Vol 6 Chapter 38: Speech

Although the strength of the Brazilian team has been much worse than before, it does not mean that the Chinese team can easily win.
In fact, Lippi was fully prepared.
On the one hand, it would of course be good if the battle could be resolved during regular game time.
On the other hand, what should we do if the game is dragged into overtime or penalty shootout?
Especially the penalty shootout.
So after entering the knockout game, penalty training has become a reserved program for every training session of the Chinese team.
Penalties are of course a test of psychological quality, but at the same time also need to improve the ability to shoot penalties through active training. People tend to ignore the impact of technology on penalty kicks. The importance of psychological qualities does not mean that only good psychological qualities are needed, but other abilities are not required.
If you usually shoot a plane when you shoot, how can you ensure that you will not hit a plane under heavy pressure?
In addition, psychological qualities can actually be trained.
Continuous penalties are practiced to familiarize the Chinese players, and they will be much better when they actually face penalties.
After the last training session before the game, Lippi said to his players: "We are not afraid of Brazil, but we can't take them lightly. After all, this is their home court. Don't underestimate their determination to win at home. We To keep them in trouble during the game, but also to be prepared to withstand great pressure. This will not be an easy and easy game... In fact, coming to the World Cup, no game is easy and easy to play Yes, I believe that through the first three group matches, you have fully realized this."
Lippi stood in the middle of the court, while the Chinese players and staff formed a circle and surrounded him.
Outside the training ground, there are a large number of media from China shooting long shots and short guns before the Chinese team's last training session.
"Some people say that we met the host after entering the knockout stage, which is really bad luck. But I don’t think so, I think this is an absolute good opportunity for us. What is better than going to the fan in front of the fanatic host Is it even more exciting to eliminate the host? If you do, 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 does not believe... that’s right, let us surprise them."
"Everyone has a good rest tonight, we will not have any tactical meetings. Everyone must ensure adequate sleep and rest, good physical strength and spirit. Then prepare for the game. Well, disband!"
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Outside the training ground, Zhou Yi was stopped by reporters. Everyone would like to hear what he has to look forward to or plan for as the captain of the Chinese team for tomorrow's game.
"We will try our best to win, this will definitely not be our last game in the World Cup." Zhou Yi said very seriously.
The aggressive attitude shown by Zhou Yi surprised the reporters. Most of the time, Zhou Yi, who appears in front of the media lens, is that kind of ambiguous speech, so that you can't pick out the fault, but also think he said a lot of correct nonsense.
But this time, instead of continuing his usual image in front of the media, he was very aggressive.
Such a decisive announcement of victory in advance, so that a few Brazilian media listen to some harsh ears.
One of the Brazilian journalists asked Zhou Yi in unskilled Mandarin: "I'm sorry, I don't know if I got it wrong, did you just mean that you will eliminate Brazil?"
Zhou Yi spread his hand: "Otherwise? Do I have to say that we will be eliminated from Brazil?"
The Brazilian journalist asked no more questions, but a strange smile appeared on his face.
He doesn't seem to believe Zhou Yi's statement.
Of course, his expression was also seen in Zhou Yi's eyes, but Zhou Yi did not say much and smiled at him.
In addition to this question, Zhou Yi also talked about the refereeing problem: "I know this is the home of Brazil, they are the host. Why do many people think we lost before the game? Because they know that we met the host, the host What are the specific advantages of this, so I don’t need to say more?

Chinese reporters all understand that Zhou Yi is talking about refereeing. After all, Brazil is the host and it is inevitable that the referee will be biased.
Why did Zhou Yi say this?
As the captain of the Chinese national team, of course he is obliged to say these words that may anger the host, to remind the referee, create public opinion pressure, and avoid the referee from being too partial to the host in the game.
This is an offense, and it doesn't fit Zhou Yi's usual character set, but this is the only time he stood up and said.
After Zhou Yi left, the media reporters started a heated discussion about Zhou Yi's words and attitudes. Some reporters think that Zhou Yi said this to boost the confidence and morale of the team. Can't you be timid without fighting? It's quite normal.
But some people have different opinions.
