The Chinese team's Asian Cup quarter-finals ended with cheers. Although they defeated their old rivals to avenge their defeat four years ago, judging from the results, neither team was considered a winner.
The Japanese team was eliminated without saying anything. Captain Shunsuke Nakamura suffered a fractured shoulder blade after the game and had to rest for at least half a year; Shao Jiayi of the Chinese team suffered an ankle injury and needed to rest for a month, bidding farewell to the Asian Cup in advance; and Sun Jihai went directly to the hospital and had a cast on his foot.
Not only that, Du Wei, Zhang Yaokun and Zhao Xuri each have a yellow card on their bodies, and Li Leilei may not be able to play in the next game depending on the situation.
This kind of promotion can be described with the word "tragic".
But no matter what, the news headlines the next day were still occupied by this victory.
"The Chinese team defeated Japan 3-1 and advanced to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup"
"Zhu Guanghu's military order comes to an end"
"The showdown between No. 10, Wang Xiaodong won"
"The defending champion is eliminated, and the returnees will perform brilliantly"
The news of the day before is usually about good news rather than bad news. The word "promotion" is circled as big as possible first, so that the fans can be happy first.
Then we will make some analysis based on the situation within the team, reminding fans to treat it rationally and not to be too complacent.
"Sports Weekly" said that no matter how well Zhu Guanghu led the team, he at least fulfilled his "military order" and led the team into the semi-finals.
Just looking at this result, I hope the fans will stop criticizing.
Now that we have entered the semi-finals, it is basically a situation of guaranteeing three and earning one. I hope the fans will give the national team greater support.
However, with the development of online media, many online fans do not buy it.
No matter how extravagant your claims are in the print media, there are still a group of fans with opposing views in the forums of some major portals.
"Support Ge Mao? Isn't the current support strong enough?"
"Also, who are we scolding? Are we scolding the players? Are we scolding Sun Jihai? Are we scolding Shao Jiayi? Or are we scolding Wang Xiaodong? Aren't we scolding those people who are doing nothing but doing nothing? Someone?"
"Zhu Guanghu is primarily responsible for the team's current situation!"
"If we continue to fight, we won't even be able to assemble a semi-main lineup. What does this mean? It means that Zhu Guanghu never planned to win the championship from the beginning! According to his idea, breaking into the semi-finals will be considered as completing the task. So if we fight hard, then No matter how many main players there are, we won’t hesitate!”
Although the fans on the Internet are cursing and cursing, on the whole they still hate the iron and hope that the national team's performance will get better and better.
And on the other hand, netizens also exploded in the personal discussion about Wang Xiaodong.
"Did you see Wang Xiaodong's super free kick? Hahaha, that boy Kawaguchi was stunned! He even used his own body to block the eye-catching shot!"
"Yes, the speed of the ball is too fast, close to 200 kilometers per hour, right? Superman can't react!"
"And Wang Xiaodong's assist, tsk tsk tsk~~~ I thought he was going to shoot directly again! Who knew that he just rubbed the ball and the ball automatically flew to the top of Wang Peng's head."
"Wang Peng is also very lucky. He scored a goal as soon as he came on the field. To be honest, even if I scored, I could have scored the goal. Didn't you realize that no one in the penalty area was looking at him at that time!"
"Did you see it at the end? Wang Xiaodong's interception kick!"
"Oh my God, the little RB can stop the overhead kick. It's so outrageous!"
"What's outrageous! People have drawn football players, but this definitely exists!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, football boy deserves to be a documentary!"
If we talk about the previous free kicks and assists, that's all, but after the footage of Wang Xiaodong's final interception was spread, it quickly caused an uproar in the island country.
"Oh my god, aren't these Tsubasa Ohsora and Kojiro Hinata?"
"Then which one is Oku Tsubasa? Which one is Hinata?"
"Minato! Don't worry about that, Nakamura-kun is already desperate enough!"
Many fans immediately thought of the wonderful scene in "Little Footballer". Coupled with the high-pitched singing of the fans at that time, Wang Xiaodong instantly left an indelible impression in the hearts of this generation.
Supplemented by the characteristics of RB's second-tier character, even major variety shows and animation TV stations have introduced this scene and broadcast it repeatedly.
For a time, Wang Xiaodong's popularity in RB soared and he became an idol sought after by many young people.
In the latest variety show about primary school students' declaration, a primary school student stood on the roof and shouted loudly: "Although I am short, I have no strength, and I can't run fast..."
"But I, Minamino Takumi, will definitely become a man like Wang Xiaodong in the future!!!"
"Wow~~~~"
The playground was in a state of excitement, and many little girls fell in love with Minamino Takumi just because of his words.
As the posters of Wang Xiaodong and Nakamura Shunsuke covering the floor-to-ceiling windows of print media, online media and major supermarkets, Wang Xiaodong's popularity in East Asia soared.
Even after their team was eliminated, many RB fans continued to regard the national football team as their second home team and fully supported it.
Some Japanese fans stranded in Malaysia have made it clear that they will stay here to support the national football team after playing in Iraq; if the national football team wins, they may also go to Indonesia with the team to watch the Chinese team's Asian Cup finals.
In any case, although Wang Xiaodong "kicked" Nakamura's shoulder bone with his kick, he indirectly became the "ambassador of friendship" between the two countries and also carried out a wave of reverse cultural export in the two-dimensional field.
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After the next day, all the semi-finalists of the Asian Cup were announced.
Iraq defeated Vietnam 2-0 and met the Chinese team in Malaysia in the semi-finals.
The game between Saudi Arabia and Australia was called an "epic reversal". No one expected that the Desert Green Eagle would peck out both kangaroo's eyes in the last ten minutes. With goals from Aziz and Moussa, Saudi Arabia eventually overtook Australia 2-1 and eliminated Australia.
The last match between South Korea and Iran went all the way to a penalty shootout. In the end, the Taichi Tigers defeated the Persian Cavalry 4-2 in the penalty shootout and successfully entered the semi-finals.
China and South Korea VS Isha, this kind of semi-final confrontation was something that many fans did not expect before the game.
Domestic fans generally believe that compared to the other two teams, the Chinese team got a good draw in the semi-finals.
"The Chinese team is very strong. This team is stronger than the last Asian Cup champion, and there are many unique players." In an interview, Iraq head coach Vieira said frankly.
"And the Chinese team's DONG is also a world-class star. Having such a player in the team will undoubtedly improve the team's overall strength."
"Regarding this, we will learn from the experience of the Japanese team and will not give DONG any chance again."
"No matter what situation we face in the semifinals, our players will do our best to compete!"
Under the guidance of Vieira, the morale of the Iraqi players was so high that some players could not wait to play against the Chinese team.
When the microphone was handed to Wang Xiaodong, facing the camera, Wang Xiaodong said easily: "I remember we have an old saying that can be used to describe Iraq, and your media used to use it often. What does that sentence mean? It seems to describe someone who is originally weak, and then works hard to make up for it...what do you call it...going to school with my brother?"
"No, it's not..." The beautiful reporter who interviewed Wang Xiaodong looked embarrassed, "Xiaodong, that sentence is: study with the prince!"
