When it comes to the World Cup, we always have a lot of memories, the World Cup in 1998 may be the most classic World Cup in many people's minds, and 2002 is the World Cup that Chinese people mention the most. But it is such a World Cup, which should be remembered by the Chinese people, but it has become the most controversial World Cup.
Although the Dutch team's exit was a surprise, the 2002 World Cup did not lack starlight: Beckham Owen Irving Henri Trezeguet, who was a newcomer in 1998, has become a world-class superstar, Zidane FigoRivaldo is even more in the sky, coupled with Ronaldo returning from injury, in theory, the 2002 World Cup has enough attraction, and even from the card point of view, the overall level may exceed 1998, but the ending is a big disappointment.
Reluctantly, the co-organizers started in a hurry
The 2002 World Cup was handed over to Japan to host mr. Avilange's original intention, but there was a South Korean named Zheng Mengjun who did not do it, I don't know if it was due to national hatred or other reasons, in short, Mr. Zheng did not want the Japanese to eat alone, but he was also the vice chairman of the Football Federation, so the form of joint operation between the two countries had never appeared. With your knees, you can figure out that Koreans and Japanese can really sit down and cooperate well? From this point of view, the 2002 World Cup had many hidden dangers from the beginning.
The World Cup opens on May 31. What is this concept? That is to say, European clubs have to play the World Cup less than half a month after the end of the season, and players who play in major European leagues have just finished a long season, and their physical skills have not yet fully recovered to participate in the world's highest level of competition. Choosing such a hasty time to start the tournament is said to be a South Korean in order to avoid the next rainy season - this reason seems a bit inexplicable, when the rainy season in South Korea will come Xiaobian does not know, but fans see that most of the participating teams are not in the best state, directly affecting the overall level of this World Cup, Zidane and other pre-match injuries and failure to get enough rest more or less has to do with it.
We can't understand the state of professional players at that time, but the students who took the 2002 college entrance examination should have a more profound experience - the candidates in 1998 can catch up with the final after the exam, and the students in 2006 can even catch up with the opening ceremony. At the critical moment of determining the fate of life, the World Cup must make way for the college entrance examination, even if it is a World Cup that the whole country cheers for the national football team.
For Chinese fans, 2002 was a World Cup worth looking forward to
First of all, because of the jet lag, we don't have to stay up late to watch the ball. Second, the national football team has finally entered the World Cup, who does not watch their children's matches? It is said that CCTV has done a survey, and more than 91% of all the people who watch TV in Beijing have watched the first match between the Chinese team and Costa Rica. At that time, the enthusiasm of the Chinese people to watch the World Cup was unprecedentedly high, and the school company units did not ask if they had eaten when they met, but did they ask instead? There's talk everywhere about the World Cup.
In 2002, the strong performance in the top ten tournament made everyone full of expectations for the national football team, in various interview programs, fans and players, singers and actresses Broom stars were discussing the strategic grand plan of "winning Costa Rica, drawing with Turkey, and losing Brazil", and a small number of objective and calm voices were also considered to be a kind of "arrogance".
The ideal is very full, the reality is very bone, the three games have reflected the gap between the national football team and the world to the fullest, and under the extreme disappointment, the national football team has been refuted without a skin.
In fact, they're already doing well.
In the match with Costa Rica, the national football team shot 6 shots on goal and Costa Rica 12 shots and 6 shots on target; the national football team had 51% of the possession and 6 corners more than Costa Rica 4 more.
In the face of Brazil, can the current national football team still make such a cooperation?
Wu Chengying's assist
Ma Mingyu's shot
Zhao Junzhe's shot was ten centimeters short
There are no ifs in everything, but I really want to say a word if. If Zhao Junzhe's shot had been deflected by 5 centimeters, perhaps everything would not be what it is now.
In 2002, someone shouted out the bold words of "Chinese men's football has since stood up", and the fiasco in 2002 made everyone reflect on our naivety. The scariest lie in the world is that you know it's a lie, but it becomes real in front of you – we all think the Chinese men's soccer team that stood up can make a comeback in the World Cup in Germany after 4 years. But no one expected that for the next sixteen years, there would be a desert.
From the regret of just one step away to Rome, to the joy of reaching the top ten, even if the victory is the great escape, now look at how precious the anger of the fans after the 2002 fiasco is – at least we can still be angry, and the "hope" will be stifled to be angry. And now, all that's left is numbness.
