Big Country Sports
Chapter 589: Only 1 favorite!
Latest website: On June 3rd, the Chinese team took a plane full of food and daily necessities as usual, and chartered a direct flight from BJ to Rome, the capital of Italy.
In addition to officials from the Football Association and the Sports Department, there are also some family members of the players.
The law and order in Italy is much better than that in Mexico, so the family members of the players naturally followed.
At this time, the players who can be selected for the 23-man roster in China, except for the mascot-like new champion, are basically not short of the money for family travel and consumption.
Zhou Yurong may be the only poor guy in the team, and it is true that this kid is taken care of by the small group because his family conditions are relatively poor.
Among the geniuses unearthed by Chinese football in the past ten years, only Ren Zhihui can be regarded as an ordinary family, and the rest are either military families or various second generations.
This new champion came from a single-parent family. His father died of illness when he was young, and his mother had to take care of three children alone. As the youngest, he was basically in a free-range state. The family environment was really bad.
If it was in the original plane, Zhou Yurong would probably drop out of school early in the morning, and then spend his whole life in a daze.
But in this plane, his life was changed by football.
Zhou Yurong's physical talent is outstanding, even though he lacked nutrition when he was young, he still stands out from the crowd among children of the same age.
So he was picked by the football team when he was in elementary school, and he quickly stood out among them. He was absorbed and trained by the local sports school when he was less than 10 years old.
During this period, many sports schools directly under the municipal level have not only had the funds to cultivate good seedlings due to the foreign exchange contributions of Wu Jie and other players in Europe, they are also willing to cultivate talented players belonging to their own city. It may be a major achievement of millions of dollars in foreign exchange.
Although Zhou Yurong's family conditions were not good, and she lacked nutrition such as meat, egg and milk since she was a child, she was less than ten years old when she was discovered by the sports school, and her body foundation was not damaged.
Since then, he has been trained by the state, and naturally there is no shortage of meat, egg and milk, and his body will soon become stronger and stronger.
At this time, the domestic youth training became more and more professional, and Zhou Yurong's potential was quickly tapped. Basically, from the time he entered the sports school, every step he made was the best among players of his age.
Even if he was later recommended to the Alien Football School for further studies, he was still the most dazzling one against other geniuses of the same age from all over the world. In the end, at the age of 17, he overwhelmed all the geniuses in Asia and won the A-League in one fell swoop. Champion title.
And on the night when he won the No. 1 pick, invitations from major European giants had already been sent to the Football Association, and the asking price for each was at least one million US dollars, and some rich teams even directly offered a sky-high price of two million US dollars. .
Zhou Yurong's talent is visible to the naked eye, so there is no need to worry about not being able to kick it out.
But Wu Jie and others appreciate this little guy in their hearts. Apart from his outstanding talent, they are also proud of the role played by the small group.
Zhou Yurong was able to come all the way here, in addition to his own talent, it was more because of the excellent environment they created, otherwise there would be no stage for him to show his genius.
The appearance of this person is the best feedback of their ten years of hard work.
Lin Yaodong, as the number one local tycoon among the Big Brothers, directly paid for Zhou Yurong's family's round-trip air tickets and accommodation expenses, and then lent him US$10,000 at a super high interest rate of 36% per annum for his family's consumption in Italy.
That's right, he paid for air tickets and accommodation, which is the responsibility of the big brother, and there is no need for anything in return.
But I don't care about your family's consumption. Of course, if you borrow money, you have to pay interest and sign a contract.
This is the experience he learned from Wu Jie. Over the years, he has donated many university libraries, computer buildings, and many Hope Primary Schools.
However, except for direct donations from disaster-stricken areas and charitable foundations for some congenital diseases, he has basically never donated money directly, but instead tried to find ways to set up some factories that allow the other party to work.
For example, he owns a rather high-end chain restaurant brand, where the waiters only recruit deaf-mute people; he also has a computer training school that he plans to open all over the country, where tuition fees are waived for congenital diseases.
This is to give a man a fish, it is better to teach a man to fish, and it is better to help a man than a work.
After arriving in Rome, the Chinese team composed of benevolent and benevolent people hardly stopped, and then diverted to Turin, the third largest city in Italy.
This is the game city of the Chinese team during the group stage, and their game stadium is the "Del Alpi Stadium" specially built for this World Cup.
