World Cup of Great Powers

In the opening match of the Asian Cup, the Chinese team, which had just won the bronze medal from the Olympic Games, played against their old enemy South Korea. This game not only attracted the attention of domestic fans, but also attracted great attention from the Asian media.

Which team loses the ball and is "Asia's No. 1"?

Maybe this game will reflect it.

"Isn't Coach Zeng a little overconfident this time? You can't let Lao Fan leave even if you let anyone leave!"

"General Fan performed well in the Olympics just now, why don't you use him anymore? Is there some conflict between the two of you?"

"In the past, with General Fan on the court, I felt at ease watching this ball. Now without General Fan on the court, the Chinese team's defense may be..."

After seeing the national football team's training roster, fans started talking about General Fan's absence.

During the game, the stands were filled with this argument again.

Over the years, they have become accustomed to seeing General Fan fighting for his country, but suddenly he cannot be seen in a competition like the Asian Cup. Fans are inevitably a little worried.

When the players from both sides entered the court, many reporters in the press box joked: "Hey, let's guess the score of this game?"

"Okay, how many do you want to say?"

"I guess it's 3 to 1, South Korea 3, us 1?"

"Ah? Why?" Qin Xue opened her mouth in surprise. "Do you really not believe Coach Zeng?"

"It's not that I don't believe Coach Zeng. Look, among the four referees today, three are bald." The reporter who speculated that South Korea would win explained confidently, "Three of the bald ones are near South Korea, and the one with bald heads is close to South Korea.

The only one who is not bald is close to our team members."

"So I would venture to guess that South Korea should score three goals in this game."

"In the end, we beat us 3-1."

The reporters followed the gaze of this observant colleague and found that it was indeed the case.

The three bald referees looked particularly bright in the reflection of the lights, making it easy for people to think of the goals scored by South Korea in this game.

Seeing such a scene, many reporters sighed with regret.

"Oh, if only the referee in the middle had more hair on his head, we could draw 2-2 with South Korea."

The grievances between the Chinese team and South Korea have lasted for more than 20 years. Every time before the two teams play against each other, the press will write a lot of articles about grievances and hatred.

Nowadays, even the presence of hair on the referee's head has become an opportunity to predict the outcome of the two teams.

Many of the reporters at the scene wrote furiously after hearing this, and wrote down the title of the article "The referee's hairstyle in the China-South Korea war has already predicted the outcome of the game."

While many fans were talking about it, Shen Si, Ma Mingyu, Yang Chen and Li Xiaopeng played a series of wonderful cooperation in front of the South Korean penalty area.

When Shen Si sent the last pass, Qu Shengqing almost formed a 1v1 situation with Jin Longda.

Facing Hong Mingpu who came to defend, Qu Shengqing raised his right leg and skillfully faked a shot.

By the time Hongmyungpo reacted, it was already too late.

In the restricted area of ​​South Korea, Hong Myungpo's entire body slid past Qu Shengqing, and at the same time blocked Jin Yongdae's sight.

After deceiving Hongmingpu away, Qu Shengqing swung his right foot and stabbed forward decisively.

The ball flew out with a "whoosh" and entered the lower left corner of the South Korean goal.

When the referee's whistle sounded, many fans in the stands had not yet taken their seats.

Some of the fans who were squeezing into their seats in the aisle didn't even react before they were startled by the fans beside them who suddenly stood up.

After they came to their senses, they immediately joined the cheering crowd.

"pretty!"

"It's so beautiful!" Huang Jianxiang clapped his hands loudly.

"Qu Shengqing!"

"Only 2 minutes into the game, Qu Shengqing opened the scoring for the Chinese team."

"Let's watch the replay again. This is a clever cooperation from the frontcourt players."

"The Chinese team's frontcourt players made a series of passes in front of the South Korean penalty area, and finally Qu Shengqing passed Hongmyeongpo and succeeded."

"1 to 0!"

“The Chinese team got off to a fantastic start!”

The Chinese team's opening goal caught everyone off guard.

"Ah, the Chinese team scored a goal!" Qin Xue whispered.

When they saw the Chinese team scoring a goal, their colleagues from both teams who just made fun of the referee's hair style didn't take it seriously. Instead, they still grinned and joked: "Ah, the Chinese team scored this goal so quickly?"

"Wouldn't it be that South Korea will give us three goals in a row?"

Hearing such demoralizing words, Qin Xue couldn't bear it any longer and muttered: "Why isn't the Chinese team 3rd and South Korea 1st?"

"According to the distribution of bald referees, it is possible that South Korea has been penalized three times and the Chinese team has been penalized one!"

