Fox in the Penalty Area

v1 Chapter 289: World Cup opening

   After the afternoon training, all the players of the Chinese national team conducted post-training relaxation training under the leadership of the coaching staff to relax the body muscles and avoid physical discomfort after the training.

   This is a fixed procedure after each training session.

The amount of training provided by    is not small, so relaxation after training is particularly important. If anyone wants to be lazy in this link, the fatigue of each training session accumulates, and maybe it will explode at some point.

   There is no international football player who wants to have everyone in the United States, but because of an injury in training, he missed the World Cup and went back to his hometown in China...

   Two days ago, there was bad news from the Dutch team:

   The Dutch football superstar who played for the Madrid Pirates, the captain of the Dutch national team, Maxi Carey, was unable to recover in a short time because he collided with his teammate in training and injured his knee. He had no choice but to withdraw from the Dutch national team and bid farewell to the World Cup.

   For the 31-year-old Kaili, whether he will be able to participate in the World Cup in the future is really unknown.

   In other words, Maxi Carey, the big brother of Dutch football, is very likely to bid farewell to the World Cup in this very unexpected way.

Although Carey was still acting cool when he was interviewed at the airport, saying something like "Is it regrettable to be absent from the World Cup? No, it is not my regret that I can not participate in the World Cup, but the regret of the World Cup", but on his face Under the shade of sunglasses that can't even be penetrated by a flash, no one knows whether his eyes are red.

   The tragedy of Maxi Carey has sounded a wake-up call for all players participating in the World Cup, especially the Chinese players, because they cherish this opportunity very much.

   For many people, this may even be the only chance to participate in the World Cup in their careers.

   So everyone pays great attention to avoiding injuries.

   Not two days after the accident in Kaili, during the training of the Chinese team, Jiang Wanqing and Gao Chen had a conflict because of their excessive movements in the team confrontation.

   When Gao Chen took the ball in the midfield and turned around to take it forward, he was shoveled to the ground by Jiang Wanqing from behind.

   Although Jiang Wanqing went for the football, he did tackle the ball first. However, Gao Chen, who was taken to the ground, still got up from the ground very uncomfortably and pushed Jiang Wanqing a hand. Not to be outdone, Jiang Wanqing immediately pushed back, and the two sides went up like this.

   Fortunately, there were no reporters on the training court at the time, otherwise the matter would have become a big deal...

   The coaching staff and other players quickly intervened and pulled the two away.

Gao Chen was severely injured by South Korean player Park Sung-hung in a previous match against the South Korean team, which directly caused his career to fall sharply. Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai played the role of substitute.

   Gao Chen, who returned from injury, lost his explosive power and became less confident in playing football. Moreover, he now obviously has a psychological shadow, and he is particularly concerned about this kind of physical confrontation. Especially before such an important game of the World Cup.

   So his sensitivity is excusable.

   And Jiang Wanqing once lost the national team after Shi Wuyin came to power. This time he returned to the national team. There were rumors that he was able to return to the national team because of his relationship and favor. Therefore, he wanted to show Shi Wuyin his attitude and ability, so he was particularly active and hard in training.

   This mentality is also understandable.

   Finally, under the mediation of Shi Wuyin and the national team leader Hong Renjie Enwei, in front of the players of the team, the two shook hands and made a peace.

   Jiang Wanqing first apologized to Gao Chen, who was younger than him. After all, he tackled the ball behind his back, which was indeed a very dangerous move.

   Gao Chen also apologized to Jiang Wanqing for his irrational behavior.

   Even if this is over on the bright side.

   But the aftermath echoed in the hearts of every player who witnessed this scene for a long time.

   Everyone felt the tremendous pressure brought about by the approaching World Cup. Even the 33-year-old veteran Jiang Wanqing and the well-known good-tempered Gao Chen in domestic football have become irrational beasts in the face of this pressure...

  Even though the conflict just started and was pulled apart by everyone, the way the two yelled at each other and waved their fists was deeply in the hearts of every player.

   This is the World Cup!

   is the World Cup that each of them is looking forward to, but it is the World Cup that makes them fear...

   Can I get a chance to play? What if I do not perform well in the field? If I lose to Algeria, will I be the sinner of Chinese football?

   All kinds of similar thoughts linger in many people's minds, making people breathless.

   After the conflict between Gao Chen and Jiang Wanqing, it was obvious that everyone didn't dare to make moves during training. On the one hand, they were afraid of injury, and on the other hand, they were afraid of causing conflict again.

   Gao Chen and Jiang Wanqing were lucky, and the reporter was not present at the time.

If the next time there is a riot when the reporters are all present, let alone how the Chinese team performed in the game, those who clashed on the training ground will definitely be detained, and the Chinese team will be eliminated when the time comes. , The performance is not good, it is all the reason for the team infighting!

  Who provoked infighting, who is the culprit? Looking back, the sinner of Chinese football!

   In this situation, the coaching staff is actually looking at it, but they have no good way to solve this problem.

   Let everyone go all out in training? Who is responsible for the injury of the player?

   Fortunately, the most critical part of the training was completed during the domestic training camp. The training camp in Atlanta is mainly based on adaptation training, and then various set-piece tactics.

   As the weakest team in the entire group, if the Chinese team really wants to do something in the World Cup, they have to count on set-pieces.

   For this reason, Shi Wuyin also turned out all the positioning tactics taught by Hu Lai in the Olympic team, so that the whole team can train in order to be useful in the game.

