Champion’s Heart

Although the Brazilian team is no longer as strong as before, this does not mean that the Chinese team can easily win.

In fact, Lippi was fully prepared.

On the one hand, it would be great if the battle could be resolved during regular game time.

On the other hand, we must also consider what should we do if the game is dragged into overtime or a penalty shootout?

Especially the penalty shootout.

Therefore, after entering the knockout rounds, penalty kick training has become the repertoire of every training session of the Chinese team.

Of course, penalty kicks are a test of psychological quality, but at the same time, active training is also needed to improve the ability to shoot penalty kicks. People tend to ignore the impact of technology on penalty kicks. The importance of psychological quality does not mean that only good psychological quality is required and other abilities are not required.

If you usually masturbate when shooting, how can you guarantee that you won't masturbate under heavy pressure?

In addition, psychological quality can actually be trained.

Continuously practice penalty kicks to make the Chinese team players familiar with it, and they will be much better when they actually face penalty kicks.

After the last training session before the game, Lippi said to his players: We are not afraid of Brazil, but we cannot underestimate them. This is their home court after all. Don't underestimate their determination to win the championship at their home court. We You have to keep causing problems for them during the game, but you also have to be prepared to withstand huge pressure. This will not be an easy game... In fact, when it comes to the World Cup, no game is easy to play. . I believe you have fully realized this through the first three group matches.

Lippi stood in the middle of the court, while the players and staff of the Chinese team formed a circle around him.

Outside the training ground, a large number of media from China were filming the Chinese team's last training before the game.

Some people say we were just unlucky to meet the hosts after reaching the knockout stages. But I don't think so, I think it's an absolutely great opportunity for us. There's nothing better than going to the fans in front of a fanatical host nation. What's more exciting than eliminating the host country? If you do it, you will all be engraved in the history of the World Cup forever. I firmly believe that we have this ability. If the outside world doesn't believe it...that's fine, let us give them a surprise.

Everyone has a good rest tonight. We will not have any more tactical meetings. Everyone must ensure adequate sleep and rest, and be in good physical and mental shape. Then prepare for the game.

Okay, dismissed!

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Outside the training ground, Zhou Yi was stopped by reporters. Everyone wanted to hear what prospects or plans he had for tomorrow's game as the captain of the Chinese team.

We will try our best to win. This will definitely not be our last game in the World Cup. Zhou Yi said seriously.

The aggressive attitude shown by Zhou Yi surprised the reporters. Most of the time, when Zhou Yi appears in front of the media cameras, his words are ambiguous, so that you can't find fault, but you will also feel that he said a lot of correct nonsense.

But this time, he did not continue his usual image in front of the media, but was very aggressive.

Such an unequivocal declaration of victory in advance was jarring to the ears of a few Brazilian media outlets.

One of the Brazilian reporters asked Zhou Yi in unskilled Mandarin: I'm sorry, I don't know if I understood it correctly. Did you just mean that you will eliminate Brazil?

Zhou Yi spread his hands: What else? Am I going to say that we will be eliminated by Brazil?

The Brazilian reporter did not ask any more questions, but showed a strange smile on his face.

He seemed not to believe Zhou Yi's statement.

Of course, his expression was noticed by Zhou Yi, but Zhou Yi didn't say much and smiled at him.

In addition to this issue, Zhou Yi also talked about the referee issue tactfully: I know this is Brazil's home court and they are the host. Why did many people think before the game that we were destined to lose? Because they knew that we met the host, the host I don’t need to say more about the specific advantages of it, right?”

Chinese reporters all know that Zhou Yi is talking about the refereeing issue. After all, Brazil is the host country, so it is inevitable that the referee will be biased.

Why did Zhou Yi say this?

As the captain of the Chinese national team, he certainly has the obligation to say these words that may anger the host country, to remind the referee, to create pressure from public opinion, and to avoid the referee being too biased in favor of the host country during the game.

This is an offending thing, and it doesn't fit well with Zhou Yi's usual character setting, but at this time he was the only one to stand up and speak out.

After Zhou Yi left, media reporters had a heated discussion about Zhou Yi's words and attitude. Some reporters thought that Zhou Yi said this to boost the team's confidence and morale. You can't be timid before fighting, right? It's quite normal.

But some people have different opinions on this.

It is true that Zhou Yi rarely expresses his position like this, but it is not unprecedented. A reporter reminded everyone. Just this season that just ended, do you still remember what Zhou Yi said to reporters? He said they would win the league championship. At that time, everyone thought Zhou Yi was talking nonsense, and some people were surprised that Zhou Yi made such a statement about aggression. But the result What? Dortmund won the league title and the Champions League.

