World Cup of Great Powers

have nothing to say.

Yin Langren himself felt that he had nothing to say.

If you can't score a penalty kick, why go to the World Cup in Mauritius?

Go home, take a shower and sleep!

In the replay of the live footage, the scene of Ou Chuliang hitting the dot was repeatedly repeated.

It was an undeniably brilliant save.

The moment Ali Daiyin shot the ball, Ou Chuliang was like a vigorous lion, flying to block the ball out of the baseline.

If you can't even seize such a good opportunity to equalize, how can you talk about overtaking?

Even Yin Langren himself failed to take this corner kick well.

The ball flew directly out of the baseline in the air.

When Ou Chuliang placed the ball on the goal line, time was running out.

The Chinese players, fans, and coaching staff present all had their faces flushed.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for the moment the whistle blows.

“Beep beep, beep!

"

As the whistle sounded, the original tense mood and atmosphere disappeared in an instant.

Chi Shangbin was the first to rush onto the court.

He was jumping, shouting and running happily like an old naughty boy.

World Cup, here we come!

The game is over, but the celebration has just begun.

A large number of home team fans left the Azadi Stadium, and most of them left cursing.

In the stands, thousands of Chinese fans began to gather in an orderly manner toward the main stand.

Such a grand "banquet" must of course be accompanied by a grand background.

In the lens, the red colors scattered throughout the stands gradually come together to form a new long red dragon.

Azadi wants to close the stadium as soon as possible.

However, due to Yazhulian's face, he still handed over his home court to the celebrating Chinese players.

Of course, for stadium officials.

Every second the Chinese team stays here, they earn one more point in broadcast revenue.

Why not?

The camera flashed across the faces of the delighted Chinese players one by one, and finally landed on Zeng Zheng on the sidelines.

When fans all over the world once again looked at the Chinese team coach from beginning to end, they couldn't help but be surprised once again by his magic and youth.

"No wonder you dare to come to Azadi wearing this outfit!"

"It turns out that I have a plan!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, he is indeed a famous handsome man in Asia!"

"It's really incredible to advance to the top ten games without defeat!"

Won.

we won.

Zeng Zheng took off his sunglasses and looked around.

The fans sang and danced in the stands, dancing vigorously with the drumsticks in their hands.

I still remember this scene four years ago.

Forty years of expectation, forty years of waiting.

Finally got a World Cup ticket.

To say I’m not excited would be a lie!

Especially this time, the Chinese team reached the World Cup entirely on its own strength!

The three veterans, Ma Mingyu, Ou Chuliang and General Fan, hugged each other and were already crying.

They know that given their age and the speed at which the national team is being replaced, this will definitely be their last top ten game.

"Okay, okay, I'll be very satisfied if I can make it to the World Cup."

Ma Mingyu sighed while hugging his other two colleagues.

"As for whether I can go to Japan and South Korea next year, it doesn't matter anymore."

"Seeing that the Chinese team is so strong, I feel relieved!"

Hearing Ma Mingyu's heartfelt words, Ou Chuliang also nodded.

General Fan saw this and pushed Ou Chuliang's chest away.

"What are you nodding to?"

"With your condition, it won't be a problem for you to play for another four years!"

Hearing General Fan's complaints, Ou Chuliang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

“The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead.”

"If I can still play next year, then I will participate in two World Cups in a row."

"Enough is enough!"

"It's time to give the next generation a chance!"

"Lest their development be delayed because of me."

While the players were celebrating on the court, Zeng Zheng was surrounded by a large group of reporters as soon as he took a few steps to the players' tunnel.

Among them are reporters Yin Lang, reporters Yazhulian, and many Chinese reporters.

They couldn't wait to hand the microphone in front of Zeng Zheng and asked him what his current thoughts were.

"I don't have any ideas."

Facing the microphone and camera, Zeng Zheng said seriously: "As far as I know, there has never been a team in Asia that has been able to win the world preliminaries."

"Calculate, how many points did the Chinese team score in this top ten tournament?"

"22 points! A full 22 points!"

"When we scored 19 points, we were not guaranteed to qualify."

"This has never happened before."

"This just confirms once again the bumpy fate of the Chinese team."

"Without absolute strength, entering the World Cup will always be a dream for the Chinese team."

"but."

"Fortunately."

"Today, I can finally pat my chest and say it loudly."

Speaking of this, Zeng Zheng unconsciously raised his voice.

