The Chinese men's soccer team beat Qatar 1-0 in the men's soccer 1/8 finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games. This is the first time in 25 years that the Chinese men's soccer team has entered the eight-team tournament of the Asian Games, which is a major breakthrough for the Chinese men's soccer team that has been in the doldrums. However, they will face South Korea next and the situation is very uncertain.
As we all know, the Korean team also treasures the Asian Games, not just to compete with China and Japan for gold medals, but also because their athletes have to win gold medals in order to be exempted from military service, so they will give their all and tend to lose control of their emotions if they lose in a match. For example, at this Asian Games, after Kwon Chun-woo, the seeded Korean men's badminton player, unexpectedly lost 1-2 to Thailand's Kasidit Samrej, who is ranked more than 500 behind him in the world ranking, he completely disregarded his image and angrily smashed his racket like a mad dog.
South Korea's current head coach is former South Korean men's soccer striker Hwang Sun-hong. He had missed the World Cup after being seriously injured in a collision with Chinese goalkeeper Jiang Jin. This incident has always been difficult for Hwang Sun-hong to get over and even cast a shadow over him, but it also made him start to express his stance internally! Later, in the 1/8 final of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, in the marquee match between South Korea and Italy, Zambrotta broke through on the right, only to be injured by Hwang Sun-Hong's flying shovel directly from behind. The referee at the time, Moreno, was bribed not to give the abuser a red card, and years later he admitted his mistake!
China's men's soccer team advanced to the last eight after defeating Qatar and South Korea, and Huang Shanhong expressed some concerns as he looked ahead to the match, "It's a situation I've predicted before, and if we can't cope with the crowded spectators and the pressure of an intense game, we won't be qualified to win the gold medal." This comment sparked controversy because it was known that Korea often used dishonorable tactics during the game and they started to smear us before the game so our players needed to put up a gauntlet to deal with it.
The Chinese men's soccer team's key players have been injured or punished, resulting in a quarterfinal match against South Korea that will be a defensive counterattack battle. However, against such a strong opponent, if we don't go all out, we will only reach a dead end. The only way to make our opponents fearful of us is to win the game! Therefore, since the opposing manager has labeled us and discredited us, we have to "go with the flow" and deal with them the way they see fit!
