Fox in the Penalty Area

"Wow!

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! The Chinese team is ahead! The one who scored the goal was... Luo! In the absence of Hu, the Chinese team even scored first! "

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On the television came the shouts of the Spanish commentator.

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Hu Lai was no longer able to complain, he could only roll his eyes and express his dissatisfaction with the narrator's "Pride and Prejudice".

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Li Qingqing comforted him with a smile: "There are really too few opportunities for Chinese football to appear in front of Europe as a collective image. It will be better later. Isn't the World Cup next year in Spain and Portugal? By then, they will know the Chinese team. What is it like."

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Hu Lai nodded and said nothing.

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He knew that his girlfriend was right.

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For a long time, Chinese football has been low-level and unpopular for Europeans, and it is not worthy of attention. Now it's only because of him that he has come to understand, but their understanding is only shallow, not in-depth.

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For Chinese football, just like for China, it is full of all kinds of weird stereotypes.

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If we want to change this situation, we can only rely on the actual performance of Chinese players.

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Japanese football has gone through the exact same process.

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At first, because Japanese products were sold all over the world, Europeans thought that Japanese players were "product spokespersons" sent by Japanese companies with money to open up the European market. They came to Europe to sell goods, not to play football.

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This situation did not change until more and more Japanese players appeared in Europe and performed well.

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Chinese football also needs to go through such a process. The only difference is that Chinese companies will not spend money to send Chinese players to study abroad, because they are afraid of being scolded by public opinion in their own countries. With the image of Chinese football at that time, it is not a good thing to be linked with Chinese football. Japanese companies may also play a role in promoting their own brands by helping Japanese players. If they are replaced by Chinese companies, it is estimated that there will only be a "smell for thousands of years"...

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Now, although Hu Lai's personal performance is very outstanding, he even won the European Ballon d'Or. But there are still many Europeans who think that the overall strength of Chinese football is very poor. Except for Hu Lai, the Chinese team is not worth mentioning. Without him, the Chinese team is just a soft persimmon that can be squeezed casually...

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Don't talk about Europeans, doesn't the Japanese media think so?

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Even our Chinese fans themselves hold this view.

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We can't accuse them of being unconfident. After all, football still depends on actual performance.

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Don't blame others for not believing anything until there are no actual results.

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Fortunately, next year's World Cup will be held in Europe, and the whole of Europe can see the Chinese team's performance.

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As long as the Chinese team can show enough strength, perhaps there will be a big change in Europeans' views on Chinese football in the future.

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The game has restarted, and the Chinese team, who has taken the lead, tries to get ahead and score another goal.

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They did create a good chance, but Zhou Zijing's shot in the penalty area was saved by the Japanese goalkeeper Nobuo Nishiguchi.

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"oops!"

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Seeing that Zhou Zijing missed the opportunity, Hu Lai put his head in his hands and shouted regretfully.

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Seeing him like this, Li Qingqing said, "Fortunately, you are watching the game in your living room. If you are watching the game from the bench, and you can capture this scene, maybe after the game, someone will pass you on to Zhou Zi. Very dissatisfied..."

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Hu Lai shook his head: "No. I won't. Before the game is over, some people say that I am dissatisfied with Zhou Zijing."

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Zhou Zijing himself was also very annoyed. He held his head in his hands after missing the opportunity and screamed in the sky.

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The Spanish commentator on the TV introduced: "Zhou is currently playing for the Premier League team Leeds City and scored ten goals in all competitions last season. But so far this season, he has not scored any goals..."

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After resisting the Chinese team's three-pronged axe after taking the lead, the Japanese team began to plan a counterattack.

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Now that the score is behind, it is equivalent to driving them to a dead end.

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The only thing that is fortunate is that at least the Chinese team took the lead at the beginning of the game, leaving them more time.

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If the Chinese team takes the lead at the last minute, then the Japanese team is in danger... I'm afraid it will be weak.

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I have to say that the overall strength of the Japanese team is still very strong. Almost all of their starters have experience playing in Europe, which makes them not panic and cannot help themselves after facing the sudden loss of the ball.

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Instead, he quickly adjusted from the conceding blow.

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Then they were not in a hurry. They launched the attack directly through the long pass from the backcourt. Instead, they maintained the previous tactical style of play and used their technical advantages in the midfield to play steadily and gradually advance.

They are not in a hurry to pass the football directly to the 30-meter area of ​​the Chinese team to form a shot, but first go back and forth in the midfield, looking for opportunities to paralyze the Chinese team's defense line.

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Luo Kai and Chen Xingyi, who were wingers in front, also had to retreat to the third defensive area for defense, which also suppressed the Chinese team's offense.

