big mouth ball king

Chapter 385 The Arrogant Australian
"Mr. Graham, is Asian football weaker than you think?"

The head coach of Australia smiled slightly, "We joined the AFC just to play more games, including the World Cup."

"Do you think Australia will be a frequent visitor to the World Cup from now on?"

Graham chuckled and seemed to have answered in the affirmative.

Since Australia joined the AFC in 2005, Australia no longer needs to compete with South America for a place in the World Cup.

In the allocation of FIFA World Cup places, Oceania has only half of the places, which means that they need to play a play-off with No.5 in South America to compete for a place in the World Cup.

For example, Australia won the 2006 World Cup in Germany because they eliminated the fifth place in South America-Uruguay, which is really a waste of effort.

Australia's joining the AFC is of course a good thing for the improvement of the level of Asian football, and of course it has moved some people's cheese, one of which is some West Asian teams.

The overall strength of West Asia is already weak compared to Japan and South Korea, and now with Australia joining the league, it is tantamount to directly squeezing their World Cup places.

But the arrogant Australians don't seem to care, what they care about is that they can easily participate in the World Cup in the future.

"I know a lot of people are jealous of Australia, but if we can win the Asian Cup, doesn't that say it all?"

The reporter laughed: "Mr. Graham, Australia has not won the Asian Cup yet."

"Haha, sooner or later."

Graham's arrogance is also costly. Look at the composition of his players, Kewell who played for Liverpool in the Premier League, Viduka who played for Newcastle, and Everton's main player Cahill.

There is also Middlesbrough's goalkeeper Schwarzer, as well as some players who play in the British Championship. Such a lineup can really go sideways in Asia.

"I'm a professional coach. I'm used to using the championship to shut up those who make irresponsible remarks. I think all doubts about Australia will subside after the game, and no one will blame the Asian champion team."

The words of the Australian head coach immediately angered many people.

We welcome high-level teams to come to Asia, but when they come with the attitude of conquerors, Asians are naturally upset. Geographically speaking, Australia does not belong to Asia.

But the reality is that, starting from the group stage, Australia went all the way through and finally reached the final. It seems that nothing can stop them from winning the championship. At this time, the whole of Asia is on the side of the Chinese team.

China is the most traditional Asian country. Wouldn't it be perfect if it could stop the Australian kangaroos in the final?

and so……

Suddenly there were several times more reporters outside the Chinese team's resident to film the Chinese team's training.

The Chinese team moved to Jakarta two days ago, and it is more humid and hot than Kuala Lumpur, making it very uncomfortable.

Zhu Guanghu reduced the amount of training to prevent the players from heatstroke.

Tang Zhenglong was eating popsicles on the sidelines, a reporter greeted Tang Zhenglong, "Tang..."

"Don."

Tang Zhenglong saw it, but pretended not to.

Han Peng came over, holding a handful of popsicles, "Brother Long, what flavor do you want?"

Tang Zhenglong looked at it and said, "Don't eat it. If you eat too much iced food, your stomach will hurt."

Han Peng was taken aback for a moment. He was in good health and rarely had stomach pains since he was a child.

"Brother Long, I have a question."

"Say."

"You said if your stomach hurts halfway through the game, what should you do?"

Tang Zhenglong thought for a while, "Good question!"

"Really?" Han Peng chuckled.

"It's your size, why don't you think about how to score goals!"

Han Peng lowered his head, like a child who has done something wrong, "With Brother Long here, scoring goals is not a problem at all."

"Makes sense."

Tang Zhenglong picked out a mango-flavored one, "Then let's have another one."

At the end of the training, Zhu Guanghu couldn't laugh or cry. The safe passage behind the stadium was blocked by reporters.

"Okay, don't offend the reporters, just leave Tang Zhenglong to them."

The assistant coach smiled wryly, "Will that be dangerous?"

"What does it matter to me that a reporter is in danger?"

……

"I mean, is Tang Zhenglong in danger?" But the words were rotten in his stomach, obviously Zhu Guanghu was not worried that Tang Zhenglong would be in danger at all.

"I've been waiting for a long time, do you want popsicles?"

The reporter was dumbfounded, Tang Zhenglong had a popsicle in his mouth, and he didn't have anything extra, so could it be that you gave us what was left in your mouth?
"Haha, no more, you eat."

"Okay, I'll eat it myself."

"The weather here is really hot. I can only survive on popsicles."

"Haha, Tang, you are so humorous. Although Indonesia is backward, there are still air conditioners in the hotel."

……

A reporter saw that the topic was off track, and immediately corrected it, "Don, Australians look down on Asian football. Do you think they should be kicked out of the AFC?"

Tang Zhenglong thought for a while and said, "No, I think it's the opposite. Instead, we should admit more football powers into the AFC. For example, Turkey is a good choice."

shocked!
Turkey?

That is a real football powerhouse, the No.3 team in the World Cup, coming to Asia?How do other people mess up?
"I know what you are thinking? Let me ask you, why am I the number one shooter in Asia?"

"..."

"Because you play in Europe?"

"Correct."

"Because I play football in Germany, when I come back to abuse Asian teams, it's like chopping melons and cutting vegetables. How can Asian football develop if it has been in an environment that lacks competition for a long time?"

Everyone understands that Tang Zhenglong is more arrogant than the Australians.

"Don, why do you look down on Asian football like the Australians? You are an authentic Asian."

"Let me ask you a question, in the World Cup, will other teams not abuse you because you are from Asia?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Will FIFA give you an extra spot because you are an Asian team?"

The reporters still shook their heads.

"Will I not pretend I didn't hear you calling me because you've been waiting outside for so long?"

……

"come'on."

"Everyone is an adult. Even if Australia is kicked out, nothing will change. Anyway, the championship is mine."

……

It's gone, it's gone.

There is no harm if there is no comparison. Compared with Tang Zhenglong, the Australian coach Graham Arnold is actually a good guy.

"Why are you gone?"

"I haven't finished my popsicle yet!"

"so fast?"

Han Peng came over again to hand out popsicles.

"What brand of popsicle is this? It's delicious. Let's buy some to take home when we go home."

(End of this chapter)