"We proved ourselves to be Smithar!"

"We are going to defeat China in Shanghai!"

"We want to score three points all, like eight years ago, four years ago, to the Chinese team again for the failed Smithda!"

After sweeping Bahrain 7:0, Korean fans and media regained their confidence, believing that South Korea can defeat China even if it fights in Shanghai.

"As long as we can play the momentum of this game, we can win."

Many Korean fans came directly from Manama to Shanghai and couldn't wait to see South Korea play against China. South Korean media also began to build momentum for the South Korean Olympic team early.

Wei Yuanxi, a reporter from Seoul Sports News, published an article that inspired South Korea's national Olympic Games - China's national Olympic Games are empty.

——When we defeated Bahrain with a score of 7:0, the head coach of the Chinese Olympic team, Horton, began to practice defense crazily in training. Our strong attack power made them feel scared. The main central defender of the team, Li Weifeng, finally felt the horror of Li Dongguo. He began to use Zhang Yuming as his imaginary enemy...

Wei Yuanxiu has a good relationship with Wang Qinbo from Sports Weekly. After visiting the open training of the Chinese National Olympic Games together, he immediately sent a manuscript to South Korea. The manuscript was then posted on South Korea's sports network news, and then Wang Qinbo browsed it.

Wang Qinbo was confused at that time. He appeared on the side of the training ground with Wei Yuanxi. The National Olympic Team had never conducted such training at that time. It was obviously a simple restorative training, but when it came to Wei Yuanxi, it turned into a defensive tactical exercise? He finally knew that the Korean media reporter's method of turning his hands to make clouds and rain, and his ability to make fakes was first-class.

Of course, the mood of the fans in South Korea is indeed very high. It is said that on the day of the game, as many as 5,000 Korean fans will arrive at the Shanghai Stadium to cheer for the Korean team. I don’t know whether this data is accurate or not. It is estimated that no 5,000 and there are 3,000.

However, another Korean sports newspaper shows everything in Shanghai from another perspective. The newspaper's affirmative title is "Shanghai is shrouded in a murderous atmosphere of "defeating South Korea". The article is written like this:

"When I came to Shanghai, I found that the atmosphere in the Chinese football world has reached a level of 'killing'. It gives people the impression that the Chinese football world is concerned about just how to 'defeat South Korea', and not whether I can get a ticket to the Sydney Olympics."

"I noticed that both the fans and the media here praised this game as a battle to completely kill South Korea! Although there are still a few days left before the game, the streets and alleys here are discussing the battle between China and South Korea."

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However, compared with fans and media from both sides, the preparations for the Chinese National Olympic Team are still very relaxed.

Not only did the Chinese team not conduct tactical drills, Horton also organized national Olympic players to travel to Suzhou, which was not like preparing for the top nine Olympics at all...

After returning to Shanghai, the National Olympic Team continued to focus on physical training. The Football Association specially invited several sports trauma physiotherapy experts from the capital to the National Olympic Team for relaxation treatment. However, a hospital in Shanghai had just spent more than 40 million yuan to buy an advanced rehabilitation instrument from Shenzhen, so they let the National Olympic players be the first beneficiaries for free.

Now Zheng Zhi and the others have become national treasures and enjoy national treasure-level treatment.

However, what the national Olympic players like most is the laptop computer equipped by the Football Association. This new thing makes every national Olympic player excited. Captain Zheng Zhi naturally became a leader. He not only taught everyone how to browse sports news on the Internet, but also used a notebook to teach everyone how to play "Football Manager" that was just released at the beginning of this year, playing "97 King of Fighters", as well as "Hundred Battles of the Sky" and "Monopoly 4".

Sure enough, everyone was fascinated by these fresh computer games. In addition to training, everyone was tossing these things in the hotel room. Compared to before, the atmosphere in the locker room was much more joyful.

Of course, Zheng Zhi did this on purpose. In a few days, he might have to take everyone to play "Roman Empire", CSS and live football.

The locker room must be united and has a cultural atmosphere...even if it is a cultural atmosphere of games...

It’s much better than those of Zhang Yuming and others who always think about climbing over the wall to find women, drinking and other entertainment activities? At least at this age, Zheng Zhi thinks these entertainment activities are better...

Many game experts have emerged from the National Olympic Team, such as Li Yin is the number one player in Monopoly, Zhao Junzhe is the best football manager, Li Weifeng is the invincible existence of the 97 King of Fighters, and even the playboy Zhang Yuming is a master of the Hundred Battles Sky Worm.

The leaders and coaching team of the Football Association both knew what they were doing. The team leader even sighed that the atmosphere of the national team has really changed. In the past, they were worried about violating discipline at night and sneaking out to play secretly. Now it is difficult to pull them out of the hotel room...

