The strongest winger

Chapter 809 List of 23 National People's Congress

The loss of the Chinese team without Aiello to Côte d'Ivoire at the Mestalla Stadium did not surprise the outside world. The Côte d'Ivoire team led by Didier Drogba and the Toure brothers is enough to compete with the other two world-class teams in the same group - Brazil and Portugal. Otherwise, it would not be the only death group among the eight groups in the World Cup in South Africa.

However, the focus of media attention is not on the game itself, but on Aiello not playing at all. That is to say, the probability of Aiello not being able to appear in the World Cup has risen from 80.00% to 90.00%.

At the post-match press conference, the head coach of the Chinese team, Gao Hongbo, was still sloppy when interviewed by reporters: "All of us are waiting for his comeback, because he is the captain and spiritual leader, and he is an indispensable part. But some things cannot be rushed. I believe he is more anxious to come back than us, but we have to wait for his body to recover enough to play..."

"It's really unlucky, just tell me if you can participate in the World Cup or not, and gossip all day long!" Just after the press conference ended, some reporters expressed their dissatisfaction.

"That's right, it's useless to talk about it!" A reporter immediately echoed.

"There is no way around this. Ai Ke is relying on the Chinese team to go further in the World Cup. Even if he can't play much role at that time, he can win the team a chance to qualify and disrupt the preparations of the other three teams in the same group..." said a reporter who looked very senior.

"Makes sense."

The two dissatisfied young reporters nodded and said in unison.

At nine o'clock the next morning, Real Madrid fans who browsed Real Madrid's official website found that the website was stuck, and it didn't return to normal until five seconds later.

"Members of Real Madrid, an announcement here will always shock people. Please stabilize your heart! Real Madrid has reached an agreement with Manchester United. Starting from the [-]st of next month, Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo will spend the next five years at the Bernabeu..."

"Dear excited Real Madrid members, have you been so shocked that you can't get back to your senses? Now we can announce the second exciting news. Starting today, Jose Mourinho, the youngest coach in the world who has won three Champions League titles, will fight for the tenth Champions League trophy with everyone at the Bernabeu in the next four years..."

There are not a few fans who browse the official website of Real Madrid every day, so when the official website of Real Madrid announced the news that Cristiano Ronaldo and Mourinho joined Real Madrid one after another, it immediately caused a huge sensation.

Leaving aside a team of Real Madrid's caliber, switching between Cristiano Ronaldo, who has just led Manchester United to the European Championship, and Jose Mourinho, who has just left, can make a huge difference, especially when two Portuguese are joining the most 'successful' club on the planet at the same time.

Not long after, Manchester United's official website also announced that the club had reached an agreement with Real Madrid, agreeing to transfer Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid.

It's just that the specific transfer fee has not been announced.

The joining of Cristiano Ronaldo made Real Madrid fans very excited, but Manchester United fans were quite angry. In their perception, Cristiano Ronaldo should retire at Manchester United, just like Gary Neville, Scholes and Ryan Giggs, dedicate their lives to the great Red Devils.

But... changing teams not long after winning the Champions League made Manchester United fans feel that this was a betrayal of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Therefore, Cristiano Ronaldo's luxury villa in Manchester United was attacked by Manchester United fans, and Manchester United owner and CEO Gill was also strongly blamed and attacked by fans. They believed that the club could not sell the head star even though they were reluctant to invest!

Fortunately, Manchester United coach Ferguson responded quickly and made a rescue for the team and Cristiano Ronaldo on the official website, otherwise it is very likely that the trouble will become bigger...

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Mourinho, who is on vacation, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who is preparing for the World Cup finals, cannot be interviewed, so reporters have to focus on Manchester United and Real Madrid. The transfer has become a reality, so the specific transfer fee has become the focus of the media and fans.

In fact, as early as the summer of 2008, it was rumored that Cristiano Ronaldo would transfer to Real Madrid, but for some unknown reason, it never became a reality.

After two days of frenzied reports, the news media has recovered from the excitement. They had no choice but to divert their attention and focus on the specific transfer fee when they were unable to interview the two parties. The value of a superstar like Cristiano Ronaldo who has just been crowned Champion of the Champions League must have skyrocketed.

