Champion’s Heart

Chinese fans hope that the Chinese team can come back and defeat the Iraqi national team at home.

But the final result was that the Chinese team played 1:1 with Iraq at home, and the two sides shook hands and made a draw.

This result was not very acceptable, so after the game, the fans in the stands were a little resentful - this was at our home court, and we couldn't win it at our home court. Do we still expect to win it in the away game? Opponent?

When Zhou Yi was interviewed after the game, he also talked about the draw: We are also very sorry that we failed to win. They are very tenacious and Iraq is a respectable opponent. But this does not mean that we cannot win. Qualifying for the Asian region. I don’t think we need to worry too much, the World Cup qualifying is a very long process, and this is only the top 20.

Are you worried until the end that today's draw will actually be a turning point? a reporter asked.

Not at all. Zhou Yi shook his head and answered firmly.

Finally, Zhou Yi waved to the reporters and said with a smile: Don't be a frightened bird. The wind and cranes are shaking, and the grass and trees are all in danger.

After that, he said goodbye to the reporters and walked away.

The idiom is used very smoothly...

After all, I am a high school student. I was supposed to take the college entrance examination...

The reporters started talking.

But it's a pity that we couldn't win Iraq at home. If we could win, we would have a lot more room for maneuver...

Actually, I think what Zhou Yi said makes sense. And I think everyone has overlooked one point - don't think that just because we won the Asian Cup runner-up, we think this team is already strong. In fact, there is no obvious improvement in strength. . Everyone knows how the runner-up in the Asian Cup came to be. There is an element of luck, and Zhou Yi also contributes a lot. But how can we always count on Zhou Yi alone? In fact, there are already such clues in this game. Someone analyzed , and what he said was clear and logical, and everyone thought it made sense after hearing it.

After all, they are all professional reporters in the football circle, so they still have some professional qualities.

Before the Asian Cup, Gao Hongbo claimed that the Chinese team was the third-rate team in Asia. The media criticized him verbally. It does not mean that the media think the Chinese team is really the first-rate team in Asia. They just feel that before the competition, they cannot say such words that destroy their own ambitions.

After the Chinese team won the Asian Cup, many people felt that this did not mean that the strength of Chinese football had improved.

The result of a competition often cannot explain anything, and determining the football level of a country is the result of a very complex and multi-faceted consideration. For example, the Greek team won the European Cup in 2004, but can we say that Greek football is top-notch in Europe? If the Greek team can become the favorite to win the European Cup after that championship, it can be said that. But in fact it doesn’t, so it’s called “Greek mythology”. Since it’s a myth, it can’t appear often.

Therefore, the level of Chinese football cannot be explained by the results of one Asian Cup, but by the long-term performance in multiple events.

If the Chinese team can reach the finals of the World Cup in Brazil and not miss every subsequent World Cup finals, then it can be said that the strength of Chinese football has become stronger.

Moreover, the problem exposed by the Chinese team in this game is also obvious, that is, over-reliance on Zhouyi.

At the post-match press conference, Gao Hongbo was asked by reporters about Zhou Yi dependence syndrome.

Zhou Yi is the core of the team, and his importance is of course self-evident. But the performance of other players is equally important. Football is a team sport. Of course, the Chinese team is not very strong now. I have always said that our football The level is not strong in Asia. Chinese football still has a long way to go, and this game is just one step.

Gao Hongbo answered reporters’ questions.

He did not directly admit that the national team has a certain degree of Zhouyi dependence, because in that case, it would be a disguised admission that other players in the national team are not worthy of Zhouyi, which would be harmful to the unity of the team.

In fact, he knows in his heart that it is difficult for some players in the national team to cooperate with Zhou Yi. This is no secret, just look at Zhou Yi's performance in Dortmund and in the national team.

In Dortmund, Zhou Yi has excellent teammates to help him, and his performance is like a duck in water. In the national team, it will inevitably be difficult for him to play the leading role.

Zhou Yi is an organizational midfielder, not a charging player. He needs the cooperation of excellent teammates. It’s not that Gao Hongbo doesn’t know this. It’s just that a good woman can’t make a meal without rice. There are only these outstanding players in the country, and there is nothing more to be found. .