The preparation atmosphere for the national team is so relaxed, but the fans and some celebrities are not as quiet and joyful as them.

An old fan who traveled all the way from Dalian and felt that Shanghai was interviewed by CCBV5 the day before the game. He was excited to express his desire to defeat the Korean Olympic Games at home in front of the camera.

His first sentence is:

"Defeat Korea!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The fan in front of the camera was already half-transmissed in white hair, holding his right arm high and shouting.

"I don't know whether I'm a fan now. If I count, I'm paying attention to Chinese football, but I don't watch Chinese team play football, except for the game against South Korea. That was my oath four years ago - when will I defeat South Korea be restored to the status of Chinese football fans, but I want to see South Korea's failure with my own eyes."

"Donhill naturally cannot count. I am talking about events like the Olympics, Asian Cup and World Cup. Until the battle in Seoul, I became a fan again."

"I started watching football in 1981. Rong Zhixing and Li Fusheng were my idols at that time. China's football is majestic and brave. In 1985, it was considered a win if it was discussed with HK matches. However, slowly, slowly, it became the "second-rate Asian" and played more and more trivial, like a group of mice - I wouldn't describe it. I wanted to talk about women, but our Chinese women stood up like mankind, saying it was blasphemy."

"The main characteristics of Korean football are courage, unyielding and wise. This is also the national characteristic of the Korean nation. You can see South Korea's attitude towards the Japanese, and see the "little" Kim Jung-yu and the US challenge. Do Chinese football tell the Chinese nation the whole world that is a trivial, weak, and stupid "sick man from East Asia"? I am very sad, sad."

This old fan really dares to say that he describes the national team players as such...

"I don't care about the results. One day China will make its debut in the World Cup, even if it swallows 20 duck eggs. But I'm very angry that I have never seen the Chinese team win a game in South Korea, the World Cup, the Olympic Games - the qualifiers. They only have such a great qualification, Asian Cup, East Asian semi-finals, friendly matches, even if they haven't even won the penalty kick with equal chances. I have only watched it for 18 years. I would like to ask old fans older than me, have you seen it? I think the answer is: neve  r."

This fan still looks like an intellectual and can still speak English.

“But we saw it two weeks ago!”

"But, I still want to continue watching! I want to see a bigger climax!"

This short interview has completely become the fan's complaint.

"I'm very happy to see the previous battle in Seoul, which was the best scene of the Chinese and Korean football confrontation between China and South Korea in the past ten years. Korean football has obviously lacked confidence and is restless. The victory in Seoul is great. I saw the confidence of the new young players, their wisdom, and their desire to win. I eagerly look forward to the arrival of South Korea."

"I personally think it is not important whether the Olympics can qualify. The most important thing is to continue to defeat South Korea and defeat South Korea, which will truly arouse the passion of fans and set off a higher wave!"

"So I came to Shanghai and brought my son with me. I want to see another breakthrough in history. I want to see tears of excitement. I believe I am lucky than Lao Rong and his son."

"I vaguely saw the giant raise his powerful hands and vaguely heard: All reactionary cats are paper tigers."

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Obviously, Chinese fans have given enough high expectations for the Chinese National Olympic Team. They are not satisfied with a victory. They still want to continue winning one game after another and always trampling South Korea under their feet.

Even football celebrities think so, and Gao Hongbo jumped out to express his views.

Gao Hongbo said, "My point of view is just one sentence: If you want to win a game with great pleasure, you must insist on playing high balls in the offense of the National Olympic Team. The reason is very simple: Koreans are afraid of this."

"Koreans are afraid of high balls? I'm not talking about it - they are afraid. They are really afraid."

"Now the three defenders of the Korean Olympic team are not perfect at all. In my opinion, their ability to handle high-altitude balls is even far inferior to that of Bahrain defenders. And even by Asian standards, their bodies are not tall and strong. In their first game with them, I saw more than once that of the Korean defenders stopped the ball too far away from their bodies, and they lost their position when they were out of the ball. It was just that our midfield and backcourt were not pressed, and they often gave the forwards the ball. Giving them strong pressure, it was inevitable that their mistakes would come out."

"Especially in the top of the penalty area, the ball is very threatening as long as we pass to a range that is not controlled by the goalkeeper. Putting aside the forward barrier, although Zhang Yuming or Li Jinyu are not great headers, the Koreans are even worse. Only one of his three defenders can come out to compete for the ball, and they can't deal with our forwards. As long as we can pass a cross against Bahrain, the Koreans will be dead."

"Even if our high ball is not the most suitable for every player, it is the most developed and mature tactics and the most suitable tactics to deal with Koreans. As long as we insist on feinting in the middle and then pass the ball to two balls, the National Olympic Team will win."

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"Heading?"

"It's too stupid, it's not a fight against Japan."

