World Cup of Great Powers

Entering 2001, some people were looking forward to joining the WTO, and some were looking forward to a successful bid for the Olympics.

For the fans, they naturally hope that everything goes well in the World Cup preliminaries.

One was injured in the Civilization Cup, and three were injured in the King of Thailand Cup.

The media and fans were very sad.

It is also a huge blow to the parties involved.

But looking at it as a whole.

Forget about the World Cup.

Even in the Asian Cup, every time starting from the qualifiers, players have been dropped due to injuries.

This is inevitable.

This year Zeng Zheng only injured 4 people in two months, which is not too many!

However, since the start of the league in March, all this has been out of control.

Because Shide is competing in the Asian Club Cup, they are fighting on three fronts.

After Li Ming suffered a calf fracture and injury in the Asian Club Cup, Shide had to use the national youth players to help him.

But these young national youth players still have to play in the World Youth Championship in the middle of the year.

After several league games, several World Cup games, and several FA Cup games, they were also scarred.

Let alone the World Youth Championship, even Shide in the league can hardly find anyone.

As for other players, Luneng's long-time player Mao Zhen strained his groin in a scramble, and Li Xiaopeng also injured his knee during training.

Li Yao of Liaoning Football Team and Wei Xin of Lifan also injured their legs in the league.

The most pity is Qu Shengqing.

This guy has been suffering from recurring hemorrhoids.

Let alone a training camp for the national team.

He has barely played in Shenhua's league games.

I saw a lot of Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and in the end I even had my fortune told.

The results were unanimously believed to be due to acclimatization.

There is no other good solution other than letting him eat a lighter diet.

Zhang Yuheng, who stayed in Liaozu, also felt sympathy for Qu Shengqing.

Qu Yueheng's problems continued as mentioned above, causing him to be involved in lawsuits.

Although Zhang Yuheng has been training and competing very hard.

But this matter cannot be completely unaffected.

Due to his condition, Zhang Yuheng also missed the national team training in March.

By the end of March, before Bamboo Shoes announced the squad for the first stage of the World Cup qualifying match against the Maldives, Zeng Zheng had to make phone calls to inquire about the situation one by one.

Unfortunately, both Li Tie and Li Jinyu also had problems.

Li Jinyu was injured because the national football team received "intensive care" after their visit to Italy, while Li Tie was injured simply because Sevilla wanted to make a breakthrough.

After comprehensive consideration, on April 4th, Bamboo Shoes announced the list of participants for the first phase of the qualifiers.

Goalkeepers: Ou Chuliang (Harbin Jianglong), Fu Bin (Chongqing Lifan), An Qi (Dalian Shide)

Defenders: General Fan (Crystal Palace), Zhang Minghua (Grimsby), Sun Jihai (Manchester City), Shu Chang (Shandong Luneng Taishan), Wu Chengying (Modu Shenhua), Li Weifeng (Harbin Jianglong), Xu Yunlong (Beijing Guoan)

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Midfielder: Shen Si, Qi Hong, Sun Xiang (Shenhua), Zhao Junzhe (Liaozu), Zheng Zhi (PSV), Zhang Xiaorui (Benfica), Shao Jiayi (Borussia), Ma Mingyu (Peru)

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Forwards: Yu Genwei (Tianjin TEDA), Yang Chen (Eintracht Frankfurt), Xie Hui (Aachen), Wang Tao (Beijing Guoan).

At the press conference the next day, Zeng Zheng made it clear that if the team's situation of being full of injured players does not change significantly, he will decide whether to recruit new players to the national team on the evening of the 16th.

Of course, the newcomers will report directly to Xi'an. Under normal circumstances, it is unlikely that they will play.

Regarding the list of newcomers, Zeng Zheng shook his head and said he did not intend to disclose it.

As for overseas players, Zeng Zheng didn't appear to be in a hurry.

"Whether it is an overseas football player or a domestic international football player, my inspection principles are the same."

"That's form and injuries."

"We cannot focus all our hopes on all overseas players, because none of us can guarantee that they will not be injured."

"And now all major leagues have entered the final stage."

"Many of our players are integral members of their clubs."

"To this end, we still need to discuss with the club and strive to get a solution that has the best of both worlds..."

Zeng Zheng's speech puzzled many fans.

Why do I need to seek permission from the club when I return to my country to play for the national team?

What's the use of playing well in a foreign club?

In the end, isn’t it just to play for the national team?

There are many people who hold such thoughts.

Faced with the tit-for-tat responses from reporters, Zeng Zheng changed his previous relaxed and humorous image, and his expression was extremely serious.

"Nothing is necessary or unnecessary."

"Nowadays, football players are a profession, not a model worker who comes back selflessly."

"Whether they are players playing in domestic or foreign leagues, we must respect each other's personal and club choices."

"The reason why a team is strong is not that all strong players are gathered into one team."

"No matter how we choose, we have suitable players in every position."

"At this point, clearly our base is not large enough."

Before Zeng Zheng took office, he said that for this 2002 World Cup, he would eventually select 23 people out of more than 70 people to participate in the World Cup.

