host must win

Chapter 20 Nightmare Start
At 2002:6 pm on June 13, [-], Seoul.

The World Cup stadium in Seoul was full of voices.

After a simple opening ceremony, the life-and-death battle between the Chinese team and Turkey in the group stage began after the referee on duty, Colombian Oscar Ruiz, after a whistle.

Chinese fans have great hopes for this game, and the enthusiasm for watching the game is very high.The Seoul World Cup Stadium, which can accommodate more than 4000 fans, has poured in nearly [-] Chinese fans, which is much higher than the previous predictions of all parties.

According to statistics from the Korea-Japan World Cup Organizing Committee, before the start of the World Cup, more than 40.00 Chinese fans bought tickets, about [-]% of which were tickets for China's first match in Costa Rica, and relatively few for the next two games.

However, as the Chinese team defeated Costa Rica 3:2 in the first game, Chinese fans saw the hope of the team's promotion.

According to statistics from the World Cup Organizing Committee, about [-] fans went to the Jeju World Cup Stadium to watch the match between the Chinese team and the Brazilian team, and today, about [-] Chinese fans bought the Game tickets.

It can be said that this game has completely become the home field of the Chinese team!
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The enthusiasm of the Chinese fans is very high, but the Chinese team is facing the embarrassing situation of lacking major generals in this game.Sun Jihai and Fan Zhuyi, who were injured in the first game, are still free from the game. Captain Ma Mingyu has been suspended for accumulating yellow cards. Su Maozhen has been suffering from minor injuries before the World Cup.

在这样的情况下，米卢不得不对阵容进行调整，使用了比较年轻的首发阵容。门将是22号江京，后防线分别是21号徐耘龙、14号李伟峰、17号杜巍和4号吴成英，中场4人则分别是18号殷俊、8号李帖、15号赵俊喆和3号杨朴，12号苏懋真和20号杨辰搭档锋线。

在这套阵容里，有着7人的年龄在25岁及以下，分别是23岁的徐耘龙、23岁的李伟峰、20岁的杜巍、17岁的殷俊、25岁的李帖、23岁的赵俊喆、24岁的杨朴。

Turkish head coach Gunes also made adjustments, central defender Alpay was suspended, but Hakan Yunsar returned from suspension.

Not long before the start of the game, it had just rained in Seoul, and the temperature on the stadium was only 23 degrees, with some breeze, which was very suitable for the game.

Although the starting lineup of the Chinese team is slightly younger, being young also has the advantages of being young.It is said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Although the opponent's strength is obviously stronger than their own, the Chinese team did not hesitate at all after the opening game, and played back and forth with Turkey.

Compared with the Chinese team that can accept the result of a draw, Turkey's situation is even more dangerous.If they want to qualify, they not only need to be able to beat the Chinese team, but also need to look at the face of the Brazilian team.

Because once the Brazilian team loses to Costa Rica after securing their qualifying qualifications in advance, the two teams from Central and South America may join hands to qualify.

But no matter what, they have to beat the Chinese team before they can appear. Otherwise, even if the Brazilian team upholds good sportsmanship and beats Costa Rica, the Chinese team will be able to qualify.

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Both teams were very active after the start, and the fans seemed happier.

In this kind of game rhythm where you attack one wave and I attack another wave, which is almost bayonet, Turkey, which is more experienced and stronger, quickly scored goals.

In the 6th minute, Turkey took a free kick from the right side. Li Weifeng did not stop the ball. The ball hit Du Wei. After stealing the ball, Hasan broke into the right side of the penalty area. Before Wu Chengying blocked it, he slammed his right foot 14 meters away from the goal. Jiang Jing failed to make a save, and the ball hit the upper left corner of the gate. The Chinese team fell behind 0:1.

Conceding a goal shortly after the start, the morale of the young Chinese team suffered a huge blow, and the emotions of some players fluctuated significantly. As a result, this caused the Chinese team to concede a goal for the second time in a short period of time.

In the 9th minute, Basturk's left-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked from the bottom line. Turkey took a tactical corner kick from the left. The ball is dropped into the far corner.

Turkey succeeded in both shots, and the Chinese team fell behind 0:2.

The Chinese players on the field were devastated, and the [-] Chinese fans in the stands were also silent.

Everyone seemed a little unacceptable to such a result.

You know, even in the face of the powerful Brazil team, the Chinese team defended the first 15 minutes, and it was only in the 16th minute that Carlos' unsolvable world wave broke the goal.

But now against Turkey, which is of average strength, the Chinese team lost 9 goals in the first 2 minutes. What is the situation?
Especially the Chinese players on the field. In the past few days, the team focused on the set-piece attack. As a result, they have not yet scored through the set-piece. On the contrary, the opponent scored twice in just 3 minutes. Breaking through the Chinese team's goal through a set kick is really unacceptable.

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Faced with such a result, Yin Jun was also a little confused.

Although he knew that the Chinese team was defeated by a score of 0:3 in this game, but because the Chinese team had no hope of qualifying, Yin Jun, who was in his second year of high school at the time, had not watched the game, and he was also very impressed with the Chinese team in the game. How Zhong lost the ball knows nothing.

Unexpectedly, the ball was lost in such a way.

Thinking of the set-piece offensive tactics practiced by the Chinese team in the past few days, Yin Jun felt a strong sense of irony.

Is this the so-called "fighting geese all day long, but making the geese peck blind"?
Looking at his teammates with low morale, Yin Jun knew that he had to do something, otherwise the game would really be hopeless.

Thinking this way, when the Turkish players were still celebrating their goals, and when the Chinese players were walking towards the midfield in despair, Yin Jun clapped his hands vigorously and said loudly: "Brother, what are you doing! Come on! The game has just started, we still have time to score and tie the score!"

Yin Jun's voice was very loud, and the stadium was relatively quiet at the moment. After all, nearly [-] Chinese fans in the stands were silent, and a few Turkish fans were located far away, so the teammates heard Yin Jun's voice sound.

The goalkeeper Jiang Jing, wearing the captain's armband, said: "Yin Jun is right, brothers, cheer up and do your own things well. We still have time and opportunities!"

The striker general Su Maozhen also said loudly: "Attack, we must attack, show them some color!"

With the encouragement of the three, the morale of the Chinese team players recovered slightly.

(End of this chapter)