Vol 4 Chapter 69: World Cup qualifying games

When Zhou Yi was preparing for the second round of the league at the Bracker training base, the reporters also flocked to it. Everyone wanted to hear how his Dortmund core thought the team was divided into the death group, and Some reporters came to interview him about his feelings of being on the list of ten best players in European clubs.
For the matter of the list of the best ten, Zhou Yi seemed very calm and even indifferent.
"The strongest ten people? I have never stopped saying this. There are only three people who can participate in the award ceremony each year, so the "strongest ten people" are the gimmicks you have compiled? There is no such statement in any official. Meaningless."
Zhou Yi's words are equivalent to breaking a pot of cold water for those excited reporters, but this is a normal practice for people who have high demands on themselves. If you are complacent if you have entered the so-called "Top Ten" list, you will end here if you fail.
There are only a few Chinese journalists who pay attention to the so-called "strongest ten", and more people still pay attention to the grouping of the group stage.
Zhou Yi seemed very self-conscious about this matter. He asked reporters: "Do you know the UEFA Champions League Group D for the 1989-1999 season?"
This answer is meaningful. How could these professional football journalists not know the UEFA Champions League Group D for the 1989-1999 season? They were simply impressed by the group that died that year.
So what does Zhou Yi mean?
Does it mean that Dortmund can become Bayern Munich or Manchester United that year? But the problem is that Dortmund will first qualify from this group...
It's not that simple to get out of this group.
In an interview with reporters, Klopp also showed confidence as Zhou Yi: "We know the opponent is strong, but Dortmund is also a strong opponent in the eyes of the opponent. We will fight against any team that blocks us. "
After being divided into the death group, Dortmund did not show any negative emotions, which caused Dortmund fans to put aside some...
And there was a change that made Dortmund fans happy.
After a lapse of seven seasons, Dortmund returned to the Champions League in the 2009-2010 season. They were divided into a group with defending champions Inter Milan, Valencia and Twente. .
What did the media think of the result of this grouping at that time?
They think that Dortmund's qualifying situation is worrisome, and it is not easy to grab the next qualifying place, and it has to rely on luck. I think the most practical thing for Dortmund is to set up a right mindset, focus on accumulating experience, and don’t extravagantly ask for a small group to qualify.
Dortmund was really looked down upon in Europe at that time.
And this time, it was also divided into death groups. The degree of death was more than the previous one, but everyone’s evaluation of Dortmund was not stale, but that Dortmund was composed of death groups. The important part is that Dortmund can pull the wrench wrist with any opponent in this group match, and no one can be sure of winning Dortmund.
This is the result of Dortmund breaking into the Champions League knockout for two consecutive seasons, one quarter-finals and one quarter-finals.
In the football world, respect and recognition are earned by strength.
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After the Champions League group draw ceremony ended, Dortmund ushered in the second round of the Bundesliga, they challenged Nuremberg away.
Zhou Yi played only half of the game, starting the game and was replaced at halftime. In the end Dortmund shook hands with Nuremberg 1:1 away.
Zhou Yi was replaced early because he was going back to China to participate in a very important World Cup qualifier.
Prior to this, the Chinese Football Association and Dortmund continued to communicate, because there had been similar things before, and the two sides had good communication and cooperation, so this time also made an agreement for Zhou Yi to play only half of the league, Return to the country to retain more physical fitness.
Fortunately, there was only this national team game in September. Zhou Yi could come back after playing without too much time. The club suffered relatively small losses.
However, Zhou Yi has such privileges, Yang Muge does not have such a good treatment. After all, Zhou Yi is the core of the club. The head coach will also consider the mood of the players. If he is more willing to play for the country, the club will also be more accommodating.
Although Yang Muge is the main player of Yang Muge, there is no core treatment. Schalke 04 is absolutely impossible to let Yang Muge play in the half in order to return Yang Muge to the country.
In this game Schalke 04 defeated Augsburg 3-1 at home, and Yang Muge played the whole game.
Fortunately, Yang Muge's physical fitness is much better than that of Zhou Yi, so even if he plays forty-five minutes more than Zhou Yi, it's no big deal.
In Spain, Sun Pan was not recruited to the national roster for this game because of his injury. He will stay in Spain to continue to recover. But he has already started training, and he is not far from coming back.
He Ying has no physical problems, because in the third round of the league, Barcelona defeated Valencia 1-0 at home. He still failed to enter the roster and did not play. How could he not have enough physical fitness?
The central defender Guo Nu, who played for Siena in Serie A, also played the whole game, but unfortunately Siena lost to Sampdoria 1-2 away.
In addition to Sun Pan, four of the five dragons were selected to the national team's roster to return to the country to prepare for the match with the Japanese team.
