Chapter 1208: .1208 America's Cup is on!

The Chinese team set off for the America's Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after ten days of training at the Jingtao training base in Hainan!
This time, Situ Yunbing has a relaxed mentality. Participating in the America's Cup is outside the plan. Considering that the players will be deprived of part of the holiday, his mentality is more Buddhist.
It would be nice to compete with the South American powerhouses and improve their experience. As for the performance, he doesn't care.
This year's America's Cup was held in Brazil. There were 10 teams from South America. China and Japan were invited to join the game. The 12 teams were divided into three groups. The top two teams in each group have 6 teams. The top two teams with good results in the four groups qualified, and a total of 8 teams became the top eight teams in the America's Cup.
The weather in Rio de Janeiro is hot, and the Chinese team feels good after they arrive. After all, the purpose of training in Hainan is to enhance the team’s adaptability and endurance in hot weather. The next World Cup will be held in Qatar in the winter, but the temperature is not too low. .
Staying at the hotel in Rio de Janeiro, everything went according to order. Five days before the opening of the America's Cup, the Chinese team played a warm-up match with Bolivia. Both teams were relatively cautious, and finally shook hands 1:1 and ended.
Both teams obviously did not exert their strength, so they also do not have the reference of strength inspection.
Situ Yunbing was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the America's Cup. On June 15th, the America's Cup officially opened!
Situ Yunbing stood with many officials of the South American Football Association in the guest booth, as well as many Brazilian celebrities. Pele is far away and Cafu is near. They also respect Situ Yunbing, which is the history of European football after all. The pictures of the legendary figures with heavy weight also seem to have a sense of history.
The host of the opening match, Brazil, faced Bolivia. Before this tournament, Neymar withdrew from the national team squad due to injury. As a result, the strength of the Brazilian team has been affected to a certain extent, but South American football has been on the decline, so there is no absolute king. in.
Take the previous World Cup as an example, there is no South American team in the World Cup semi-finals!
And if you look back further, Argentina was finally runner-up in the 2014 World Cup, but it is well known how difficult they played, not to mention Brazil's humiliating defeat at home to Germany's World Cup record.
But on this one-third acre of land in South America, since everyone's level difference is stepwise, there are still some.
A team like Bolivia is not in the slightest if they play Brazil or Argentina at home, because they are a plateau team, and many opponents do not adapt to the altitude when they go to their homes and play poorly.
But when it comes to Brazil, Bolivia can only be slaughtered.
Brazil coach Tite obviously retained his strength, as William, Sandro and in the team were all sitting on the bench without starting.
When the game started, Brazil controlled the initiative on the field. The former disciple of Situ Yunbing in Liverpool, Coutinho, was the most active player on the field. The Brazilian star who had a sluggish performance after going to Barcelona seemed to be incompatible with Barcelona. .
However, returning to the Brazilian national team can still play well.
In the early part of the second half, Coutinho scored two goals within 5 minutes to help Brazil lead by two goals, and then Tite began to substitute.
Neymar’s landing in European football actually cost Barcelona more than 100 million euros, which also caused the chairman of the transfer to take the blame and resign. Now, the most talented and concerned supernova in Brazil is Everton. The European media has long revealed that many giants are following him. Once he landed in Europe, the transfer fee would inevitably exceed 100 million!
After Everton debuted, he scored a goal with Fernandinho's assist to help the Brazilian team seal the victory.
A Brazil team's win-win game opened the curtain for the America's Cup.
Because the Chinese team’s participation in the America’s Cup has indeed directly increased the ratings and attention of the America’s Cup, there have been many more discussions on the America’s Cup on social media than in previous years.
Two days later, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã Stadium.
Group B group stage has already ended, Argentina 0:2 defeated by Colombia.
In the second game, the Chinese team faced Paraguay.
Before the game, Situ Yunbing didn’t talk much about the game. He just said that he didn’t know much about South American football, so he came to the America’s Cup with a humble heart to learn. If he can gain some experience here, then it’s very good. Priceless fortune.
The Paraguayan coach is Eduardo Bellizzo. His career is not brilliant, but he has also made a lap in European football and then stepped into the coaching industry. The pinnacle of coaching in European football a few years ago was to lead Seville to enter The Europa League semi-finals, unfortunately, were eventually eliminated by Mourinho's Manchester United and blocked the finals.
He was subsequently diagnosed with prostate cancer and interrupted his coaching. After treatment, his body began to recover. He picked up the pointer from Paraguay, and he is now a well-known anti-cancer fighter in South American football.
