When the lottery results came out in December last year, there was a voice saying that the Chinese team was hacked. As the last champion, although there were few international competitions such as warm-up matches and the international ranking was second, it was too much to be in the same group as the first. . In this regard, the Chinese Football Association, the national team coaching staff and the team leader Wang Ai did not express their opinions. The Chinese Football Association is scratching his head, Lao Gao is pretending to have a language barrier, and Wang Ai is...indifferent!

What happened to Belgium? For Wang Ai, who has long been determined to win the championship, no matter who he is in a group with, he is the target to defeat. If you can't get past Belgium, what kind of championship will you win?

Belgium, of course, is also full of grievances. The number one ranking is only because they played a lot and performed well in the warm-up games. It is also a hack to put it together with the Chinese team that has performed well in the competition in recent years.

But if the Chinese team and the Belgian team are full of grievances, then Algeria has nothing to say, and Russia is already angry and does not want to speak.

Russia will be the host country of the next World Cup. As a result, this World Cup ranks first and second. Although Algeria is a chicken, there are only two places in the group. Is there any difference? If the lottery had not been drawn three months earlier than the Crimean crisis, this would have been a proper conspiracy against Russia.

On June 11, the h-group of the broken thoughts finally arrived, but in Cuiaba, only Russia, Belgium and Algeria played in another city. The Chinese team and the Russian team were divided into morning and afternoon to adapt to the venue, and the two sides did not meet.

One day later in the evening, with the sunset from the window and the fruit on the table, the entire national team watched the opening game of the World Cup in the large conference room of the country house: the hosts Brazil and Croatia.

Except for Wang Ai, no one knows that the current Brazilian team, which is still shining with stars, is essentially a parallel import. Anyway, it is not obvious from the game. The 4 goals scored in the whole game were all scored by Brazil, but Marcelo, the second player, scored He scored an own goal, and Neymar, known as the leader of Brazil's new generation of stars, performed well. Everyone expressed their appreciation to him. Speed, footwork, vision, awareness and even bounce are all worth mentioning, but no one noticed that Neymar was too light.

He is now regarded as the only player who can challenge the three super giants, so Wang Ai can't say anything, whether he can meet the Brazilian team or not. The coaching staff didn't take it too seriously. After watching the opening game and fulfilling their obligations by participating in the opening ceremony remotely, everyone began to watch the video of the Russian team's games in recent years.

The coach took the analysis, looked at it and pondered it, and then touched each other. It took a few days to think about Capello's Russian team's tactical thinking. In this process, the Chinese team's targeted play has also been improved. The core tactical system remains unchanged, and it is enough to have a certain pertinence, and it is not necessary to adjust it according to the characteristics of the opponent.

A world champion is a defender, not a challenger, and should be me.

In the busy day after day, several newcomers are increasingly adapting to the training rhythm and learning atmosphere of the national team, and Lao Gao is gradually relinquishing power to Lao Tang. In fact, he has begun to assume the role of "head coach". Old Tang is in charge of everything.

Of course, Lao Fan and the others also got more opportunities to practice their football concepts, but after years of cooperation, they are generally not much different from Lao Gao.

On June 18th, the match day of Group H finally arrived, and the performance of the world's No. 1 and No. 2 teams will be revealed on this day.

At one o'clock on the same day, the Belgian team defeated Algeria 2:1 at the Mineran Arena in Belo Horizonte. It is a little regrettable that they did not show the strength of the world's No. 1. The press can only focus on it. The battle between China and Russia at 7 p.m. local time.

It seems like it was deliberate, or it could be a sheer coincidence. The three super-giant World Cup opening days are next to each other. The day before yesterday was Ronaldo, yesterday was Messi, and today is Wang Ai. Portugal, where Ronaldo is located, was bloodbathed by the German team 4:0, and the qualifying situation is dangerous. Although Argentina defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:1, it benefited from an own goal. Messi scored a goal to maintain the super style. Today it's Wang Ai, who can score the most goals among the three super giants. Whether he can show off his super-giant heroism and clearly tell the outside world that a super-giant is a super-giant depends on this game.

In the early morning of June 19th, bj time, the Russian team in a dark red shirt and the Chinese team in a white shirt were already standing in the center of the milky white Pantanal Arena lawn. The stands were surrounded by fans of China, Russia and Brazil. Occupy full, and now the Chinese national anthem is playing. ..

The tallest Wang Ai stood at the front of the queue, frowning with his hands tied, his expression heavy and high, and singing the national anthem with his mouth open. The camera even recorded his singing. At this time, no one laughed at him for being out of tune, because his expression, his singing , is more important than whether it sounds good or not.

After a while, the singing ended, and the stadium was full of cheers and applause.

Immediately, the Russian national anthem sounded, and the Russians who came from afar seemed to be influenced by the Chinese people singing the national anthem in unison, and they also sang in unison.

The two full-court choruses made this game inexplicably painted with a layer of tragic color.

It was not until the Chinese team turned around under the leadership of Wang Ai, shook hands with their opponents and smiled in turn, that the tense and suppressed atmosphere eased slightly. It was only at this time that Liu Jianhong and guest Yang Chen, who had just been silent, began to introduce the starting roster of the Chinese team, although most fans knew it.

"The starting forwards are Gao Lin and Dong Fangzhuo, the midfielders are Wang Ai, Chen Tao, Zhao Xuri and Zhou Haibin, the central defenders are Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linfan, Zhang Chengdong and Guo Liang, and the goalkeeper is Zeng Cheng. what idea?"

"Personally, the younger generation has completely taken over the national team." Yang Chen continued according to the manuscript he had written earlier: "This is the most brilliant team in the history of Chinese football, and possibly the history of Asian football. They From the Asian Junior Championships more than ten years ago, they have won all the championships they participated in. After three World Cups in the middle, they have finally grown into the mainstay of the national team in an all-round way.”

Liu Jianhong listened to Yang Chen's smooth talk, so he didn't rush to interrupt, Yang Chen naturally sighed: "Some of them are growing faster, such as Xiao Wanger, who has participated in four World Cups. Some are growing slower. For example, Xiao Zeng did not become the main goalkeeper until this World Cup. But in any case, after more than ten years of their brothers side by side, there must be many stories worth telling. Frankly speaking, I envy them and their achievements. I also envy their peers along the way.”