Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

A stunning upset occurred at the Olympics: Brazil, the favorite to win, was defeated by China!

China pulls off a stunning upset against Brazil with a 3-0 victory!

The Chinese team avenged their defeat against Brazil in the World Cup years ago!

Two assists and one goal: Lin Feng delivers a perfect performance, leading his team to victory in this Ballon d'Or clash!

……

The news of China's victory over Brazil spread rapidly across the internet and continued to spread offline.

When many people heard this news, their first reaction was that it was an April Fool's joke.

In their minds, Brazil is a football kingdom, while China was once a football wasteland. Their statuses are worlds apart, so how could the Chinese team possibly be a match for the Brazilian team?
However, reality slapped them in the face. When they went online or browsed the latest newspapers, they were stunned.

The Chinese team actually won?
Some people couldn't believe it was true and checked several websites and different newspapers, but without exception, they all proved that it was a real event!

Brazil really did lose 0-3 to China!

The impact of this result on these people was no less than that of a nuclear explosion.

The entire football world is digesting the huge shock of this news, and at the same time, they are adjusting their preconceived notions about Chinese football.

Perhaps we really can no longer view Chinese football with the old perspective. This country, which produced a superstar like Lin Feng, seems to have truly improved its football level.

However, this is, after all, a U23 level competition. Although the Olympics has a great reputation and influence, it is still far behind top-level events like the World Cup.

The best way to prove that Chinese football has truly risen is to prove itself on the World Cup stage!
……

After defeating Brazil, the Chinese team won both of their group stage matches, securing qualification for the knockout stage with one round to spare and clinching first place in their group.

At another stadium, Belgium unsurprisingly defeated New Zealand, securing a winning start to their campaign.

As a result, the situation in Group C has changed to China advancing with a perfect record, while New Zealand being eliminated with a perfect record.

The remaining qualifying spot will be decided in the final round match between Brazil and Belgium.

This result was something no one could have predicted before the group stage began.

Brazil, widely considered the favorite to win the championship, surprisingly stumbled at the hands of the Chinese team.

Many Brazilian fans were unconvinced, believing that losing to China did not mean they were incapable, but rather that the Brazilian team was not in good form.

If there were another match, Brazil would definitely be the winner.

But if they want to face the Chinese team again, they'll probably have to wait until the finals or the third-place match.

Before that, they need to make sure they can advance from the group stage.

In comparison, Brazil's opponent in the final round is the weakest team, New Zealand, while Belgium's opponent is China, so theoretically Brazil has a better chance of advancing.

However, since the Chinese team has already qualified, the possibility that they deliberately threw the last round cannot be ruled out.

If the Chinese team colludes with the Belgian team to sabotage the final round, then the Brazilian team could very well be eliminated.

In other words, their fate is actually in the hands of the Chinese team.

This made the vast majority of fans feel very proud.

[Haha, Brazil, you've finally met your match!]

[The Brazilian team is ridiculous. Ronaldinho is clearly past his prime, but they still treat him like a treasure. Kaka is in such good form, yet they didn't bring him to the Olympics. No wonder they lost!]

It's not just Ronaldinho's fault. If you're asking who has the biggest problem, I think everyone has some issues. Among this group of Brazilian players, there are very few who are truly memorable and whose names you can't recall. Compared to the all-star lineup of the Brazilian team in earlier years, it's definitely lacking!

[Back when Brazil won the World Cup in Japan and South Korea, they were incredibly dominant. The 3R trio of Rivaldo, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho was simply terrifying. It's truly lamentable how they've fallen to such a state in just a few years!]

That's football for you. There are no eternal winners; everyone experiences lows. Just look at how many years German football has been in a slump!

Since Zidane's retirement, the French national team has entered a slump, and their performance in this European Championship is simply unbearable to look at!

With traditional powerhouses declining, I wonder which country will dominate world football in the future?

I think Spain has a chance. Their European Championship victory was highly valuable and proves their strength!

Argentina is pretty good too. Among the new generation of players like Messi, there are many promising talents. The future Argentine team will definitely be very strong!

