Chapter 53 Heading vs. Koreans
Today's Korean team, like the Chinese team, has many U23 Olympic players. However, South Korea's U23 team just won the bronze medal at the London Olympics, but the Chinese Olympic team was eliminated early in the previous qualifying rounds.
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In the third and fourth place finals of the Olympic Games, South Korea defeated Japan 2:0 in an East Asian derby. Park Joo-young, who plays for Arsenal, and Koo Ja-cheol, who plays for Wolfsburg, each scored a goal.
Together with their National Olympic teammates, Ki Sung-yoon who plays for Swansea in the Premier League, Kim Bo-kyung of Cardiff City, Yoon Seok-young of Queen's Park, and Ji Dong-won of Sunderland, they are now teammates of the national team, and they are all in today's big league.
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It's hard to say how strong these people are. As long as you know that Son Heung-min, who was trained in Hamburg's youth training at the age of 16 and now plays for Hamburg's first team, was not selected for the National Olympics.
After playing in the Asian Cup at the beginning of last year, the 30-year-old South Korean king Park Ji-sung tearfully announced his retirement from the national team in order to concentrate on playing for Manchester United. At that time, Zhuo Yang thought: Is this guy a fake? He is only 30 years old, how dare you?
Now it seems that South Korea really has no shortage of players. There are a lot of players in the five major leagues waiting eagerly for the national team call.
Counting on the fingers, it has been four years since Zhuo Yang returned to the national team. Today is the first time he met South Korea. The 4th round of Group A of the 2014 Asian Top Ten Tournament, Zhuque Stadium, Xi'an, China.
Four years ago, during the last Top Ten match against Australia, Suzaku Stadium was banned from hosting international events for two years by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation after all the fans insulted and abused their opponents.
This kind of punishment is actually better than nothing, because Suzaku's software and hardware conditions are very average. Basically, it only takes two or three years to play the national team's home game. It's just like that.
The Chinese team has "Korean phobia". This term was coined by the media at first, but later it seems to have become a real thing. Although there have been wins and losses with South Korea over the years, the media still likes to speculate.
But if you say that Zhuo Yang has Korean phobia, I'm afraid not many of the 7 billion people will believe it. South Korea's trend of studying abroad can scare others, but what has Zhuo Yang not seen? In the past, Song Zhongguo and Park Ji-sung were brutally beaten by him.
The appearance is still vivid in Korean minds.
Less than seventy-two hours ago, Zhuo Yang scored a header against Granada at the Bernabeu at the buzzer, and then the flight took another ten hours to get back to his hometown. Jie Shuai felt sorry for him and asked if he wanted to go back to his hometown.
Let’s take a break first and then start again in the second half depending on the situation.
Zhuo Yang showed no signs of fatigue and waved his hands to say it was okay.
Because he returned to the team earlier this summer and the pre-season training was more systematic than in previous years, Zhuoyang's physical reserves are very ideal. Although his condition is not yet 100%, he is very well-trained.
As a technical monster who can embroider with his feet, Zhuoyang seems to be obsessed with overhead kung fu recently. In this game, both sides like to go wide. In addition, the fierce fighting and many set-piece corner kicks are also very suitable for him to fly up.
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In the 13th minute, Hao Junmin took a corner kick from the left. Zhuoyang motioned for him to hit his head without any concealment, not paying attention to Ulsan Hyundai captain Ha Dae-sung, who was closely guarding him.
Hao Junmin knew Zhuoyang's preference, and the ball flew toward the goal as flat and fast as a shot. He Dacheng tightly grabbed the corner of Zhuoyang's jersey in his hand, but he couldn't stop him from taking two steps and then flying into the air.
He defeated Korean captain Guo Taihui from the penalty spot. Zhuoyang's own impact and the flight inertia of the football were combined into one, and he swung his head towards the goal and goalkeeper Zheng Chenglong had no time to block it, 1:0.