Among the entire Olympic team, not only are they selected to the national team, forward Wu Lei and full-back Cao Yun, also by virtue of their outstanding performance in the Olympics, were selected to the national team's roster, but Wu Lei This is not the first time he was selected for the national team. As early as the 2010 East Asian Cup, he was selected for Gao Hongbo's national team, but he has always been a marginal international and his position in the national team is not stable.
During the London Olympics, the media reported that the national team coach Gao Hongbo was watching the game in London. At that time, some people speculated that Gao Hongbo was here to observe the outstanding players in the Olympic team. Perhaps after the Olympics, they will be Successively recruited into the national team.
After thinking of the Olympics, Gao Hongbo almost moved half of the Olympic team into the national team.
This is a bold move. After all, with so many people coming in, it means that there are the same number of players from the original national team. This kind of large-scale adjustment is actually very risky, because it is necessary to offend people and destroy the original. The vested interest structure, after all, is very easy to enter the national team, no one wants to be out.
Although the Olympic team won the Olympic gold medal, it does not mean that they will be suitable for the national team. After all, the tactical system of the Olympic team and the Olympic team is different.
If the grades are good, then it’s okay. Even if someone is dissatisfied, there is no excuse for venting. But if the results are not good, then for the young players of Gao Hongbo and the Olympic team, the pressure will be overwhelming.
But the first game for the Olympic team players to join the team is to play against the most powerful team in Japan...
Still away!
If this game is lost, Gao Hongbo does not know if he will face the pressure of some people in the country? Will the Olympic team players also become victims?
In fact, Gao Hongbo does not need to recruit so many Olympic team players at a stretch, not to mention the impact on the national team players, but also to allow newcomers to adapt to the national team's tactics.
But Gao Hongbo has recruited so many people, and it is useless to say. Gao Hongbo is sometimes stubborn and unbelievable. I wonder how this thin and shy man can contain such explosive power...
He was also so stubborn when he was coaching the Changchun team. The stubbornness led him to lead the long-distance Yatai, a "civilian team", to win the Chinese Super League championship historically. But also because of his stubbornness, he had an irreconcilable conflict with the players after the championship and was eventually dismissed from the club. But the Changchun team who lost Gao Hongbo has never been able to find the lost glory again.
Gao Hongbo is also not a head coach who is good at handling his relationship with the media. When he just became the head coach and coached the Guangzhou Songri Club, he lost the game after a confrontation with Sichuan Quanxing led by Tavares. At the press conference, Gao Hongbo reprimanded the other party for relying on the referee, and then got up and left without giving the reporter the opportunity to ask questions.
Because of these personalities, Gao Hongbo has never been very popular in the media. When Wanda Group sponsored the Football Association last year, it was once rumored that he would be replaced by a famous foreign handsome. At that time, there were some comments in the media criticizing Gao Hongbo that he could not bring long-term progress to Chinese football, and his strength was limited. , Is not the best candidate for the Chinese team.
Before the Asian Cup, his "Asian Third-rate Theory" and "Asian Cup Training" also caused criticism from many fans and the media, and the public opinion environment was very unfavorable to him.
As a result, the Asian Cup runner-up and the team’s performance in the entire Asian Cup is too amazing. There are more praises for Gao Hongbo from public opinion. At this time, everyone will not say anything about "Asian third-rate" and "Asian Cup training. "It's good or bad, and there is no voice to chase about the change of foreign handsome."
What everyone shows is that Gao Hongbo is still sitting in the position of the head coach of the Chinese national team.
At this time, some media commented again: There is still a big gap between Gao Hongbo and world-class head coaches. He is not the best one compared to all Chinese and foreign coaches coaching in China, but he is the most suitable for China. For the football one, this is enough.
For Chinese football who is accustomed to being so tall, it doesn’t matter whether it’s Camacho or Lippi. The world’s famous coaches are of a good level and can be taught by university professors. This is not a waste of resources. Problem, this is simply not the right problem.
At the current level of Chinese football, it is useless to ask Mourinho and Guardiola to come, and the native Gao Hongbo understands Chinese football better and is more motivated to change the status quo of Chinese football.
However, football is a sport that puts more emphasis on results. If it is not for the Chinese team to get the runner-up in the Asian Cup, Gao Hongbo can only take classes after he understands Chinese football.
Similarly, now he recruited six Olympic team players to join the national team in one breath. Such a risky move. If the national team loses too badly in Japan and touches the pride of the people, I am afraid he will also The handsome position is unstable again.
It is precisely at the London Olympics that Blazevic, who led the Olympic team to win the gold medal, now has a high reputation, and let him replace Gao Hongbo. It seems to be a matter of course, and it may not be unsuitable...
Gao Hongbo's fate, next can only look at how the team's performance. (To be continued.)