World Cup of Great Powers

The final results of the top ten games are out.

Group A is ranked No. 1 Qatar, No. 2 Bahrain, No. 3 China, No. 4 Thailand, and No. 5 Iran.

Group B is ranked No. 1 United Arab Emirates, No. 2 Uzbekistan, No. 3 Iraq, No. 4 Oman, and No. 5 Saudi Arabia.

The corresponding competition table will also be released.

According to the schedule specified by Yazhu Lian, No. 3 in each group suffers the most, and No. 5 has the most advantage.

This draw result made representatives from many countries express dissatisfaction.

The reporter of ITA "fired" mercilessly at AFC Secretary-General Veerappan:

"Virappan always claims that the top ten must be divided into two balanced groups, but the result of the draw can only explain one problem. The strength of Group A is many times stronger than that of Group B. The Iranian team was divided

To the group of death.”

Bahraini journalist Lawrie said:

"Group A is the 'Titanic'. If our national team is grouped with the Chinese team and the Iranian team, there can only be one result - sinking."

Ulawi Makudi, secretary-general of the Football Association of Thailand, looked livid. He shook his head during an interview and said:

"The future of the Thai team is very pessimistic. In fact, the team we least wanted to encounter was the Chinese team. But we happened to encounter it."

The assistant coach of the Iranian team, Croatian Ivankovic, said in an interview:

"Although the biggest favorite to qualify in Group A is the Chinese team, we are also a good team."

"The Iranian team has made sufficient preparations and we are confident of winning the game."

Bahrain Football Association Secretary General Jasim Moheh even made bold remarks: "We are not afraid of the Chinese team, the Iranian team or Qatar, we will definitely qualify!"

In sharp contrast to the angry reporters, Saudi Arabia, which is in Group B, expressed optimism about the qualifying situation.

Saudi team coach Santraqi said confidently in an interview with reporters:

"There are always teams that think they got a good pick, and there are always teams that think they got a bad pick."

"In fact, any opponent is the same."

"You can only win the final victory by defeating other opponents in the group."

"The current situation is that Saudi Arabia is the strongest team in Group B. There is no doubt that we will qualify by ranking first in the group."

...

The results of the top ten draw were reported back to China, and most fans expressed strong dissatisfaction with this "Children's Day gift".

In the eyes of fans, this is a major failure in China's football diplomacy.

Could it be that God wants the fans to repeat those scenes of grief again?

Could it be that Zeng Zheng was unable to continue his magic in this ancient eastern continent?

Or is the first football event in the new century simply not planning to open its arms to us?

Some people attack bamboo shoes, while others criticize the national team.

Ever since, another round of cynical remarks about the World Cup has become popular in the media.

On the Internet, someone even listed "the five absolute reasons why the Chinese team cannot qualify", which attracted frequent eyebrows from uninformed fans.

"New Express" even wrote an article: The excellent performance of the Chinese team in the group stage must be viewed rationally.

"Xinmin Evening News" actually said something fair: when it comes, fight for it!

Of course, more media and netizens are still rational.

"Dalian Daily" said: Although they got a lower draw, they have actually avoided the most powerful Saudi team, which can be considered a success.

To be honest, whether the draw is good or bad is only an objective condition. The key is to win the game ourselves.

"Football Weekly" commented: Coach Zeng has overcome obstacles along the way. The Chinese team is the greatest blessing to have him as its coach.

The Chinese team is selected because we have coaches like Coach Zeng and outstanding players such as Yang Chen, General Fan, Li Jinyu, and Zhang Xiaorui.

A good draw does not mean you have qualified!

It still depends on how the players perform.

Netizens on Jiulang.com also left messages one after another.

Jiayue Twelve: "Isn't this a complete shady story? I hope the Chinese team can always maintain their confidence!"

Silent Will: "God does not help the Chinese team! It was a fluke that we qualified last time. This time it seems that we must really rely on our own strength to break through! I have nothing to say about such a draw result. I just hope that the players will work harder."

, we must fight to the end!”

Tianyi: "Although I am not a fan, as a Chinese, I still hope that the Chinese team can qualify. The draw has passed, and I hope the national football players will have a good fight!"

Flying Braised Pork: "Good and bad draws have become a thing of the past. I hope the team will not forget 519. We will fight to the death this time!"

There's been a lot of discussion about the Big Ten lottery.

All in all, the Chinese team "lost favor" in Yazhu Lian this time.

In other words, Yazhu Lian never wanted to let a certain country dominate.

The policy of "balance between East and West Asia" has always been a trick played by Asia.

Before Zeng Zheng left Bangkok, he was surrounded by many reporters.

Faced with such a "signing", the reporters' attitude was naturally not so friendly.

Some foreign reporters, in particular, had the word "gloating over misfortune" written all over their faces.

"I am quite satisfied with this result."

Zeng Zheng's first answer surprised everyone.

The visas issued by Saudi Arabia and China are completely different.

A "walk" and a "death group".

Zeng Zheng still said he was satisfied?

You must listen to the reason for this.

"The reason is very simple. Among these ten teams, only one, the Chinese team, is an East Asian team."