This was a header from the center. The ball went into the goal and Zhuoyang landed. Only then did He Dacheng loosen the corner of his clothes and looked angrily at Guo Taihui, who was lying on the ground.
Guo Taihui is also a member of the Korean army studying abroad, but his choice is rather strange, playing for Riyadh Al-Hilal in the Saudi League. Being able to play there is definitely not because of love.
The Koreans didn't have much to do against Zhuoyang, and the other members of the Chinese team didn't have much to do in front of the Koreans. After 1:0, the two sides were in such a stalemate, and the game was not very smooth because of many fouls.
In the 44th minute, the South Korean team got a near-corner free kick. After Ki Sung-yong took it, Guo Taihui made up for it. After getting rid of Liu Jianye, he grabbed the rebound before Zeng Cheng attacked and hit the ground header.
Feng Xiaoting tried his best to make a clearance behind the goal line, but he kicked the ball into the top of the net, 1:1.
In the second half, Korean head coach Choi Kang-hee replaced Li Qingyong, who plays for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League, with high center forward Kim Shin-wook, who is nearly two meters tall. He also saw that there were many set pieces in today's game, and it was easy for the big man to make a fuss.
In the 56th minute, Zhao Jiuri knocked down John Gao in the midfield, and the referee gave a yellow card and a free kick.
John Gao is not a naturalized player. He was named this simply because his father was a devout Christian. When he was born in 24 years old, he was stroking the Bible. After he was born, he was named after the Lord.
Left-back Park Joo-ho lobbed the free kick directly into the penalty area. Kim Shin-wook headed the ball over the top. The Chinese team failed to control the second point, and Lee Dong-guo grabbed the point and fell to the ground to shoot. South Korea took the lead 2:1.
But the same story happened again in the first half. In the 73rd minute, Hao Junmin took a corner kick from the right. He Dacheng continued to drag Zhuoyang's jersey, but he also failed to prevent Zhuoyang from taking off.
The difference is that this time after scoring the goal with a header, Zhuo Yang almost rode on Guo Taihui. 2:2, the score became a draw again.
Zhuoyang said to Ha Dacheng: "Stop pulling it, my jersey is worth 100 million euros, brother, you can't afford to pay if it's broken."
Zhuo Yang meant well, but He Dacheng rolled his eyes: Are you bragging?
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The 23-year-old Ki Sung-yoon is South Korea's most popular star in the past two years. He is not only the core of the London Olympics, but also the running soul of the midfield of the current South Korean national team.
In the past three years, he has thrived in the Celtics of the Scottish Premier League. In the summer, he rejected Einhorn and transferred to the Premier League Swansea. It was precisely because of the emergence of Ki Sung-yong that the Korean national team calmly accepted Park Ji-sung's move.
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Ki Sung-yong's sense of position and rhythm have fully reached the level of the main players in the five major leagues, and he also has the usual positivity and dedication of Korean players.
In the 82nd minute, Hao Junmin took another corner kick. I don’t know whether He Dacheng was afraid of 100 million or realized that it was useless to hold on. This time he did not pull Zhuo Yang’s jersey, but stretched his neck desperately to compete with Zhuo Yang for the top.
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He couldn't hold him back, and he couldn't see enough when he jumped up. Zhuoyang pinned him behind him, twisted his body in the air and tried to raise his head in front of Ji Chengyong.
Ji Chengyong chose his defensive position very well, getting in front of Zhuo Yang, and his height of 189cm was very advantageous.
However, his waist and abdominal strength in the air was not as strong as Zhuo Yang's, and his movements were forced out of shape under the squeeze. After losing his balance, although Ji Chengyong still gained the point, he pushed the football into his own door.
After the 3:2 own goal, Zhuo Yang was very angry. He gritted his teeth and wanted to beat Ji Chengyong up. If not for Ji Chengyong's trouble, Zhuo Yang would have scored a hat-trick of headers today, one at each of the front, center and back points.
Chapter completed!