"Zhou Yi does rarely make such a statement, but it's not that it never happened." A reporter reminded everyone. "Just this week just ended, do you remember what Zhou Yi said to reporters? He said they would win the league championship. At that time, everyone thought that Zhou Yi was a fool, and some people were surprised that Zhou Yi was so aggressive in his speech. But the result What? Dortmund won the league title and also won the Champions League."
The reporter spread his hands, and the others were silent.
Zhou Yi is not the kind of big mouth full of guns, most of the time he is smiling and friendly. But because of this, when he occasionally reveals his fangs, I am afraid that he is really determined to get it.
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The night before the game, the main Brazilian television stations were watching this match between Brazil and China.
Zhou Yi's remarks in an interview before the game were naturally the focus of attention.
"... Zhou Yi, the star of the Chinese national team, said in an interview with our reporter before the game that they will definitely beat the Brazilian team and advance to the quarterfinals... Our reporter confirmed to him that he also confirmed it personally. .. I think that the Chinese team has made history in the knockout stage, but the group stage and the knockout are completely different. Perhaps because the Chinese team has never played in the World Cup knockout before, it is this way of thinking about the knockout. ..."
"The Chinese team? Brazilian fans must be very strange? But we actually played against them in the World Cup. What was the score of that game? Let me think about it... Ah, it’s 4:0, Of course, the winner is us...Now the two sides meet again at 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 while... We are the host, our goal is to win the World Cup, not to reach the quarterfinals... Of course, if it is now the Table Tennis World Cup, as a Chinese I’m not surprised to say that...but then, is there a World Cup in table tennis?"
"In the past season, Zhou Yi has performed very well, helping Dortmund to win the league championship and the Champions League. Perhaps this honor made him a bit smug, forgetting that his teammates in Dortmund and the Chinese team can be completely different. The Chinese team’s The strength of other players is completely incomparable with other players in Dortmund..."
"The Chinese team does have several players who play in Europe. In addition to Zhou Yi, He Ying and Sun Pan are also notable players. But I still don’t think that with this lineup, the Chinese team can compete with our Brazil. We But the football kingdom!"
"We are the host, we are the world's top football team...so, can you imagine that the first-class host will stop at the top 16?"
"Zhou Yi is still worried about the referee? It's really a villain's heart... We in Brazil don't need to rely on the help of any referee, and Brazil has never won a game in the history of Brazil because of the referee's care!"
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In addition to Brazilian media, Chinese media and netizens are also very concerned about this game. The video interviewed by Zhou Yi is not a sensitive video that cannot be placed. Everyone can see and know what Zhou Yi said.
This time, both the media and the fans naturally stood by Zhou Yi. Although their reasons may vary.
Someone is Zhou Yi's brain fan. What Zhou Yi said, he thought it was right, and he must support it without reservation.
Some people rationally analyzed that Zhou Yi, as the captain of the national team, can only say so at this time. Perhaps he may not agree with his words in his heart, but for the morale and confidence of the team, he takes the overall situation as the priority and he cannot express it casually. The true thoughts within yourself.
But for whatever reason, this approach is correct, and it is normal. Any ridicule of Zhou Yi and the national team will be overwhelmed by the tide of netizen fans as long as they appear on the Internet.
There are indeed such people who are not open-minded, but these people are usually people who don't watch the ball very much, and even "pseudo-fans" are not counted, so they don't understand what is happening now. The reason why they participate in the discussion of the World Cup is purely to rub the heat and want to be popular without any means.
In the past, mocking China's national men's football team was a profit-making and risk-free thing, which could not only be popular, but also get a lot of support.
But now, people who do this will immediately cross the corpse network and die terribly.
They are really red, but everybody mentions their name by saying "stupid".
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On the eve of the game, Zhou Yi played the last simulation game in the virtual world~EbookFREE.me~ He simulated a total of eight games. In the eight games, the Chinese team won three games, tied one game and lost four games.
Slightly downwind.
But Zhou Yi did not think this result was bad.
This ratio is almost the same as his simulation results in the previous days.
This shows that the Chinese team and the current Brazilian team can almost draw a tie, this conclusion is very stable, there is no ups and downs.
So the Chinese team's win rate is not as good as Brazil, does it mean that the Chinese team can't win?
Of course Zhou Yi doesn't think so.
To decide the outcome of a game, strength is very important, playing on the spot is also very important, even luck is very important.
Zhou Yi has made all preparations, and the next step is to play well in the real game.
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