Fame with a ball

Chapter 184 Cameroon

The past situation of the Cameroon national team is very similar to that of the current Chinese team. Both have the highest degree of reliance on the leading stars, but leaving aside Eto’o and Lin Zhigao, the overall strength of the Chinese team is still quite hesitant-the group of the national team Can old, weak and remnant soldiers compare to African players who are physically strong and sturdy?

So Camacho has always been very worried that Paul Le Guin will let Cameroon play hard against the Chinese team. Regardless of other things, as long as there are a few reasonable physical collisions, it is estimated that the Chinese team will die several people... I have to say that the Cameroon coach The choice is so sweet!He actually chose a tactic that was less threatening to the Chinese team because he was afraid of Lin Zhigao.

Camacho almost wants to sing Hallelujah!

Duan Xuan, who was in charge of explaining the game, stammered a bit: "I don't know if there are fans in front of the TV who really broke their glasses. I also know that this game scene is a bit rare in a century-but don't be surprised. Don't doubt what you see, the current situation on the court is really the Chinese team attacking, and the Cameroon team defending..."

"China team, come on! China team, come on!" Due to the crazy "World Cup fever" in China, there are countless tour groups or individual trips going abroad to Brazil in June. At this moment, the Brasilia National Stadium is almost becoming the Chinese team home field.

"Cameroon's football style has always been wild. They are like eagles on the prairie, playing their own football as they please. And Chinese football... whoever imitates who has been imitating and has never achieved results. Before today, this It should be a consensus among the fans, but now, is the player who tore through Cameroon’s defense with a long pass Huang Bowen? And the player who retreats step by step and followed Lin Zhigao is the iron guard Yi Gaotu currently playing for Tottenham ? From the first minute of the game to the present, it is the Chinese team that controls the rhythm of the field! How come there is a feeling that the three views have been subverted."

"I think my three views have been subverted" - this became a sentence that countless Chinese fans described the game after the game. As Duan Xuan said, the Chinese team's first official game in the World Cup, kicked It's really good, it's not like the Chinese team... and their opponent Cameroon has lost its football style for some reason.

In the 31st minute of the first half, Lin Zhigao and his teammates worked together to create a threatening attack!

After distributing the ball to Hao Junmin from the center, Lin Zhigao quickly inserted into Cameroon's half.

Hao Junmin tried to break through to the penalty area of ​​Cameroon, but was blocked by the opponent's defender. He passed the ball back to Lin Zhigao 20 meters from the front of the penalty area!

Lin Zhigao didn't stop after taking the ball, and even made a few quick changes of direction to pass Yigaotu and Nigulu, then raised his foot and pretended to shoot!

Cameroon's defense immediately surrounded Lin Zhigao as if it was facing a formidable enemy.

Lin Zhigao chose to pass the ball to Huang Bowen on the right side of the penalty area at the last moment!

Huang Bowen aimed at the flying football and shot!

Cameroon goalkeeper Caveni struggled to save the ball!

But just a few seconds after he was proud, Lin Zhigao suddenly flashed out the Cameroon defenders who surrounded him heavily, and made a supplementary shot in front of the goal!

The football is like a meteor across the sky and flies into the net!

"The ball went in! What a beautiful move!"

"The tacit understanding between Lin Zhigao and Huang Bowen is unparalleled! Without their wonderful cooperation, this goal would not have been scored..."

Duan Xuan's voice was suddenly interrupted. The game in the stadium was still going on, but there was no commentary from the host.Just when fans all over the country were wondering if something unexpected happened in the CCTV live broadcast room, Duan Xuan's voice soared N decibels suddenly came from the TVs of various households: "Lin Zhigao, he again! Created a new historical record at one time - he scored the first goal of the Chinese national team in the World Cup!"

"Yes, this is the first World Cup goal of the Chinese team. Before this World Cup, China only participated in the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. At that time, it lost 9 goals in all three games and became the world football team The only bare-bones team in the history of the game...but this shameful record has finally been broken at this moment!"

"Someone once joked that 'Maybe the Chinese team will not be able to score goals in the World Cup until after the Earth explodes'. Fans, my heart is undoubtedly ecstatic! Praise the Chinese team at this time!"

The first half ended with the Chinese team leading by one goal.

After the start of the second half, Paul Le Guin finally found that the defensive formation not only failed to help Cameroon defend Lin Zhigao, but even made the players feel at a loss on the court and lost their own characteristics, so he immediately adjusted the team's tactics , Switching to a pure offensive formation, also want to help Cameroon equalize the score as soon as possible.

But at this time, the defense line of the Chinese team has been completely retreated. Except for Lin Zhigao, the other players have retreated within half the court.

But at this time, no one criticized Camacho anymore, calling him "cowardly and cowardly and only knows how to shrink back". On the contrary, the commentators gave all the compliments to the Chinese team and Kamacho Ma Qiao, although their current tactical situation is a bit ugly, but who makes the Chinese team lead now?As long as you can win the game, no one cares whether the football you play is ugly or not.

Camacho will make such a choice, firstly because he is smart enough, and secondly, it is actually a bit of a last resort-in the 21-man team of the Chinese team for the World Cup, 4 players are over 30 years old, and more than a dozen players are Over the age of 25, Sun Xiang, Zheng Zhi and others are already exhausted. Half of the players in the team may not be able to support the entire game, and there are only 3 substitutions. Even if Camacho wants to play in the second half Continue to attack, the reality cannot help him choose this way.

