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Chapter 151 Dream Broken Olympics, Liu Xiang takes the blame, prepares for the new season

Chenyang, Wulihe Stadium.

Duan Xuan said bluntly:

"The Chinese team faces New Zealand in Shenyang for the first time. New Zealand should be the weakest opponent in the group where the Chinese team is located. If the Chinese team cannot get points from the New Zealand team, their Olympic prospects will become dim. It can be said that the first match of the Chinese men's football team determines the life and death of their group qualifying."

The national Olympic team was full of momentum at the beginning and was continuously pressing New Zealand to play. In the 3rd minute, Wu Sanshi made a wonderful pass on the left, and Han Peng headed the ball to the crossbar! In the 9th minute, Wu Sanshi took the ball on the left and got rid of the New Zealand central defender and forced a kick, but the New Zealand goalkeeper threw the ball into his arms!

Afterwards, New Zealand strengthened the frontcourt press, making it impossible for the National Olympic team to organize assists calmly. Wu Sanshi and Han Peng basically had no chance to get the ball in the frontcourt.

The halftime actually hit 0:0.

Chenyang fans can’t understand why the National Olympic Team, which has half a Chinese team, plays so badly? There are also members of the national team like Zheng Zhi, Hao Junmin, and Zhou Haibin!

But they have never considered that the Chinese team's defense is not the national team's defense, and the two sides are Tan Wangsong and Yuan Weiwei. Although New Zealand's strength is average, they are not afraid of the Chinese team with an Australian style.

As a result, although the Chinese team had a certain advantage, the New Zealand team raised high and played high. In the 38th minute, Yuan Weiwei made a defensive mistake. The opponent made a cross from the right, and New Zealand scored the first goal!

0:1, at the end of the half, Chinese fans had to accept this bitterness.

As Duan Xuan said, if the Chinese team cannot win New Zealand, then this Olympics will become dull. However, Wu Sanshi still brought hope to the team. In the 58th minute of the second half, Zheng Zhi's long shot outside the penalty area caused the New Zealand goalkeeper to lose his hand, and Wu Sanshi grabbed the landing point and scored a goal.

Wu Sanshi scored the first goal of Chinese football in Olympic history, and the National Olympic Team rekindled hope, but as the game deepened, the National Olympic Team's physical fitness began to highlight its disadvantages. Du Yi replaced Han Peng with Gao Lin, but the score still did not change.

In the 89th minute, the National Olympic Team ushered in the best chance to score. Wu Sanshi took the ball from the left side. Facing the two of them, he suddenly stabbed the ball into the penalty area. Gao Lin shot with his left foot, but the angle was too straight, and he directly drew the ball into the arms of the New Zealand goalkeeper.

In the end, the first match against New Zealand was actually a 1:1 draw!

Too many people's expectations.

What about New Zealand that promised to be won? No!

The next day happened to be the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The news that the National Olympic Games tied did not make the headlines. It was considered to have escaped. Even Wu Sanshi scored the first Olympic goal but failed to gain more attention...

Dui felt unprecedented pressure. If he couldn't defeat Belgium in the second game, the National Olympic Team would say goodbye. He couldn't defeat Ronaldinho, which led Brazil in the last game, right?

Dembele, Vermalen, Fellaini, Kompani, Vertonheng, Miraras, Martens, Poconioli... Wu Sanshi knows these guys. Most of them form a world-class lineup with the later post-90s.

After the first game of New Zealand, Chinese fans' expectations for the National Olympic team have been reduced a lot. As a result, in Shenyang two days later, the Chinese team lost 1:3, and only got 3 shots in the whole game, two shots outside the penalty area and one in the penalty area. The shot in the penalty area also allowed Wu Sanshi to score the second goal in the Olympics.

Apart from Wu Sanshi being the highlight, the National Olympic Team performed uselessly.

The Belgian national Olympic team also allowed the Chinese national Olympic team to see what the gap is and what the European strong team is.

Sports Weekly commented on the same day: We are still accustomed to equating the level of this national Olympic team to the World Youth Championship in 2005, but three years later, the level of most players is actually regressing, or players from other countries are improving, but we have not made any progress...

In the first two rounds, one draw and one loss, the Chinese team has actually come to the brink of being eliminated. Brazil has already qualified for both wins. Even if Brazilian waterproof in the last round, it is estimated that it cannot withstand Belgium to win New Zealand. Even if it draws, it depends on the goal difference. Can the Chinese team score two goals in Brazil, while Brazil does not score a single goal?

Fan Zhiyi fired again: "We just played a few World Cup qualifiers and we thought we were extremely strong, but once we reached the world, our level was exposed again. We couldn't win even when we played against New Zealand, and it was even worse to play against Belgium. Many of the players in Belgium may not be famous, but it does not mean that they have no level. What are the players of European teams and what are the tactical levels? This game has been very obvious."

"Take Brazil? It's just a whim, it's impossible!"

Hao Haidong also followed: "What did I say before? The game will be played one after another. Before the game has even been played, everyone is high..."

In the third game, the media and fans finally calmed down and no longer dared to have any hope for the Chinese team. The third round started at the same time, and Belgium took the lead against New Zealand early, and the Chinese national Olympic team was led by the Brazilian team. The strong control of the Brazilian team made the national Olympic team perform quite amateur. He did not even enter the Brazilian team's penalty area in the first half. Although the final score was only 0:1, it was the Brazilian national Olympic team giving face!

The magical Wu Sanshi failed to continue scoring, and in the end his number of goals in the National Olympic Team remained at 2. After the group stage, his two goals were still ranked 8th in the scorer list, but this made no sense.

In this way, Wu Sanshi's Olympic journey ended in a bleak situation like the national Olympic team. They were lucky again because there was one person even worse, that is, Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang withdrew from the competition in front of the Chinese people, causing a big splash...

Liu Xiang successfully diverted the attention of the National Olympic Team's defeat in the Olympic Games.

Quietly, Wu Sanshi flew to England that night. Espanyol was training in England to prepare for next season.

Because of preparing for the Olympics, Wu Sanshi has been missing two weeks of training with the team, but the impact is not big, because Espanyol's lineup has basically not changed much, but he may have to face the team's competition again...

After coming to England, Wu Sanshi participated in the team's last warm-up match and played against Crystal Palace in London, but head coach Valverde just let him play in the second half and performed very well.

Afterwards, he took the time to visit Dong Fangzhuo, who had just undergone major surgery, and then returned to Barcelona with the team.

This different summer has joy and sorrow, and finally passed.
Chapter completed!
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