Chinese champion

Chapter 442
"Hey—what team are we?" Li Min was shirtless, standing tall on the table, waving his jersey as a flag in his hands, his posture was quite like a general who was standing on horseback on an ancient battlefield, yelling He sang loudly with his voice (don’t know what the tune is? Go and see the first Fang Shiyu played by Jet Li, which is the tune that Jet Li sang on the roof the morning after he married Li Jiaxin).

"Team China!" The others laughed and followed suit.

It is undeniable that Li Min's voice just now was still a bit standard, but immediately the others immediately despised Li Min collectively, and they changed their words after only singing one sentence...

"What kind of Chinese team are we?"

"We are a powerful Chinese national team!" Everyone responded loudly, despite the disdain.

"How many goals can we score in a game at the World Cup?"

"Six! There will be more!"

"Is there anyone among us who can score a hat-trick in a match in the World Cup?" Li Min asked loudly with a hint of teasing at the corner of his mouth.

"Yes!" The laughter grew louder, but the answer was unusually neat.

"Who is he?" Li Min turned the tune to the loudest like the host of a show.

"Pei Wei—" Everyone pointed their hands at Pei Wei, and then laughed together.

"It's over." Pei Wei waved his hand embarrassingly: "It's almost over, is it interesting to make me happy?"

"Wow, you started playing big names after you performed a hat-trick? Guys, call the reporters and expose the shit!" Zhang Qi yelled loudly.

He Jin and other members of the coaching staff didn't stop them, they just stood aside smiling and watching Li Min play tricks and other people fooling around.After achieving such a beautiful victory, they are indeed qualified to make such a fuss...

After the first game of the last World Cup, the players were not in such a good mood. From this point of view, the Chinese team has indeed improved a lot.

While laughing and laughing, the door of the locker room was suddenly gently pushed open. A staff member of the organizing committee poked his head in, looked curiously at the group of crazy Chinese, and asked cautiously: " Excuse me, is Mr. Pei Wei there? Someone is looking outside the door..."

"Ah, I'm here." Pei Wei replied in surprise, then followed the staff member out.While walking, I was wondering, who would come to find me at this time?It is impossible for the reporter to find this place. You must know that the security around the locker room is very tight. It is impossible for Marco and the others to come. Just like the reporter, they cannot enter here at all.Do you have many acquaintances?
Turning a corner, a tall figure was standing at the corner of the corridor, Pei Wei only saw his back, but felt a little familiar.

The staff member said softly: "This gentleman is looking for you." Then he left.

Pei Wei stepped forward, the man turned around, Pei Wei suddenly laughed: "Ha, it's you, Nicholas!"

Nicholas Delgado also smiled: "Pei, long time no see!"

"It's really been a long time!" Pei Wei smiled and hugged Delgado. Delgado is a technical consultant in Ecuador. Naturally, he also has a pass near the locker room. Watching the game from the stands is just his own. It's just a preference, and the main role of the technical consultant is on the training ground, and the on-site commander has nothing to do with him.

"I was going to comfort those boys..." Delgado pointed to the Ecuadorian locker room at the other end of the corridor, and smiled bitterly: "I remembered that I haven't seen you for a long time, so I came to say hello to you." , but... that guy named Zhuang Feng in your team is too ungrateful, and our little Mendes was bullied by him and you to the point of crying."

Pei Wei smiled and shrugged his shoulders: "No way, this is the World Cup."

He knew that most of Delgado's half-truths and half-false complaints were still jokes. The World Cup is not comparable to other games. They are about to become their teammates and they intentionally point out young people during the game, but in the World Cup, no matter who can hit the opponent to the extent they can, if they don’t play well because of some inexplicable love for talent And if you give some pointers during the game, if you lose the game that you should win in the end, that is not called caring for young people, it can only be called stupid B.

The reality of the game is so cruel, it is not as poetic as in novels and comics.

