Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Lin Feng scores a hat-trick, Chen Tao provides two assists, and China defeats South Korea 4-0!

The Chinese national football team has overcome its mental block, finally breaking the curse of its fear of South Korea, and a new chapter is about to begin for Asian football!

Internal strife within the South Korean national team leads to head coach's resignation!

Verbeek: The South Korean team is the worst team I've ever coached!

China's national football team advances to the semi-finals, where they will face Vietnam!

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The news of China's 4-0 thrashing of South Korea spread throughout the country immediately after the match.

The headlines on all major portal websites that day were about the Chinese national football team's victory over the South Korean team.

The nearly 30-year-old fear of South Korea has finally been broken today!

Moreover, this time, the Chinese national football team defeated the South Korean first team by a resounding four-goal margin.

The South Koreans can no longer deny it!
This victory is a huge boost for the fans.

This has made Chinese football fans, who have always been afraid to reveal their identities and feel ashamed, stand up straight, no longer shy away from being fans of the national football team, and even feel proud of the team they support!
I've been watching football for over twenty years, but because I was afraid of being ridiculed, I never dared to reveal my identity as a fan of the Chinese national team. I could only silently support them and cheer them on. But from today onwards, I will openly support the Chinese national team and will no longer hesitate out of fear of ridicule! I am proud of my Chinese national team and proud to be a fan!

[Brother, you're right. I've criticized the national football team plenty of times before, and I even smashed a TV in anger after they lost a match. But in this game, they played exceptionally well, showing our fighting spirit and the style of Chinese football. This is the kind of national team we want to see. If they keep playing like this, I will never criticize them again!]

Haha, tonight we're all fans of the Chinese national football team!

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On the Chinese internet, fans are releasing their pent-up emotions and celebrating and enjoying the joy of victory.

Meanwhile, in neighboring South Korea, the entire nation was shocked when news of the South Korean team's crushing defeat reached the country.

Angry fans flooded the Korea Football Association's official website, and a group of radical fans even drove a truck to storm the Korea Football Association's headquarters.

[Damn it, the national team should just disband! You can't even beat the Chinese team, you don't deserve to be the national team of South Korea!]

[That stupid football association hired a stupid coach, they should all get out! How can South Korean football improve with a bunch of scoundrels like that?]

[If they dare to lose to the Chinese team today, will they lose to the Vietnamese or Thai teams tomorrow?]

This is the darkest day in the history of South Korean football, even darker than the day we lost to Germany in the World Cup due to unfair refereeing decisions, thus missing out on the World Cup final!

South Korean fans are wailing online, as if their parents have died, feeling like the sky has fallen and their worldview has collapsed.

In their eyes, the Chinese team has been a pushover for the past thirty years.

The South Korean team has never lost a match against the Chinese team; the Chinese team is no different from an easy target for them.

But today, this team, which they considered a pushover, turned the tables and thrashed them.

The 0-4 scoreline stung every South Korean; they had never suffered such a crushing defeat in the Asian Cup since they began participating.

They would feel a little better if they lost to top Asian teams like Japan, Iran, or Australia.

But losing to a team like China, which they had never taken seriously before, was such a huge shock that the Koreans couldn't accept it.

But what really broke the South Koreans' defenses was yet to come!
After losing to the Chinese team, the South Korean media, which had previously made a bet with the Chinese national team coach Zhu Guanghu, had to issue a public apology and, as Zhu Guanghu had requested, publish the statement "South Korean football is inferior to Chinese football" on the front page of their newspapers.

This move was like adding fuel to the fire, instantly causing an uproar among South Koreans!
Losing the game was already infuriating enough for them, but now they see their own media 'aiding and abetting' the Chinese, deliberately belittling their own team.

Angry South Korean fans stormed the newspaper office again and issued death threats against the reporter who made the bet. Some even offered a reward for his life, seemingly wanting to hire someone to kill him!
The South Korean fans' embarrassing display of weakness drew ridicule from fans in both China and Japan.

Chinese fans mocked the South Koreans for being sore losers, saying they broke down like this after losing just one game.

