World Cup of Great Powers

2 balls?

Of course it’s not enough!

The Chinese team defeated Ghana 7-0.

If you really want to qualify second in the group, your goal difference must not exceed Sweden.

So when the game ended with 10 minutes left, the Chinese team deliberately gave their opponents a loophole.

In the end, the Chinese team lost to Australia in the group match with a score of 0-4.

On the other side, the Swedish team also defeated Ghana 4-0, overtaking the Chinese team with a slight goal difference and ranking first in Group C.

After the battle with Australia, the Chinese team rushed back to San Jose without stopping the next day.

The flight took nearly 4 hours to arrive in Denver. After staying at the airport for an hour, I transferred and continued flying west for 3 hours, arriving in San Jose in the middle of the night.

Such a schedule made Zeng Zheng scold his mother all the way.

The first two games of the group stage are on the West Coast, and the third game is on the East Coast.

Now that we have advanced to the quarterfinals, we have to return to the West Coast to compete.

If they win this game and advance to the semi-finals, the Chinese team will have to go to Boston on the east coast.

Who wouldn't be angry if I left him alone?

The most annoying thing is that the finals are held in Los Angeles.

This is still a west coast city.

In other words, starting from the second round of the group stage, for every additional game played, the team will have to cross the territory of the United States once.

By the time of the final, the team members had already volleyed across the Dalai Lao Mei 5 times.

Not to mention the competition, normal people can’t stand flying like this continuously!

It was precisely for this reason that Wang Junsheng agreed after carefully considering Zeng Zheng's suggestion.

Although they lost, the players were very optimistic.

We talked and laughed along the way, and when we got tired, we took a nap during the flight.

"Hey, now I can see Coach Xiao Zeng's loud voice! You can hear it clearly even from such a distance."

"Yeah, I usually don't feel much when watching videos of the men's football team's matches. Now when I get to the field and hear Coach Xiao Zeng's arrangements and guidance, I feel a lot more at ease."

"Tell me, is Coach Xiao Zeng some kind of martial arts master? Has he learned about sound transmission from thousands of miles away?"

"If you put it that way, Coach Xiao Zeng practices the Lion's Roar Kung Fu!"

Judging from the emotions and mentality of the team members, they still believe in Zeng Zheng.

At the Denver Airport, Zhang Ouying, a girl from Hebei who scored two goals for Ghana on her first substitute appearance, spoke eloquently during an interview with reporters.

Not only did he not show any regrets about losing, he was also full of confidence in the future games.

When talking about winning the championship, he clenched his fists and expressed that he was ready.

In the waiting hall, five members of the Magic City team, Sun Wen, Pu Wei, Xie Huilin, Wang Jingxia, and Gao Hongxia, gathered around, joking in their hometown dialect while peeking at Zeng Zheng next to Ma Yuanan with their peripheral vision.

bursts of laughter from time to time.

Gao Hong was holding a football and asking the coaches and players to sign it one by one. It was said that he was going to give it to his friends in Dalomei.

Wen Lirong sat quietly aside, seeming to be thinking about something.

Her lover, a reporter from Beijing, also came to Daliao and the United States with the team to cover the Women's World Cup. Unfortunately, by some strange combination of circumstances, he was not on the same flight as the Chinese team.

Wang Junsheng took reporters around and came to Liu Ailing and asked her what she thought of this long trip.

Facing the camera, Liu Ailing replied readily: "The Chinese women's football team has always had a hard-working spirit. Regarding this training-style competition system, the first thing we are not afraid of, the second thing is to adapt..."

When we arrived in San Jose, the sky was already filled with stars.

The team members quickly boarded the reserved bus and headed to the Holiday Inn where they were staying.

...

After all, paper cannot cover fire.

News of the women's football team's third disastrous defeat spread back to China, and public opinion was in an uproar.

Why was it that the first two games were good, but the gap in the third game was so big?

It's not just about losing.

He even finished first in the group.

For a time, the fans were roaring with anger.

Of course, all the fingers are pointed at Ma Yuanan.

He believes that it was because of his extensive rotation system in the last game that the women's football team lost.

Under such great pressure, Ma Yuanan could only place her last hope on Zeng Zheng.

"Xiao Zeng, do you have any clever ideas to defeat the enemy?"

"We have no way out now!"

"To reach this point, we must defeat Norway and get close to the semi-finals!"

After all, the women's football game is not as popular as the men's football game.

Since it almost coincides with the qualifying rounds of the National Olympics, not many reporters came to the United States to cover this time, but many big names in the journalistic field came with the team.

After flying back to San Jose, these reporters chased Ma Yuanan for interviews every day, asking him whether he lost the game on purpose, whether he deliberately wanted to meet Norway, and whether he had a deeper plan.

In fact, he accepted Zeng Zheng's suggestion to rotate the main players significantly in the third group match to preserve the physical strength of the main players.

But I never thought that Sweden would really work hard and win the first place in the group.

According to his previous thinking, even if he loses two or three goals to Australia, he will not lose his status as the top player in the group.

Then Norway will also avoid it, and Wang Junsheng and Zeng Zheng will not be offended. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?

