Chapter 267: ceiling

Highlights of the Chinese Olympic team's 2:1 elimination of the Spanish Olympic team in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games appeared on the Chinese Internet.
There is a comment that well represents the views of the vast majority of Chinese fans on this game:
"I don't even know if the Olympic team eliminated Spain 2:1 and made it to the Olympic semi-finals that shocked me, or the corner kick tactics of the Olympic team in the game shocked me more..."
Regarding the corner kick tactics, someone turned up a FA Cup game in 2023 after the game. It was Anton Shining Star who challenged Lingnan Poseidon away. At that time, Anton Shining Star was still a Chinese League One team, while Lingnan Poseidon was the sixth-ranked Chinese Super League team.
The weak Anton Shining star frequently made strange moves in that game, and almost every set-piece was a novel tactic that opened his mind.
. And the corner kick tactic that the Olympic team is now scoring has also appeared in that distant FA Cup game. It's just that Qin Lin, who was finally in charge of the goal at the time, kicked the football into the sky...
Now replaced by Hu Lai shot, scored.
Corner kick tactics can be said to be almost the same, the Olympic team copied Anton Shining Star's tactics intact.
Many fans really didn't expect that this tactic like a joke could still be effective in international competitions. Looking at the performance of the Spanish Olympic team players after losing the ball, it can be regarded as a knife to their - an eye opener. !
In addition to this corner kick that surprised everyone, the result of the game was also shocking.
Although in the quarter-finals against the Spanish Olympic team, some fans in the country were clamoring to avenge the revenge they took four years ago.
But when the national Olympic team really eliminated Spain, many people still felt unbelievable.
This is the runner-up of the European Youth Championship!
The overall strength of the Spanish Olympic team is definitely not weak. On the front line, there is Mario Salado, the best young player in Europe who played the main force in the Catalan United, and on the back line is the young central defender Nuno Se, who is mainly trained by the King of Madrid. Kairos sits.
At the same time, three overage players including the main striker Rafael El Gures of the Sevilla Navigators were also called up.
It was also for the medal, but was eliminated by the Chinese Olympic team in the quarter-finals!
After the game, some Chinese fans sent out such a soulful rhetorical question:
"Is there a possibility, that is... We are really strong?"
Although before the Olympic Games, some Chinese fans held an optimistic attitude and believed that the Chinese team could compete for gold and silver. Hu Lai's remarks when he and Li Qingqing participated in a business event also seemed to prove that this optimistic view was justified.
But more Chinese fans still dare not put too much hope on the Chinese Olympic team. On the one hand, they do not want to be defeated. On the other hand, I really feel that with the strength of the Chinese Olympic team, it is not a problem to qualify for the group, but it is still too difficult to get a medal.
To know what it means to win a medal at the Olympics, look at "precedents":
The best result in Asian football at the Olympics is a bronze medal.
They were created by the Korean Olympic team in the 2016 Rio Olympics and the Japanese Olympic team in the 1968 Mexico Olympics.
Among them, the leader of the South Korean Olympic team in the 2016 Rio Olympics is their top talent Park Sun-tae.
. It was his outstanding performance in the Olympics that helped the Korean Olympic team win a bronze medal.
It can be said that the bronze medal is the ceiling of Asian football in the Olympic Games.
Therefore, the vast majority of rational Chinese fans do not dare to really believe that the Chinese Olympic team can win a medal.
Even if the Olympic group easily qualified, they thought it was because the opponents in the group stage were too weak.
It was not until the national Olympic team eliminated the Spanish national Olympic team that most people realized that this national Olympic team could really touch the ceiling of Asian football in the Olympic Games!
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On the line of the penalty area, the four players of the Chinese Olympic team stood in a row, like a human wall in a free kick. But unlike the wall, the wall players have their backs to the goal, while they face the goal.
Next, Zhang Qinghuan drove the football out of the corner flag area, and he kicked a boccia ball.
The target is the four Chinese Olympic team players standing side by side on the line of the penalty area.
The first Zhou Zijing falsified a shot, the second Xia Xiaoyu also falsified a shot, and when the third Hu Lai, he kicked the football into the goal with his left foot.
When the football flew into the goal, the Spanish players who had gathered in front of the goal had not completely dispersed and were still there.
Then the screen is frozen.
"This is the corner kick tactics that the Chinese team used in the game."
The head coach of the Argentine Olympic team, Leonardo Palladini, pointed to the screen and said to the players of the Olympic team in front of him.
"Of course there was luck in the goal and it looked like a farce. But we're going to see what really worked in this joke goal. The 'real thing' was... our semi-final. The opponent is not easy to deal with!"
When Palladini said it, his expression was serious, even a little fierce.
. "When the Chinese team faced Spain, they put their stance very low, so they carried out very detailed set-piece tactical drills. And this corner kick is just a microcosm of the efforts behind them. I don't know that we Will you encounter such set-piece tactics in the game, if you encounter any strange tactics, don’t panic like the Spanish players, just deal with it normally.

