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The Melbourne Olympics experienced many twists and turns. Before the start of the games, the international situation was tense twice: first, there was a large-scale riot in Hungary, which had just subsided, and fierce fighting broke out between Egypt and Israel.
No, Israel announced its withdrawal from the Melbourne Olympics on November 11 in protest of the Soviet Union's armed aggression.Spain and the Netherlands abstained.
But what has changed in history is that the Chinese Olympic delegation appeared at the opening ceremony in Melbourne.
Chapter 146, the first Olympic gold medal
The Chinese Olympic delegation, dressed in neat team uniforms, walked into the Melbourne Stadium in unison. 85 athletes looked at the huge stadium curiously.At the same time, more than 8 spectators at the scene also looked curiously at the new member of the Olympic club.
The loudest sound in the stands was applause, wave after wave.
Amid the warm applause, several people shouted at the top of their voices: "Murderer! Murderer!" "Criminal!" "Robber!" "Get out!"
"What are those voices shouting? Are they scolding us?" Chen Jingkai asked. Although he didn't understand English, he felt that the voices of these people were not very friendly.
Cai Shufan: "Yes, and no. In fact, they think we are the same kind of people as them."
In preparing for the event, Melbourne officials claimed that the Games would be a peaceful event.However, things are not that simple. Before the competition was held, several countries refused to participate in the Olympic Games either because of the Hungarian incident or the Suez War.
Especially after Hungary quelled the riots in Budapest, several western countries called for the Hungarian delegation to be expelled from the Olympic Games.
Israel is too angry to strike.
Egypt wanted to participate, but the country was in a mess because of the Suez War, the airport was out of service and it was difficult to recover in a short time, and the athletes could not gather together, so they finally gave up.
The two delegations of East Germany and West Germany joined hands and walked into the main stadium hand in hand. At this time, the stands received the most applause and cheers.
After hard lobbying by the International Olympic Committee, East Germany and West Germany agreed that the delegations of the two countries would enter the venue together at the opening ceremony, holding the flag of Germany + five rings, and playing Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony".This is the most proud work of the International Olympic Committee during the preparation process, which perfectly interprets the main purpose of the Olympic movement: peace and friendship.
Tang Hua in Beijing is a bit regretful. Although there is a Beijing TV station, there is no live broadcast of the Olympic Games.
The quickest way to find out about the Olympic schedule is on the radio.The reporters in front were also hardworking. They wrote the report on the spot, and then rushed to the telegraph office to send it out. The radio staff in Beijing also raced against time. They copied and edited the telegram before broadcasting it to the announcer. At the fastest time, it could be delayed. two hours.
On the afternoon of the second day of the opening ceremony, Tang Hua was in the house, and his family was eating while listening to the radio.Suddenly Tang Hua made a "poof -" and all the dinner was sprayed out.
"What? The national football team has entered the quarterfinals?"
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Melbourne, Olympic Park Stadium.
Eleven players of the Chinese National Men's Olympic Football Team came out of the athlete's tunnel and formed a 11-3-2 formation near the middle circle.
The Olympic Committee officials are in place, and the referee is in place.The linesman is in place.
Goalkeeper Zhang Junxiu: "I feel that the Turkish team will not come today."
Nian Weisi: "It's up to you to say. And today, you shouldn't have to stand and wait for 15 minutes."
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Turkey boycotted neither the Suez War nor the Hungarian delegation to the Olympics.
In fact, the Turkish Olympic delegation came to Melbourne and participated in the opening ceremony.
But there were no Turkish football players in the delegation.Turkey passed the qualifiers but did not come to Melbourne to participate in the Olympic football match. The reasons behind this are more complicated... Simply put, it is the conflict caused by the Turkish Olympic Committee's allocation of funds to the football team. In the end, the Turkish Football Association was furious. A player None sent, just absent.
