World Cup of Great Powers

As spring goes and autumn comes, people come and go.

Time flies and 4 months have passed.

In the past four months, Zeng Zheng has led the National Youth, National Olympics and National Football Team to play nearly 20 friendly matches.

This includes leading the National Youth Team to Spain for training, leading the National Olympic Team to Brazil for training, leading the National Football Team to Yugoslavia for training, etc.

Basically, the national youth training is completed after the national Olympic training, and the national Olympic training is completed after the national football training.

For half a year, Zeng Zheng was either leading the team for training or on the way to lead the team for training.

Although busy, the results obtained are gratifying.

During the training period in Spain, Zeng Zheng led the youth team and played a total of 6 solid friendly matches with the local club 2 teams, with results of 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

In addition to the 2-0 Getafe B team, this also included a 3-2 narrow win over Bilbao B team and a 3-3 draw with Real Madrid B team.

Especially in the game against Real Madrid B team, the National Youth Team fell behind three times and equalized three times.

Chen Tao, who returned from injury, won the MVP award with one pass and one shot.

When Zeng Zheng led the team to leave after the game, the person in charge of Real Madrid insisted that Zeng Zheng leave the contact information of Chen Tao and others.

Even after the National Youth League returned to China, Spanish Bamboo Shoes specially sent people to the country to negotiate with Bamboo Shoes to see if they could build a bridge of "friendship and mutual assistance" among young people.

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The National Olympics trip to South America can also be regarded as revisiting the old place.

Although the Jianlibao model has been stopped, domestic players will no longer be sent to Brazil under the official name.

But Jianlibao’s influence is deep-rooted here.

This time when he came to Brazil, Zeng Zheng discovered that there were Chinese faces in many local youth training camps. These were the children of local overseas Chinese.

From Rujetiba, the National Olympic Games went all the way to Sao Paulo.

We played a total of 5 games in 3 days and won all of them, once again leaving a great reputation in Brazil.

After leaving Brazil, he went to Paraguay and Uruguay next door and played a friendly match with the opponent's U23 team, winning both games 2-0.

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Compared with the "big victories" coming from the National Youth and National Olympic Games on the front line, the results of the friendly matches of the National Football Team were somewhat unsatisfactory.

The Yugoslavia team, the national football team and local clubs played a total of two games, with a record of one win and one loss.

In the match against the Yugoslav national team, they lost to their opponents 4-5.

After returning from the South, Zeng Zheng said.

"The national football team is different from the youth army. The national team's games are always cruel."

"Youth teams can pick some weaker opponents to accumulate victories and gain morale, but the adult teams of each country have gone through years of accumulation, and their strength has basically been finalized."

"If the national football team wants to move from being second-tier in Asia to being first-rate in the world, it will have to go a long, long way."

"At present, we should pay more attention to the specific performance of the team members on the court."

"Such as fighting state, fighting spirit, and the strength of tactical execution."

"Instead of always focusing on the score, or the victory or defeat."

Zeng Zheng's answer made some fans dissatisfied

They believe that since Zeng Zheng became the head coach of the national team, his speech has become more and more "official" and he is more and more in line with the old and scholarly coaches in the past.

He was afraid that Zeng Zheng would be "assimilated" by his constitution.

As the day progresses, fans invariably focus on the China-South Korea football match that was interrupted for a year due to the Asian Football Qualifiers for the Olympic Games.

This is the fourth China-South Korea competition, and the venue is arranged at the Beijing Workers' Stadium.

The head coaches of both teams and their players had arrived in Beijing three days ago and were conducting adaptation training at the Workers' Stadium.

Since Europe was still in the summer window at this time, Zeng Zheng recalled almost all the international players who had studied abroad for this match between China and South Korea.

It is reported that relevant personnel from FIFA have ordered a videotape of this match from the tournament organizing committee to bring back to the headquarters.

There are also more than 30 cable TV stations across the country broadcasting the game live, and the reporting team from South Korea has already arrived in Beijing. Their two commentators will introduce the game to the domestic audience at the Workers' Stadium.

