Vol 4 Chapter 829: Final World Cup, 3, 4 Asian Cup

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The semi-finals, for the Chinese team, are indeed not a failure, but a supreme glory. After all, the strength of the Chinese team has not reached the level of winning.
So the players cleared up their minds, got together, and lined up to express gratitude and salute to the fans on the scene. The Chinese fans also swept away the previous frustrations and sent the warmest applause. No one will blame the players today, because they have done their best, even if the final result is to lose the game.
In the mixed zone, Chinese players have also accepted interviews.
Li Weifeng wiped the sweat from his face: "Of course we are sad now. Originally we were going to hit the finals, but now it is impossible. I thank the Chinese fans, I believe they will be proud of us."
Sun Jihai: "Brazil is already afraid of us. They saw how we played in the second half. I think they will be afraid of the Chinese team. I didn't know until the end of the game that Zheng Zhi's goal that hit the lintel should be a goal. , So we had a chance to take the lead, but luck was on Brazil's side. Now, we will fight for the third place, regardless of whether the opponent is Germany or South Korea, we will eventually become the third place!"
Zheng Zhi accepted an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport.
Reporter: "Can you talk about this game?"
Zheng Zhi: "Both sides played very well at the beginning and the game went smoothly, but we did not win the game in the end. Ronaldo scored a goal in the second half, and the Chinese team failed to catch the score in the end. Ping, this matter is very regrettable. We will continue to work hard in the future."
Reporter: "But in the first half you hit the lintel with a shot. The slow motion showed that the ball had flown into the goal. What do you think about that?"
Zheng Zhi: "This is football. Seriously, I can accept this penalty because none of us can see whether the ball is scored or not. The referee is also a human being. Of course he is the same as us. Unfortunately, the game cannot be repeated. So there is no need to be so regretful. The Brazilian team’s offense was very fierce today. We were lucky that we did not concede more goals. If we hadn’t had O Chuliang, maybe we would concede more points. Similarly, Ronaldo’s goal was also very good. Unexpectedly, we didn't expect him to shoot the ball in. This is all very accidental, and football matches look at the result, not the process, so I can accept the result."
Reporter: "Can you make a brief comment?"
Ilhan: "Hakan Suk is a very good player. We passed him a lot of good shots. But football is a very accidental thing. Losing opportunities is inevitable. We did lose some opportunities."
Reporter: "Please talk about your views on the third place?"
Zheng Zhi: "Yes, we still have a chance to compete for third place. We will play well. We will not think too much about the impact of this game. The Chinese team has been very successful."
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Head coach Horton also talked a lot after the game:
"Our participation in the World Cup this time is like participating in a grand festival. We left a deep impression on people and showed Chinese football to the world. We achieved our goals. I am very happy about this."
Speaking of this game, Horton said: "I am very proud of my players. They performed very well in the game. The only regret today is that they did not continue to bring joy to the Chinese people."
"We did not take the opportunity to equalize. Nevertheless, this match is different from the first match against Brazil. Our goal was to win the championship, but now we can only fight for third place."
"Participating in the World Cup semi-finals is a great experience. If there is another chance, I believe we will reach the finals."
"I think Brazil will win easily in the final, but if we make it to the final, I also think we will win the championship."
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Although the Brazilian team was also ecstatic, they expressed respect for the Chinese team.
Coach Scolari gave the Chinese team a very high evaluation.
He said: "We think the Chinese team is a very powerful opponent. They are very dedicated and their style of play is also very characteristic. Just looking at their midfield and striker, it is definitely a world-class team! In the game, They created many opportunities. They are a very dangerous team, but we figured out their routines."
Speaking of Brazil’s victory, Scolari said:
From the very beginning of the game, I felt an inspiring power from the Brazilian fans, players and people on the scene. I believe that the Brazilian fans will be very excited tonight. We are very, very happy. We wanted to score more goals in the game, but we couldn't achieve it."
Scolari continued: "We are very eager to win, but I would rather congratulate the Chinese team. Their ability to reach the semi-finals is an amazing achievement!"
Speaking of Ronaldo, who was replaced at 68 minutes: "When I saw his new hairstyle in the training ground, I thought it was a positive sign. We know him too well, and there is no fatigue problem in him. Will He changed halfway because of the final consideration."