In recent years, there has been a saying that the national football team is so evaluated - I thought that the national football team in 2002 was very bad, and it turned out that they were the peak. I have always thought that nostalgia is not just a simple emotion, but also has a direct relationship with the current state of life, when we begin to miss the past, it means that the current life is not good, if every day is bird's nest shark fin, who still misses the New Year's dumplings. The 2002 World Cup was terrible, but for the national football team, perhaps it was the best memory for Chinese fans.
It's not just the national football team that disappoints.
Cold spots lead to cold spots
In the 2002 World Cup, we did not see the battle of the century between Argentina and England four years ago, but the group that ushered in Argentina failed to qualify; we did not see the Netherlands and Brazil perform a 120-minute crazy confrontation, but we saw France's collapse. Compared to the 1998 World Cup, which was almost a classic in the knockout stage, 2002 was a bit too cold.
The reason why the World Cup is wonderful is because there are big club collisions, there are superstar duels, and from some points of view we do want to see the cold, but too many cold goals bring cold fields.
The group stage of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan has been constantly upset, from the opening game Senegal's victory over France to the Americans' victory over Portugal, which looks very lively, but it is also overdrawing the excitement of the knockout round.
The popular team Netherlands did not enter this World Cup, Argentina and France, which played the most beautiful and won the championship in the qualifiers, were in the group stage, and Portugal, which played the most beautiful way in the European Championship, also failed to break through from the group. For a game like the World Cup, there are too many cold spots in the group stage, which will inevitably lead to a reduction in the excitement of the knockout rounds.
Compared with other World Cups, not to mention the nostalgic game that can be remembered, there are even strong dialogues in the World Cup between Korea and Japan: the 1/8 final can be said to be none, the 1/4 final is only one, Brazil vs. England, the semi-final is not, and then the final Brazil vs. Germany. This was the key reason why many viewers thought that the 2002 World Cup was not exciting enough, and the group stage was overdrawn for the highlights of the knockout stages. Looking back, how much more can you remember about the 2002 World Cup match, Brazil vs. England? Perhaps more in Ronaldinho's solo collection.
Of course, the most criticized is the referee.
From the quarter-finals onwards, the referee who escorted the Koreans all the way was always the shiniest one, neither Italy nor Spain, they failed to beat the hosts, and as for why, I don't want to say anything more – disgusting for so many years, used to it.
Finally, it was not the team with the highest voice (odds) but Brazil and Germany, which narrowly managed to survive the qualifiers (the two teams with the lowest odds of winning the championship at the time). Turn on the TV and watch, heck, half the people in the field can't name names. At that time, Xiao Luo was just a World Cup newcomer, Ronaldo already had signs of blessing, the stardom of the Brazilian team was far less than that of 98 or 06, and the praise of Zhuge Liang in hindsight was just a yellow robe after the success of the success.
In that World Cup South American qualifier, Brazil almost failed to qualify. The Brazilian Football Association changed the manager three times, and the previous Lucentborg and Leon were fired for their poor results, until the end of the South American zone, scolari, who had led Gremio and Palmeiras to win the Copa Libertadores, was appointed to become the Brazilian manager. Scolari has always been a pragmatic coach who emphasizes the balance between attack and defense, improving the dressing room environment and adjusting tactics to help Brazil reach the final stage.
The German team is in a stage where the talent gap is obvious. The luck of manager Worrell is that Bayer Leverkusen played well in the 2001-2002 Champions League and reached the final, and players such as Ballack, Schneider, Neuville, LaMelau, Novotney and other players have significantly improved their playing skills, which has also directly helped germany participating in the World Cup. The German team's ability to advance to the final is related to the continuous upset of the great powers, and it is also related to their relatively stable play, and the alternating leading role of the two cores, Kahn and Barak, cannot be underestimated.
Many people say that Brazil in 2002 is the strongest Brazilian team in history, because there are Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Cafu, Carlos... There are also many who say that the 2002 title is the lowest level of champions, and simply defeating an English title is obviously not convincing enough. It all makes sense, doesn't it?
In the 2002 World Cup, two hosts with ghost fetuses, rushed to start the game, there was not a classic game, the black whistle index was at the top, and even the champion looked a little unconvincing.
So someone asked: Is the 2002 World Cup still called the World Cup?
At least the 2002 World Cup also had a nice football anthem Anthem.