World Cup of Great Powers

News of the Olympic victory over Bahrain spread like wildfire.

Before the game ended, the editor had already written the article and was waiting for the score to be settled.

Throughout the game, not only was the National Olympic team's comeback victory after falling behind by one goal widely reported, but the angry Zeng Zheng also became the focus of discussion among fans.

"It's really hard for Coach Zeng. He led the youth team so well, but when he got to the U23 level, he started to stretch his hips. Such a contrast is really hard to accept."

"Fortunately, the Olympic team members strive for their own success, otherwise Coach Zeng's reputation may be lost in the hands of these players."

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"But looking at Coach Zeng's attitude after the game, I feel like scoring 5 goals didn't satisfy him! I have to say that Coach Zeng has really high standards for this group of players!"

"It's not that Coach Zeng is dissatisfied with the goal, but that conceding the ball really disappointed Coach Zeng."

"Yes, I have been training in Shanghai for so long. If it rains a little, I won't be able to kick!"

"Isn't it fog? Is that also called rain?"

...

Seeing the goal conceded in the Olympic Games, the fans were quite disappointed and angry.

The biggest characteristic of domestic players is that they played very well when they were young.

But once he entered the adult team, he played worse and worse.

Just when the fans thought that this "golden generation" was not worthy of the name, they never thought that this group of players would burst out with such strong fighting power.

Originally, we were satisfied with the 2-1 lead in the first half. After all, this was considered as the players making up for their mistakes;

The successive explosions in the second half were a surprise to the fans who came to watch the game.

Good guy!

It turns out that this is the true strength of the National Olympics!

It turns out that Coach Zeng is not bragging, this National Olympics is really awesome!

For a time, fans' expectations for this Olympic Games have been raised to a new level.

I thought that with such a performance, Zeng Zheng would praise the players at the post-match press conference.

But after seeing Zeng Zheng's dead fish eyes and Li Weifeng's trembling expression, the fans softened their hearts again.

"Oh, it's true, Coach Zeng, why are you so strict? Isn't this a win!"

"It's better to be strict. After all, the ball shouldn't have been lost. Coach Zeng paid attention to details."

"But looking at Weifeng's appearance is really pitiful. I guess he was criticized a lot by Coach Zeng when he was in the Jianglong team."

"To be honest, seeing such players and coaches today, I finally feel relieved about the Chinese team. A strict teacher makes a good disciple, and this saying seems to be true!"

"Come on, boys from the National Olympics, be careful not to make Coach Zeng angry in the future."

"Ha! I just don't know what kind of criticism these Olympic team members will receive when they go back!"

...

A big victory swept away the haze of the previous away draw with South Korea.

Because the cloud of worry has appeared on the face of South Korean coach Heo Din-moo.

During the China-Pakistan battle, reporters accidentally discovered that South Korea's head coach Xu Dingmoo was sitting in the backmost corner on the right side of the rostrum.

Obviously, he didn't want to draw attention to himself.

But when reporters saw him appearing on the rostrum, they were not surprised.

Because South Korea only played Bahrain on the 17th, Xu Dingmao had already said that he must come to watch this game.

After seeing Bahrain score a goal in the 13th minute, Xu Dingmao's stern face finally broke into a smile.

But a minute later, the smile solidified on his face.

After seeing the Olympic team score the second goal, Xu Dingmao's face became more and more serious.

From his face, which was as stern as a piece of steel, no one could tell what he was thinking.

For this game, South Korea also sent five reporters.

During the intermission, two South Korean reporters gathered around Xu Dingmao and kept recording things on paper based on Xu Dingmao's dictation.

There were many fans and reporters around Xu at that time, but because they didn't understand Korean, they could only worry secretly.

Fortunately, a reporter from South Korea's "Daily Sports" agreed to reveal Huh Din-moo's notes to reporters after the game.

After he made a 20-minute "reporting" call to China, Chinese reporters finally "intercepted" two minutes of information.

According to Xu Dingmao's judgment, these 45 minutes cannot truly reflect the true level of both sides.

Bahrain is not good at "water fighting", and many of the team members were nervous due to the atmosphere of tens of thousands of fans in the Magic City, resulting in their movement skills being out of shape and unable to display their full strength.

This coincides with the Bahrain team’s thinking.

In interviews after the game, several Bahrain players expressed that they felt nervous about the atmosphere.

After 45 minutes of the second half, Xu Dingmao's face was as dark as water and his brows were tightly knitted together.

You can guess from his facial expression that he still misjudged the true strength of the Olympic team.

Especially when he saw that the Bahrain Olympic team did not take the opportunity to attack when the Bahrain team was physically weak, Xu Dingmao's heart sank to the bottom.

On the second day after returning to China, Xu Dingmao's evaluation of Zeng Zheng was vividly written.

