Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 516 Unpopular?

"Pei, congratulations on your victory!"

Just after returning to the hotel where he stayed with the national team, Pei Wei received a call from Dunga: "Adriano and Deco performed very well today, they are really outstanding players... It's a pity that such a good player was poached by you in advance, isn't it good for you to do so?"

"Haha, Dunga and Scolari are not angry about this, why are you angry?" Pei Wei laughed: "Brazil has too many good players! Think about Elber, think about it. Elton! Don't you think it's a pity that such an outstanding player cannot enter the Brazilian national team? I just gave them a chance to perform in the World Cup!"

"Do you want to quibble?" Dunga also laughed: "But if they develop well, they may not be unable to enter the national team. Maybe they will not be able to win the World Cup because of this choice!"

"Dunga, let me ask you this way." Pei Wei stopped laughing: "Do you think that with Deco's strength, can he be compared to Juninho (Great Juninho)? With Adriano's current performance The ability to come out, can he surpass Elber?"

"...No." After a moment of silence, Dunga replied.

"That's it. With the level shown by Juninho and Elber in Europe, they can only become marginal players in the national team. It is difficult to have a chance to perform in the World Cup, let alone them! For Such players, we should give them more room for choice! Not everyone has the talent of Ronaldo, who can enter the national team in his teens... and even Ronaldo, in 94, he could only be on the bench Seven games in total!"

"Pei, your eloquence is still so good!" Dunga smiled bitterly: "It seems that maybe I shouldn't make this call... Besides, it doesn't seem to be something I should worry about."

"That's right, after you become the head coach of the Brazilian national team, come and settle accounts with me..."

"The head coach of the Brazilian national team? NONONO, I haven't thought about it that way."

"Then you should think about it early, do you want to retire now?" Pei Wei said with a smile: "Trust me, you are very suitable to be a head coach... As a player, your position is the midfielder. , and in the Brazilian national team, you play the role of a metronome! In 94, the forwards of the Brazilian national team were Romario and Bebeto, and in 98, the forwards of the Brazilian national team were Ronaldo and Rivaldo... …But behind them, it is you who controls the rhythm of the game! You have a wide vision and an accurate grasp of the game situation, which are the qualities that a head coach must possess! And in Brazil, your prestige is also quite Gao, it would be a pity not to be a coach... If the Brazilian national team has been performing well, you may not have a chance, but as long as there is a little setback, everyone will think of you, because the head coach of the Brazilian national team is very good. Easy to do!"

"What you said makes sense, but I'm not good at being a coach." It seems that Dunga has already moved a little bit.

Pei Wei strikes while the iron is hot: "What does that matter, no one is born to be a coach... You can go to a famous sports academy in Europe to study for a year or two, and then find a place to accumulate experience... If you can't find If you go somewhere, Yunjia Tianyu can arrange a position for you, even if you lead the reserve team, you can gain a lot of experience!"

"Well... I think I will consider it, but I called you today just to remind you that you will face the Brazilian team in the next game." Dunga changed the subject: "Say something If it is not so polite, the possibility of the Chinese team not losing in the game on the [-]th is very slim."

"I admit this." Pei Wei smiled easily: "No one would expect us to beat Brazil... In fact, we don't value this game. After all, there are two qualifying places in the group stage. For us It is more realistic to qualify as second in the group... Our task in that game was just to look good on the scene, and it is more important to retain our strength to face Turkey."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Dunga hung up the phone contentedly, while Pei Wei was snickering—let alone whether Dunga was inquiring for information for the Brazilian team, Pei Wei would not reveal the preparations of the Chinese team anyway. ——The Chinese team does not have a hard target to beat the Brazilian team, but this does not mean that the Chinese team does not want to—at least, the Chinese team is not without strength now, and it is not Pei Wei's style to give up the game casually!

For the Chinese team, the results of the game are not the first, the key is how to establish the style of the national team - that is, no matter how strong the opponent is, they cannot be defeated without a fight!Otherwise, such a team has no future!
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The victory of the Chinese team is a good start for the Asian teams, to be precise, for the East Asian teams. The two goals of Huang Shanhong and Yoo Sang-chul completely defeated Poland, the first team in Europe to qualify from the qualifiers. The Japanese team relied on the goals of Takayuki Suzuki and Junichi Inamoto to overtake Belgium after conceding a goal first. Van der Heyden's goal in the No. 705th minute tied the score, but Japan still scored their first World Cup point.