Delgado also knows this truth: "Come on, I always can't say you... By the way, I have to congratulate you. As a midfielder, I scored a hat-trick in the World Cup. I have never won such a striker. Honor, I'm really jealous... The headline on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper must be "The world's number one midfielder continues to write amazing records"!"

"Oh my God, even you say that..." Pei Wei rubbed his forehead and said with a look of unbearable: "What's the matter, I performed a hat-trick and was laughed at by everyone, I must be the most unfortunate person in the world .”

Delgado shook his head again and again, and was completely speechless to Pei Wei's obvious sentence of "get cheap and be good".After a long while, he said: "Okay, I won't interrupt your celebration... I have to go comfort those young people... I hope they won't be depressed because of this."

Pei Wei watched Delgado say hello to him, then turned and left, frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly called out: "Nicholas..."

Delgado turned around after hearing the news, and Pei Wei took two steps forward with a smile: "I can't control other people, but that little guy named Mendez... I think you can tell him that if it is someone else Zhuang Feng and I don’t need to make him make mistakes by making fake shots and making real passes, and we just rely on our personal ability... Yes, that’s the sentence.”

Delgado froze for a moment, then suddenly smiled.He nodded happily, patted Pei Wei on the shoulder, turned and left with a big smile without saying anything.

Pei Wei also laughed. It is impossible for him to mention Mendes because of his talent in the game, but now the game is over, and he does not know when he will meet Ecuador in the future. Click it, this little guy might be a strong teammate for him in the future.

In fact, from a technical level, Mendes' skills are already very perfect. After all, what a defender needs is not how good the skills are, but awareness and experience.Neither of these two aspects can be cultivated in training, but must be gradually realized through practice in actual combat. From this aspect, what young defenders need is not only victory, but failure can make He grows up fast.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Pei Wei also turned to leave. As he was leaving, he suddenly thought that he met an old acquaintance in the first match of the World Cup. Former friends were on the field tit for tat.

In the next game against Sweden, Ibrahimovic will be his teammate who has fought side by side for four full years. Others like Karlstrom and Ljungberg have also played against each other many times in the game.In the last game against England, Lampard, Gerrard, Carrick, Rooney... These are all "old friends" who often face in the Champions League...

After the group qualifying, the Chinese team will face one of the top two in Group C. Whether it is France or Spain, there are many acquaintances. France’s Vieira and Nasri are current or former club teammates. Spain Not to mention, their coach Aragones is Pei Wei's first coach in professional football...

The world of football is big, but the world of football is also small.

They are all old friends...

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After the first round of the World Cup group stage, there were very few upsets, almost none. Most of the seeded teams and recognized strong teams won the victory unexpectedly.

Argentina wins, Brazil wins, France wins, Spain wins, Netherlands wins, Italy wins... The only seeded teams that didn't win were England and Germany. England's draw was actually not as expected by many people, after all, it has a record of 44 years without victory But it is not only "luck" that can be explained clearly, not to mention that England did not lose the game.

But Germany's draw is because the opponent is too strong. Cameroon led by Eto'o is not bad at all. The African Cheetah is at the peak of his strength, plus a group of famous players such as Worm, Gremi, Lauren The strength of the others has not gone downhill, and it is no longer normal to draw with Germany.

Under such circumstances, the Chinese team, which created the largest score gap in the first round of the group, has become everyone's focus. Many team coaches who may meet the Chinese team in the future have watched the video of this game again.

Pei Wei, three goals and one assist.Zhu Jun, one goal, three assists.Zhuang Feng, one goal, one assist.Dong Yuzhuo, a goal.Zhang Qi, an assist...

The first five offensive players all scored goals or assists, and Hu Yong, who was behind them, became the steal leader of the game. Eleven successful steals made Ecuador's offense helpless.

In this game, Ecuador's defeat is all-round

After watching the video of this game, everyone has only one consensus - the strength of the Chinese team's frontcourt is too strong!It was so strong that it destroyed the balance of the game. Even the Brazilian team's frontcourt attack combination did not show such a good state. They only relied on Ronaldinho's two assists and one goal to win the game against Australia.

