Soccer's Call of the Thousands

77. Young people still have a chance

After scoring the goal, Sun Xuhai ran to the corner flag and waved to the audience, and the audience cheered loudly for the veteran?<

Zhang Sheng also had to accept this reality. If he chose to take risks, he could only accept the consequences of taking risks.

Liu Jianhong was full of praise for Sun Xuhai: "Xuhai's goal made us seem to see the guy who was in the national team and galloping in England. Although Xuhai didn't score many goals back then, his assists were very impressive. Sharp, I didn’t expect that at the age of 35, he would still score such an important goal for himself and the team in such an important game.”

Xu Yang also said: "It is true that the players who were in the same group as Sun Xuhai at that time have basically retired now. He is the only one who plays in the Chinese team and is the main force. It seems that he has maintained a good state."

The Longteng team, which was behind in the score, was also a little hit. After the kick-off again, the young players were a little discouraged, and the fight in the midfield obviously slowed down. At this time, Xu Mingyu's lack of leadership was exposed.

However, the new Zhou Zhou showed a rare temperament of a young man - he just refused to admit defeat. After being counterattacked and lost the ball because his assist was too deep, Zhou Zhou did not give up, but continued to advance to assist, but This time he asked Liu Xing to help him look at the defense behind him more, and he also strengthened the counter-stealing of lost balls in the frontcourt

Although Sun Xuhai scored a goal this time, he is old after all. After being hit by Zhou Zhou many times, his physical fitness gradually couldn't keep up with the rhythm. After another successful breakthrough by Zhou Zhou, Sun Xuhai was completely unable to run up

Seeing this situation, Liu Jianhong said: "Now the pressure on the central midfielder of the Longteng team is not as good as before, but the young player on the wing is working hard! Sun Xuhai still has a physical problem. Sure enough, coach Gao Hongbo replaced him with Li Kai." Sun Xuhai"

Gao Hongbo on the sidelines did not shake hands with Sun Xuhai after Sun Xuhai left the field, and Sun Xuhai walked past Gao Hongbo directly. It seems that the conflict between the two people mentioned before the game is indeed true.

After Sun Xuhai left the field, the right side of Renhe team also became tougher. The right side of Li Kai and Chen Jie's Renhe team collided fiercely with the left side of Liu Xing and Zhou Zhou.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Sheng also played his last card, using Bo to replace Liu Xing. Firstly, Yu Bo, who was more physically fit, was allowed to go forward. Secondly, because Zhou Zhou and Yu Bo played football together since childhood, they had a better understanding.

Sure enough, this substitution paid off. In the 43rd minute of the second half, the Longteng team scored again to equalize the score.

The goal this time is the result of the cooperation between Zhou Zhou and Yu Bo. The two players who grew up together and played together really have a good understanding. At first, Zhou Zhou broke Chen Jie's ball, and then Yu Bo and Zhou Zhou He rushed all the way to the opponent's penalty area, and then in the narrow space on the right side of the penalty area, he made two beautiful twos in a row, completely defeating Li Kai and Chen Jie, and then due to Bo's inverted triangle pass in the penalty area, Deng Qun hit the ball

The Longteng team, which equalized the score, once again saw the hope of victory. If they scored another goal, they would win two more rounds with away goals. Now the Longteng team became active again.

Liu Jianhong is also cheering for the Longteng team: "The Longteng team equalized the score and there should be about 5 minutes left in stoppage time. The Longteng team still has a chance. These guys are really good."

At this time, the referee on the sidelines also raised the stoppage time card. Deng Qun, who took the ball from the net and rushed to the kick-off point in the midfield in 4 minutes of stoppage time in the second half, urged the team to kick off quickly. However, the experienced Gao Hong Bo used the rules to replace Rao Weihui with Guo Sheng, which once again strengthened the defense of the midfield

In the 4 minutes of stoppage time, the Longteng team besieged the Renhe team, but the united Renhe team defended very successfully. Goalkeeper Zhang Lie saved Lin Feng's very threatening shots twice in a row

In the end, the game ended with a score of 2:2. With a record of one win and one tie, Renhe Team won the FA Cup and qualified for the AFC Champions League next season by defeating the Longteng team within two rounds.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the players and coaching staff of the Renhe team, including the staff of the club, rushed into the field and began to celebrate their first high-level champion crazily. The players of the Longteng team looked disappointed. The opponent celebrated Gao Jun who worked hard for the whole game, but she shed tears, and Xu Mingyu also had red eyes