Before the game, according to the voting statistics of Jiulang.com.

63% of fans believe that the national football team will win, 31% of fans think that South Korea will win, and only 6% of fans think that the two sides will tie.

Although in the Olympic qualifiers, Zeng Zheng led the National Olympics to break the Korean phobia.

But at the national team level, the national football team has never defeated its opponents in a head-on match.

Not only that, after the defeat of the South Korean National Olympic Games, it is inevitable to form new ties with the national football team.

In this match between China and South Korea, Xu Dingmao may take this opportunity to cheer for his country's Olympic Games.

Therefore, domestic fans also attach great importance to this game.

Whether we can truly defeat the fear of Korea depends on this!

Right from the start, South Korea showed a strong desire to attack.

Their control and pressing in the frontcourt put a lot of pressure on the national football team. However, they were never able to get a shot in the face of the national football team's steady defense.

The first shot of the game was taken by Li Jinyu.

At that time, he received a long pass from Li Tie, took two horizontal steps at the edge of the opponent's penalty area, found an opportunity, and decisively shot a long shot.

It was confiscated by South Korean goalkeeper Kim Yong-dae.

After this shot, the national football team gradually organized an effective attack.

Sun Jihai and Zhang Xiaorui on the right; Wu Chengying and Shen Si on the left. The two fronts pose a great threat to South Korea.

Soon, the national football team created a threatening attack.

In the 9th minute, Su Maozhen received a pass from Shen Si from the left, grabbed the spot in front of the goal and shot with his left foot, but the ball missed the goal post.

After that, the national football team relied on its compact formation to firmly control the situation on the field.

In the next ten minutes, South Korea was kept in their own half.

But because he was still a little rusty in handling key balls, he never scored a goal.

"grass!"

"If you have to kick, just kick it!"

"What do I usually train you for?"

"It's really fun to play hard on weekdays."

"How come when we get to the field, everyone is too weak to shoot?"

Li Huajun, who had a "teaching assistant" sign hanging beside him, unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Zeng Zheng.

"Coach Zeng, why do I feel that the players are not afraid to shoot, but they don't want to shoot?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Nonsense!" Zeng Zheng, who was getting angry, rolled his eyes.

How could he not see it?

This group of players don't shoot, which is really different from the previous national players who didn't dare to shoot easily. They are too cautious, always feel that their chances are not the highest, and always want to create better opportunities.

As a result, the current "humility" situation has been formed.

But in Zeng Zheng's eyes, this is "over-interpretation" of his own tactics.

After taking a sip of water, Zeng Zheng slowly calmed down.

Although Li Huajun didn't pay attention to his swear words, Zeng Zheng began to reflect on his own.

Are you being too harsh?

Why are these disciples who have been brought up from childhood all afraid of me?

In addition, he always likes to use thousands of miles of sound transmission to direct from the sidelines. When he gets to the court, will these players feel that they are deliberately spying on him?

Thinking of this, Zeng Zheng decided to go back to his seat and rest for a while.

Let's see what these players can do without their own leader.

Sure enough, after Zeng Zheng's words "went off", the national football team launched two threatening attacks in a row.

In the 23rd and 26th minutes, Shen Si passed the ball from the left to the center of the penalty area. Su Maozhen and Yang Chen made a clever shot with their heel and a lion head shake.

As a result, the former missed the post and the latter hit the crossbar.

Of course, South Korea will not surrender.

In the 30th minute, Park Jin-seop shot a long shot from outside the penalty area, but goalkeeper Gao Jianbin lifted the crossbar with one palm.

In this game, Zeng Zheng did not use the "Queen Goalkeeper" Ou Chuliang, but used Sichuan Army General Gao Jianbin.

Gao Lao has also made many fans realize that Jiang Jin may also follow his elder brother Jiang Hong and slowly leave the national team.

After that, South Korea, which had been suppressed for too long, had several opportunities. The most threatening one was in the 35th minute. Choi Yong-soo stopped the ball with his chest outside the penalty area, but was destroyed by Lee Hyun who arrived in time.

