Chapter 158: If you don't accumulate steps, you can't get to 0 miles

Zhou Zijing's goal completely destroyed Mexico's will to resist.
After all, this is an international football tournament, not a World Cup.
There is still a difference in the level of players' involvement compared with the World Cup.
So it can be said that Zhou Zijing killed the suspense of the game.
After the game restarted, although there were still a few minutes, Mexico's performance was completely different from the last time it lost the ball.
They have no deep hatred with the Chinese team, and they can't commit a deadlock with the Chinese team when they are two goals behind.
So amidst the singing and cheers of the Chinese fans, the Mexican players also gradually slowed down, not as hard as before...
Dillon also took the opportunity to make substitution adjustments.
Replaced Hu Lai with Gao Chen.
Give Hu Lai a chance to enjoy the applause and cheers of the fans here alone.
After all, this is the Anton Provincial Sports Center and the home stadium of Anton Shining Star.
Hu Lai played here for two and a half seasons, helping Anton Shining star to win the Super League and the Football Association Cup.
He has a different status in the minds of Flash Star fans.
Almost all the fans here are Hu Lai fans.
Giving him such a chance can also be said to be Dillon's gesture of "showing good" to Hu Lai.
See who would dare to say "the generals are at odds"?
When Hu Lai was replaced, all the Chinese fans in the stands of the Provincial Sports Center stood up from their seats and applauded Hu Lai.
For a while, applause roared.
He Feng said in applause: "Hu Lai was replaced in the eighty-eighth minute of the game. His'China Cup' ends here. In this year's China Cup, he scored a total of three goals, which is what the Chinese team can An important player in winning the game... And here, the An Dong Provincial Sports Center is his'hometown'. He used his best performance to reward those fans who supported him and loved him... Maybe Hu Lai will never have it again in the future. When he returned to Anton Shining Star, he could still return to this stadium to play as a Chinese player... And every time he came back, he would go home... Welcome home, Hu Lai!"
Amid the applause, Hu Lai walked to the sidelines to complete the handover with Gao Chen. Instead of leaving in a hurry, he turned to the four directions one by one and waved to the fans in the stands.
The applause was even greater.
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With Hu Lai being replaced as a sign, it means that the competition for the championship in this game has completely ended.
After all, staying Hulai on the field means that the Chinese team still wants to score goals, or that they are still guarding against Mexico. If Mexico scores, then Hulai is on the field, and the Chinese team still has the possibility of scoring.
Once Hu Lai is replaced, it means that Dillon also feels that there is no suspense in this game, and the Chinese team is set to win-only in this case will Hu Lai be replaced in advance.
The fourth official held up a three-minute stoppage time sign.
A satisfactory stoppage time did not give Mexico any chance to comeback.
These three minutes of injury stoppage time were basically spent amidst the singing and cheers of the Chinese fans.
The Chinese team's substitute players also stood on the sidelines, waiting for the referee to blow the end of the game whistle, so that they could rush into the court and celebrate with their teammates.
This is a friendly match, but because of the "China Cup" it has become different.
The Chinese team is about to win the rare international championship in their team's history. Before that, with the exception of the East Asian Cup, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese team had never won a championship in a formal event at the adult level.
Of course, there are unofficial champions of various international invitational tournaments, the Chinese team, but that kind of invitational tournament is not considered an official tournament, because the opponent standards are not uniform. In addition to the national team, there are club teams, national youth teams, Selection team etc. Even if such an event wins the championship, the gold content is actually not enough.
Not to mention that even this kind of games with insufficient gold content was a long, long time ago-the last time the Chinese team won in an informal invitational tournament dates back to 1997.
In addition, the Chinese team did not even have a championship in an official game.
After entering the 21st century, the Chinese team has won the championship in official competitions only twice, namely the 2005 East Asian Cup and the 2023 East Asian Cup.
These two championships are the only two championships for the Chinese team after entering the new century.
In addition, the East Asian Cup still uses the National Olympic team to participate. Although it is a national team competition in name, it is actually at the National Olympic level.
If it is really strict to pick the words, the Chinese team actually does not have an adult-level official competition champion.
Today's "China Cup" turned out to be their first official competition champion!
When the referee blew the end of the game, the cheers of the Provincial Sports Center reached the climax of the game.
He Feng, who was explaining the game on the spot, had to scream: "The game is over! The game is over! Congratulations to the Chinese team! They defeated the mighty Mexico 3:1 in the final and won the first'China Cup' champion!!!"
"The important thing is not the champion, but the things we showed in this China Cup! Let us see hope! The road to the 2030 World Cup... starts now!"
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Amidst the huge cheers, the Chinese substitute players on the sidelines rushed into the court and hugged and celebrated with their teammates on the court.
Head coach Jorge Dillon walked to the coaching bench of the Mexico team. The two were still several meters apart, so he took the initiative to stretch out his hand and shake hands with Alfonso Ledes.
Although he lost the game, Leides kept a polite smile on his face. He held Dillon’s hand and said to him: "When I heard that you left Europe to coach in a Chinese club, I thought You are ready to retire, Jorge..."
Dillon smiled and said: "In fact, I am really going to retire, Alfonso. After coaching the Chinese team..."
Ryders was a little surprised, but then he suddenly said: "This team is the last team you coach...it would be appropriate."
Dillon once coached in La Liga overlord Madrid Kings, and Leides also coached in La Liga, with another team Serbia Navigator.