If you can't handle losing, don't play. What kind of behavior is it to issue death threats to reporters?

[Heh, if Koreans continue to be this sensitive, then we'll have plenty of opportunities for them to break down in the future!]

The Chinese national football team is clearly still on the rise, while the future of the South Korean team, in my opinion, is pretty much set. They can't win now, and they'll be even less likely to win in the future!

I advise the Koreans to be more pragmatic and understand the philosophy of football first, instead of blaming the coach every time they lose a game!
Ren Weibek also had reason to say, "What kind of team is Zhu Guanghu leading? What kind of team am I leading?"
What level is South Korean football at now? With just a few players, can Lee Dong-gook even play as a striker?

I can't play, I don't have the ability, you know?

I think South Koreans should look on the bright side. The South Korean team was the first to start preparing for the 2011 Asian Cup, so they still have plenty of time!

Chinese fans don't really understand why the Koreans were so vulnerable in this match!

In fact, if we put ourselves in their shoes, the impact of this 0-4 defeat on the South Koreans might be even greater than the impact of the Chinese team's 1-5 defeat to Thailand in Hefei!

The national football team's crushing defeat also shocked the entire country. The players were verbally abused and head coach Camacho was dismissed at lightning speed.

That was just a friendly match, but the one the South Koreans lost was a real knockout match in the Asian Cup, and the importance of that match was on a completely different level.

So it's not surprising that losing this match caused such a strong reaction in South Korea.

As for why Japanese fans mocked Koreans?
Naturally, this is because the Japanese have always looked down on the Koreans and are extremely disgusted by the dirty deeds of Korean football.

So for the Japanese, when Koreans are humiliated, it's a holiday for them, and they naturally seize the opportunity to ridicule the Koreans!
[You Japanese shouldn't be laughing too soon. You might end up losing even more badly than us. Let's see if you'll still be laughing then.]

[That's right, the Chinese team is coming to this Asian Cup with a burning desire for revenge. Facing your Japanese team, the Chinese team will definitely fight tooth and nail. I don't think you'll lose any less than us!]

The Japanese mockery angered the Koreans, but they could tolerate the Chinese mocking them, since they had just lost to them.

What right do the Japanese have to laugh at them?
South Korea didn't lose to Japan again!
[Hehe, don't worry, Japanese football doesn't rely on external forces, it relies on its own strength. So we could never be like you, unable to play without the help of referees!]

Since we were able to defeat them on home soil before, we have even less reason to be afraid of them now. We are confident of achieving a three-peat in the Asian Cup!

Japanese fans appeared very confident, and they certainly had the confidence to back it up.

In this era, the Japanese team has an overwhelming advantage in Asia and is the undisputed Asian hegemon!
Since winning the Asian Cup for the first time in 1992, Japan has won three Asian Cup titles in the last four editions.

If they can win the Asian Cup again this year, they will equal Iran's record of three consecutive Asian Cup titles and become the first Asian team to win the Asian Cup four times.

As for the Koreans?
Compared to the Japanese team's performance, they're just a nobody!
Although the South Korean team did have a glorious past, winning the first and second Asian Cups, it was indeed the South Korean team.

But it has been 47 years since the South Korean team last won the championship; and 19 years since they last reached the Asian Cup final!
On one side is the waning old king, and on the other is the rising new overlord; it is obvious who is stronger and who is weaker.

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"The Japanese team is indeed the biggest obstacle on our road to the championship!" Although we defeated the South Korean team, we are now a little closer to the championship.

But Zhu Guanghu's expression looked even more serious. After the game, in the locker room, he told the players not to get too carried away and not to think that defeating the South Korean team meant the game was in the bag.

At that time, the South Korean team was only ranked third or fourth in Asia, and was considered relatively weak among the top teams in Asia.

If the opponent truly had the strength to win the championship, they wouldn't have almost failed to advance from the group stage, ultimately having to rely on the Saudi Arabian team's performance.

Compared to them, the Japanese team is the real boss!

Moreover, the Japanese team's current form is visibly improving. Although they were surprisingly held to a draw in the first round of the group stage, the Japanese team has a strong ability to adjust and quickly recovered.

