Paulo Bento actually did not participate in the 1989 and 1991 World Youth Championships, which were won by the Portuguese National Youth Championship thirty years ago, so strictly speaking, he cannot be counted as the "Portuguese Golden Generation".
It is only because Bento is of similar age and has been a member of the Portuguese national team for a long time that he is indiscriminately dismissed by people who do not know the truth. If it is true, Bento can at most be regarded as the "yellow generation".
Except for the two World Youth Championships that made them famous, the Portuguese generation has not actually won any major honors. The runner-up in the 2004 European Cup in the local country was considered the peak of their achievements. The controversial penalty kick loss to France in the 2000 European Cup semi-finals was the most aggrieved game.
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Especially in the World Cup, the performance of the first generation of Portuguese-speaking countries was very unimpressive. They failed to pass the qualifiers in 1990, 1994 and 1998. By the time they reached the semi-finals in 2006, most of the first-generation Portuguese players had already withdrawn and were in the afterglow.
The most prosperous period of the Portuguese-Finance generation, and the one they value most, was the one in Korea and Japan in 2002, but in the end it became the failure they least wanted to mention.
Portugal, which was in the same group as South Korea, the United States, and Poland, was admittedly a walk-off. However, it ended up with one win and two losses and was knocked to third place in the group and failed to qualify. The results were like scolding.
They lost to the United States 2:3 at the start of the game and lost 0:1 to South Korea in the crucial final round. Who are the United States and South Korea in the world football map? The proud generation of Portugal and Portugal cannot accept defeat at all. Portugal as a whole needs to find an excuse for its shame.
Everyone knows what happened after that World Cup. Spain and Italy were so blackmailed by Koreans that even their own mothers could not recognize them. One of the biggest scandals in the history of the World Cup was born.
The shame of the Portuguese generation and Portugal found an outlet, and the Koreans became the perfect scapegoat. I also co-authored that South Korea has a real hammer this time. In addition, they have always had misdeeds in the sports world, and Europeans have never looked down on them in their bones, so
Portugal naturally became the third victim team.
People are accustomed to following others' opinions, not to mention that on one side is Portugal, which has a strong emotional bonus, and on the other side is South Korea, which has always been disgusting with its bad record. This kind of emotional multiple-choice question is easy to solve.
Not talking about Spain and France, what is the truth about Portugal 0:1 South Korea? There is never truth in this world, whatever you want to believe is the truth.
Frankly speaking, that game was one of the best games in Korean history. On the other hand, Portugal lost its mentality after losing 2:3 to the United States in the first game. In the game against South Korea, it was incompetent and furious.
Various types of soft-legged shrimps.
In the 32nd minute of the first half, 'Benfica's golden boy' Joao Pinto almost cut Park Ji-sung in half with a scissors from behind, and was sent off by Argentine referee Sanchez. The foul was so bad, and he hit Sanchez's abdomen. After the game,
Pinto was slapped with a four-month global ban and a fine of 50,000 Swiss francs by FIFA.
In the 65th minute of the second half, current South Korean head coach Paulo Bento knocked down Lee Yong-pyo who had already passed him. He received a second yellow card and was sent off. Portugal responded with nine men.
In fact, the referee Sanchez was soft, otherwise the Portuguese captain Cotto who pushed him would not have survived.
In the 70th minute, Park Ji-sung scored an extremely exciting goal. He stopped with his chest, crossed the ball, volleyed from a small angle, and penetrated the crotch to beat Portugal.
They didn’t dare to hate the Americans, nor did they hate the French who killed them in a controversial penalty kick at the 2000 European Cup. Blaming all the dissatisfaction on the damn Koreans became Portugal’s political correctness in the following ten years, and it was also their most beautiful.
The emperor's new clothes.
Especially in Portugal, even if some people want to speak out rationally, they dare not open their mouths, and Paul Bento is one of them.
It wasn't until Ronaldo led the team to win the European Cup in 2016 that Portugal won its first heavyweight championship honor in history and had a balanced mentality. Only then did the country begin to reflect on its 2002 insignificance.
It was under this background that Paul Bento, one of the sinners at that time, calmly accepted the coach of South Korea. His coaching was in line with the Korean Football Association's "clearing the wrong record" plan, and it can be said that they hit it off immediately.