The top scoring star Ronaldo also said: "I have always been very cautious about this game, because there is my best friend in the Chinese team. We must admit that he originally scored a beautiful world wave in the first half. But everyone did not see if the ball was scored. The Chinese team should have taken the lead. He organized the Chinese team very well. They are a very good team and deserved to reach the semi-finals. But our offense has always been. Very strong, always trying to score. If it were not for their goalkeeper’s world-class performance, I could have scored more goals. Anyway, we entered the finals and could only say sorry to my friend."
"My teammates and I did our best and we finally reached the final. I'm very happy."
"In 1998, we knew what it meant to be in the finals. We must stay focused now, but we don't need to think too much about the game and make ourselves nervous."
Talking about his tiptoe goal, Ronaldo also said happily,
This is a typical'Roman Rio' goal. Although the goal may seem casual, the effect is very good. It's a very important goal."
"Romario and I are friends, so I remember him and his way of scoring goals."
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Media all over the world quickly reported the semi-finals.
German "Der Spiegel Online": Zheng Zhi made the goal line unsolved, and Ronaldo's goal brought Brazil to the final for the seventh time, and also pushed the World Cup final to a climax. Although they lost, the Chinese have written history and they still have a third place to compete for!
Reuters: Ronaldo "stabbed" Brazil into the final. The Chinese goalkeeper Ou Chuliang failed to save the ball and the Brazilian team won the fierce confrontation. This is a game they should win, and they will appear in the final for the seventh time. The Chinese team played very cleverly in the opening stage. Zheng Zhi even created a goal line suspense, but was eventually dragged down by the Brazilian team's offense. They could walk out of the court with their heads high.
Deutsche News Agency: This is a contest between the Brazilian genius and the tightly organized midfielder of the Chinese, but the latter obviously lacks the Brazilian's offensive talents, and they waste many equalizing opportunities. After many dull knockout games, the two teams finally contributed a wonderful game for us. During the game, the two sides created many scoring opportunities, and the midfield performance was also amazing. Luck is also on the Brazilian team's side. Zheng Zhi's goal on the lintel is not counted, and Ronaldo's deft blow finally brought Brazil to the final!
The Italian "Gazzetta dello Sport" positioned this game today as "a rather tense and exciting game", "a performance of two football geniuses". It is true that Ronaldo performed well today. In addition to the wonderful goal, he also cooperated with the rest of the players many times. He also had several beautiful assists on the front line, but he should thank Zheng Zhi for hitting the lintel. Goal, that is a perfect world wave...
The Italian newspaper
Republika
said:
This World Cup seems to be a strange circle. The strong teams did not show their strength as they thought, but at the beginning what people thought the
weak teams
had reached the level, but today Ronaldo’s performance broke With this spell, his talent finally sent the powerful Brazil team to the final. But I have to say that Zheng Zhi had hoped to let the Chinese team take the lead, but unfortunately his goal by hitting the lintel was deemed not to be scored, but this Once the referee made a wrong decision, but the ball is really unclear..."
China Sina Sports: It's a glorious defeat! Although we lost to Brazil 0:1, we actually led the Brazil team 1:0!
Sohu: The referee owes us a World Cup final!
Sports Weekly: We led Brazil 1:0 in the first half, and Brazil led us 1:0 in the second half. Although we eventually lost the game, we have reason to continue to look forward to the 2006 World Cup in Germany!
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Two hours later, another World Cup semi-final whistled at the World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. The game was quite boring. The South Korean team took advantage of the home court to defend themselves. The score did not change until the 75th minute.
In the 75th minute, the German midfielder made a straight pass. Neuville succeeded in an offside pass from the right. He quickly made a cross. Ballack and Bierhofer outflanked the position. Ballack shot on the inside of his right foot 12 meters in front of the goal. , Li Yun fell to the ground with his leg to block the ball, Ballack made a volley on the inside of his left foot without stopping, hitting the bottom right corner of the goal.
It is a pity that Ballack, who scored a goal, will miss the final with Brazil.
In the end, Germany beat South Korea 1-0 and reached the World Cup final for the seventh time. On June 30, it will compete with Brazil in Yokohama for the championship.
The Koreans can no longer rely on the help of the home court and referees to move on. Their opponents in the three or four battles have naturally become the Chinese team!
The media all over the world cheered for Brazil and Germany meeting in the final.