The two have played against each other many times in the league. The Serbian navigator of Leides has made trouble for the Madrid King of Dillon, and the Madrid King has also beaten the Navigator.
These two used to be opponents, but now they are still opponents.
But time has passed, and now they are no longer at the center stage of world football, and the smell of gunpowder between each other has naturally disappeared over time.
When Dillon heard Ryders saying this, he laughed: "How about? My team is okay? You played with the Chinese team last year."
The Mexican national team played against the Chinese team in the warm-up match last September, but at that time the head coach of the Chinese team was Dong Jianhai, not Dillon.
At that time, the result of that game was Mexico defeated the Chinese team 2:1, and Dong Jianhai's adjustments to the national team did not have any effect. It was also that game that made Dong Jianhai cut off the idea of ​​making changes, and continued the tactics and staffing left by Shi Wuyin until the 2027 Asian Cup quarter-finals against Japan...
At that time, the Chinese team lost to Mexico, but now the Chinese team defeated Mexico 3-1.
In just seven months, the Chinese team has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Leides shrugged: "Sorry, Jorge. I was not the head coach of Mexico at that time. So I can't answer your question..."
But this was an excuse, he just didn't want to give Dillon a chance to be proud.
After speaking, he planned to wave away: "Goodbye, Jorge. I hope we can see you again in the next World Cup."
"Ah, then you can be careful not to capsize in the North American qualifiers," Dillon joked.
"You should worry about the Asian qualifiers!"
The two quarreled and said goodbye to each other, and then one of them walked to their respective teams.
Dillon, who won the victory, went to celebrate with the players, while Ryder, who lost the championship, went to comfort his players.
In every football match, there will be losers and losers. In some cases, the final result is actually not the most important.
Mexico lost this game and also lost a championship. But for them, it was just a business championship that paid for them to come, and it didn't contain much gold. Losing, although it makes them sad, but it will not stay in their memory for long. Maybe tomorrow this failure will not disappear from their lives.
But for the Chinese team, they won more than just a championship.
The "China Cup" this emerging event may be nothing more than a profitable commercial game for other teams to participate in. It's just the name "XX Cup", which looks different from ordinary commercial competitions. But in essence, it is still a commercial game, which is completely different from the real Asian Cup, European Cup, and World Cup.
The Chinese team also knows this. To put it bluntly, the Chinese Football Association and Chinese companies pay their own money to find high-level warm-up opponents for the Chinese team. In order to attract these teams, it is natural to pay more. Are those opponents fighting for this championship? More for the appearance fee...
But the Chinese team is still excited after winning the championship.
Not only them, but the Chinese fans are also very excited.
Is it that they don't know what level of competition the "China Cup" is?
Do not.
They know.
But they are still so happy because they have seen positive things from this victory, this championship.
For Chinese football, in fact, the championship of a senior warm-up match is not important-many people at this moment have not realized that this is the rare official championship of the Chinese team...
The important thing is what they paid to win this championship, and the content reflected.
This is the real reason why Chinese fans are happy.
This champion is trivial, so what?
There is no way to reach a thousand miles without accumulating steps.
A thousand miles begins with a single step.
Now this trivial and insignificant commercial competition champion is the Chinese team’s "stepping step" to hit the 2030 World Cup.
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The award ceremony is relatively simple. After all, it is just a "cup match" in which four teams participate and only play two games.
Simply set up the podium, and the players of both sides will take the stage to receive the prize.
The first to go up was Mexico, and each of them won a silver medal and a panda doll.
The Mexican players have recovered from the pain of losing the game. They all had smiles on their faces when they came to the stage to receive the prize. Especially after seeing the panda doll, they raised their hands to the camera and showed them. NS……
In the eyes of this group of Mexican players, they had a wonderful holiday in Jincheng, Anton Province, China~EbookFREE.me~If the championship is gone, it will be gone...
Even Nuno Alvarez was relieved now, and did not hold on to the grudge between himself and Hu Lai.
When it was the Chinese team player's turn to take the stage to accept the award, an excited voice came from the live broadcast:
"Let's welcome... the first China Cup champion... the Chinese national men's football team!!"
There was thunderous cheers at the scene.
Amidst the cheers, the Chinese team players stepped onto the podium one by one and happily accepted the medals. Finally, the captain Hao De won the first "China Cup" trophy on behalf of the whole team.
With the sound of music, ribbons fall from the sky.
After the award ceremony, the Chinese team players came to the sidelines, holding the trophy and interacting with the fans in the stands, thanking the fans for their support.
The fans in the stands gave them thumbs up and shouted: "The Chinese team is awesome!"
"Come on for the Chinese team!!"
The reporters gathered outside the Chinese team players, recording the scene with their cameras and video cameras.
At this moment, a familiar melody sounded in the live broadcast.
The Chinese fans cheered loudly.
Then... they followed this melody and sang collectively:
"The five-star red flag flutters in the wind!!!"
"How loud is the victory singing!!!"
Hearing the singing, Dillon happily said to Jin Tao: "Listen, Yu! The victory song rang again!"
Yu Jintao smiled and nodded: "Yes...I hope we can hear more often..."
"Definitely, Yu. Definitely." Dillon murmured as he looked at the people in the distance.
The singing is flying over the provincial sports center and echoing in everyone's heart.
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PS, I'm very sorry. From today until the 5th, there will be single changes. Let me save the manuscript...
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(End of this chapter)