About how to deal with the Chinese team's set-piece tactics, it's not what Palladini wants to say. His focus is to warn his players not to underestimate the enemy.
"...I know that on paper, maybe we are better than the Chinese team. But please note that I said 'maybe' - in football, as long as our strength does not constitute a crushing advantage, we cannot Say we can definitely win. Obviously, our strength is not enough to crush this Chinese team. I don't even need to give you an example from four years ago, when the Chinese team and the Argentina team were far worse than they are now and us. Bigger, but they beat us at the time..."
Cantero glanced at Melli secretly when he heard the coach say that.
Then he was a little surprised to find that Merry also cast his eyes on him.
Well, although the head coach Mr. Paladini said "not to cite an example four years ago", he still managed to evoke the unpleasant memories of the only two people in the team who experienced the game four years ago... …

…We just look at their game against Spain and we can see that this is definitely not an opponent we can take lightly. Spain lost the game because they underestimated the enemy, and it would be stupid if we also lost because of the underestimation. .I know that in China, there has always been a shame that Argentina lost to China four years ago and didn't even qualify for the group stage. Then I think it's even more shameful than losing to them four years ago. !"
Cantero is speechless: Didn't the coach say it's okay not to cite the example from four years ago? But why do you bring the game from four years ago in every paragraph...
"And I don't need to remind you again, there is Hu in the Chinese team, right? He is a very good guy. He has scored seven goals in this Olympics, and is currently one goal less than Strauy. But Strauy has been eliminated, and no one on the scorer list can threaten him... Although there is no such thing as a scorer list in the Olympics, I just want you to know that you need to maintain the necessary respect when facing the Chinese team with Hu and attention!"
Cantero secretly glanced at Merry again, this time Merry did not look at him again, but stared at the head coach Paladini, his eyes were extremely sharp.
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"Merry."
When the players returned to their rooms after the meeting, Cantero walked over to Melli and asked in a low voice:
. "Are you dissatisfied with what Mr. Palladini said?"
Merry glanced at him: "Mr. Paladini is telling the truth, why am I dissatisfied? I never deny Hu's excellence."
"Then the look you looked at Mr. Palladini at that time..."
"Ramon, do you know why Mr. Paladini kept mentioning our failure and humiliation four years ago in his speech?" Merry turned his head and asked his friend.
"He... uh, he wants us to take this opponent seriously and not underestimate the enemy..."
"It's not just that. He actually said those words to both of us, Ramon. Because of the people who went through that game four years ago and experienced the humiliation firsthand, it's just us on this team. Parady Mr Nee wants to stir up our fighting spirit and give our best in the semi-finals."
Merry looked at Cantero and said seriously.
"In a game like the Olympics, there are only two days between each game, so it is difficult to make any targeted arrangements and arrangements in training. So it is not the tactical adjustment that determines the outcome of the game~EbookFREE.me~ It's how the players perform and how they are on the field."
. After Cantero said this, he understood that winning the game mainly depends on the players playing on the spot, so the coach is tantamount to stimulating them.
But he then frowned: "Even if Mr. Paladini doesn't say it, we will not lose our fighting spirit. You must know that I have waited for this game for four years. Otherwise, why should I apply to play again? The Olympics? Isn't it just to have the opportunity to take revenge on Hu at the most suitable occasion!"
Merry smiled slightly: "How could Mr. Palladini know about this kind of thing? He's just doing what a head coach should do. So I responded to Mr. Palladini with that look to reassure him, We will do our best in the game.

"That's right. We'll do our best in the game! This time I'm going to shake Hu before the game, look him in the eye, and tell him that it's God's best to meet him again at the Olympics. Arrangement!" Cantero was excited by Merry's words.
But he made Merry pour cold water: "No, Ramon. You must not do this alone."
Cantero: "..."
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PS, sorry, I forgot to set up automatic updates yesterday...
But I do remember what I set, and don't know what's wrong with my memory...
Fortunately, I got up early today, otherwise this chapter will not be updated until noon... [covering face]
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