"He was a coach with meticulous observation and a strong sense of the overall situation."

"He knows when enough is enough."

"Normal people can only see one or two steps, but he has seen three or four steps, or even more!"

After this game, former Olympic head coach Xu Hebao also spoke highly of Zeng Zheng.

"Zeng Zheng has always been a visionary coach."

"He knows very well that after the National Olympics were tied with South Korea in an away game, they urgently need a big win to restore his and the team's reputation."

"But this great victory cannot be won too completely."

"The reason is due to the format of this top nine tournament."

"Because it is a three-for-one system, the relationship between us and the Bahrain team is extremely delicate."

"We should not only make our own people feel that there is no suspense in defeating Bahrain, but we cannot let the Bahraini people think that there is no hope of qualifying for the group stage."

"I think this is the biggest reason why the National Olympics did not pursue victory at the last moment."

As the saying goes, the authorities are confused.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When Xu Jiabao was leading the national team, he never thought about this.

After class at Wanda in the middle of this year, Xu and Bao Buhao, who were idle at home, began to study Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Now it seems that the study of the military strategy these past few months was really not in vain.

5 to 1.

It not only demonstrated the strength of his own team and boosted the morale of the entire team, but also did not cause too much harm to the Bahrainis.

Judging from the entire game, the Olympic team is fully capable of scoring 8, 9, or even more!

Of course, some media speculated that Zeng Zheng's timely "stopping" was also for the sake of "Ba Tie".

Bahrain is an island country located in the southwest of the Persian Gulf, with a land area of ​​767 square kilometers, less than half of the capital's area.

As of this year, China and Bahrain have officially established diplomatic relations for ten years, and are known as the second "Bahrain Railway".

When the Magic City specially prepared two boxes of mineral water for the Bahrain team, Bahrain coach Sahrida was still a little embarrassed.

"Chinese people are too friendly. In Bahrain, not everyone can drink this kind of water."

"When the Chinese team plays away games, we will treat them with the same enthusiasm."

Perhaps it was because of this simple thank you that Zeng Zhengcai stopped treating Bahrain.

It is unknown whether Zeng Zheng took action against Bahrain, but none of these Olympic team members got any favors.

According to "internal" information, after the game Zeng Zheng assigned each player a punishment of tens of thousands of words, and no nonsense words were allowed.

Not only that, the originally scheduled team trip to Suzhou was temporarily canceled by Zeng Zheng and changed to a theoretical class to study techniques and tactics.

This kind of "mental torture" really made these team members lose their skin.

...

At 21:50 local time on the evening of the 15th, Zeng Zheng finally arrived at Manama International Airport, the capital of Bahrain, after a long 15-hour flight.

"Coach Zeng!"

As soon as he walked out of the airport lobby, Zeng Zheng heard someone calling his name.

I was shocked.

I am flying here from HK, can this trip be seen through by the paparazzi?

Zeng Zheng was just about to leave when he saw the back door of the van in front of him being pulled aside, revealing a familiar face inside.

"Ms. Qian, it's you..."

"Coach Zeng, come up quickly, hurry up!"

Before Zeng Zheng could react, Miss Qian grabbed Zeng Zheng's arm and pulled him into the van.

"Boom!"

The van door was quickly pulled shut.

After getting on the bus, Zeng Zhengcai discovered that the inside of the van was not as shabby as its appearance.

Although the interior is old, it is very clean and tidy.

In addition to Ms. Qian and Mr. Qian, there were two strangers sitting in the front and passenger seats in the car.

When the two of them saw Zeng Zheng getting into the car, they both turned around and said hello to Zeng Zheng.

"Ms. Qian, what are you..."

"Shh~~~"

Miss Qian put her index finger to her mouth and blew out a stream of hot air.

"Coach Zeng, look!"

Following Miss Qian's finger, Zeng Zheng saw more than a dozen East Asians dressed like reporters walking out of the airport lobby.

"They are flying from South Korea." Ms. Qian said, holding a flight schedule, "They are the same as your plane."

"Coach Zeng, you don't want to be discovered by them either!"

Zeng Zheng nodded.

He glanced at the people in the car and complained in his heart: I don't want to be discovered by you either!

As a head coach, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.

Although the game can be watched in real time through the system, this God's perspective simply cannot meet Zeng Zheng's needs.

The competition venue, the atmosphere, the real situation of the players... you have to go to the venue to see these things clearly.

The driver stepped on the accelerator and the van started running on the highway.

At this time, the man in the passenger seat turned around and stretched out his hand to Zeng Zheng.

"Coach Zeng, hello, I have long admired your name!"

"Uh...hello, hello."

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Dong Jun. I opened a small local seafood market."

When Zeng Zheng was confused, Miss Qian introduced enthusiastically:

"Coach Zeng, Uncle Dong was the men's volleyball coach back then. He was assigned to Bahrain eight years ago to support volleyball."