French "Team Daily": The darling of the final meets for the first time in the final! Germany VS Brazil, both teams are World Cup super strong teams. They have both entered the World Cup finals seven times. Now the German team has a chance to tie the Brazil team's four World Cup records, lest Brazil win the World Cup five times. Let other teams miss the dust.
England's "Times": Brazil VS Germany, the football world has finally recovered its sanity. However, it is different. The final is still the World Cup, and the three or four finalists have become an "Asian Cup."
ESPN: Brazil will beat Germany 2-0 in the final!
Spain’s largest sports media "Marca" made a comment: Germany’s young midfielder Ballack advanced his team to the final with his goal in the 75th minute. But he himself could not fully enjoy the happiness of the team reaching the finals, because the yellow card he received in the game made him lose the opportunity to play in the finals. Can the German team lacking Barack be able to withstand the Brazilian offense?
On the contrary, the German media did not believe that they reached the finals.
After the German team defeated South Korea to enter the World Cup finals, the basic reaction of the German media was very happy, but the online editions of some newspapers still faintly revealed their surprise and doubt about the German team entering the finals.
The "Cologne Express" pointed out: "The German team will at least win the World Cup runner-up. To be honest, who would dare to make such a bet in advance?" In an article titled "Yes, we entered the final", this The newspaper believes that although the critics are not optimistic about the German team, the German team did get a chance to tie with Brazil and win the World Cup for the fourth time.
The article also pointed out: "Waller will definitely get a place in the temple of football. After Beckenbauer, he is expected to become the second person to win the World Cup as a player and coach."
The newspaper also pointed out that Ballack, who scored the winning goal for the German team in 75 minutes, was a "tragic hero". In the semi-finals, Ballack received another yellow card, due to the accumulation of two yellow cards. , He will miss the World Cup final on Sunday. Prior to this, Ballack also scored the winning goal for Germany in the game against the United States.
The online version of Der Spiegel also pointed out that thanks to Wöller’s leadership, the German team was able to enter the final.
The world used to laugh at our football. Now it’s our turn to laugh, but we laugh because of happiness.

Le Monde pointed out:
Unbelievable things happened. The German team entered the 17th World Cup finals. Le Monde believes that the German players have inherited the German team’s tradition in the World Cup, although the last few minutes of the game are impressive. Nervous, but today's semi-final is the best performance of the German team in this World Cup.
"Kickers": Compared with the previous two games against Paraguay and the United States, the performance of the German team has improved significantly today. Facing the seemingly exhausted South Korean team, Waller's players are more agile and active. Affected by the opponent's home atmosphere.
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In Asia, the Chinese and South Korean teams had to fight again. Both teams represent Asia. Whoever wins the game will create new history on behalf of Asia, and the losing team will bear more humiliation.
The South Korean team definitely does not want to meet the Chinese team, they suffer from phobia.
However, after reaching the top four, compared with the past, Koreans' mentality has indeed undergone a radical change.
After losing to the German team, the South Korean players seemed surprisingly calm. South Korean fans also expressed their understanding and acceptance of this result. For the South Korean team, who reached the top 4 in the World Cup for the first time, the only goal now is to fight a beautiful battle with the Chinese team and get third place. The fight for third or fourth place may not be as touching and passionate as the championship and runner-up matches, but South Korean coach Hiddink still said that he would use third place to prove himself again.
For the South Korean team, which has always supported itself with patriotism, the only reason for the battle with the Chinese team is that the South Korean team has not won the Chinese team for four consecutive years, and hopes to avenge revenge in this World Cup. Perhaps only with such a slogan can fans have more passion.
Although it is normal to lose to the German team, the failure still makes the Korean players who are eager to pack up and go to Japan feel a little regretful. Therefore, they hope to achieve good results in the three or four finals to reward all the Korean fans who pay attention to them. The World Cup tour came to a successful conclusion.
At present, the 68,000 tickets for the three or four finals have all been sold out. This is definitely very bad news for Chinese fans, because most of the tickets have already flowed into the hands of Korean fans, and the Chinese team only got one. More than a thousand tickets, which means that Daegu Stadium will definitely become the most terrifying home stadium of the Korean team!
Even if the Korean team played at home in the past, the Chinese team could at least get five or six thousand tickets, but this time the Koreans really used the means, and they couldn't buy them anyway. In order to help the South Korean team beat the Chinese team to third place, perhaps the entire South Korean team has started.
