Chapter 13 Champion temperament
The media are really afraid that the world will not be in chaos. After Moganella's Twitter incident, the media reported that the Chinese National Olympic Team's reaction focused on the answer of the National Olympic Team players: "Who is Moganella?"
Of course they knew that the Chinese Olympic team could not know who Moganella was, after all, they had just fought.
The media are very clear that the Chinese Olympic team is using this method to express their dissatisfaction, but it can also be understood as contempt for Moganella.
So in the reports, everyone was adding fuel to this matter, so the Chinese media naturally laughed at Moganella with the words of the national Olympic team players, which was considered anger.
Chinese fans were very relieved when they saw the players of the National Olympic Team responding.
Switzerland responded quickly. Moganella deleted his remarks and closed his Twitter account. The spokesperson of the Swiss Olympic delegation was also quite embarrassed when facing reporters. He said that Switzerland would quickly hold a meeting to discuss further punishment measures.
On Monday, the Swiss delegation issued an official statement, deciding to expel Moganella from the team and the Olympic delegation, which means that he cannot participate in the next Olympic men's football match.
"Moganella not only discriminates, insults, and desecrates the Chinese football team and the Chinese people," the statement of the Swiss Olympic delegation read.
Moganella also publicly apologized for the matter.
However, his apology did not receive a response from the national Olympic team and the Chinese Olympic delegation.
It seemed as if everyone hadn't heard him apologize, and the Chinese media did not report much about his apology. Instead, they reported that he was fired from the team and drove out of the Swiss Olympic delegation. It felt quite "very happy".
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After the second round of group stages were all over, Spain broke into an upset again. They lost to Honduras 0:1 in the second round of group stage!
Spain, which lost two games in two games, was eliminated one round ahead of schedule.
This result was really unexpected by many people. For a time, the local British media were discussing this matter, which was incredible.
It was enough to be surprising to lose to Japan in the last round, but it is still obvious to all in the level of youth football.
But losing to Honduras in the second round is really incredible.
Originally, before this round of the game, the Spanish domestic media hoped that the National Olympic Team could repeat the scene in the 2010 World Cup. At that time, the Spanish national team also lost 0:1 to Switzerland in the first game of the group stage, faced Honduras in the second game, defeated the opponent 2:0, and finally qualified from that group, and reached the final, winning the Hercules Golden Cup.
But the reality is cruel. The National Olympic Team and the National Olympic Team are different. The National Olympic Team conceded the ball in the first seven minutes. In the next 83 minutes, they hit the crossbar three times and failed to score. They eventually lost the game.
Lost in both games and not scored a goal. The Spanish national Olympic team set a shameful record for the country's football in the World Championships. In the three major events of the Olympics, World Cup and European Championships, the last time the Spanish team was eliminated in the group stage was in the 2004 European Championships, but at that time, they were eliminated by the host Portugal in the last round. Although Spain also failed to qualify in the group, they also won at least one draw in the first two games, but they failed to qualify in the last round due to the tacit understanding between Paraguay and Nigeria. In the 1980 Moscow Olympics, although Spain did not qualify, they achieved at least three draws. In the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Spain lost both games in the group stage, but scored at least one goal.
After the game, Spanish players and media complained about bad luck and the referees had problems. What they said might make sense. But such a mentality does not help them win the game.
On the contrary, they suffered a loss after the game because of this mentality. In the battle between life and death with Honduras, seven of the Spanish team, including striker Mata, were given yellow cards by the referee. According to FIFA regulations, more than five people in a team will be fined if they receive yellow cards. Once someone investigates verbally insults and harassing officials on duty, they will face more severe punishments.
During the break, the Spanish team also pushed and insulted each other in the player passage with Honduras players. After referee Juan Soto refused to give a penalty, they had a fierce dispute with the referee.
These all show their imbalanced mentality.
The head coach of the Chinese National Olympic Team, Brazevic, put down the newspaper, and even the British media reported on the news that the Spanish National Olympic Team was eliminated in advance, which shows how sensational this matter was.
Brazevic remembered the interview he had with Zhou Yi before coming to London. Zhou Yi analyzed in detail why he thought the Chinese team had a chance to win the championship. He talked about the weaknesses and weaknesses of the popular teams who won the championship. Now they all come true. With stars such as Mata, Alba, Martinez, and De Gea, Spain, which looks very strong on paper, was eliminated early because of the old habit of not paying enough attention and slow fever.