Gao Hongbo's remarks did not receive much support from many people, and even the commentator of ccbv5 did not think Gao Hongbo's tactics were so clever.

"Gao Hongbo did not realize that this national team was different from the national team he was in back then, that is, no matter when the national team was in, there was no player like Zheng Zhi. With Zheng Zhi, the Chinese team's offense would become very three-dimensional, rather than a fixed tactic."

"This national Olympic team is different from the past. Even if a regular national team plays with them, it may not be said that they can win them."

"All in all, this national Olympic team is very European!"

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As the war comes, Che Bang-gen, who coaches in Shenzhen, also stood up to give advice to the Korean National Olympic Team. Although he has great conflicts with the Korean Football Association, from a national standpoint, he still hopes that the Korean National Olympic Team can win.

He said: "The key to winning is to tie Zheng Zhi tightly,"

"You must be more proactive when attacking, which can in turn attract the defense of Zheng Zhi and others. If you don't do this well, the South Korean team will have to lose."

"In addition, I think Xue Qixuan must return to the main force. He is in good shape and can be the starter on the right."

"But I think the most important midfielder is that Park Ji-sung should enter the starting lineup. Although we scored 7 goals against Bahrain, Park Ji-sung is not on the court, but that's because Bahrain plays a defensive counterattack. Now South Korea is going to push the offense and want to defeat China. If Park Ji-sung is not available in the midfield, we will be quite passive in the defense."

"We must not defeat Bahrain because it is our most reasonable lineup. Sometimes the score cannot truly reflect the players' role on the court. Both losing a big score and winning a big score are the same."

Obviously, Che Fangen still thought of the pain of losing a big score in France the previous year and the Korean Football Association was dismissed from get out of class...

However, Xu Dingmao obviously would not accept Che Fangen's opinion. He is the head coach of the Korean Olympic team. After the media conveyed Che Fangen's opinion, Xu Dingmao said: "There are too many sudden factors in the game and it is impossible to cover everything. Only when South Korea sticks to its own strengths and performs its best can it suppress its opponents in the game. As for whom to arrange for the field, I already have an answer in my heart."

In recent days, Xu Dingmao has significantly increased offensive drills in training, such as assists from two players on the wing, counter-sets of two forwards behind the wing, insertion of the central forward, etc. They have conducted two group trainings in the morning and afternoon. In these trainings, Park Ji-sung mentioned by Cha Bang Geun did not wear the yellow vest that symbolizes the main force...

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On the day of the game, there were 80,000 people outside the stadium in Shanghai, and there were Chinese fans everywhere. If you don’t observe carefully, you may even think that there are many beggars outside the stadium.

Because there will be fans looking at you with begging eyes, "Do you have tickets? I'm willing to pay a high price..."

What is the most popular product in Shanghai right now? What is the most popular "black market transaction"? If you don't believe it, it was the ticket for the battle between China and South Korea that day.

In fact, the tickets for this game have been sold publicly a month ago. They can be purchased at all major ticket outlets in Shanghai and can also be ordered through the ticket booking hotline. The tickets for the Chinese team against Bahrain and South Korea were sold at the same time. Although there was more than a month before the game, the ticket sales in the two games were basically the same. In other words, many fans were still waiting and watching at the time. However, since China defeated South Korea in Seoul, tickets have become a shortage of "finding him thousands of miles away". By last week, the tickets were sold out. Last week, all the staff members who could be linked to the tickets in the stadium "disappeared" and almost all the mobile phones were turned off.

Despite the shortage of tickets and the scalpers "stock up on goods", real fans still try their best to lose their tickets. The stadium has left 40% of the tickets for foreign fans, trying to meet the requirements of fan groups in various places. In addition, a stand was also left for Korean fans.

The official ticket prices of this game are set at 30 yuan, 60 yuan, 100 yuan, 200 yuan and 500 yuan (box), but the black market price has soared, and the 30 yuan ticket is 120 yuan lower than the negotiation, and the 60 yuan must be spent at least 180 yuan. Even the players of the National Olympic Team are worried about the tickets, each of which has only 6 tickets, but there are too many friends, and some even ask journalists for help...

Now, more than 5,000 fans stranded outside the court can only sit outside the court and listen to the sound...

At the pre-war press conference, Xu Dingmao finally expressed his determination.

"There will always be a winner. If you have the ability, you will continue to do it. If you don't have the ability, you will have to be dismissed. We have no way out."

"This is a life-and-death battle for the Korean Olympic Games. We don't need to escape anything. We are ready!"

If he couldn't win, he would be dismissed. Xu Dingmao was mentally prepared and he had no way out. Then Xu Dingmao announced the starting lineup:

Goalkeeper: Golden Dragon;

Defenders: Park Jae-hong, Park Dong-hyuk, Nam Ki-sung;
To be continued...