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Speaking of the most thoroughly naturalized team in Asia today, it is none other than the Philippines. In the 23-man lineup participating in the Asian Cup this time, the Philippine football team has 1 player and only 4 players.

Even so, there are still six players including top star and Premier League Cardiff goalkeeper Etheridge who were not recruited back to the team in January due to competition. In fact, if the Philippines is not picky, it can easily form three sets of naturalized lineups, or even more.

However, the naturalized players in the Philippines are all naturalized by blood, which is much better than that in China. Therefore, the Philippine football community does not consider this to be naturalization, because they are originally Filipino children.

The Philippines has been a colony of Spain and the United States for more than 400 years. The native blood has long been impure. Nowadays, it is very easy to establish blood ties all over the world, including Ao Guanhai.

Coupled with the huge output of Filipino servants, there is no need to be too extravagant in spreading branches and leaves. Moreover, Filipino maids who marry locals do not have high levels of education, so their children are more likely to be exposed to football.

The same can't be said for the Chinese. Because of their deep respect for education, their descendants generally pursue the elite route. The higher they go, the farther away they are from football.

When Philippine football captain Stefan Schrock was queuing up in the tunnel before the game, he took the initiative to talk to Zhuo Yang in German. Because his accent was so authentic, Zhuo Yang almost asked such a stupid question as "Where did you learn it from?" .

Schlock is one year younger than Zhuo Yang and was born in Germany. He once played in the Bundesliga Fürth for 11 years and spent two seasons playing in the Bundesliga. Two years before leaving Fürth, Schrock even wore the No. 10 jersey and was nicknamed "Filipino Hasler".

In the 2003-04 season, Schlock, who had just entered the first team of Fürth at the age of 17, experienced two matches between Madiburg and Fürth in the Bundesliga Second Division on the bench. In the two games, Madibao won one and drew one, with Zhuo Yang scoring 4 goals.

However, in the first round of the FA Cup, the defending champion Madiburg, who was absent six Musketeers and led by Dwarf Hassler, was eliminated at 1/3:0. Schrock, who came on as a substitute in that game, performed very well and laid a solid foundation for him to gain a foothold in the first team in the future. (For details, see Chapter 205 of Part One: Old Monk Hasler Enters Meditation)

Zhuoyang naturally didn't remember such a former opponent, and Schlock didn't have time to mention it, because the Philippine football coach Eriksson stopped him, and he came out and started a routine with Zhuoyang very familiarly.

The 71-year-old Swede Göran Eriksson is undoubtedly a famous coach. He has coached the Swiss Super League, Portuguese Super League, La Liga, Serie A, Premier League, Chinese Super League, and the England national team. He is definitely the number one coach in the coaching world. Zhuoyang is not If you have seen it, you must have heard of it, and it will definitely give you face.

The Chinese Super League Shenzhen was dismissed in 2012. After being unemployed for almost two years, he became the head coach of the Philippine national team at the end of October last year.

1 Donner's classic goal, the ball king passed six England defenders at the time, and the last defender before goalkeeper Hilton was Terry Butcher.

Butcher is a famous tough guy in the history of English football, formerly nicknamed "The Butcher". The photos of him that have been circulated in the world are basically of his fierce appearance with a bandage on his head and blood on his face during the game between England and Sweden.

In April last year, American Thomas Dooley, the meritorious coach who led the Philippines to a successful breakthrough in the Asian Cup qualifiers, was unwilling to renew his contract after his contract expired. In July, Terry Butcher, who was coaching in Thailand, applied for the position of coach of the Philippine national football team, but for unknown reasons resigned two months later and went to the new Chinese Super League Guangzhou to assist Stojkovic as a defensive assistant coach.

The Philippine Football Association urgently hired Eriksson, but the old coach was not impressed. In the 2018 Southeast Asian Championship that just ended last month, the Philippines lost 1:2 to Vietnam in the semifinals and was eliminated.

Philippine football is no longer what it used to be. It used to be at the bottom of Asia, basically on par with the Maldives and Nepal, but now it is barely in the third rate. Singapore and Indonesia, which often caused trouble for the Chinese team in the past, can now be rubbed against by the Philippines.

In this Asian Cup qualifier, the Philippines' ability to beat Tajikistan and Yemen and advance to the main match as the first group can explain something, although there are factors of Asian Cup expansion.

