The game against Uzbekistan is a revenge. Chu Zhongtian told everyone this statement before the game. Although there are only a handful of players in this team who have experienced the last Asian Cup, they still resonate with everyone.

Chu Zhongtian has an unprecedented prestige in his inner court. He is the well-deserved boss. Everyone listens to whatever he says. It is not that he is forced to listen, but that he is willing to listen. Because what he says makes sense and can do it himself. Everyone sees his performance on the court. They know whether such a leader is powerful or not.

Chu Zhongtian said he wanted to take revenge, so everyone was thriving in blood to take revenge.

There is nothing to say about this game.

However, the factors off-court make people worry that it will affect the game. For example, the dissatisfaction of the Football Association and the General Administration of Sports with Chu Zhongtian, which led to many rumors before the game. Sometimes it was said that Chu Zhongtian would be suspended from the team and missed the game against Uzbekistan; sometimes it was said that Chu Zhongtian would be fired from the national team and he would bid farewell to this Asian Cup... In short, all kinds of rumors made everyone know what is true and what is fake.

It was not until Chu Zhongtian appeared on the court that everyone breathed a sigh of relief - at least Chu Zhongtian did not miss this game, which means that he was not banned by the team.

The Chinese team, which has remained unbeaten so far, has a high morale and is also very united within the team. Since Gao Hongbo came to the stage, he has cleaned up a large number of old players, allowing the "ball dominators" who had previously dominated the team in the locker room of the team to fade out of the national team one after another, creating a relatively simple and stable environment. In addition, many players were discovered from various clubs after Gao Hongbo took office, so he is willing to fight for Gao Hongbo. The atmosphere of this team may be a rare and good thing in the past ten years.

Under such circumstances, as long as they perform normally, it will not be a problem to defeat Uzbekistan. What's more, they have Chu Zhongtian?

This is true. In the end, the Chinese team defeated Uzbekstan 2:1 in the third round of the group stage. Chu Zhongtian shone again, scoring two goals alone, with both feet long shots, and almost the same position. The two goals in the front and back were only ten minutes apart. Chu Zhongtian used the same method to break through the Uzbek team's goal twice.

He seemed to have intentionally told those who were dissatisfied with him when the General Administration of Sports and the Football Association leaders used such impeccable performance to tell those who intend to behave badly to him that he was an indispensable figure in this team! In addition, he also made his reputation in China for a while, so that even if the leaders wanted to move, he had to consider it. The power of public opinion and the masses was actually his amulet.

At least after this game, a local media immediately said: "Such an outstanding player is just because he expresses his opinions frankly, and he will encounter the so-called 'ban'. In the past, everyone always called for heroes, but now the hero comes out, but he will fall under his own sword. Chu Zhongtian said, 'Now everyone knows it, this is why Asian football has no status in international football'. What I want to say is, 'Now everyone knows it, this is why Chinese football cannot raise its head in front of the whole world'!"

There are hundreds of media that say good things about Chu Zhongtian. Even Xinhua News Agency wrote an editorial that Chu Zhongtian's approach is understandable. Players are not Bodhisattvas or moral saints. It is normal to vent after being wronged. What's more, football is a sports competition. Such a project should require players to be bloody. Chu Zhongtian did not use such bloodyness to kick the opponent's body, but just said the truth in an interview, which is already very professional ethical.

After the game with Uzbekistan, the Chinese team won the group qualifying. Chu Zhongtian was interviewed again. He thanked everyone for his support. He did not apologize for his remarks, but reiterated his point of view. He did not think he was wrong. Asian football really had no status in the national football world. The level of Asian football is indeed very low. Asian football does have many disadvantages. South American football and African football have disadvantages. There are many continuous geniuses to make up for this shortcomings and raise the overall level. Of course, European football is not clean, but the structure is complete, and the inertia of a century of operation can keep them at the highest level. Only one Asian football is left, dreaming of getting more seats in the quota allocation of World Cup qualifiers all day long, but it does not improve its own level, nor is it rich in geniuses. He also likes to fight in the east and west Asian football.

Chu Zhongtian is not talking lies. The dispute between Asian football and East Asia has lasted for more than ten years. West Asia football has long had a record of suppressing East Asia football.

In other continental football federations, it is difficult to see a clear confrontation with regions like the AFC. In addition to the Asian Cup, East Asian Football and West Asian Football always play each other. East Asian Football has the East Asian Final Four, West Asian Championships and the Gulf Cup.

The AFC officials were obviously dissatisfied with Chu Zhongtian's statement. They felt that Chu Zhongtian was too ungrateful and just awarded the honor of the Asian Footballer to him. This turned around and criticized the poor Asian football level. If you have the ability, don't come back to participate!

For a time, Chinese media also rumored that Chu Zhongtian would pay the price for his big mouth, and the AFC planned to suspend him for two games in the Asian Cup.

The Chinese team has finished the group stage. Not to mention two bans, even if they only have one ban, the Chinese team will be in danger.

