Vol 3 Chapter 789: Korea-Japan World Cup lottery! The history is repeated and interesting!

So far, South America and Europe have won 11 games each in the Toyota Cup since 1980 and are evenly divided.
After the match, the Italian media praised Inter Milan's performance, saying it was a great victory:
"Milan Sports News" said: Inter Champions League Inter Milan has an absolute advantage on the field, after 90 minutes, Inter Milan 6-0 victory over opponents won the championship, this result is reasonable, Inter Milan team won a great victory . Inter Milan is the most powerful team in the world, they finally realized their dreams. They won the Toyota Cup for the first time and also stood on the championship podium for the fifth time this year. They have achieved the five crowns, which is a height that AC Milan could not reach!
"Roman Sports" said: Zheng Zhi is a hero at the Tokyo Sports Stadium, long live, Inter! Now that you have become the best team in the world, Zheng Zhi's goal takes Inter Milan to the top of world football. For Mourinho, another problem is before him: Zheng Zhi syndrome, imagine that without Zheng Zhi, the Inter Milan team will get nothing this season.
"Repubblica" said: Thanks to Zheng Zhi, his bravery helped the Inter Milan team win the Toyota Cup for the first time, this is a confrontation between the world's highest level club, Bayern team finally won and took the world The pinnacle of football. The Boca Juniors lost their third chance to win this event. Their first two wins were in 1977 and 2000, but unfortunately they lost everything 0:6 this time.
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With his excellent performance in the game, Zheng Zhili pressed teammate Ronaldo to get the best player, and received a generous prize, a red Toyota.
In an interview with CCBV5 after the game, when the reporter asked him how he planned to deal with his Toyota, Zheng Zhi's answer was very ridiculous: "I asked the organizing committee if I could exchange the prizes for dollars. I think the dollars are more real. Can’t you take the Toyota back to Italy? As a result, the organizing committee said that it cannot be exchanged for US dollars, and they can help me consign to Italy.

"I think about it. There are too many cars. I can't drive it to Italy. I just checked it back home."
"At that time, we will auction at the charity party..."
Toyota had originally wanted Zheng Zhi to help in advertising. Who knew that Zheng Zhi did not have a cold for Toyota cars and wanted to exchange cash directly, but there was no cash, so Zheng Zhi simply sent it to auction.
Anyway, he will not drive Toyota.
He wants to drive super race, both his last life and this life...
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After the Toyota Cup ended, the team rushed back to Milan, Italy. The game was close and there was no time to rest. Because of one less game, the league standings were pulled by AC Milan to 5 points and Juventus to 4 points.
If you can't win the make-up, it's bad.
After returning home, Zheng Zhi immediately turned on the TV in the living room, because there was a big thing to happen, the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup group drawing method was to be determined, but these two days were in fog.
How to divide the top 32 gears? Where will China appear? The biggest suspense in the lottery is still foggy.
Judging from the previous grading principles, FIFA generally adopts the following two grouping methods: one, grouping by strength; two, grouping by region.
If FIFA chooses to group by strength, the Chinese team will be more troublesome. Because in the weakest eight teams, Japan and South Korea have to be selected as seed teams. The result is that the penultimate team is placed in the fourth gear. In that case, the Chinese team can meet the most The weak opponent is at least 22nd, and if it's not good, it may be 15th...
If FIFA chooses to group by region and strictly implement the principle of different groups in the same continent, then the Chinese team may be promoted to the third grade. In the third grade, the Chinese team may have good luck.
The Chinese media have already calculated various destinies for the Chinese team, such as the best signing:
China, France, Sweden, Costa Rica
In this group, although the French team was the last champion, among the eight seed teams, it is the only team that can give the Chinese team an opportunity. Because every previous champion in history did not perform well in the next opening ceremony, for example, the Argentina team encountered Uncle Mila. More importantly, did the Chinese team luckily defeat the French team in the Confederations Cup this summer?
In the second battle of Costa Rica, due to the team's full amateur nature, the Chinese team won Costa Rica with 4 points, not a dream.
In the last battle, against the Swedish team with zero points in both games, maybe winning or losing is no longer important?
Next sign: China, Brazil, England, Cameroon
Competing with the Brazilian team is no longer a dream of Chinese football, because the Chinese Olympics defeated the Brazilian Olympics, and the national team also defeated them in the Confederations Cup. But really want to play against the most powerful Brazil team? The result is not optimistic at all.
