Preface
2022 Qatar World Cup is very exciting. In the first semifinal, Argentina defeated Croatia with a big score of 3:0 and successfully entered the finals. In the second half of tonight, that is, at 3 am tomorrow, France will face Morocco. A strong showdown, who can enter the finals? Let's wait and see!
December 14th is a special day, because 38 years ago today, Chinese football also faced the test of the semi-finals and successfully defeated its opponents and entered the finals.
older fans should have already remembered it, that is Asian Cup in 1984, and Chinese football reached the finals for the first time!
1984 The 8th Asian Cup
1984 Singapore Asian Cup is the 8th Asian Cup Football Championship, and the competition was held in Singapore from December 1 to 16, 1984.
Group match is divided into two groups AB
A group: Qatar , Syria , Saudi , South Korea, Kuwait
B group: China, Iran, UAE, Singapore, India
Chinese player list
Coach: Zeng Xuelin
Captain: Zuo Shusheng
Player: Li Huajun , Jia Xiuquan , Lu Jianren, Yang Ning, Liu Haiguang , Yang Chaohui, Ma Lin, Wang Zhenjie, Zhu Bo, Wang Dongning, Jiang Fenglin, Lin Lefeng , Lu Hongxiang , Wu Yuhua , Chi Minghua , Lin Qiang, Li Hui, Qin Guorong , Tang Yaodong, Gu Guangming, Zhao Dayu
defeated the first game and lost unfortunately
In this Asian Cup, the first opponent of the Chinese team was the Iran team, and their strength was very strong.
December 3, 1984 at 19:00, the competition officially began! After the whistle of the
game was blew, the Iranian team took the lead in attacking. Their style of play was very tough, giving people a strong sense of oppression, and they must concentrate all their energy on dealing with it.
Perhaps the rhythm was not found at the beginning of the game, and the Chinese team was not very adapted to the fast pace of Iran. They made frequent mistakes and were almost scored several times. Fortunately, goalkeeper Yang Ning had outstanding defensive ability, high contact resistance, and strict defense, and did not give the Iranian team a chance to take advantage of it.
The first half of the game ended with nearly being scored again and again, and the two sides exchanged a 0:0 blank scroll!
The second half of the game started, and both sides changed sides and fought again. Based on the issue of the first half, both sides made certain personnel adjustments, and the Iranian team's offense was even more fierce. At 56 minutes of the game, the Iranian team took advantage of the opportunity of free kick to complete a goal first, and temporarily led 1:0. After losing
points, the Chinese team failed to adjust their state in time. Instead, the Iranian team became more and more unrestrained, seized the opportunity and completed a goal in the penalty area, and finally defeated the Chinese team 2:0.
retrieved its state, won a row of wins and advanced to
lost its first stop. According to the rules of the group stage, the Chinese team has no way out. Losing another game means going home. At this time, they must fight once, only success is allowed, not failure!
At 21:00 on December 5, 1984, the Chinese team faced the Singapore team. They were the host of this Asian Cup and were in high morale, but the Chinese team had found the courage to burn their boats. Jia Xiuquan and Zhao Dayu both scored goals and finally defeated the Singapore team 2:0.
At 21:00 on December 9, 1984, the Chinese team faced the Indian team. After a victory, the Chinese team became more and more steady, and took the opportunity to defend themselves, and finally defeated the Indian team 3:0.
At 19:00 on December 11, 1984, the Chinese team faced the UAE team. At this time, the Chinese team had already won two victories, full of confidence, and became more courageous as they played. All kinds of cooperation and tactics were also more flexible, and they finally defeated the UAE team with a big score of 5:0.
wins and one loses in four games. In the end, the Chinese team advanced to the semi-finals with the second place in the group!
Semi-finals met the last champion
1984 at 20:00 on December 13, 1984, Saudi team faced Iran's team, and the two sides drew 1:1. The Saudi team eliminated Iran's team 5:4 in the penalty shootout and successfully entered the finals.
At 20:00 on December 14, 1984, the Chinese team faced Kuwait. They were the champions of the last Asian Cup and had the peak strength in the Asian region. Facing them, the Chinese team did not have the confidence to win 100%, so they could only fight hard.
In this game, Kuwait's offensive was very fierce. They planned to follow the Iranian team and win in a fast-paced manner. Unfortunately, the Chinese team was in good shape at this time and did not give them any chance at all. Unfortunately, the Chinese team was unable to break through the Kuwait team's defense, and they were always able to be successfully cleared every time they attacked.
The two sides fought fiercely for 90 minutes, and their physical strength was exhausted. They still had no choice but to enter overtime.
In overtime, Li Huayun became the pride of the Chinese team. He took a look at a mistake from the opponent's defender, dribbled the ball and went straight in one by one, throwing away three defenders and a goalkeeper, and scored a winning one-shot goal. In the end, the Chinese team defeated Kuwait 1:0 and successfully entered the finals!
The finals were unfortunately defeated
December 16, 1984 at 20:00, the finals officially began.
At this time, it was only one day away from the Chinese team's semi-finals on the 14th, with three days and two games, which had a great test for the physical recovery of Chinese players. The Saudi team participated in the semi-finals on the 13th, with more rest time than the Chinese players and their physical condition recovered better. Just 10 minutes into the final of
, Saudi Arabia scored a goal first. This goal was reminded by the Chinese team. Their defense became more and more strict, and the Saudi team did not give it any opportunity to take advantage of the first half.
After the second half of the game started, Saudi star player Majid dribbled the ball and avoided two Chinese players in a row. After taking the opportunity to knock down the goalkeeper and shoot the empty goal, he scored with another point. In the end, the Chinese team lost 0:2.
No. 1 scorer, although he lost, he was still honored
In this competition, Chinese player Jia Xiuquan scored a total of three goals, ranking first in the scorer list. Although he did not win the championship, his personal strength was reflected, which at least proves that Chinese players are skilled and can score goals!
It is worth mentioning that in addition to Jia Xiuquan, two foreign players also scored three goals in this competition, ranking first, just like Jia Xiuquan's score, but the competition committee did not expect that three people would tie for first place in advance, so they only prepared a Golden Boot Trophy.
The three of them went on stage to receive the prize together. When Jia Xiuquan picked up the trophy, the other two foreign players could only stand awkwardly and stare at the trophy pitifully.
is written in the end
In fact, before participating in the Asian Cup in December 1984, the Chinese team also participated in the Nehru Golden Cup in January and defeated the strong Argentina team. It was a game with extremely high gold content.
Back then, Argentine players included the famous Brucharga, and the famous coach Hector Cooper who later coached Valencia and Inter Milan, and the goalkeeper was Argentina's No. 1 goalkeeper Pompido. In addition, most of the players were also the starters of Argentina's team participating in the World Cup, and the lineup was luxurious.
is such a luxurious lineup. The Chinese national football team was still able to play with them in a relationship with them, without any disadvantage. In the end, they won 1:0. This is the real Chinese football!
38 years ago, Chinese football was also shining brightly. 38 years later, Chinese football was hard to describe!
