Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 255 The National Team List Released

After a lapse of half a year, the Chinese team concentrated in BJ again, but this time without Hao Dong in Germany and the injured Nie Fei, the attack power was greatly reduced.

This time Benitez has recruited [-] players across the country. Obviously, two of the other three spots are reserved for Hao Dong and Nie Fei, and the other spot makes other players jealous. To be able to catch the last train of the national team to participate in the World Cup.

Although Benitez did not inspect the players when the league was in progress like other coaches, it does not mean that he is not familiar with all the players in the league. All teams are his opponents, and sometimes the research on opponents is often more thorough and familiar than his own players.

Against the Swedish team, Benitez did not send all the main players, but a mixed team with half the main players and half substitutes. As a result, the Swedish team simply beat a three-to-one team. The speed of the Chinese team is in the professional There is absolutely no room for the European team with high literacy. Of course, this is also related to the referee's factor. The Football Association has instructed the referee before the game to blow the whistle fairly and strictly, and even favor the visiting team.

This suggestion was put forward by Pei Wei. In this World Cup, the Chinese team will play away games completely. If they still rely on the referee to win the warm-up match as before, then the warm-up will lose any value and will inflate instead. The unanimous confidence inflated from players to public opinion is really stupid.

The warm-up match is used to find problems and test the team's state. If referees are still relied on for games like this, then there will only be situations where consecutive victories in the warm-up match are followed by a crushing defeat in the official game.

And there will be another disadvantage in doing so, if you play tricks on the referee, who will play with you in the future?After this notoriety spreads, even if the national team wants to find a warm-up opponent in the future, they will not be able to find it.

In the second warm-up match against Jamaica, Hao Dong, who ended his Bundesliga journey, returned to China, and the line of fire joined the national team.

In this half season, Hao Dong also got a lot of opportunities in Bayern. He started twice, came off the bench ten times, and scored three goals. For the players who play, this data is not bad.

Although Bayern Munich failed to defend the title in the Bundesliga, Kaiserslautern created a dark horse myth, Hao Dong's performance was highly praised by Bayern Munich, although the next transfer has not yet been made. A clear answer, but even if Bayern Munich will not buy Hao Dong, other Bundesliga clubs must be very interested.

As the well-deserved No. [-] striker in China, after accepting the influence of the European professional league, although he only has half a season, his progress is still very obvious. There are considerable growth in grasping the opportunity of ability and physical confrontation , This is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity for the national team.

The effect of Hao Dong’s comeback was immediate. The Chinese national team defeated the Jamaica team [-]-[-] at home. Hao Dong scored a goal, and the other goal was scored by General Fan with a corner kick. The Chinese team won the first place in the warm-up match. a victory.

At the same time, good news came from the Qianglibao youth team participating in the Toulon Cup. They reached the final together, but lost to the host French team in the final and won the runner-up. They drew consecutively in the group stage Germany, Brazil, and the wonderful performance of defeating Portugal also feasted the eyes of the scouts watching the game. Although the Qianglibao youth team is more outstanding as a whole, the individual abilities of the outstanding players still make these scouts excited.

What is the Toulon Cup?Known as "the cradle of future world stars"!A competition with a much higher success rate than the World Youth Championship!Being able to achieve runner-up results in such a competition, the Qianglibao youth team has a bright future.

The outstanding performance of the Qianglibao youth team also attracted Benitez’s attention. After watching the video of the Qianglibao youth team’s match in the Toulon Cup, he immediately pointed to Li Gang, the captain of the Qianglibao youth team, and said: "This defensive midfielder is good! Now the national team is lacking such a defensive midfielder with a wide range of activities and plenty of physical strength! High school first looks at the overall situation, but the defense and running range are not as good as this defensive midfielder... It's hard to imagine this Famous players grew up in Brazil!"

Pei Wei smiled. Among the players of the Qianglibao youth team, midfielder Li Gang and defender Li Weifeng are two outliers. Their skills are relatively rough. Being close to European players, it is not unusual for Li Gang to be favored by Benitez when the national team lacks a midfielder.

After the Toulon Cup match, the Qianglibao youth team returned to China, and the national team was disbanded again, and the league reignited.

In the remaining two rounds of the league, the players who are eligible to enter the national team will try their best to perform well. After all, the World Cup is about to start, and the final roster of the national team will also come down. If you perform well, you can only say goodbye to the World Cup with regret. No one will want to miss this once-in-four-year opportunity.

