"Ou Chuliang is very determined."

"It seems that he has made up his mind to go abroad."

"This kind of training attitude is very important. We are just too short of players with this attitude. If every player trains like Ou Chuliang and Zheng Zhi, why should we worry about the players not being in a state?"

"It would be strange if Zheng Zhi trained him like this. His age is here and his learning ability is strong."

"I think the battle for the main goalkeeper can come to an end."

Zhu Guanghu seems to have made a decision and doesn't want the group to discuss this again. The position of a goalkeeper needs to be discussed. There are differences with Holden every day. What is this called?

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On the morning of the 7th, everyone in Japan was talking about revenge.

The Asahi Shimbun wrote: The Japanese team lost in the 2000 Asian Cup final and must take revenge tonight! Trussier's team can truly get out of the shadow and grow up. China is the biggest obstacle to Japan's rise!

Demonic obstacle?

Yes, in the eyes of Japanese media and fans, the Chinese team is a mountain that is pressing against the Japanese team. Only by climbing over the mountains and trampling them under your feet can the Japanese team truly become stronger.

The midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura, the company's midfielder, was blunt: "We can't always be ranked second. This time we play at home, we must win the Chinese team. Only by winning them and becoming the number one in Asia can we have more confidence to go out of Asia!"

Junichi Inamoto's opinion is similar: "I look forward to fighting the Chinese team and winning them. I have never thought that our team is weaker than them. We need a victory to prove that it is stronger than them. Compared to last year, our victory is even stronger!"

The same goes for forward Naota Kinabalu, "We are no worse than them, they just caught up with a good era, and we are trying to prove that we are doing better than them now!"

It seems that Japanese players are becoming more and more confident, and they are becoming more and more disliked by Chinese players.

Perhaps Eizusa Nakada is an exception, he has always been low-key. That's because he witnessed Zheng Zhi's strength in Serie A every day, not to mention that his Rome was defeated by Zheng Zhi's Inter Milan for two consecutive games, and he could only be ranked second in the league.

The 34th round of Serie A ended three days ago. In the end, Roma fell 7 points behind Inter Milan and could only get second in the league. It can be said that all the efforts of a season were gone. The Roma, which aims to win the championship, had no interest in second at all.

Until now, Eiju Nakada is too sad to be unable to get up. Most Italian media attribute the victory to Ronaldo who created 38 goals (he scored 2 more in the last round), but those who know the ball know that the most critical candidate is Zheng Zhi. Without Ronaldo, there are others who can score goals, but without Zheng Zhi? Inter Milan may not be able to top the list, and he also thinks so.

Tragically, every time he was in a duel with Zheng Zhi, he was always at an absolute disadvantage. He confirmed that he had tried his best, but he always felt powerless!

Maybe, this is the huge difference in strength?

He was no longer as sharp and energetic as he used to be, and he even had a little inferiority complex.

Of course, such inferiority can only be hidden in the heart, not in the outside world.

He is still the core of the midfield of the Japanese national team, but behind him, Shunsuke Nakamura and Junichi Inamoto are all eyeing him...

The Japanese Football Association and fans still put their greatest hope on themselves, but can we really defeat them?

Perhaps, in the country, he is the only one who thinks so secretly...

At 20:00 that evening, the first match of the Group B Federation Cup started at Niigata Stadium.

The stadium that can accommodate 42,300 people is full, and basically Japanese fans wearing white Japanese jerseys. In sharp contrast, Chinese fans wearing red jerseys. Although there are only a few thousand people, the Japanese flag is so fresh and bright, with a little red in the middle of the white, and the true colors of my aunt...

Both the Japanese and Chinese teams play in full play.

The starting lineup sent by the Japanese team is:

Goalkeeper: Kawaguchi can survive

Defenders: Naoki Matsuda, Takazo Morioka, Koji Nakada;

Midfielder: Junichi Inamoto, Kazuyuki Toda, Shinji Ono, Shunsuke Nakamura, and Hidesuke Nakada;

Forward: Naota Kinabalu, Akitsuki Nishizawa

The starter of the Chinese team:

Goalkeeper: Ou Chuliang

Defenders: Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, Fan Zhiyi, Wu Chengying

Midfielder: Qu Bo, Li Yin, Zheng Zhi, Shao Jiayi

Forward: Yang Chen, Xie Hui

"Except for the goalkeeper and left-back positions, the other nine players are all overseas players. Ou Chuliang is preparing to join Perugia, which means that there are actually 10 players playing in Europe! This is definitely the strongest lineup in Asia. The Japanese team wants to take revenge today? I think it is quite difficult. The information released by Horton's lineup is too obvious, he just wants to get the results."

