The Chinese team has not won against Japan in 23 years, including the East Asian Cup in which the other side sent two or even three teams to participate.
Compared with the blood-stained "Korean phobia", some people still have the remaining "lucky thoughts" in their minds: we are actually not afraid of Japan - this "lucky thought" or obsession actually comes from the club level. Thinking back to the AFC Champions League, swallowing like a tiger, the Bo Sun Gods are the fish on the board, either snapping, or hey hey hey.
But whether you are afraid or not, the game is going to be played after all. After being teased by kangaroos because of "light enemies", I hope that Li Tie and his team will not carry baggage. After all, Chairman Chen said, "In the last Round of 12, we only scored 1 point in the first 4 games..."
16 years ago, daejeon World Cup Stadium in South Korea.
Zhu Guanghu, who was wearing a white shirt, touched his lips, somewhat unfinished.
He wondered why he was leading 54 minutes, or 2-0, and in the end, why he was equalized.
He ended up saying that the cost of growth was, "For us, it was an education and a lesson." ”
Before the game, the Japanese coach Ziko was crazy, "I will replace all the main players", he is more concerned about the game against South Korea. At that time, the Japanese media was very worried, afraid of provoking the Chinese team - during the Sino-Korean war, the Japanese referee gave the Chinese team three red cards, and Nishimura Yuichi also punished Gao Lin as Li Weifeng; and the "handball storm" in the 2004 Asian Cup final was always a thorn.
Zhu Guanghu didn't care, "There is no difference, for me, this is the Japanese team."
Li Jinyu and Zhang Yonghai's two headers made Zhu Guanghu ecstatic, Xu Yunlong's header almost locked in the victory, after wasting the opportunity, the Chinese team was punished, and in the end, the 1 meter 67 tall "harmony ortega" Tanaka Tatsuya also equalized, but also let Zhu Guanghu regret consecutively. Perhaps, he should wear that black shirt, which is his lucky color, "Zhu Keyang", mostly in black clothes.
It is a pity, because it was the closest Chinese team came to defeating Japan after March 7, 1998. However, the winner of the East Asian Final Four has somewhat relieved the hearts of the Chinese people.
In the 1998 East Asian Final Four, this was the last time a Chinese team had beaten a Japanese team.
At that time, the Chinese team changed FIFA lecturer Horton from consultant to manager, this Old British man, let Chinese players know for the first time what is "tactical discipline" and "tactical literacy", "I think it is not too much to say that Horton is the enlightener of Chinese football. Sun Jihai, who is now the vice president of Xinjiang football, said so in his autobiography.
In Japan, Takeshi Okada replaced Kamo Zhou and is about to lead the Japanese team to the World Cup for the first time, and he has played the "three guards" to keep up with the trend.
The age is a bit long, perhaps many people's memories have been biased, it feels that Li Bing scored two goals, but in fact, the first ball, he suppressed Nakayama Masashi and created a oolong; the second ball, not the head ball he was good at, but the sideways barb.
In that game, in fact, there should have been a third goal, but unfortunately, Fan Zhiyi, who stood on the penalty spot, soared into the sky.
At that time, both Chinese players and Japanese players thought that the two sides were on the same level.
Hidetoshi Nakata, who landed in Serie A after the World Cup in France, said of the Chinese team at the time, "The biggest impression of the Chinese team on me is that the physical fitness, speed, and body are very good, which is considered to be the top in Asia. ”
The only thing he didn't talk about was "technology", and this was actually the root cause of the growing gap between Chinese and Japanese football in the future.
In the 2001 Top Ten Tournament, Chinese football raised its eyebrows, although the following year's World Cup was disgraced, but according to "inertia", Chinese football should actually have a period of upward development for several years, and the 2004 local Asian Cup is a good opportunity to continue this momentum.
That year, the Chinese team reached the final, and the opponent was Japan.
After eliminating Iran in the semi-final penalty shootout, the Chinese team burst with confidence, Liu Yunfei's sentence "Japan is sure, must, from my heart, I have to take them down", seemingly sick sentence, but said the voice of the Chinese people, although it suffered some criticism, but most people think that there is no need to be harsh.
Takashi Fushi scored first, Lee Ming equalised, and in the second half, Koji Nakata went ahead again, with Keiji Tamada scoring the third goal. 1-3, the Chinese team lost the championship, at that time, there was a media headline was "lost hand", a pun - one is not to keep the championship, the second goal scored by the Japanese team, is "handball".
After the game, both the Chinese team and the Chinese fans were very angry, and the Chinese coach Ali Han refused to accept the award, for which he was also criticized by the then AFC secretary general Vilapan.
"Japan's first goal was a free kick, which was supposed to be awarded to us; the second goal was a handball; the third goal was a foul on Sun Jihai before scoring." At the post-match press conference, Alihan fired cannons continuously.
Koji Nakata did not admit that it was a handball, "That ball was not a handball, but was hit with the body." But his teammate Nagatomo Yuto, in an interview with the media, has already praised the "Hand of Toei"; Zico did not dare to defend, but said that on the pitch, every decision of the referee and assistant referee must be fully respected, "for this goal, they (the referee) did not express any objection." ”
Without winning the championship, Alihan's luck seems to have suddenly disappeared, and after the World Cup qualifiers, everyone knows that "11.17" became a mathematical problem, and after that, it was impossible to advance to the round of 12 (the top 10), which became a common thing.
Chinese football, once also used to.
We are used to watching Japan and South Korea play the World Cup, and we are used to preparing for the next World Cup in advance.