"I started a seafood business in the past two years, and I can be considered a partner of my father's partner."

"Besides, Uncle Dong introduced Zhu Xies here before."

After Zeng Zheng heard this, he stopped being scornful.

"It turns out to be Coach Dong, disrespectful."

"Hahaha, Coach Zeng, please stop being polite to me!"

Dong Jun laughed, extremely heroic.

"It's been years since I've been a coach!"

"Although I am a few years older than you, I have been close friends with you for a long time."

"If you don't mind, just call me Brother Dong."

Before Zeng Zheng could speak, Miss Qian suddenly interrupted:

"Uncle Dong, Coach Zeng isn't that old yet, is he?"

"How many years have you gained? You are already in your teens, right?"

Seeing Dong Jun's white temples through the light inside the van, Zeng Zheng also nodded silently.

The opponent could be sent as the men's volleyball coach to support him eight years ago, but now he must be fifty years old at least.

It doesn't hurt to call him uncle.

"Then I will call you Uncle Dong just like Miss Qian."

Dong Jun grinned, looked at Mr. Qian behind him, and said nothing more.

After the car drove forward for a while, Zeng Zheng looked at the scenery outside the window and suddenly asked:

"Ms. Qian, did you know that I would come to Bahrain?"

"Of course I don't know!" Miss Qian shook her head, "But I followed you after I knew you bought the ticket."

"Did you also take this flight?" Zeng Zheng was stunned. "Why didn't I see you?"

"Because you are in economy class and I am in first class!" Miss Qian looked proud.

"All right."

Zeng Zheng was choked and speechless, so he had to change the subject, "Then what are you doing in Bahrain? Traveling?"

"You can come to Bahrain for inspection, but I can't come?"

Miss Qian bared her fangs and revealed two sweet pear dimples at the corners of her mouth.

"What are you inspecting? What? How many Bahraini players do you want to sign?"

"I'm not familiar with Bahrain, but I can sign South Korean players!" Ms. Qian blinked. "The level of South Korean players is quite high."

Well, Zeng Zheng is speechless again.

Seeing Tian being chatted to death by Zeng Zheng, Dong Jun in the co-pilot asked:

"Coach Zeng, what do you think of the weather in Bahrain?"

"It's okay. For football players, this kind of weather is pretty good."

"That's it." Dong Jun said with a smile, "In two weeks, the weather in Bahrain will be cooler."

"Oh? That would be better."

This is the first good news Zeng Zheng heard when he came to Bahrain.

"Coach Zeng, since you are here, you are a guest."

"Don't be polite to Uncle Dong either."

"It's up to me to make the arrangements these days!"

Unable to refuse the warm hospitality, Zeng Zheng nodded.

At 23:30, Zeng Zheng was sent to the door of the Hilton Hotel.

"Coach Zeng, you should have a good rest first. I will pick you up at noon tomorrow!"

"Okay, then I'll trouble Uncle Dong!"

What Zeng Zheng didn't expect was that Miss Qian and Mr. Qian also walked down.

"Uh... did you also book here?"

Miss Qian blinked and did not answer.

After a while, Mr. Qian came back with a room card.

"Miss, this is the presidential suite on the 8th floor."

Zeng Zheng was speechless.

Well, it’s true that you can do whatever you want with money.

After getting the room card, Miss Qian waved it in front of Zeng Zheng proudly.

"Coach Zeng, would you like me to upgrade your room as well?"

Zeng Zheng curled his lips and turned his head to the side, "Forget it, thank you Miss Qian for your kindness. I can't live in a room that is too high-end, so I'll just stay in a standard room."

"Ah? That's it! Okay, then I'll go back to the 'President' room and rest first!"

The word 'president' was deeply engraved in Zeng Zheng's heart.

For a moment, Zeng Zheng really regretted it.

What kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending to be!

What a good thing, the free upgrade to the presidential suite is gone.

Taking the standard room card issued by the front desk, Zeng Zheng and Miss Qian entered the elevator together.

The standard room is on the 6th floor, and the presidential room is on the 8th floor.

Along the way, Ms. Qian kept shaking the presidential key card in her hand.

As soon as the elevator arrived, Zeng Zheng walked out in a hurry, not wanting to stay for a second longer.

At this moment, Miss Qian's shout suddenly came from behind.

"Coach Zeng, wait a moment..."

Zeng Zheng didn't even look back and waved his hand directly, "I told you, I'll just stay in the standard room..."

"That's not what I want to say..."

"What is that?" Zeng Zheng turned around and watched the elevator door slowly close.

"I just want to say..."

The moment the two doors closed, a soft moan came from inside: "Does that suit not fit you? I, I can find a tailor to make a new one for you..."

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