Rebirth of the Wild Age

This year's League A was suspended in mid-April because the main players of each team were preparing for the World Cup in Korea and Japan.

To be precise, it is the players of Guoan and Shenhua, many of whom have been selected for the national team. As for the other teams in League A, it would be awesome to have a player selected for the national football team, because those who went to Europe to play were also called back to China, so overseas players took up several pitfalls.

The Xifeng team was the third place in the League A last year. At the beginning, they made great progress all the way, but in the second half, they were targeted by people who figured out the routine, and almost fell out of the top three in the league points.

Due to Zheng Zhi's outstanding performance in last year's season, coupled with Chen Tao's secret efforts, this time he was also selected into the national team lineup on behalf of Xifeng. However, Zheng Zhi is very likely to be a substitute every game, and being able to play for a few minutes is considered the limit, because the strength of the Chinese national team this year is too strong, and young players like Zheng Zhi are not ranked at all.

Although many fans who were disappointed with the national football team yelled at the time, many years later, they had to admit that the national team in 2002 was already the pinnacle of men's football.

Take those players who returned to China from overseas signs, Fan Zhiyi played for the Premier League Crystal Palace, and even served as the player of the year and captain of the Crystal Palace. Li Tie is Everton's main midfielder, Sun Jihai is Manchester City's main full-back, and Yang Chen is Frankfurt's main striker. Even domestic famous players like Xie Hui and Su Maozhen can only serve as substitutes in the national team and honestly give up their seats to Hao Haidong. The selection of young players like Zheng Zhi is all due to Chen Tao's secret activities.

In the Korean-Japanese World Cup, although the Chinese team was beaten 0:4 by the Brazilian team, the overall performance was amazing enough, and several attacks were played smoothly. From the attitude of the game to the on-the-spot performance, this national team has achieved the ultimate, and it has left the previous national teams for more than ten years behind.

Unfortunately, they faced Brazil and Türkiye in the group stage. In this World Cup, the Brazilian team is the champion, and the Turkish team is the third runner-up. How do you let the Chinese team play?

Even Costa Rica, which is the least regarded by national football fans, has won a total of 12 championships in the Central American Football Championship in the past few decades. In the 1990 World Cup, Costa Rica even entered the round of 16 (13th), and lost 0:1 to Brazil in the group stage. By the time of the Korea-Japan World Cup, Costa Rica had entered the World Cup finals four times, and once entered the second round of the World Cup finals. The overall strength is definitely stronger than the Chinese team.

For the Chinese team, this is a group of death.

"Come with me to watch the football in South Korea next month." Chen Tao said expectantly.

Song Weiyang advised: "I think you'd better not go to watch the game live. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment."

Chen Tao said: "This is the first time for the Chinese team to qualify for the World Cup. Why don't you go and see it. I know that the group stage is not easy to play. Brazil has always been a super strong team and is almost invincible. Turkey has also been very good in recent years. , and made it to the quarter-finals of the European Cup. But the Chinese team is also very strong this year. If you are lucky, there is hope to get rid of Costa Rica. As long as you can score one or two goals in Brazil and Turkey, you will be considered a loser It is also worth going to the scene to cheer for the Chinese team."

Chen Tao is destined to be extremely disappointed, because the Chinese team failed to score a goal and returned home with a big duck egg in their arms.

"Okay, you go to watch the football by yourself first, and when there is a Chinese team game, I will fly over to play with you for a few days." Song Weiyang is an absolute fake fan. Regarding the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, he only remembers the following : First, Brazil won the championship; second, South Korea ranked fourth by cheating.

As for who was the runner-up and who was the third runner-up, Song Weiyang had long forgotten all about it.

But these few sporadic memories are enough for gambling, and it would be good to earn some pocket money. As long as Song Weiyang doesn't bet too big, it is impossible to change the result of the game. The odds of buying the Brazilian team before the game are very impressive, and the odds of buying the Korean team to reach the semi-finals are even more explosive - except for the Koreans, Idiots bet that way.

It was May, and there were already pirated books about Wang Yangming on the market, and Milu's commercial endorsement posters were everywhere.

The improvement of the material level will inevitably bring about the growth of spiritual needs.

In the past two years, China's economy has been booming rapidly, and Chinese people urgently need to be recognized in other aspects. Sports is a natural bearing point. Since the Chinese team successfully entered the World Cup, it has gradually evolved into a national carnival.

And Mr. Milu, the foreign teacher of the national team, was also touted by the media in various ways, and suddenly became the savior of Chinese football. This old man keeps getting invitations, and he will appear in the public eye every now and then. He will attend various commercial activities, accept various advertisement endorsements, and he has already made a lot of money.

This situation is obviously abnormal, because he spends too much time doing private work, and he can't take care of the daily training of the national football team at all.

So while being well-known in China, Milu was also criticized by all parties. As the start date of the World Cup approached, this kind of honor and criticism reached its peak. Milu even publicly complained that he was not protected by the Chinese Football Association.

Protect the fart, this grandson has long since abandoned his business.

Before the start of the World Cup, football players from a certain country commented privately: "This national team is going to travel. From the beginning of the training camp, there has been no systematic preparation at all."