Even so, the national football team still controls the overall situation.

In the 43rd minute, Li Jinyu kicked the goal from the left corner of the opponent's penalty area. The opponent's goalkeeper Jin Yongdae, who was retreating, struggled to lift the crossbar;

One minute later, Shensi cooperated with his teammates to form a breakthrough. Facing the attacking Golden Dragon, Shensi did not choose to rush for a shot, but instead kicked it horizontally.

Yang Chen, who rushed in quickly, killed the ball with one shot, helping the national football team lead 1-0 before the end of the first half.

After the start of the second half, Zeng Zheng first replaced Su Maozhen with Xie Hui, completely forming a "double foreign aid" combination on the front line.

Shen Si, who was originally positioned as a defensive midfielder but always played as a left midfielder, was replaced by Zeng Zheng with Zhang Ran, and he partnered with Li Tie in the midfield and backcourt.

After the adjustment, the defense of the national football team's midfield and backfield became completely stable. South Korea's several counterattacks failed to reach the front of the national football team's penalty area.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, Xie Hui received a long pass from teammate Zhang Xiaorui and flew into the penalty area, shocking Jin Long into a cold sweat.

In the 56th minute, Li Jinyu received a pass from young player Zhang Ran, overtook the South Korean defender from the outer lane, and shot from a small angle before the opponent could damage the ball, helping the national football team to rewrite the score to 2-0.

After leading by two goals, Zeng Zheng immediately replaced Li Jinyu, the hero of the goal, and replaced him with Zhao Junzhe, a young player from Liaoning Football Team, to continue to strengthen the control of the midfield and frontcourt.

This summer, Ma Mingyu received a transfer invitation from Serie A Perugia and left for Apennine;

Zheng Zhi was also recalled to the team by PSV Eindhoven because his loan period expired to participate in adaptive training before the new season;

Midfielder Shao Jiayi was spotted by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German second division. After consulting Zeng Zheng, he faced the pressure of Beijing Guoan who was unwilling to let him go. He fought a lawsuit with the club and wanted to go to Germany to make a career.

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Since the predecessor of the Weikerui Football Team was the Beijing Youth Team, it was later acquired by Guoan.

Therefore, there is no theory of "cultivation" and "efficiency" between Shao Jia and Guoan.

In this regard, the current judgment method of Bamboo Shoes is obviously inclined to let Shao Jiayi transfer and leave, and let Borussia Mönchengladbach pay a large amount of "loss compensation" to Guoan.

In addition to the veteran Li Bing who is on loan to Offenbach in the Bundesliga 2, there are already 11 domestic players studying abroad in Europe.

After sending away Zheng Zhi, Zeng Zheng and Miss Qian were also arranging the transfers of Li Weifeng, Li Yi and Qu Bo.

Trailing by two goals, South Korea was a little confused.

In the past, they didn't care even if they were led by two goals by the Chinese team.

Because according to the situation on the field, even the players can judge that it will be a matter of time before they score a goal.

But today, the South Korean players became less and less confident the more they played.

As Zeng Zheng's substitution arrangements were implemented one by one, South Korean players found themselves getting further and further away from the national football goalkeeper.

Even Gao Jianbin has not been seen for a long time.

In the 70th minute, Li Dongguo took a long shot from 35 meters away from the goal.

The ball shot into the sky, and Mr. Gao didn't even bother to react.

In the 73rd minute, Zeng Zheng replaced Wu Chengying with Zhou Ning.

At this point, all seven international players studying abroad have played.

In the 85th minute, the national football team once again got a chance to expand the score.

Zhao Jun made a breakthrough pass from the right, and Jin Yongda attacked and saved the ball. Qu Bo, who came on as Yang Chen's substitute, headed for an empty goal. The South Korean defender cleared the ball out of the penalty area on the goal line.

Subsequently, South Korea quickly launched a rapid counterattack.

Lee Young-pyo received a long pass from young player Lee Cheon-shu and used his speed to sneak up behind Lee Tie.

After swaying Li Weifeng away with rhythm, he took out a ground ball of extremely high quality. Fu Bing, who came on as a substitute, fell to the ground and sighed as he watched the ball.