"We are lucky to have drawn the Thai team as our opponent."

"It's not that the Thai team is weak, but among the other nine teams, only the Thai team is closest to us. They are in the East Seventh District."

"If the opponents in the group are all opponents from the Eastern Third District, it will be fatal for the Chinese team!"

"In comparison, I am very satisfied with the result of this draw."

Everyone was stunned after hearing this.

Good guy.

Thinking about it, it seems that this is indeed the case.

Among East Asian countries, only Japan and South Korea have the strength to enter the World Cup.

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Now in East Asia, the Chinese team is left with a "bare commander". Isn't what they want is that the away games should be as close as possible?

For example, in this top ten tournament, Iran, Qatar, and Bahrain are all in the Eastern Third Zone.

If the four opponents of the Chinese team in the group are all these West Asian countries.

Surrounded by wolves in West Asia, the Chinese team will have to shed its skin even if it doesn't die.

But now with the Thai team, a Central Asian country in the Eastern Seventh District, as a buffer, the Chinese team also has a chance to breathe during the away journey.

In addition, the Thai team is not very strong, so the away game against the Thai team might be able to be played as a trip.

After answering reporters' questions, he left the scene together with the Chinese personnel.

On the way to the airport, Zhang Jilong sighed and kept apologizing to Zeng Zheng.

"Uncle Zhang, there's nothing to worry about. It looks like the buckle Yazhu Lian made for us."

"Hey, no matter what you do, Uncle Zhang is sorry for you this time. Alas! I have been hunting geese conscientiously for the past two years, but I didn't expect that at the critical moment, I was blinded by a house bird."

Faced with Zhang Jilong's self-blame, Zeng Zheng was very calm.

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhang. I've never heard of any national team entering the World Cup by drawing lots."

"If people join forces to attack us, doesn't it mean that we are strong?"

"Look, let's use our own strength to reach the World Cup with dignity this time!"

"Let them see, our Chinese team is not easy to mess with either!"

Zeng Zheng's generous words made Zhang Jilong's mood slightly better.

He patted Zeng Zheng on the shoulder and said, "Okay, Xiao Zeng, Wang Zhuxi and Xu Zhuxi got it right."

"What can you sign or not sign?"

"Our national team has the confidence to have you!"

"Okay, Uncle Zhang will also lend you a chance this time!"

"I wish you can lead the team to the World Cup as soon as possible!"

"By the way, don't forget to invite me to your wedding banquet when the time comes!"

Hahahahaha~~~

In the taxi in Bangkok, hearty laughter rang out.

Although they went to the airport together, Zeng Zheng did not return to China with Zhang Jilong and others.

The Bamboo Shoes staff returned to Beijing to report on their work, while Zeng Zheng took a plane directly to Xiaoli.

Chi Shangbin and others have led the team to Yokohama for two days.

The predecessor of the Confederations Cup was the Intercontinental Cup.

The first person to propose hosting this event was King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. He hoped to invite the best national teams from all over the world to compete in Saudi Arabia and named the event the King Fahd Cup Football Tournament.

In January 1992, the first King Fahd Cup football match was held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. At that time, only four teams participated in the competition, and Argentina won the championship.

In December 1997, the Intercontinental Cup was accepted as an official FIFA event and renamed the Confederations Cup, also known as the Mini World Cup, held every two years.

The participating teams are the host national football team and the champion teams of last season’s continental football championships, cup competitions and world championship teams.

This year is already the third Confederations Cup, and it is also a preview of the World Cup being held in Asia for the first time.

Another difference is that because neither host country is the Champion of the Intercontinental Cup, this Confederations Cup has three teams from the same continent.

This situation is probably unlikely to happen again in subsequent Confederations Cups.

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“Why are Japan and South Korea’s opponents Australia and Canada?”

"Our opponent is France?"

"That's not fair!"

In the conference room, the national players were chattering.

"Fair? How can there be any fairness?"

General Fan curled his lips.

As a veteran of the national football team, General Fan has experienced more.

"Sometimes there's only one step between heaven and hell."

"It's like the Big Ten lottery."

"Then if the little girl draws an A in the end, wouldn't it be all right?"

"But she just got a B!"

"It's become like this, where can we reason?"

Everyone also watched the lottery for the top ten games.

I am feeling worried right now!

Li Weifeng, this guy, obviously has some shortcomings in his mind.

"Brother Fan, I remember it was the little boy who drew the note last, right?"

General Fan was furious, but he didn't care when he heard this, and casually changed his words: "Oh, yes, it was that little boy who did it. His luck really stinks..."

Li Tie, who was more serious, stopped doing it as soon as he heard this.

"No, I remember it was the little girl who smoked it!"

Li Weifeng touched his big head and said, "Tiezi, did you remember correctly? I remember it was a little boy who smoked it."

"I remember correctly, it was a little girl who smoked it. There were tears on her face when she smoked it. I remember clearly that the one who cried was the little girl!"

"No, it's a little boy!"

"Little girl!"

"Little boy!"

"Little girl!"

The two faced each other and shouted loudly.

Li Weifeng's breath could blow over Li Tie's hair.