"In this case, doesn't it mean that the Chinese team defeated South Korea 3-1?"

After hearing this, my colleagues laughed and said, "You can understand it this way."

"It's just 4 goals anyway, whoever you like will score?"

Most Chinese football reporters are not fans.

The result of this game is not important what the score is, what is important is whether there is a gimmick worth bragging about.

After Qu Shengqing completed the opening blitz, the camera lens quickly found the coaches on both sides.

When Qu Shengqing scored the goal, Xu Dingmao was still directing the movements of other players.

I didn't react the moment I saw the ball hit the net. It took me two seconds to realize that I had lost the ball.

Then the South Korean veteran closed his eyes, lowered his head and shook it back and forth a few times.

I don’t know if I knew this before or if I was unwilling to do so.

Anyway, looking at his expression, it was obvious that he was extremely disappointed.

On the contrary, Zeng Zheng in front of the Chinese coaching bench behaved more calmly.

While other colleagues all high-fived and celebrated, Zeng Zheng just stretched out his right hand and clenched his fist, then neatly arranged his new suit, and continued to stand there holding his waist.

When the camera zoomed in and took a closer look, Zeng Zheng was wearing the ultimate custom-made suit by William Westmacott.

Some "informed people" were so surprised after recognizing it that they opened their mouths from ear to ear, "Damn it, this suit from head to toe, it must cost 60w, right?"

In the entire Maojiawan Football Stadium, Zeng Zheng can be said to be the calmest Chinese.

[2000 Asian Cup National Team: 97% tacit understanding]

[Overall status: Momentum like a rainbow↑]

[Maojiawan weather: sunny; temperature: 22-31 degrees Celsius]

[Team buff 1: Asian Cup national team 1]

[Asian Cup National Team 1: After 4 consecutive one-kick passes, there is a certain chance of a single goal.]

[Team buff 2: Asian Cup National Team 2]

[Asian Cup National Team 2: When there are more than 7 offensive players in the middle, there is a certain chance of successfully countering offside.]

[Team buff 3: Asian Cup national team 3]

[Asian Cup National Team 3: Each goal increases morale by 10%.]

[Team buff 4: Asian Cup National Team 4]

[Asian Cup National Team 4: When the point difference widens to more than two goals, the morale of the whole team will be increased by 100%]

[Team buff 5: Asian Cup national team 5]

[Asian Cup National Team 5: Improve the team’s shooting rate]

[Team tactics: penetration from the center, full-backs cutting inside, whole team attack]

[Middle Penetration Level 9: It is easier to form an offensive in the middle. 】

[Full-back cuts inside lv8: After the full-back cuts in, it is easier to cut inside]

[Team Attack Level 10: The whole team’s desire to attack is enhanced]

Whether it's the old and new grudges with South Korea or the recent agreement with Bamboo Shoes.

Zeng Zheng has long been preparing to use the Asian Cup to make his "name".

After so many years of training and accumulation, how strong can this Chinese team be and what level it is at.

Not only the fans, Zeng Zheng also wanted to use this Asian Cup to get a feel for the first national team he built.

In Zeng Zheng's view, there is a very convincing indicator of whether a country will be called a strong football country and whether a team will be called a strong football team.

That is whether it is a regular visitor to the World Cup.

If a team never misses every World Cup, then no matter how bad it is, it will still be among the top 32 in the world.

Just like the Chinese team's "blind cat met a dead mouse" last time, relying on internal strife among opponents to enter the World Cup simply does not meet the standards.

What Zeng Zhengyao wants is that in every World Cup preliminaries, the Chinese team must lock in a qualifying spot.

Regardless of whether the World Cup will be expanded in the future, whether Asia will have more or less quotas, whether Australia and New Zealand will join the Asian Football Association...

Putting aside all the considerations before the World Cup preliminaries and turning these considerations into worries for the opponents, this is what Zeng Zheng wants.

Except for Japan and South Korea, there are only 2.5 places in Asia for the next World Cup.

If divided into two groups, only the first place in the group can ensure qualifying.

It is also a good time to use this opportunity to set a tone for the Chinese team in the future.

As long as it is the world preliminaries, the goal must be to be first in the group!

High standards and high requirements can create a high-capacity and high-intensity team.

Today's South Korea is just Zeng Zheng's small test.

The Chinese team scored immediately after the opening, and Xu Dingmao's side was also as busy as an ant on a hot pot.

In fact, after South Korea was eliminated in the top nine last time, South Korea Bamboo Shoes wanted to replace Xu Dingmao.

However, the Chinese media's news reports at that time were so rampant that they even threatened that any team led by Zeng Zheng would definitely win if they faced Xu Dingmao.

