World Cup of Great Powers

"Xiao Zeng, everything depends on you."

"Okay, I understand, Uncle Wang, you should rest early. Isn't it just the Asian Cup? Win it easily!"

"Hey! With your words, I feel relieved. Then I will go back to bed first, and you should go to bed early and don't be busy too late."

"Oh, I see."

After seeing Wang Junsheng off, Zeng Zheng felt something was wrong the more he thought about it.

Damn it!

Is this old bastard trying to frame me?

You and Xu Fang were also part of the Hongshankou Conference that year.

Nowadays, it is natural for bamboo shoes to be both positive and negative for bamboo mats.

Do you two have any skills in bamboo shoes?

I still need to work hard outside to get the results and come back to save the battle.

Is this too ridiculous?

At the same time, Wang Junsheng, who was humming a little tune, also took out his mobile phone and dialed Xu Fang's number.

"Hello, Lao Xu?"

"I told you, I told him everything."

"What's the reaction?"

"Hey, you didn't see it."

"The kid agreed without even blinking."

"Not a word of haggling."

"Tsk tsk tsk, you still understand him."

"If I don't force him, I really don't know where that kid's limit is."

"Well, no problem, don't worry."

"I can rest assured that the league will be left to you. If anyone dares to make any mistakes in this regard, you will be dealt with severely by me."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of you if anything happens."

"They are not afraid of me, but they are not afraid of the judiciary?"

"As long as there is definite evidence, no one dares to act rashly."

"Don't worry about the national team, leave it to me for now."

"After the Asian Cup is over, I will send a trustworthy person to take charge of this area."

"If this Asian Cup is successful, hehehe..."

"At the next Asian Cup, those people will have to beg us in turn!"

"As for the Chinese Super League, I'm not in a hurry."

"Since that guy Xiao Zeng agrees, it means the direction is right."

"When we have the opportunity, we will go find his little girlfriend and ask her to go to Europe to learn from it and see how they do it."

"Anyway, what he said is quite right."

"The Super League is a Super League, and A-A is A-A. We can never change the soup without changing the medicine. If it's the same as before, it's better not to do this!"

...

The next day, Zeng Zheng got up early.

After dinner, the team members were called together and an impromptu meeting was held.

"Everyone knows the schedule."

"We will play against each other tomorrow, then we will play Indonesia in the second game, and then we will play Kuwait in the last game of the group."

"In terms of strength, Bangzi is the strongest, followed by Kuwait, and Indonesia is the weakest."

"In other words, as long as we win tomorrow's game, there is basically no problem in qualifying for the group stage."

There are a total of 12 teams in the Asian Cup finals this time, divided into three groups of four, and the top eight will be selected through a single round-robin group stage.

In other words, as long as you win one game in the group stage, you may get the right to qualify by ranking third in the group.

"But if we qualify third in the group, do you think it's appropriate?"

"Inappropriate!!!" Li Weifeng shouted immediately.

"Since qualifying third in the group is not appropriate, what about qualifying second in the group?" Zeng Zheng asked again.

"It's not appropriate either!!!" Before anyone else could say anything, the crazy Li Datou shouted again.

Looking at the extremely active Li Weifeng, Zeng Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "According to Wei Feng's wishes, where should we qualify in the group?"

"First, first in the group!!!" Li Weifeng replied without hesitation.

Speaking of this, everyone still thought it was nothing.

But Zeng Zheng's next question made everyone present realize that something was wrong.

"Okay, since we are first in the group, can any of you tell me how many points we can get to ensure first place in the group?"

How many points are needed to ensure first place in the group?

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

There were even a few who couldn't react, and lowered their heads and clasped their fingers.

At this moment, Li Weifeng stood up again and stretched out three fingers.

"Get 9 points! Win all three games and get 9 points to ensure first place in the group!"

Yes, 9 points!

Even with 7 points, I still finished second.

Only 9 points can guarantee first place in the group.

Hearing this, many old international players present raised their heads and glanced at Li Weifeng.

After seeing his excited expression, I immediately understood what was happening.

"Oh? Wei Feng wants to score 9 points? Tsk, tsk, tsk, he is really ambitious!"

Zeng Zheng applauded, "Speaking of which, Wei Feng was born in 1978, right? This year it's 22 or 23?"

"No matter how much he is, he is still considered young in the national team."

"Even Wei Feng has such ambitions, what about the rest of you?"

As Zeng Zheng's tone rose, Ou Chuliang, Ma Mingyu, Zhang Minghua and others also knew that it was time to express their stance.

They all quickly raised their hands and shouted in agreement: "Win three games, win three games, win three games!!!"

A few old national players took the lead, and several other stupid young men immediately got excited and started shouting.

