After 32 contests, the Argentines won the championship as they wished, and the Olympic song ended.
In this tournament, the Argentines won all six games, and their irresistible trend shows that the Argentines will be the favourites to win the championship in any adult event in the next decade; Nine teams from Europe, South America and Africa dominate the quarter-finals, which shows that Europeans, South Americans and Africans will still be the mainstream forces in international football in the future.
Those who took advantage of the host to enter the international stage woke up after three sleepwalks. Our gamble turned out to be so naive and ridiculous.
After this Olympic Games, the three-level world pattern of international football has not changed. Europe, South America and Africa are the overall leaders, while Argentines lead the super-class teams. Asia, Oceania and North America are still supporting roles. Taking the road of entertainment, China’s football has exploded all over the world.
Four gold cups stand up the Argentine dream team
If the "Dream Eight" on the basketball court is the scheduled champion, then the Argentine team on the football field is the "dream team" who came to receive the gold medal. In the end, the Argentine football dream team, which took the lead in holding the final, won the Olympic champion with a total victory.
History tells you how strong Argentina is.
In the 1997 World Youth Championship in Malaysia, the Argentine team won the championship under the leadership of captain No.8 Riquelme, and this time he led his teammates to get back the gold medal at the Olympic Games with the captain’s armband. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Argentina won the championship with six wins without losing a goal. At that time, Mascherano, who was wearing the No.5 jersey, did everything he could to save the day. This time, Mascherano, an over-aged player, had stronger cleaning ability than four years ago. At the 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, Argentina regained the World Youth Championship. At that time, Messi, wearing the No.18 jersey, won the Golden Boot and the Golden Globe with six goals. At the 2007 World Youth Championship in Canada, the Argentine team won the championship again. At that time, aguero, the captain wearing the No.10 jersey, also combined the golden ball and golden boots with six goals and three assists. Even No.11 Di Maria, who scored the winning goal in the final between this Olympic Games and Nigeria, was a super substitute for Argentina to win the World Youth Championship last year, when he scored three goals in 255 minutes.
Riquelme, the captain of the Malaysian World Youth Championship in 1997, and Mascherano, the main champion of the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, are over-age players. Messi, the MVP of the Netherlands World Youth Championship in 2005, and aguero, the MVP of the Canadian World Youth Championship in 2007, each led several outstanding teammates of the right age to form an Argentine dream team with four world champions as the team. This is the invincible Argentine team that won the men’s soccer gold medal in the Beijing Olympic Games.
When such a team won the championship in Beijing Olympic Games, no amount of descriptions were pale. How to play football, technology, speed, strength, confrontation and tactics, this Argentine team is omnipresent and can be organically integrated. They are the blueprint of modern football; How to develop football, every youth competition will win the championship, and then the elites of various world champion teams will regroup and win the world championship. This is the Argentine theory.
Argentina won the football gold medal in this Olympic Games. However, this is only the beginning of an era. In the next decade, this team composed of five world champions will be a strong contender for the championship in any event, whether it is the America’s Cup or the World Cup.
Olympic quarter-finals draw international football map.
If Argentina’s advantages and Argentine’s attention make them stand out in this Olympic Games, then Europe, South America and Africa have defined the mainstream power of international football in the future with their overall strength.
Of the 16 teams participating in this Olympic Games, 4 are from Europe, 2 are from South America and 3 are from Africa. As a result, Belgium, Netherlands and Italy in Europe all broke through the group stage, C? te d ‘Ivoire, Cameroon and Nigeria in Africa reached the top eight at the same time, Brazil and Argentina in South America both reached the semi-finals, and there were 9 teams participating in Europe, Africa and South America. As a result, they swept all the seats in the quarter-finals.
It is worth noting that although one of the four participating teams in Europe has fallen behind, their historical delay in emphasizing the league over the Olympic Games and even refusing outstanding players to participate in the Olympic Games proves that the fact that Belgium is the only representative in the semi-finals does not mean that European football has fallen behind. On the contrary, their league-based approach has ensured that European football always runs on a benign track.
Brazil has not exhausted its elite. Although Ronaldinho, an over-aged player, played, the Olympic football match is more like Ronaldinho’s mandatory recovery training after half a year’s vacation. What we saw after the resumption of Serie A in September was the real superstar.
As participants in Olympic football, seven teams from Asia, Oceania, Central and North America and the Caribbean exposed the gap in actual combat. Even the slightly better teams from South Korea and the United States can only get a draw against their rivals from Europe, Africa and South America, and more points can only be obtained from their rivals from Asia, Central and North America.
Obviously, after this Olympic Games, international football will still be dominated by Europeans, South Americans and Africans, while teams from Asia, Oceania, Central and North America and the Caribbean will still be supporting players in international competitions in the next few years, and this pattern will basically be maintained in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Entertaining China football laughs at the world.
As the host, the China men’s soccer team occupied the leading role in the Olympic Games by stealing the drama. The hooliganism and the "Ah Q spirit" of both teams in the same group reached the semi-finals, and their tenacious defense when they were 0-3 behind Brazil was almost the same as that of the Seoul Olympic Games 20 years ago. Only this time, the China Football Association’s "calling for the semi-finals" forced FIFA to return the honor of "the least enterprising" to China football.
After spending countless money and four years of careful preparation, China Football failed to form a complete team with its own style of play. In this Olympic Games, China players didn’t show their ability to play football at all. China Football Association used four years’ careful preparation to show their own "powerlessness". China football was not only extremely amateur, but even brought bad luck to all people related to China football.
Two of Serbia’s three over-age players came from Shandong Luneng. Although Jifcovici and milian performed well, and milian, who played forward, scored a goal, Serbia’s performance was disappointing. They lost seven goals in three group matches ahead of schedule, the most of all teams.
Two of Honduras’ three over-age players also came from the Super League, but striker Martinez from Shenhua failed to bring a goal to the team, and Ka barreiro from Yatai could not stop the team from conceding five goals. After three group matches, Honduras not only became one of the only two teams that lost all three games, but also ranked second from the bottom with five goals, just like China.
A joke about reaching the semi-finals, two ugly red cards, three disappointing performances, in addition to the mocking slogans of Nigerian fans, the storm caused by Brazil year-on-year, and of course, the most classic is the cheers of China fans. There is a joke that entertains China football like this: After Argentina won the championship, Messi accepted an exclusive interview with Ole newspaper, in which he talked about the enthusiastic support of China fans for Argentina. At the time of the rise, the reporter asked him to say "Come on Argentina" in Chinese. He smiled shyly and clearly said "Xie Ya long xia Ke".
(Ximu)