Not only Turkey, only 16 of the 12 teams that advanced to the Olympic Games were present: Egypt failed to make the trip due to civil war damage; Turkey failed to make the trip due to conflicts between the Football Association and the Olympic Committee; South Vietnam was unable to use funds to go abroad because of embezzlement; The Hungarian Olympic team and all football clubs continued to be in a state of chaos from June to October, unable to organize a decent team.
In the pre-match draw, the Chinese team was drawn into a group with Turkey.
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It really didn't take long this time.When the 11 players of the Chinese team were looking for positions on the field and the referee did not open the whistle, the supervisory officials of the Olympic Committee trotted all the way to the center of the field.
Glancing at the empty half of the stadium opposite the Chinese team, and confirming their eyes with the referee, the Olympic Committee official took out a note and read aloud:
"Because Turkey did not arrive in time, it was abstained. The Chinese team automatically won and entered the quarter-finals of the Melbourne Olympic football competition!"
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According to the third-level goal of the national football team of "scoring a goal, scoring a point, and winning a game" in a certain year, the Chinese team has now directly completed the highest-level task: winning a game.But the Chinese team did not score a goal.
Lying down to enter the qualifiers, lying down to enter the quarterfinals, this is also a rare experience in Melbourne.
However, there are still 3 teams that have been qualified for the same experience, and the other three absent teams sent them to the quarterfinals.
Only 16 of the 8-to-4 games were actually played. The Soviet Union defeated the German United team; the British team defeated the Thai team; the Australian team defeated the Japanese team;
This year there are 3 Asian teams, because the gold content of Olympic football at this time is far less than in the future. It would be good if there are countries that can sign up to participate. Just play the qualifiers and select 16 teams, even regions with strong professional football For example, South America is not too rare to participate in this kind of competition.
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The Chinese Men's National Olympic Team, which advanced to the quarter-finals with their heads held high, gave the delegation a good start.However, on November 11th, 24th, and 25th, the Chinese delegation's remote mobilization did not get a card on the field.At this time, there were not many athletes sent by the Chinese delegation, and there were not many events to participate in. Moreover, professional sports had just started, and there was still a certain gap between most of the events and the highest international level.
November 11, Melbourne Olympic Park Stadium.
国奥队11名场上队员在中圈附近摆开3-2-5的惯用阵型。对面的球队摆出了他们2-3-5的惯用阵型。
Some of the players on the opposite side were known to members of the Olympic team, and the atmosphere of the two teams was also very friendly, and they even greeted each other when they entered the field together.
Goalkeeper Zhang Junxiu: "I feel that today's game is very difficult."
Nian Weisi: "It's up to you to say. We were beaten 0:3 by them in our friendly matches. This is just for fun."
On the opposite side, the Yugoslav Olympic team guessed the coin. The players in the middle circle knocked the ball back, and the players behind made a diagonal pass, and the five Yugoslav forwards began to rush forward.
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90 minute later.
The 22 players of the two teams gathered on the sidelines, lined up in a row with their shoulders crossed, and bowed to the audience.
Several players of the Chinese Olympic team blushed, but it was hard to find a way to get into it, so they had to complete the entire thank you ceremony with the Yugoslav team members with a smirk.
This was a smooth, exciting and civilized game. There were very few fouls in the whole game. There were no fighting tactics against people or the ball. No players were injured. There were too many goals, reaching 9, and the audience enjoyed watching it very much. .
The result of the game was 1:8, the Chinese team was 1, and the Yugoslav team was 8.
"Don't be depressed, and don't be sad," Huang Zhong, the team leader, patted Nian Weisi and Zhang Junxiu on the shoulders, "In the last game, the U.S. team was beaten 9:1 by Yugoslavia, and Yugoslavia beat us 8:1, so, We might be a ball better than the United States."
Nian Weisi: ...
"Temporary defeat is not a bad thing. It allows us to see the gap with football powers. We have been training in Eastern Europe for a few months. It seems that it is not enough. We need to study deeply and learn their essence."
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On the morning of November 11, the track and field competition started.Women's high jumper Zheng Fengrong won a bronze medal for the Chinese team, which is a breakthrough for the Chinese team's "zero" medals.