Chapter 165: Opponents in the last level

"As the focus of this round of league games, Manchester Athletic vs. Leeds City did not disappoint us. The two teams held high the flag of offensive in the game, fought against each other and scored six goals in total. And the game The process was also ups and downs... The home team took the lead three times in the game, but the away team Leeds City stubbornly equalized three times... The last goal of both teams was very exciting... Kabangka used his signature high-speed running. The scene where the bull's tail overwhelmed Ben Grist was called "cruel" by the narrator Cox. Hulay’s goal of "absolutely" before the end fully demonstrated that he is currently the top scorer in the Premier League. The shooter's sense of smell and quick reaction in front of the goal... He unexpectedly picked the football over Correa's head, and at the same time turned around to get rid of the opponent, and successfully hit the empty goal...
"If you don't count Leeds City's game against Waldhampton-Hulay was not on the squad at the time-then Hulay had already scored goals in his four consecutive games. In October, he only played twice but scored three goals, and the ten-second goal against Vijayston also set the record for the fastest goal in the Premier League so far this season... According to news, Hu Lai may win the Premier League Player of the Month in October. If he can really win, then he may be the player with the fewest number of matches... But if he doesn’t win, it’s not a big deal. With Hu Lai’s state, I believe it will be sooner or later that he won the Premier League’s best of the month again...
"Hu Lai is no stranger to the honor of the Premier League of the Month. He won the Premier League Player of the Month for the first time in August, when he scored five goals in the four rounds of the league in August. This His performance helped him win the best of the month... Maybe we Chinese fans will start to get used to Hu Lai as a representative of Chinese football, and continue to create a new history of Chinese football on the world's top football stage..."
After the match between Leeds City and Manchester Athletic, various domestic media in China carried out very detailed reports on the match.
In the era of Internet short videos, the last goal he turned around and shot an empty goal after picking Correa was picked out separately and went viral on the short video platform.
Various self-media companies used his wonderful performance to reap big fans on various platforms.
During the competition, Yan Kang was worried that the self-media marketing account's pursuit of Hu Lai would turn into a fanfare, and wanted to cool down the current slightly fanatical atmosphere.
But now it seems that this idea of ​​his is destined to be difficult to realize in a short period of time...
Considering that there will be two World Cup qualifiers with Paraguay next, Yan Kang is even more worried.
Since the media marketing account has started to chase the hot spots of these two games, the titles have become more and more popular:
"Paraguay is ready to face the wind! 》
"Chinese football is only one step away from the World Cup! 》
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"How did Paraguay go from being a frequent player of the World Cup in South American football to becoming a ruined one? 》
Look at this title, although Paraguay is indeed far from its previous glorious period, and it has missed four consecutive World Cup finals. But this does not mean that people are "broken and settled"...
The reason why they were not able to participate in the World Cup is because the South American preliminaries are notoriously "hell copies."
There are strong players in South America from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela and other countries, but there are only four and a half places for the competition.
Brazil and Argentina have never missed the World Cup and are the best in South American football. This first loses two places, and the remaining teams compete for the remaining two and a half places.
Venezuela has a plateau advantage, even if Brazil and Argentina play away to Venezuela, it is difficult to get any benefits.
If teams such as Chile, Peru and Bolivia emerge from one or two strong players, they can also stir up trouble in South American football.
Not to mention the traditional football powers like Uruguay and Colombia.
Which of these teams is easy to deal with?
If you switch to an Asian team to participate in the qualifiers in South America, you might be wiped out. Maybe the Japanese team is a little better, but it's also limited. This can be seen from the results of the Asian teams in the previous World Cup finals. Spotlight.
Paraguay has not participated in the previous four consecutive World Cups. It is not that their level is too poor-although there are indeed reasons for their decline in strength-mainly because their opponents are too strong.
In this World Cup qualifier, Paraguay finally finished fifth in the strong South American qualifiers, and got the qualification to compete with the Asian teams for the half of the spot, which shows that they are definitely not easy to mess with.
After all, ahead of Paraguay are Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay, four old and strong teams that have always played a stable role.
But in the articles or videos of these self-media marketing accounts, Paraguay is just like the influential team, as if the Chinese team can definitely step on the opponent's body to stand on the World Cup stage...
We have Hulay, who is currently ranked number one in the Premier League's scorer list. That's right, but Paraguay also has players who play in Europe!
There are as many as twelve players in this Paraguayan national team playing in all levels of European leagues, and this alone is really not qualified for the Chinese team to be tough in front of Paraguay.
Two of these twelve players are representatives of Paraguayan football. One of them is Munich’s blue-and-white main striker Souza Espinola. He has played for this Bundesliga giant for five seasons, in all competitions. Scored one hundred and thirty-three goals, with a cool style and delicate technique. His failure to participate in the World Cup has been regarded as a pity by many fans and the media.
The other is the main center back of the Serie A giants Turin Bulls, Paul Alcey. He is not strong, but he has excellent defensive skills and first-class consciousness. Otherwise, he cannot become the third captain of the Torino Bulls in the Serie A that emphasizes defense. .
These two people happened to be one after another.
When defending, the Chinese team must withstand the Paraguayan attack lineup led by Souza Espinola, and when attacking, they must rack their brains to break through the Paraguayan defense line led by Paul Alcey.
This is definitely much more difficult than playing Uzbekistan in the Asian play-offs.