But some people are also secretly happy - the sooner your Chinese team shows its form, the better - you must know that the players' state cannot always be maintained so well, and when they enter the knockout stage, just wait for it to be deflated!
In He Jin's view, winning the first game is not something to be too proud of. Although Ecuador is also a strong team in South America, except for Brazil and Argentina, other South American teams can be said to be not top-notch. Europe may be just a second-tier European level. With so many players playing in the top European leagues, it would be too unreasonable not to win a second-tier European team-not to mention that Ecuador can qualify in South America. Relying on their plateau home field advantage.

He Jin knew that for the Chinese team, the first game was just the beginning, and the next two games were really difficult.

Against Sweden on the 18th and against England on the 22nd, these two games are the key games that determine the qualifying.

Sweden's strength is very strong, very strong, which is recognized by everyone.

If they are not strong, they cannot maintain their advantage over England, the birthplace of modern football, for more than [-] years. Several World Cups and qualifiers have at least reached the group stage.

It may be luck to achieve this kind of result in one or two sessions, but it can only be achieved by strength for several consecutive sessions.

After the disintegration of the world-famous double head coach, Lagerbeck became the only head coach of the Swedish national team. His old partner Soderberg changed to serve as the head coach of the Swedish youth team, but Lagerbeck did a great job Yes, no matter it was the 2006 World Cup or the 2008 European Championship, he led his team to the second round. In the European Championship, he even reached the top four in one breath. Different tactics have been formulated, and he has worked as the head coach of the Swedish national team for more than ten years, which is rare in the national team.

The tactical core of the Swedish team is naturally Pei Weizhuang Feng Wang Xiaomin's teammate Ibrahimovic in the club. The four-four-two diamond midfielder is their most used formation-this is very similar to the Chinese team.

He Jin thought about it for a long time, and decided to use [-] to fight against the opponent's [-]—he firmly believed that under the circumstances that the formation and tactics were very similar, the superiority of the Chinese team in terms of personal ability would determine the outcome of the game .

As long as they win this game, it will basically determine that the Chinese team will qualify for the group stage. The new formation should be reserved to surprise the opponents in the knockout round.

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On June [-], the second round of the Group D match.

The game between the Chinese team and the Swedish team started at a later time. Before the game, they witnessed England's 3:1 victory over Ecuador. In the first game, Rooney, who was closely marked by the Swedish defenders, was on the Ecuadorian defender. He regained his dignity, a volley from outside the penalty area, and a goal after a long-distance attack. Almost by himself, he sealed the victory for the England team in the first half. De showed his heroic qualities at the critical moment. A wonderful long shot from the right side of the penalty area 30 meters away from the goal helped England completely win the game.

After watching the game, He Jin breathed a sigh of relief, the situation gradually became clearer, now the England team has four points, if the Chinese team can beat the Sweden team today, it will have six points, then the last round of the group match will be It will be a formal game, as long as the two sides tacitly draw, they can qualify together - the only thing to see is who is the first in the group, and the Chinese team is tied for the first place in the group, and England wins the first place in the England group.

But if this game is tied, then the Chinese team will have at least one draw in the last game, and then rely on the advantage of goal difference to qualify. After all, they have scored six goal difference on Ecuador, but if they lose That's it - the Chinese team will have to fight England in the last game, and a draw is a failure.

So before the game, He Jin gave the death order, this game must be won!Absolutely can not lose, a tie can only be said to be barely acceptable.

He knows that this goal will not be easy to achieve, but he has confidence in the players.

In this game, He Jin's formation was exactly the same as in the first game. It was still a four-four-two diamond-shaped midfielder, but a little adjustment was made in the personnel. Zhan Feng replaced Dong Yuzhuo and appeared on the front line to partner with Zhuang Feng. Veteran Sun Chenghai replaced Deng Yunfeng, who was slightly sprained before the end of the last game, and stood at the main right back.

