There is a dream called football

The plane landed in Munich, and a dusty old man walked out of the airport and was immediately surrounded by reporters. He was the amazing coach, Milutinovic, who led the national football team to the World Cup last time.

The reason why he is called a magical coach is that he led different teams to the World Cup five times in a row.

Mexico in 1986, Costa Rica in 1990, the United States in 1994, Nigeria in 1998 and China in 2002.

This is an unprecedented record in the world.

Milu was the head coach of Jamaica at this time, and of course he came to Germany to pay attention to the World Cup.

"This must be the first time you participate in the World Cup as an outsider, right?"

"Haha." Milu smiled heartily, "There's nothing wrong with that. As a fan, watching the World Cup feels good and there is no pressure on me."

"Can you comment on the performance of the Chinese team?"

"They did a great job. At least they got points this time."

"Will you go visit your old friends from the Chinese team?"

"certainly."

"Can you predict the match between China and England?"

"That's a football commentator's job, not mine, so I refuse to predict the outcome of a match."

Milu understands that the results of football matches are unpredictable. If you predict the results of the match with a big mouth, you will be like Pele, earning the reputation of a crow's mouth. There is nothing good in that.

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After the training, Zhu Guanghu did not let the players go back immediately, but said he wanted to introduce an old friend to everyone.

Everyone really didn’t know that this person was Milu, because they rarely read news from foreign media. There were no smart phones at that time, so it was not that easy to read the news.

But when Milu appeared, everyone was happy. This may be the foreigner the Chinese team is most familiar with.

"Milu."

"Hello everyone, we meet again."

Li Weifeng in the team was Milu's subordinate at that time, and most of the others did not participate in the last World Cup, so it can only be said that they know this face, but they are not familiar with it.

"Let me introduce myself, because I see a lot of new people."

"Ha ha."

After Milu finished the introduction, he started to tease Zhu Guanghu.

"You have better luck than me. If I had these people under my command four years ago, I think I would definitely be able to reach the knockout rounds."

"Ha ha."

The reason why the Chinese people never forget Milu is because he is the person who realized the Chinese team's decades-long World Cup dream.

In the past, Chinese football always shouted to break out of Asia and go to the world, but the problem is that every time it was just a little bit short and did not go to the world. Milu was the one who made the leap. From then on, at least the Chinese team was one of the few to participate in the World Cup.

of Asian teams.

Director Zhu said emotionally: "We should be grateful to Milu. He is the person who realized our dream. Without him planting the seeds of our dream, we might not be in Germany today, nor would we get the first point in the World Cup."

"I am honored to see this. This is why I love football. This sport can change a country. I have been to so many countries. No one does not love football, so work hard to make your country proud.

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Everyone was excited by these words. This is the same feeling as soldiers going to war in peacetime. It is not easy to represent the country's highest honor, but it is really glorious.

"Actually, I also want to thank you and the Chinese team. This may be the last time I lead the team to participate in the World Cup. From now on, I will do some behind-the-scenes work. This is what my family requires."

Li Qiao remembered that in his previous life, the Chinese team was indeed the last time Milu led the team to participate in the World Cup. Since then, he has become a football consultant for various countries, and seems to be a consultant for Qatar and China's youth training.

Milu bowed to everyone, and the Chinese team players also bowed to Milu.

"Good luck against England."

*****

When the bus entered Nuremberg, police cars escorted it all the way, but we still saw many Chinese fans along the way.

Wherever there are people, there are Chinese. This is a real team. The national football team is also very touched, but the security is very strict and those fans cannot get close.

When you come to the hotel, the security level is even higher. It is basically impossible to let reporters in. The Germans are very strict in this regard.

Each of the national football players was issued a pass so that they could move around the hotel as they pleased. Today's training was physical training. The national football team's European physiotherapist arranged strength training in the swimming pool.

Training in water is a relatively popular strength training method in the world. Its actual purpose is to prevent injuries.

As we all know, injuries are caused by uneven local forces. For example, a sprained foot is caused by sudden excessive force on the ankle. However, there is no such situation in water. The force on the whole body is basically balanced, and it is impossible to be injured.

In this way, it is completely safe to exercise more.

Therefore, the team members understand that once it is training in the water, the intensity must be very high.

Two hours of training can be exhausting, but it is very helpful for hard work. The endurance in the competition is built up bit by bit in this way.

As for tactical training, Zhu Guanghu’s guiding ideology is almost exactly the same as the previous game, which is to use quick passes to counter the opponent’s physical advantage. The Chinese team has no advantage at all if they compete physically with the opponent, and the only advantage of the Chinese team is

The advantage is flexibility and speed.

In this game, the Chinese team's starting lineup will also change. Hao Junmin will start, and the formation will become 433.

"Quickly pass the ball in the midfield, don't stick to the ball. If you really can't find the ball point, then pass the ball to the two wings."

"If that doesn't work, just kick it out to the sideline. Don't stick to the ball anyway, especially in the backcourt, because if the ball is intercepted at this time, the defense will be easily broken."

"In addition, be mentally prepared. In this kind of game, it is entirely possible for us to concede the ball first, or even concede two goals first, so we must be mentally prepared and don't collapse as soon as we concede the ball."

This is not easy, but it is always good to be prepared first. Zhu Guanghu is afraid of being beaten by a big score like Saudi Arabia.

In the last World Cup, the reason why Saudi Arabia was beaten eight times by the Germans was not actually because of the huge gap in strength, but because of a breakdown in mentality.

In competitions like the World Cup, when Asian teams encounter European teams, they often become timid before fighting. This is very fatal.

"Kids, my bottom line is that we can lose this ball, but we can't lose it so ugly, you know?"

The big guy nodded.

At the same time, England has also announced the starting lineup in advance, and all the main players will play. Eriksen attaches great importance to the Chinese team. They do not want to relax a little. Eriksen hopes to secure qualification for the group in the second round.

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Because if you score 6 points, you will basically qualify from the group early.