The Gwangju World Cup Stadium was filled with people and every seat was packed.

Zeng Zheng stood in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, looking directly at the international players lined up on the field, his mind clear.

To be fair, for this game, Bamboo Shoes has done everything it can do off the court.

Whether it is the trend among fans and media, or the rights applied to FIFA, they have been greatly satisfied.

But unfortunately, this is Gwangju, the territory of South Korea.

If our ancestors had lowered their sights and looked at this lowland where birds didn't poop, maybe we wouldn't have so many worries today.

"Hua Hua Hua~~~"

Soon, Zeng Zheng's wild thoughts were brought back to reality by the noise in the stands.

Zeng Zheng understands Korean, but on this occasion, he doesn't want to seriously understand what the fans are shouting.

For this quarter knockout match, South Korea also tried its best off the court.

Not only did it cause some trouble before the Chinese team bus arrived, it also directly isolated the interaction between Chinese fans and players.

It is said that tens of thousands of Chinese fans outside the Gwangju Stadium were intercepted by Gwangju local police to prevent them from approaching the athletes' "restricted area."

On the contrary, those fans holding Bagua flags and supporting South Korea can enter easily.

After entering the stadium, only less than 5,000 seats in the stadium, which can accommodate 44,000 fans, were sold to Chinese fans.

These fans were crowded into a small corner of the stadium, not even in the center behind the goal.

The fans are treated like this, let alone the players.

These days, the team members have been harassed by local South Korean fans all the time.

Spies posing as fans and reporters are so pervasive that Jin and Chi have become counterintelligence experts and even evolved dog noses!

As long as you smell it in the air, you can smell the scum smell of the sticks.

It can be said that these are the most frustrating days for the Chinese team since the start of the World Cup.

Now, all this has passed.

With the Egyptian referee replaced by German Meike, on the surface, the Chinese team has achieved a substantial victory.

But only Zeng Zheng knew it.

The real showdown has just begun!

...

For this World Cup, South Korea not only asked Zheng Menghuai to donate the bamboo mats of the International Bead Curtain, but also invited the famous Dutch coach Hiddink to coach the team.

Compared with Troussier next door, Hiddink's name has already been in the civilized world!

"It's a great honor to compete with you, Mr. Hiddink."

When they met, even Zeng Zheng had to bend down and lower his posture to shake hands with this master in the industry.

Fortunately, Hiddink didn't put on any airs.

"Me too, Zeng. It's an honor to meet you here."

The two shook hands politely on the sidelines without saying much.

This is not just to avoid suspicion, but as opponents, the two sides really have nothing to say.

As a synonym for the contemporary magical coach, Hiddink’s resume needs no elaboration.

When the two turned their heads, the pressure on Zeng Zheng's shoulders to defeat a powerful enemy became heavier.

"Although I'm not as famous as Hiddink."

"But my players are better than Hiddink's players."

Zeng Zheng comforted himself in this way.

In this game, coach Hiddink arranged the classic Dutch 343 formation. The lineup was almost unchanged from the main force in the group stage.

Goalkeeper Lee Yun-jae, the three defenders are Choi Jin-cheol, captain Hong Myung-bo and Kim Tae-young, who has an injured nose and is wearing a protective mask.

The midfielders are all old acquaintances, namely Song Jong-guk, Ryu Sang-cheol, Kim Nam-il and Lee Yong-pyo.

On the forward line, three overseas players Park Ji-sung, Seol Qi-hyun and Ahn Jung-hwan formed a forward trident, trying to threaten the Chinese team's door.

On the visiting team's side, Ou Chuliang has always been the goalkeeper of the Chinese team unless there is any unexpected situation.

The four defenders are Xu Yunlong, General Fan, Li Weifeng and Wu Chengying.

Li Tie, Sun Jihai and Zhao Junzhe formed a parallel midfield.

On the forward line, Yang Chen, Su Maozhen and Xie Hui are the three top aerialists who stand against each other.

"The Chinese team is going to play high-altitude ball!"

Everyone guessed this after seeing Zeng Zheng's personnel arrangement.

In fact, Hiddink also noticed this when submitting the list yesterday.

But he didn't have many good ideas.

The three defenders of South Korea are all over 1.8 meters tall. Cui Jinzhe and Kim Tae-young are even taller than 1.87 meters, which is taller than the Chinese team's forward Trident.

But the problem is, leaving aside Kim Tae-young's injury, only the captain Hong Myung-po can compete with South Korea's three defenders based on their physical disadvantages and heading skills.

But Hong Mingpu is only 1.81 meters tall, which is obviously a head shorter than the others in a room of six people.

After seeing this personnel arrangement, many people gave Zeng Zheng a thumbs up.

Sure enough, when dealing with Asian teams, the Chinese team still uses the old-fashioned header to gain an advantage.

But is the confrontation on the court really that simple?

Especially when they saw Zeng Zheng putting Li Jinyu and Zhang Xiaorui on the bench today, the fans became silent again.

If other coaches don't let them play, these two guys might be very dissatisfied, and even the fans will complain on his behalf.

But the head coach is Zeng Zheng.

When they saw Li Jinyu and Zhang Xiaorui sitting on the sidelines wearing substitute uniforms, the fans could only curl their lips and shake their heads.

"Poor Dayu/Heizi, you two just listen to Chief Zeng honestly!"

...

"This is the fifth channel of the TV station."

"The live broadcast for you now is the third round of the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals."

"China versus South Korea."

"This is the first time since the first World Cup in 1930 that two Asian teams have met in the World Cup."

"This is an Asian derby that will go down in history!"

Speaking of the word "derby", Huang Jianxiang became excited about it.

Regardless of how South Korea got here today, the Chinese team has made it to the top eight step by step.

South Korea has specially set up two competition zones for this World Cup, and the Chinese team may be able to make the host country marry them by taking advantage of the host country's style.

When Huang Jianxiang thought about the Chinese team defeating South Korea and advancing to the semi-finals, like every Chinese fan, every cell in his body became restless.

"...After this game, the first Asian team to break into the semi-finals of the World Cup will be born."

"Whether it's the Chinese team or South Korea, this is a victory for Asian football!"

After all, it was a national live broadcast, so Huang Jianxiang still had to act grand.

"In today's game, South Korea, which plays at home, wears purple home uniforms, while the Chinese team wears white away uniforms."

"We can see that the South Korean fans in the stands have already dyed themselves red..."

"This is also our main color!"

...

With the referee Meck's whistle, the game officially started.

Both sides are old rivals.

South Korea, which took the lead in kicking off the ball, took the initiative to attack and passed the ball to Ahn Jung-hwan on the right. The latter's breakthrough after receiving the ball was cleanly tackled by Xu Yunlong.

Two minutes later, the Chinese team launched a counterattack and sent a long pass in the midfield.

Goalkeeper Li Yun took the initiative and confiscated the ball before Su Cap actually got the ball.

In the footage, in order to block the bulldozer-like golden-headed Lao Mao, Kim Tae-young lost his balance the moment Li Yun got the ball and fell to the ground.

The golden-headed Lao Mao, who couldn't stop the car, raised his foot and stepped directly over Jin Taiying's body.

Seeing this, the Chinese fans didn't do anything, but the Italian fans in front of the TV couldn't sit still.

"Okay, okay, fuck him!"

"Tram him to death, trample that son of a bitch to death!"
To be continued...