   When performing this set of positioning ball tactics training, many people on the training ground made a roar of laughter. Everyone rushed to make a joke of Liu Yan, the only representative of the Poseidon team: "Liu Yan, are you familiar?"

   Facing a group of big guys, Liu Yan had no other choice but to cover his face and smile bitterly.

   This may also be one of the few more relaxing and enjoyable moments in the Chinese team training before the World Cup, in addition to networking with the local Chinese overseas Chinese organization in Atlanta.

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   After the relaxation training, all the players gathered and the assistant coach Li Zhifei announced one thing: “Don’t delay your dinner, go to the conference room after eating. Let’s watch the World Cup opener together!”

  The players looked at each other, not very clear why they wanted to watch the World Cup opener.

Li Zhifei continued to explain: “By watching other teams’ games to understand the details of the World Cup and to feel the atmosphere of the World Cup, it helps us to adapt to the World Cup faster. Watching is also a kind of learning! As long as there is no conflict in time, we will try our best. Arrange for everyone to watch the World Cup live broadcast!"

   Someone raised his hand, it was Chen Xingyi.

"Say!"

   "That... just watching the game?"

"Of course not. You can also have discussions while watching the ball. The coaching staff is there. You can ask any questions you have. If you don't understand that there is a coach to answer for you. You can also discuss with each other. As a professional Players, of course watching football can't just watch the excitement, you have to watch the doorway!"

   Xia Xiaoyu, Wang Guangwei and Zhang Qinghuan looked at each other again.

   They are no strangers to this way of learning, because when they were flashing stars, they were called by Brother Lin to watch Hu Lai’s Premier League game together. As long as it is not the game in the middle of the night, they will watch it.

  While watching the game, everyone can also speak freely, ask questions about the situation in the game, and discuss with each other.

   Through this method to accumulate experience, "increase the ball" in disguise.

   They are used to this way of watching football.

   I didn’t expect them to go to the front of the national team...

   "Does anyone have any questions?" Li Zhifei asked three times. Seeing no one raised his hand, he slapped his hand: "Disband!"

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   After dinner, the players of the Chinese team came to the hotel conference room one after another.

   The projection screen in the room has been opened, and the staff is adjusting the equipment.

   An aerial shot of the Los Angeles Pasadena Stadium soon appeared on the curtain. The maroon stands were full of seats. The enthusiastic American fans filled this super stadium with a capacity of 100,000 people.

   This is a game for the host American team. Americans with a strong patriotic passion will naturally not be absent.

   The game hasn't started yet, they have created a terrifying momentum in the stands.

   June 15th, the current World Cup kicked off. There is only one game today, and that is the opener. The whistle will be blown at 6 pm local time.

   One of the hosts, the United States, will face the South Korean team.

   The reason why they want to watch this game is that the Chinese coaching staff also hopes that through this opportunity, the team can quickly find the feeling of the World Cup.

   After all, the South Korean team is a familiar opponent that they played against in the World Cup qualifiers.

   Then through the reference of the South Korean team, they can quickly build up their understanding of the World Cup in their minds.

   When Park Chun-tae wore the captain's armband and led the players of the Korean team into the Pasadena Stadium turf. Before the projection, the Chinese team players clearly saw the solemn expression on the face of the experienced South Korean captain and the... nervousness shown by the other South Korean players behind him.

  Of course, this may also be because South Korea’s World Cup first match is the opening match with the host, so it is more tense than usual World Cup matches.

   The momentum created by nearly 100,000 American fans at the scene is indeed very easy to feel huge pressure.

But in any case, the tight faces of the South Korean players who have participated in the World Cup finals nine times in a row are still shocking the Chinese players who participated in the World Cup for the first time-have they ever seen it when they played against each other in Asia? Such a South Korean team!

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   Ninety minutes later, the happy call sign of the American TV narrator and the cheers of the American fans on the scene were transmitted to the conference room of this Atlanta hotel via TV signals.

   The Chinese players in the room were silent.

   They all looked at the projection screen blankly.

   Over there, their old rivals, mortal enemies, and South Korean players are crying bitterly.

   The score of 2:0 actually does not fully reflect the power gap between the 20th ranked US team in the world and the 41st South Korea.

   In this game, the South Korean team was facing aggressively, and they had to take the host that opened the door and chose a defensive counterattack. In Asia, the South Korean team's opponents have always taken a defensive counterattack. In the World Cup, it was the South Korean team's defensive counterattack~lightnovelpub.net~ This shows the difficulty of the World Cup-trying to rely on Park Chuntae's personal ability and speed to counterattack.

   But even so, their line of defense could not withstand the indiscriminate bombing of the US team.

   only conceded two goals, which is actually pretty good.

Park Chun-tae basically didn’t get a good chance in the whole game. He, the counter-attack forward, had to actively retreat at the front of his penalty area to help the defense, and then sprinted dozens of meters and ran up to counterattack-this kicked. After most of the game, there was no energy at all.

   In the end, he simply ran into cramps, but at that time the South Korean team had used up three substitutions, so he could only limp on the court.

   The South Korean team actually has no chance to fight back. They retreated across the board, facing the American team, which was still attacking amid the frenzied cheers of the host fans, and tried hard not to lose the third goal.

   Although they succeeded in the end, when the final whistle sounded, many Korean players still hid their faces and wept.

   The Asian team's debut in this World Cup ushered in a defeat.

   The Chinese team players, who basically never empathize with the Koreans, have actually felt like "things hurt their kind" after watching such a game.

  The Korean team is like that, what about us?

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