In the end, the national football team won the China-South Korea match with a score of 2-1.

After the game, Jiulang.com commented on each of the 19 international players who appeared one after another.

Fu Bing: 5 points. The opponent’s players didn’t give much face and didn’t give Fu Bing too many opportunities to perform. The only time, the opponent’s players scored a goal.

Gao Jianbin: 8 points. He made several wonderful saves and was the key player in ensuring no goal was conceded before the 60th minute.

Wu Chengying: 7 points, excellent assists from the left, and no big holes in defense.

Zhang Minghua: 8 points, experienced, quick in kicking, good at heading the ball, strong in foresight. Even if coach Zeng doesn’t call Shide players, he won’t make any mistakes.

Li Weifeng: 7 points. There is no problem with defense, but he is responsible for the last goal conceded.

Sun Jihai: 8 points. He is still sharp when assisting from the right. As the saying goes, no one who is good at fighting has great achievements. The reason why South Korea rarely attacks from the left is largely due to Sun Jihai.

Yang Pu: 7 points, tough defense, solid ball control, and good coordination awareness. However, sometimes he handles the ball too hastily and does not have much depth in assists.

Zhou Ning: 7 points, outstanding awareness, good judgment in defense. Passing is better than others, but he has been away from the team for a long time, his ball skills are unfamiliar, and left back is not his usual position.

Zhao Junzhe: 7 points, good dribbling ability, but lack of vision, handling the ball is too slow compared to Zhang Xiaorui.

Li Tie: 9 points. He has a good outlook on the overall situation and is good at both offense and defense. In terms of handling the ball, he has made great progress compared to when he first went abroad. He can expect growth in the future.

Shen Si: 8 points, strong attack power, good coordination awareness, posed a huge threat to the opponent on the left in the first half, and excellent corner kick skills.

Zhang Xiaorui: 8 points, strong ball control ability, and extremely beautiful passing route. But for some unknown reason, he seems to have been suppressing his own strength and is lacking in defense.

Zhang Ran: 7 points, quite satisfactory, no outstanding performance, no obvious mistakes.

Qi Hong: 6 points. This was his worst performance in the national team. He made more mistakes than usual.

Qu Bo: 7 points, very energetic, dare to lead and break through. His appearance has greatly strengthened the Chinese team's right offensive, but his physical confrontation ability is poor.

Li Jinyu: 8 points, his goal responded to the fans' expectations.

Su Maozhen: 6 points. In comparison, Jin Tou Lao Mao's performance today was not up to par. No wonder he was replaced in the midfield.

Yang Chen: 8 points. Although he wasted a lot of opportunities, he actively ran in the frontcourt and searched for opportunities without any effort. The goal he finally scored can be regarded as making up for it.

Xie Hui: 6 points. His performance was far inferior to that in Aachen. He was a little at a loss on the court. Are you not used to being a "supporting role"?

Coinciding with the first China International Football Expo being held in Beijing, there were “an overwhelming number” of Chinese and foreign reporters.

After the two sides fought, the reporters held a post-match press conference, which was quite a spectacle.

In the end, most reporters failed to "break out of the encirclement" and entered the press room. The most pitiful thing was the reporters from South Korea who were accompanying the team. Almost all of them were blocked from the door and were so anxious that they screamed outside the door.

However, the performance of the two protagonists indoors is not the same.

Xu Dingmao from the losing side said leisurely: "We did not perform well in the first half, mainly because of the lack of cooperation between the veteran players and the Olympic team members."

"Being scored by the Chinese team at the end of the game can be regarded as paying the price for our mistakes."

"The cooperation of the players improved in the second half, but the Chinese team completely limited our physical advantage."

"After losing the ball again, our players were a little panicked. Although we lost in the end, they played very well."

"In addition, the fans of the Workers' Stadium also caused a lot of trouble to the team members."

"I think if we come to our home court, the situation will be different."

Contrary to Xu Dingmao's calmness, Zeng Zheng, who was on the winning side, seemed not very satisfied.

