World Cup of Great Powers

I don’t know if it’s because Zeng Zheng’s influence is too great, or because fans are paying more and more attention to women’s football, or because companies are “discovering their conscience.”

Before the match against Russia, the women's football team changed its focus and received a lot of sponsorship.

Socks, sneakers, hairspray, sports vests, underwear, and even daily necessities were shipped to the front line in boxes.

Not only are domestic companies sponsoring them, but many local Chinese pay for them themselves and send them to women’s football stadiums.

A fan who sponsored hundreds of jerseys said in an interview: "The women's football team is too poor, and they are not even willing to throw their jerseys to the fans after the game."

With these hundreds of jerseys, I believe the remaining two games will be enough to sell as souvenirs!

July 4th, Boston, East Coast of the United States.

After another long journey, the women's football team will compete with Russia for a spot in the finals at Foxboro Stadium.

Speaking of which, the Chinese team and Russia have not played against each other for 6 years.

The last time they met was at the 1993 World University Games, when they only won 1-0.

In April this year, the Chinese team played a match against the visiting Russian league champions in Guangdong.

Although they won 6-1, only 2 or 3 of their 6 international players were the main players in this World Cup.

Secondly, the Russian team is in good physical condition.

The average height is 1.7 meters, and 8 of the 11 main players are over 1.72 meters tall.

With such physical conditions, even the Norwegian team, which is known to be tall, is ashamed.

What is even more impressive is that although the Russian team is tall, it is not bulky.

According to Zeng Zheng's evaluation, they are fast, have a wide range of movement, and have rigorous tactical coordination. They can be regarded as a well-trained team.

Russia is also miserable about this World Cup.

Like the Chinese team, Russia has also experienced three trips back and forth between the east and west coasts, and the team members are already exhausted.

In response, Russia expressed strong protest to the organizers.

But in the end, these protests were all in vain and received no response.

At this time, both sides are thinking that if one day they become the host country, they will also let the United States experience the cross-time zone schedule.

Of course, Russia is not without its weaknesses.

They have strong defensive capabilities in the middle and are relatively weak on the wings.

Although he has plenty of physical energy, his recovery speed is relatively slow.

The players are physically strong, but their personal abilities are slightly inferior.

On this basis, Ma Yuanan adopted Zeng Zheng's suggestions and practiced techniques and tactics such as grabbing points in front of the goal, breakthroughs from the wing, and long-range shots before the game to target Russia's weaknesses.

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Knowing that it was a crucial battle, in this semi-final, the cheerleading team composed of local Chinese and international students was particularly large and equipped with more advanced equipment.

Needless to say, national flags, colorful balls, and banners were flying all over the place;

There was also the sound of gongs and drums, and the shouts of "come on" from the microphone were even more majestic.

The temperature is hot and the fans are hot. I don’t know whether it is affected by this or the coach’s tactical requirements.

As soon as the game started, the women's football players became "hot".

What no one expected was that the women's football girls imitated the NBA and launched a full-court press.

Good products are afraid of comparison!

This forced Russia to lose its timidity in an instant!

He missed 4 consecutive passes in 2 minutes. This performance was not as good as the last game against Sweden.

"Football is not rugby! Technology is the foundation!"

"If your skills are not good, no matter how tall or fast you are, it will be useless!"

In the stands, Zeng Zheng, wearing sunglasses, commented.

Now that she knew Zeng Zheng was in the United States, how could Qin Xue let go of such a good opportunity?

Although she didn't know Zeng Zheng's schedule, she casually glanced at the stands before the game started and immediately spotted Zeng Zheng.

Facing such a clingy reporter, Zeng Zheng couldn't hide and had to sit back and watch the game.

"In other words, Russia is not as good as Sweden and Norway?"

"Russia and Sweden are about the same strength, but they really can't beat Norway." Zeng Zheng commented, "And compared to those two teams, Russia's personal skills are not up to par."

"If I look at it, they are not 'hard-boned' as you media say, they are just pieces of tofu! Haha, at most they are just old tofu!"

Qin Xue on the side clicked her tongue after hearing this, and started muttering in her heart.

"Coach Zeng is so concerned about the women's football team, yet he looks down on his semi-final opponents so much."

"You wouldn't believe it if he said he didn't give any advice to the women's football team!"

"No, I must find evidence that Coach Zeng helped the women's football team."

Otherwise, with our continuous cross-coast schedule, even if we make it all the way to the semifinals, we won’t be as energetic as we are now!

Although Qin Xue doesn't understand football, as a football reporter, she still watches more games than some ordinary fans.

The Chinese team adopted this high-position pressing tactic at the beginning. Firstly, it may be a countermeasure deployed by the coaching staff against Russia. Secondly, it must be based on the sufficient physical reserves and preparation of its own players.

Looking at the past matches of the women's football team, which championship was not won back by the two keywords of "suppression" and "desperate"?

Now that the women's football team has started to play technically and tactically, there must be some expert guidance behind it!

Speaking of tall people, who is taller than Coach Zeng?