The Korean Association signed a four-year contract with Bento until after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and it was guaranteed in writing that the coaching position will not be affected by the record during the period.
Bento is not a top-notch coach, but he is certainly not mediocre. His emphasis on running, aggressive defense and the pursuit of offensive efficiency are very consistent with the characteristics of Korean football.
After taking charge of the coach, Bento's South Korea, like the Chinese team, found many strong teams to warm up. Before the Asian Cup, the record was undefeated. The Korean media, who can drink even if he is drunk, believe that except for Zhuo Yang, South Korea is on three lines.
The team is stronger than the Chinese team, especially with the absence of many naturalized players.
The truth may be correct, but 'removing Zhuo Yang' itself is a false proposition. What Zhuo Yang brings to the Chinese team is not just a hot spot on the court, but a strong confidence attribute for the entire team.
Bento did not choose to defend in this game, but focused on the midfield battle slightly behind the center line, using South Korea's good running, fighting with the Chinese team to control the ball.
For this reason, Bento not only arranged for Zheng Youyong and Hwang In-beom, who are strong in ball control and delivery, to play as midfielders instead of Jang Hyun-soo and Ki Sung-yong, who are strong defenders and excellent interceptors, but also started Kim Wen-hwan as the right back.
The 24-year-old Kim Moon-hwan is a player with very distinct advantages and disadvantages. He is very fast and has strong assist ability. However, his frequent defensive positioning and weak defensive ability in one-on-one duels are his flaw. Li Hao is a reverse player.
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The fact that Kim Moon-hwan currently plays for Busan in the Korean Second Division League (K2) can illustrate the problem, and he mainly plays as a wide midfielder in the club.
But Bento felt that he was a genius at playing full-back, and believed that Kim Wen-hwan's surprise assist ability from behind was first-rate, and his endless running could also create an extra person in the midfield battle for the wings.
Character is a double-edged sword. Success is called persistence, and failure is called stubbornness.
Kim Mun-hwan played one and two, coupled with the retreat of Hwang Yi-suke and Son Heung-min, South Korea was actually 3-8-0 when retreating. But with such careful calculation, the eight-man midfielder did not have extremely high confidence attributes.
The Chinese team cannot take any advantage here.
In the 43rd minute, the diligent and tireless Jin Wenhuan chased from Park Ren to Chi Zhongguo on the wing, and then grabbed Exon from Hao Junmin. The whole process was full of chaos. The Chinese team members followed the ball very hard.
Like a foot, he didn't dare to stop passing the ball with one kick.
He even rushed to grab the central defender Wang Zou. Can you believe this is a full-back?
So when Lee Ju, who was on the sidelines, got the ball behind the right side of the Korean defense, Kim On-hwan, who was supposed to guard this area, was so far away that he needed a telescope to find it.
Li Ju is an Ibrahimovic-type center forward. Don't be fooled by his height. His passing skills when pulling to the wing are no less than those of a serious midfield passer.
The right wing was empty, center back Jin Minzai came to defend, and Zhuoyang quickly inserted into the space behind him.
I don’t know whether it was Jin Wenhuan who disrupted his midfield defense line with his crazy attack, or whether the Chinese team played Kim Wenhuan continuously and also separated the Korean midfielder. Anyway, when Zhuo Yang intervened, the Koreans actually
He lost track.
Jin Yingquan came over to defend Zhuo Yang, one after another. This was a case of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall.
Zhuoyang suddenly made a zigzag while running and gave Li Ju clear instructions with his fingers.
In the huge gap behind Jin Yingquan, Li Ju's pass and Zhuo Yang met accurately. It is hard to imagine that in such a dense defensive formation, he could get extremely leisurely adjustment time and space in the penalty area.
After stopping the ball with his chest, he bumped the ball with his thigh rather show off, and then volleyed sideways and kicked the ball twice. Zhuo Yang used a beautiful kite turn and roll to shoot the football into the goal.
3:0. Paul Bento’s first thought: Seventeen years ago, if someone in Portugal could be as unreasonable as Zhuo Yang and score a hat trick, even if the Koreans were really shameless, it would be useless.
Chapter completed!