There is a dream called football

"The national football team defeated the European champions."

"The Turkish cavalry were defeated at the feet of the national football team."

"Promote the prestige of our country and the great national football team."

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Seeing these reports on the Internet, Li Qiao just laughed. The domestic media is still the same, praising the gods when they win, and scolding them like dogs when they lose.

Li Qiao really dislikes the urinary nature of the domestic media. In fact, it is the same not only for the national football team, but also for other sports.

Three days later we were still in Utrecht for the national football match against Ukraine, but we had to go back to Amsterdam first.

Krauchen did not give the players a day off and still practiced twice a day.

Li Qiao still trains alone, and his muscles are still the coach's biggest concern. They are like a rubber band that has been stretched to the limit and may snap in the next second.

Fatigue is Li Qiao's biggest enemy. He started playing all the Champions League and league games at Liverpool.

At this time, Li Qiao was refreshed by a unique treatment method of the National Football Team, which was acupuncture.

The 30-minute acupuncture treatment greatly relaxed Li Qiao's muscles. Coupled with Krauchen reducing his training volume by half, Li Qiao's muscle tightness was quickly relieved.

For Krauchen, Li Qiao is a secret weapon reserved for the knockout rounds. It is not necessary in the group stage, because up to three teams can appear in a group, and there is also Panama in this group, so it seems that qualifying for the group

There is no suspense.

Three days later in the match against Ukraine, Krauchen put Li Qiao on the bench and started with Hao Junmin.

The European runner-up won the first game, and the Chinese team was very confident. The match against Ukraine was very exciting. In the end, the Chinese team defeated Ukraine 4-2 and qualified for the group ahead of schedule.

Compared with the strength of the Chinese team, the other Asian teams in this cup are mediocre. The Korean team was beaten into pieces, Japan is also having a hard time, Syria and South Korea are about the same, and only the Chinese team is the strongest.

Li Qiao remembers that many fans in his previous life called the 2005 national football team the golden generation. There may be some truth to that. At least in the Netherlands in 2005, the national football team really shocked the world.

So at the end of the second game, the AFC official website played "Pride of Asia" to praise the strong performance of Chinese football.

The domestic media boasted to the heavens, and the national football players once again ignored this. What the players need most is not your praise when I win, but your praise when I lose, you can shout, you will never walk alone.

Li Qiao hopes that one day, Chinese fans can be as loyal as Liverpool fans, but it will take a long time.

In the last game, Panama, which had lost two consecutive games before, could only fight for honor. In this game, Li Qiao simply stayed in Amsterdam and did not go to Utrecht with the team. The attendance rate of this game was also the lowest.

, there are less than 4,000 people, and many fans are already preparing to watch the knockout games.

Even Chinese fans rarely come because the Chinese team has secured first place in the group, so they are preparing to go to the next competition venue.

In this game, Krauchen carried out a major rotation. The substitute goalkeeper who had not played before came on, and all the midfielders were replaced. Zhu Ting was used as a forward, and Gao Lin was substituted.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Panama 2-0, winning all 3 games in the group and scoring 9 points, firmly ranking first in the group.

But……

The Chinese team was not happy for long. They actually met the German team in the knockout group. The German team performed very poorly in this group. They finished third in Group D, behind the United States and Argentina. This resulted in the Chinese team's group failure.

First, we have to fight against strong teams.

However, some people in Germany did it on purpose. They just wanted to touch the Chinese team. This is actually possible.

After all, many teams in the group stage have hidden strength and can just qualify, but when it comes to the knockout rounds, it will be a real battle.

Krauchen is a German, and he knows the team of his motherland very well. Even if the German team stumbles in the group stage, that is not the real strength of the German team, at least not all of it. The Germans often show great performance in the knockout rounds.

Great strength.

Krauchen changed his tactics again, this time playing as a lone forward, and Li Qiao played as a lone forward. Krauchen was preparing for the knockout round. If the team's cooperation was inhibited, then Li Qiao would go it alone.

It is easiest for young players to go smoothly, but once they encounter setbacks, they will not be able to show their normal strength in training.

In addition, Krauchen is more worried about the fact that the team's group stage went too smoothly. Facts have proven countless times that being too smooth in the group stage is not a good thing. If you think about it, you will understand that the final champions of many competitions were stumbling in the group stage.

For example, Spain, the 2010 World Cup champions in South Africa, were beaten in the head by Switzerland in their first group match. Needless to say, Italy in 2006, all the Italian players came to Germany as if they had committed a crime.

While Krauchen was thinking, everyone laughed from the training ground. It turned out that they were playing a tire-shooting game.

Gao Lin took off with a flying kick.

"Gao Lin, you can't kick 10 tires with your kicks."

"Ha ha."

Gao Lin looked embarrassed. His footwork was indeed not up to par, and the best footwork on the Chinese team was Chen Tao.

He tried his shot and was very close, but still couldn't shoot into the center of the tire. At this time, everyone was looking forward to Li Qiao.

"Li Qiao."

"Come on, come on."

"Show off."

"Haha, I don't want to play anymore."

"Don't."

In fact, although everyone admires Li Qiao, young people hold their breath in their hearts. No one feels that they are worse than anyone else. This is why the Chinese National Youth Team often performs better than the national team, because they don’t know yet.

What is fear?

"Then let me make it clear first, if I can't score, don't laugh."

"Don't laugh, don't laugh."

After a small run-up, Li Qiao aimed at the tire and kicked the ball. The ball slowly flew towards the tire and went in right from the middle.

"Wow!"

Everyone's mouths formed an O shape in surprise.

"Is he really better than us?"

"It's okay if you don't accept it." Gao Lin laughed.

"It's just a small trick." Li Qiao said with a smile.

In the evening, Krauchen arranged for everyone to watch the three games of the German team in the group stage, and highlighted some of the advantages of the German team.

Li Qiao knew that was by no means the true strength of Germany. In his previous life, in the knockout rounds, the German team showed its strong strength, while the Chinese team also lost to the lack of experience.

Li Qiao wonders if everything would have been different if the Chinese team had taken another step forward that time.

Maybe the Chinese team can really create a miracle and make the fans proud of themselves. Li Qiao made up his mind that since he can do it again, he will make up for the regrets of the last time this time.

Krauchen asked everyone to remember the German team's offensive routine and remember it to the letter.