But this is just his imagination and plan for the 2002 World Cup.

After this World Cup, Bamboo Shoes and the league will also be free to cultivate more talents.

By the time the 2006 World Cup takes place, there will definitely be more than double digits of reserve players to choose from.

Reporter: "How is the status of the national football team? It feels like the amount of training in the past week has not been heavy!"

Zeng Zheng: "The training is just a routine. The main purpose is to adjust the players' condition and increase the tacit understanding between the players."

"As for the sluggish state and poor mental condition you mentioned, that is your reporter's own speculation. At least for now, I am very satisfied with the training of the team members."

Reporter: "Then can we win all the group matches?"

Someone asked the question that fans are most concerned about right now.

Zeng Zheng: "I will bring all players, including injuries, to Xi'an, and ensure that in any unexpected situation, the team can be adjusted in time to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As for the outcome of the game, Zeng Zheng did not give a clear answer.

However, according to the information obtained by the paparazzi, Zeng Zheng had mentioned this matter in private more than once.

"Fuck, you can't even make it to the group stage?"

"These reporters are stupid! They ask questions about everything."

"The Maldives is not even bigger than our village! A team like this can participate in the World Cup just because they have money."

"I can beat this kind of team with my eyes closed!"

As the days go by, overseas football players are returning home one after another.

Although the paparazzi don't know the specific time.

But after being on guard 24 hours a day, I finally managed to take these photos of planes flying overseas.

Among them, General Fan, Yang Chen and Xie Hui are the most news-making.

The biggest trouble for Lao Fan and Yang Chen is that the team has suffered successive losses recently and has fallen into the relegation zone.

Crystal Palace and Frankfurt suffered disastrous defeats 1-4 and 2-4 respectively in away games last weekend, making the relegation situation even more severe.

According to their clubs, both hope that they will return to the club to participate in the relegation battle during the World Cup preliminaries.

At present, General Fan's initial plan is to only miss the away game against Cambodia.

But if Zhu Xie firmly disagrees with this plan and Crystal Palace fails to avoid relegation, then General Fan is very likely to play in the second division with Crystal Palace next season!

If General Fan wants to transfer, he still has to look at Crystal Palace's attitude.

On Yang Chen's side, he handed Zeng Zheng a letter from Frankfurt to Bamboo Shoes as soon as he got off the plane. The general meaning was that he hoped that Bamboo Shoes would allow Yang Chen to return to Germany to participate in one or two games in Frankfurt's most critical relegation battle.

According to Frankfurt's schedule, Yang Chen may miss the two home and away games with the Cambodian team.

Xie Hui was a little embarrassed here.

Although his Aachen team is not at risk of relegation, he gave up the opportunity to compete for the top scorer in the Bundesliga 2 and returned to his country to compete.

But judging from his experience in Zeng Zheng’s team, he is likely to be a substitute!

In an interview, Xie Hui said: "I will play whatever coach Zeng arranges. I absolutely trust him!"

In addition, Zhang Xiaorui is also competing for the top scorer in the Portuguese Super League.

But because of his position, the gap between him and the previous competitors is getting wider and wider.

Although the number of goals is no longer top-notch, he has achieved a double-double of goals and assists.

With such a good condition, he is naturally not afraid of not being able to play in the starting lineup after returning to China.

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Days passed day by day, and the entire Maldives team arrived in Xi'an on April 20.

In the 1998 World Cup preliminaries, the Maldives were netted 17 goals by the Yinlang team in one game.

This has become an eternal pain in the hearts of the cavalry team.

So when reporters brought up the past again, the team leader Al Hamid said: "17-0 has become a thing of the past. After that, we learned from the pain."

"This year's World Cup preliminaries will definitely let the world see a new Maldives!"

Four months ago, the Maldives invited former Slovak national team coach Jankic to lead the team in the World Cup qualifiers.

At the press conference, when a reporter asked the Maldives team if there was a possibility of an upset such as a draw, team leader Hamid said frankly: Although a draw is impossible, we will definitely go all out to strive for the best result!

With the arrival of the cavalry, a large number of fans began to pour into Xi'an.

The first World Cup qualifying match is about to begin.

Although the Cavaliers are in decline, fans are not worried that the national team will not be able to play.

But fans have other pursuits.

The day after the cavalry arrived, many people clamored on the Internet to beat the cavalry "20 to 0" or "30 to 0".

Among them, the most vocal one is that there should be at least a double-digit gap between the Kickers and the Cavaliers.

Even Jiulang.com launched a vote online.

A total of 9,740 people participated in the survey on "The goal difference between the Chinese team and the Maldives on Sunday": "Below 10 goals" 2,864 votes, accounting for 29.40%, "10 to 15 goals" 2,928 votes, accounting for 30.06%, "15 to 20 goals"

"Goal" received 2,132 votes, accounting for 21.89%, and "More than 20 goals" received 1,816 votes, accounting for 18.64%.

Faced with this overwhelming publicity and public opinion, consultant Ma Kejian said: Even if we face a team like the Maldives, we will not relax.