This new stadium will also be the home court of Juventus in the new season, so Zhou Haowen, the new core of Juventus, naturally became the guide of the Chinese team in Turin.
The citizens of Turin are very welcome to the Chinese team, after all they have a midfielder core from China.
Moreover, it is said that their team has already offered a sky-high quotation contract for the new champion of the Chinese League, intending to form a set of Chinese golden midfielders.
This is not groundless. In the eyes of the small group, Zhou Yurong is basically a fully reinforced Fan Zhiyi.
This kid has strong physical fitness, excellent defensive skills, strong mental attributes, and even has a strong individual breakthrough and long-range shooting skills.
This is obviously a defensive midfielder who can attack and defend well. His only shortcoming is that he is not as spiritual as Zhou Haowen in passing organization, and his small-scale dribbling breakthrough is not flexible enough.
But it couldn't be more suitable for him to partner with Zhou Haowen. This "fortnightly combination" with a similar age does have the potential to grow into a golden midfielder.
So in the group stage, the local Turin fans are also considered half of the home fans of the Chinese team.
But Zhou Haowen, the half host, was somewhat lonely, because he could only sit on the bench in this team. After all, Chen Haonan and Wu Jie, who could he replace?
Unless the Chinese team plays a three-midfield formation, Ren Zhihui and Wang Yuanlin, the two sharp edges on the wing, have always been the double arrows of the Chinese team's offensive end, so no matter how you think about it, it is impossible for him to start.
This is also expected by the outside world, but when you think that even the core midfielder of Juventus can't start in the national team, you can say how scary this team is in terms of configuration!
At this time, the European media are reporting on the Chinese team using the strategy of exaggerating and killing, in short, they are exaggerating and bragging!
This has caused European fans to have a double emotion of fear and resentment towards the Chinese team. Many people have already used the yellow peril to describe Chinese football in private.
The North American media didn't make much noise, because the United States and Canada were already on the street in the qualifiers, and they didn't even have the right to fear or hate.
Wu Jie knew what the Americans were doing at this time. They actually wanted to open more "alien football schools" in the United States. Maybe they wanted to develop their own football youth training with a strategy of using barbarians to control barbarians.
In addition, the animated versions of Captain Tsubasa and Slam Dunk have also appeared on the program playlists of major American TV stations.
This is not a trivial matter. Chinese comics have long been broadcast in North America, but it is the first time that anime has landed on American TV stations.
This is because many Americans feel that China's three major football games are developing so rapidly, and these sports animations and animations have definitely played a big role. They must introduce American elementary school students to experience childhood memories from the East.
What, you say culture invasion?
At this time, people were already singing "The Internationale" on the streets of Bald Eagle. Some people even sang "Good Socialism" by mistake, whether it was intentional or not.
Comparing Chinese animation with these things, what kind of cultural invasion is that!
The Asian media will have a double emotion of admiration + jealousy. Of course, there will be some resentment, which is very normal.
As for the Italian side, no matter what they think in their hearts, they will not wear small shoes for the Chinese team. After all, the next World Cup will be held in China.
The Chinese media can feel that the Italian side is obviously more considerate of the Chinese team, so that in the next World Cup, there will be reciprocity and no retaliation.
Therefore, the stupid and short-sighted approach of the original planar stick is really in line with their consistent national characteristics, and there should be a gesture here.
This time, the Italian organizers prepared a separate training venue for the Chinese team, which is Juventus' original home stadium "Municipal Stadium".
This stadium will become the training ground of Juventus next season, and the Chinese team can be regarded as the first to experience the training ground of Juventus.
But they only played in Turin for a short two days, and then started low-key preparations. If they really want to travel, let's wait until they win the cup.
The media from all over the world are also gathering in Italy at this time, and their attention is naturally not limited to China.
This year's World Cup has undergone many changes compared to the original plane. First of all, the number of participating teams has changed from 24 to 32. This is the second expansion of the World Cup after the establishment of the World Cup, and it will also be the most important one.
On the original plane, the World Cup has always had 13-16 teams participating since its inception, and it was not until the 1982 World Cup in Spain that it was officially expanded to 24 teams.
This scale would have lasted for four competitions.
But even Wu Jie didn't expect that just after two tournaments in this plane, FIFA will expand its army again.
The reason here is easy to guess, and it must be the change brought about by China.
In the two consecutive World Cups, Chinese football not only contributed immeasurable weight to Asian football, but also doubled the qualifying places in the Asian division in less than ten years.
