World Cup of Great Powers

"National Olympics defeated the US team 4-0 and won the first medal in Olympic history! "

Early the next morning, this news exploded the domestic sports circle.

As the Olympic Games drew to a close, the ratings of Channel 5 once again ushered in a new high, even surpassing the sum of the other channels!

Fans wrote letters to the newspapers to leave messages, and the major media also thoughtfully set aside a corner for them.

"Bronze medals are also medals! To be honest, I feel that the men's football team will be able to qualify this time. I feel like I will burn the incense. Who would have thought that they would come back with a medal!"

"This is the last Olympic Games in the 20th century! Coach Zeng and the men's football team really gave us a face."

"Coach Zeng is great! National Olympics is great! They are all heroes!"

"Haha, bronze medal, bronze medal! Japan and South Korea next door are almost crying!"

"The men's football team has won the medals, so we women's football team can't show it with gold nuggets?"

September 9, the day before the Olympic closing ceremony.

The men's and women's football finals are all held today, and the women's football finals will be played first.

Before the game started, Zeng Zheng sneaked into the women's team locker room with a badge around his neck.

"Coach Zeng!"

"Coach Xiao Zeng!"

"Ha! Coach Xiao Zeng is here!"

Seeing Zeng Zheng's arrival, the women's football girls were overjoyed.

"Ha, with Coach Xiao Zeng, today's gold medal is secured!"

"Yeah, for some reason, seeing Coach Xiao Zeng on the sidelines made me feel at ease."

"Well, that's right, I am the same. As long as I see Coach Xiao Zeng on the sidelines, I won't feel tired no matter how tired I am."

"It would be great if Coach Xiao Zeng was also our coach. Our daily training would not be so hard."

"By the way, I heard that Coach Xiao Zeng has a girlfriend recently, please tell me the truth!"

The team members complained about themselves in front of their faces, and Ma Yuanan smiled wryly.

"Xiao Zeng, I'm an old man, and I don't know how to get along with young people, let alone young girls."

"The game is about to start, you can tell everyone a few words."

"Speak a few words?" Zeng Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"Tell me a few words!" Ma Yuanan responded immediately.

"Come on, girls, everyone, be quiet first, be quiet!"

"Listen to Coach Zeng to tell you a few words."

"Maybe Coach Zeng will arrange some tactics for everyone casually, and we will win the championship!"

"Xiaowen, Xiaowei, you two, stop pestering Coach Zeng. What's the point of chattering?"

"Go over there and do it!"

With Ma Yuanan's urging, Sun Wen and Pu Wei let go of Zeng Zheng's arms and returned to the team.

"Ahem, ahem, that, then let me say a few words."

"Today's opponents also played last year, and most of them are acquaintances."

"And if I remember correctly, we played the US team in the second game of the group stage, right?"

"En! Coach Zeng remembers correctly, we tied 1-1 in that game!" Pu Wei, who was the youngest on the team and admired Zeng Zheng the most, immediately raised his hand and replied.

"That's right, everyone is an old opponent, and they know everything, so there's nothing to be afraid of."

"About the competition, I will remind you a little bit."

"Be prepared for a long game, even a penalty shootout."

"Don't care about what is going on and what is not. In sports, everything is about winning."

Speaking of this, Zeng Zheng paused.

"what"

"Sorry, I forgot."

"You are not the gang of stinky feet from the men's football team."

"We don't have to shrink back and give up the scene like the men's football team to win."

"It's done!"

"You can definitely beat your opponent."

"Think about it, men's football has won at that level, what can't we win?"

"You say, don't you?"

"Haha~~ Yes, yes!" Hearing that Zeng Zheng took the men's football to throw off the burden, the girls of the women's football immediately burst into smiles.

After winning medals, men's football's reputation in the country has reached its peak, more than any other sport.

At this juncture, Zeng Zheng is probably the only one in the country who dares to say that men's football is a "stinky chess basket".

"Hee hee, Coach Zeng is right!"

"Men's football can win, what can't we win?"

"With coach Zeng here, we will definitely win!"

Seeing the confidence of the girls being encouraged, Ma Yuanan's old face also smiled like a chrysanthemum.

With the cooperation in the Rose Bowl last time, Ma Yuan'an now looks more and more happily at Zeng Zheng.

With such a capable young man who is not greedy for merit, is he still worried about not being able to win the championship?

After the opening, both teams played more cautiously.

In the 7th minute, Liu Ailing made a long pass from the right to the back post to meet Sun Wen, but the latter's header was destroyed by the opponent first.

In the 11th minute, Fan Yunjie made a 50-meter long pass from the back court. After receiving the ball from the right, Sun Wen got rid of the entanglement of the opponent's defender and cut into the middle. A low shot from a small angle on the heel, the ball was confiscated by the goalkeeper in the near corner.

One minute later, Jin Yan received a long pass from the left side of the penalty area and fell to the ground in the confrontation with the opponent.