The same is true of playing in England. Although the Chinese team defeated England 4:3 in the friendly match, the friendly match was only a friendly match, not a World Cup. Coupled with the Cameroon national team that wants to avenge, this grouping is undoubtedly the most unfavorable for the Chinese team.
After all, this is the first time to participate in the World Cup finals, and no one in China is concerned about it.
When FIFA announced the lottery rules, China was full of joy, because the final lottery is grouped by region!
Zheng Zhi thought of it all at once.
"Is it like that?"
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At 7:05 pm on December 1, local time in Seoul, the World Cup group draw ceremony was held at the Busan Sports Center.
Before the draw, there was a series of literary and artistic shows showing Korean culture and customs. The Chinese fans had no interest at all, just want to know which group the Chinese team was drawn in! As a result, the Koreans are better. The performance time of the special performances has been played for almost an hour.
Chinese fans can only send them a word-grass!
Fortunately, before the start of the draw, FIFA President Mr. Blatter gave the Chinese team a face, because his first sentence was: "Welcome the Chinese team to enter the World Cup for the first time!"
Finally, both Chinese fans and Chinese football feel their presence...
FIFA divided the 32 teams participating in this World Cup into four grades. They are:
First grade: France, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany and Spain.
The second stage consists of 11 European teams, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Portugal, Denmark, Croatia, England, Slovenia, Turkey, Belgium and Ireland.
The third team includes: Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, China, Saudi Arabia;
The fourth grade includes: Cameroon, South Africa, Tunisia, Senegal, Nigeria, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States.
The Chinese team really entered the third gear.
The lottery will also consist of 13 lottery ambassadors, namely South Korea: Zheng Mengzhun, Hong Mingfu, Park Yongxi, Cao Xunxuan, Song Huiqiao. FIFA: Bailey, Cruyff, Platini, Mila, Sun Wen, Park Yinzhu. Japan: Toshio Okano and Masai Ihara.
That's right, Sun Wen, the core figure of the Chinese women's football team, is also among the lottery ambassadors.
The specific lottery ceremony is as follows: FIFA prepared four glass tanks, the first glass tank placed five seed teams, the second glass tank placed 11 European teams, and the third glass tank included China and Saudi Arabia and South America Three teams, the fourth glass tank will house five African teams and teams from Central America and the Caribbean.
There are eight glass jars not far from the four glass jars, each representing a group and three teams, such as the first glass jar, group A, will be placed on A2, A3 and A4, until the eighth glass Put H2, H3 and H4 in the tank.
There is also a special small glass cylinder next to it, with a paper note containing Brazil, Argentina, South Korea and Japan, which is used by the third-level team for group drawing. According to FIFA regulations, there can only be up to two European teams in each group, and the remaining 11 European teams in the second glass tank have three European teams after drawing eight teams. Can play in teams in Brazil, Argentina, Japan and South Korea, so as to meet the FIFA rules for a group of no more than two European teams.
In this way, there are a total of 13 glass cylinders on the rostrum.
After the screening of a piece of music, an exciting drawing ceremony will begin.
The drawing of VIPs came up, Zheng Mengzhun and Gang Yejunichiro took the stage, Mila of Cameroon and Hong Mingfu of South Korea, Cruyff of the Netherlands, Zheng Jingyuan of Japan, Sun Wen of China, South Korean female referee Park Yinzhu, and Mexico Garcia, Brazil's Bailey, France's Platini, South Korea's Cao Xunxuan, Song Huiqiao and Park Yongxi played in turn.
Since FIFA has appointed the world champion France team in the first group, South Korea team in the fourth group, Japan team in the eighth group, so the first glass tank There are only five other seed teams.
Under the auspices of FIFA Secretary General Rufinan, the lottery ceremony was divided into two processes. First, the five seed teams were scheduled. The Spanish team was the first to be placed in B1 group, and then the Brazil team as The seed teams of Group C, and the remaining three seed teams of Germany, Argentina and Italy belong to the respective groups belonging to E1, F1 and G1.
"Looking at me dizzy, why is it so complicated? Oh my god."
"Can you follow the normal procedure?"
Many Chinese fans can't understand this lottery draw method. What's the special order of A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H?
But this is not to avoid cheating...
Although this can still cheat, but at least it seems not...
Anyway, dizzy just watched the lottery proceed, as long as it is not the name of the Chinese team, no one can make waves.