The reporter spread his hands, and the others fell silent.

Zhou Yi is not the kind of big talker who talks a lot. Most of the time, he smiles and is kind to others. But because of this, when he occasionally shows his fangs, it probably means that he is really determined to win.

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On the night before the game, Brazil's major TV stations were paying attention to the match between the Brazilian team and the Chinese team.

What Zhou Yi said in an interview with reporters before the game was naturally the focus of attention.

... Zhou Yi, the star player of the Chinese national team, said in an interview with our reporter before the game that they will definitely defeat the Brazilian team and advance to the quarterfinals... Our reporter asked him for confirmation, and he also confirmed this personally. . I think the Chinese team has indeed made history by being able to reach the knockout stage, but the group stage and the knockout rounds are completely different. Maybe it’s because the Chinese team has never played in the knockout rounds of the World Cup before, so it has this idea about the knockout rounds. …”

Chinese team? Brazilian fans must be unfamiliar, right? But in fact, we actually played against them in the World Cup. What was the score of that game? Let me think about it...ah, it was 4:0, Of course, the winner is us... Now the two sides meet again in the World Cup, let us relive the history of the confrontation between Brazil and China in the World Cup...

Zhou Yi said they are going to eliminate the host? Sorry, let me laugh for a moment... We are the host, and our goal is the World Cup championship, not reaching the quarterfinals... Of course, if it is the Table Tennis World Cup now, as a Chinese I’m not surprised at all to say this… By the way, is there a World Cup for table tennis?”

In the past season, Zhou Yi performed well and helped Dortmund win the league championship and the Champions League. Perhaps such honors made him a little carried away, forgetting that his teammates in Dortmund and his teammates in the Chinese team are completely different. The Chinese team's The strength of other players is completely incomparable with other Dortmund players...

The Chinese team does have several players who play in Europe. In addition to Zhou Yi, He Ying and Sun Pan are also noteworthy players. But I still don't think that with such a lineup, the Chinese team can compete with Brazil. We But it’s the kingdom of football!”

We are the host, we are a world-class football team... So, can you imagine that a first-class host will stop at the top 16?

Zhou Yi is still worried about the referee? What a villain... We in Brazil do not need to rely on the help of any referees. Brazil has never won a game because of the referee's care in history!

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In addition to the Brazilian media, Chinese media and netizens are also paying close attention to this game. The video of Zhou Yi being interviewed is not a sensitive video that cannot be shown. Everyone can see it and everyone knows what Zhou Yi said.

This time, both the media and the fans naturally stood by Zhou Yi's side. Although their reasons may vary.

There are people who are crazy fans of Zhou Yi. He thinks whatever Zhou Yi says is right and supports it without reservation.

After rational analysis, some people believe that Zhou Yi, as the captain of the national team, can only say this at this time. Maybe he may not agree with his words in his heart, but for the morale and confidence of the team and the overall situation, he cannot express it casually. Your true inner thoughts.

But no matter what the reason is, this approach is correct and normal. Any statement that ridicules Zhou Yi and the national team will be immediately flooded with saliva from netizens and fans as long as it appears on the Internet.

It is true that there are such blind people, but these people are people who don't watch football very much, and they are not even fake fans, so they have no idea what the situation is now. The reason why they participate in the World Cup discussion is purely to gain popularity, and they will do whatever it takes to become popular.

In the past, making fun of the Chinese national men's football team was a guaranteed profit and risk-free thing. It could not only gain popularity, but also gain a lot of support.

But now, anyone who does this will immediately die on the Internet and die horribly.

They are indeed popular, but everyone who mentions their names has to add idiot to the comment.

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On the eve of the game, Zhou Yi conducted a simulated game in the virtual world for the last time.

He simulated a total of eight games. In the eight games, the Chinese team won three, drew one and lost four.

Slightly downwind.

But Zhou Yi didn't think this result was bad.

This ratio is almost the same as the results of his simulations in the previous few days.

This shows that the Chinese team and the current Brazilian team can almost tie. This conclusion is very stable and has no ups and downs.

So the winning rate of the Chinese team is not as good as that of Brazil, does it mean that the Chinese team cannot win?

Zhou Yi certainly didn't think so.

In determining the outcome of a game, strength is important, on-the-spot performance is also important, and even luck is important.

Zhou Yi has made all the preparations, and the next step is to perform well in the real game.

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