Zeng Zheng turned his head, pulled up his sunglasses, and said curiously: "Uh... Miss Qin, why are you looking at me like this? Is there something growing on my face?"

"Hehehe...No!" Qin Xue smiled playfully and turned her face away.

Facing the high-position press of the women's football team, Russia had no choice but to stay in its own half and adopt intensive area defense tactics.

However, because the temperature was too hot, both sides began to make mistakes.

However, with the support of overall cooperation and local tactics, the women's football team connected the ball quite well.

Facing the Chinese team's continuous kickbacks, even if Russia wanted to launch a defensive counterattack, it wasted its energy in ineffective running back and forth.

Neither side organized a decent attack in the first 25 minutes. There was only one shot from the Chinese team, and it was symbolic.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Seeing the two sides playing like this, the faces of the scouts from the United States in the stands were filled with joy.

What they want is for the Chinese and Russian teams to fight and lose both sides.

Since the Norwegian team did not cause much trouble to the Chinese team, the United States can only pin its hopes on Russia.

You must know that since before the World Cup started, the media in the United States have been promoting and building momentum, saying that their players can finally win the cup.

And just now, the United States defeated Brazil 2-0 and successfully advanced to the finals.

In other words, only the Russian or Chinese teams can prevent the United States from winning the championship at home.

After 25 minutes, the Chinese team's offense obviously slowed down.

Since the midfield is controlled by our own side, there is no need to resort to such energy-wasting tactics.

Driven by the organization of the midfielder Liu Ailing, the players began to spread out, slowly backpedaling, trying to make a sudden attack at a slow pace and accurately pass the ball, or shoot cold arrows, or use hidden knives.

This change really paid off!

In the 29th minute, Liu Ailing suddenly shot from long range and almost scored.

Three minutes later, Sun Wen broke through all the way and passed five people in a row.

If the final shot hadn't been blocked, I'm afraid Sun Wen would have been dubbed the "female version of Maradona".

In the 35th minute, Sun Wen's free kick was blocked by the goalkeeper again.

Although the rhythm has slowed down, the offensive has become more powerful and threatening.

"Ah, if this continues, we will score a goal sooner or later!" Qin Xue also saw the clues.

as expected.

Just two minutes later, Pu Wei, a 19-year-old young player from Shanghai who wears No. 11, fired a cold shot from the penalty area and passed through the Russian team's door.

A ball is in hand.

The women's football team, which was superior to its opponents in terms of technology, tactics, and awareness, retreated immediately, leaving no opportunity for their opponents to take advantage of.

In the second half, Russia, which originally wanted to use defensive counterattacks against the women's football team, faced the helpless situation of being one goal behind and had to force itself to attack.

The Chinese team waited for work and made its defense airtight.

In the 56th minute, Sun Wen took advantage of a counterattack opportunity and his shot was saved by the Russian goalkeeper. Jin Yan took the opportunity to get in front of the ball and scored a successful follow-up shot.

The Chinese team won another victory, the case is settled!

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Russia with a score of 2-0 and successfully advanced to the World Cup finals.

"Alas! I thought we would beat Russia like we did against Norway last time!"

After the game, Qin Xue stretched out and expressed some disappointment at the result.

"Isn't 2-0 a win?" Zeng Zheng also stood up and stretched his muscles, "If you ask me, this 2-0 is not as good as 1-0!"

"Ah? Why?" Qin Xue acted like a curious baby, "Don't Coach Zeng want us to win a big victory like we did on the field?"

Zeng Zheng smiled slightly when he heard this, "As the saying goes, too much is too much and too little is too little!"

"If we keep such a high profile, what if we run out of luck in the finals?"

"And from a practical point of view, 2-0 saves much more energy than 5-0!"

"Don't forget our next game is in San Francisco."

"He NND, he's going to the West Coast again!"

"It turns out that Coach Zeng also believes in luck!" Although Qin Xue looked surprised on her face, she was pouting in her heart, "When did the women's football team know how to save energy before? Didn't you once?

Did the coach teach it?”

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Just as the "worldwide media" predicted, this Women's World Cup will really have the Chinese and American teams competing for the championship.

On the plane flying to Los Angeles, Zeng Zheng was filled with emotions when he saw every female football girl closing her eyes, plugging in her headphones, and listening to music leisurely.

Compare with previous life.

Under the divisional arrangement of the Grand Old American schedule, although the two teams in the final battle have not changed.

But through their own efforts, the women's football team is at least much stronger in energy and physical strength than in its previous life!

Think about the women's football team in the previous life. Without a strategic goal, they just followed the tactical arrangement of "whatever is mentioned".

Then the host country made a schedule that spanned the east and west coasts. Finally, they reached the finals and competed with the United States for 120 minutes without a winner.

During this period, the team members had to work hard!

It is not an exaggeration to say that they gritted their teeth and fought until the end with their last breath.

In previous lives, fans only knew that the women's football team made it all the way to the final but failed, but they didn't know that there were so many twists and turns during this period.