If there are still 24 teams participating in this tournament, then not only North America will become a victim, but at least half of the places in the European division will also be given up.
Therefore, FIFA simply expanded the quota for the World Cup in advance, so that the European and South American regions will not only need to lose their quota, but will have one or two more quotas.
As a result, the number of participants in the Asia and Africa divisions has also been increased. In the end, only Central America and the Caribbean were injured, because there was only an increase of 0.5 places, and they had to compete with the newly formed "Asia and Oceania division".
The U.S. team was eliminated by North Korea 2:1 in the final play-offs, allowing the sworn enemy to step on his dead body to enter the World Cup.
But they were more depressed than that. When the Americans saw the officials of the Chinese Football Association sitting next to the Italian Football Association at the opening ceremony of the World Cup on June 10, the depression in their hearts naturally deepened.
Obviously, this arrangement was deliberately made by the Italian side.
Not only that, the Italian side also invited Chinese singers, Chinese dance troupes and bands to perform at the opening and closing ceremonies.
Naturally, this is to make friends with the host of the next World Cup, which is also the practice of previous World Cups, except for the original plane in 2002.
In the end, not surprisingly, before the opening ceremony ended, FIFA finally officially announced that the next World Cup will be held in China under the attention of the whole world!
The announcement time is already considered late, but the result is finally settled.
At this time, Chinese sports fans felt as if they had won the World Cup on the spot, and the scale of domestic celebrations was not inferior to the original plane's successful bid to host the Olympics.
But fans outside of China don't think this is a surprise. Everyone has long known that only China and the United States are left to compete for the finals of the next World Cup.
If the hosting of the World Cup is based on infrastructure, security, and economic strength, then the Americans will definitely win the final victory.
But the problem is that hosting the World Cup is not only about these things. On the contrary, as long as the minimum standards can be met in terms of infrastructure and public security, then what is more important is the strength of the country's football, the football atmosphere of the entire country, and the impact of hosting the World Cup in this country on the surrounding areas. How effective will your football promotion be.
Looking at it this way, the Americans are not as good as China in flattering horses. Even European fans are more supportive of hosting the next World Cup in China.
As for the Americans, let's find a way to re-qualify for the World Cup first. They haven't scored in the World Cup for 40 years, right?
Wu Jie followed the team to watch the opening ceremony of this World Cup in the hotel, and their Group F match will not start until three days later.
Of course, this arrangement is because the Italian side does not want people to steal their limelight. The Chinese team has too much influence in the world.
Even if they are the hosts, if there is a conflict with the Chinese team's game time, it is estimated that many Italians will go to the Chinese team's game.
In fact, there is no team that can compete for the number one seed in this World Cup. The only favorite to win the championship is the Chinese team.
The most speechless thing is the odds given by each peripheral handicap, the highest is 1:1.09. Basically, buying the Chinese team to win the championship is like playing for nothing. It can be seen that even the most professional teams have no idea about the Chinese team's defending championship.
There is really no room for manipulation in this regard. If it is said that poisoning Wu Jie can make the Chinese team's strength drop, then it is impossible to say that someone will really take the risk.
But the problem is that even if Wu Jie does not play, the strength of this team will still not be fundamentally affected.
At this time, no one thinks that Chen Haonan can't lead the team to win the championship, right?
He partnered with Zhou Haowen in midfield, which is equivalent to a peak Maradona + 19-year-old Zidane with slightly weaker offense but much stronger defense, although the latter has not yet ushered in the peak~lightnovelpub.net~ But enough to knock out any midfield combination in this squad.
Even more outrageous, poisoning Wu Jie and Chen Haonan at the same time?
It is still a pity that the Chinese team is still the biggest favorite to win the championship at this time!
Can't lead the team to win the championship because of Lin Yaodong?
Ruda's level is probably very confused even himself.
The Chinese team's golden bilateral combination and golden striker combination are also enough to make any team feel overwhelmed.
Therefore, as soon as the teams in Group F were divided into groups, they immediately reduced the qualifying quota to one, and they had only two opponents.
As for the Chinese team, let them embrace the damned first place in the group, and get out of here quickly!
At this time, Lin Yaodong once again secretly bet on the various markets - he bought Zhou Yurong to have a chance to play more than 40 minutes in the knockout stage, and the odds were as high as 1:2!