Chapter 1699 No Hu Lai

Lin Zhiyuan walked towards his seat with the breakfast tray in his hand. He passed the dining table where Wang Guangwei, Zhang Qinghuan, Xia Xiaoyu, and Chen Xingyi were sitting, and then he was stunned for a moment.

Wang Guangwei thought he was looking for them for something, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "No... I wondered why it was just the four of you, but I just remembered that Hu Lai didn't come back."

The four people looked at him, among them Chen Xingyi laughed: "What's the matter, Xiao Linzi? You're not used to Hu Lai not talking to you when you meet?"

"Bah!" Lin Zhiyuan spat, then waved his hands, carrying his breakfast and walking towards his table.

Seeing him leave, the four people at the table looked away and continued eating their breakfast.

"Let's not talk about Lin Zhiyuan, I'm not used to it, and there is one less noisy person in my ear..." Zhang Qinghuan said with emotion.

Before that, Hu Lai did not miss the national team's game.

But in this case, it is not only Hu Lai who is absent from the national team's game alone, but most of the overseas players are absent together.

For example, the previous top 40 games.

After qualifying for the top 12 in advance, many overseas players were not recruited into the team by Jorge Dillon.

Zhang Qinghuan did not return to the national team to participate in the competition, and did not even participate in the "China Cup" after the top 40.

Because he had been selected for the Olympic team as an overage player at that time, he was training and playing warm-up matches with the Olympic team at that time.

At that time, he and Hu Lai were both in the Olympic team as overage players. When they returned to the national team again, it was already the start of the top 12 match in September last year.

It's really rare that Hu Lai didn't come back alone like this time.

"I read on the Internet that the Japanese media are very happy to know that Hu Ge will not participate in this competition. I feel that the Japanese team's World Cup qualification is stable." Xia Xiaoyu shared the news he saw on the Internet with his companions.

Everyone asked, "Is it stable?"

"Yeah." Xia Xiaoyu nodded, "They don't think there is anything to fear from the Chinese team without Brother Hu. Because everyone has overseas players, except for Brother Hu, they think that there is no difference between us and their overseas players. The team has more foreign players than us..."

"Fuck, I'm being looked down upon." Chen Xingyi clicked his tongue.

"Isn't it normal to be looked down upon by Japan?" Zhang Qinghuan shrugged. "We used to be directly looked down upon by others. That is to say, the situation has gotten better in the past two years. Why is it better? Isn't it because Hu Lai got up?"

Wang Guangwei nodded: "That's true. Leaving aside the 'fake national team' in the East Asian Cup, the first time we played against the Japanese team was actually the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year before last. Hu Lai scored two of their goals that time. Then they met again in the top 12, and Hu Lai also scored a goal. In addition, Hu Lai's sudden strength in Europe brought a lot of shock to the Japanese. It is normal for them to have such thoughts, in their hearts Perhaps the reason why the Chinese team was able to participate in the World Cup, even two rounds ahead of schedule, is due to Hu Lai..."

"That's right, it's indeed Hu Lai's credit." Zhang Qinghuan said. "How many goals did our team score in the World Cup? How many goals did Hu Lai score? How many goals did the team score in the Asian Cup, and how many goals did Hu Lai score? And more importantly, Hu Lai's ability to grasp opportunities, I think this is the most fatal Yes. With him, it means we can always break the deadlock in the game. Sometimes whoever scores the first goal has the advantage."

"But apart from Hu Lai, we have also made progress." Chen Xingyi was not very convinced. "Last season, I, Luo Kai, and Xiaoyu all made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and I even made it to the quarter-finals. The best results of their Japanese players in the Champions League were only the semi-finals..."

"Yes, we have indeed improved." Zhang Qinghuan nodded and said, "But our improvement is due to our poor foundation. From ten to sixty, the improvement rate is very large, but the Japanese team already has seventy."

Chen Xingyi seemed to want to say something else, Zhang Qinghuan said to him: "In fact, there is nothing to say about this issue. The Japanese media think that the Chinese team without Hu Lai is not strong, and they can easily win. Of course it makes sense. But football matches are not In poker, if you have big kings and little kings, you will be awesome... It still depends on the performance on the field. They think they can beat us, so let them try."

"Brother Huan is right, who wouldn't be good at talking? After all, football has to be played with your feet." Xia Xiaoyu echoed.

