about to start.

Helong Stadium, which had been very noisy before, suddenly became quiet, as if you could hear it when you dropped a needle.

In this quiet, the referee's whistle is particularly clear.

"Ah, the game begins!"

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The Japanese team used the opportunity of kick-off to control the ball on their own side and was not in a hurry to attack.

They are fighting away. Although they want to win, they must pay attention to ways and means. They can't win by attacking with their brains. The Bushido spirit is not used in such a place...

In the tactics that Zaccheroni arranged for them, the Japanese team must first slow down the pace of the game, and cannot let the game fall into the rhythm that the Chinese team hopes and wants. He envisioned that the Chinese team must be eager to win at home, so they will find a way to make the game faster after the opening, which is in line with their definition of home battle.

If the Japanese team confidently competes with their own strength, and if they play against the Chinese team, it will fall into the opponent's rhythm if they fail to do so.

In that way, it is tantamount to being led by the Chinese team.

Zaccheroni must of course avoid this situation.

So he asked the team to come up and slow down the degree, use slow to fight against the Chinese team fast.

It would be better if the Chinese team could be attracted and played behind them.

The Japanese team's midfield has always been very strong, and in this regard, Japan has confidence both up and down.

They played around with the Chinese team in the midfield.

The Chinese team did show a very strong fighting spirit at the beginning of the game. The Japanese team fell in the backcourt and they rushed to press.

It stands to reason that at this time, the Japanese team should play a defensive counterattack?

But the situation is not that simple.

Because the Chinese team's crazy rush in the frontcourt clearly surpassed the Japanese team's expectations-the Chinese team's players are like a group of crazy dogs, running tirelessly on the court, and sometimes even two people rob one person.

This made the Japanese team a little unexpected, they did not expect the Chinese team's pressure to be so strong...

Starting from the top forward He Ying, they are all running, running from point a to point B, then from point B to point c, or back to point a.

The exception is Zhou Yi, who did not run directly to the Japanese players who took the ball.

Compared with his teammates, he didn't look active enough.

This is strange. Zhou Yi has never been a player with a very negative attitude. In Dortmund, he was the one who could fight the last second. Of course, he also "walked" on the court in Dortmund, but that was when a game hit a physical bottleneck, he accumulated energy for the final sprint~lightnovelpub.net~ is not a passive game, or lazy .

And now? The game has just started more than a minute, Zhou Yi's physical fitness is far from the bottleneck, right?

Is it...

Someone came up with a word that was not very good.

"Play big names."

This word is definitely not commendatory.

Of course, with Zhou Yi's status in Dortmund and his achievements in Europe this season, it is absolutely no problem to say that he is the number one star of the Chinese team. He is also qualified to play big names.

It's just that this matter was really born on Zhou Yi, which still makes people feel surprised.

When everyone was so cranky, on the court, the rushed Endo Bao Renxun passed the football under his feet in a direction he thought he could pass.

There was a burst of cheers from the stands of Helong Stadium, because the football was passed to the feet of Zhou Yi!