"Of course, the Japanese team also wants to win results, otherwise Hideho Nakada would not start, and they also have the strongest lineup."

"If anyone loses the game today, I think he will basically miss the chance to qualify because he still has to play against Brazil. Who can win the Brazilian team? China and Japan dare not say that even if it is a draw, it is not optimistic, so it must be a game with points tonight, preferably a three-pointer!"

"The Japanese team today has no advantage except home court advantages! But we cannot underestimate them, just as they are always eyeing our country, their football is always thinking about defeating us and replacing our position in Asia."

"The starting lineup is quite similar to last year's Asian Cup final, with almost no changes. Trussier actually has no choice. The formation must be switched back and forth between 352 and 532, for the sake of offense and defense balance."

"And Holden's side is 442, and Qu Bo, who was originally playing the striker, appeared in the right forward position."

After the game started, Japan immediately wanted to use its home advantage to suppress the Chinese team. With the cheers of Japanese fans, they tried to launch a blitzkrieg. The cooperation between the midfield and frontcourt was like flowing, and quickly advanced to the backcourt of the Chinese team. The first shot was Nakada Hidesu. After Junichi Inamoto took Zheng Zhi away for him, he made a curve ball before Li Yin came, and the ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Through Li Yin, Ou Chuliang's reaction was quite fast. He moved a big step at the first time, then quickly jumped up his flexible body, and rapped the ball out of the bottom line with his right palm.

"Danger!"

"Oh?!"

"Ou Chuliang has made a contribution!"

"This save is so beautiful."

"I was so scared. I thought the ball was going to score. I didn't expect that Ou Chuliang's reaction was so fast and he could save the ball. This ball was quite difficult for him, after all, height was a shortcoming."

"Recently, I heard from the reporters in front that Ou Chuliang has been receiving Zheng Zhi's special training, and it seems that it has achieved results."

"Of course, after this attack, we also saw that the Japanese team seemed to have become stronger again? This offensive cooperation was very beautiful, and we were not afraid of the Chinese team's defense. We played very confidently. We really couldn't underestimate the Japanese team."

However, the Japanese team's corner kick did not pose any threat. With Liverpool's main central defender Fan Zhiyi in the penalty area, he is the most effective aerial interception weapon.

The ball was steadily pushed to the right side by him, and Sun Jihai quickly stepped forward to get the ball. Qu Bo also rushed out of the penalty area, and Sun Jihai immediately gave a straight pass.

Faced with Junichi Inamoto, Qu Bo chose to go directly to the outside line and cut him with speed.

"pretty!"

"I really deserve to be playing football in the Dutch Eredivisie. I feel that Qu Bo is changing rapidly towards the winger. At this speed, Junichi Inamoto can't even see the taillights of the car!"

Unfortunately, Qu Bo continued to advance, Kouji Nakata still shoveled the ball out of the sideline.

Qu Bo picked up the ball and threw it forward. Yang Chen turned his back to Takazo Morioka and forced himself to left, poked it with his left foot, trying to stab the ball behind Naoki Matsuda for Xie Hui, but he was still discovered by Naoki Matsuda. Naoki Matsuda turned around quickly and kicked the ball to Kazuyuki Toda ono. Kazuyuki Toda immediately hit the wall and cooperated with Shinoji Ono and passed Shao Jiayi.

However, Shao Jiayi did not give up and ran backwards, forcing Toda Kazuyuki to quickly stuff the ball to Nakada Hidesu. Nakada Hidesuke followed Zheng Zhi next to him, and heeled to Nakamura Shunsuke Nakamura behind him. When faced with Li Yin, he directly stabbed the ball forward to Nakamura Nakamura Nakamura Nakamura Nakamura Nakamura Nakamura was knocking back and successfully played a wall-to-wave cooperation, but Li Yin was not removed, and took a big step back to try to stop Shunsuke Nakamura, but Shunsuke Nakamura poked the toes, and the ball still crawled under Li Yin's crotch!