In the second half, the Cameroonian players went on the offensive wave after wave. In the opening 10 minutes, there were three shots. Two of them were thrown out by Zeng Cheng, who showed great power, and one hit the post. .After this wave of offensive receded, even Lin Zhigao himself said in his heart, "Thank God!"

Around the 70th minute of the game, half of the Chinese players began to have physical problems, and Camacho replaced Zheng Zhi.In the 75th minute, Sun Xiang was replaced again, and then in the 80th minute, Camacho replaced Zhao Peng. The Chinese team used up all the substitutions.

At this time, the Cameroon team's offense was almost crazy-they kept fighting, passing, and shooting. The fierce light in the eyes of the African players made anyone feel chills.Fortunately, this kind of attack is irrational. Although the Cameroon players have great momentum and a high ball possession rate in the second half of the game, the accuracy and threat of the shots are not so sufficient. In the end, the Chinese team struggled to keep their city. The goal was not conceded, and the Cameroon team was defeated with a score of 1:0.

Thousands of Chinese fans happily celebrated the first victory of the Chinese team. Duan Xuan commented after the game: "The victory of the Chinese team in the opening game of the World Cup is indispensable. Now I am happy to see the team's victory. But when we look back at this game, the Chinese team can win, and the proportion of luck cannot be said to be insignificant. Will our players continue to be lucky in the subsequent games? For this unknown ending, we can only My deepest, deepest best wishes to them.”

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After the game with Cameroon, Camacho and the Chinese team stayed in the mixed zone for a while, accepting interviews from domestic reporters.

Hundreds of reporters from China held video cameras, cameras, and microphones, and rushed towards the Chinese team like a pack of hungry wolves. The ferocious momentum not only frightened Camacho and the others to take a step back, but also made many foreign reporters see Eyes wide open, they all asked, "What's wrong with those Chinese people?"

In just a few seconds, the Chinese reporters formed a huge encirclement circle around Camacho and his players. Some foreign reporters who were planning to interview the Chinese team were unable to squeeze in after a long time outside the crowd. The next thing I could do was turn around and go to interview the Cameroon team instead.

Lin Zhigao encountered countless "salty pig hands" all over his body. His hair, shoulders, thighs, and buttocks all suffered. Do you want to tear off a piece and take it back as a souvenir?But the tragedy is that there are people in front of him and behind him, and he can't tell which reporter is seriously interviewing and who is taking advantage of him.

In the end, he could only hypnotize himself: I'm a man, it's okay for a man to be touched... Shit, just touch your butt if you touch your butt, what is the purpose of stretching your hand forward? ! ! !

In the headlines of major domestic media on the second day, in addition to the Chinese team's victory over Cameroon and the news of Camacho and the players being interviewed occupied a large space, there was also a person's news that was also published in the headlines of many newspapers .

This person is Alberto Zaccheroni, the current head coach of the Japanese national team.

Zaccheroni was spotted by reporters from the two countries while watching the game from the stands of the Brasilia Stadium.

That shrewd and kind Italian face was too conspicuous among the Asians and Africans, and it happened to be caught by the camera lens, so it was difficult not to be recognized by the Japanese reporters who reported him every day.

The Japanese team will have a game against France three days later. At such an important juncture of preparations, why did Zaccheroni come to watch the match between China VS Cameroon?

When the reporter asked Zaccheroni in this way, his answer was: "I want to experience the atmosphere of the Chinese team's game on the spot and study their tactics so as to prepare for the future battle between the Chinese team and the Japanese team."

The Japanese reporter, who was not very good at thinking, felt very strange: "Mr. Zaccheroni, are you so sure that the Chinese team and the Japanese team will meet in the World Cup?"

Zaccheroni was embarrassed.

The understanding of Japanese reporters is very problematic... This is not what he wants to express!Zaccheroni came to watch the game today, firstly because the Japanese team happens to be in this city, it is more convenient to buy tickets and watch the game, secondly, he is actually here to prepare for the Asian Cup next year - China The rapid rise of the Japanese team in recent years has launched an unprecedented challenge to the Asian status of the Japanese team. This level of threat has not been achieved by the South Korean team. There are often panic words in Japan. In the cup, China will squeeze Japan from the leading position, so Zaccheroni is very concerned about the Chinese team recently.And he believes that watching high-level events such as the World Cup can help him better understand and study his opponents.

However, if we are to be honest with the Japanese journalists—the Asian Cup in 2015 is still far away. Isn’t it a bit too timid to prepare for such a long time in advance?It doesn’t matter if the research object is Iran. The key point is that China and Japan have all kinds of complicated histories... When the news spreads, some Japanese fans will inevitably feel that the Japanese national team led by Zaccheroni is a bit cowardly. His coaching is not good.

So in the face of the reporters' endless brainstorming, he could only laugh dryly, turned and left without answering anything.

It's just that even Alberto Zaccheroni himself didn't expect that he really came true.

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Five days later, the host Brazil will face the Chinese national team at the Maracana Stadium. This is also the third game in Group A.

Europe's largest gaming company, Ladbrokes and William Hill, both offered odds for this game, Brazil VS China, 1.25, 3.5, 8.It means that the odds of Brazil winning are 1.25 to 3.5, the odds of a tie are 1 to 8, and the odds of losing are [-] to [-].

The odds offered by BWIN for winning this World Cup are 1 to 2.1 for Brazil and 1 to 750 for China.Against the Brazilian team, China is really not favored by any gaming company.

Although many Chinese fans complained angrily on the Internet, "These bookmakers really look down on China!" But if they really want to place bets, I am afraid that there are more people betting on the Brazilian team. Lin Zhigao recently did an outsider It seems so stupid, he pressed [-] euros for himself...