With a smile, Wang Ai answered five or six questions politely, and signed seven or eight names for the fans. Then he waved his hand and entered the hotel's main entrance.

Entering the door, Director Wei Di was waiting with a smile: "If we didn't have you, we would have lived in a three-star star, anyway, it's just sleeping. But with you, we must live in a five-star star. You say that this country spends more money. How much did it cost?"

"Yeah." Wang Ai nodded in agreement: "I can't repay it, or I won't make trouble for the country next time, right?"

Wei Di reached out and slapped Wang Ai's shoulder: "I won't chat."

Wang Ai immediately corrected: "Why do I have to live in a five-star hotel?"

Director Wei Di smiled: "Because the security of the five-star hotel is reliable."

When Wang Ai heard the sound, he turned his face and said arrogantly, "Did you listen? Director Wei testified that you got super-standard treatment because of me! Don't you thank me?"

The family members naturally don’t have five-star treatment. A three-star rating is good enough. During the Confederations Cup, the family members didn’t actually see the team members a few times. A little perk for the team.

After going upstairs, Lao Gao announced the discipline of the hotel, such as not being allowed to go out without permission or something, it is a commonplace anyway. The embassy cadres also helped beat them, saying that Brazil is not safe, there are AIDS, there are too many drug addicts, etc. Anyway, it is just to frighten, and everyone listens with a hum, haha, and I have never seen anything in Europe all the year round. .

After the procedure was completed, the leaders went back to their rooms to rest. The team members wandered around on the designated floor, some lying by the window to watch the night view, some went to the restaurant to eat, some went swimming, and some played games until the night. Deep down, the corridor that belongs to the national team is quiet.

Considering yesterday's long-distance flight, everyone rested again the next morning and did not start recovery training until the afternoon. The reporters also started working, running and filming with the national team every day. Because the popularity of the Confederations Cup is far inferior to that of the World Cup, the reporters who came here are all sent by powerful media, so there is no nonsense. Wei Di stipulated that they can be interviewed and filmed when they can be honest and obedient, and it is easy to send manuscripts to the country on time every day.

On the morning of June 18, Lao Gao took out the starting list in the hotel conference room and asked Ma Dong to read it out to everyone: center Han Peng, left wing Wang Ai, right wing Dong Fangzhuo, front midfielder Chen Tao, midfielder Zhao Xuri, Zheng Zhi. , central defenders Feng Xiaoting and Zhou Haibin, fullbacks Guo Liang and Yang Hao, and goalkeeper Zeng Cheng.

Before coming, Lao Gao asked Bai Guanghai for his opinion, and expressed enough respect for this hero and veteran who is second only to Wang Ai in the national team's historical total goals. The 36-year-old Lao Bai was very open-minded and told Lao Gao that he had retired.

Lao Gao was quite surprised and said that we don't know why you retired. Lao Bai replied, "I've been reduced to playing football in Switzerland. What else can I say? It's not the time to be in Dortmund long ago. It's almost done. Let's disappear silently. This era belongs to your children and soldiers, and it belongs to the king." boss.

Under Lao Bai's deliberate low-key, few people know about his decision to retire. In the era of the splendid 85 National Youth League and as many as 20 young stars who played in Europe, Lao Bai has struggled. What's more, he has already focused his energy on the growing self-created clothing brand, at most occasionally calling Wang Ai to complain that I haven't caught up with the good times, bragging about super giants that can't pay taxes.

When Lao Bai announced the end of his career, the only remaining post-70s veterans in this national team are Luo Tongliang, Zheng Zhi and Zhang Yonghai, and they are also the last batch of fruits cultivated by Liaozu in the sports team era. ——Liao Xiaohu's last three people.

They are at least 6 years apart from the main body of the national team. They are two generations in football. Now it is finally too late and the national team has finally completed the renewal. In fact, Luo Tongliang didn't think much about coming, and Zhang Yonghai even more, but firstly, they have not retired in the professional arena, and secondly, it is the retention of Lao Gao, the next generation of the 87th National Youth in the 85th National Youth, only three came this time. Individuals: Wang Dalei, Yang Xu, Yu Dabao. Although Hao Junmin and Wang Yongpo have both played for the 87 National Youth, they were actually excavated by the 86 National Youth and became famous with the 85 National Youth. They belong to the heritage of the 85 National Youth, rather than being cultivated by the 87 National Youth.

Veterans are dying, and the next generation is drying up.

But it looks good now. Wang Ai is 26 years old, Chen Tao is 28 years old, Zhao Xuri and Zhou Haibin are the oldest of the 84 young people who are only 29 years old. The age is very young, and if there is no serious injury, the peak state can continue for at least four years. Taking into account that the average age of the World Cup is 26 to 29, the Chinese people develop relatively late, etc., the World Cup in Russia in 5 years will not be a complete mess.

Lao Gao made this semi-main starting lineup considering that the players in Europe have just passed a busy season and are physically and mentally exhausted, so he sent a large number of players who played in the Chinese Super League. But I was afraid of being unsafe, so I let Wang Ai serve as a left winger and played 4231 defensive counterattacks as a whole.

In the previous few days of training, Lao Gao also arranged targeted tactics, but the specifics depend on the Nigerian team's response on the field. In yesterday's first group match, Spain defeated Uruguay 2:1. Wang Ai and the others watched the game in the hotel and felt relieved: the Spanish team was just like the Chinese team. It didn't take down the opponent outright. This also made Lao Gao a lot more daring against Nigeria, betting hard to defeat the opponent to create better conditions for the main players in the next battle against Spain.

In the afternoon, the fully-staffed Chinese team departed from the hotel and rushed to the Minerao Stadium, which is shaded by green trees. Next year's World Cup will also be held here. When the Chinese team arrived, the Nigerian team had just arrived.

After a short warm-up, the two sides returned to the locker room and came out again after a while. After a series of ceremonies, Wang Ai and the opposing team's captain guessed at the stadium with about 80% of the occupancy rate. No one came out. Wang Ai won. He directly clicked his own pitch and gave up the kick-off to Nigeria.

At 4 pm local time in Brazil and 3 am BJ time, the Chinese team's third trip to the Confederations Cup began.

Not long after the game started, the Nigerian head coach stood on the sidelines and frequently shouted to the court. The Chinese team's starting roster was unexpected, and it was impossible to guess the formation. In fact, it was impossible to guess. The number one star of the Chinese team, a terrifying striker who can score 88 league goals in the Bundesliga in one season has too many changes. He can play in any position in the frontcourt and even play as a midfielder when he is happy, so look at the starting list of the Chinese team and guess In fact, the Chinese team can't guess anything.