Of course, he is also paying attention to the Olympic team, but the current tasks of the Olympic team are not lighter than those of the national team. It is impossible for him to transfer those young players from the Olympic team to the national team. In that case, Blazevic I will definitely be anxious with myself...

You must know that the final group stage of the Asian Olympic Qualifiers has begun. The Olympic team had a bad start in the first game and lost to the South Korean Olympic team 1:2 in an away game. So Blazevic is also under a lot of pressure.

In order to be able to recruit Olympic players who play in Europe, Blazevic also used his connections in Europe, hoping that those clubs would release them.

Because the Olympic team's games are not strictly speaking international A-level events and there is no dedicated national team game day, the game time conflicts with the European leagues.

For example, the match against the South Korean team kicked off at 7 o'clock in the evening on September 21, Beijing time, and the fifth round of La Liga between Atletico Madrid and Sporting Gijon at home was also on the evening of September 21, Beijing time. , this is very embarrassing...

Because Sun Pan, the main goalkeeper of the Olympic team, is also the main goalkeeper of Atletico Madrid.

The goalkeeper, who was loaned by Atletico Madrid in the summer, performed very well in the summer warm-up match, ousting Asenjo and becoming Atletico Madrid's main goalkeeper. Therefore, Atletico Madrid is not willing to let Sun Pan go back to compete.

If Blazevic hadn't still had some connections in European football, the Chinese Football Association might have had a lawsuit with Atletico Madrid.

Similar to Sun Pan, there is Guo Nu. This season, Inter Milan used him as a transfer addition to Nagatomo Yuto. Guo Nu was traded to Cesena. After coming to Cesena, he was still in the first round of the league. As a substitute, he became the starter at the beginning of the second round. After playing two consecutive starts, his performance has conquered the officials and coaches of the Chinasee Club, as well as the fans.

It seems that he is a person that Inter Milan does not want, but he has found a stable opportunity to play in Cesena.

In the fourth round of Serie A, Cesena plays Lazio at home, which happens to be on the evening of September 21st, Beijing time, but Guo Nu has to participate in the Olympic team game and will miss this Serie A match.

In the end, Cesena, without Guo Nu, lost to Lazio 1:2 at their home court, which proved Guo Nu's status in this team from one aspect.

He Ying's situation is slightly different from the first two, but that's just because the time of his Valladolid match does not overlap with the match time of the Chinese Olympic team. After being loaned to Valladolid from Barcelona's youth team this season, little attention was paid to the group photos of him playing in the Spanish Second Division, but this low-key environment seems to have no effect on his performance.

After five rounds of the Spanish Second Division, he started three times and came on as a substitute twice, scoring two goals. Moreover, the two opportunities he had as a substitute were in the first two rounds of the league, which means that since then, he has started every game for three consecutive rounds.

Yang Muge has not played a single game in Schalke 04 and is a marginal figure in the first team, so this will have the least impact on him.

So why did the Olympic team, which has two main players in La Liga and Serie A, a main player in La Liga, and a first-team player in the Bundesliga, lose to the South Korean Olympic team in an away game?

After the game, Blazevic believed that the continuous running around made the team's main players not in the best physical condition. In addition, away games are inherently difficult, so it is normal for the Chinese Olympic team to lose. . And the Olympic team also scored an away goal, Blazevic is proud of this.

It is worth mentioning that the person who scored the only goal for the Chinese team was He Ying.

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After the game in Iraq, Zhou Yi left China and returned to Dortmund.

The next national team game will not be until one month later on November 11th. The Chinese team will go to an away game to challenge Iraq. Four days later, they will go to an away game to challenge Singapore.

After these two games, the Chinese team only has one game left with Jordan. But maybe at that time, it was already clear whether the national team could break into the final top ten...

After returning to Dortmund, Zhou Yi helped Dortmund defeat Werder Bremen 2:0 in the away game.

Chinese media commented that Zhou Yi in Dortmund is simply a more powerful version than Zhou Yi in the national team.

This is a fact.

Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, Dortmund has won three consecutive games since the seventh round of the league, allowing the team to gain 18 league points and jump from ninth to second in the rankings.

Now, the only one above them is Bayern Munich with 22 points. (To be continued.)