Vol 4 Chapter 301: ? Red and Black (Prologue)

Wang Ai once played warm-up opponents with Portugal twice in the national football, once for the 02 World Cup and once for this World Cup. I dare not say that both sides are familiar, but at least they are not unfamiliar. Wang Ai also played with Figo and Rui Costa many times during his time in Lako. He and Figo are still friends who do not often contact.
Portugal ’s golden generation is ending, Rui Costa retired from the national team two years ago, and Paulita, 33, and Figo, 34, ca n’t hold on for long. Mesozoic Deco, Carvalho, Wang Ai are also familiar, the former is the opponent, the latter is a teammate, but the former two yellow cards so the absence of this game, and Carvalho often disconnected in the game, do not know what deep thinking problem. Ronaldo is a trouble, but the cyclist is still quite obsessed with the personal performance of the second grade, far from being mature.
Of course, this is not to say that the Chinese team is stronger than the Portuguese team. In fact, it is really a far cry. More than half of the members of the Portuguese national team are in the top five leagues, and a few are in the domestic Portuguese leagues. Half of the members of the Chinese national team are in the top five leagues, but the middle and lower level leagues are specifically Tubingen of the German second division. If the five major leagues are the first in the world, the Portuguese league is the second, and the German second is the second, then the Chinese Super League can only be counted as the third-tier league, of course you can not count the salary, that is not less than the German second, but the competitive level is Another thing.
In addition, Portugal has only Deco and Costinia two main forces unable to play, the lineup is slightly weakened, while the Chinese side has four absolute main players such as Bai Guanghai, Shao Jiayi, Li Weifeng, Qu Bo, etc. either due to injury or accumulated yellow cards and missed.
What is easily hidden behind these data is that the slogan that the Portuguese team participated in this World Cup is to win the championship, and the actual goal of the Chinese team is to qualify, and if you can win, you can fool it by winning a group match. This means that the goals and rhythm of the physical reserves and state adjustment of the two sides are not consistent. Up to now, it can only be said that the basic goal of Portugal has been reached, but it has far exceeded the expectations of the Chinese team, so that Portugal's platoon formation, physical status, etc. have more power, and the Chinese team is nearly exhausted.
Visually speaking, in the group stage, Portugal is almost half-hearted, and the Chinese team is desperately playing, the first knockout game is desperately both sides, Portugal has lost a Deco, and the Chinese team has lost a Bai Guanghai, a Shao Jiayi, A Qubo, even Wang Ai was heavily consumed in Ecuador's fierce fight. The Portuguese team's current strength is about 80% of the state of perfection due to the adjustment of physical fitness, while the Chinese team only has 50%.
Although football is round, although superstars have the ability to change from day to day, they are only a few, so they are remembered and boasted. The distance between the absolute strength and today's distance, the Chinese delegation understands that the journey of this World Cup has come to an end. A few days later, the home of Schalke 04 was the Chinese team's final battle.
From the delegation to the coaching staff to the team to the domestic football players and fans all understand the difficulty of this game, even if there are some luck in the heart, but there is room for it. With the exception of a few media outlets who have slogan "Go to the Final Four" for the sake of eyeballing, most speakers have taken the care of the national team as a starting point and expressed caution. Even before the last defeat of Ecuador, CCTV had left room.
Before approaching the game, the main focus of the domestic media was already on Wang Ai ’s personal body. The title of the commentary by Xinhua News Agency was
Enjoy the Happiness of Football
, encouraging fans to hurry up and enjoy the fun of football once every four years. Other exciting events are introduced in. The Chinese Football Association has also approved a series of activities for the delegation to return to China. It is said that even the return flight tickets are booked, just the day after the game ends.
This time when I came back to China, it was different from when I came. When I came here, I was in economy class. When I went back, I sneaked into first class. The three group matches brought the Football Association 2.7 million US dollars in income, before entering the World Cup finals also took 1 million US dollars. Of course, the big head is the eighth-final of the group qualifying. I did n’t wait for the kick. From the broadcast fee and sponsorship fee, it was divided into 6 million. After the beating of Ecuador, Lao Bai earned for the Football Association at the cost of wearing an eye mask. 14 million!
A few years ago, in order to build a building, the Football Association had managed to ask the FIFA for $ 400,000 to be happy. But now there is no subprime mortgage crisis, and the dollar is not that watery. The previous budget of the Football Association was based on 2.7 million US dollars. Occasionally, the calculation of the answer was 8.7 million. This time, 14 million was smashed down. What does it mean to change to first class? Yan Shiduo's phone was turned off, and he knew he was going to be ruthlessly ruined by his superiors, so he had to cover his face for a few days, and the Football Association's account was not so wide! Besides, it is also good to save a few days of interest, and it will be 2,000 US dollars a day!
Fortunately, the leader in the front, Nan Yong, was quite suffocated. He did not let this good news knock the delegation down, but strengthened the discipline control of the team. In addition to Wang Ai, the power of other players to read newspapers was stopped. The cheerful wind disturbed the military and damaged morale. If the big guys start to imagine how much money the Football Association has paid, then the game can't be played.
Besides, what if Portugal wins? That would be another windfall! Dahengcai! Although the hope is not great, but in case?
Therefore, the preparation of the national team has been smooth in the past few days. Under the leadership of the old players, everyone has suppressed the ecstasy in their hearts and their imagination of future life. The mechanism of the tactical seminar has played a great role. Everyone studied this powerful opponent together, and gradually squeezed out selfish thoughts. They were all young and energetic, and all were strong and victorious.
With Ali Haan as the center, the national team coaching team is also fully operational. Leoni ’s CY sports have helped a lot, and even found a lot of news about Scolari. Among them, Leoni ’s men lurked in the high buildings around the Portuguese team ’s training ground to provide a less wonderful news: the Portuguese team did not underestimate the enemy. From the perspective of the rules of the Portuguese team ’s actions these days, they defeated the Netherlands. After the team, there was no longer a half-day vacation after the group game. The players went out to hang out or even wandered in the red light area. Instead of training every day except the hotel is the training ground, the training time is also very long, and the training attitude is also very correct.
This shows that the Portuguese team also regards the Chinese team as an opponent that must be taken seriously. A serious Portuguese team, even if the golden generation is old and is about to end, also made the Chinese team lose the last luck.