While congratulating the Renhe team, Liu Jianhong also comforted the Longteng team: "Congratulations to the Renhe team, they won the Toshiba FA Cup championship in the 2 season, and they also became the eighth team to win the FA Cup final since the professionalization of Chinese football." This is also the first time in the history of Renhe team that Renhe team won the championship before Renhe team offered 12 championship bonus for this championship, it seems that this also stimulated the whole team”

"However, what I want to talk about is their opponent, the Longteng team. This is also the first second-tier team in the history of Chinese football to enter the final of the FA Cup, and it is also the team with the lowest level in the history of Chinese football. Many Chinese clubs and Chinese clubs have entered the finals, and this season, they have been promoted to the Chinese Premier League with 3 rounds of unbeaten results. The home game of the Herenhe team is their first loss in all competitions this season, that is to say They are unbeaten in 37 rounds this year. I think if their two core players were not transferred to the national youth team before the final, they would have a good chance of winning the FA Cup.”

"The average age of the team is only 21 years old, and the average age of the players is only 19 years old. This all-China team represents the future of Chinese football. Although they failed in this championship competition, they are still young. As long as they keep growing like this, they still have more opportunities and I wish them a good future.”

When Liu Jianhong explained affectionately, Zhang Sheng also began to comfort the frustrated players one by one on the field

When he came to Zhou Zhou, the 16-year-old boy said with tears: "Coach, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have rushed so far and lost the ball."

Zhang Sheng put his arms around Zhou Zhou's head and said: "Don't say such things, the tactics are all arranged by me, the responsibility is not on you, you have played well enough, half of the credit for the goal is yours, go on and take a good rest, this failure Yes, we will come again next time”

Soon the Football Association began to release the runner-up medals. The vice chairman of the Football Association, Wei Di, who was in charge of awarding the medals, said to Zhang Sheng when he gave Zhang Sheng the medal: "The Longteng team has played very well this year. It is a great achievement to lead such a team to the final You did a very good job, work hard in the future."

Zhang Sheng also put on a smile and said thank you

After the game, Zhang Sheng took the team back to the locker room. In the locker room, Zhang Sheng comforted the players and said: "In this game, your performance is not bad. The opponent's victory is based on experience, and our failure is because we are too young. Being young has the advantage of being young, that is, we have an unlimited future, and we still have many opportunities in the future.”

At the press conference after the game, Zhang Sheng was interviewed first

The reporters first asked questions about the game. One of the reporters asked: "Why is the Longteng team still playing offensively in this game at the Renhe team's home court? Didn't the team think that the offensive team would fail?"

Zhang Sheng said: "Our Longteng team's tactical style of play is consistent. No matter what team it is, we will stick to our own style of play. It will not be because of the team or the difference between home and away games."

Then a reporter asked about the idea of ​​winning the runner-up

Zhang Sheng replied: "There is no other idea. Most of our team is young people. It is normal for young people to suffer some setbacks, but because they are young people, they have the opportunity to prove themselves again."

A few minutes later, Gao Hongbo came late. When the reporter first congratulated Gao Hongbo, and then asked about going abroad for further study, Gao Hongbo answered positively this time: "I am indeed ready to go abroad to continue my studies. Further study Because the mainstream training and tactics in Europe have been greatly improved, I also feel that I have reached a bottleneck. If I want to make progress, I think I need to go to Europe again to study and recharge. The club talked about the incident and offered to resign, so it was a bit late."

Hearing Gao Hongbo's answer this time, the reporters below were in an uproar. After all, Gao Hongbo had just won the first championship trophy in history for Renhe Team. Although it was only the Football Association Cup, it was also a very big breakthrough for Renhe Team, and Renhe team did not play badly in China this season. At the end of the season, Renhe team ranked No.4. Moreover, Evergrande had one win and one draw against Evergrande this season. They had an absolute advantage. such a big news

A reporter quickly asked: "I heard that Director Gao had conflicts with some players in the team. Is this the reason for your resignation?"

Gao Hongbo said very seriously: "This is completely false. We and the team are very united. Otherwise, we would not win the FA Cup this time. After the two games against the Longteng team, I was very touched. Although the Longteng team lost to us with one draw and one loss, their style of play is a very popular style in Europe. The loss to us is just a lack of players. Coach Zhang Sheng came back from Europe. His tactics are very advanced. I am also very optimistic about his future achievements.”

Of course, the reporters all know that the first half of Gao Hongbo’s words can only be selectively listened to, but the second half is very possible. The results of Zhang Sheng leading the team have been unanimously recognized. The joking title was actually recognized in the later period

Of course, Zhang Sheng also thanked Gao Hongbo for his compliment in the following interviews, and also praised Gao Hongbo as the number one local coach in China.

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