They also solved the problem of a lack of attacking power by switching between different tactics.

In this head-to-head match against Australia, the Japanese team performed significantly better, creating more opportunities and playing an excellent defensive game. They currently appear to have no weaknesses.

Given the current form of the Japanese team, the chances of them losing their next match against Saudi Arabia are very small.

If the Chinese team can successfully advance to the finals, then the team waiting for them in the finals will most likely be the Japanese team!

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The next opponent is Vietnam, which is the weakest of the four teams in the semifinals.

Therefore, the Chinese team was relatively relaxed, and after the game, Coach Zhu made an exception and gave the players a day off to relax.

Unfortunately, he only gave the players half a day off and warned them not to go out and cause trouble. He said that if anyone went out and caused trouble, they should not blame him for being ruthless.

Upon hearing the coach announce a holiday, the team members were as excited as monkeys in a zoo, disappearing in the blink of an eye after their cages were opened.

Lin Feng hadn't planned to go shopping because there was really nothing fun to do there.

In addition, he is so famous that it would be troublesome if he were recognized while out shopping.

He didn't want to be swarmed around like an animal by the local fans!
But just as Lin Feng was about to relax in the hotel and be a couch potato for half a day, Liu Yifei suddenly called.

"Want to see a concert? I'm in Malaysia filming an advertisement, and a friend gave me two concert tickets, so I have one extra."

Whose concert is it?

Lin Feng automatically ignored the various 'coincidences' in the other person's words; if he exposed them, the other person would be very embarrassed.

"It's by Fish Leong. I don't know if you like it. If you don't, then forget it!"

On the other end of the phone, Liu Yifei sounded slightly nervous.

They hadn't known each other for long, so she really didn't know what kind of music Lin Feng liked.

However, there aren't many influential singers in Malaysia with high popularity, so Fish Leong is the best choice.

"Yes, no problem, I quite like her songs!"

Among female singers, Lin Feng's favorites are Fish Leong and Angela Chang.

He listened to these two songs from junior high school to college, and only gradually stopped paying attention after he started working.

After getting the address from the other party and tidying himself up, Lin Feng took a taxi to the destination to meet Liu Yifei.

"This way!"

Despite Lin Feng wearing sunglasses, Liu Yifei recognized him at a glance.

Upon seeing Lin Feng appear, Liu Yifei excitedly waved her arms and stood on tiptoe to beckon to him.

Lin Feng glanced at her; the fairy sister's outfit today was rather revealing.

She wore a short-sleeved printed T-shirt with a cartoon pattern on her upper body and high-waisted denim shorts on her lower body.

With a headband on her head and her long black hair tied up behind her ears, she looked simple yet elegant and beautiful, like a princess from a fairy tale.

In addition, her divine beauty, like a fairy descended from heaven, made Lin Feng almost unable to look away.

This 20-year-old goddess is so beautiful!
"Hey, what are you looking at!"

When Liu Yifei saw that the other person was staring straight at her, a blush crept onto her pretty face.

"Yes, I'm enjoying the beautiful scenery!"

"What beautiful scenery? I don't see it."

Seeing the other person so naively believing it and looking around, Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Why are you laughing again?"

"It's nothing, I just remembered something happy!"

"What's the good news? Is it because of yesterday's game?"

When the competition is mentioned, Liu Yifei's eyes are filled with admiration.

Although she didn't go to the game in person, she watched the entire match on TV.

Liu Yifei fell in love with football because of Lin Feng, and naturally became a big fan of Lin Feng.

Seeing her favorite person dominate on the court, her pride was practically overflowing.

"Hey, didn't you say you were here to shoot a commercial? How come you have time to watch a game?"

"Who said I watched the game? Can't I see the news about the game online?"

Before Lin Feng could answer, she preemptively changed the subject:

"Hurry up, the concert is about to start, or all the seats will be taken!"

After saying that, she grabbed Lin Feng's hand and ran forward without saying another word.

Feeling the soft, realistic touch in his palm, a thought popped into Lin Feng's mind:
Was this our first date? (End of Chapter)