But it's different now.

With Zeng Zheng's own influence and the publicity on the Internet, domestic fans all know how much injustice this women's football team has encountered on the other side of the world.

Because of this, reaching the finals this time has become even more precious.

Now, all fans have temporarily focused their attention on the women's football team.

Many netizens even suggested that Zeng Zheng should join the women's football coaching team to provide advice for the finals.

Of course, no need to tell netizens that Zeng Zheng had already planned everything for this final.

With today's women's football team's mental state and physical reserves, defeating the US in 90 minutes is not a problem!

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On July 5, the American football team arrived at the Los Angeles Airport first. About a few hundred American fans came to the airport to welcome their football saint.

In an interview with the media, the head coach of the United States, Di Chicoco, said: "I have already felt the enthusiasm in Los Angeles. The fans pay more attention to the women's football team than watching Ricky Martin's concert at the same time."

"At the same time, we have to admit that our women's football team is also under unprecedented pressure."

"The Chinese team is completely different from what we imagined. The energy they showed greatly exceeded our imagination."

"Not only that, according to accurate information, the 'magic coach' who helped the Chinese team reach the World Cup last year has also joined the coaching staff of the Chinese women's football team."

"Now we are facing not only a powerful team, but also a world-famous strategic commander!"

"By studying the Chinese team's previous games, we have reason to believe that Zeng has been in the Chinese team since the group stage."

"If that's the case, we have to re-examine our opponents."

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At 5 p.m., the Chinese women’s football team arrived at the airport.

Outside the airport gate, there were many overseas Chinese who came to support the event.

With so much sponsorship, the team members have already prepared small World Cup souvenirs for the fans arriving at the airport.

Whether it's a signed postcard, or a used headscarf or headband.

After receiving permission, Sun Wen even took out the jersey that he had worn on the plane and gave it to the fans.

This is truly worn by the women’s football team, so innocent!

After a frantic scramble, the jersey was finally snatched by a reporter from China named Wang, and it became one of his proud assets on the acne platform more than 20 years later.

As soon as the Chinese team landed, they were immediately attacked by the host country.

After meeting with the fans, the bus pulled all the players to the DoubleTree Hotel in Pasadena.

The DoubleTree Hotel in Pasadena is only across the street from the Sheraton Hotel where the US team is staying. As a result, I was told at the door of the hotel that due to temporary arrangements, the organizing committee had arranged for the Chinese team to move to Arcadia.

The Embassy Suites Hotel.

The old and beautiful women only stayed at the Sheraton Hotel for one day, and then secretly moved into the Doubletree Hotel, which belongs to the Chinese women's football team.

As for the reason for the temporary change of location, the organizing committee’s reply was also very official.

"The Ambassador Suite belongs to the same class as the even-numbered hotel. This change is normal and complies with the rules and regulations."

Such an answer was obviously unconvincing, and even the staff at the Embassy Suites rushed to the hotel in confusion.

They said, “Everything in the organizing committee is ‘everything is dark’ (everything is done in secret), but no one knows why.”

"If you ask me, it's just that they are cowardly! They don't dare to see us at all!" Ma Yuanan said angrily, "They must be afraid of getting too close to us, afraid that we will see the secret tricks they have trained, that must be the case!

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After hearing Ma Yuanan's complaints, Wang Junsheng smoked a cigarette and glanced at Zeng Zheng.

"Xiao Zeng, what do you think?"

"What do I think?" Zeng Zheng snorted and smiled, "Can't you see it? They want to use this to put mental pressure on us!"

"Mental pressure?" Ma Yuanan said, not hearing it for a moment.

"Coach Ma, think about it, what is the name of our hotel?"

"Ambassador suite!" Ma Yuanan replied.

"Then when it comes to this name, what do you think of?" Zeng Zheng continued to guide.

"NATO bombing in May..."

Having said this, Ma Yuanan's next words were silenced.

"That's right!" Zeng Zheng snapped his fingers, "They just hate us!"

After Ma Yuanan heard this, he cursed several times bitterly.

Then he asked Wang Junsheng for a cigarette and started smoking silently.

In addition to the temporary change of location, the Embassy Suites hotel also does not have Chinese food.

Not only that, except for Chinese food, food from other countries is readily available.

Even the specialties of Mexico and Little Japan, which had already been eliminated in the group stage, were still on the table.

But this is not a problem for the Chinese team!

Logistics Minister Yan Fang is considered an American expert and can find delicious Chinese food for the Chinese team wherever he goes.

Not only that, after the enthusiastic Chinese in Los Angeles learned about this situation, they brought fruits and meals to the Chinese team’s base every day.

Zeng Zheng also took advantage of this to show off his skills and "deeply processed" these meals and the sushi from his childhood, turning them into authentic and delicious Chinese food.

After tasting Zeng Zheng's craftsmanship, Ma Yuan'an couldn't help but joke: "Xiao Zeng, with you, our national brand won't need to bring a chef when we go on an expedition!"