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Tatsuya Sugiyama used his skills and awareness to move continuously throughout the midfield area to help his teammates sort out the midfield.

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"Tatsuya Sugiyama is indeed more powerful than before... After playing in the Champions League in Wissedov, he has improved a lot." Hu Lai, who watched the game from the perspective of God, said to Li Qingqing. "If he can go to a team that can make him the main force early, maybe the improvement will be more obvious, but the result is blue and white Munich..."

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After Tatsuya Sugiyama finished the 2024 Madrid Olympics, he was spotted by Blue and White Munich, and then made a very high-profile move to the Bundesliga giants. It was quite a sensation at the time.

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At that time, even the Chinese media were envious, thinking that Sugiyama Tatsuya's ability to join Blue and White Munich was another solid proof that Japan's football level was ahead of Chinese football.

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So much so that after the scandal between Hu Lai and the King of Madrid came out, they didn't go. Many media and fans were uneasy, thinking that Chinese football had lost the best chance to overpower Japanese football. In their opinion, Madrid The king's grade is definitely higher than that of Blue and White Munich. If Hu Lai can go to the King of Madrid, the limelight can completely overwhelm Tatsuya Sugiyama of Blue and White Munich and become the "Nanbowan" among young Asian players.

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Of course, the development trajectories of the two people were very different afterwards. Tatsuya Sugiyama, who was once in the limelight, wasted a lot of time in Blue and White Munich repeatedly, wasting a lot of time in the constant lease.

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It wasn't until I went to Wissedov that I found a suitable environment and started to accelerate. But he is also twenty-seven years old, no longer young, and there is no room for trial and error. For him, going to Wessedov to play is more like a stud, if you don't succeed, you will become a winner.

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Hu Lai, however, started from Leeds City, a newly-promoted Premier League player, and made steady progress one step at a time. Now he has become one of the top players in the world.

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I have to say, human destiny, personal struggle is important, but the right choice is equally important.

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If Hu Lai was influenced by his vanity and chose to go to the King of Madrid, what he would have achieved now, I am afraid even he himself does not know.

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"Lonely Step into a Fairy"

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The Japanese team pushed the attack forward, but when they entered the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team, they were headed out by Wang Guangwei.

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After Zhang Qinghuan, who was retreating, received the ball, he turned around and wanted to take it forward.

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Then he turned around and saw Junpei Morikawa standing in front of him.

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His left shoulder sank, and he was trying to dribble the ball to the left, but the outside of his right foot slammed the ball to the middle, trying to shake Morikawa Junpei away.

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Morikawa Junpei was not fooled by him at all. He stepped forward with a lunge, stretched out his foot and stabbed the football on the outside of his right foot, stabbing the ball behind Zhang Qinghuan.

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Zhang Qinghuan stumbled slightly and lost his position.

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When he turned around and chased after him, Morikawa Junpei had already caught up with the football and headed towards the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team.

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Fortunately, Gao Ruimin was still standing in his own position. As soon as Morikawa Junpei took a step, he met Gao Ruimin, who was waiting for him.

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He had to slow down.

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At this time, Zhang Qinghuan also chased back~www.readwn.com~ Morikawa Junpei protected the football again, dodged Zhang Qinghuan's rush, and then dribbled the ball horizontally.

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Zhang Qinghuan didn't have time to turn around, so he ran straight to the space behind Gao Ruimin to make up for him. Gao Ruimin followed Morikawa Junpei to move laterally to defend, trying to continue to get stuck in front of Morikawa Junpei.

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After Morikawa Junpei widened the angle horizontally, he tried to push the ball forward and pass it to Yin Tengnu, who was running diagonally behind the back line of the Chinese team.

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Wang Guangwei just got stuck on his passing route, stretched out his foot to make a tackle, and blocked the ball.

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However, the football blocked by Wang Guangwei fell to the feet of Tatsuya Sugiyama, who was at the top of the free throw arc!

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He stopped the ball in a hurry, the football hit the inside of his foot hard, bounced high, and flew into the penalty area!

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Tatsuya Sugiyama quickly adjusted his pace to catch up, and then grabbed a half-volley before Liu Yan and Mao Junzheng closed the door!

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After the ball was shot, it rubbed against Liu Yan's outstretched calf, changed line slightly, and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal!

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Although Lin Zhiyuan made a save, he was a little too far behind the shot that went straight to the corner...

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He fell to the ground, and could only watch the football fly past his fingertips, then rubbed the inside of the goalpost into the net!

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In the 31st minute of the first half, the Japanese team equalized the score!

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