Even if the team in the second gear enters each group in turn, there is no tension in the mood, because the Chinese team is in the third gear, and the ghost knows which group will eventually enter.
The eight teams of the second grade, Denmark, Slovenia, Turkey, Portugal, Ireland, Sweden, Croatia, Russia and other eight European powerhouses were successively divided into groups A-H.
But the second-tier team has not finished.
The remaining three teams from Belgium, England and Poland in the second gear will continue to draw! This means that at least three groups are quite dangerous. Update the fastest Kiki novel https://
As a result, Belgium entered the Japanese group, and England once again encountered the enemy Argentina!
As for Poland, they entered the South Korean team.
"My grass!"
"This lottery is definitely stupid,"
"Nima's, isn't this a guarantee for the Korean team to advance to the quarterfinals? South Korea, Poland, Portugal? Is there any better luck to sign? Absolutely a problem!"
Many Chinese fans immediately vomited in front of the TV.
"The signing in Japan is not bad, Japan, Belgium, Ireland, I'm so fucking..."
The scene was full of cheers from Japanese and Koreans, and they were indeed drawn.
"The host is the host after all, all kinds of advantages! Poor England, hey ~ we won't be drawn to that group? Don't do it."
Chinese fans are jealous of Japan and South Korea, while worrying about the future of the Chinese team.
However, the draw was suspended at this time. After the famous American singer Anastasia sang the World Cup song "BOOM", the third grade of the Chinese team began to draw.
The heart of the Chinese fans began to mention the throat, of course, not only the Chinese fans, the leaders of the Football Association, the coaching staff, the players, and even Zheng Zhi have stretched their necks, and those who are not on the scene can’t wait to get into the TV screen. ...
South Korean national team defender Hong Mingfu walked in front of the glass ball and pulled out a glass ball.
"China! C3!"
"Woo~"
"In a group with Brazil!"
"Dead Korean guy has good luck, ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha, I thought he drew us to the group of Argentina and England, woo..."
"Scared me, really scared me."
"so far so good!"
Although a group of Brazilians was drawn, the whole country was still jubilant at this moment.
Because, everyone seems to despise another opponent, Turkey, and habitually forget the fourth opponent...
Zheng Zhi, who was far away in Milan, smiled.
"grass!"
"Really like the previous group?"
"These are fun."
Seeing Brazil and Turkey, Zheng Zhi already believes that the fourth opponent should be Costa Rica and cannot run away.
History repeats itself...
Another Saudi team from the Asian team is in Group E with Germany and Ireland. Paraguay, Ecuador and Uruguay from South America as the third-grade teams were drawn to Group B, Group G and Group A respectively.
In the final fourth draw, Senegal, South Africa, Costa Rica, the United States, Cameroon, Nigeria, Mexico and Tunisia were divided into one to eight groups.
In this way, the Chinese team is in Group C Brazil, Turkey, China, Costa Rica.
Sign up!
Everyone thinks so! Beating Turkey and Costa Rica and getting a team second place should not be a problem, even if it is lost to Brazil.
Attachment: 32 strong specific groups:
Group A: France, Senegal, Uruguay, Denmark
Group B: Spain, Slovenia, Paraguay, South Africa
Group C: Brazil, Turkey, China, Costa Rica
Group D: South Korea, Poland, United States, Portugal
Group E: Germany, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Cameroon
Group F: Argentina, Nigeria, England, Sweden
Group G: Italy, Ecuador, Croatia, Mexico
Group H: Japan, Belgium, Russia, Tunisia
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The draw was over and the whole country was jubilant.
Even the head of the Football Association shouted excitedly in front of the media, "Luck is here, and it's all blocked!"
"We must reach the top 16 of the World Cup!"
Carelessly, the boss revealed the determination and goals of the Chinese team.
The internationals also jumped out to talk about the lottery.
"This grouping situation is very good, although I always think that this lottery result does not have much practical significance, because the game has to be kicked with the foot, but when facing three opponents Costa Rica, Turkey and Brazil, I I still have confidence to fight for the top 16."
Li Yin's opening remarks were unsurprising, not much different from what most people said. But then there was a sudden turn around, "The first opponent is Costa Rica. Many people believe that this game should be the most certain for the Chinese team, but the Chinese team's chances of winning are not necessarily in this one. The remaining two opponents I’m not impressed with Turkey, but I’m very impressed with Brazil. I think we can play against Brazil too,"
In order to prove his point of view, Li Yin cited two examples.
