Vol 6 Chapter 1: Time to enter the World Cup

"Half a month before the opening of the World Cup, the local internationals who have played in the Super League have completed their assembly in Guangzhou. The Lippi coach revealed that after waiting for several players from Europe to return to the team, the team's sprint preparation plan will begin. Before welcoming Côte d’Ivoire, the first opponent of the World Cup, the Chinese team will have a warm-up match with Saudi Arabia at home. After arriving in Brazil, they will also have a final warm-up with the European powerhouse Croatia and the South American strong team Chile... It is reported that Lippi will After the warm-up match with Saudi Arabia, the final list of twenty-three men who will eventually make it to the World Cup is finalized."
"Zhou Tiancheng, Jiang Hao, Hao Junmin, Ming Tao and four Bundesliga returnees appeared together at the Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou. The four talked and laughed, and several people expressed strong confidence in the World Cup. Zhou Tiancheng only had one understatement: the goal is to break Out! At the same time, we noticed that Zhou Tiancheng’s left shoulder has never recovered from the injury. It seems that the majority of fans can increase their expectations for this World Cup. The Golden Globe winner leads the Chinese team with seven overseas returnees. Never repeat the mistakes of the 02 World Cup."
　　 Entering the end of May, with the end of the five major leagues, CCTV has focused all its attention on the World Cup report.
CCTV's five sports channels One morning, when the audience turned on the TV to lock the channel, they found out unexpectedly that the station logo became a sign of the Hercules Cup-in the next month, it will be officially renamed the World Cup The special channel follows the practice of the Olympic Games every four years.
Of course, only this World Cup has this kind of investment. The 32 World Cup Tournaments are played in a loop every day, especially the three opponents of the Chinese team Group C, Côte d’Ivoire, Greece and Colombia, have received special attention. According to CCTV The prediction, defeating the aging of the lineup, Greece's obvious decline in strength should be very promising, as for the African veteran powerhouse Côte d'Ivoire and the main youth storm Colombia, striving for a draw still looks very playful.
　　 CCTV's attitude is actually self-evident. The Chinese team seems to have a good chance to stand out from this group.
　　 The high expectations of the media are understandable, but this atmosphere makes the fans vaguely worried: so optimistic, are you sure? Are you sure that it is not a replica of the 02 World Cup "winning Costa Rica, even Turkey, and losing to Brazil"?
　　History lessons are vividly visible. Although the Football Association seems to be smart this time, it hasn't talked about any goals yet, but using CCTV to shift its focus does not represent an attitude.
　　 But as for the national team...
　　As the media saw at the airport, Zhou Tiancheng and Jiang Hao, Hao Junmin and Ming Tao were talking and laughing. It seemed that they were just going home for vacation, and they could not see that this was the way to the big scene.
　　Jiang Hao came up with a light hammer on Zhou Tiancheng's chest. Zhou Tiancheng subconsciously hid, and the fist fell on his left shoulder.
　　 Zhou Tiancheng's painful expression suddenly made several people's faces serious.
　　 "What's the matter, brother, isn't it good?"
　　 "Doesn't matter? Chengge, I'll be cured if I'm sick. It's not a problem to hold on hard."
　　 "I blame you, Hiroko, and don't say hello."
Jiang Hao looked straight, and turned back to Zhou Tiancheng: "blame me? You didn't tell us, I said, really, Xiao Tao was right, Brother Cheng, can you do it? Don't go to the World Cup when the time comes, If you fall on the court, it will be hilarious."
　　Zhou Tiancheng raised his eyebrows: "What about cursing me? Isn't that right? The time to show your ability is up. When you are on your team, you will be so relaxed, and sure that this spirit is not a normal foot."
　　Jiang Hao smiled: "That's not because you are here, brother, as long as you feed me cakes and feed comfortably, I think it's just that the group is too small to look at us."
　　Zhou Tiancheng nodded and said, "I'm fine, as long as you are not afraid of dying."
　　 Their mentality is relaxed, but the fans are brushing the news of the national team every day, and the tension and devotion can not be compared with them.
　　A little bit of turmoil is enough to start a big discussion in the circle of football posts.
"News from the reporter of the national team and teammates. On the first day of the team's tactical joint training, Lippi focused on the random switching of the three formations of 2, 4-3-3, and proposed a defense system for the Chinese team. With higher requirements, Lippi, who has rich experience, does not seem to be prepared to hope for the Chinese team’s strong offensive firepower, and pay more attention to complementing the short board offensive and defensive balance. This is the experience he used to reach the peak on the World Cup stage."
　　 Such news The first reaction of the fans is: it still depends on Zhou Tiancheng.
　　 "Really distressed brother, according to this rhythm, the first game would have to count on him to fight desperately with the gang of black bosses in the midfield."
　　 "What is strength support? Hahaha, can I say Lippi is holding his thighs too? I have less study, I am wrong and ask for light spray..."
　　 "No problem, isn't the player's thighs used for hugs? Did Lippi also hold the thighs of Cannavaro and Pirlo in the 2006 World Cup? It is lucky to have thigh hugs, can he still get on his own?"
　　 "Hah, he went? He really can't..."
　　 But Lippi's role in the coach seat, his vision is very unique. On the first day of training, strictly speaking, most people cannot achieve the intensity he requires.
　　 But Lippi is not in a hurry~EbookFREE.me~ Even if training is interrupted, he should first instill confidence in everyone.
This is very necessary for the Chinese team. Except Lippi himself, this team knows nothing about the World Cup. When the Chinese team last played in the World Cup, Zheng Zhi’s ability was completely sufficient. The strength of a large number of internationals is not inferior to him, young is his only regret at the time. Milu Borg was called from the National Youth into the side-track fast Maqubo, he believes that in the midfield should be based on experience.
Lippi looked at everyone and said,
I don’t think there’s anything special about the World Cup. Many of you have faced the top giants in Asia and even Europe. On the stage of the World Cup, it’s just that the opponents are replaced by national teams. That's all. My requirements for you will not change. In the next period of time, I will demand to strengthen our characteristics and learn to control the ball. When you can be confident and bold about yourself, the control and operation of the entire team , Even Brazil has to retreat."
　　 Lippi set the tone for the preparation and participation of the entire World Cup. But since he said this, reporters are not particularly clear about the national team's preparations. Every day is only a limited time to open training to the media.
　　 This makes the old topic that the media moved out continue to ferment. Twenty-three rosters, tactics... All kinds of problems can't be seen before the warm-up match.
　　 But the national team did not feel as nervous as the outside world imagined. Although the preparations are closed, the outside is tight and the inside is loose.
　　 Time to enter the World Cup, for the young Chinese team, this is the most favorable rhythm.
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