World Cup of Great Powers

With Shao Jiayi's key direct free kicks, the Chinese Youth Team won its first victory in this World Youth Championship.

It was also the first victory for an Asian team.

The score of 1-0 is not an upset.

After all, given the strength of the China Youth Team and Zeng Zheng’s fame, a small victory over Portugal by one goal was within the expectations of people from all walks of life.

After the game, the media's main focus was also on the Chinese youth team's winning style and key players.

With this goal in the World Youth Championship, Shao Jia has become the most popular player in Asia.

At the press conference after the game, Zeng Zheng, who had won a small victory with one goal, put on a "sorrowful" posture.

"The Chinese team came to the World Youth Championship this time, firstly, to gain experience, and secondly, to increase and improve the technical and tactical level of young players and gain experience in competitions."

"As for winning honor, it is secondary."

"If I were to predict, the championship and runner-up finals are likely to be between Nigeria, Argentina and Brazil."

Zeng Zheng's answer can be said to have given the host all the face.

Adhering to a Chinese-style low-key, the 1-0 victory over Portugal did not cause much waves in this World Youth Championship.

In addition to some scouts starting to pay more attention to Shao Jiayi, the outside world has also recognized the result of the China Youth Team.

...

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

After returning to the hotel, Zeng Zheng deliberately relaxed the ban and poured each team member a glass of Guinness beer.

Due to the influx of a large number of fans, the price of local beer in Nigeria has been rising.

The "Star" brand beer that originally sold for 40 naira per bottle now costs 50 naira; and the famous brand "Guinness" beer has increased from 80 naira to 100 naira.

In addition to beer, the prices of sodas such as Coke and Sprite have also skyrocketed, from 10 naira to 30 naira.

Winning the first game against Portugal was a shot in the arm for the whole team.

To put it bluntly, even if they lose the remaining two games, the National Youth Team still has a chance to qualify from the group.

Now with 3 points in hand, the National Youth Team has taken the initiative.

"Jiayi, how do you feel?" At the dinner table, Zeng Zheng specially summoned Shao Jiayi to his side and asked.

Seeing that Shao Jiayi was so "favored" by Zeng Zheng, other team members were envious.

"It feels okay. The World Youth Championship is not as difficult as I thought."

Having already scored a goal, Shao Jiayi was inevitably "floating".

"That's okay, keep this momentum going and keep going!" Zeng Zheng nodded and encouraged, "We all have two arms and two legs. We are no worse than foreigners. As long as we play hard, we can win against anyone!"

"Boss Zeng, I will work hard!" Upon hearing this, Shao Jia quickly drained the glass of beer to show his loyalty.

"Well, that's fine." Zeng Zheng also nodded, "Your left footwork is also very important. When you get on the court, don't just think about playing for your teammates. If you have the chance, you can also play for yourself."

"Starting from the next game, you will take the right corner kick!"

Zeng Zheng's words are undoubtedly a continued reminder of Shao Jiayi.

Especially when they heard Zeng Zheng asking Shao Jiayi if he had any idea of ​​going abroad to play football, the other team members looked even more envious.

"Boss Zeng, are you too biased? I also want to play football abroad!" Xiang Xiang looked aggrieved.

Zeng Zheng rolled his eyes. Of course he didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling.

Of course, for a talented player like Shao Jiayi, the sooner he can go abroad, the better.

The most important thing is that he is not a player on his own team, and he has no say in him!

When the day comes when the National Security Bureau actually releases him, it will take a long time.

Therefore, this matter must be prepared in advance, at least let Shao Jiayi have some knowledge and thoughts in his mind.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Seeing that everyone had almost finished eating, Zhu Guanghu stood up and cleared his throat.

"Everyone, be quiet! I have some good news for you!"

"After Wang Zhuxi heard that we won the game, he planned to come to Nigeria to watch the game in person!"

"We have to work harder and keep up our efforts. We can't go high and low and let down Zhu Xi's good intentions. Do you understand?"

"Yo? Wang Zhuxi is coming?"

"Then we have to behave well!"

"Maybe I can be promoted to the national team!"

Looking at the excited players at the dinner table, Zhu Guanghu nodded with satisfaction.

At least these young people still have a certain sense of "awe".

If it were those old international football players, I wouldn't feel so shameless!

In fact, Wang Junsheng wanted to come to watch the game. This had been planned for a long time, but he just missed the opening ceremony and the first game.

Of course, if he loses the first game, Zhu Guanghu will turn his head into "Zhuxi learned that you lost, so I came to the scene to cheer for you in person!"

Only the passionate young men on the Hu Nong Hu Nong Team could do this, and Zeng Zheng would naturally not point it out.

