World Cup of Great Powers

The news and photos quickly spread back to China.

Seeing the row of "monks" in the center of the newspaper, the fans couldn't stop laughing.

"Ha! It has to be Coach Zeng, he really does what he says!"

"Coach Zeng did the right thing, we should collectively control these guys!"

"For so many years, Coach Zeng has led the team and I am convinced! We should have more courageous coaches like Coach Zeng!"

"I'm afraid Coach Zeng is the only one in the country who doesn't take winning as a capital, right? With a coach like this, why worry about the national team not winning?"

"But don't tell me, Coach Zeng is still very energetic after shaving his head."

"Tsk, tsk, are you a nympho? What kind of spirit do you have? Why do I look more and more like Young and Dangerous? Look at these sunglasses, they look so scary!"

"What young and Dangerous boy? This is obviously a reform-through-labor prisoner!"

"Huh~~ It's a good thing that Brother Ou didn't shave his head. If Brother Ou had been shaved too... wuwuwu, even if it's Coach Zeng, I'll fight for him!"

Domestic fans just saw it as a joke.

But internationally, other countries became serious about Zeng Zheng shaving the heads of the entire national team.

Since it was the Asian Games, the biggest reaction was from a few neighbors.

"Asahi Shimbun": It is Zeng's strict self-discipline spirit that has achieved so many championships. With such a tough coach like Zeng, the Chinese team will definitely be the biggest enemy of the rise of young football!

"Seoul Daily": The Chinese coach's behavior of shaving the entire team's heads shows that he has absolute control over the team;

The players did not express any dissatisfaction with the coach's behavior, which also proves the players' true trust in the coach!

Perhaps the South Korean Football Association should also think deeply about how to build a team as united as the Chinese team.

"Siam Sports News": After seeing the performance of the Chinese team and comparing it with the match-fixing incident in the beer cup of the Thai team in August, it is not difficult to understand why the Thai team did not qualify for the group in this Asian Youth Championship.

Zeng Zheng used a "bald head operation" to completely silence the media who wanted to watch the fun and gossip.

If we have problems, we can rectify them ourselves. There is no need for you to make sarcastic comments and attract other people's attention.

When Wang Junsheng reported his work to his superiors again, the response he received changed from a reprimand to a commendation.

...

After two group matches, the Chinese team qualified from the first round of the group.

It’s interesting to think about.

In an Asian Games with only 27 teams participating, the football competition system is very cumbersome.

This Asian Games will have two rounds of group stages.

In the first round of the group stage, 27 teams will be divided into 8 groups for a single round-robin confrontation, and the top two teams in the group will advance.

In this way, some groups have three teams, and some groups have four teams.

Although the groups have been divided, it does not mean that all national teams will eventually be able to participate.

In addition, these national teams did not retire at the same time, so the officials moved the teams around without achieving a balance.

For example, in Group E, because Bangladesh and Myanmar all withdrew, the United Arab Emirates and North Korea only played one game and both advanced.

But the score between the two teams was 1-1.

In order to get a better grouping in the second round of the group stage, the two teams had to continue to play a penalty shootout.

In the end, the UAE defeated North Korea 4-1 in a penalty shootout and won the top spot in Group E.

...

On December 8, the opponent was Tajikistan at the Supacharaksai National Stadium in Bangkok.

Let’s not talk about strength.

Just these bald heads on the Chinese team are enough to become a "beautiful" scenery in the Asian Games.

Facing the weakest opponent in the group, the dominant national team had an easier time.

Even Li Tie got many opportunities and frequently dribbled the ball forward.

In the 21st minute, Zhang Xiaorui took a free kick to the back post, and Zhang Yuheng followed up with a header, opening the scoring for the Chinese team.

In the 43rd minute, Zhang Xiaorui organized support in front of the penalty area and assisted Li Jinyu to score. The Chinese team ended the first half with a two-goal lead.

After changing sides and fighting again, Tajikistan tried to counterattack, and the offensive became stronger and stronger.

In the 59th minute, Tajikistan also took advantage of a free kick opportunity and the captain scored a goal with a header.

Seeing the opponent score a goal, all the bald heads on the field trembled and looked nervously to the sidelines.

But this time, Zeng Zheng did not have a sullen face like the previous two games, but clapped his hands and encouraged the players not to be careless.

The encouraged team members' morale greatly increased. Facing Tajikistan's powerful shot, Li Jian reacted quickly and blocked the must-goal with his feet.

Seeing that this team composed of mostly young people began to feel a little weak after entering the second stage of the group stage, Zeng Zheng made continuous substitutions and adjustments.

Wu Chengying, Sui Dongliang, and Zhang Ran appeared one after another.

Under the buff of Jianlibao, the effect of substitution is immediate.

In the 69th minute, Sui Dongliang received a direct pass from the midfield and made a high-speed pass. Li Jinyu's ball reached the goalkeeper, making the score 3-1.

One minute before the end, Zhang Ran assisted Wang Peng and locked the final score at 4-1.

"Boss Zeng, I..."

The players were trembling after coming off the field.

Thinking back to the punishment after conceding the ball in the last game, the players were all wondering what this "more severe" punishment was.

