Golden Greenery

"Old rule, I want to give this victory of successfully advancing to the top 16 to all those who have contributed to Chinese football and to every hard-working Chinese. My teammates and I will always be there for you. And fight.”

"I also want to give this victory to Mr. Bora Milutinovic. I promised to give you the top 16 as a birthday gift. Happy birthday, Bora, thank you for everything you have done for Chinese football. .Thanks!"

Zhuoyang fulfilled his promise, and old Milu's eyes were blurred.

Twelve years ago in 2002, after finishing last in the group at the World Cup in South Korea and Japan and returning home sadly, the Chinese team coach Milu was fired. On the day he left, there was overwhelming condemnation from all over the country. There were no flowers, only a few reporters who were familiar with him sent him off.

With no leader, no fans, and no players under his command, Milu took a taxi to the airport alone. When he left, his back was very sad.

The media at that time was a group of villains who were afraid of the world being in chaos, the fans at that time were very blind, and every international player at that time was seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Milu stayed in China for four years. When he left, he only knew the simplest Chinese words, thank you, goodbye and hello.

But on the day he left, he deeply understood the idiom called "The tea is cool when people leave".

Twelve years later, Zhuo Yang, the number one player in Chinese football, unquestionable authority and captain of the national team, said ‘thank you’ to the 70-year-old Milu. This thank you is twelve years late, but it finally comes.

Zhuo Yang used his identity to finalize Milu's work in China, and also showed Milu that the Chinese are not ungrateful people.

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The Chinese team has reached the top 16 of the World Cup again after four years ago, and its score of 6 points in three games is also improved from 4 points four years ago. This can be regarded as a bit of progress.

Captain Zhuo Yang is undoubtedly the main contributor to the promotion. Scoring 6 of the team's 9 goals is only the most superficial phenomenon. But according to FIFA statistics, Zhuo Yang is not the only factor for the Chinese team to advance.

Among all the top 32 players, the Chinese team is the team that averages the most running distance per game, and also has the most cumulative sprint distance during running, which is a good example of how hard work can make up for failure.

China, Germany, and the Netherlands are the top three teams in running distance. Zhuo Yang of the Chinese team, Bradley of the United States, and Lahm of Germany are the top three in running average per game. Zhuo Yang ran a total of 39.4 kilometers in the three games.

The Chinese team scored 9 goals in three games, which is not the highest. The Netherlands scored 10 goals. Conceded 8 goals, which is not the most.

Cameroon and Australia both conceded nine.

But the Chinese team conceded the most goals among the 16 teams that advanced. It was the desperate running of each of them that allowed them to run out of the blue under conditions of mediocre ability.

At the internal celebration party in the Deville Hotel, Zhuo Yang felt a little emotional as he looked at his teammates who were jumping and singing. He didn't know how many people would be able to continue running so tirelessly four years later, and how many would be left who could keep up with his pace.

Chinese players are making progress, but the whole world is making progress. Don't say that if you don't make progress, you will retreat. Even if the progress is slower, it is essentially a retreat.

The promotion to the semi-finals four years ago was due to the last dividend left over from the wave of enthusiasm at the beginning of the professionalization of Chinese football. Being able to advance this year depends on running. But after four years, running alone is no longer enough, because others are improving in all aspects, and all teams will start running. This is the trend of mainstream football.

Four years later, being able to run will become the most basic condition for the team, and everyone will compete for their comprehensive technical and tactical abilities under running. In these aspects, these teammates in front of me are really not good.

Four years later, Zhuoyang was 33 years old, and he was not sure whether he could still run like he does now.

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There are a total of 64 games in the World Cup, and 48 group stage games have been played. Most of the schedule has actually passed.

16 teams have already gone to the airport to find their flights home, and the other 16 teams watched them off with proud eyes. Three teams in the top 32 did not score a point this time, Cameroon, Australia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but all 32 teams scored, and none of the top 32 kept their gold medals.

There are three teams that have conceded the least goals, all conceding only one goal, and all three teams have reached the top 16, Mexico, Belgium and Costa Rica. Their goalkeepers are ‘Mexico Wu Zhenyu’ Ochoa, ‘Pantyhose’ Courtois, and ‘Nati’ Navas.

The 28-year-old Keylor Navas is so awesome. There are three players in the entire Costa Rica lineup who play in the five major leagues. Navas, who plays for Levante in La Liga, is the only club main player among the three. In this year's World Cup group stage, Navas' role is almost equivalent to that of Zhuo Yang of the Chinese team.

In the last round of the group, Costa Rica, which had already qualified early, faced England, who were eliminated early and were fighting for honor. Navas made six wonderful saves to make the British return in vain. The score of 0:0 at least allowed Rooney and his The friends went home bitterly with one point.

However, the focus of this group is the life-or-death duel between Italy and Uruguay, who both have three points. After the duel, the Italians and the English went to buy discounted tickets together.

Atletico Madrid center back Godin's header is not the focus, the 1:0 score is not the focus, the Italian team's core Meng Ermeng is absent due to injury, nor is the focus, Marchisio's red card, who played for Madiburg, and Barlow Terry's offside kick, these are not the point, Suarez almost chewed Chiellini's arm off.

In fact, Suarez didn't bite many people. He only bit each team once.

Jiaojiao Chiellini's face flushed with anxiety: "He bit me." At the same time, he showed his fragrant shoulders: "Look, look."

Uruguayan goalkeeper Muslera said: "No, that was bitten by Chiellini himself. Everyone knows that Italians like to lie the most."

Cavani said: "Chiellini jumped up and accidentally hit Suarez's front teeth. Thank God, Suarez's teeth are still in his mouth. Suarez told me that he would not care."

Miraculously, Rodriguez, the Mexican referee on duty, saw nothing and Su Ya didn't even get a yellow card. The referee said: "I didn't see it. I came to Brazil to be a referee, and the fights of boys on the street are not my responsibility."

Italy coach Prandelli: "Suarez is a good player, but he bites. Well, I announce my resignation."

Balotelli said: "I won't say anything until the British queen kisses me."

Suarez himself said: "Suarez's mouth, God's teeth."

So, from then on, Suarez's teeth, following Pele's crow's mouth and Maradona's Hand of God, became another dark weapon in football.

The two veteran teams in Group D went home. England brought them half-eaten French fries and chicken nuggets, as well as French fries and chicken nuggets, while the Italians showed teeth marks.

The 35-year-old Pirlo withdrew from the national team, and the 29-year-old Meng Er Ge continued to spend his honeymoon.

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