"Okay~~~"

"receive!"

As Zeng Zheng shook his hands, the team members immediately stopped.

Seeing a group of red-faced and thick-necked young men in front of him looking at him with wide eyes, Zeng Zheng nodded secretly in his mind.

"Since I have to win three group matches, then give me the spirit of 120 points."

"Mou is strong enough to do this guy's job."

"Aren't you going to kick the stick tomorrow?"

"Let's use a stick to do the surgery first!"

"Yang Chen, Qu Shengqing, you two are one inside, one outside, one tall, give me a hard beating from the front! Shoot if you can, push if you can, just kick in the door, can you do that?

"

At this time, Zeng Zheng looked ferocious, just like Li Yunlong on the battlefield.

Being howled by Zeng Zheng's voice, Yang and Yang were so frightened that they immediately stood up and gave a military salute. "Report to the captain, promise to complete the mission!"

"Ma Mingyu, Shen Si, your mission is to deliver artillery shells to Yang Qu."

"If they don't live up to expectations, you two can just open fire yourself!"

"Whoosh!"

As he spoke, Zeng Zheng drew a large circle on the blackboard, including the entire restricted area.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "As long as you reach this range, I don't care whether you take a free kick or pass it directly. Anyway, my requirement is to form a shot within 5 feet."

"You two midfielders can just count by yourselves."

"If you exceed it too many times, you may not be able to run anymore."

"Look at it!" Zeng Zheng said, pointing at the youngest Zheng Zhi and Shao Jiayi, "There are still 20-year-old young people here!"

Due to the atmosphere in the room, Shen Si and Ma Mingyu also stood up quickly and nodded in agreement.

After sitting down, Qi Hong slapped her friend Shen Si with her arm.

"Lao Shen, you have to work hard. If you are replaced by those two 20-year-old guys in the first game, I will definitely laugh at you."

Shen Si looked disdainful, "What's the joke? What's so funny? The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and each generation becomes stronger than the last."

"Lao Qi, it's not me who told you."

"Don't let them both get in, and you haven't gotten in yet!"

Hearing this, Qi Hong immediately shut up and couldn't make a sound.

"As for Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng, you two shouldn't just stand back and watch stupidly." Zeng Zheng continued to direct.

"If Li Tie can't respond well, then pass the ball more, run more, and tackle more."

"Li Xiaopeng, you have to run for me. I won't even tell you when you run into the opposite penalty area."

"But one thing is, when defending, you must get back to my position as soon as possible."

"You must be visible in the camera within three seconds, remember?"

Hearing this, Li Xiaopeng raised his hands obediently.

"What? What are you going to say?"

Li Xiaopeng spoke fluent Shandong dialect and asked tremblingly: "Zeng, Coach Zeng."

"I, I want to ask a question."

"Here, I run as much as Li Tie and grab the ball. Do you think you agree?"

"No!" Zeng Zheng slapped the table, causing Li Xiaopeng to fall onto his chair.

"You must join the attack!"

"I'm also telling you, if nothing goes wrong in the first place, I will basically not change the defenders."

"If you can run, you have to run for me. If you can't run, you have to run for me. Do you understand?"

"Listen, I understand!"

After answering and sitting down, Li Xiaopeng muttered to himself: "When did I become so important to Coach Zeng?"

"If it's so important, why don't you take me to the Olympics?"

After the arrangements for the midfield and frontcourt players were completed, the eyes of the defenders were wide open again.

In this Asian Cup, Zeng Zheng deliberately let go of Sun Jihai and General Fan.

With these two people gone, two seats were immediately vacated.

"Central defenders, Li Weifeng, Zhang Minghua." Zeng Zheng took the lead and read out the names.

"Left back, Wu Chengying; right back, Shu Chang."

"Four defenders..." Zeng Zheng said this, holding out four fingers, "From the formation point of view, we have one more defender than the stick."

"On the other side, there are only two strikers."

"What a waste of resources."

"Except Zhang Huahua for defense, the remaining three people have offensive tasks."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the three people whose names were called immediately lit up.

"You three, keep an eye on me. What we will fight tomorrow is 'shift without pulling sides'."

"What does it mean? After you two full-backs come in, you can catch the ball from your teammates."

“But don’t go down blindly.”

"Cooperate with teammates to play in the middle."

"And once the two fullbacks cut inside, Shen Si and Ma Mingyu, you two must pay attention to filling the gap exposed behind them."

"Don't you like to play 352?"

"Don't you like to pile people in the middle?"

"Let's face him!"

"The more people there are in the middle, the more people will be squeezed out."

Speaking of this, Zeng Zheng glanced at Qu Shengqing and Yang Chen again.

"You two should also keep an eye on me!"