Seeing this, Zeng Zheng immediately urged Ma Yuanan to go to the fourth official to apply for a penalty kick.

However, the referee from France ignored it and the ball was awarded a goal kick.

Although the penalty kick was not won, the main body of the scene is still dominated by women's football.

Zeng Zheng looked at it for a while, then focused on other things.

The Olympic Games will end tomorrow. In addition to the two football finals today, there will be an award ceremony afterwards.

So the men's football players also came to the scene today.

Although today is a great day to receive awards and show your face, the group will fly back to China immediately after the awards ceremony.

There is no way, the Asian Cup was taken over too hastily and in a hurry.

Ever since he won against the US team yesterday, Zeng Zheng has been drafting the entry list for this Asian Cup non-stop.

After returning to China tomorrow, this list will be announced to the whole country.

Zeng Zheng couldn't even go home, so he followed the players directly to Chengdu to participate in the training camp.

The venue of the Asian Cup has been preliminarily determined, and the group stage and knockout stage are arranged in Chengdu, Guangzhou and Wuhan respectively.

The final was arranged in Shanghai.

At the beginning, due to some other reasons, Zhu Xie wanted to avoid the cities of Shanghai and Beijing.

But later, after the Asian Cup was basically taken over, Modu unilaterally wanted to step in, and only the final was named.

Under the pressure of all parties, and considering the hardware facilities of the Modu Football Stadium, it was finally decided in this way.

This caused Zeng Zheng a lot of trouble.

This time the Asian Cup finals are divided into three groups, and the home court of the national football team is Chengdu.

If you are lucky, you can play here until the final.

But now that it's done like this, if it really makes it to the finals, then Zeng Zheng has to take the team to Shanghai to compete.

In this way, the home field advantage will be greatly weakened.

The explanation given by Modu is also outrageous.

They said that Zeng Zheng can take the team directly to Shanghai for training after the Olympics, and they will cover all the living expenses of the national team.

Pull JB eggs!
What do you do to make sure I'm in the finals?

So after learning about the arrangements for this Asian Cup, Zeng Zheng also made complaints with Xu Wang.

In addition to the schedule and venue, the selection of players also broke Zeng Zheng's heart.

The Asian Cup is over, and it is already the end of October.

As a result, the players studying abroad will face the embarrassing situation of not showing their faces on the court for two and a half months in the new season.

During this period, not only the tacit understanding with the team has been greatly reduced, but also the status of the players, the support rate of fans, the trust of the coach, etc., are also a big test.

So Zeng Zheng has been considering whether to let a few people go back.

The first is Zhang Xiaorui. Although this kid played an irreplaceable role in the frontcourt in this Olympic Games, he didn't score a single goal.

For Benfica, which has a great turnover of personnel, performance is the criterion of convincing!

What's more, those Europeans just take a look at the Olympics.

Asian Cup?
They wouldn't pay attention to such a low-level game.

So even if Zhang Xiaorui kills all sides in the Asian Cup, there is no way to make up for the loss in the Olympics during this period.

So even if Zhang Xiaorui doesn't open his mouth, he will urge Zhang Xiaorui to return to Portugal as soon as possible, to recover the state of last season as quickly as possible, and to impact the personal honor of the Portuguese Super League.

Followed by Li Jinyu.

Although Dayu was tied with Zhang Yuxie as the best scorer in the Olympic Games, the number of goals scored by the two was only 2.

It can be said that the individual awards of this Olympic Games have basically no chance with the National Olympics.

In the absence of the main forward Zhang Yuxie, Dayu also played an irreplaceable role in the forward position.

But the problem is that in Turin, his position is the midfielder, which is in contrast to Hidetoshi Nakata.

In the Asian Cup, Zeng Zheng no longer intends to use Li Jinyu as a pure striker.

There are other candidates for the front midfielder position. In this way, considering the talent allocation situation, there is really no need to force him to stay.

But Zeng Zheng is also watching to see if Xiaotian will call that guy Nakata back to play in the Asian Cup.

The third one is Li Tie.

Sevilla relegated back to the Second Division after a round of La Liga.

The intensity of the competition in La Liga is definitely not as good as that of La Liga, so even without the iron waist of Li Tie, Sevilla will not collapse as fast as last season.

What's more, in Xia Chuang, Li Tie had already asked Zeng Zheng about whether to transfer like other players, and this proposal was eventually rejected by Zeng Zheng.

It is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow.

It is human nature for the team to be relegated and the main players to leave, and no one will blame them.

But what if you choose to stay as a main player at this time and advance and retreat with the team?
That situation is different.

Li Tie's performance in La Liga in one season has been recognized by many coaches, such as Getafe, Atletico Madrid, Villarreal, and even Valencia and Real Madrid have all offered olive branches to Li Tie.

Faced with such a temptation, Li Tie finally chose to stay in the team.

With such "kindness", how about going back to China to play the Olympics + Asian Cup?

Fans don't care at all.