In addition, after the China-South Korea confrontation, Zeng Zheng himself said that as long as he meets South Korea's 352, he will win.

In this way, the stubbornness in the South Korean people's brains was provoked.

Didn’t you say that you can definitely defeat our Xu Dingmao? Well, we will use Coach Xu to defeat you;

Didn’t you say that 352 is a must-win game against us? Well, we’ll use 352 to confront you head-on.

South Korea Bamboo Shoes wants to use Xu Dingmao and 352 to slap the Chinese media, Chinese fans, Zeng Zheng and the Chinese team in the face, but Xu Dingmao is a bachelor and he can only use 352.

In other words, the formation he has built for South Korea over the years is 352.

In this way, you can go up to South Korea Bamboo Shoes and down to South Korea Coach.

They came to the Asian Cup with this set of 352, which they had the best tacit understanding with.

Zeng Zheng was convinced when he encountered such a tough guy.

Since you are so stubborn, don't blame me for being rude!

In today's Chinese team, there are players like Li Tie and Yang Chen who have studied abroad, and there are also players like Li Weifeng who were brought up by Zeng Zheng since childhood.

These players were carefully selected by Zeng Zheng, and they did not fall behind in the 1v1 confrontation. This first broke the worst problem that South Korea had with the Chinese team in the past.

Secondly, in terms of cooperation, these players have already achieved a tacit understanding after being trained by Zeng Zheng.

In local confrontations, the Chinese team's passing and receiving error rate in the past was significantly higher than that of its opponents. After getting the ball, it always liked to stop, take a look, and then pass it. At this time, others were already pressing forward, which delayed the time.

But now, the Chinese team's cooperation in a small area is very smooth and layered.

Even "returnees" like Yang Chen who don't often play under Zeng Zheng can quickly adapt to the fast-paced style of European football in the team.

Third, in terms of tactics, Zeng Zheng’s 442 is very changeable. Whether it is a parallel position or a diamond layout, Zeng Zheng’s 442 is slightly different in every game.

Compared with the Chinese team that used to only fly with both wings and hit high, Zeng Zheng also created more ground coordination for the team while maintaining the advantage of high-altitude balls.

While the players, coordination and tactics are all not inferior to their opponents, Zeng Zheng's strong personal charm and the strong on-site atmosphere in Maojiawan have made the players' self-confidence reach the top.

With the right time, right place, right people and all three factors, in Zeng Zheng's view, South Korea has no chance of winning!

After taking a one-goal lead, the Chinese team completely suppressed their opponents in terms of momentum.

The South Korean players resisted desperately in the middle, but found that everyone was trapped in the "defensive quagmire" of the Chinese team's midfield.

Especially when some South Korean team members jumped over the wall and fought hard, Lee Tie, a cabbage leader, would immediately rise to the challenge.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Faced with this single-celled defender, the South Koreans also complained endlessly.

Whether it was a fake fall or a real tackle, no one benefited from Li Tie.

Soon, in the 8th minute of the game, the second goal appeared.

This time, it was Yang Chen who ran out of space in the South Korean penalty area, but was tackled to the ground by South Korean defender Park Jae-hong before taking the shot, earning a penalty kick.

Frankfurt's leading forward took the penalty himself, and the penalty kick hit the lower left corner of the goal. The Chinese team rewritten the score to 2-0.

Seeing the team score again, the fans in the stands were completely excited.

"Aha, leading by two goals in less than 10 minutes? Oh my god, am I dreaming?"

"What are you dreaming about? What kind of dream are you dreaming about? Coach Zeng even won the Olympic bronze medal. Isn't it easy for little South Korea to win it?"

"No wonder Coach Zeng dared to let General Fan return to the club. It turns out he still has such a skill."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, we scored two in 10 minutes, then don't we have to score more in the future?"

In the press box, Qin Xue looked proud.

"Look, I said those three bald referees were South Korea's losers, and you still don't believe it!"

But at this moment, no one spoke to respond.

These reporters all took out their mobile phones at this moment, edited the text messages as quickly as possible, and sent the latest news back to the headquarters.

When the editor of the Asahi Shimbun received the text message, there were only a few numbers on it.

"8 minutes, 2 to 0."

"2 to 0?" Seeing this score, the editor was a little unsure.

"Mr. Kawaguchi, look, this is a text message that Kojima sent back at the scene. But he did not identify the team. We are not sure whether this 2-0 is China 2 or South Korea 2?"

Editor-in-chief Kawaguchi laughed, "Who cares who he is? He scored two goals in 8 minutes. Isn't this big news?"

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