When other foreign coaches were invited to China, they brought a whole team, but Milu was very chic, this guy came alone with a bag. Another assistant coach was recruited halfway, but the assistant coach basically did not participate in training and technical and tactical formulation, and came to China purely for soy sauce.

In the absence of his own team, Milu wants to lead the Chinese team, which has a lot of entanglements, by himself? Idiots are talking about dreams.

Most of the time, Milu just watched from the side, talking about his thoughts. The real training is in charge of the local assistant coach Shen Xiangfu, and the basic energy is used to run the players. Whether it is Milu or Shen Xiangfu, at most they can train the players' skills and cooperation, and they have no right to formulate the strategies and tactics of the Chinese team.

Perhaps this is the reason why Milu gave up on himself. He can't really make the decision, so he can get a vote in China and leave.

The national attention not only puts pressure on the players, but also puts a lot of pressure on the Football Association. Because of the current public opinion situation, the World Cup has been raised to the national level, and even some big leaders are staring at the results, so the Football Association has set three goals: first, to score a goal; second, to get a point; Third, win the next game.

To put it bluntly, the Football Association wants the Chinese team to attack. It doesn't matter if you lose, at least one goal must be scored, and everyone will be happy if they can win the next game.

And Milu thought from the beginning that the Chinese team should be more defensive, and seize the opportunity to make a key counterattack while keeping the ball and conceding less. This kind of thinking is completely opposite to the Football Association, and Milu can't make the decision, so he can only do it according to the requirements of the Football Association. Milu was so disheartened that he didn't even bother to make systematic preparations before the game, because he couldn't prepare at all, and the people below rarely listened to him.

To be honest, with the strength of the Chinese team this time, if Milu is allowed to take full control, it is very likely to win Costa Rica, at least it will not be too difficult to play a draw.

This is a bit like fighting in ancient times. The officials in the court said that there was not enough food and grass, and the emperor was in a hurry, and then ordered the frontline commanders to attack with all their strength. And the coach has no real power to lead the army, so he can only do some pre-war mobilization, and then throw the team to the supervising army to toss, pity those officers and soldiers who are desperately fighting on the battlefield.

By the end of May, when the World Cup officially kicked off, sports lotteries in China were selling like crazy.

At 7:30 in the evening, France played against Senegal.

Song Weiyang was watching TV while having dinner with Lin Zhuoyun and Doudou. Before I finished the meal, I heard exclamation and shouts from the community, and then there were mountains and tsunami curses, and some people even smashed their own window panes to vent their anger.

France actually lost, defeated by Senegal...

France was the defending champion of the last World Cup. They beat Brazil 3-0 in the final. Why did they lose the first game? And still lost to Senegal? Where did Senegal come from the ghost team? What, an African team? Have any African teams qualified for the World Cup?

The 2002 World Cup was the first World Cup that attracted the most attention from Chinese fans. For foreign teams and players, they have only heard of a few top stars, and they don't pay attention to African teams like Senegal. That's why the Chinese team's loss to Costa Rica made countless Chinese feel so angry.

In the eyes of these people, Senegal and Costa Rica are scumbags. The garbage teams of the small country of Quer are 100% beaten by the French and Chinese teams.

In any case, the loss of the French team to Senegal is destined to make countless gamblers want to cry without tears. Let alone fake fans, the hardcore real fans will be deceived to death.

And when the Chinese team debuted in June, the momentum of public opinion created by the media reached its peak.

Many school leaders regard this game as a rare opportunity for patriotic education. Even government agencies and units rarely relax. As long as there is no urgent task in hand, civil servants are allowed to watch the ball before going to work. Whether it is the school or the leaders of the government agencies, they all think that the Chinese team will win the Costa Rica game. It will allow students and civil servants to feel the patriotism, and let us people feel proud.

According to statistics, in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other big cities, at least 40% of primary and secondary schools organize watching games, and move physical education and music classes to game time. The university is even more relaxed. The electronic classrooms, stadiums, cafeterias, and dormitories are full of people. The ratings of the sports channel are so high that they explode. Even the coffee shop is full of fake fans.

Many companies and enterprises directly have a holiday in the afternoon, and the boss or manager organizes them to watch the game together.

A fan recalled: "That afternoon, I planned to go to the hospital to see a doctor. But when I arrived at the hospital, I found that the internal medicine doctor was gone. After asking, I found out that except for the emergency doctor, they all went to see the Chinese team to play football. I I didn’t even think about complaining, so I squeezed into a place with a TV nearby and watched the football with those doctors.”

This is the national madness of the Korea-Japan World Cup that year, which attracted more attention than the Olympics. Too many extra things were placed on winning or losing the game, and the pressure on the relevant people can be imagined.

Not to mention that the Chinese team has a chance to shoot, even the Chinese players successfully catch the ball and snatch the ball, which can attract bursts of cheers from the audience. When the Chinese team fell behind, some students even cried and sang the national anthem in unison when the game was about to end: "The Chinese nation has reached the most dangerous time..."

After crying, the game was over, and there was only anger and aggrievedness left in my heart, followed by overwhelming curses!

He could lose against Costa Rica, and his head was shaved. Will he be able to play football if he is paralyzed?