World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 190 You have to rely on yourself to advance

In the morning of the next day, Zeng Zheng dressed up in disguise before coming to the restaurant of the Hilton Hotel for dinner.

"Coach Zeng, what shall we investigate first?"

Miss Qian picked up a poached egg and asked while eating.

Looking at the western food in front of him, Zeng Zheng thought for a while, "Let's go to the hotel where the team members are staying first."

After a while, Zeng Zheng and Dong Jun arrived at the gate of Ramada Hotel.

"This is a four-star hotel, which is slightly lower than the same level in China." Dong Jun introduced, pointing to the gate and the signboard.

"The grade is not important, the important thing is the accommodation environment and food."

Entering the hotel, under the guidance of Dong Jun, Zeng Zheng stepped onto the elevator.

"Originally the hotel arranged for our team members to be on the fourth floor, but I changed it to the fifth floor."

"Why?" Miss Qian asked curiously.

"It's homonymous with 4!" Dong Jun laughed, "I didn't care about these things in China, but after all, it involves our qualifying for the Olympics, so it can't be careless!"

Dong Jun arranged double rooms for the team members.

The room is small, but clean and tidy.

Looking out through the window, there are rows of green belts, and the scenery is not bad.

And at this height, the noise from outside cannot come in.

After wandering around for a while, Zeng Zheng nodded in satisfaction.

"Coach Zeng, and the suite of the coaching staff, do you want to go and have a look?"

"No need, I can live anywhere."

"Yes, Coach Zeng can live anywhere!" Ms. Qian blinked and agreed.

After understanding the accommodation environment, the next step is meals.

After briefly looking around in the restaurant, Zeng Zheng frowned.

Seeming to see Zeng Zheng's doubts, Dong Jun took the initiative to say: "Coach Zeng, there was only Arabic food here."

"But after our negotiation, the hotel will provide us with western food at that time."

"If you are still not used to Western food, then we have to bring our own dry food."

Hearing this, Zeng Zheng's brows relaxed.

"Just let yourself fire."

"At that time, let's buy some ingredients that the locals can accept, and I can do it myself."

Dong Jun was taken aback after hearing this, and then shook his head again and again.

"Stop it, Coach Zeng!"

"How can such a small thing bother you?"

"If the domestic economy is in short supply, I can find a trustworthy Chinese cook."

In Dong Jun's view, Zeng Zheng's cooking is simply overkill.

It's about qualifying for the Olympics, Dong Jun can't wait for Zeng Zheng to spend every minute and every second on the players and the team.

After the board and lodging issues were settled, Zeng Zheng asked another casual question.

"Where do those people from South Korea live?"

"They lived in the five-star Bay Hotel arranged by Bahrain Bamboo Shoes, but they rejected the arrangement of Bahrain Bamboo Shoes in terms of food. They contacted a restaurant owned by a former South Korean men's volleyball coach who had coached in Bahrain."

"I am acquainted with the South Korean boss."

"Coach Zeng, would you like me to collect some information from him?"

Zeng Zheng shook his head, "Forget it, I don't want to startle the snake."

Seeing Zeng Zheng's veto, Dong Jun asked again: "Coach Zeng, South Korea and Bahrain are warming up at the National Stadium in the evening, shall we go and see?"

"No, no need."

"Why?" Even Miss Qian didn't understand this time.

"Practice is different from competition." Zeng Zheng explained, "Practice is just to get used to the field and has no other effect."

"And if I go to the scene, I will definitely be recognized."

"When the time comes, reporters from both sides will surround me, and that will be bad."

Dong Jun nodded when he heard the words, "Coach Zeng is still thoughtful."

"Then Coach Zeng, what else do you want to know?"

Zeng Zheng thought for a while and asked, "Uncle Dong, you have been in Bahrain for so long, and you are familiar with the people here."

"I would like to know how the Bahrain folks and bamboo shoes have attitudes towards the Olympic qualifiers."

Hearing this, Dong Jun scratched his head.

"Coach Zeng, to be honest, Bahrainis don't value football very much, and they don't care too much about whether they can enter the Olympics."

"They really like playing volleyball."

"But you don't have to worry, Bahrain Zhuxie said before that you must smash South Korea."

"So there should be no water release."

Zeng Zheng nodded, thought for a while and asked, "I remember when Bahrain played against us, one of their players didn't come because he took the college exam. Has he finished the exam this time?"

"Jafar, right? He's finished the exam!" Dong Jun immediately replied, "And Dosari, Isa, Ghazi and other main players have also recovered from their injuries, and they will definitely be able to play against South Korea."