But this time, they were greeted by Zeng Zheng's smiling face.

"Okay, go back and have a good rest. You played well!"

"good?"

The team members were a little confused.

"Boss Zeng, we still lost the ball in the second half..."

Seeing that the team members lowered their heads and admitted their mistakes, Zeng Zheng scratched his scalp under the wig with a look of surprise on his face.

"What do you think I am?"

"Am I so unreasonable in your minds?"

Looking at the Little Tigers wig on Zeng Zheng's head and the bald heads on his teammates' heads, the team members remained silent.

"I was angry in the first two games because your attitude in the game was not correct!"

Zeng Zheng said solemnly, "Facing a weak team, you did not show the professional attitude you should have, which ultimately resulted in conceding the goal."

"But in today's game, you all performed very well."

"Even if Tajikistan scores a goal, it is a goal conceded within the normal range."

"You don't think I'm so strict that I won't even concede the ball, do you?"

"Am I that kind of person?"

After the team members heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief.

If Zeng Zheng really allows the team not to concede a single goal in this Asian Games, then the players will really not know how to play.

On December 10, Supacarasai National Stadium in Bangkok, opponent Oman.

Oman defeated Yin Lang 4-2 in the last game. This result surprised everyone.

I thought the biggest rival of this group was Yin Lang.

But once Oman wins, this game becomes imperative to win the opponent.

Zeng Zheng exchanged a lot of Qianli sound transmission props in advance for this purpose, fearing that these "new recruits" would make mistakes in front of their opponents.

However, what Zeng Zheng and others did not expect was that Amen, who defeated Yin Lang in an upset, would be vulnerable to the national football players.

Only 1 minute and 15 seconds into the game, Li Jinyu took the lead.

He turned around and fired a volley from the edge of the penalty area, opening the scoring for the national team.

Subsequently, Wang Liang broke through from the wing into the penalty area and passed the ball to Zhang Xiaorui, who passed two defenders and shot into the net.

In the 29th minute, Li Jinyu received a pass from Yao Xia and scored, 3-0.

In the 37th minute, it was another personal show by Li Jinyu, rewriting the score to 4-0.

After completing the hat trick, Li Jinyu made a "sword pointing to the sky" celebration gesture. This was also the first hat trick completed by a Chinese player in this Asian Games.

The team changed sides and fought again. This time Zeng Zheng took the initiative to ask the team to retreat to preserve their strength.

In the 64th minute, Li Weifeng made an assist and scored with a diving header, 5-0.

The Oman team finally broke through in the 69th minute, also using a flying jump to get back a victory.

But this goal did not help the result.

In the 83rd minute, Zhang Yuheng's header near the goalpost fixed the score at 6-1, and the Chinese team achieved a complete victory.

After the first two games of the group stage, the Chinese team won both games.

As long as you don't lose the next game by a big score, you can definitely advance.

The men's football team has won consecutive games, and the women's football team is not to be outdone.

Under Zeng Zheng's special medicine, the healthy women's football team is also unstoppable and has not lost a single game so far.

...

Since the last fever incident, the relationship between the women's football team members and Zeng Zheng has developed rapidly.

The women's football team has always been led by older male coaches.

Facing the old pedants who keep changing their methods without changing their medicine, these women's football girls have nothing in common with them.

But Zeng Zheng was different.

Although she is also a coach, Zeng Zheng is not even 30 this year, and is even younger than some women's football players.

Under such circumstances, the women's football players were willing to take the initiative to talk to Zeng Zheng if they had any requests.

At that time, Zeng Zheng will take the lead and seek benefits from the Bamboo Association.

And these women's football girls didn't seek "help" from Zeng Zheng for nothing.

When they heard that Zeng Zheng was still single, they immediately started gossiping and introduced their single sisters to Zeng Zheng.

In these days, Zeng Zheng went to the women's football team more frequently than to his own team members.

That night, Zeng Zheng was telling some classic football cases to the women's football team, when Han Tao's shout suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Boss Zeng, the team leader called you over for a meeting." Han Tao is a young man after all, and he doesn't dare to enter the women's dormitory.

"Okay, I'll stop talking about it today, and I'll talk to you after the game tomorrow."

"Okay, Coach Zeng, don't forget what you promised us when you return to China!"

Zeng Zheng was speechless.

After returning to China, he didn’t want to add the word “blind date” to his itinerary!

Go through the corridor and come to Wang Junsheng's room on the other side.

"Leader, are you looking for me?"

After knocking on the door and entering the room, there were not only Wang Junsheng and others in the room, but also Zhang Jilong, who had just taken office at the AFC.

During this Asian Games, some officials from the AFC have also been meeting in Bangkok.

It looked like something was happening.

"Xiao Zeng is here?" Wang Junsheng nodded, "Sit down."

"Okay, now that everyone is safe, I have something for Deputy Zhang to tell everyone."

After Wang Junsheng finished speaking, Zhang Jilong stood up and said seriously:

"This afternoon, the AFC just concluded an important meeting."

"After a unanimous vote, a decision was passed with 94% of the vote, which requires the cooperation of all member states."

"That means we Asian countries will unite to boycott the World Cup."

Next chapter

Bookmark