But he never expected that in the last ten minutes of the game, the players conceded another goal.

And according to the casual chat among the team members, it was learned that this was an order issued by Zeng Zheng on the spot.

Regarding this, Ma Yuanan's mind was filled with questions.

At that time, Zeng Zheng was disguised and sitting not far from him, and he didn't even see him come to the sidelines and give instructions loudly!

Why do all the players say they conceded the last goal after receiving his instructions?

Since he couldn't understand, Ma Yuanan could only guess that Zeng Zheng had made an agreement with these women's football girls in advance.

Ma Yuanan was still angry about Zeng Zheng's practice of arranging tactics for the players without authorization, bypassing him as the head coach.

But now is a special moment after all. Zeng Zheng is a famous figure in bamboo shoes, and he has the support of Wang Junsheng and others behind him. Obviously, he can't fall out with Zeng Zheng at this moment.

After thinking for a long time, Ma Yuanan simply slapped his thigh.

As long as the team can win, he doesn't care about anything.

But if he loses, he doesn't mind jumping out and adding insult to injury when Zeng Zheng and Wang Junsheng are "in trouble".

"The Norwegian team is not terrible." Zeng Zheng gave Ma Yuanan reassurance as soon as he spoke.

"We have gone back and forth so many times, but they haven't gotten any better."

"And they fought hard to win the three games. In terms of physical reserves and strategic planning, we have the advantage."

"I don't think the Norwegian team expected that they would meet us so soon!"

...

That night, Zeng Zheng was invited to give an explanation class to all the women's football players.

"I believe everyone has known for a long time that if we want to reach the finals, the Norwegian team is our biggest enemy in the second half."

"I believe everyone has watched the highlights of their first three games. Anyway, I watched them back and forth seven or eight times, and I already have a clear idea of ​​their abilities and characteristics."

Hearing this, many girls in the audience took out paper and pens, stared at Zeng Zheng with bright eyes, and prepared to record.

Seeing this scene, Zeng Zheng couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Look at the serious attitude of the women's football team.

This time when I return to China, no matter what, I have to teach those guys from the National Olympics an ideological and political lesson.

"As far as I'm concerned, Norway is the team that plays the most like men's football among all participating teams."

"When they attack, they pass the ball long and hit the ball a lot, and they shoot a lot from long range outside the penalty area."

"The most important thing is that both Norwegian forwards are players with height and impact."

"This is very detrimental to us!"

"Our two central defenders, Sister Wen and Sister Fan, have rich experience and good adaptability, but high-altitude balls are always a weakness."

"So in the next quarter-finals, we must be prepared for the opponent's 'upper three' on the defensive end."

Zeng Zheng's meticulous speech attracted everyone's nods.

At this moment, even Ma Yuanan became silent.

No matter how different Zeng Zheng's way of thinking was from him, Ma Yuanan admired Zeng Zheng very much in terms of professionalism.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have personally called him to come here.

"Preventing high-altitude balls is also very simple. In this regard, there is actually no difference between men's and women's football teams."

As he spoke, Zeng Zheng began to draw tactical graphics on his laptop.

After being projected by a projector and Zeng Zheng's superb animation skills.

After just one playback, all the team members could see it clearly.

"Norway makes a lot of crosses from 45-degree angles, so fundamentally, we can't let them pass comfortably."

"And then there's the defense in the penalty area."

"There is no need to compete with them for high-altitude balls."

"As long as the position is locked so that they can't jump up and push smoothly, the defense will be successful."

"In this regard, the defensive midfielder and full-back must assist the two central defenders in setting up defense."

"If you take extra precautions, it won't be easy for them to jump no matter how high they jump."

"Finally, Sister Gao, you should seize the opportunity and attack as often as possible."

"You are the goalkeeper, you can use your hands, and you have all the air control in the penalty area."

"But when we attack, I would like to remind everyone, Sister Gao, you must speak clearly and clearly when you attack, so as not to conflict with your teammates."

"Everyone else should also listen. Everyone in the penalty area listens to the goalkeeper. This is common sense and an order!"

"Did you hear everything clearly?"

"Listen clearly!!!" the team members responded loudly.

"Okay, then I will play the passing animation from these angles a few times for you. You should take a look at it carefully and pay more attention."

With that said, Zeng Zheng dragged the progress bar and pressed the play button again.

This time, even Sun Wen and other forwards watched carefully.

After the room became quiet, Wang Junsheng, Ma Yuanan and others looked at each other.

"No wonder the results of the men's football team have improved. It turns out there is such high technology!" A women's football assistant coach said with emotion.

Taking this opportunity, Ma Yuanan quietly suggested to Wang Junsheng, "Captain, do you think we should also buy a laptop for the women's football team after this game?"

Wang Junsheng rolled his eyes at Ma Yuanan and said, "Old Ma, you think this matter is too simple."

"How much does a laptop cost? If it's really useful, I can afford one for each team member."

"But the question is, who knows how to use this thing?"

Ma Yuanan still looked puzzled, "Is this thing difficult?"

