Champion’s Heart

v5 Chapter 63: World Cup preparations begin

On the training ground of the Chinese team, Sun Pan and Zhou Yi fully demonstrated their friendship in front of the media.

Sun Pan pinched Zhou Yi's neck and shouted: "Damn! You win if you win, and whip the corpse!"

Zhou Yi shouted: "To die, to die, to die!"

As a result, none of the surrounding teammates stepped forward to help, and everyone was watching and laughing.

This scene fell in the eyes of reporters. Everyone knew that they were joking, whether it was the poem or the pinch of the neck. Nothing fussing.

Sun Pan's ability to make such a move also shows that he is not angry at all because of Zhou Yi's poems. If you are really angry, how can you do such a thing that teaches people in public?

This is actually just a daily quarrel between them.

At the same time, this detail also shows that the current atmosphere inside the national team is very relaxed-the players can play jokes, can play so relaxed, there is no faction, the atmosphere is certainly good.

This atmosphere has made Chinese media and fans very happy. Since Gao Hongbo came to power, after cleaning the old players inside the team, he has quickly cleared up the original factions. Of the newly-added players, the most powerful faction is, of course, the Returned Five Dragons.

The relationship between the five of them is usually very good, and they like to play together. It is no problem to say that they are a small group.

But this small group did not override the head coach, nor did it mean to control the locker room. They are very happy to play together, and they don't mind playing with others.

Therefore, such a small team can't rely on the definition of "ball tyrant" anyway.

What you most hope now is that this harmonious and loving atmosphere can be maintained until next year’s World Cup in Brazil. This is the second time that the Chinese national men’s football team has participated in the World Cup. The first time is a shame-like memory for many people. People have since given up Chinese football.

This time, of course, everyone should have more hope for them.

I hope this national team can achieve some historic breakthroughs in Brazil. They do not expect the team to win the World Cup, which is too arrogant. They think that if the Chinese team can enter the knockout round, they will be happy for a whole year. If they can go further in the knockout round and reach the quarterfinals, it is simply "one of the best memories of their lives."

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The opponents of the two warm-up matches of the Chinese team were all Southeast Asian teams. They played with Singapore first in Tianjin on September 6 and also in Tianjin on September 10. The opponent was replaced by Malasia.

Because the World Cup qualifiers around the world are not over yet, it is not certain which teams will make it to the finals. The result of the World Cup group draw is even more difficult to talk about, so the Chinese team can't make a choice to warm up their opponents against their opponents in the World Cup.

This time the national team training and warm-up, mainly after the World Cup qualifiers, re-assemble the team, run-in team, let the team find a feeling, slowly into the rhythm of the World Cup preparations.

Therefore, although it is a very ordinary two warm-up games, the opponent is not strong, but it still attracts the attention of the national media and fans.

Because this means that the Chinese national men's football team officially began preparations for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

This is a starting point, and how the starting point goes will determine the distance of the end point.

In the East Asian Cup, which just ended in July this year, the Chinese team based on domestic players performed well. They won the second place in the East Asian Cup. Like the champion Japanese team, they have remained undefeated in three games. They have tied Japan and the host Korea successively, and finally defeated Australia.

Such performances are very gratifying to the Chinese media and fans because they all know that the returnees cannot always be counted on in the World Cup, and Chinese domestic players should also be a powerful supplement to be able to withstand the critical moment. The performance of the national team in the East Asian Cup, let everyone see such hope.

In fact, at this time in previous years, the scene of the Chinese team was completely different.

If there is no World Cup qualifier to play, not only the East Asian Cup is a very important game, but also the Asian Cup qualifier, the importance even exceeds the East Asian Cup several orders of magnitude.

This year, the Chinese team did not even have the Asian Cup qualifiers to play. Otherwise, in October and October this year, the last three games of the Chinese team will all be Asian Cup qualifiers.

So why is there no Asian Cup to play? Is it not eligible to participate in the Asian Cup?

of course not.

This also starts with the qualifier rules of the Asian Cup...

According to the rules set by the AFC in the 2015 Australian Asian Cup qualifiers.

The qualifiers are divided into five groups by twenty teams. The top two of each group and the best group among all the groups are third. The 2012 Asian Challenge Cup champion North Korea and the 2014 Asian Challenge Cup champion (to be determined), together form the 16 teams participating in the Asian Cup finals.

Some people will say, don’t bully us, it’s not good at math...it’s not counted as sixteen teams-eleven teams in the group stage, plus twelve hosts, the top three in the last Asian Cup, this is Fifteen, plus two Asian Challenge Cup champions, isn't that seventeen?

In fact, this is the case. In the top three of the last Asian Cup, the third place is the host of the current Asian Cup, Australia, so they overlap, so it happens to be sixteen.

Because the Chinese team is the second place in the last Asian Cup, so it does not need to participate in the qualifiers, directly qualify for the Asian Cup finals.

So they can use the competition days to participate in the Asian Cup qualifiers to arrange warm-up matches before the World Cup.

This time, we must learn the lessons of the messy warm-up before the last World Cup.

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On the first day of the Chinese team's training, Gao Hongbo took the entire coaching staff to make a brief but solemn and serious speech to the players.

"...I know that a lot of people must have had a good time in the summer just past. The World Cup qualifying made everyone make money."

Some of the players bowed their heads and laughed.

After the World Cup appeared, almost all the players of the national team, even the substitute players, received advertising sponsorship contracts. There were many main players and few substitute players.

There is a feeling of "one person can get the way, the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven".

"But did any of you see my advertisement on the TV?"

The players looked at each other and thought about it carefully. I really didn’t see any advertisements and products spoken by Gao Guizhu...

"I don't want to make money, I just know what is a more important task than this. I became your head coach. The goal I set was to be able to lead the Chinese team to participate in the World Cup. But it's not just about getting the World Cup qualifying rights. I I hope we can achieve a historic breakthrough in Chinese football in the World Cup. I know this is difficult, so I have to work harder and take this matter seriously. Remember, our goal is not to get the right to participate in the World Cup, It’s a better performance at the World Cup. For this, I hope that from now on, let each of you realize this. What you can’t recognize, without this determination, it’s okay, we still have half a year. In this process, it is normal for people to change in and out. No one can guarantee that you will perform well in the World Cup qualifiers, you can definitely participate in the World Cup finals!"

These words, Gao Hongbo said with a straight face, with a very serious expression and a heavy tone. Many people in the national team said that they put away the joke, and the expression on their faces tensed.

Leading the Chinese team to the Asian Cup runner-up and the World Cup qualifying rights, Gao Hongbo has accumulated a lot of prestige in this team. He said that few people dare not listen.

And more importantly, such a coach, he has the support of the core players of the national team.

Zhou Yi is definitely on Gao Hongbo's side.

"I had to give everyone a vacation before~lightnovelpub.net~ Some players in the East Asian Cup have not been recruited and joined the team. I know you are very tired and busy. But from now on, each of you will give me Enter the World Cup preparation rhythm!"

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand backwards, and assistant coach Fu Bo placed a countdown sign beside the training ground, which read: "There are 283 days before the opening of the 2014 Brazil World Cup!"

Zhou Yi, who was the only high school student on the scene, suddenly felt that the college entrance examination was approaching...

"There are two hundred and eighty-three days! Those who can’t keep up with the rhythm will be eliminated! You all know who I am, I don’t talk about human feelings, and I don’t care about their face. And the leaders of the Football Association and the General Administration have also given Strong support. The matter of our national team is very simple this time! It is six words!"

Gao Hongbo raised six fingers: "The capable person goes up, the mediocre person down!"

  

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