Sun Chenghai is 33 years old, but his experience has played a very good role in the Chinese team. He Jin believes that the biggest weakness of the Chinese team is that they are young. The main lineup is all players who are 27, [-] years old or even younger. This is also the reason why he chose Shaoyi instead of the younger Zhang Wen as the last substitute in the midfield, not only because Shaoyi is an all-rounder who can play multiple positions, but also because his experience is more than that of Zhang Wen One reason.

Before the start of the game, Ibrahimovic ran over and hugged Pei Wei and Zhuang Feng who were standing in the middle circle one by one, and said hello to Wang Xiaomin from a distance. While hugging Pei Wei, Ibrahimovic showed his Habitual smirk: "Don't forget what I said, squeeze England out together!"

"That's not necessarily true." Pei Wei responded with a smile: "If you lose this game... then your chances are probably not great!"

"With me here, how could Sweden lose?" Ibrahimovic said confidently, "I want to lead the Swedish team back to the glory of 1958!"

Pei Wei stuck out his tongue: "This is really difficult..."

In 1958, as the host, the Swedish team made it all the way to the final, and finally fell at the feet of the Brazil team led by Pele. This is also the best result the Swedish team has achieved in the World Cup. He also won the third and fourth place in the World Cup once respectively. Ibrahimovic's words are really inflated in self-confidence.

"I can do what I can think!" Ibrahimovic's face showed incomparable confidence: "Look at it! Old friend!"

Seeing the back of Ibrahimovic leaving, Pei Wei suddenly smiled.

Is this your manifesto?Well, then I'll see how far you can go with this!
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"He broke through!"

"Nice dribbling!"

"The Chinese team is dangerous!"

Various languages ​​rang out in the studio, while the Swedish fans in the stands shouted like crazy, while the Chinese fans all held their breath and watched nervously.

In the first stage after the start of the game, the game went on smoothly. Both sides focused their attention on the midfield. Although the luxurious midfield of the Chinese team had a certain advantage, the opponent was not good at it. Veteran Freddie Ljungberg and the midfielder led by Lyon's core Karlstrom are less famous than the Chinese team, but all of them are capable, and they are not too disadvantaged.

No.17 minutes, after resisting an attack from the Chinese team, the Swedish team launched a counterattack, and Ibra went to the right to get the ball.

In this place, he happened to face his teammate Wang Xiaomin in the club. Ibrahimovic knows how annoying Wang Xiaomin's small moves are in the game, and he knows how easy it is to be irritated by the opponent with his own temper--Wang Xiaomin is good at this.

So in the game, Ibrahimovic has always avoided confrontation with Wang Xiaomin on the court. He would rather confront Hu Yong head-on than deal with Wang Xiaomin's endless tricks.But this situation is inevitable.

Ibrahimovic first made a fake move to break forward, saw Wang Xiaomin was about to stick it up, and immediately pulled the ball back to distance himself from the opponent.

The Swedish fans all sighed, how could they be so slow in the counterattack, no, the defenders of the Chinese team are almost back in place, how can the counterattack be played.

However, Ibrahimovic has his own considerations. This delay has indeed caused the defenders of the Chinese team to return to defense one after another, but correspondingly, his teammates have also come up to respond. The defense of the Chinese team's defenders, not to mention the presence of a despicable and shameless Wang Xiaomin.

Ibrahimovic caught a glimpse of Ljungberg running up from the side and was about to respond, and immediately dunked the ball, as if he was about to give it to Ljungberg.

Wang Xiaomin's attention was distracted. You must know that although Ljungberg is old, his quick breakthrough from the side is still very threatening. This is where he defends, so he can't relax on this old guy.

He also thought that Ibrahimovic might be making a fake move, but there are still three defenders in the penalty area, so what if he rushes in?Under the defense of Li Min and Du Wei, I still don't believe that he can score in this situation!

However, Ibrahimovic just did it.

(End of this chapter)