And the current national team is not so easy to get into. Benitez has the authority to select players without saying a word. No matter how deep and wide your connections in the football circle are, it doesn’t matter—except for a good proof. I am in the best condition and I am the best candidate for the national team. There is no second way to go.

This result directly led to the fury of the No.12 and No.13 league rounds. Although there were not many goals scored, the games were played extremely tragically. The intensity was almost comparable to the games related to winning the championship and relegation in previous years Compare.

The No.12 round was another round in which a strong team fell. Dalian Dongfang drew [-]-[-] with BJ Yulin in the away game, Shanghai Shenhua drew [-]-[-] with Jilin Yanbian at home, and Sichuan also drew [-]-[-] with Shenzhen at home. The results of the three games gave Yunjiatianyu a good chance. Under the leadership of Nie Fei who returned from injury (?), they defeated Qingdao Starfish [-]-[-] in an away game, extending their lead to four points.

No.13 round, Dalian Dongfang and Shanghai Shenhua, Yunjiatianyu and Shuzhong Tianfu, the top four fought against each other, and the results were all tied. Dalian Dongfang tied Shanghai Shenhua [-]-[-] at home, and Yunjiatianyu tied Shu [-]-[-] at home. Zhongtianfu, this was originally a great opportunity for BJ Yulin who sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, but they did not live up to their expectations. They lost [-]-[-] to Guangzhou Xinri in an eye-popping away game, and instead were pulled down a distance .

The No.13 round of the league was held on May 12th (there was a mistake in the previous chapter, the No.[-] round of the league was held on April [-]th instead of May), after this round, the league There will be a two-month intermission period, and there is still more than one month before the start of the World Cup. During this period, Yunjiatianyu will hold three more warm-up matches in Europe, and then start the journey of the first World Cup .

Three days after the end of the league, the national team coach Benitez announced the final list of 23 people for the national team.

As soon as the list came out, some people were happy and some were sad.

The three goalkeepers have not changed. Chongqing's Ou Chuliang, Shanghai's Jiang Hai and Dalian's Han Wenhai, these three are the most experienced and best domestic goalkeepers, and no one can shake their positions.

Eight defenders, Wei Qun from Sichuan, Xie Feng from BJ, General Fan from Shanghai, Wu Jiying, Liu Yue from Shandong, Xu Hong from Dalian, Zhang Enhua and Sun Chenghai from Yunjia became the final main force.

There are seven midfielders, Li Min from Dalian, Ma Tian from Sichuan, Gao Gaoxian from Jilin, Nie Fei from Yunjia, Peng Weiguo from Guangzhou, and Shen Si from Shanghai. The selected players stunned everyone. Li Gang from Qianglibao Youth Team became the only non-professional player selected, and public opinion immediately went into an uproar!
Benitez's explanation for this is: "I choose players from the perspective of the team's needs... The national team now lacks a strong midfielder, and Li Gang is the only suitable candidate. It's as simple as that."

Although public opinion agrees that Benitez's choice of a player without any professional league experience to play in the World Cup is a bit too hasty, but fortunately, no one thinks that Benitez did it out of selfishness-a He is the head coach in China, and the other is studying in Brazil. The two cannot play together. Benitez has no reason to look at Li Gang differently.

However, there is no controversy about the candidates for the five forwards. Hao Dong, Gao Feng, Li Bing, Su Maozhen and Yu Genwei, these five forwards have their own characteristics, speed, skill, height, and there are various types of forwards. Being able to represent the highest level of domestic forwards, some people even joked that if any one of these five people wins, then any other forwards will be most questioned if they fill in.

Entering the 23-man roster does not mean that they are the last candidates to participate in the World Cup. After all, there is still half a month before the final submission of the roster. If a player is injured or in poor condition, he can still be replaced. dropped.

With this in mind, Benitez also announced seven substitute players, namely Mao Yijun from Shanghai, Li Hongjun from Jilin, Li Xiaopeng from Shandong, Jiang Feng from Chongqing, Cao Xiandong from BJ, Wang Tao from Dalian and Yun Jia's Yang Tian, ​​if someone is injured and unable to participate in the World Cup during the final training process, then these players can immediately step up.

Carrying the hope of fans across the country, the concentrated national team boarded a flight to Europe after three days of rest in BJ. The first World Cup journey of Chinese football is about to begin. (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please visit www.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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