The terrible Shunsuke Nakamura!

Gaoyuan Naotae's right foot waved again, and the ball rolled to Nishize Mingxun's feet!

"this……"

It was really dazzling and shocking to see it.

Nishize Mingxun also touched the ball with one kick, and again hit the wall to cooperate with Naota Gaoyuan. Fan Zhiyi and Li Weifeng were helpless. Li Weifeng finally lost his position and was inserted from the right side by Nishize Mingxun, forming a single shot!

In the flash, Ou Chuliang had just run out of the goal and rushed to Nishize Mingxun's feet, not giving Nishize Mingxun any time to adjust. When the Japanese team played stunning cooperation in succession and came to the penalty area, Ou Chuliang had already smelled the strong danger, so he was quite prepared.

Nishize Mingxun was slightly shocked. Is the Chinese goalkeeper's attack so fast?

He could only kick in a hurry, but the ball was directly blocked by Ou Chuliang's downward pressure. Wu Chengying quickly kicked the ball out with a big foot!

"Awesome, Nishizawa Mingxun is worthy of playing for Espanyol, and his level is OK."

"It should be said that the players of the entire Japanese team have improved. The game is really pleasing to the eye and the cooperation is quite skillful. Fortunately, we have Ou Chuliang! Ou Chuliang's attack was too timely and reliable at critical moments. Experience and reaction are Ou Chuliang's two magic weapons."

"The Chinese team should stabilize their position as soon as possible now and not let the Japanese team attack like this."

"There are too few midfielders and they suffer."

Although the ball was gone, the Japanese team quickly launched a counter-attack on the spot, preventing the Chinese team from touching the ball easily. Wu Chengying in the backcourt felt huge pressure and had to kick the ball out with big feet. Even Yang Chen, who played in the Bundesliga, lost his air advantage under the double-team of Naoki Matsuda and Kazuyuki Toda. Shinoji Ono got the ball and immediately stuffed the ball to Hidesu Naota.

Nakada Eisu transferred the ball quickly again, not giving Zheng Zhi a chance to get closer. The ball fell to Jun Inamoto on the left, and the latter immediately sent the ball into the Chinese team's penalty area, half a high ball! Shunsuke Naoki Nakamura suddenly interfered with Fan Zhiichi, which made Naota Kinabalu dive directly forward!

Da ~

The ball ran quickly towards the left post of the goal!

Ou Chuliang made a side pounce and contributed another divine pounce!

"It's Ou Chuliang again! You really have to be the one man, but you can't get the chance! We will ensure that the Chinese team's goal is not lost."

Sun Jihai calmly controlled the ball on the right, and passed the ball alone, cleanly over the pounced Junichi Inamoto, and then continued to drive the ball forward. Qu Bo was already sprinting, but Zheng Zhi shouted loudly for the ball, and finally the ball came to Zheng Zhi's feet.

When Shunsuke Nakamura came after hearing the news, Zheng Zhi turned around in a chic 360-degree manner, easily knocking Shunsuke Nakamura away, and then continued to move forward.

He did not play fast attack, but chose to change the rhythm. He could not follow the rhythm of the Japanese team. The Japanese team wanted to play fast attack with the Chinese team now. Their team cooperation was no worse than that of the Chinese team, on the contrary, it seemed to be more awesome.

Shao Jiayi, who had already rushed up, also pulled him back, but Zheng Zhi chose to fight against Li Yin to fight against the wall and kill Shinji Ono.

The recommendation speed is not fast, but the pass and catch is very accurate and he did not lose the ball. The Japanese team has quickly retreated and returned to the front of the penalty area. Nakada Eiju also ran back and wanted to sneak attack Zheng Zhi, but Zheng Zhi had eyes behind him. The moment Nakada Eiju came up from behind, he suddenly took a step to the left. While avoiding Nakada Eiju, his left foot suddenly sent a diagonal plug to the right!

Qu Bo suddenly inserted it, got the ball, and immediately sent a half-high ball to the middle!

Yang Chen leaned against Hiroji Nakada and shot the lower right corner of the goal with his right foot! Unfortunately, Kawaguchi was in a very good state of survival, and he fell to the ground and threw the ball in his arms.

The Japanese team also escaped.

"Bound on the spot! Don't withdraw!"
To be continued...