According to the fact that Kaka who joined Real Madrid last summer was worth 500 million euros, the value of Cristiano Ronaldo, who is in full swing, will be even higher. Moreover, he is handsome and muscular, which fully conforms to the aesthetics of Western countries. The specific transfer fee will be higher than the actual value.

After the UEFA Champions League final, the German "Transfer Market" estimated the price of Cristiano Ronaldo at about 500 million pounds, but everyone knows that the price at which Manchester United sells the head star will definitely not be sold at the normal price of the transfer market.

The European mainstream media deserved to have their hands and eyes open, and they found some clues in just two days.

Of course, this is inseparable from the fact that transfer is a normal thing in European football, and it is not a core confidential document. It is easy to present the whole transfer process to everyone under the digging of interested people.

8000 million pounds!
Converted into euros is nearly 300 million euros! !

In other words, Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer fee broke the transfer fee record of Aiello's transfer to Chelsea in 2007, becoming the most valuable in transfer history.

Originally, the attention of many media and fans was still on the preparations for the World Cup finals of various countries, but the sudden sky-high transfer fee still attracted enough attention.

Inadvertently, Cristiano Ronaldo's sky-high transfer to Real Madrid also indirectly increased the hopes of Portuguese fans for Portugal to break through the death group.

When Aiello learned in Paris that Cristiano Ronaldo had transferred to Manchester United for 8000 million pounds, he was not too surprised, but he was a little upset. He originally occupied the first place in the transfer fee, but he was snatched away after three years. I feel a little uncomfortable when I think about it...

But the Chinese fans at this time did not have extra energy to focus on the exorbitant price transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo. In their minds, their own national team is more important. Two days later, No. [-] will play the last warm-up match with the French team at the Stade de France before the start of the World Cup finals, which means that the World Cup is coming...

They were very nervous.

At the same time, there is still a little worry in their hearts, because they don't know if Ai Luo will come back in time, if not, it is estimated that the Chinese team will go home after the end of the three group matches...

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The European transfer market seems to have stopped functioning after Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Real Madrid, except for small transfers.

As time passed slowly, the international friendly match between the Chinese team and the French team at the Stade de France also came quietly.

The reason why the French team chose the Chinese team as the last warm-up match before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is very simple. That is, the last warm-up match of the French team in the last World Cup was the Chinese team.

In other words, the French team hopes to kill two birds with one stone before the start of the World Cup: find confidence and bring good luck!

The Chinese team lost 1:2 to Côte d'Ivoire at the Mestalla Stadium, which made the head coach Gao Hongbo realize that it is not feasible for the Chinese team to play against world-class teams. Therefore, the tactic chosen for the pre-World Cup warm-up match against the French team at the Stade de France was defensive counterattack.

Compared with the starting lineup for Côte d'Ivoire, Gao Hongbo made two changes. The younger Jiang Zhipeng replaced Rong Hao, and Yu Hai, who had a stronger defensive awareness, replaced Wu Lei.

Speaking of this, I have to mention the final 23-man roster submitted by the Chinese team before midnight on June [-]: the goalkeepers are Wang Xiaolei, Yang Zhi and Yan Junling.

The seven guards have not changed: Jiang Zhipeng, Du Wei, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Zhao Peng, Rong Hao and Sun Xiang.

The same is true for the eight midfielders: Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi, Zhao Xuri, Shao Jia, Wu Lei, Yu Hanchao, Liu Jian and Zhang Xizhe.

The five forwards are: Gao Lin, Hao Junmin, Yu Hai, Yang Xu and Ai Luo.

In other words, Mei Fang, Zhang Chengdong and Yu Xiaobao were kicked out of the final 23-man squad in the competition.

Not long after the Chinese team submitted the 23-man roster, the list appeared in the hands of the head coaches of the other three opponents in Group D. Naturally, what they were most concerned about was whether Ai Luo would appear in the final roster.

But to their disappointment, Ailuo's name was on the list.

So...the next friendly match between the Chinese team and the French team attracted the attention of the head coach of the German team, Loew. He went to Paris to watch the warm-up match between the Chinese team and the French team in person when the German team had the last warm-up match on the second day. He hoped that Aiello would not be able to make an appearance. At that time, his German team would easily beat the Chinese team in the first round of Group D of the World Cup!

(End of this chapter)