The Chinese team defeated Hong Kong in their first group match, which naturally attracted sour reports from the Hong Kong media after the game.

Hong Kong people in this era, whether they are the wealthy class who immigrated in the early days or the lower class people who have smuggled across the country in recent decades, still have some memories of their motherland.

But the media in Hong Kong have long been controlled by the British, and they are not willing to lose to the Chinese team.

Before the game started, the Hong Kong media deliberately created conflicts between the two sides. In this regard, they learned from John Bull. What they are best at is spreading rumors and smearing, and acting as a stir-up for the world.

However, things did not develop in the direction that the Hong Kong media hoped. At this time, Hong Kong fans were more likely to accept that China had produced a real genius. Wu Jie gained many more fans from Hong Kong through this game.

In particular, he used the "pendulum pass" again. This action is not only very easy to attract fans, but also completely confirmed his title as the creator of this technology.

This kind of passing movement without slowing down at high speed is abnormal enough in itself. Wu Jie can further speed up after completing the passing. This has never been heard of. Of course, it can only be his unique skill.

Wu Jie is now more concerned about the issue of bonuses. The Kuwaiti royal family has already set up a large amount of bonuses for the championship and various awards in this Asian Cup.

The final champion can receive a collective award of 200,000 US dollars. The "Golden Boot Award", "Best Player" and "Best Goalkeeper" are individual awards of 50,000 US dollars. In addition, each person selected for the "Best Team" also has

A reward of $10,000.

This amount is certainly too wealthy in the eyes of the Chinese!

But for Kuwait, whose per capita GDP was close to 20,000 US dollars in 1980, this amount of money is simply a waste!

The Kuwaiti royal family has prepared a special fund of two million US dollars for the world preliminaries at the end of the year, while the funds prepared by the Ministry of Sports for the Chinese team are only 100,000 yuan. Such a comparison is really a poor rabbit!

Three days later, the Chinese team, the poorest but also the strongest, faced the second opponent in the group, the last Asian Cup champion Iran.

But just half a month ago, war broke out between Iran and Iraq.

At this moment, Iraq is going on a full-scale offensive, and Iran is urgently organizing border defenses to resist the invasion with all its strength.

Iranian players were somewhat affected by the war. Although this also inspired them to win honor for their country, the team's condition still showed a downward trend.

Wu Jie relied on his personal ability to score two goals in the first half. He has a strong body, excellent explosive power and speed, coupled with excellent foot skills, the Iranian players cannot restrict him even with two people.

In the second half, Gu Guangming made another wonderful breakthrough on the right, assisting Zhao Dayu to score in the penalty area.

However, the Iranian team is much better than Hong Kong on the offensive end, and even better than South Korea. They have at least created several threatening shooting opportunities.

It's a pity that the Iranian players wanted to score too much. Several shots were very powerful, but they were either missed or the angle was too right, and they were all blocked by Li Fusheng.

The final score of this game was fixed at 3:0. The Chinese team defeated the previous champion and won two consecutive group victories.

Wu Jie had already booked the "Golden Boot" and "Best Player" awards in advance. Although the goals in the preliminaries were not included, he had scored 5 goals in the two group matches and ranked first with an absolute advantage.

Ranked first in the scoring list.

Originally, the "Golden Boot" of this Asian Cup was jointly won by Fariba and Cui Chunhao. Their final number of goals was 7.

But now Fariba has only scored 1 goal and Choi Soon-ho has not scored a goal. It seems impossible to compete with him at present.

In the next game, the Chinese team will face the North Korean team, the Asian hegemon in the 1960s and 1970s.

At this time, Chinese football was not yet Korean-phobic, but it was a little bit North Korean-phobic.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, China and North Korea have played against each other a total of 9 times. The Chinese team's results are 1 win, 1 draw and 7 losses. This result can be called a defeat.

Of course, the North Korean team knew that the current Chinese team was difficult to deal with, but they still vowed before the game to defeat the Chinese team, changing the record of the two teams to 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss!

The North Korean Football Club is qualified to say this. North Korean football in the 1960s and 1970s has always been the representative of Asia, because they were the only ones to achieve success in international football matches.

In the group stage of the 1966 World Cup in England, the North Korean team defeated the powerful Italy and reached the quarterfinals. This was the first time in the history of the World Cup that an Asian team advanced to the knockout rounds in a non-local World Cup.

But now North Korea is similar to Hong Kong. Both teams are in decline, and their results in recent years have not been good.

Park Dou-yi, who scored the goal in the 1966 World Cup, is now the head coach of this North Korean team, but he is under great pressure because both leaders are avid football fans, and North Korean football has always been responsible for the "face project" with foreign countries.

Responsibilities.

This means that once a football match is played poorly and "face" is lost, athletes and coaches will be punished to a certain extent.

