Hong Kong, China defeated Vietnam and entered the semi-finals of the Asian Cup, and Hong Kong fans were cheering. At the same time, many mainland fans who did not care about Hong Kong in the past also paid attention to the matches in Hong Kong in the past.

For domestic fans, this Asian Cup is unfortunate and lucky.

Unfortunately, the Chinese team representing China in the Asian Cup was eliminated in the group stage, creating the worst result of Chinese football in the Asian Cup in 27 years. Unfortunately, they were lucky because they found that the Asian Cup was still interesting, that is, Hong Kong, China led by Wan Sheng.

The Chinese team was eliminated, but Hong Kong China reached the semi-finals.

Many mainland fans do not recognize Hong Kong, China. They believe that Hong Kong is not considered the Chinese team, but some fans believe that Hong Kong is part of China and Hong Kong is also a Chinese team.

The two views are completely different. In fact, the Chinese team and the Hong Kong team are like the British team and the Scotland team.

There is no British team in football, and only the British team will appear in the Olympics.

The English believe that the team that represents them can only be England, and do not recognize Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The situation in China is different.

Historically, there are no contradictions and hatreds between China and Hong Kong. The reason for the Hong Kong team in China is that Hong Kong only returned to China in 1997, and it has only been ten years since then. In addition, the "one country-two-system" policy has also made Hong Kong a special place. They can have their own team like a country. In other words, the fact that the Hong Kong team in China is more of a historical and institutional issue. China and Hong Kong are completely different from England and Scotland, but in comparison, they are more like Britain and Scotland.

In short. In terms of system and history, Hong Kong, China can also be regarded as a team of the Chinese team, so mainland fans have a certain degree of recognition of Hong Kong China.

Before, Chinese fans did not care about the Hong Kong team in China because their results were much worse than the Chinese team. But now it is different. The Chinese team was eliminated in the Asian Cup, while Hong Kong in China entered the semi-finals. In addition, Hong Kong in China was coached by Wan Sheng, which was like Hong Kong in China becoming the representative of Chinese football.

This is how many domestic fans think. The media's rules further illustrate the problem.

After the Chinese team was "exited", almost all the media who followed the Chinese team to interview the Asian Cup had "turned" to Hong Kong, China, and interviewed the matches in Hong Kong, China.

Even the Central TV decided to take out prime time to broadcast the game in Hong Kong, China, so Hong Kong has almost become the 'China's representative team'.

At the same time, Chinese fans were also very moved when talking about the topic of "How far can China and Hong Kong go?", and their hearts were very complicated.

The first point of Chinese fans' emotion is Wan Sheng's coaching ability, which is what they are proud of.

Hong Kong, China, can be recognized by many mainland fans. The more reason is that Wan Sheng is a pure Chinese coach. He leads the team to coach, and Hong Kong China will be recognized.

Many domestic fans previously thought that Wan Sheng was very capable, but there was no future in leading the team in Hong Kong. After all, Hong Kong is the last in Asia and its strength is at the bottom of Asia. Even if Wan Sheng has strong ability to lead the team, it is difficult to achieve good results.

But now Hong Kong, China, has entered the semi-finals, so many people are stunned.

The media and fans are so convinced by Wan Sheng’s coaching ability. Hong Kong, China, can achieve the semi-finals. It can definitely be described as a miracle.

Just as reported by "Souhu Sports", "Wan Sheng is a real international coach. The Hong Kong, China led by him, remains unbeaten in the Asian Cup so far!"

"Before, Hong Kong, China entered the Asian Cup final circle with the 'lucky quota'. No one expected them to achieve good results. The Hong Kong Football Association took the most correct step. They invited Wan Sheng to become the head coach of Hong Kong. Now they have achieved success in the Asian Cup!"

"What is certain is that after the end of this Asian Cup, Hong Kong football will definitely usher in great development!"

When talking about these issues, Chinese fans thought of Zhu Guanghu's Chinese team. The Chinese team is more than stronger than Hong Kong, China. So what would happen if Wan Sheng coached the Chinese team?

There are almost all related questions and speculations on various sports forums, and most of the views are, "If Wan Sheng coaches the Chinese team, he will definitely reach the finals of the Asian Cup, and he can also achieve good results by leading the team into the World Cup!"

So Chinese fans regretted it, "Why is Wan Sheng not Hong Kong, China?"

Under this argument, the Chinese Football Association was picked up.

When the Chinese team was eliminated, the pressure from the Chinese Football Association came. Those officials and others did not dare to stand in front of the fans and the media. They could only let head coach Zhu Guanghu be a scapegoat, but it was difficult to calm the anger of the fans alone.