"The World Cup is not like other competitions, and the mentality of the players at this time is definitely different. If it is a friendly match or a general match, or a club team playing the Maldives, it may not be a big problem to score such a big difference."

“But if it’s the World Cup, we have to be wary of the possibility of capsizing.”

"If you are ahead and your mentality relaxes and your opponent scores a goal, things will change and it may not work no matter how you turn it around."

"And there are also unexpected situations on the football field. This is the law of football."

However, Mark Jian later said: "Actually, there is no need to be nervous, just take care of yourself."

"According to Zeng Zheng, we are at home after all and we must respect our opponents..."

On April 21st, although the weather was very cold yesterday, there were many reporters present to watch the national football team training.

Interestingly, among the many reporters, there was also a "foreigner" traveling among them.

When reporters talked to him about the prospects of the China-Malaysia match, he smiled secretly: "The Chinese team wants to score 10 goals? I can't believe it!"

Because the reporter was very conspicuous in the training ground, he immediately aroused the vigilance of the Chinese reporters around him.

A reporter came up to talk to him intentionally or unintentionally. After learning that he was neither a "spy" of the Maldives team nor a "secret agent" of the Indonesian team, but a French reporter, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yi has recently made four appearances in Morocco.

Although he has not yet scored a goal, his performance has been praised by the team's coach.

I believe it won’t be long before Li Yi opens his Ligue 1 goal account.

However, it seems that the French reporter has no favorable impression of Chinese football.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I know that you look down on the Maldives team very much. Even before the game, you claimed to score 10 goals."

"But in fact, the disastrous defeat in 1997 greatly stimulated the development of football in the country."

"Now they have their own league, and their football level is not the same as it was four years ago. Moreover, in the recent Southeast Asian Confederation Cup, they reached the semi-finals."

"The Chinese team wants to beat them by 10 goals this time. It is simply a fantasy!"

Because what the Frenchman said was true, no one of the reporters present dared to refute it.

After all, there have been a lot of injuries to the national team recently, and international players studying abroad have experienced long-distance travel. In addition, their respective clubs are having troubles, so they may not be able to perform at their best on the court.

Maybe this time, there is really no way to achieve the ultimate goal of "double-digit goal difference".

Ever since, at the pre-match press conference that afternoon, when a reporter repeatedly asked "how many goals must the Chinese team score to be considered a winner?" Zeng Zheng was obviously a little impatient.

"In life, we should fully respect others. We should never talk about how many goals we should give others, let alone in front of guests."

"The only thing we have to do is go all out and use every opportunity to show our level of

level of training.”

"Creating some false hopes for yourself before the game like you do is very dangerous and unhealthy."

"We should respect our opponents and play well."

"I hope you reporters will ask some quality questions next and stop asking such stupid questions all the time."

Having said that, some paparazzi still published Zeng Zheng's instructions in the previous training meeting.

At present, the ninth group in the Asian region where the Chinese team is located has played three games. The results were Maldives 6-0 Cambodia, Indonesia 5-0 Maldives, and Cambodia 1-1 Maldives.

Indonesia, the strongest opponent in the group, has 3 points and a goal difference of 5.

So Zeng Zheng’s goal is to score more goals than Indonesia at least in the match against the Maldives!

On April 22, at 19:00 in the evening, the national football team ushered in the first game of the first phase of the 2002 Japan-South Korea World Cup qualifiers.

The opponent is the Maldives.

Facing the weak South Asian team, Zeng Zheng, as before, deployed his best 442 formation.

The goalkeeper is Ou Chuliang, defenders Wu Chengying, General Fan, Li Weifeng and Xu Yunlong.

The midfielders are Zheng Zhi, Zhao Junzhe, Zhang Xiaorui and Shao Jiayi.

The forwards are Yang Chen and Xie Hui.

In the 89th minute, facing the opponent's single sword attack, Ou Chuliang struck decisively.

Yinsmeier, who came on in the second half, showed no fear when facing Ou Chuliang. He flicked the ball with his right foot and moved sideways, instantly opening up a gap of more than two meters.

Then he gave a light push with his right heel, and the ball rolled into the goal behind Ou Chuliang.

Wow!

The moment the goal was scored, not only the coaching bench of the Cavaliers, but also the Chinese fans in the stands stood up and cheered for the Cavaliers.

"Goal, I scored! I scored the Chinese team's goal!"

Insmeier, the midfielder who scored the goal, cried with joy and ran all the way to his coach's bench with open arms, celebrating and embracing his teammates and coaches.

Looking at Insmail's joy in the camera, the fans who just turned on the TV thought the Maldives was the winner.

"what's the situation?"

"The Chinese team actually allowed the Maldives to score?"

"What the hell did Zeng Zheng do?"

"What is General Fan doing?"

"With this level, you still want to play in the World Cup?"

Just as the fans were complaining, the camera turned to the scoreboard.

33:1.

After seeing the score clearly, everyone took a deep breath.

grass?!

What did Zeng Zheng say before the game?

This nm is called respecting the opponent???

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