Brazevic was a little surprised that Zhou Yi's analysis of the situation was so clear and accurate.
A thought suddenly popped up in his mind. He felt that even if Zhou Yi was not a player and became a head coach, with his ability, his achievements would probably not be bad. Of course, he is already a player now and his achievements are not low, so he can only wait until he retires before becoming a head coach...
He would be very happy to see Zhou Yi become an excellent head coach. Of course, if he could still survive until that time...
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The sensation caused by Spain's elimination quickly passed, which was not an incredible thing for football games, especially the cup system, which is very easy to create unpopularity.
As for the impact, I'm afraid that some teams will feel that their hope of winning the championship has increased significantly.
For example, the Brazilian Olympic team.
The Brazilian team, which gathered Neymar and other stars, came for the gold medal this time. Although Brazil is called the kingdom of football, they have never been involved in the Olympic football gold medal. They have had very good opportunities in history, but they always fail.
In this Olympics, everyone regards them and Spain as the biggest favorites to win the championship. As a result, Spain is now eliminated, and only Brazil is left. In this way, will Brazil firmly win the Olympic gold medal?
For a time, public opinion was optimistic about Brazil's championship, just as if the Brazilian Olympic team had won the Olympic gold medal...
Judging from the group stage, the Brazilian Olympic team has indeed shown their superiority. The first game against Egypt can be said to be a narrow victory, and the second game defeated Belarus 3:1 can be said to be a complete victory.
Their championship temperament can be seen from the group stage.
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"This is such a bad champion temperament!" Sun Pan was very dissatisfied with the media's flattery about Brazil. When everyone got together to chat, he complained.
"He is the team that scores the most goals," said Yang Muge.
"Damn it, whether to win the championship is clearly depends on defense! Only defense determines the championship!" Sun Pan, as a goalkeeper, is a natural supporter of the "defense first theory".
"I don't think Brazil has any championship temperament," Zhou Yi said. "Of course it's not because of defense or offense."
Sun Pan originally thought that Zhou Yi was here to help him, but when he heard Zhou Yi's second sentence, he couldn't help rolling his eyes.
"Whether they win the championship has nothing to do with their tendency to attack or defense." Zhou Yi said,
"What does that have to do with it?" He Ying asked.
"It has something to do with whether we meet us." Zhou Yi replied.
"whispering sound!"
"puff!"
Everyone laughed.
"Okay, Brazil is very strong. But if we really meet them, we won't have a chance." Zhou Yi said seriously. "In short, you have to have confidence. The champion temperament is related to whether you are confident!"
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The opponent of the Chinese National Olympic Team in the last round of the group stage was the weakest Gabon team in the group. This game became unimportant when the Chinese team had already obtained the right to qualify in the group in advance. Even if the Chinese team lost to Gabon, Mexico defeated Switzerland, and China and Mexico had six points together, comparing the victory and loss relationship between the two sides with the same points. In this regard, the Chinese team had the advantage because they defeated Mexico 1:0.
So in the last game, when Brazevic made a significant adjustment to the team's starting lineup, Zhou Yi and He Ying sat on the bench, which was normal.
However, Chinese fans still feel a little regretful. A large part of the reason they watch the national Olympic team's game is to watch Zhou Yi.
As a result, Zhou Yi sat on the bench for 90 minutes and did not appear.
He really had a thorough rest. I think if the national Olympic team had twenty-three people, not sixteen people, Blazevic would have taken Zhou Yi out of the competition list and let him lie down in the hotel room and sleep in the bed.
Although there was no appearance from Zhou Yi and He Ying, the Chinese team still gained a pretty good result - they did not lose the game, but got a draw.
0:0, no one scored a goal.
Although Zhou Yi and He Ying did not play on the Chinese team, Yang Muge, Guo Nu and Sun Pan were still on the court, and they guaranteed the Chinese team's defensive hardness.
In the end, the Chinese team got one in this game, and the entire group stage scored seven points. Mexico defeated Switzerland 1-0 in the same game, and got six points, ranking second in the group by one point.
According to the rules, after the Chinese team qualifies in the group, as the first in Group B, they will meet the second in Group A in the quarterfinals.
The second in Group A is the Korean Olympic team.
Chapter completed!