"...I have said many times that scenes do not equal goals, nor do they equal results."

"Since opportunities can always be created, why can't we seize them?"

"I hope that the players can reduce the situation of being in a good position but not scoring as much as possible. This is what I often tell them."

"Everyone saw in today's game that there were many opportunities to score goals."

"But the final score was not satisfactory."

"If they didn't still have league games to play, I would have to teach them a lesson!"

Seeing Zeng Zheng with unknown anger burning above his head, the reporters in the audience looked at each other in shock.

We won!

The opponent is South Korea!

As a young coach who led the National Olympic Games and the National Football Team to defeat South Korea, you don't say something about this, but instead blame the poor performance of the players?

What's the point?

When reporters saw this, someone immediately raised their hands to excuse the international players.

"Coach Zeng, do you think the return of the overseas international players will have an impact on the team's overall chemistry?"

This means that if we didn’t play well today, it’s probably because of the sudden joining of a few boys from overseas.

Unexpectedly, Zeng Zheng didn’t save any face for people like you.

"Since they can go to Europe to play football, it means that they are better than their peers in terms of personal skills, football intelligence, and understanding of tactics."

"Although the current national team has gone through four recruitment trainings, I have sent the content of each training session to every overseas player through the Internet."

"They can study more in their free time and understand my tactical construction."

"If they can't even do this, what else will they have left?"

Although Zeng Zheng's words brought Yang Chen and others in.

However, considering that Zhang Xiaorui and others were "personal disciples" of Zeng Zheng, the reporters regarded it as "I scolded my son" and did not continue to criticize Zeng Zheng.

When the reporters saw this, they had to change the topic.

"Coach Zeng, how do you evaluate today's opponents?"

Hearing this question, Xu Dingmao also turned his face curiously to see what Zeng Zheng thought of his team.

According to the past, when this issue is mentioned in such face-to-face press conferences with the opposing head coach, the coaches from both sides basically exchange commercial blows.

The reporters also wanted to take this opportunity to enhance the relationship between the two teams and ease the atmosphere at the scene.

But Zeng Zheng seemed to still be angry at losing the ball in the final period. In the face of reporters' "thrown bricks", Zeng Zheng threw an iron ball instead.

"South Korea has always been online in strength, and their strength characteristics are no different from those ten years ago."

"Coach Xu, let me say something ugly."

"Whether South Korea fights 352 or 343, I have completely understood it."

"In the future, whether it's the National Youth Team, the National Olympics or the National Football Team, if I see you playing this formation, then you can't even think about winning."

As soon as Zeng Zheng said this, domestic and foreign reporters in the audience took a deep breath.

Good guy, you are so bold!

If it were another coach, if he could really achieve this, who wouldn't just make a fortune and cheat South Korea to death?

It's not like you, telling people directly in front of their faces.

After Xu Dingmao was translated, his face was livid.

As the coach of South Korea, he had to consider whether there was any other deep meaning behind Zeng Zheng's words.

"Did he deliberately defraud me?"

"So that we won't be allowed to use 352 in the future?"

"But what if it's true?"

"Is it too late to change the formation now?"

For a moment, Xu Dingmao fell into petrification, and he didn't even feel it when the assistant coach next to him scolded him several times.

Zeng Zheng's words stirred up a stir, and the reporters in the audience instantly became excited and active.

I wanted to leave the press conference immediately, print out Zeng Zheng’s words and publish them in my own newspaper.

It’s a new millennium!

Why are you afraid of Korea?

With Coach Zeng here, South Korea should be afraid of China!

At this moment, another reporter came forward and asked: "Coach Zeng, according to your opinion, South Korea must change its formation?"

"Then I don't know. I'm so busy. How can I have time to care about other people's arrangements and fights?"

"That's right!" The reporters nodded, "Coach Zeng has many things to do. I wonder what your next work focus will be?"

"What else could it be?" Coach Zeng pointed to the banners "Resist South Korea and Don't Forget to Bid for the Olympics" held up by the fans outside the window, "Of course it's the Olympics!"

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