"Then I'm relieved." Zeng Zheng grinned, "Now, I expect Bahrain to win South Korea!"

October 10, Bahrain, National Stadium.

Zeng Zheng refused to show his identity and go to the VIP seats to watch the game.

I bought a low-priced ticket with an inconspicuous location, and asked for a starting list of players from both sides, and followed the fans into the stadium.

The entrance to the stadium is small and crowded with people.

In the crowd, Miss Qian tugged at the corner of Zeng Zheng's clothes, for fear of getting lost.

At this moment, a man wearing a hood squeezed hard from behind the two of them.

After being pulled by the opponent's hands, the body odor from under the armpits almost killed the two of them.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Ms. Qian almost spat out her lunch, "The scarves are quite clean, but it's been a few months since I took a shower? Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

Zeng Zheng turned his head and said helplessly:
"Miss Qian, why did you and I suffer this crime?"

"Aren't you rich?"

"Go to the VIP seats!"

Hearing what Zeng Zheng said, Miss Qian immediately straightened her back.

"I won't!"

"I don't believe it anymore, I can't get used to this ordinary seat?"

"Today, I just want to see how dirty and messy this ordinary seat can be!"

Seeing the other party's stubborn mouth, Zeng Zheng smiled slightly, and took out a mask from his arms.

"Ah! Where did you buy it?"

Zeng Zheng shrank his hands, dodging Miss Qian's grabbing hand.

Like the way Miss Qian was waving the room card in front of him that night, she opened the mask shyly and put it on her face.

"You don't need it anyway!"

"you!!!"

Seeing that Zeng Zheng really used the mask himself, Miss Qian stomped her feet angrily.

After entering the stadium, the surrounding air is much fresher.

Zeng Zheng sat down in a corner with few people, and then studied the starting lists of both sides.

"Bangzi is deliberately preserving his strength!"

Miss Qian fanned the air in front of her with her collar, and asked with a frown, "Why?"

"In this game, only four of them have participated in the game against us. If this is not preserving strength, what is it?"

"Four people?" Ms. Qian was taken aback for a moment, and then she said with enmity, "It seems that we have underestimated our opponents after seeing us win so many goals in Bahrain. Hmph! I really hope they capsize in the gutter!"

After the game started, Zeng Zheng's expression gradually became serious.

Xu Dingmao formed a very strange formation today, which may have something to do with not all of them playing the main force.

No team to support, no favorite players, no intense competition
In addition, Zeng Zheng's words became less and less, and Miss Qian felt drowsy.

After a while, he rested his head on Zeng Zheng's shoulder.

Hearing a slight snoring sound coming from his ear, Zeng Zheng turned his head, his cheeks itching from the hair ends of the other party.

After thinking about it, he took out a new mask from his pocket, tore off the outer packaging, and gently put it on Miss Qian's face.

Maybe it was because she made too much of a move, when she pinched the opponent's second ear, Miss Qian opened her eyes.

The big eyes blinked flickeringly, not only did not stop Zeng Zheng's movements, but his face was tilted so that Zeng Zheng just hung the mask on his ears.

"Coach Zeng, what's the match?"

For some reason, Zeng Zheng always felt that Ms. Qian's voice was much gentler when she was wearing a mask, and she was not as savage as the lady of the previous two nights.

"0 to 0." Zeng Zheng replied casually, "It's halftime now."

"Huh? Bahrain didn't score?"

"No." Zeng Zheng shook his head.

The Bahrain team is really weak.

Even when they returned to their home court, they did not show the slightest advantage.

"Bahrain team, come on, try to score one in the second half!"

"I think it's hard!" Zeng Zheng curled his lips, as if he didn't like Bahrain.

"Why? Didn't South Korea fail to score?" Miss Qian asked curiously, "Doesn't this mean that at least Bahrain's defense is not bad?!"

"No." Zeng Zheng explained, "South Korea didn't score. It's not because the Bahrain team defended well, but because they didn't attack well."

"Li Dongguo didn't play, they played very awkwardly."

"The No. 22 Li Guanyu didn't get support and played poorly in front."

"If my guess is correct, if Xu Dingmao wants to meet the ball, he must send Li Dongguo to play in the second half."

Sure enough, the second half was exactly as Zeng Zheng expected.

After just 7 minutes of playing, Li Dongguo replaced Kim Yinzhong.

Two minutes later, Lee Dong-guo seized a great opportunity and scored a goal.

After scoring a goal in South Korea, Miss Qian became excited.

Several times she stood up with the Bahraini fans and cheered for the Bahraini players.

But until the end of the game, the Bahrain players did not see the equalizer.

On the contrary, before the end of the game, another goal was stolen by South Korea.