"When we played the Toulon Cup in France, we used to draw the Brazilian youth team known as the "Golden Generation" 1:1, which pushed them out of the semifinals."
"This year's Confederations Cup, our match with Brazil in the group stage also made the Brazil team helpless. So this time we meet again, we actually have no pressure!"
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Ma Mingyu: "I think this lottery draw is good! In fact, it doesn't matter who draws, the World Cup is the best opportunity for us to learn. However, this is also an opportunity to show the progress of Chinese football. Costa Rica and Turkey these two teams The strength is also very strong. We have to calm our minds, let go to fight opponents, and strive to score points on these two teams. Although this is difficult, but we should do our best. Now we dare not say that there is a good result, but at least Fans and friends should be rewarded with a good performance and mental outlook."
Li Ming: "I think the result of this lottery is not bad. Participating in the World Cup is an opportunity for the Chinese team to show its own strength. The first match against Costa Rica, I think we are much stronger than them. We have this strength in the game. Scored a goal. In Turkey’s words, as long as we go all out, the possibility of scoring is also very high, and I hope that the game against Brazil will leave me with good memories."
Shao Jiayi's idea is even more strange: "I don't feel much about the lottery, but I think it would be better if I could be in a group with Argentina and England. I finally entered the World Cup, and I should play a few more games with strong teams."
Fan Zhi was very low-key: "Participating in the World Cup is to fight against more powerful teams. Don't just look at the immediate benefits, we have to find the gap with the world's strong teams by participating in the World Cup. In this sense, we should be more powerful. Teams meet, otherwise how can we find the gap? We should understand the purpose of the Chinese team to participate in the World Cup, we have not yet considered the point of winning the place."
Sun Jihai is also relatively low-key: "Everyone said that this group is better, I don't think so. Turkey's technology is better than Brazil. For future competitions, I think it is still a field to fight, and we can participate in the World Cup. The first purpose."
Far away in Milan, Zheng Zhi also accepted an interview with the "Sports Weekly", but he was even more low-key.
"We are rookies,"
"We are rookies in the World Cup, so we are playing the World Cup with a learning attitude. The excitement of the fans is understandable, but we, as players, must look at the World Cup calmly. Stronger than France, Brazil, Italy, Argentina. In every World Cup, it is said to win the Hercules Cup, but there is only one final championship, and the other teams are disappointed."
"I have to make it clear that there is no signing at all, and there are no teams that are easy to play. You see, in the Champions League, which team is weak?"
"England is strong. Every time they say they want to win the championship. As a result, the only time they won the championship was in 1966. Now it's 2001. What did they win? I remember they are big hits every time."
England laid the gun accidentally. However, Zheng Zhi said the fact that England's performance in the World Cup really can't make it to the table.
"France is the defending champion, right, but they may not be able to qualify in 2002."
France was cursed. Dare to say that the French team can not break through in the group stage? They are defending champions! The opponents in the group are Senegal, Uruguay and Denmark. Why should UU read www.uukanshu.com?
"Is Argentina strong? Dare he say he can break through the group stage?"
Argentina was also cursed. Argentina went to the championship, you said that no one can kill the group!
"There is also Italy, maybe the gutter will overturn..."
It is estimated that Zheng Zhi will be scolded by Italian fans again. Is this to grab the title of crow mouth with Bailey?
"So, what is the reason for us to talk about it? Is there any reason to be overjoyed? Please be pragmatic and sensible, and do your preparations carefully, step by step."
"On the contrary, South Korea may be the host. They may have a good result. Just look at their groupings, cough..."
By the way, he also mapped one, offending the Koreans.
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At the same time, the British gaming company William Hill announced the winning odds of the 32 World Cup teams in the first time, the Chinese team ranked 9th, and 1 lost 33!
This odds certainly seems impossible to win the championship, but it is also very respectable among the 32 teams. Costa Rica's odds in the same group are 250 for 1 and the worst is 300 for Saudi Arabia.
As for the host Korea and Japan? They both lost 66 for 1 and the Chinese team is the most optimistic team in Asia. Of course, it is also because they are strong enough to be ranked 9th!
Attached the top ten odds:
Argentina loses 4
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Italy loses 5
France 2 loses 11
Brazil loses 8
Spain loses 8
England loses 10
Germany loses 10
Portugal loses 11
China loses 33
Paraguay loses 40