"That's right. We can't let Hu Lai think that we can't play without him." Wang Guangwei also agreed. "In the World Cup next year, we can't rely on him alone, can we?"

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At the pre-match press conference, Luo Kai participated as a player representative.

Then he was asked a question about Hu Lai by the reporter: "Without Hu Lai, will the team encounter some difficulties when facing the Japanese team?"

Luo Kai stared at the reporter who asked the question for about two or three seconds, without speaking.

It made the reporter feel terrified, and the scene was a little embarrassing for a while.

Fortunately, Luo Kai finally spoke: "We are a collective, a team."

After he said this, he didn't continue to answer the question, but sat on the seat with a serious expression.

Anyone could see his displeasure.

To be honest, it's really not polite to ask this question.

It is tantamount to questioning the ability of the international players except Hu Lai.

But this is just a continuation of the media reporters' dissatisfaction with Dillon for not recruiting Hu Lai to the team. It is not aimed at the players, but at the head coach Dillon.

If it was replaced by other players with high emotional intelligence, they might just say some nice scenes and prevaricate this problem.

But the person who came to the pre-match press conference today was Luo Kai.

So after he put down such a blunt sentence, he put on a face and made a gesture of disobedience.

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"Yu, I always feel that your media is really not professional enough in some respects."

After finishing the press conference and returning to his room, Dillon complained about his translator, Yu Jintao.

"They would ask such stupid questions."

Yu Jintao explained: "They are just dissatisfied with you for not recruiting Hu Lai, Jorge, not really against Luo Kai."

"No. I know they're making excuses. But what I'm going to say is another thing. Did you notice their problem? 'Will it make the team encounter some difficulties when facing the Japanese team'...you Listen, you listen to the questions they ask... Isn't this nonsense?"

Dillon spread his hands and said in an exaggerated tone.

"The reason why I don't recruit Hu Lai is to let the team encounter difficulties in the game, and then take a good look at how they deal with the difficulties... How rare, we can meet the Japanese who are doing their best in the game Team, this is the best warm-up opponent that you may not be able to find even if you look for it specifically.”

Dillon was clearly upset at the press conference and wanted to vent his emotions.

"Why do I say that your media is so unprofessional? Because they are still looking at the Chinese team from an 'Asian' perspective. It seems that it is very important to play against the Japanese team in the top 12. But they completely forgot We have won the right to qualify for the World Cup two rounds ahead of schedule, and the remaining two rounds against Japan and Iran will be meaningless if they are not used for training. They have not yet realized that the work of the Chinese team to prepare for the World Cup finals It has already begun!"

"They may think that if they want to train soldiers, it won't delay you to call Hu Lai back... At worst, they won't let him play..." Yu Jintao said.

"That's different, completely different." Dillon shook his head. "With Hou Lai and without Hou Lai, the psychological hints given to the players are completely different. I just want Hou Lai to stay in Madrid, Spain. All the players of the Chinese team know that there is no "safety lock" this time. Only in this way can they force out their true appearance to the greatest extent. Since it is training, of course the most extreme situation must be set. They did not even Can't you figure it out?"

Yu Jintao smiled awkwardly: "The level of Chinese media is really not high..."

"Just like the issue they were arguing about some time ago about the youth training of Chinese football ~lightnovelpub.net~ It seems ridiculous to me. It's this time, and they are still arguing about the idea of ​​youth training …What’s the fuss about this? European football is the most advanced place in the world, just look at how the youth training in European football is done, and then follow suit, won’t it be over?”

"Our national conditions are different..."

"No, Yu. These are all excuses. There is no difference in national conditions. When you have not even learned how to walk, it is nonsense to want to invent a better starting technique than the world's 100-meter champion. There is no such thing as Chinese football. Before you really achieve success, it is right to learn the most advanced football concepts in the world. Even if you learn it blindly, it is better than thinking about it yourself."

Speaking of this, Dillon sighed: "If you don't solve this problem, there will be more serious consequences waiting for you in the future. Now I just didn't let Hu Lai come back to participate in a game, and your media and fans can't accept it. After that, when Hu Lai and his group of players retire? After they can no longer return to the field to play for your national team, what will you... Chinese football do? Can your media and fans accept it? If you can’t accept it then you have to accept it!”

(end of this chapter)