In this Han-Pakistan war, the South Koreans almost gained the most at the least cost.

"South Korea's small victory over Bahrain, the National Olympics will usher in South Korea's deadlock"

"Olympic has no choice! "

"Shrapna: 8 points for National Olympic Games to qualify"

"Zhang Yuxi: Hit the stick, I will fight! "

2 to 0, the result that the fans least wanted to see came from Manama.

Bahrain didn't win their opponents at home, so what's wrong with the away game is to give away points?

Don't look at the simple and honest face of the coach of the Bahrain team, who is full of clamor for the friendship between China and Pakistan and his own honor, and strives to win an away game in Seoul.

But in fact, in the past two years, the South Korean chaebols have supported Bahrain's domestic construction.

In terms of off-court friendship, South Korea is really no worse than us.

In the final analysis, you need to be hard on your own to strike an iron!
Looking forward to the shattering of Bahrain's dream of attacking South Korea.

Apart from meeting South Korea's deadlock, the National Olympics really has no way out.

The current situation is that the National Olympics temporarily ranks first in the group with the advantage of goal difference.

According to Schlappner's calculations, if the National Olympics draw with South Korea and then beat Bahrain in an away game, there is really hope to qualify with only 8 points.

But the question is, will South Korea agree to this plan?
If agreed, it means that the two teams will give up the direct confrontation and make a fuss about the last opponent Bahrain.

The National Olympics played Bahrain 5 to 1 at home, and it seemed that the score was very different.

However, with the ability of the South Koreans to play outside the game, it may not be impossible to score the same score or even a bigger score difference in Seoul.

By then, the Olympic Games will be completely passive.

With only away games left, can the Olympic team recover the goal difference at home in Bahrain?

After coming to the away game, can the Olympic Games still play with the style they played at home?

These are all unknowns.

Therefore, the best choice before the National Olympics is to KO South Korea in one fell swoop at their own home court!

The reverse is also true.

As far as South Korea is concerned, they will never lose this game easily!
On the morning of October 10, according to South Korea's "Sports Today" report, the South Korean Olympic team had left Gimpo International Airport on flight 27.

Before leaving, Xu Dingmao was interviewed by reporters at Kimpo Airport. Xu Dingmao said: "We must enter the Olympic finals for the fourth time in a row."

At 10:27 noon on October 12th, the South Korean National Olympic Games arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.

For the sake of confidentiality, the Olympic team, which used to train outside the 10-person stadium at 8 am every day, will transfer the training venue to the third place on the 27th.

As soon as the South Korean players arrived in the urban area, they received a "warm welcome" from the fans of Shanghai.

According to South Korea's "Nikkan Sports Daily" description - "The magic city is shrouded in a murderous atmosphere of "down with South Korea".

In the afternoon of the same day, a spectator at the Olympic training ground discovered the reporter who wrote in Korean on his notebook.

Then the fan immediately stood up and shouted to the goalkeeper coach Sang Tingliang who was standing next to the photographer: "Hey! Here are spies! Spies from South Korea!!!"

With a bang, the eyes of more than 700 fans at the scene immediately followed their fingers and looked at the two reporters.

Under the translation of a female fan in her early 20s at the scene, the two reporters were "politely" "pleased" out of the training ground.

At the press conference before the game, Xu Dingmao and Zeng Zheng sat at the long table.

The audience is a group of reporters who are "waiting to be fed".

Reporter: "Can you tell us about the preparations for war in South Korea?"

Xu Dingmao: "After returning from Bahrain, we only rested for two days, and then we were busy warming up and preparing to play against the Chinese team. At present, the team's situation is not bad."

Reporter: The public opinion circles believe that this South Korean Olympic team is the weakest in the history? What do you think?
Xu Dingmao: "I don't have any worries about my team. I also believe in the experience and strength of my team. I think this Olympic team is very good."

Reporter: According to the South Korean media, you once said that the Chinese team could not beat the South Korean team in the next 10 years. Is that true?
Xu Dingmao: This is the first time I have heard such a thing.I never said that.Also, I never had any foreign spokespersons.

Reporter: Can you tell us about tomorrow's starting lineup? Also, can Ko Jong-su start?
Xu Dingmao: I'm sorry, but I can't disclose it to you.But there is one thing I can say, Gao Zhongxiu will definitely play tomorrow.

Reporter: Many people think that the Chinese team will end their "Koreaphobia" on the evening of the 29th. Are you under a lot of pressure?
Xu Dingmao: I don't have any pressure. I believe in the strength of my team.In addition, there are winners and losers in a football game, if you do well, keep doing it, and if you don’t do well, you will step down!
Xu Dingmao's speech was well-regulated, and several tricky questions from the Chinese reporters were answered cleverly by him.

