Vol 6 Chapter 44: "Inferiority" at home

Yan Min's active performance is only a microcosm of the performance of the Chinese team. In addition to Yan Min, other Chinese team players are also very hard and active.
The Chinese team's counter-attacked Brazil team wanted to do their best to attack, they had to throw a taboo.
So even though the Brazilian fans in the stands were angry at Yan Min’s fancy moves, they regarded them as
provocation
, and they continued to use the shouts to encourage the team to attack.
But in fact, the performance of the Brazilian team is not as brave as the Brazilian fans expect.
They did not swarm up, overwhelming the Chinese team with unparalleled momentum.
Because they are very worried about the counterattack of the Chinese team.
Both Yan Min and He Ying have excellent individual combat capabilities.
This has been well reflected in the previous European League or in the previous game.
The Brazilian team dared not take the risk.
As Lippi said before the game, this is their home court. The enthusiasm of the fans of the home team gave them almost endless motivation, but at the same time brought them great pressure.
I am afraid each of them would dare not imagine what would happen if they lost the game at home...
The lesson of losing the World Cup final at Maracana Stadium can still be remembered. Although it has been sixty-four years, the impact is still there. For the Brazilian national team player who lost the final at the time, this The shadow of the defeat has always enveloped them, and the names of "loser" and "disgrace" have always accompanied them.
At that time, the Brazilian goalkeeper Barbosa, who had lost the ball, had died in 2000, but he was able to get rid of the shadow of the final defeat for the rest of his life. A woman pointed to him and told his son: "Look, this is to let Crying people all over Brazil."
The tragedy of the black goalkeeper even brought back racism against black people in Brazil. The Brazilian national team did not use black goalkeepers for decades after resigning until the appearance of Dida...
When Barbosa died in 2000, he couldn't find a penny on him. The former Brazilian nationality died in poverty.
The defeat of the 1950 World Cup finals is still a topic studied by many Brazilian experts and scholars. It covers a wide range and has a great impact.
Some people even commented on the defeat of the finals: "Every country has a history that is unbearable, such as the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Our disaster, our Hiroshima, is the defeat of Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final."
In 1970, the Brazilian team won the World Cup for the third time. They were in a rush and their perfect performance convinced other losing opponents. And the finals, even if not in the history of world football, should at least be regarded as the most glorious moment in the history of Brazilian football. The Brazil team at that World Cup was recognized as the most powerful and perfect national team in the history of the World Cup. But in 2000, no one would remember to commemorate and celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of this golden moment.
Instead, the failure of 1950 has been kept in mind. The first edition of the Brazilian Daily published on July 16, 2000 saw such a headline: "A half-century nightmare: Zizinho believes that in the 1950 finals, Uruguay took San Gonzaloca The tactics the Rioka used to use..."
The newspaper used three pages to reminisce about the game 50 years ago. People who have participated in the game have not been relieved so far. Zijinho was the star of the Brazilian team at the time, and he was unbelievable about the tactics used by Uruguay, because he played in the same way as Carioca, a small suburban team that he played in when he was young.
The tragedy of Maracana haunts the Brazilian people, so that there is a specific term: Maracanazo. In Brazil, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Maracana tragedy, countless books describing and analyzing the game were published.
In stark contrast, the only book about Brazil’s 1970 World Cup was published in the UK, and it is only available in English, which is not yet available in Brazil...
The famous Brazilian anthropologist Robert Damata believes that the defeat of the 1950 finals "may be the biggest tragedy in Brazilian history, because the tragedy happened in front of hundreds of thousands of unprepared audiences, because it happened when Brazil began to think that The period of the great power. The result of the game has plunged us into the abyss, into endless search for excuses and self-blame for this shameful defeat."
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The failure of that game has an impact on this country, the people of this country, and the entire society. Now the members of this Brazilian national team cannot but do not know and do not understand.
No one wants to live in the shadow and shame of the loser all his life.
No one wants to be liberated only by death, like Barbosa, or even death.
They may have such a dream when they were young. One day, they will be able to score for Brazil in the World Cup finals held in Maracana to help Brazil win the World Cup. While creating new history, they will also erase old history. The trauma caused by the whole country.