Fans have a wide range of opinions, with some favoring Spain, Argentina, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Although it's uncertain who is the strongest, everyone generally believes that the champion of the next World Cup will emerge from these four teams.

……

After defeating Brazil, the pressure on the Chinese team dropped dramatically.

Klaus Toppmöller finally showed some generosity and gave the players half a day off to get some fresh air.

"That old man is too stingy. Half a day isn't enough to do anything!"

Gao Lin, who hadn't played a single game, complained louder than the players who did.

This guy's injuries have basically healed, and he's back to his energetic self.

He was so bored from being restricted in his movements before, and now all he wants to do is go out and have some fun.

"Half a day is good, considering we still have a group stage match in three days!"

The Olympic Games schedule is very tight, with matches basically every three days, not only in the group stage but also in the knockout stage.

This means that they are unlikely to have any long vacations before all the games are over.

The fact that Klaus Toppmöller gave them half a day was already an act of leniency.

In fact, when Klaus Toppmöller made this decision, both the Football Association and the delegation expressed their opposition.

If it weren't for Klaus Toppmöller's recent victory over Brazil and his rising prestige, he might not have been able to withstand the pressure from above.

But half a day is really too short. At most, you can go out for a stroll and have a meal, but you can't do anything else.

Aside from hosting football matches, Shenyang didn't have any other competitions scheduled, so it was impossible to go and watch a game live. Liu Yifei wasn't particularly interested in shopping, and besides, both of them were celebrities; going out fully bundled up in the summer heat would be unbearable.

But if you're not fully disguised, you'll be recognized by passersby in no time and then be stared at like a monkey in a zoo.

The scene is terrifying to even think about!
So Lin Feng and Liu Yifei didn't go anywhere; they just stayed in the hotel and watched the live broadcast of the Olympics.

"This Phelps is amazing! He's so much faster than everyone else!"

The highlight of the morning of the 11th is the men's swimming competition, including the 200-meter butterfly, freestyle, individual medley, and the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, among others.

The two had just watched the men's 4x100m relay final, in which Michael Phelps ran the first leg for the American team.

With his individual effort, the American team pulled ahead of their opponents by several strides, thus establishing their lead and ultimately helping them break the world record and win the championship with a time of 3 minutes and 08.24 seconds.

This is Phelps' second gold medal at this Olympics, but Lin Feng knows that this is far from his limit.

In the coming days, he will break world records in multiple events and win his third, fourth... and even eighth gold medal!

This phenomenal performance propelled him to stardom, making him an American hero, and his global fame and influence skyrocketed.

However, Lin Feng had some doubts about the merits of this achievement.

Swimming and track and field have always been hotspots for doping.

While the medication Michael Phelps has been taking to treat epilepsy is a legal and permitted treatment, much like asthma, a common ailment among American athletes in later generations, it is highly suspicious that an athlete who has won dozens of gold medals and broken countless Olympic and world records is suffering from epilepsy.

However, Lin Feng clearly remembers that the Chinese team won a total of 51 gold medals at this Olympics, while the American team only won 36.

Even with Phelps's phenomenal performance, the US team couldn't catch up with the Chinese team.

8月10日和8月11日两天一共诞生了27枚金牌，而中国代表团的在这两天一共入账了7枚金牌，以9金的成绩继续领跑金牌榜。

This marks the first time the Chinese team has led the medal standings since resuming participation in the Olympics.

Moreover, as various competitions unfold, the Chinese team has more and more opportunities to win gold medals, and this lead will continue for a long time until the end of the Olympics.

Faced with this situation, when reporting on the Olympics, Americans deliberately changed the medal table, which was usually sorted by the number of gold medals, to a medal table that calculated the total number of medals.

Ultimately, thanks to its superior medal count, it overtook the Chinese team and maintained its status as the world's leading sporting nation.