But in general, Xu Dingmao's answer is quite reliable, and he answered some questions that fans care about.

Next, the microphone passed to Zeng Zheng's side.

Reporter: "Excuse me, Coach Zeng, there is news that you have lost confidence in Zhang Yuxie, so will he appear in tomorrow's starting list?"

Zeng Zheng: "Zhang Yuzheng suffered a muscle strain during training. As for whether he can play or not, it depends on how he recovers."

Reporter: "Since Zhang Yuhan can't play, will there be surprise soldiers in the National Olympics?"

Zeng Zheng: "I never said that Zhang Yuchen couldn't play. As for the Raiders, didn't I announce the list of all Olympic players long ago?"

Reporter: "About tomorrow's game, will the Olympic team change formation? Or continue the previous formation?"

Zeng Zheng: "There is no fixed formation in the Olympic Games, only the most suitable formation, which is the same in every game."

Reporter: "This game is coming to the home court of the Chinese team. Will you still raise any objections to the referee's decision?"

Zeng Zheng: "Whether or not I support the referee's decision is entirely out of my personal preference, and has nothing to do with the home and away games. I think if the referee tomorrow still can't see the facts clearly, the Chinese fans will be the first to refuse."

After hearing Zeng Zheng's answer, the fans also nodded secretly.

As long as Coach Zeng is ready!

The furrowed brow returned to Xu Dingmao's face.

If the players from both sides put up their stances and come out to fight, Xu Dingmao is really not afraid of Zeng Zheng's National Olympics.

But the problem is that Zeng Zheng's formation is changeable, and the skills and principles of employing people are also unpredictable.

Looking at his previous record, he is a young coach who is unconstrained.

Facing such an opponent, Xu Dingmao, who likes to follow steps, will inevitably have a headache.

I heard that the National Olympics will still change tomorrow, and it is possible to abandon generals such as Zhang Yuzhen.

Xu Dingmao's first reaction was not happiness or excitement, but deep worry.

If it were another opponent, he would think that the opponent had cut off his limbs;

But if it was Zeng Zheng, Xu Dingmao had to think about whether Zeng Zheng would develop a new formation to address the weaknesses of his formation in the past few days.

In that case, they are passive.

On October 10th, the last morning before the Sino-Korean war was about to start.

With a press card hanging around her neck, Qin Xue came outside the 8-person stadium.

At this time, except for one or two ticket sellers who came to the door early to sell or buy tickets on motorcycles, it was difficult to see anyone.

Qin Xue looked left and right.

Finally, I saw a familiar figure from the side of the stadium.

"Ha, LUCKY!"

Qin Xue clenched her fists, "Sure enough, the early bird catches the worm!"

Wang Junsheng was wearing a simple sportswear, and he looked a little cautious when facing the camera.

After briefly answering Qin Xue's few questions, a fan suddenly came over from the other side.

"Mr. Wang, get me a begging ticket!"

"It's not easy for us to come all the way!"

Looking at the word "Yellowstone" on the fans' chests, Wang Junsheng showed a wry smile.

"Don't talk about you, I just met a fan who asked me for tickets."

"When I asked, he rode a bicycle all the way from Tieling, Liaoning to Shanghai."

"This stadium is not mine, where can I get a ticket?"

"Oh! If you can come earlier, you can buy tickets."

Following Wang Junsheng's finger, Qin Xue and several Huangshi fans saw the very ordinary bicycle.

When he stepped forward to ask, the Tieling fans looked regretful.

"I set off on the 5th, but I didn't arrive at Modu until the 25th."

Qin Xue nodded upon hearing this.

Tickets were sold out as early as the 12th, and if you come to buy them on the 25th, you will definitely not be able to buy them.

"It's really not possible, why don't you find a scalper?" Qin Xue tried to persuade her.

"Hey, the scalper has found it! It's too expensive!"

The Northeast fan sighed, "They fired up five or six hundred tickets for more than 80 yuan. Where do I have the money?"

"It seems that this time I can only enjoy myself by listening to the movement outside the stadium."

At the fan's request, Qin Xue picked up the camera and left his thin figure close behind him, but far away in front of the 8-person stadium in Tianya.

After getting the photo, the fan surnamed Chen left gratefully.

Qin Xue was holding the camera, fiddling with the lens, with mixed emotions in her heart.

Looking at the magnificent 8-person stadium in front of her, Qin Xue secretly looked forward to it in her heart: "Coach Zeng, you must win tonight's game!"

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