After the team members slowly calmed down, Zhu Guanghu said again, "The second good news is that not only Wang Zhuxi is coming, but Mr. Ladd, who is currently in charge of the national team head coach, will also come!"

"Yah!" Upon hearing the news, the team members became really excited.

Wang Jun was born to bring nothing more than a few words of condolences, a little verbal bonus, and at most a few packages of pickles and fermented bean curd.

But Ladd is different.

This old man from Yugoslavia, who temporarily took over as the head coach of the national team at the beginning of this year, brings a career and a future. He is the pinnacle of football career development in the eyes of these young players.

If you perform well in front of Zeng Zheng, you might be able to enter the National Olympics, but if you perform well in front of Ladd, you might be directly selected for the national football team!

For a while, the players were gearing up and looking forward to the next game.

...

After more than 20 hours of flying in the air, Wang Junsheng was in high spirits after landing.

What team is Portugal?

That's the team with Figo!

The Chinese Youth Team had a good start and beat Portugal. Can he be unhappy?

When he arrived at the training ground, the players were training in full swing.

Wang Junsheng did not enter the field to disturb the players, but stood alone in the stands for a while and watched.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When reporters gathered around, Wang Junsheng talked eloquently and spoke highly of this national youth team.

More than half an hour later, the National Youth Team ended their training.

Since the outside of the field had just been sprayed with water, Wang Junsheng stepped through the mud and water and went straight to the National Youth Team members, leaving a good impression of being "friendly to the people".

"Are you afraid of getting dirty?"

When Wang Junsheng shook hands with the players one after another, he saw that Xu Yunlong was deliberately standing in the muddy water. Zeng Zheng followed closely behind and kicked him.

Sensing something strange about Xu Yunlong, Wang Junsheng lowered his head and saw that the field under his feet was muddy, and the team members were treading heavily in the muddy water.

"Okay, everyone is tired after training. Let's go back to the dormitory and change clothes first!"

When the team members changed their clothes and came to the hall, Wang Junsheng was also ready. He stood in front of the stage and asked loudly: "Team members, what is the goal of our trip?"

"Win the championship!

"The team members shouted according to the lines they had planned.

"Then what should we do to achieve our goal?"

“Try your best!”

Facing the team members' answers, Wang Junsheng nodded with satisfaction.

"Team members, some of you should know that we are actively applying to host the 2008 Olympic Games."

“But in fact, we had submitted an application for this matter as early as last year.”

"At that time, when International Olympic Committee Chairman Samaranch saw the application we submitted, he said something that greatly stimulated me."

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"He asked me at that time, if Beijing wins the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games, where will our men's football national team be in 2008?"

"I told him it was at the World Cup!"

"And Coach Zeng also helped us do this!"

"Now, whether it is the world ranking or the Asian Games championship, we are using practical actions to show our strength to the world!"

"The more difficult times come, the more I hope everyone will unite. Only in this way can we achieve the desired results."

"...Although we won the first game of the World Youth Championship, I hope that in the following games, everyone will guard against arrogance and impetuosity and face other opponents in the group with a normal mind."

"Finally, I wish you all will become more courageous as you fight, advance with great success, and win the championship!"

Faced with Wang Junsheng's impromptu speech, a burst of cheers quickly broke out from the audience.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!

"The team members shouted in unison.

At this moment, Wang Junsheng, who was excited, put the microphone aside and made the move he regretted most during his trip to Nigeria.

"Coach Zeng, can you say a few words?"

Zeng Zheng took the microphone and coughed twice.

"Um, Zhu Xi, how much is our prize for winning this time?"

...

After the staff took Wang Junsheng and others to rest, Zhu Guanghu came to Zeng Zheng with a look of helplessness.

"Xiao Zeng, you still don't give Zhu Xi face."

"If you want the horse to run, what does it mean if you don't give it grass to eat?" Zeng Zheng curled his lips, "There is no point in talking about empty words, the bonus is real!"

"Okay, I can't help you." Zhu Guanghu shook his head, "You can figure it out on your own. When the time comes for you to wear small shoes on the bamboo mat, don't come to me to complain."

As soon as he finished speaking, Secretary Zhao, who was accompanying Wang Junsheng, found Zeng Zheng.

"Coach Zeng, the volunteers are expected to arrive soon. Please go and receive them."

Zhu Guanghu blinked, as if to say: Look, retribution will come soon!

In this World Youth Championship, Bamboo Shoes won a group of local college student volunteers for the team.

Considering that Zeng Zheng was the best foreign language member on the team, the job fell on Zeng Zheng in the end.

After taking over the job, Zeng Zheng led several team members to the door of the hotel where the banquet was being held.