Seeing that the two men surnamed Li almost had a fight over this trivial matter, General Fan was so angry that he slammed the table.

"What's all the fuss about?"

"What does it matter if it's a little boy or a little girl?"

"That's a Thai. Can you tell the difference between men and women?"

General Fan became so angry that he immediately became silent.

"Really, how come you guys don't feel nervous at all when Coach Zeng is away?"

"The competition is tomorrow."

"Still arguing about this useless issue."

"With this condition, how can we play in the top ten games?"

Seeing General Fan's temples bulge, Ou Chuliang stepped forward to smooth things over.

"Okay, okay, Lao Fan, please stop saying a few words."

"You said it's a trivial matter, why do you care about it?"

"The coaches have all gone to the airport to pick him up."

"When Coach Zeng comes back and sees that none of us are focusing on tomorrow's game, what will he think of us?"

"We can't let him be the same in front of him and the same behind his back, right?"

"The time for this Confederations Cup is already tight, and Coach Zeng is also very busy now."

"We can't cause him any more trouble."

What Ou Chuliang said was true.

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Only then did everyone calm down.

"Let's study tomorrow's opponent, the French team."

Ma Mingyu's proposal was approved by everyone.

"Have you seen the French team's roster? It feels like there aren't many French team stars here this time!"

"This is half a French team."

"Henri didn't come, and neither did Trezeguet."

"Even Zidane didn't come."

After looking through them one by one from top to bottom, I found that this French team was really only "half" there.

"They don't look down on us!" Li Weifeng shouted.

"There is a reason why people look down on us. After all, we are double champions of the World Cup and European Cup!"

Li Jinyu rolled his eyes and continued, "What about us? We are at best the Asian Cup champions, but we are far behind others!"

Sun Jihai also took the list and looked at it, then clasped his fingers.

“But there are so many people from the French team who didn’t come!”

"Take the European Cup champion team and look at it."

"The players they didn't come can all form a team."

"Goalkeeper Bartes; defenders Candela, Thuram, Petit, Zebina; midfielders Miku, Makelele, Ramsey, Zidane; forwards Henry, Trezeguet."

Every time Sun Jihai uttered a name, the hearts of the international players present were tugged.

At the end, there was only a sigh in the room.

This "lost" French team has the ability to win the World Cup.

It seems that people really don’t care about this Confederations Cup!

At this moment, the door to the conference room was pushed open and the coaches filed in.

"Coach Zeng!"

"Coach Zeng!"

"Tseng!"

The team members stood up and greeted Zeng Zheng, the leader.

"Everyone is here!?"

"Okay, okay."

"Everyone, please sit down."

Zeng Zheng waved his hand and looked around.

"What were we just talking about?"

"Let's talk about tomorrow's opponent, the French team!" Zhang Xiaorui stood up and replied.

Zeng Zheng asked with great interest: "Oh? Then what are we going to talk about?"

Faced with Zeng Zheng's question, Zhang Xiaorui immediately replied: "We found that most of the main players of the French team are not here, and they are all new faces."

"Oh? What else?"

"We think the coach of the French team is very likely to want to use this opportunity to achieve the purpose of training." Sun Jihai also stood up and answered.

"anything else?"

Zeng Zheng asked again, but everyone fell silent.

As players, they don't have the coaches' considerations.

Seeing this, Zeng Zheng smiled slightly, pointed at the No. 10 player Carrier on the list and said:

"Also, the French want to use this Confederations Cup to see if they can develop a 'Zidane No. 2'."

Zidane number two?

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then realized what Zeng Zheng was talking about.

The French team not only wants to train their troops this time, but also wants to train new players!

"Eric Carriere, 27 years old, is only one year younger than Zidane."

"The best assister in Ligue 1 this season, 11 assists, 5 goals."

"This time Le Maire chose him instead of Dorasou, who has been selected for the national team, just to see if the Nantes midfielder can take the lead."

"So, our task tomorrow is very simple!"

Speaking of which, Zeng Zheng has always had Carrier on his list.

"Restrict this boy!"

"As long as he is restrained, it's no big deal for the French team!"

"As for the specific tactics, I will arrange them after I get up tomorrow morning."

"It's too late today. Let's go back to our rooms and rest first."

After speaking, Zeng Zheng waved his hand and took the lead out of the conference room hall.

With just a few words from Zeng Zheng, the national football team found their backbone.

With the expectation of defeating the French team, the players returned to their respective rooms with eyes shining.

That night, Li Weifeng had a dream.

He dreamed that he had become one, and he was killing everyone against the French team.

What Anelka, what Wiltord.

No one can break through his defense zone.

At the last moment of the game, the team won the victory with a precise header in the opponent's penalty area.

After the game, all the fans at the scene stood up and chanted Li Weifeng's name.

He just stood in the stadium, enjoying the love of the fans.

"Li Weifeng, Li Weifeng, Li Weifeng!"

In a daze, Li Weifeng really heard someone calling him.

But instead of calling him by his name, he called him by his nickname Datou.

who?!

Li Weifeng turned his head sharply.

What I saw was Li Tie's face like a dead fish.

"Tiezi, you..."

"Big head, the one who drew lots is a little girl!"