After the match with Senegal, Lu Wenbin unexpectedly gained twice as much single-game experience as in the group stage.
In the group stage, the system gives out 100,000 for assists, 200,000 for goals, and 400,000 for wins. In this quarter-final, the system gives out 200,000 for assists, 400,000 for goals, and 800,000 for wins, which are both twice as much as in the group stage.
Through the inquiry system, we learned that the task rewards and experience points for the Olympic group stage and knockout stage are different.
As a result, after this game, Lu Wenbin obtained 1 assist 20+3 goals 1.2 million+win 800,000, a total of 2.2 million experience rewards.
Lu Wenbin's previous level experience was 19.353 million/20 million at level 19, plus the 2.2 million from this game, Lu Wenbin's experience reached 21.553 million, exceeding the upgrade experience.
So, Lu Wenbin, who had not upgraded for a long time, finally upgraded again this time, reaching level 20, and his experience became 1.553 million/50 million.
After the upgrade, Lu Wenbin received another 10 skill points as an upgrade reward. If he reaches level 21 next time, the reward will be 20 skill points.
However, the next upgrade requires 50 million experience points, which is simply a long way off.
Naturally, Lu Wenbin added these 10 skill points to position selection, increasing his position selection attribute from 12 points to 14 points.
This is already a good location selection attribute.
Combined with Lu Wenbin's full frontal defensive ability, Lu Wenbin is gradually becoming an iron gate that is difficult for opponents to cross in the middle of the Chinese team.
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The match between the Chinese Olympic Team and Senegal is the second match of the quarter-finals. The winner will be the opponent of the first quarter-final, that is, the winner of Japan VS Egypt.
In that game that has ended, the Japanese team defeated Egypt 3-0.
The Chinese Olympic team's opponent in the semi-finals is the Japanese Olympic team.
This opponent is just too easy.
Whether it is an Asian team or the U23 National Olympic Team, as long as Lu Wenbin is there, they are basically sure to win.
When the Chinese team defeated Senegal and became the opponent of the Japanese team, the Japanese media lamented that the Japanese Olympic team's men's football Olympic journey had come to an end and they would definitely not be able to enter the finals and could only strive for third place at best.
After the other two quarter-finals, the Japanese media said that it would be difficult to even get third place.
Because the top four teams decided in the other two quarter-finals are host England and favorite to win the championship Brazil.
No matter which team they play against, the Japanese team will lose more than they win. The biggest possibility is that they will lose the semi-finals and then the third or fourth place finals, and finally go home with fourth place.
The top four teams in the men's football team at the London Olympics are China, Japan, England and Brazil.
The venue for the China vs. Japan match is Manchester United's home stadium, Old Trafford, and the venue for the England vs. Brazil match is Wembley Stadium.
The final will also be held at Wembley Stadium.
The winner of China vs. Japan will suffer a bit on the field and have to run back and forth.
But there was nothing that could be done about it. The English had already designed their schedule, and the game progressed according to their schedule. England finally succeeded in placing their semi-final at Wembley Stadium.
If they win the semifinals, they can avoid the trouble of traveling to China or Japan for the final.
The Olympic Games are already time-sensitive, so it is always beneficial to save the hassle of traveling to and from Manchester.
However, England will probably be in trouble against Brazil even at Wembley Stadium. It all depends on whether they can stage a big explosion amid the cheers of the home fans.
On August 5, the entire Chinese team flew to Manchester City to prepare for the semi-final against Japan.
When getting off the plane in Manchester City, Lu Wenbin was warmly welcomed by countless local fans.
This summer, when Lu Wenbin did not renew his contract with Real Madrid and did not make a clear statement that he wanted to stay in Real Madrid, both Manchester City teams showed great enthusiasm for Lu Wenbin.
Especially Manchester City, which was acquired by the Abu Dhabi consortium, has no shortage of funds, but does not have a Champions League title to join the ranks of top clubs. Its desire for Lu Wenbin is extremely huge.
Not only the club chairman, manager, etc., but even the CEO of the Abu Dhabi consortium, members of the Abu Dhabi royal family, and Al Fahim have expressed their hope that Lu Wenbin will join Manchester City. As long as Lu Wenbin nods, transfer fees, annual salary, bonuses, etc. will not be a problem.
The official actions of the club will naturally affect the emotions of the fans. Manchester City fans naturally hope that Lu Wenbin, the world's number one superstar who still holds the record of winning the championship as long as he participates in the competition, will join Manchester City and win the Champions League for them, allowing them to join the ranks of the top clubs and not let their city rivals Manchester United take the lead.
Therefore, the majority of fans who welcomed Lu Wenbin at the airport were Manchester City fans.
However, in the stands at Old Trafford, the majority of the fans were Manchester United fans. After all, Old Trafford is Manchester United's home ground, and Manchester United fans are close to the stadium and get the most tickets.
No matter which side has more fans, they are all here to cheer for Lu Wenbin.
Including Chinese fans and overseas Chinese, at Old Trafford Stadium, which can accommodate more than 70,000 people, at least 50,000 people were cheering for Lu Wenbin and the Chinese team.
Excluding neutral fans, there were only more than 10,000 fans cheering for the Japanese team, so the Chinese team was already playing in a home atmosphere.
At 19:45 on the evening of August 7, the London Olympic Games men's football semi-final between China and Japan officially began at Old Trafford, the home stadium of Manchester United.
The Chinese Olympic team was already stronger than the Japanese team, and with the enthusiastic cheering of the fans, they performed even better.
The game had just started in the third minute, before Lu Wenbin could show his strength, but left midfielder Cao Yunding created a threat.
He broke through two Japanese players on the left and cut inside, shooting at the far corner of the penalty area. The ball hit the post and flew out of the bottom line, almost scoring a goal.
Subsequently, the National Olympic Team, led by Lu Wenbin, completely controlled the game.
With Lu Wenbin helping in defense, the National Olympic Team was as solid as a rock. The Japanese team found it difficult to even get into the penalty area, and their long shots had little chance of hitting the goal frame, let alone scoring a goal.
When attacking, Lu Wenbin could both pass the ball to assist and break through himself to create threat, which made it impossible for the Japanese team to defend against him.
In the 14th minute, Lu Wenbin broke through two players in the middle and reached the top of the penalty area, causing all Japanese defenders to become highly nervous.
The three Japanese defenders near the penalty area rushed towards Lu Wenbin at the same time, but relaxed their defense against the players on the wing.
Before the opponent surrounded him, Lu Wenbin made a side pass and accurately found wing forward Bali.
Bali dribbled the ball down the bottom line and cut inside into the penalty area. The two central defenders who were defending Lu Wenbin just now had to retreat to the small penalty area to block Bali.
But Bali made an inverted triangle pass and found Lu Wenbin who was running without the ball and getting rid of the opponent's defense.
Lu Wenbin took a low shot without stopping the ball and sent the ball accurately into the far goal.
Lu Wenbin scored the first goal and the Chinese team led Japan 1-0.