As soon as I arrived at the hotel door, I heard a series of whistles.

"Hey, beauties, do you want to come for a drink?"

"Beauty, you have a great figure, do you want to try mine too?"

"Beautiful ladies, where are you going?"

Zeng Zheng had sharp eyes. He glanced at the outfits of these two groups and guessed their identities.

The students pretended to be volunteers, and the other group of people were Mali team members.

Seeing these volunteers being squeezed into a corner by the Malian team members, Zeng Zheng took the initiative to step forward and asked in English:

“Hello, are you volunteers at Obafemi Awolowo University?”

"That's right, sir, who are you?" The leading student seemed to be grasping at straws.

"We are from the Chinese Youth Team." Zeng Zheng registered his identity and took out his ID card and showed it.

When they saw the national flag clearly, the Malian players who had just looked at it with unkind eyes chose to leave.

"Are you waiting impatiently? Let's eat first. This meal is an invitation from our Chinese Youth Team." Zeng Zheng smiled slightly, "I'm going to need a lot of help from you in the days to come."

"It's okay, it's okay, we just arrived not long ago!"

The leader of the glasses man pushed up his glasses, and then introduced himself, "I am the leader of the volunteer group of the Chinese Youth Team, my name is Polo, this is my team member Heinze, this is Lan Jia, and this is

Pons." After saying that, the three boys with curly black hair also nodded to Zeng Zheng.

After shaking hands with each other in turn, Polo continued to introduce, "These are our sophomore girls, Lolita and Laila. They are also the only two female volunteers in our group."

"Hello, Coach Zeng!"

"Hello, Coach Zeng!"

The two beauties stretched out their hands and shook hands with Zeng Zheng one after another.

Watching the two African beauties shaking hands with Zeng Zheng, the Adam's apples of several middle-aged and young team members who came to Zeng Zheng stood up and down, and they swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva.

The weather in Nigeria is generally 27 or 8 degrees Celsius. These two scantily clad female college students were wearing green midriff-baring shirts and jeans, which showed their graceful figures at a glance.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although she is an African girl, her skin color is not that dark.

"Are you Arabs?"

After sitting down, Zeng Zheng asked casually.

"Yes, Laila and I are from Egypt."

Lolita is very outgoing and will introduce herself as soon as she sits down.

"Egypt is great, we are both a country with ancient civilization." Li Yi interjected from the side.

"Yes, you are welcome to be our guests in Egypt!" Lolita turned her head and winked at Li Yi.

Every time his long eyelashes flickered, Li Yi's heart also beat.

After everyone chatted with each other for a while, Zeng Zheng finally understood why these people chose to be volunteers in the China Youth Team.

"Coach Zeng, we all applied on our own initiative."

"Yes, Coach Zeng, we are all fans of the Chinese team!"

"I have been paying attention to you since last year's World Cup."

"Coach Zeng, sign your name for us!"

"The Chinese team will definitely become the number one team in Asia!"

It seems that in last year's World Cup, the Chinese team left a deep impression on Nigerian fans.

Unable to resist the enthusiasm of these college students, Zeng Zheng took the pen and notebook and signed his name on them.

After signing his name, Zeng Zheng suddenly noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere.

When he turned around, he saw that everyone was staring at Zheng Zhi.

At some point this kid was signing Lolita's hand, and Laila was sitting aside obediently.

"What's going on?" Zeng Zheng asked curiously.

"Zheng is helping us read our palms!" Laila responded quickly, "China is such a magical country. You can actually tell a person's destiny from the palm prints!"

"Then has he seen his destiny?" Xu Yunlong and Li Yi clenched their fists until they rang loudly.

If nothing else happens, Zheng Zhi will have to "explain" after he returns.

On April 8, the National Youth League and Uruguay started the second group match of Group D.

Before the game started, a Chinese reporter accompanying the team came to the hotel where the National Youth Team was staying and gave the Chinese Youth Team an investigation and interview report on Uruguay’s key players.

After Zeng Zheng and Zhu Guanghu thanked them repeatedly, they led the coaching staff to conduct a brief study.

As the champion of the last World Youth Championship, Uruguay lost its first game in this World Youth Championship. They must win this game, otherwise they are likely to go home early in the group.

This interview report focuses on Uruguayan player Chewanton.

"Xiao Zeng, this player is fast and has good foot skills. If nothing else, Uruguay will definitely launch an attack around this player." Zhu Guanghu analyzed carefully.

After looking around, Zeng Zheng nodded, but still picked up another piece of information.

"We should be careful about that Chiwanton, but we can't be careless about this guy named Diego Forlan!"

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