Although many Chinese fans cruised outside the Daegu Stadium in advance, trying to buy tickets at high prices through the scalpers and other channels, they still got nothing...
The Chinese team arrived in Daegu, South Korea, where the third or fourth place was to be played on the night of the semi-finals, but everyone looked exhausted and they walked out of the airport listlessly to the hotel.
That night, the head coach Horton refused all media interviews, and the team thanked the guests behind closed doors after having dinner in the hotel.
According to the hotel staff, the floor where the Chinese team is located is quiet, and most people sleep in the room.
Officials of the delegation have instructed the hotel to avoid all possible interference to the rest of the team. For this reason, the floor cleaning work where the Chinese team is stationed has been changed to manual operation, and all vacuum cleaners and other modern tools that may make noise have been removed. Prohibited to use.
Most of the fans around the hotel were invited dozens of meters away, and the security guards were even ordered to stop the fans from making loud noises. The police car’s siren and tweeter cannot be used.
In the afternoon of the next day, the Chinese team resumed training, but the content of the training was relatively simple.
Horton re-accepted the media interview: "The task of the Chinese team is to win the third place in this World Cup. At present, the team feels good after the break."
"The Korean team is very strong, and their advantage at home is very obvious. The Korean fans are very enthusiastic and crazy. I have never seen such a fan. Hiddink is a very mindful coach. The Korean team can achieve what it is today. His grades have nothing to do with him."
"They defeated some traditional European strong teams, and they lost only one goal to the German team, and they played very well in the game. The Chinese team also lost one goal to the Brazilian team and played equally well in the game. Our strength is equal. , I think this game will be very intense."
But then he changed the subject.
"But I don't want this game to be swayed by the referee..."
Horton is still worried about the referee.
"If the referee does not become the protagonist, I think we will be on June 4th against South Korea!"
In the 3 or 4 finals between South Korea and China, 4 referees were not from Europe. The referee is Manny from Kuwait, the linesman is Saudi Arabia's Trefi and Canada's Wagala, and Mexico's Ramos is the fourth official.
In the previous games that the South Korean team participated in, the referee problem has always been the focus of attention. In the 3rd and 4th place competition, FIFA sent out the Kuwait referee, who is also an Asian referee, whether there is any suspected black box operation. know. Only after the final result of the game comes out can we make a conclusion...
Horton's voice was fairly mild.
The player's voice is even harsher.
Zheng Zhi said in an interview with Japan's "Asahi Shimbun": "China and Japan have performed very well in this World Cup. Both teams have achieved results through their own strength."
"Japan will be China's strongest opponent in Asia, and the two teams represent the highest Asian standards."
Then he looked forward to the third and fourth place finals.
"I thought the opponent would be a strong team in South America or Europe,"
"Too disappointed."
"What does the Korean team have? Bragging about their physical fitness? The Korean team has some ~EbookFREE.me~ we all have, and we have, they don't."
"So, although we have reached the semifinals, what if we can't beat South Korea?"
"That is simply the biggest humiliation in Chinese football history and the biggest insult to world football!"
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The content of such interviews must have spread to Koreans quickly.
Even the big guys of the Korean Football Association are angry.
"As a world-class star, Zheng Zhi doesn't know what respect is!"
"I am disappointed!"
"South Korea's entry into the semi-finals was achieved through the hard work of the players, not as rumored by outsiders!"
South Korean fans overturned the wall and screamed at Zheng Zhi on the Chinese portal sites Sina and Whoosh. The match has not yet started, and the fans took the lead in starting the war between the two countries...
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And before the arrival of the 3rd and 4th place, the media from all over the world also made predictions on the game and mocked the South Korean team.
Reuters: The Asian dispute, who will have the last laugh? One is China, which can almost beat Brazil, and the other is fighting at home. Maybe the referee should control the balance of the game?
Agence France-Presse: If you look at the odds offered by the gambling company, the victory should belong to China, but if you look at the past plot, maybe the South Korean team is closer to third place.
Associated Press: Thankfully, the finals belong to South America and Europe, and the third and fourth places belong to Asia. The result is no longer important.
Although the South Korean team has home court advantage and the potential factor of refereeing, the gambling company is overwhelmingly optimistic that the Chinese team will win third place.
Maybe because of past record?
Anyway, the major European gambling companies are one-sided optimistic about the Chinese team, and opened a handicap for the Chinese team to give in. This means that the South Korean team will definitely lose the game?
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