Champion’s Heart

In the Chinese team's internal starting list, in addition to He Ying, there are also Yang Muge, who came on as a substitute against Japan but performed well, and Guo Muge, who didn't even make a substitute appearance in the last top ten game. angry. Veteran Li Fengwei, who started the last game but made a mistake and conceded a goal, was not even on the training roster for this game.

Obviously he no longer meets the requirements of the Chinese team.

But if he is taken down directly before the game, I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the public, and will also attract a lot of criticism to Gao Hongbo. But after that game, when he wanted to take down Li Fengwei, he encountered much less resistance.

Gao Hongbo took advantage of this opportunity and quietly promoted his upgrade.

The methods are no longer tough and direct, but the results are better. This may be the experience and teaching he learned when he was walking around Maicheng in Changchun.

The starting appearances of Yang Muge and Guo Nu are also uncontroversial. Both of these guys performed very well in the league that just ended and are in good shape. If you still worry about boring excuses like Will adding too many new players at once cause turmoil within the team?, then you are really stupid.

Sun Pan will also start in this game.

Although this was his first national team game, no one would question that he was not worthy of starting. This is an absolute crushing and advantage in strength.

It's the same as Zhou Yi starting in his first appearance with the national team.

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After the last meeting before the game, everyone returned to their rooms to wash up and go to bed.

Lying on the bed in the room, He Ying was tossing and turning.

Zhou Yi, who heard the noise, asked him: Are you so nervous that you can't sleep?

I'm worried that my performance tomorrow won't be worthy of the starting treatment... He Ying turned to look at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi smiled: He Ying, why do you think you can start?

I have no idea.

Of course it's because you performed well in training and team games during the training camp! Otherwise, why do you think Coach Gao wants you to continue to start? If you have his own son, why does he protect you so much? Of course it's because of you You performed well! So there is nothing to worry about. If you can start, it means that you are qualified and capable of starting. Perform well on the court. And if the east is not bright, the west is bright.

Maybe after you perform well in the national team, you will be able to get more opportunities in Barcelona?

After saying that, Zhou Yi yawned, and finally told He Ying not to think too much, and went to sleep. He wanted to fight Australia in advance in the virtual air.

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The match day finally arrived. The day started in the morning. Every Chinese fan, whether they were at work or at school, was a little distracted.

Australia is not the strongest team in this group, the strongest is Japan. This game is not the final battle to determine whether to qualify for the World Cup, but it still attracted the attention of many people.

Because even without the above two points, the important attributes of this game cannot be changed.

If the Chinese team can defeat Australia at its home court, then after four top ten games, the Chinese team will surpass the Japanese team and become the first in the group with three wins, one draw and ten points. The Japanese team has no games on this match day and they have a bye.

This is a very memorable thing - since the top ten games in 2001, the Chinese team has come to this position again, and many people will think this is a good sign.

But if the Chinese team loses to Australia at its home court, it will still be one point behind the Japanese team even though the number of games played is exactly the same as the Japanese team.

A tie is just a tie with the Japanese team.

Although the top two in the group stage can directly advance to the World Cup finals, wouldn't it be safer if you can get first place?

Before the game, everyone was still speculating whether He Ying would be taken out of the starting lineup and sit on the bench.

He Ying's fans on Weibo are constantly arguing with each other, and they are very hyped.

Media reporters are making inquiries in various ways, hoping to be the first to break the news before the starting list is announced, grab the headlines, and attract attention.

However, they had been busy for a long time and still got nothing. They could only wait until the official starting list was announced two hours before the game.

When the Chinese team just arrived at Xi'an Zhuque Stadium, the starting list was finally released and met with everyone.

After everyone saw the list, they immediately looked for He Ying's name on it.

They found it quickly.

He Ying still appeared on the starting list!

This result caused an uproar on the Internet as soon as it came out. Many netizens criticized Gao Hongbo for being stubborn, and some fans ridiculed that He Ying must be Gao Hongbo's godson. Otherwise, why would they give him a chance? He also vowed that if the Chinese team eventually loses the opportunity to enter Brazil, then Gao Hongbo's preference for He Ying must be the most important reason. Some people also called on the fans in Xi'an to put pressure on Gao Hongbo by collectively chanting Change the shadow to prevent him from going all the way in the wrong direction.

...I can see that He Ying is not in good condition, but Gao Hongbo can't see it? People are so sophisticated, haha, this is where local coaches in our country are not as good as foreign coaches. No matter how high the professional level is, they can't escape it. This circle of human relations and sophistication...

Actually, Gao Hongbo is a very stubborn person, so this is in line with his character. But what I want to say is that success is stubborn, failure is also stubborn, and stubbornness is not a good character...

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On Weibo, many keyboard masters with the level of the head coach of the Chinese national team expressed their opinions criticizing Gao Hongbo's formation.

They all gave pointers to Jiangshan, inspired words, and scolded Fang Qiu. They all sentenced He Ying to death in his heart.

The pillar of shame has been erected. They hold big iron nails and hammers in their hands, waiting for He Ying to be nailed to it as soon as the game is over.

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At 7:30 pm on October 16th, Beijing time, at Xi'an Zhuque Stadium, the referee Hassan from West Asia blew the whistle to start the game. The hustle and bustle before the game all ceased in front of this whistle. Of course, it was temporary. I'm afraid those people were lying in front of the TV screen with magnifying glasses, and they would never let go of He Ying's every move. Woolen cloth.

After the game started, everyone quickly discovered that Australia, which was playing away from home, did not retreat to its own 30-meter area and wait for the Chinese team to attack. Instead, they fought hard with the Chinese team in the midfield - —This is a bit unexpected.

Many people thought before the game that Australia might adopt a defensive counterattack style. After all, this is their away game.

Zhou Yi has become Australia's key target.

Everyone soon discovered that no matter where Zhou Yi appeared in the midfield, as soon as he got the ball, four players wearing Australian jerseys would appear next to him. They were not far away from Zhou Yi, ranging from three to five meters. Not even close, he just surrounded Zhou Yi directly in the middle, cutting off his connection with other Chinese team players.

The positions of these four people are very obvious, as obvious as Orion in the night sky. As long as the weather is good, you can definitely see them when you look up.

And they didn't just divide the space around Zhouyi like this. Australia's head coach Osijek must have watched the Champions League game when Dortmund challenged Manchester City away.

Australian players took great action against Zhou Yi. Australian players are inherently strong and physically dominant. When they specifically want to take advantage of their physical strength, it becomes even more difficult.

Moreover, it is no secret that Zhou Yi was injured in the game against Manchester City. Therefore, if the Australian players make bigger moves, they can make Zhou Yi retreat in spite of difficulties and make him involuntarily choose to avoid, thereby losing possession of the ball.

As long as Zhou Yi can't perform well, it will limit the entire Chinese team.

As long as Zhou Yi is restricted, it will not be an unreachable task for Australia to take away three points from the Chinese team's home court.

In fact, during the game, Zhou Yi did not play very smoothly because of Australia's various measures against Zhou Yi.

In the first seven minutes of the game, he was kicked over twice, the second time by Australian forward Sirosco.

The referee Hassan showed Silosco a yellow card.

And the whole Suzaku Stadium was not booed, but uniformly: You are a thief!!

The people of Xi'an greeted the Australian guests from afar with their simplicity and enthusiasm. (To be continued.)