Park Dou-yi was charged with many crimes because of his poor performance in leading the team in his original position, and was sent to the mountains to work as a lumberjack for many years.

This is also the source of the joke "If you can't play well, dig coal". Although there is no coal digging, being a lumberjack is quite scary.

But Wu Jie often wonders, if Chinese football did the same thing, would it have already rushed out of Asia?

Rather than... being harmonized content...

It would be better to let the Football Association collectively go down the well to dig coal if the football fails. This should be the simplest and most effective way to solve the problem of the Chinese Football Association.

Of course, this method can sometimes be counterproductive due to too much pressure!

Park Dou-yi is now in a dilemma. He wants to attack but is afraid of losing the ball. He wants to defend with all his strength but is afraid of losing the ball and losing. This also makes the North Korean team timid in this battle.

However, the Chinese team adopted a total attack and total defense style of play. When attacking, they would either attack aggressively from both wings and cooperate with the center to form a threat; or they would slowly drop the ball from the center and wait for an opportunity to find Wu Jie.

When defending, Wu Jie will often retreat to the center to help press. His excellent dribbling skills allow the Chinese team to launch a counterattack immediately after stealing the ball.

Facing the highly motivated Chinese team, the North Korean team quickly fell behind after the start, with the center and both wings in complete distress.

In the 12th minute, Gu Guangming made a pass from the right wing, and Wu Jie scored with a header in the penalty area.

The North Korean defender is physically stronger than the South Korean, but there is still nothing that can be done against him.

After that, the Chinese team firmly controlled the center, and veteran Rong Zhixing also showed off his footwork in the 28th minute, passing two North Korean players and sending the ball into the penalty area.

Shen Xiangfu received the ball on the left side of the penalty area, attracted the attention of the goalkeeper and defender, and assisted Wu Jie to score another goal.

In the second half, the game changed places again, and the North Korean team finally attacked the Chinese team across the board.

The Chinese team quickly began to retreat and counterattack, and Wu Jie also returned to the midfield to help the team defend.

At this time, as soon as the Chinese players get the ball on the offensive end, they will look for Gu Guangming and Shen Xiangfu on the two wings, allowing them to use their personal abilities to complete the breakthrough, while Wu Jie will support and pull in the middle.

The North Korean team did not dare to let go of Wu Jie in the middle, so naturally they could not divide their troops to support them. This caused the Chinese team's two wings to frequently perform solo breakthroughs in the second half.

The North Korean team's defense is considered to be the best in Asia, but in the face of Gu Guangming's unreasonable stops and starts, and Shen Xiangfu's rhythmic breakthrough, the two wings were still broken into pieces.

In the 64th minute of the second half, the best goal of the game came.

Wu Jie brilliantly stopped Gu Guangming's cross from outside the penalty area, then used a "Cruyff turn" to deceive the defensive player into the penalty area, and directly volleyed the ball into the penalty area. The goal is blind.

The North Korean goalkeeper was helpless against this tricky and extremely fast shot, and finally experienced the despair of his colleagues in the South Korean baseball team.

After the goal was scored, many Kuwaiti fans in the stadium even held up portraits of Wu Jie that they got from nowhere.

These Kuwaitis are facing Chinese talents who can contribute wonderful goals in every game, and many people have become his fans.

After Wu Jie completed another hat trick, he started to take a real walk, but the North Korean players still did not dare to relax their defense on him.

Zhao Dayu got a chance in the 78th minute. He received a breakthrough pass from Gu Guangming, passed a North Korean player in the penalty area with outstanding skills, and immediately shot the goal. The Chinese team extended the score to 4:0. .

This goal is also very beautiful. Wu Jie is not the only forward with outstanding skills in the Chinese team. Zhao Dayu's speed and explosive power are not good due to his long-term drinking, but his skills at the feet are outstanding, his combination of man and ball is very good, and his shooting skills are also quite good. Superb.

If Zhao Dayu can get rid of his alcoholism, his speed, explosive power, and physical fitness will be better. Then he will be perfect as Wu Jie's partner.

The North Korean team could only comfort themselves after the game. They managed to score a goal at the end of the game and finally tied the score to 1:4, which was far better than South Korea.

Wu Jie still has great respect for this team. Their strength is similar to that of South Korea and Iran, but their physical fitness and fighting will are even better.

After the Chinese team played for 80 minutes, their physical fitness had actually reached a critical point.

The North Korean team took advantage of the decline in physical fitness of the Chinese players to score a goal!

And this is the flaw that the Chinese team must solve!

Just imagine, if he were replaced by another forward today, could the Chinese team take the lead soon after the opening?

The three goals he scored today would be difficult for any other forward on the team to score.

Or, are they playing against a team from the World Cup?

At that time, it was difficult for him to help the team take the lead relying on his personal ability. On the contrary, it was possible for his opponent to score first.
Chapter completed!