“Our Chinese team is really strong enough to qualify for the World Cup!

"

"Qualify..."

"We deserve it!

"

Katcha!

Katcha!

Katcha!

As bursts of flash lights lit up.

Zeng Zheng's confident speech spread to all parts of the world along with satellite signals.

...

The Chinese team defeated Yin Lang 2-1 in an away game and advanced to the 2002 World Cup finals with an unbeaten record.

When the news came, the media around the world couldn't sit still.

"Sky Sports" used the title "Invincible Eastern Dragons" to report how the Chinese team fought hard until the last round and then qualified for the World Cup.

"Sky Sports" pointed out, "The victory in the last away game made us realize that the Chinese team has completely established itself on the top of Asia."

"Although many people still think that Chinese football is still far behind the world's top level, thousands of Chinese fans don't care."

"After they learned that the team had qualified, they immediately set off fireworks and firecrackers, and the players all cried with joy."

"For the Chinese team, qualifying for the World Cup by relying on its own strength is far more precious than the 'luck' of qualifying in the last tournament!"

Rome's La Repubblica published a long report on "How the miraculous coach Zeng led the Chinese team to the World Cup."

The report analyzed in detail how Zeng Zheng, step by step, went from being a rookie with no experience in leading a team to completing the miracle of leading the same team to two World Cups.

"Republic" believes that Zeng Zheng was completely empty-handed in the last World Cup. He is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.

After improvising, he went into battle and went on a killing spree, but finally made it to the top 16;

And qualifying for the World Cup this time is the result of four years of careful training.

From the youth team's World Youth Championship, to the U23 Olympic bronze medal, to the adult team's Asian Cup championship.

It can be said that under the leadership of Zeng Zheng, the Chinese team has grown and developed bit by bit from its roots.

In next year's World Cup, the Chinese team is definitely a dark horse!

As for the Associated Press, it puts this kind of relief on the same level as the "9 Yao Yao" of the past few days and the "big old Americans traveling to Afghanistan" these days.

The Associated Press also pointed out that the reason why the Chinese team was able to enter the World Cup with such excellent results is inseparable from the efforts of coach Zeng Zheng.

Now, Zeng Zheng has sent the world's most populous country to the World Cup twice.

Chinese football needs such a hero, and they, the United States, also need such a hero.

As for whether the United States wants this hero to go to the World Cup or Afghanistan, that is unknown.

Americans always think that China has a hero, but Germans think that all this is a natural result.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported that while the Chinese team qualified, Zeng Zheng also created two miracles - leading the same Asian team to qualify for the World Cup twice in a row, and qualifying for the World Cup with an undefeated record in the world preliminaries.

After analyzing Zeng Zheng's past experience and his leadership over the past four years, the rigorous Germans unanimously believed that the reason why the Chinese team advanced again was a "natural" result.

"He was a coach with rigorous strategic planning."

"After leading the Chinese team to the World Cup for the first time, he did not immediately coach the national team, but chose to go to the youth team to experience."

"And most of the members of this Chinese team are members of the youth team he led back then."

"It can be said that Zeng has been cultivating the future of the Chinese team."

"With such a visionary coach, it is no wonder that the Chinese team can enter the World Cup again."

In Italy, the ANSA news agency rarely published four articles in just one hour, reporting with pictures and texts the progress of the last battle between China and Yin, the performance of Zeng Zheng and the Chinese players in the game, and the performance of the Yin Lang team.

The sadness after missing the penalty kick at the last moment, and the reaction of the Chinese who got what they wanted after the game.

Among them, Zheng Zhi, the youngest to play in Tehran this time, hugged a football and waved the national flag with one hand after the game. A huge photo also appeared on the homepage of Gazzetta dello Sport.

The three major sports newspapers in Spain also reported the news of the Chinese team's qualifying at the same time, which was extremely rare.

The headline of "Marca" was "Bundesliga giants teamed up to defeat Yin Lang, Zeng Zheng led the Chinese team to the World Cup for the second time."

The article named Yang Chen and Xie Hui as the top stars of the Chinese team, while Zeng Zheng was named the top contributor to the national football team.

"Asian Daily" reported on the battle between China and Yin with the title "China's away game against Yin Lang, killing the opponent's hope of advancing to the World Cup."

It provides a more detailed introduction to the situation of the Yinlang team in Group A and the situation they are about to face after losing to the Chinese team.

