There is a dream called football

Capital, a high school.

The students in the second grade of high school are not busy doing homework or memorizing texts during self-study tonight. Instead, they are watching the Chinese team's game organized by the school.

During halftime, many people fell in love with football.

"I didn't expect football to be so exciting."

"I was more nervous than I was during the exam in the first half."

I remember someone said back then that the women's volleyball team makes the Chinese people proud, but what the Chinese people look forward to most is that the national football team can reach the World Cup.

Football can become a popular sport in the world, not for nothing, but because of real passion.

Three or five boys gathered together to talk about the game.

"Have any of you ever thought about taking a football career in the future?"

"football?"

Many people hesitate, there are dreams, but it seems that dreams cannot be eaten.

In the one-child era, a family only had one child, so studying, taking the college entrance examination, and working were the most stable paths.

football?

It is much more difficult to succeed in this circle than to get into Tsinghua University.

This is actually one of the reasons for the decline of Chinese football talents.

In Hao Haidong's time, it was impossible for a family to have only one child, so only one of them needed to go to college. The rest of them could do whatever they wanted, and their parents would accept it.

"Football? Not reliable."

"Yeah, think about how many people can be kicked out? It's better to learn this way."

"But as you know, Li Qiao started playing football when he was a sophomore in high school. You see, he is now a national football player."

"..."

"..."

A small flame of dream burns in my heart, and there may be some brave ones among them who really take the path of football.

****

Germany team dressing room.

During the halftime break, Loew was mainly the one explaining tactics.

"Have you made the tactical map for the first half?"

"Um."

The German team's tactical analysis has advanced to the point of making a tactical diagram at half-time.

"Our mistake in the first half was that we moved too slowly."

"It takes us 8 seconds to make one move, which is enough for the opponent to move their defense line."

Looking at the jumping numbers one by one, this is what a game actually looks like after being digitally processed.

"quick."

"The attack still needs to be faster."

"The essence of modern football is pressing."

Everyone nodded.

"But don't worry, according to the data, the Chinese team's running ability will be greatly reduced in the second half."

This is the biggest weakness of the Chinese team. Because it is an Asian team, the Chinese team's usual training level cannot reach European standards, so physical fitness is an issue.

After all, most of them usually play in slow-paced leagues, but German players have been trained in high-speed confrontations for a season, and their advantage will be more obvious in the second half.

After Loew finished talking about tactics, Klinsmann started dream bombing.

"Remember our predecessors and remember the miracle of Bern."

"Remember we won the World Cup Gold Cup three times."

"The only opponent in the world who is better than us in football is Brazil."

Klinsmann's dream bombing was effective and really made the players' blood boil.

"Germany must win."

*****

In the Chinese team's locker room, the players had a feeling of being resurrected after being suffocated. The intensity of the first half was something the players had never experienced before. If they hadn't been ahead by one goal, if it hadn't been for the support of national honor, the players might have collapsed.

Zhu Guanghu also knows that physical fitness is a big issue.

"We continued to defend in the second half, and Li Qiao and Lei Wen were responsible for the counterattack. We can only pray that we can defend for 90 minutes in this game. Otherwise, we have no other way. The overall gap between us and our opponents is too big."

Zhu Guanghu patted Gao Lin.

"You have to be ready to play in the second half."

"Okay." Gao Lin smiled, but Zhu Guanghu's next words soon made him stop laughing.

"Be prepared to hit the midfielder."

…

…

"Director Zhu..."

"I know what you are going to say, but you are a panacea under my command. With your physical confrontation ability, you should be good in midfield confrontations."

Gao Lin almost cried with laughter. Is this a good thing?

But of course Gao Lin couldn't argue, because Zhu Guanghu wouldn't listen either. He only knew that players were just like soldiers and just obeyed orders.

"Children, I have no requirements for you. You just need to be worthy of yourself."

*****

In the stadium, the players on the German team's bench were all warming up, and the camera focused on Asamoah for a long time.

Once the team performs poorly, the coach's formation can easily be questioned, because Asamoah is in very good form in the Bundesliga this season, but Klinsmann obviously does not pay attention to it.

This is similar to how Loew did not take Sane to the World Cup in 2018, which was later criticized by the media.

The German commentator said: "Podolski seems not yet qualified to be the main attacker of the German team."

Because Podolski was playing in the Bundesliga 2 at this time, playing for Cologne, he was also the first international player of the German team to play in the Bundesliga 2.

On the one hand, Loew has a keen eye, but on the other hand, the gap between the level of Bundesliga 2 and Bundesliga is still a bit big.

"I think Jurgen (Klinsmann) has to give up his prejudices. If he can't score in the second half, both Neuville and Asamoah should be considered."

"And Klose's style is still a bit too monotonous."

At this time, Klose was not the K-god he would become later, but was just a forward in Werder Bremen who was considered a rough forward who could only header the ball.

"I still believe that there is no problem for the German team to defeat the Chinese team. The Chinese team's goal in the first half was purely luck. We only need one goal to completely defeat the Chinese team's fighting spirit."

Everyone should have reached a consensus on this. In fact, in the final analysis, the Chinese team stopped with that ball.

Just like in the 2014 World Cup, when Argentina scored a decisive goal against Iran, the Iranians knelt. In fact, it was a sigh of relief.

The German team came out first in the second half. When the German players in white jerseys ran out, the audience cheered again.

Then came the players of the Chinese team, the cheers were much lower, they were the Chinese fans in a corner of the Allianz Arena.

This is the advantage of the host country, and the German team's advantage in fans in this game is even more overwhelming.

However, the Chinese team still waved to the fans after playing.

These lovely fans give the Chinese team the greatest support. Chinese players also know that greater support lies thousands of miles away.

At least at this moment, the National Football Team has not bought a ticket to go back.

Everyone forms a circle in the middle circle and folds their hands.

"Fight for your dreams."

Opposite is the German team in white clothes. In 45 minutes, the first quarter-final match of this World Cup will be decided.