"Difficult? Hmph!" Wang Junsheng snorted again, "I might as well tell you that few people in the country can achieve Xiao Zeng's set of skills!"

"I inquired with Lao Xu and found that only the top clubs in Europe and their coaching teams can make such tactical analysis before the game."

"This was made by a team that took several days and nights."

"As for the national team, even the coaching staff of last year's World Cup champion French team does not have Xiao Zeng's ability!"

Ma Yuanan was shocked after hearing this.

He really didn't expect that pressing the keyboard a few times and dragging the mouse a few times in Zeng Zheng's hands would be so troublesome.

"That means Xiao Zeng is still a high-tech talent?"

"Isn't that right?" Wang Junsheng looked proud, "Xiao Zeng is a high-tech talent in the football world! I heard that with his animation skills, many domestic high-tech companies want to pay Xiao Zeng to help them do it!"

"Look, the ball flew out from the feet of the players. It looked like it was being followed. It was viewed 360 degrees with no blind spots. Didn't the players see it clearly?"

Following Wang Junsheng's finger, Ma Yuanan looked at the projection screen.

As the players kept raising their hands to ask questions, Zeng Zheng constantly changed the space, allowing the players to observe every incoming ball from any angle.

"...Norwegians are tall and strong, and their strength and physical fitness are their advantages."

"And our advantage lies in the tactical quality of the whole team, the overall cooperation and the individual footwork of the players."

After talking about defense, Zeng Zheng started talking about offense.

"In terms of offensive capabilities, our players' individual breakthroughs and passing threats pose a great threat."

Upon hearing this, the team members all looked at Sun Wen.

"In addition, Jin Yan is tall, has good awareness of grabbing points, and is very fast. He is also a major threat in the Norwegian penalty area."

Speaking of this, Zeng Zheng couldn't help but curl up his lips.

He suddenly thought of Miss Qian.

The guy who can reach 1.8 meters taller than wearing high heels.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Jin Yan originally played as a center back, but became a blockbuster after switching to the center.

With her height of 1.72 meters, she has made many achievements on the front line, and even became "Asia's No. 1 center."

Of course, it’s the female center!

He's only 1.72 meters...hehe, he's not as tall as me!

After taking a small errand, Zeng Zheng returned to the topic again.

"Our offensive problem is mainly that when passing the ball, we sometimes use too little force and cannot reach the goal quickly and accurately."

"In this way, the attack speed is unintentionally slowed down, and it makes it easier for the opponent to set up defenses, thereby destroying our attack."

"So, from Sister Liu's midfield organization to the final shot, we must play decisively."

"We don't give their defenders time to react, so we just pass the ball or shoot it."

"As a result, even Medlen, the core of their defense, will not be able to use it!"

After saying that, Zeng Zheng started to play several sets of offensive tactical scenes.

Through animation, each player can clearly see the role they play in their movements and offense.

Such clear teaching gave the women's football girls full confidence in the next game.

After finishing talking about offensive and defensive tactics, Zeng Zheng coughed lightly and turned off the tactical animation.

Click the mouse, and Jiulang’s forum website appears on the screen.

"Team members, to be honest, although our defeat this time was a tactical failure, there are still some discordant voices coming from all walks of life in the country."

"Look, it's like this message. This netizen with the ID name AJK said, 'The team members cannot take it lightly just because they won two games.' They must be open-minded and deal with every game calmly."

"This netizen's speech is quite pertinent, and his words are not unpleasant."

"Let's look at a few more vulgar words."

After reading several messages from the "original troll" in succession, everyone in the audience was filled with indignation.

Regardless of whether it was a tactical failure or not, the game was really lost after all.

Seeing that these fans did not understand him and even insulted him, many players clenched their fists, and some even suggested recording his ID.

Seeing the reactions of the team members, Zeng Zheng shook his head.

"Actually, this is all light."

With that said, Zeng Zheng opened another post.

"This post was made by an elderly fan. Let me briefly summarize his speech for everyone."

"...In the world, there was men's football first, then women's football... Women's football is just an entertainment dependent on men's football... As for winning or losing, we shouldn't care too much, just take a look...

Our football people should focus all their attention on the National Olympics..."

After saying that, Zeng Zheng held down the mouse and dragged it down hard.

Seeing that the thousands of words that followed were filled with suggestions on how the National Olympics should deal with the top nine, the women's football girls in the room fell silent one by one.

For a time, various negative emotions such as confusion, loss, sadness, unwillingness, and anger flooded into my heart.

Even Sun Wen clenched his fists and gave his thigh a hard blow.

Being scolded is not scary.

The scary thing is that he is not even qualified to be noticed.

Looking at the unpredictable expressions on the girls' faces, Zeng Zheng said slowly: "To be honest, this old fan does represent a lot of people in China. They have the same conceited mentality as this old fan.

."

"This is the status quo, and it is also a bad custom that has been accumulated in society for a long time."

"What I want to say is that to break such prejudiced secular shackles, what is needed is the efforts of each of you!"

"Here, I, Zeng Zheng, would like to give you a message."

"Don't forget, women's football is also the national football team!!!"