On the Internet and on the media, many people are discussing the topic of May, "Why did the Chinese Football Association insist on saying that 'Before the Asian Cup, stability is the most important, and Zhu Jiajun can also achieve good results'." As a result, the Chinese team is now eliminated by the group.

The group was eliminated!

The group was eliminated!!

shame!

The Chinese Football Association was scolded in a mess, and it is easy to imagine how difficult it is.

At this time, officials such as Xie Yalong from the Chinese Football Association were gritting their teeth with hatred for Wan Sheng. For them, Wan Sheng led the team to achieve good results in Hong Kong, which was completely equivalent to slapping their mouths on their cheeks. One after another, the better the results achieved by Hong Kong, China, the more difficult their situation will be.

When he heard that Hong Kong in China defeated Vietnam and was close to the semi-finals, Xie Yalong threw the cup to the ground in front of many people, which shows how he was feeling.

It’s a pity that no matter how the Chinese Football Association officials are feeling, they cannot affect the performance of Hong Kong, because no matter how they play, they cannot control the Hong Kong Football Association, let alone the Hong Kong team in China.

After playing against Vietnam, Hong Kong, China did not celebrate, but returned to the stadium to tidy up things, because the next morning, they were going to Malaysia to prepare for the semi-finals.

It is worth mentioning that in another quarter-finals, in the Japan-Iraq match held at the National Stadium in Vietnam in the Japan-Iran, Japan relied on a penalty shootout to defeat Iraq 5:4 to advance to the quarter-finals.

Iraq was eliminated.

This result surprised Wansheng. At the same time, it also felt that it was taken for granted.

In my impression, this Asian Cup belongs to Iraq. During the civil war, Iraq created miracles in the Asian Cup, defeated one opponent after another, and finally won the Asian Cup championship successfully.

But it is different to have the participation of Hong Kong in China. Australia was eliminated, and Iraq did not win the first place in the group. When they met Japan in the quarterfinals, they must confirm the strength of the Japanese team. Iraq performed well, but in the end they failed to defeat Japan.

This is the history of the arrival of Wansheng.

The difference between history and memory is naturally. Naturally, the next semi-finals and the finals are unpredictable. The champion will definitely not belong to Iraq. When he heard the news, Wan Sheng's intention to win the championship became even hotter. He didn't want to come by himself. He squeezed out the Iraqi champion, but it made teams such as South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia and other teams cheap.

If you work hard for a long time, you may not be busy with others, especially no one will appreciate it, because no one will know that Iraq should have won the championship.

Wan Sheng found another reason to win the championship!

At noon the next day, Hong Kong, China, arrived in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. After checking in the hotel, Wan Sheng summoned all the players to go to Bukit Galil Stadium together, preparing to watch the quarterfinals between Iran and South Korea.

The winner of this game will become the opponent of Hong Kong, China in the semi-finals.

The South Korean team qualified in the group stage, but in this game with Iran, they showed an extremely tenacious side.

This game is also the focus of the Asian Cup 1/4 final.

The Iranian team was dominated by three major stars Karimi, Madawikia and Hashmian. The South Korean team hid Choi Sung-gu and arranged a combination of Li Tianxiu and Li Dongguo on the front line.

The Iranian team changed its slow-hot characteristics at the start of the group stage and immediately launched a fast-paced offense after the game.

After resisting the Iranian team's fierce attack at the beginning of the game, the South Korean team began to use their close-fitting fierce pressing and running without any effort to put pressure on the Iranian team's midfield and backcourt.

The game was in a stalemate.

In the first half, neither team could break the deadlock on the court. After the change of sides, the Iranian team obviously accelerated the offensive rhythm and occupied the initiative on the court. The offenses on both sides were very active, and the South Korean team had only the power to parry for a while.

However, the Iranian team's offensive was very good, but it did not pose too much substantial threat to the South Korean team's goal. Until the end of the 90th minute, both sides scored no goals, and the game entered overtime.

In the overtime game, the physical fitness of both players decreased significantly, and no team dared to attack rashly. As a result, 30 minutes of overtime game passed, and the score on the field was still 0:0.

Both sides can only engage in a cruel penalty shootout.

In the penalty shootout, the shooting of Iranian captains Madawikia and Hatibi were saved by South Korean captain Li Yunzai.

In the end, the South Korean team defeated Iran 4-2 and advanced to the semi-finals, and they became the opponents of Hong Kong, China and Hong Kong in the semi-finals.

After the game, Wan Sheng also led the team back to the hotel. After resting for one night, the next day, Hong Kong, China conducted normal preparation training.

Training is still mainly about recovery, and keeping players in shape is the most important thing.