Because Qatar defeated Kuwait 3-0 in the last round, and with the same points as the Chinese team, he defeated the Chinese team with a goal difference to win the first place in the group, so according to the rules, the Chinese team's opponent in the quarterfinals will be Japan in Group B... This is a very, very powerful enemy.

The Chinese team without Chu Zhongtian had no ability to compete with him. The only thing they could do was pray to lose fewer goals.

However, because of Chu Zhongtian, the Chinese team can also shout the slogan "Fight against Japan to enter the semi-finals" during training.

Although Japan has the advantage from all aspects of strength, Japanese football is at least 30 years ahead of Chinese football. However, sometimes the competition-making cup-making competitions cannot rely solely on strength, but also depends on the position and luck. Otherwise, if the weak team meets a strong team, they will abstain directly before the game, which can save everyone's time.

Even if the Japanese team is stronger than the Chinese team, Chu Zhongtian wants to lead the team to compete.

If the rumors are true and Chu Zhongtian is really going to be banned, the Chinese team's Asian Cup journey will basically end here.

But Chu Zhongtian himself had never received such news. He didn't care about that, but just focused on training and devoted all his energy to how to deal with Japan.

For the Asian Cup, even if he offended the whole world, he wouldn't care.

※※※Chu Zhongtian is preparing for the match against the Japanese team, and the winter break in the Bundesliga has also ended, and the battle has begun again. After the match against Uzbekistan, Chu Zhongtian watched Hoffenheim away challenge to Werder Bremen in the hotel room.

The two sides tied in this game, with Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen each scoring two goals, with a score of 2:2. Ibissevic and Obasius each scoring one goal, helping the team get a point away. However, this result made their ranking in the standings drop by one, from second to third.

On the day of the match against the Japanese team, it was also the 19th round of Hoffenheim. Their opponent was St. Pauli. This opponent was not strong, far less powerful than the Chinese team's opponent.

The Chinese team and the Japanese team also have old grudges. Chu Zhongtian found that in Asia, the Chinese team could not find a few teams that had no enemies with him. Even teams of the Maldives level once made the Chinese team embarrassed at their simple home court, causing the Chinese team fans who followed the team to turn against each other directly in the stands and shouted the slogan "The Chinese team disbands, the Football Association disbands."

The grudges between Chinese football and Japanese football are particularly strong due to national hatred and family hatred and national antagonism. Every time the game between China and Japan is always very intense. This is true from the national team to the club. Chinese clubs go to Japan to play the AFC Champions League, Japanese fans scolded "Ba Geyalu" in the stands, and when they came to China to play, Chinese fans booed constantly when they beat the Japanese national anthem. At that time, Chinese fans sang "The big knife cuts to the Japanese heads" in the game against the Japanese team, which was very powerful.

There were also many grudges in the Asian Cup. In the 1996 UAE Asian Cup, Japanese defender Naoki Naoki made a cold shot as the game was approaching the end of the game, which shamed the Chinese team, who was determined to be in a good position. In Lebanon in 2000, the advantage of the Japanese team made the Chinese team hate the semi-finals 2:3, and he won the championship in one breath after defeating the Chinese team.

The grudge that impressed many Chinese fans was naturally the Asian Cup held in China in 2004. The host and the Japanese team entered the finals, and the championship competition began between the two teams. The game was deadlocked, and the Chinese team was not at a disadvantage by relying on the advantage of home games. Although the Japanese team scored the first goal, Li Ming quickly equalized the score for the team. Until the 65th minute, the most controversial scene appeared on the court. Japanese defender Koji Nakada knocked the corner kick into the goal with his hand at the back post. For this obvious handball, the referee on duty, Said Camill, the Kuwaitian, turned a blind eye to the goal, indicating that the goal was effective, and insisted on the penalty in the face of the complaints of Chinese players.

The referee also made frequent mistakes in the quarterfinals of Iran and South Korea in the Asian Cup. He showed four yellow cards in a matchup before controlling the situation. After the game, he was collectively appealed by Iranian fans, and some fans even wrote directly to the AFC, believing that he missed the uncivilized behavior of a Korean player. The South Korean player raised his middle finger to Iran's bench after the game.

In this final, he also had a very poor performance. In addition to turning a blind eye to this obvious handball, he also obviously favored the Japanese team. He even had offsides throwing balls from outside the border, which made both coaches laugh and cry after the game, saying that he had never seen such a thing in his life.

By the way, the referee's wife at that time was a Japanese man named Rika Takeami, who married Camille in 1998.

This game is the closest Chinese football match to Asian champions, but it was ruined by a referee and a handball. After the game, the then head coach Alihan even refused to receive the prize. The angry Chinese fans shouted anti-Japanese slogans after the game and burned the Japanese flag in public. Some emotional fans even clashed with the police.

In the East Asian Final Four last year, the Chinese team played against the Japanese team for the first time. Before the game, some Japanese media claimed that even the second team of Japan could easily defeat the Chinese team. The result of the Chinese team's players was angered. In the end, the two sides tied 0:0. The Japanese team did not play in the second team, and they did not easily defeat China. The result of this game led to criticism from Japan's head coach Takeshi Okada. Everyone believed that in order for Japanese football to perform well in the World Cup, Takeshi Okada should resign and leave the position to those who are more capable.