The most miserable Asian team is probably Saudi Arabia. They were ravaged by the all-out German team. Under the crazy impact of the German big men led by Ballack, their once Asia's first line of defense was defeated. The young striker Klose, who played for Kaiserslautern, staged a "header hat-trick", Ballack, Jankel, Link, Bierhoff and Schneider each scored a goal, Germany [-]-[-] Zero swept across Saudi Arabia and shocked the world!

Although Saudi Arabia can't compare with the three-time World Cup champion Germany in terms of reputation, they are also the top sixteen team in the 94 World Cup anyway. After entering the end of the 90s, German football has obviously declined. The defending champion of the championship was eliminated in the 96 European Championship with only one point in the group. German football, which has fallen to the bottom, has proved with practical actions-they are still the invincible German chariot!

Another slightly surprising score appeared in Group D. Portugal, the golden generation, was actually conceded three goals by the US team in the first half of the game, although they relied on Bento and Figo's two goals to draw with each other. Defender Agus' own goal made it difficult to equalize the score, but only one point in the closing game was enough for the critics to classify the game as "unpopular".

But this small upset in the eyes of other people surprised Pei Wei—he believed that his memory would not be wrong. Portugal should have lost to the U.S. team in this game, but now it is the Ping—did the warm-up with the Chinese team make them gradually correct their shortcomings?But they still conceded three goals in 35 minutes, if Figo hadn't scored a beautiful direct free kick at the end of the game...

But it doesn't seem to matter. With this point, Portugal has a much higher chance of qualifying. It is a good thing for fans all over the world to have multiple strong teams in the top [-].

On June 606th, the second round of the group stage began. In Group A, the performance of the defending champion France was still sluggish. They and Uruguay, who also lost in the first game, ended in a boring zero-to-zero match, and the other game was also a draw. , Denmark and Senegal became one to one, and the four teams still have a chance to qualify, and they are all in danger of being eliminated. In Group E, relying on Eto'o's No. 90-minute goal, Cameroon defeated Saudi Arabia, while Germany was tied [-]-[-] by Ireland's Robbie Keane's No. [-]-minute goal. It is worth mentioning that , It was Klose who scored for Germany, which also made Klose rank first in the scorer list with four goals after only two rounds.

In a spectacular game on June [-], England captain David Beckham volleyed a powerful volley to help England beat Argentina, thanks to a penalty created by Owen before the end of the first half. Avenged the last World Cup, this victory also sent Argentina, the favorite to win the championship, to an extremely dangerous situation, that is, they had to defeat the powerful Sweden in the final round to have a chance to qualify for the group .

"It seems that this World Cup has not been unpopular so far... Especially France, if they can't beat Denmark by two goals in the last round, then it will be very dangerous... The defending champion will be eliminated in the group stage , It hasn't happened for many years..." Milu said with a sigh.

"After all, they still have a chance." Tang Pengju said with a smile: "I heard that Zidane was able to participate in the last game... Although it is difficult to win Denmark by two goals, it is not impossible. Just two years ago , they easily won Denmark by three goals in the European Championship."

"One moment and another moment." Pei Wei shook his head: "Now Denmark has completely passed the pain period after the blood exchange, while France is in a downward trough... What's more, now that Denmark's morale is booming, France has declined to Extremely, Zidane is not a god, I think France will definitely not win this game, that is to say, France will definitely be eliminated in the group stage—are you willing to bet?"

"Forget it, I can't compete with your big boss." Tang Pengju laughed.

"Speaking of which, our next opponent is Brazil... If we can draw or even win, it will be really upset!" Chu Guanghu said with anticipation.

"Hehe...unpopular? I think, it's not like there's no chance..."

PS: Wow, after coded the first chapter, I came up and took a look. Seventeen votes, my heart is really a bit drummed, but it’s okay, everyone smash it hard, anyway, tomorrow is a holiday, at worst, Lao Guo won’t sleep tonight...

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