What is this so-called American winning philosophy? (Tactical lean back)
It's one thing for the Americans to win themselves, but the real issue is that they also need to find a group of liberals or even colonialists to spread the message online that the obsession with gold medals is wrong, and that the total number of medals is what truly represents a country's sporting level.

So, the gold medal tally only had value when you were number one in gold medals, but it immediately became worthless when someone else was number one?

……

On August 13, the final group stage match of the Chinese Olympic team was held at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center.

Since the Chinese team had already qualified for the next round, in order to avoid overexerting the physical strength of the key players, Klaus Toppmöller chose to field a large number of substitutes in this match.

This approach can mitigate risks, reduce the possibility of key players getting injured, and also give more players playing time and opportunities.

This choice was perfectly reasonable in itself, but when Brazilians learned of it, it immediately drew criticism from them.

Public opinion in Brazil exploded, with media professionals and fans alike criticizing the Chinese team for lacking sportsmanship and throwing the game in such a crucial match, essentially playing a fixed game with Belgium!
They were hoping that the Chinese team could continue their previous momentum and defeat the Belgian team with all their strength, so that the Brazilian team could benefit and advance from the group stage.

But the situation is not so clear now, because Brazil lost by three goals in the last game, so their goal difference is still negative.

Belgium's goal difference is currently 0, which, although not much, puts them two goals ahead of Brazil.

If Belgium beats China, Brazil will need to beat New Zealand by at least three goals in their final match to have a chance of advancing; otherwise, they will be eliminated due to a lower goal difference.

How could they not be anxious?

I'm so anxious!
If a nation as renowned as China as football can't even advance from the group stage, then it's truly a disgrace!
Under immense pressure to qualify, the Belgian team was greatly encouraged by China's use of a reserve lineup and launched an aggressive attack from the start of the match, attempting to seize the opportunity that China had presented to them for qualification.

However, the Chinese team, which fielded a largely reserve lineup, was not willing to surrender so easily.

Although they are substitutes, substitutes also have dignity and want to find opportunities to show themselves and become starters.

What's more, Gao Lin, the main striker of the national Olympic team, has recovered from his injury and returned to the game. Before the match, he was saying that he would lead the team to victory.

After withstanding the opponent's fierce attack in the early stages, the Chinese Olympic team launched a counterattack in the 7th minute.

Zhao Xuri delivered a precise pass to the right wing of the penalty area, and Jiang Ning's cross was perfectly timed. However, Gao Lin, who hadn't played for a while, either had become rusty or was out of form, and surprisingly, he missed the opportunity by shooting wide despite being unmarked.

【Wow, is this really the Gao Lin I know?】

What do you know? This is the real Gao Lin, nicknamed "Gao the Airplane"!

[Haha, it's been so long since we've seen Gao Lin masturbate! Same old formula, same old taste!]

Gao Lin needs to get back into form quickly. If he's still like this in the knockout stage, he might really be relegated to the bench by Kings' Dong!

Before Gao Lin's injury, he had always been the starting player for the national Olympic team.

Compared to Dong Fangzhuo, Gao Lin is more versatile, with excellent offensive, support, and even playmaking abilities. He can be a finisher or a supporting player to assist his teammates in shooting.

In comparison, Dong Fangzhuo is much worse in this aspect.

Therefore, given that both players were in good form, Klaus Toppmöller favored Gao Lin.

However, Gao Lin seems to be in some trouble now, and it's hard to say what Klaus Toppmöller will choose next.

On the field, wasting opportunities will be punished.

Gao Lin had just missed a sure goal when the Belgians launched a long ball forward, quickly disrupting the Chinese Olympic team's defense.

The bitter experience that Brazil went through in the last match is finally coming to China's turn.

Faced with the opponent's counterattack, Wan Houliang and Yuan Weiwei, the duo, were clearly flustered. The former even made a fatal mistake by misjudging the ball, allowing Belgian striker Dembele to easily receive the ball and score.

That goal was conceded so casually.

Keep in mind, the game has only been going on for seven minutes!

Klaus Toppmöller was so angry on the sidelines his nose was practically crooked! (End of Chapter)