Not to be outdone, "World Sports News" used the title "Chinese Miracle" and listed Zeng Zheng, who created two histories, as the soul of the Chinese team's advancement to the World Cup.

He also issued a soul torture: "If such a coach comes to Europe to coach, will he also cause a stir?"

In this regard, the Dutch Telegraph said self-deprecatingly:

"If I had come to coach the Dutch team, I would have done better than Van Gaal at least!"

You know, the Chinese team has already qualified, but the uncrowned Dutch team lost the right to qualify for the 2002 World Cup.

In short, both the Asian media and the European and American media have attributed most of the credit for the Chinese team's entry into the World Cup to Zeng Zheng.

"The amazing Coach Zeng" also became famous around the world as the Chinese team entered the World Cup again.

Zeng Zheng is only 31 years old this year and has a promising future.

Both the national team and the club have extended an olive branch to Zeng Zheng.

...

After returning to China, the team was once again welcomed by fans across the country.

As for the "ridiculous things" Zeng Zheng did in Azadi, no leader came to hold him accountable.

And this incident was also labeled by "Football Night" as "Geniuses are always unique."

In short, in the eyes of the fans, it was precisely because of Zeng Zheng's "uninhibitedness" that he could win the game so firmly.

At the large-scale celebration party jointly organized by Bamboo Shoes and Decoration Platform, Zeng Zheng also specially sang a song "True Hero" to express his gratitude to the fans.

The day after the official party, Zeng Zheng joined hands with the Chinese team to participate in the large-scale national celebration of "Fulfilling the Football Dream Together and Singing the Same Song" at Wulihe Stadium.

The audience at the scene was huge.

Fans packed the stadium once again.

Accompanied by dozens of fans, the famous rock singer Zang Tianshuo kicked off the celebration party with a song "We Are Waiting for That Day".

After singing the song, the national football team walked onto the makeshift stage.

The first one to come out was goalkeeper Ou Chuliang, followed by General Fan, Li Weifeng and others.

When Zeng Zheng, who was the finale, entered the stage, the audience cheered enthusiastically as soon as he stood on the stage.

In front of many fans, Zeng Zheng announced generously: I am getting married!

Hula~~~

At this time, the cheers and applause at the scene were no less than those in Golden State four years ago, when the Chinese team entered the World Cup for the first time!

"Uuuuuuu, why does Coach Zeng want to get married?"

"Uuuuuuuuah, I'm so angry!"

"Woo woo woo, why isn't I the bride?!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The female fans whined for a while, while the male fans groaned.

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“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”

"Ouch, I wonder which young lady can be worthy of our coach Zeng!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

This night was also called "double happiness" by the official media.

...

With the end of the Asian qualifiers, the qualifiers around the world have also come to an end.

In Asia, the Chinese team will directly advance to Group A, and the Saudi Arabian team will directly advance to Group B.

Yin Lang, the second team in Group A, played two play-off matches with the United Arab Emirates, the second team in Group B. In the end, Yin Lang team won the 0.5 spot and competed with the European team in the playoff knockout round.

In the end, the Yinlang team still failed to beat Ireland and gave up 0.5 in their hands.

Globally, the European and South American regions ended last.

The German team and Uruguay caught up with the last train of the World Cup at the last minute.

So far, the teams that have successfully qualified for the 2002 Japan and South Korea World Cup finals are:

There are 4 teams in Asia: the host Xiaori and South Korea, as well as the Chinese team and Saudi Arabia.

European Zone 14: Russia, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Croatia, Spain, Italy, England, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Slovenia, and Turkey.

There are 5 African teams: Cameroon, South Africa, Tunisia, Senegal and Nigeria.

There are 5 teams in South America: Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, Brazil and Uruguay.

There are three teams in North America: Costa Rica, the United States and Mexico.

In addition, after Australia in the Oceania Division lost to Uruguay in the play-offs, they decided to join the Asian Cup starting from the next World Cup to compete for qualifying spots in the Asian region.

This is both an opportunity and a challenge for Asian football.

In Veerappan's words: "With Australia in the next World Cup, we can get one more spot!"

As for who will get this spot, and whether the Chinese team has the strength to continue competing for this spot, that is no longer Ya Zhulian's concern.

When the 32 teams in the World Cup were established, all participating teams set their sights on Busan, South Korea.

The drawing ceremony held there will directly determine the fate of each participating team.