Chapter 739
The third and fourth place finals
The Chinese team defeated Portugal 2:1 and reached the semi-finals of Germany's World Cup, which was unexpected.
This is the second Asian team to enter the semi-finals of the World Cup, but compared to the first team to enter the semi-finals of the World Cup that has been criticized by most people in the world, there is no criticism for the Chinese team's promotion this time, except for the British and Koreans.
The British said that the Chinese team can enter the semi-finals entirely by luck. If they were not lucky enough to win the first place in Group B through the draw, the Chinese team would definitely lose to the host Germany in the first round of the knockout round. The Chinese team actually snatched the UK's semi-finals seat, because if England won the first place in Group B, England will now enter the semi-finals.
The Koreans said sourly that the Chinese team entered the semi-finals entirely because of Yin Jun. Apart from Yin Jun, the Chinese team is nothing. Therefore, the Chinese team entered the semi-finals and cannot be compared with the Korean team entering the semi-finals. Their promotion is a team victory that conforms to the spirit of football.
But no matter how the British and Koreans look at it, it cannot change the fact that the Chinese team has become the German World Cup semi-finals. Yin Jun also proved his strength and status as the number one player in the world through his unquestionable performance.
It is said that Real Madrid's new chairman Calderon has already said that he must take Yin Jun and is about to offer Manchester United 100 million euros, vowing to take him to the Bernabeu.
It is said that Chelsea's rich boss has agreed to Mourinho's request for signings, and he will dig Yin Jun to Stamford Bridge at any cost this summer.
Some media also said that Barcelona was dissatisfied with the team's performance in the Champions League, and they also hoped to bring Yin Jun to the Red and Blue Army.
In addition, top European giants such as Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich have all reported transfer scandals with Yin Jun.
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After playing in the Champions League and Portugal, although the Chinese team advanced to the semi-finals, it also paid a huge price.
Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng, Han Peng, and three main players who received yellow cards in the game will all accumulate yellow cards in the upcoming semi-finals and suspend the game. For the Chinese team, this can be regarded as a fatal blow.
Especially the absence of the main central defenders Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng, which was the same as the lack of solid Chinese team's defense line, made it even worse.
The other is the continuous fierce battle, which also a huge test for the physical fitness of Chinese players. In the next semi-finals with the French team, due to the cumulative yellow card suspension and the failure of physical fitness test, Alihan almost replaced the entire starting lineup. This shows that when playing against Portugal, the Chinese team was simply a serious injury.
In the end, the Chinese team, which played in the remnants of the team, lost to France without any surprises at the Allianz Stadium with a score of 0:1 and missed the final.
Although many fans shed tears when they witnessed the Chinese team losing, they basically did not blame or criticize the team after the game. For the Chinese team, being able to advance to the semi-finals is already a great success.
Haven't you seen that even the defending champion, the five-star Brazil team, failed to advance to the semi-finals?
The host Samsung German tank German team also failed to advance to the finals!
Finally, the team that competed for the Hercules Cup at the Berlin Olympic Stadium on July 9 was Samsung Italy and the 1998 World Cup champion France!
These two disappointed players in the 2002 World Cup have become successful players of this World Cup and can participate in the championship competition!
The Chinese team will compete with the host Germany team for the third place at the Gottlieb Delham Stadium on the evening of July 8!
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At 3:00 on July 9, 2006, and at 21:00 on the 8th, local time, the third place competition for the 18th World Cup started at the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart.
This is the fourth time that the German team has participated in the third and fourth finals. Only Metzeld is the main player left in the defense. Kahn replaced Lehman and put on the captain's armband. This is his last time to play for the country. Friedrich and Mertesak were absent due to injury. Ram turned to the right back, and young player Jansen served as the left back. Hut was accidentally injured before the game, replaced by veteran Novotney. Barack sat on the bench in casual clothes, and Flins and Kyle, who ended the suspension, formed a double midfielder.
For the Chinese team, although Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng, the main central defenders, all ended the suspension and returned to the starting lineup, Dong Fengzhuo and Gao Lin, who received yellow cards in the semi-finals, missed the third and fourth place finals.
This is the first time that the Chinese team and the German team have met in the World Cup.
Compared with the host German team, the Chinese team is undoubtedly at a disadvantage in terms of strength and external support. In other words, the right time, place, people and people are all on the German side.
Alihan also knew that the Chinese team could not fight head-on with the German team, so he was very wise to continue to use the defensive counterattack tactics.
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After the game began, the Chinese team only launched an attack at the beginning, threatening the German team's goal, and then quickly contracted the defense and launched a defensive counterattack that they were best at.
On the other hand, the German team took advantage of the host's benefits and obvious advantages of comprehensive strength to continuously launch an attack on the Chinese team's defense line.
However, these two sides must slow down when they come to the 30-meter area of the Chinese team.
In fact, in addition to the tactics that the Chinese team is good at using in this game, Alihan also specially arranged for the German team to target the German team. It is to not leave too much space behind the defense line for the German team so that they cannot play their technical and speed advantages.
In offense, because we must maintain a defensive formation and try not to give the German team an opportunity to take advantage of it, we must rely more on the personal abilities of offensive players in offense.
However, Alihan was not worried about this because he believed that they had the world's top-notch personal technology.
In Alihan's view, Yin Jun, who has both speed, technology and finishing ability, and even has very strong physical confrontation, is the most perfect player on this planet.
Ten minutes into the game, the German team's offense did not show any threat, and the Chinese team's intensive defense did play a role.
In the 13th minute, after the Chinese team defending in the backcourt intercepted the German team's ball, they did not advance through the midfield layer by layer, but directly kicked the football into the midfield with a big foot.
Yin Jun received the ball just after crossing the middle circle, but he was not offside. He turned around and dribbled the ball and walked forward!
"The Chinese team's counterattack!"
There were shouts of cheering for Yin Jun at the Dalem Stadium, and more than 20,000 Chinese fans who arrived at the scene cheered Yin Jun in their ways.
Chapter completed!