For this reason, Yan Kang wrote a long article on the Internet to analyze Paraguayan football. The purpose is to pour cold water on everyone and warn them to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. As a spectator, don’t have the sense of expectation that you’ve completed your work in one battle. You have to see the progress of Chinese football from this qualifier. This is what will benefit Chinese football for the longest time...
However, what he wrote so painstakingly and put it on the Internet, the most common response was:
It's too long to watch.
After watching it, some people criticized Yan Kang for committing a "capitulationist error" and surrendered before a battle. It was the "defeatist remnant" accumulated by Chinese football for so many years...
Only in the place where professional fans gather, has it resonated with many people. Because Yan Kang really made sense.
The worry of these people is entirely necessary.
The World Cup has set off an unprecedented football craze in this country. Naturally, there will be many people who didn't pay attention to football at all before, and they didn't understand football. They came to watch the national team games. They are full of enthusiasm for the Chinese team and have high hopes.
But they don't really understand the rules of the football world, and naturally they don't understand the strength of Paraguay, the fifth-placed team in the South American qualifiers.
This kind of attention and enthusiasm is a good thing for Chinese football, and it also symbolizes great pressure.
Among those who follow the fashion to pay attention to the Chinese team's impact in the World Cup, some people may turn their heads and curse Chinese football after the Chinese team's failure in the World Cup, as repeated many times before.
They don’t care how strong Paraguay is, how difficult it is for the Chinese team to get to this point...
Anyway, they are happy when they win, and they scold when they lose. This is the unbreakable "truth" in their hearts, and they have never made a mistake.
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"Wait a minute, Sugiyama."
Sugiyama Tatsuya was stopped when he changed his clothes and was about to leave the locker room.
He looked back at the tall and handsome teammate Souza Espinola, and asked in German: "Is there anything wrong, senior?"
Souza has become accustomed to the special Japanese address of the young Japanese player, so he didn't care about his name, but asked: "It's like this...Are you free tonight? I want you to have a meal."
When Sugiyama Tatsuya heard this, although he was a little confused, he nodded and said, "Of course, I'm free..."
A gentle smile appeared on Sosa's face: "If you don't mind, how about asking you to eat your country's food?"
"Thank you so much, senior." Sugiyama Tatsuya hurriedly bowed slightly.
"You are polite, I actually need your help..." Sosa waved his hand quickly.
"Ask me for help?" Sugiyama Tatsuya showed an expression of surprise and confusion on his face.
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In a very typical Japanese restaurant, Souza Espinola changed his posture to sit on a tatami cushion-this was his third sitting posture in half an hour.
In the beginning, he strictly followed the Japanese dining etiquette and learned how to sit on his knees like Sugiyama Tatsuya.
But it didn't take long for him to feel the tingling sensation from his leg to the heel.
Just looking at Tatsuya Sugiyama who looked like nothing happened before him, Souza was really embarrassed to change his posture, as if he was afraid that doing so would give Tatsuya Sugiyama the illusion that he disliked their Japanese etiquette.
But after a few minutes of hard work, he couldn't help but adjust his sitting posture and change to sitting cross-legged.
This time he persisted a little longer, and finally changed his posture for the third time just now...
To be honest, Sosa now regrets that she shouldn't invite Tatsuya Sugiyama to eat this Japanese food with its "original flavor" as its biggest selling point. It is so authentic even when sitting...
While changing positions, Souza stated his purpose of inviting Tatsuya Sugiyama.
This purpose made Tatsuya Sugiyama's eyes widened: "Huh? Senior wants to know Hu Lai?"
Souza nodded very solemnly: "Yes. Although I know that he is now number one in the Premier League's scorer list, and I also know that he just scored a beautiful goal in the game against Manchester Sport... but I never had him. Having played against him, all knowledge about him is limited to knowing these data. But you met him in a game, so I want to know what impression of him as a person who has played against him... You too You know, Shanshan, we will compete with the Chinese team for the last ticket to the World Cup in more than ten days."
Sugiyama Tatsuya was still very surprised: "I didn't expect you to attach so much importance to the Chinese team, seniors. It is reasonable to say that with your strength, as long as you don't underestimate the enemy, there should be no suspense to defeat the Chinese team, right?"
"In theory, this is the case. But football is round and there are many unknowables. I worry that Hu is the biggest unpredictable..."
Seeing that Souza was so serious, Tatsuya Sugiyama frowned and began to seriously think about the impression Hu Lai left on him.
Souza didn't bother him when he saw this, and quieted down in the small private room.
After a while ~EbookFREE.me~ Sugiyama Tatsuya shook his head and said: "I don't know how to introduce him to senior. I just thought about it and found that he has many different...faces. When I When I want to describe him in a sentence or two, I can’t do it at all. You are right, Senior, Hu Lai is indeed the biggest unpredictability. There is one thing that may prove it..."
Then Tatsuya Sugiyama told Sousa the whole process of the goal that Hu Lai scored in the U23 Asian Cup final.
When Sugiyama Tatsuya said that when Hu Lai was facing the Olympic goalkeeper of Japan, he accidentally slipped and fell to the ground, but unexpectedly scored the football into the goal, Souza's eyes widened: "It can still be like this. God, I can't imagine how he should do it..."
Sugiyama Tatsuya smiled and shook his head: "Before I saw the ball with my own eyes, I couldn't imagine that anyone could score a goal like this... So I can only say that Hu is an elusive person. You never know that he is here. What he thinks and what he will do next. This is why the defender feels tired when he is playing against him, because the attention must always be on him and he must not be distracted... But how Is it possible?"
After hearing Sugiyama Tatsuya's words, Souza frowned and fell into thought.