The European Cup ended, and Ballack once again became the tragic protagonist.
The Matador defeated the German tank 1-0 and won the European Cup as they wished.
After 44 years, the Spaniard once again won an international championship.
What makes domestic fans most proud is that the Chinese team's World Cup preliminaries are no less exciting than the European Cup.
While fans are cheering for their own team to conquer the city, they can also cheer for their favorite European team.
Unfortunately, this time the San Miao Legion was eliminated by Croatia in the qualifiers in 2007.
So despite the fact that the Premier League is in full swing, England is actually equivalent to the "Chinese team in Europe."
After the European Cup, UEFA will focus on the leagues of various countries and the Champions League.
In fact, since early August, the Olympic Games and UEFA have been separated.
But it is the Olympics after all, and no matter how disdainful UEFA is, it cannot refute this event that even FIFA cannot do anything about.
Football is known as the world's largest sport, and the World Cup is the only one in the world where a single sport rivals the attention of the Olympic Games.
Because of this, FIFA was not at all vain when it came to confronting the International Olympic Committee.
In the end, after a game between the two sides, the Olympic football competition was finally positioned as the "U23 World Championship" in disguise, and each team was allowed to have three over-age players participate.
In this way, the competitiveness of the Olympic Games will not be reduced, the excitement will be enhanced, and each country will gain more or less face.
After all, it is the seed team of the younger generation in each country.
If this team plays well, its national team may dominate football for the next four to five years.
Therefore, for some countries in Africa and South America, the Olympic Games is the best stage for outstanding domestic players, and it is also a symbol of their national strength to compete with some strong European teams.
In this Beijing Olympics, there are three teams with the highest aspirations to win the championship.
One is Nigeria in Africa, and the other two are Brazil and Argentina in South America.
As a former Olympic champion, the African Eagle has also provided many famous players to European football, such as Oliseh and Kanu.
Brazil and Argentina are entirely because of the "tragedy" of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
The semi-finals of that World Cup were Italy, France, Germany and Portugal, all of which were European teams.
This has reflected many problems.
Leaving aside the national-level system, the team's management philosophy and the separation of players from the country and team are also a major difficulty.
Brazil and Argentina will never allow themselves to fail in two consecutive World Cups. This Olympics is the breakthrough for them to show their swords to the world again!
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At 17:00 on August 7, the 16 Olympic teams competed in the first round at four stadiums in Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao.
The match between the Chinese team and New Zealand has been scheduled for the second round, and the buzzer time is 19:45 in the evening.
When they saw the captain's armband put on the arm of Wang Xiaodong, who had served as the Olympic flag bearer a few days ago, all the fans were stunned.
"Wang Xiaodong, oh oh! Wang Xiaodong, oh oh!!!"
In the stands, the fans stood up one by one, held their hands in the shape of a trumpet, and shouted Wang Xiaodong's name.
At the age of 19, he wears the captain's armband in international competitions such as the Olympics.
Wang Xiaodong became the youngest captain in the history of the National Olympics!
After the "Australian Kangaroos" who had suppressed themselves for a long time joined the AFC, New Zealand finally got a taste of becoming the master.
In this Olympic qualifier, the New Zealand team, which lacked strong opponents, had a smooth promotion process. After defeating the Solomon Islands, it ranked first in Oceania and advanced to the Olympic Games with its head high.
You know, in the previous 1996 and 2004, the New Zealand team fell at the feet of the Australian team in the qualifiers. This is also the first time that the New Zealand Olympic team has appeared in the main stage of the Olympic Games.
When the camera turned, the fans saw the players of the two teams that had just played against each other.
After the Brazilian team defeated Belgium 1-0, neither team chose to leave.
If the Chinese team were the same one three or four years ago, both the players and the coaches might be in hot springs right now.
But looking at Ronaldinho's serious face in the Brazilian lineup, everyone knows that this Olympic team is not easy to deal with.
Committee He was sitting on the commentary table, extremely excited.
Two days ago, master Huang Jianxiang came back to China to have a drink with him and reminisce about old times, and he gave him great recognition for his explanation.
Today Huang Jianxiang and Zhan Jun no longer act as commentators, but sit religiously in the stands as two ordinary fans, waiting for the Chinese team to win its first Olympic victory.
"This game is our first Olympic game. From a tactical level, if we want to qualify, we must first pass New Zealand."
After preparing everything, He Wei's voice sounded on the screen.
"I am now at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center, and sitting next to me is Gao Leilei, a former player from Beijing Guoan, who serves as the commentator for this game."
"Hello everyone, I am Gao Leilei. I am honored to have the opportunity to watch the Olympic Games with you." Gao Leilei's steady voice came from the screen.
Speaking of Gao Leilei of Beijing Guoan, even among Gui'an's own fans, few people know about him, even though he has played for Guoan for 8 years.
But Guoan fans didn't recognize him, but Shenyang fans recognized him at a glance.
During the process of arriving at the commentary box, many local Shenyang fans came up to say hello and asked if he was Gao Leilei herself.
In 1999, Liao Xiaohu was in his prime, and as a newly promoted team, he made a killing in Class A.
However, they were tied 1-1 by Jingcheng Guoan in the final game and lost the championship.
At that time, it was Gao Leilei who attacked Liao Xiaohu. He came on as a substitute in the 71st minute. Two minutes later, his long shot equalized the score for Guoan.
That season, Gao Leilei only scored three goals.
Now seeing that many Northeastern fans recognize her, but few hometown fans recognize her, Gao Leilei is also sighing.
It is a coincidence that Gao Leilei can come to the scene today to serve as a guest guide.
First, the originally invited guest suddenly fell ill and withdrew temporarily; second, Gao Leilei was injured in the match between Wellington Phoenix and Royal Gulf Mariners two weeks ago, which forced him to rest for a period of time.
As a player who plays in the Australian Super League, Gao Leilei knows the playing style of Oceania teams very well.
Therefore, in today's game against New Zealand, Gao Leilei was invited to the scene to serve as a commentator.
"In this Olympic qualifier, without Australia, New Zealand played smoothly in the Oceania region, scoring 19 goals in 5 games and conceding only 3 goals, easily qualifying for the Olympic main draw."
"Many members of this New Zealand team play in the Australian Super League, so this New Zealand team is actually a 'miniature version' of Australia."
"The over-age team on the team is the central defender Nelson who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, and the forward Kilen from Celtic in the Scottish Premier League, so the overall strength cannot be underestimated..."
"Quick, look at this ball!"
Before Gao Leilei finished the introduction, He Wei stood up with wide eyes.
After the opening, the National Olympics frontcourt players were "driving" by Wang Xiaodong to form a high-position press in the frontcourt and succeeded. After the ball was passed back to Wang Xiaodong's feet, more than three players immediately rushed to the opponent's penalty area.
Faced with Nelson's pressing, Wang Xiaodong knocked him aside with his hip bone.
When facing Blackburn in the Premier League, Wang Xiaodong never noticed such a fringe player.
After knocking away the opponent who was pressing forward, Wang Xiaodong raised his head and glanced at it before quickly kicking the ball out.
In the penalty area, Dong Fangzhuo jumped up high and shook his head rapidly in the air.
A dashing lion flick of the head.
boom!
Wang Dong's first touch of the ball hit the ball into New Zealand's goal.