So that guy Li Tie wanted to leave, but Zeng Zheng wouldn't let him go.

The fourth is Zheng Zhi.

This kid is still a substitute in PSV.

Compared with other seniors studying abroad, even if he goes back, he may not be able to play football.

It's better to continue to collect some honors and statistics in the Asian Cup, and I will have more confidence when I go back.

What's more, he is Zeng Zheng's tacit consent for the main midfielder of the national football team in the next ten years. If he has the opportunity in the early stage, he should get in touch with the big brothers in China.

The fifth is General Fan.

Although the Crystal Palace in League One is not as good as the Premier League, it is still extremely fierce.

Especially recently there have been rumors in the British media that Liverpool wants to recruit General Fan under their command.

But the problem is that a giant like Liverpool will definitely sign a "overlord contract" with Asian and African players, allowing them to give up the national team's game and focus on clubs and the like.

On this point, Zeng Zheng felt that he needed to have a good talk with General Fan.

With the current strength of the national football team, he can already think more about his professional future.

The sixth is Sun Jihai.

Sun Jihai's goal in stoppage time was the last goal of the Olympic Games in this Olympic Games.

Although it is icing on the cake, it is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

For a jack-of-all-trades like Sun Jihai, wherever he is on the team, Zeng Zheng is most at ease.

So Zeng Zheng was very reluctant to let him go.

But Manchester City is now in a critical period of promotion. If Sun Jihai leaves the team for a long time, it is likely to have an impact on him and the entire Manchester City team.

This is not to say how important Sun Jihai is to Manchester City, but to say that if Manchester City succeeds in promotion next season and Sun Jihai leaves the team for too long, it is very likely that his contribution will not be recognized by the fans.

Or maybe Sun Jihai is capable of helping Manchester City to advance to the promotion, but because Manchester City did not show up for two and a half months, the promotion failed, and the fans and Sun Jihai himself will also have psychological bumps.

So Zeng Zheng was most worried about Sun Jihai's future.

The last one is Shao Jiayi.

This kid has just transferred to Borussia, and he has been participating in the Olympics without showing his face once.

Same as Zheng Zhi.

Simply let him return to the team later and collect more statistics in the Asian Cup, so that he can still have some weight in the coach's heart after returning.

At least when Shao Jiayi didn't show his strength, Borussia's coach would think about whether he was worse than Zeng Zheng in some way, instead of directly thinking that the player was not good at all.

In addition to these overseas players, there are also players like Zhou Ning and Yang Chen who have been playing overseas but never returned.

They didn't show up in the Olympics this time, and Zeng Zheng couldn't let the two of them go this time in the Asian Cup.

After sorting everything out, Zeng Zheng took a quick look, and the team of overseas students had unknowingly grown in size.

There are three players who play in the five major leagues, more than Japan and South Korea next door.

Zeng Zheng immediately made a decision that in the winter window after the Asian Cup this time, a few people had to go out to see and see.

Wouldn't it be great to have a national team composed of 11 people studying abroad?

At this moment, three whistles sounded on the court.

"Huh? The game is over?"

Zeng Zheng raised his head and immediately looked at the scoreboard.

0:0.

Both sides have nothing to do with each other.

Zeng Zheng immediately packed up his affairs, came to the sidelines, and high-fived the players one by one.

"Good kick! Good kick!"

Hearing Zeng Zheng's encouragement, the team members all panted heavily.

"Coach Zeng, these American guys are too disgusting, they actually put on our bodies."

"Yeah, I guess they are also affected by the men's football. It seems that they want to save face in the women's football. We can't talk about it in the second half."

"Coach Zeng, you must help us with ideas during the intermission! Or there will be a penalty kick, and I don't want to kick it!"

"Coach Zeng"

After high-fiving the players one by one, Zeng Zheng asked Ma Yuanan curiously.

"Coach Ma, what's the situation? Didn't we have a good first half?"

"Hey! We played well at the beginning, but they defended!" Ma Yuanan was also helpless, "But he has a lot of energy. After defending the opening stage, he played several counterattacks in a row. If it weren't for Gao Hong's solid defense , we might lose the ball!"

Zeng Zheng nodded after listening.

It seems that the victory of the men's football team has indeed caused a lot of trouble for the women's football team.

After returning to the locker room, Zeng Zheng cleared his throat looking at the sweaty women's football girls.

"Well, I watched the first half of the game. Everyone performed very well and worked hard."

"Don't worry, everyone, if we continue to exert our enthusiasm in the first half, we will definitely win."

"By the way, I have good news to tell you all."

"If this game can be won, I will personally give everyone a reward!"

"private?"

"To all of you?"

"award?"

In an instant, the curiosity of the women's football girls was aroused.

"Coach Xiao Zeng, what reward is it?" Sun Wen stood up and asked loudly.

"Cough cough cough" Zeng Zheng cleared his throat, "Don't you want to ask about my date? If you can win the championship, I will introduce her to everyone!"