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Chapter 365: The Boy on Crutches (Part I)


On June 8, 2002, at 8:30 p.m. local time, the second round of Group C of the World Cup between Brazil and China began.This was an ordinary group stage, the difference in strength between the two sides is so big that there is no suspense about the outcome of the game, some famous bookmakers in Europe have not even opened bets on this game, and the only medium-sized company that insists on opening all games has set the odds of winning and losing the game between the two sides is also 99:1, which is a completely symbolic probability.Even if many veterans do not have a good evaluation of this team, such as the 3R is not in good shape, such as the unfamiliar cooperation, etc., people cannot ignore the existence of Ronaldo and Rivaldo, the two world footballers.No matter how many problems Brazil have, as long as these people are there, they will always be title contenders.And the Chinese team ......

None of the players have been put in the spotlight of the international mainstream sports media.Fan Zhiyi, Sun Jihai, and Yang Chen, who stayed abroad, are all in the secondary leagues of the five major leagues, and they are really gloomy on the World Cup stage with many stars.It's a comparison of the main characters of the World Cup with the interns, the backdrop, and the little transparent.Except for one point, the 14-year-old Chinese teenager.If the Chinese national team has a tradition of "bullying", then the World Cup is also on the stage.The newcomer is the obedient to the rules, the victim of the game, and the corpse player of the story.Otherwise, the Chinese team would not have been placed in a group with four-time champions Brazil and Turkey, which had just become the quarterfinals of the European Championship two years ago, just as the Chinese team was placed in the group of West Germany at the Seoul Olympics in '88.In this World Cup, the Chinese team is a "lucky one" in a sense, Japan and South Korea jointly host, and Asia has one less strong competitor.Therefore, the international mainstream sports community has never expected the Chinese team to perform, that is impossible!

That's not scientific......

However, unscientific things came, in the last 20 minutes of the last game "garbage time", the 14-year-old young genius of the Chinese team appeared unnoticed, and then reversed the outcome of the game with three wonderful goals.Not to mention the already large number of Chinese journalists, the number of people has surged, and the sports media from all over the world have also set their eyes on the amazing Chinese national team.The Football Association has held a press conference every day in the past few days, and in the final analysis, it is still forced by foreign media.Therefore, when the Brazilian and Chinese teams entered, warmed up, guessed the edge, and started the game, the camera footage on the scene swept over the bench of the Chinese team many times.In the curious eyes of the world, Wang Ai calmly hugged his shoulders and watched the game.However, there was a walking stick beside him, and the surprised photographer adjusted the focus, revealing a snow-white patch from the hem of Wang Ai's trousers.Finally, when Wang Ai turned around, he found that it was a thick bandage.This discovery is earth-shattering!

People are still looking forward to the magical Chinese teenager head-on collision with the Brazilian 3R, why is he injured?

The most painful group of people, in addition to the frightened Chinese fans, is a large group of bookmaker owners who have temporarily and urgently adjusted the odds after the last game......

We've heard about those rough Asian counterparts trying to buy off Chinese players, and the Chinese government has turned over and pumped them into outer space, but it has nothing to do with us, we are very formal, we don't do this......

At least no, at least this time it didn't work, you Chinese can't pit us.Why don't you tell us if the players are injured, the bosses who monitor the betting volume in real time found that after the camera swept over Wang Ai, the betting volume soared......

In the Brazilian dugout, head coach Scolari was touched on the shoulder by the assistant referee who had been staring at the big screen on the scene, and whispered a few words.The surprised Scolari almost stood up, but fortunately, the big screen at the scene was still being replayed, and Scolari, who raised his head, finally saw it clearly.Knowing that there must be countless cameras on him at this moment, Scolari's expression was serious, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.Of course, he is not afraid of Wang Ai, as a Brazilian coach, he has not seen too many young talents, all the members of this national team were young talents at the beginning, but he can't deny Wang Ai's huge threat.He obviously came off the bench in the last game without being trusted, so what about this one?

He can play at least half the game, so how many does he have to score?

Scolari would not be naïve enough to think that the Chinese teenager would only play set-pieces, and Brazil have traditionally been poor defensively.But this Chinese teenager was unexpectedly injured, which is really ......

As long as the first half is finished, we can continue to rotate, and the World Cup is still a long way off.Wang Ai doesn't care what others think, since he and Milu agreed on this way of playing, he has expected all kinds of situations, and at this moment he is as nervous as the national team coaching staff and substitutes to follow the direction of the game.The Chinese team unexpectedly discharged a 631 formation, except for Hao Haidong on the forward line and Qi Hong, Ma Mingyu and Li Xiaopeng in the midfield, the rest are defenders!

In fact, it's not that the Chinese team doesn't want to line up a more extreme one such as 901 or something, it's that the space for the guard line is limited and can't squeeze so many people......

The four players in the front court basically stayed in their own half, and the six people in the back court basically circled around the penalty area.The personal skills of the Brazilian star are more obvious than those of the Costa Rican players, but the cooperation with each other is worse than that of Costa Rica, especially in the case of the intensive defense of the Chinese team, the formation is almost torn apart, and Dewey, who replaced Fan Zhiyi, performed very steadily, under the leadership of Li Weifeng, basically did not lose position, did not miss feet, did not make mistakes, and at the same time frequently made offsides, so that Ronaldo, who had a speed advantage, was helpless.And the three in the midfield took advantage of the emptiness of the Brazilian team to launch sneak attacks.The internationals knew that this might be the only time in their lifetime that they could play against a full-fledged Brazil team, or even a chance to compete with their idols, were particularly excited.For example, Xu Yunlong frequently inserted assists on the right side, and did not fall behind in the head-to-head competition with Carlos, one of the best left defenders in the world, and bravely dribbled many times.Although this may be a bit of an attraction to the attention of idols, I have to admit that the performance of the Chinese team is far better than the last game, Li Tie, who is called the back and is actually a defender, constantly shakes off the opponent through dribbling, including both Ronaldo and Rivaldo, and naturally Ronaldinho in the front is indispensable!

Milou's threat played a role, and the Brazilian team did not want to play a "cruel game" with the Chinese team, so they were very restrained in the game, not as dirty as Costa Rica in the last game, and of course this is also the strong confidence of the quadruple champion Brazil.Therefore, at least from the perspective of the field, the Chinese team, which is stable and gives full play to the characteristics of collective cooperation, is not inferior to the Brazilian team, which is radiant individually, but always has ups and downs, and the whole team has very poor cooperation, and there are only three or four people at most.()