This means that they must always win, reach the final, return to Maracana Stadium, and then win there and win the gold cup.
Before that, they couldn’t lose, and they couldn’t relax for a moment.
They have not yet been shrouded by the cloud of the "loser", but they are already under great pressure.
In fact, after the World Cup opener, in response to the poor performance of the Brazilian team, the Brazilian national team's psychiatrist made a report of more than 100 pages on the players' anxiety and submitted it to the coach Scolari. After reading the report, Scolari also specifically asked psychologists to provide psychological counseling to the players for the "Maracana Massacre", hoping that they will not be affected by history. But in fact, Scolari himself felt the same. He once confessed to the Brazilian media that he still sleeps all night long when he thinks of Maracana's failure.
From coaches to players, there is such a huge pressure, so that when they face difficulties, they will often stand still and hesitate. They must bear heavy pressure to think about every problem and everything.
These pressures, in turn, affect every judgment they make.
At the end of the first half of the first few minutes, the Brazilian team chose to be conservative, they are afraid of losing the ball.
So the Brazilian team, which has always been known for its offensive football in the world, played a bit ugly at its own home...
The Brazilian fans in the stands were very dissatisfied to see that their team had behaved so well.
For a time, the boos against the Brazil team also appeared sporadically-this is definitely not from the Chinese fans. Compared with the number of Chinese fans and Brazilian fans, almost any voices of Chinese fans were released. Brazilian fans can only hear their voices when they are silent, but the problem is to silence Brazilian fans, only to score their goals...
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The Brazilian team chose a conservative strategy and successfully defended to the end of the first half.
When the referee Weber blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was 1:1 and the two sides tied.
National commentators have commented on this first half.
He Ping was very satisfied with the performance of the national team: "... We regained our enthusiasm quickly after the accidental drop of the ball and equalized the score after 13 minutes. Then we even had the upper hand in the scene and played The Brazilian team dare not attack and can only shrink their defense. This is not easy for the Brazilian team playing at home..."
The Brazilian TV commentator was dissatisfied with the team’s performance in the first half, or to be precise after losing the ball: "After we took the lead, our players seemed to be a little too weak. When we were equalized After that, it was too cowardly! If it wasn’t for my own eyes, I couldn’t believe it was the Brazilian national team!

Marcel Leff, as a neutral narrator, was fairly objective: "Brazil and China each played a good game for a while. After the game started, the Brazilian offense was obviously more threatening. It’s Yan Min’s own goal, but even without Yan Min’s leg, David Ruiz can score. But after the Brazil team scored, they seemed to have no idea how to play. The Chinese team caught The opportunity to play their rhythm. Zhou Yi’s goal was Yan Min’s chance to grab in the frontcourt... After equalizing, the Chinese team counterattacked more easily, and the Brazilian team did not know how to kick, we You can even hear the boos against the Brazilian team on the court...In this game, honestly, the Brazilian team played justified before scoring a goal, but it will not work afterwards..."
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When the last Chinese player walked into the locker room, Lippi walked in and closed the door.
With a faint smile on his face: "How is it? Fought with them for 45 minutes~EbookFREE.me~ How do you feel? Is the five-star Brazil very strong?"
The Chinese team players looked at each other, and Yan Min raised his hand: "It's similar to us..."
Lippi smiled: "It's still better than us, but it's limited. What you most satisfied with in the first half was the change after the ball was dropped, both in terms of tactical execution and mental outlook. A team cannot never encounter problems, so the key is not to encounter setbacks, the key is what to do after encountering setbacks. From the first match of the World Cup, only the third group match, we are advanced, Including this game today, we lost the ball first in three games, but so far, we have not lost, what does this mean? It means that we have the ability to get out of the predicament. I am very happy, this is one A sign of the maturity of the team..."
Lippi praised his players, and Scolari criticized his team in anger.
"What are you doing in the first half? After scoring a goal, don't you know how to play? Ah? Look at your performance! Did you hear the boos in the stands? That was not for the Chinese team, but For you! You must change this in the second half, and you must never let them do whatever they want on our site!"
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