The latest grudge between Chinese and Japanese football occurred at the Guangzhou Asian Games.

In the first game, the Chinese National Olympic Team lost 0:3 to the Japanese National Olympic Team, composed of second-tier players, amateur players, as well as college students.

This score made people who were already full of expectations for the performance of the National Olympic Team at the Asian Games disliked, and the media and the Internet launched a new round of criticism and criticism of Chinese football.

Chinese football and Japanese football have so many grudges and hatreds. This time we met in the Asian Cup quarterfinals again. How could we not spark?

※※Japanese football was initially very weak in Asia and almost everyone was bullied. At that time, there was an interesting Three Kingdoms circle in East Asia - China was afraid of South Korea, South Korea was afraid of Japan, and Japan was afraid of China.

When the Chinese team lost to the South Korean team again and again, Chinese fans could also say, "Although we can't beat South Korea, we still have no problem dealing with Japan." Japan has become the only fig leaf for Chinese football.

Later, the Japanese Football Association issued a century-old plan to actively learn from Brazil, unswervingly take the technology path under its feet, and vigorously develop grassroots football. Japanese comics with campus football as the theme are very popular in Japan, and now there are many comics about Japanese campus football. Promote professional football leagues and attract out-of-date stars to play football in Japan with high salaries. Although they are all out-of-date old players in European football and South American football, they were once the world's top players. Their arrival has brought a huge impact on Japanese football, making Japan's country

People have seen what the world's best football looks like, and have attracted more Japanese teenagers to fall in love with the sport of football. In addition, due to the special relationship between Japan and Brazil in history, there are many Japanese immigrants in Brazil, and many Brazilian players have come to Japan's professional league to play football. Their arrival has also added more Brazilian color to Japanese football, deeply affecting generations of Japanese football. Every national team of Japan will have a Brazilian Japanese player from Brazil. This is the case with Tanaka Tougasa Wang in the World Cup in South Africa, but he has missed this Asian Cup due to injury.

In addition, relying on its strong economic strength, Japan held the Toyota Cup, bringing the world's highest-level events to the doorstep of the Japanese, so that they can enjoy the competition between European champions and American champions without leaving home, which greatly stimulated the development of Japanese football. Japanese players also relied on the financial resources of Japanese companies to go abroad and began to sponsor overseas - rich Japanese companies sponsored teams in the top European leagues in exchange for their qualifications to allow players from their own country to play. Playing football in high-level leagues can obviously greatly improve the ability and confidence of Japanese players. Nakada Hidesu and Miura Nora are representative figures.

This series of measures has allowed Japanese football to develop rapidly in the past twenty years, leaving the former "divorce" Chinese team far behind. While Chinese football is still corruption and fake balls and black whistles, Japanese football has already considered whether to "get out of Asia and Europe".

At the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, the Japanese team entered the World Cup knockout stage for the first time with home games. The World Cup further promoted the development of the sport of football in Japan. Now Japan has leagues of all levels with strict management and perfect structure, and even elementary, middle school and college students have decent leagues. Their games can attract many fans to watch the game on site, and there are live TV broadcasts and expert comments. It is like a professional league.

There are none of these in China.

At the Asian Games, Japanese college students and players are all players of the National Olympic Team. The qualities reflected on the court are easily surpassed by Chinese players. Chinese professional players are like amateur players in front of them.

Such Japanese football is so terrible. After the game, some Chinese media asserted that Chinese football may not be able to catch up with today's Japanese football if it works hard for twenty years.

However, comprehensive strength has nothing to do with the outcome of a game. A famous Argentina football commentator once said that a football match is illogical, and whoever wins and who loses cannot be analyzed.

The Chinese team is not completely without a chance. At least they still have Chu Zhongtian. Moreover, Gao Hongbo's national team once tied the Japanese team away in the East Asian semi-finals last year, and they still have the strength to compete. In addition, the national Olympic team cannot be confused with the national team. The level of the national Olympic team does not equal the level of the national team. For example, the national Olympic team once defeated Leverkusen 1:6 in the warm-up match, and three days later, it beat the opponent 3:0. Although the opponent is not strong, it can reflect the gap between the two teams.

Chu Zhongtian will then confront his opponents in the Bundesliga on the court. There are many players in this Japanese national team who play in Europe, including the captain of the Japanese national team in Wolfsburg, Makoto Hatane in the World Cup, and the Dortmund scorer Shinji Kagawa, who is in the limelight this season. Shinji Kagawa has scored eight goals in the Bundesliga, ranking ninth in the scorer list. On him is Chu Zhongtian, who scored nine goals.

Chu Zhongtian and these two Japanese players have already played in the Bundesliga, so he may be more familiar with the Japanese team with Kuwait, Qatar, and Uzbekistan.
Chapter completed!