The Philippine Football Association attaches great importance to the match against the Chinese team in the Asian Cup group stage. It does not expect an upset, but only hopes to perform at a high level.

The new Chinese Super League will start the Dragon League and Tiger League this year. The Philippines hopes that the Philippine League champion can directly participate in the Dragon League equivalent to the Champions League with a wild card like Japan and South Korea, or start from the Dragon League qualifying round and receive the same treatment as the Fishing Port champion. Because the Philippines feels that its football level has surpassed that of the fishing port.

The Chinese league development company is only willing to give the Philippine champion a wild card for the Tiger League equivalent to the League Cup, and it will start from the qualifying rounds. The two sides are still wrangling over this matter, and the Chinese League Development Company has a firm attitude.

The Philippines hopes that the team can perform well in the "China Second Team" led by Zhuo Yang and show the progress of Philippine football to add weight to the dispute. Everyone knows that Zhuo Yang has a high say in all affairs of Chinese football, and the eldest sister Tou Zhuo Qiu is the controlling shareholder of the China League Development Company.

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"Zhuoyang, now Manchester City club has become great and legendary because of you. As the former coach of Manchester City, I am very happy to see the current achievements."

"Thank you. You are welcome to come back to Manchester City often."

When Zhuoyang was in Milan, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra acquired Manchester City and hired Eriksson, who had been unemployed since he was dismissed from the England national team, as the head coach.

But after just one season, he left due to poor results. In fact, Eriksson didn't want to leave at that time. He still had two years of high-paying contracts, and it was Thaksin who paid the liquidated damages before leaving.

It can be said that Eriksson, who once created brilliance at Lazio and reached the peak of coaching in the England national team, has obviously gone downhill since coaching Manchester City.

"I watched Manchester City's game the day before yesterday. It was very exciting. I believe Manchester City can win the Premier League championship again." Eriksson said: "I wish Manchester City good luck, and I wish you good luck."

"good luck."

Manchester City stopped losing streak in front of Liverpool.

The day before the game, veterans led by Kompany, Aguero and Debich organized a locker room meeting for the entire team, asking everyone to actively cooperate with Guardiola's work and absolutely support Zhuo Yang while he left the team to participate in the Asian Cup. All Lao Gua’s training decisions and tactical arrangements.

"Everyone should have some shame. Zhuoyang made great achievements in the first half of the season, but when he came back, he found that the champion became Liverpool. What should we explain?"

After unifying the team's thinking and conveying the team's unconditional support to Lao Gua, Manchester City welcomed Uncle Zha's Liverpool at home.

In the first half, Aguero, who returned from injury, took the lead with a shot from a small angle. Later, Fabinho was kicked by the fierce Kompany and was replaced by Henderson.

In the second half, Debich directly kicked Mane off the field, so Mr. Zhu became angry. He couldn't get angry with his old friend Debich, so he kicked Gundogan and also kicked Teacher Jing off the field.

The brutality on the pitch was comparable to that of World War I, and Manchester City played with rare bloodiness. Debich, who replaced Federico as the starting midfielder, locked up Salah for the whole game, so tired that he urinated blood after the game.

But Uncle Zha's team certainly didn't give it in vain. Within five minutes of the second half, they took the lead 2:1 with Firmino's header and Tuye's penalty kick.

In the last twenty minutes of the game, Manchester City was as crazy as a primitive man chasing the wolf with his bare buttocks, forcing Uncle Zha to once again withdraw the pig boss to the back line to form a three-centre defender.

In the 88th minute, Aguero broke through and earned a corner kick. In the chaos, Debich and Lao Kong pounced on Van Dijk in the penalty area, making the scene even more chaotic. However, Sane was lucky enough to seize the opportunity to make a supplementary shot. In the end, the two sides scored 2. :2.

On the same day, Tottenham easily defeated Cardiff City 3:0. Although Manchester City had 4 points, Liverpool 51 and Tottenham 50, they stopped their losing streak in a crucial battle and did not open up the points difference. This is even more important than simply winning. .

Manchester City retains its hope of winning the championship, and Zhuo Yang will then fight for the national team's first championship trophy. Whether the match against the Philippines is an appetizer or a litmus test, Japanese referee Hiroyuki Kimura blows the whistle and the result will be known in ninety minutes.

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