At the same time, according to the characteristics of the Korean team, the team has also conducted some targeted training, such as defensive training with double-player cooperation, and rapid retracement in dealing with sudden steals, etc.

These trainings can make the team perform better in defense when playing against the Korean team.

The two-day preparation period is not long, but it is enough for China and Hong Kong to recover and do some targeted training.

Soon as time passed, it was already the night before the game.

That night, Hong Kong, China and South Korea will hold a press conference together and submit the roster of players in the semi-finals to the AFC respectively.

Because the preparation time for training was very tight, Wan Sheng came a few minutes late. When he walked into the venue, he saw South Korean coach Vibek talking about the semi-finals.

Wan Sheng knows the Dutch coach.

Vibek took over the South Korean team at the end of last year's World Cup. He was the assistant of former South Korean coach Edvorkat, and is only 43 years old this year.

In fact, during the 2002 World Cup, Vibek also served as an assistant to South Korean coach Hiddink at the time. He served two World Cups and two assistants. This qualification gave Vibek the opportunity to be upright. His advantage is that he has a good understanding of Korean football and Asian football.

When signing the contract, it was obvious that Vibek might be just a transitional figure in the position of South Korea's coach, because his contract period is only two years. The bottom line given by the Korean Football Association is that Vibek's contract will not be based on the performance of the South Korean team in the Asian Cup. In other words, the performance of the Asian Cup football match will not be used as the standard for evaluating Vibek's work ability. Vibek may only ensure that the South Korean team has a relatively stable state before the qualifiers for the South African World Cup.

Vibek's performance was obviously beyond the expectations of the Korean Football Association, and he led the "South Korea Team" to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup.

In fact, Vibek is also very satisfied with his team-leading performance because he knows that leading a "South Korea Team" to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup is enough to ensure that his contract can be extended until the end of next year's World Cup. As long as he performs well in the World Cup, he is likely to receive a high salary and long-term contract from the Korean Football Association.

He is only 43 years old, and it is already quite amazing to be able to do this.

Vibek himself thinks so, so when he thinks of the South Korean team's opponent in the semi-finals, the young coach of Hong Kong, China, he will feel very bad. His performance in coaching is already very good, but compared with the 30-year-old Chinese, this result is really nothing.

Although he didn't know Wansheng, his colleagues were enemies. Vibeck was very jealous of Wansheng's achievements and did not think that his ability was worse than the other party.

Now we are about to meet Hong Kong, Vibeck vows to defeat Hong Kong, and the important thing is to defeat the young Chinese.

At the press conference, Vibeck talked, "Compared with us and Hong Kong, we played overtime and had a day off from our opponents, and were physically at a disadvantage."

"But I think the South Korean team is far stronger than Hong Kong, China, so our victory will be much greater."

“In addition, we have a psychological advantage.”

Vibek knows the advantages of his team very well. He talked about the 'historical confrontation record of China and South Korea's. "Hong Kong, China, is also a Chinese team, and the Chinese team has never beaten us since 1978."

"This is our psychological advantage."

"Many Chinese media say that the Chinese team has 'HK fear'. Sorry, I don't know how to speak Chinese and pronounce it inaccurately, but I know what the Chinese media means is that the Chinese team has the tradition of being afraid of the Korean team."

"Their team is afraid of us, their players are afraid of our players, and perhaps their coaches are afraid of me..."

Perhaps the last two sentences are the humor of the Dutch, but the scene is all Asian Cup, so I can't understand this humor at all, nor can I accept Vibek's humor. They will only interpret it as "Vebek is mocking Chinese football."

A very important point is that when Vibeck said this, he didn't notice that Wan Sheng was sitting a few meters away and looked at him with a sneer.

That look really doesn't show friendship.

Vibeck continued to immerse himself in the topic just now. Seeing the expressions of the reporters in the audience, he thought what he said was not very interesting, so he continued, "Yes, their coach must be afraid of me, otherwise why didn't he come yet..."

When he heard this, many media reporters immediately looked at Wansheng.

Just when a reporter was about to remind Vibek, he saw Wan Sheng standing up with a 'rue' on his face, looking at Vibek with a ferocious look, and holding an unopened mineral water bottle in his hand.

Wan Sheng looked at Vibek and squeezed his hand hard. With a loud bang, the mineral water bottle exploded directly, and the bottle cap hit Vibek's head. The water in the bottle flew a few meters and sprayed on Vibek's body.

The scene was in a mess.

Vibeck sat on the ground in a panic.

In the stunned silence of a number of media reporters, Wan Sheng pointed at Vibek on the ground and said hard, "I'm afraid of you? If you don't accept it, come over, do you think I'm afraid!"

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