Brazil’s legendary and magnificent Maracanã Stadium really made Situ Yunbing feel dizzy, because the stadium is so big that it can accommodate 80,000 spectators, which doesn’t sound like much, but before the renovation, it used to be able to accommodate. 200,000 people!
After looking around the stadium, Situ Yunbing walked to Berizo and shook hands amicably with the opponent before the game.
Situ Yunbing really didn't use many Brazilian players in the days of coaching in European football. It can be said that there are relatively few players in South America, which makes him not much prestige in South America.
South American football has always struggled with European football for the first place in the world.
They don't have the kind of self-entertainment in hosting an Asian Cup like Asia. In the hearts of many South American fans, the America's Cup is also very high.
The Chinese team’s participation in the competition is considered to be a sloppy nature, so that the America’s Cup looks more scaled and the tournament can generate more revenue.
As for Situ Yunbing, the fans here are not cold to him.
How high is your achievement in European football?
Nothing to do with them.
The starters of the two teams entered the field, and the atmosphere on the scene became warm. Paraguay received much more support than the Chinese team.
"Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the first round of Group B of the Brazil America's Cup 2019.
This year's America's Cup invited the Japanese and Chinese teams from Asia to participate. Today the Chinese team will debut at the Maracana Stadium, and the Japanese team will face Chile tomorrow.
The media is not optimistic about the performance of the Chinese and Japanese teams in this tournament. Most of them think that they will be able to go home after playing the group stage.
But I think both teams have a lot to do.
We must know that the Japanese team almost eliminated Belgium in the World Cup to advance to the quarterfinals!
The Chinese team just won the Asian Cup four and a half months ago, not to mention they also have a legendary coach Situ Yunbing!
Here is an introduction to the starting lineups of both sides.
The Chinese team started 433 today.
Goalkeeper: Shen Jingjie.
Defenders: Abu Duhemiti, Bai Yuanfan, Cheng Renjun, Li Lei.
Midfielder: Zhang Zhibang, Zhao Fenghua, Huang Bozhou.
Forwards: Luo Xin, Wu Lei, Luo Cheng.
According to this list, the Chinese team came up with the strongest lineup to participate in the America's Cup!
Paraguay started 451.
Goalkeeper: Fernandez.
Defenders: Asamendia, Balbuena, Valdes, Alonso.
Midfielder: Dominguez, Rojas, Almiron, Otis, Perez.
Forward: Cardoso.
Paraguay still has reservations. They put many of the main players on the bench waiting for the battle with Colombia and Argentina!
Well, the game will begin soon, let us look forward to this game together! "
Situ Yunbing didn't know if he was underestimated by his opponents, or whether the conditions for promotion in this group were not harsh. The top two could qualify, and as long as the third place with good results could qualify!
Although he played the America's Cup with a Buddhist mentality, he still did his job well.
Several important players like Paraguay who have now been updated and started to take over have not appeared today.
Sanchez, the offensive midfielder in 1996, winger Gonzalez in 1994, winger Iturbe in 1993, and center Santander in 1991 did not appear!
But the players that Paraguay sent to play today are really not enough.
Only 2 of the 11 starting players played in European football. Defender Balbuena played for West Ham United, and forward Almiron played for Newcastle United. The two played in the team when Situ Yunbing was still coaching Liverpool. Even if the main force was unable to fight, he naturally did not leave any impression on Situ Yunbing.
Among other players, only Cardoso, who played for Benfica for eight years, can be called a famous player.
But Cardoso is now 36 years old!
Among the other players, only Perez played for the Qatar League to make money, and the rest played in the South American or North American Mexican League.
Such a Paraguay can not be said to be the second team, but it definitely did not show the strongest strength.
Berizo may really want to let the team recharge and play two games with Argentina and Colombia. As for the Chinese team, it is not negligible, but there is no need to show all the cards.
After seeing his opponent's starting lineup, Situ Yunbing was no longer at ease.
Binglai will block the water, and since Paraguay wants to retain its strength, then the Chinese team will let them try to win the game so easily!
With the referee's whistle, the Chinese team and Paraguay officially started the game.
Situ Yunbing, who was standing on the sidelines to supervise the battle, looked serious, and the Chinese team also put up a tight formation on the field to resist Paraguay's offensive.
South American teams are mostly players with agility and speed, but the overall tactical rigor is far behind European teams.
Paraguay’s first wing attack was launched from the left. After Perez received the pass from Rojas on the left front of the field, he wanted to go to the bottom but was destroyed by Abdulhemiti. Sideline.
The first attack did not succeed!
Sitting on the coaching bench watching the tight formation of the Chinese team, Berizo suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.
This game may not be as easy to win as imagined!