As he spoke, Zeng Zheng drew two arrows on the blackboard.

"The back midfielders push forward, the full-backs push forward, and you two are the ones who get squeezed out."

"Qu Shengqing, aren't you known as the most flexible fat guy in Class A?"

"I'll see how flexible you are tomorrow."

"If you can't get out of the way, I'll ask you for it!"

When his name was called again, Qu Shengqing immediately straightened his back and answered "yes".

After Zeng Zheng's previous ultimatum, Qu Shengqing learned from the pain in the past few months, continued to exercise, and finally increased his body fat rate.

Although Qu Shengqing still has a chubby baby face now, he is no longer the fat man with fat covering his abdominal muscles.

"Finally, as for the goalkeeper..."

Zeng Zheng swept through the three goalkeepers one by one.

"Ou Chuliang, this first shift should be filled by you, the most experienced national guard."

"Don't forget to protect the space behind Zhang Minghua when he attacks."

Ou Chuliang, the oldest, nodded, "Don't worry, Coach Zeng, I know what to do."

"By the way, you should also wear the captain's armband."

"You can help me shout more on the court, don't let those guys stand around all the time."

Ou Chuliang: "No problem."

The captain's armband was always worn by General Fan before. Now that General Fan is not in the formation, no one objects to wearing it on Ou Chuliang's arm.

People familiar with the matter also know that in addition to being a goalkeeper for the club and national team in recent years, Ou Chuliang will also serve as Zeng Zheng's goalkeeper coach at special moments, and he also intends to develop into a coach after retiring.

In other words, Ou Chuliang can be regarded as half an assistant coach to Zeng Zheng.

With him on the court, he can better help Zeng Zheng coordinate the team.

After the arrangements were made, Zeng Zheng said again: "There are still some unpleasant rumors outside."

"It's like Korean phobia or something. Every time I play with Bangzi, a lot of SB media will mention it."

"I'm too lazy to scold them."

"It's nonsense to say that the National Youth Team is not enough, the National Olympics is not enough, and friendly matches are not considered blah blah."

"This time we will let them see how we beat them in a major competition like the Asian Cup!"

"Anyway, I, Zeng Zheng, have never lost to a stick since I debuted."

"Many of you here have been with me for a long time, and my records are also your records."

"I don't think you plan to be defeated in this game, right?"

"A few months ago, I said everything."

"As long as the stick still uses Xu Dingmao, and Xu Dingmao still uses his three-man back, I can beat the shit out of him."

"But Bangzi doesn't seem to give up and wants to compete with us in the Asian Cup."

"Then let's compete!"

"I made up my mind this time to let Xu Dingmao finish class halfway!"

"Did you hear that?"

"Just do as I say and beat me to death, and that's it!"

"Don't show mercy."

"In our own territory, are we still afraid of him?"

“Koreanphobia???”

"Hum hum..."

"Starting from tomorrow, I will make them suffer from Sinophobia!!!"

...

On the afternoon of October 15th, Chengdu Maojiawan Stadium.

The opening match of the Asian Cup, the first round of Group A, the host China VS South Korea.

"The host is a double-edged sword."

"Used properly, it can be a great help to the game."

"But once the situation is at a disadvantage, the pressure on the coach and players will be huge."

Wearing a microphone, Huang Jianxiang, who had just returned from the Olympics, was talking eloquently.

After witnessing the National Olympics winning the Olympic bronze medal, Huang Jianxiang's perception of Asian teams has also undergone earth-shaking changes.

If we say that when we participated in the World Cup in 1998, the Chinese team was still struggling between the second-rate and first-rate teams in Asia.

But after two years of settling down, Huang Jianxiang can already say with certainty: The Chinese team is the best in Asia!

This is the confidence that frequent participation in competitions and the results obtained bring to the team!

"Koreanphobia has been talked about for 20 years."

"But since Coach Zeng led the team, whether it is the National Youth, National Olympics or National Football Team, Coach Zeng has maintained an undefeated record in South Korea."

"Today's Asian Cup group match is the first time Coach Zeng has faced the South Korean team in the cup since he became the head coach of the national team."

"Will the Chinese team completely put an end to 'Korean fear' today? This is also the most hotly discussed topic among audience friends before the game."

"But no matter what the result is, judging from the current grouping situation of the Chinese team, as long as they do not lose to their opponents in this game, the Chinese team has a great chance of qualifying..."

"In this game, Coach Zeng once again arranged a 442 formation."

"It is worth mentioning that General Fan, Sun Jihai, Zhang Xiaorui and Li Jinyu and other overseas international players have all returned to their respective clubs after the Olympics."

"It seems that Coach Zeng is very confident about this Asian Cup."

"Okay, with the whistle blowing, the game officially begins."