Chinese champion

Chapter 109 Who is she?
The days passed day by day. Pei Wei and Martins were immersed in the daily training. They were exercising like two children who had just entered football school. basic training.

Martins' speed is unquestionable. What he needs to strengthen is his handling of the ball and the accuracy of his shots when he runs at the highest speed, while Pei Wei is more concerned with increasing his ability to withstand collisions and building up ample physical fitness Base.

Every night, Pei Wei has been concerned about the news before the World Cup. The more news he read about the Chinese team, the more worried he became. From the news, he knew that this year's domestic league basically did not play much, but closed the door At the same time, these international footballers have become the most favored figures of advertisers, and almost every international footballer has received advertisements.

Pei Wei smiled wryly. While the national team members of other countries are still maintaining their status in the leagues of various countries, the Chinese national team is in a relaxed state of "swords and guns in storage, horses in Nanshan", fighting against the elite with a loose crowd. division, their tragic fate could almost be predicted before the game even started.

The three opponents of the Chinese team in the same group: Brazil, Turkey, and Costa Rica. These three teams are not easy to deal with. Needless to say, Brazil has four World Cup champions. They have played in every World Cup. Their players are all over the world. Everywhere, it is far from being able to compete with the Chinese team. Although Turkey is located in Asia, they have always insisted on participating in European competitions. There is no other reason, but because they think that the football level in Asia is too poor to allow them to improve, so They would rather give up the relatively easy Asian games and participate in the most competitive European games in the world. The excellent performances of Galatasaray, Fenerbach and other teams in the European League definitely show the strength of their national teams. As for Costa Rica, Although they are not well-known, it can be seen that they reached the quarter-finals with excellent results in the World Youth Championship where Pei Wei and the others won the championship. At the same time, they also defeated the Dutch youth team with a big score of 3:1 in the group stage. Their strength is evident.

What makes Pei Wei sad is that the players of the national team think they have drawn a good lottery. Although they have no confidence in beating Brazil, they seem to think that Turkey and Costa Rica are easy to pinch, so that one of the main defenders is accepting During the interview, he said arrogantly: "What is Wanchope (Costa Rica's number one star)! My goal is only Ronaldo!"

And this kind of pure Yelang's arrogance was unanimously praised by the Football Association, so that he didn't take it to heart after losing again and again in the warm-up match, until the day the World Cup started...

The confident Chinese team suffered a blow in their first World Cup match. On June 6, after a 3-0 draw with Costa Rica, the weakest opponent in the group, in the first half, they made a sudden effort in the second half. The opponent scored two goals in a row, 0:0, and the Chinese team was defeated.

Then there was a week like a nightmare. On the 8th, they lost 0:4 to Brazil. On the 13th, they lost 0:3 to Turkey. They lost all three games and lost nine goals. The big talk of scoring and winning a game has become a veritable joke.

The Chinese team, which returned home in despair, was criticized overwhelmingly by the domestic media, and the Football Association also responded quickly. Milucci's contract expired automatically, followed by one article after another bombarding Milucci. The pro-FA media frequently appeared in the media, and the "magic coach" Milucci who was promoted to the sky by them less than a month ago became the target of verbal criticism in a blink of an eye.

"Milucci's training is not enough." A certain international player, he seems to have forgotten that it was Milucci's training that made their state reach the peak in the top ten and easily qualified from the Asian region.

"Milucci made history this time entirely because of the lottery, whoever else would still enter the World Cup." An official of a football association.

"After qualifying for the top ten competition, Milucci patronized himself to go around to shoot advertisements, completely putting aside the training of the national team, which directly led to the players' lack of energy and unreasonable use of skills." A coaching staff The members said indignantly.

"..."

The fans are not fools, they all see very clearly that the Chinese team in the World Cup is very different from the Chinese team half a year ago. This difference does not refer to the change of personnel, but to the entire team Changes in essence, qi, and spirit.

Gone was the aggressive team, turned into a limp team.

Gone was the team that didn't give up until the last minute, and became a team that surrendered easily.

The team that was united, extremely cohesive, and advancing for the same goal disappeared, and became a team that was scattered and fought against each other.

And an article by "Sports Weekly" reporter Xiao Jun even resonated with the fans. He wrote in the article: "When our defense line can't keep an eye on the opponent's Wanchope, Hassan Sass , Hakan Suker, Ronaldo and Rivaldo, we think of Li Min who successfully froze Alan Shearer in the Premier League and Du Wei who performed steadily in the Bundesliga. When picking the ball from the net, we thought of Wu Qi who had created a record of 743 minutes without conceding a goal in the League. When our wing was completely extinguished by the opponent's defense, we remembered the "magic" of the China Youth Team. Wings', when our defensive midfielders can only blindly open their feet again and again, we think of Hu Yong, who has an exquisite long pass and has nearly [-] appearances in Serie A. When we were unable to organize an offense, we still had a Pei Wei who played well in La Liga and even praised Zidane and Rivaldo... They all have strengths to be proud of and great prospects, but, They were not selected for our national team. This is the luck of our opponents, and it is our sorrow. Chinese football has nothing to be proud of, but let such a group of talented players hang around outside the national team..."

The article aroused extreme dissatisfaction from the Football Association, and an official from the Football Association immediately retorted in the newspaper the next day: "This failure is all-round, not because of the lack of a few players, the selection of the national team is through The Football Association and the coaching staff negotiated and worked out, and the failure was entirely due to the incompetence of the players and the improper command of the coach!"

As soon as this article appeared in the newspaper, there was a burst of laughter: Who is confident that there will be a breakthrough before the start of the World Cup?Who came up with that metric that now looks ridiculous?Now that the tone has changed, isn't it because he slapped himself in the mouth?

In the midst of the dispute, Milucci, who ended his contract with the Chinese Football Association, left BJ quietly. Few people saw him off. When he came, it was lively, and when he left, only Fang Yatao and his "Sports Weekly" were by his side. Confidante.

Looking at Milucci's bleak back, Fang Yatao shook his head helplessly. Although Milucci earned as much as 3000 million yuan in advertising expenses in China, at least he still left something for China.

First of all, he paid more than 500 million yuan in taxes, and secondly, his concept of "happy football" still promoted the development of Chinese football to a large extent.

Fang Yatao snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, turned and walked out of the Capital Airport.

The World Cup of the Chinese team is over, but the work of the Football Association has just begun. After the national team is disbanded, the league will start, and there are candidates for the next national team coach... Alas, there are so many things.

Letting go of the noisy domestic football world, Pei Wei was having a happy holiday just as the national team returned home.

Time goes back to June 6, when the Chinese team played against Brazil.

Pei Wei ended his training early, and after cleaning, he rushed to the bar in the small town where he had worked for three years.

After greeting the bar owner, Uncle Scala, he found a seat and sat down, ordered a glass of beer, and quietly waited for the start of the game.

There are no customers in the bar, because there is no Italian game today, so most fans are sleeping at home (because of the game in Asia, it is late at night in Europe when the local afternoon game starts), Uncle Scala and Pei Weila are idle Started a routine.

"It's a pity for Inter Milan this year." Pei Wei said.

"Yeah," said Uncle Sklar, "the closest I've been in 13 years, a year of hard work, just because of the last game... damn Gresco."

"It's not just because of him alone. After being tied 2:2 by the opponent, the whole team was a little anxious. After all, it is a heavy task not to win the championship in 13 years. The psychological imbalance caused the team to collapse... "

"But if it wasn't for his mistakes, it would be much better if we took the lead into the second half! What's more, not only this mistake, but his mistakes throughout the season cost us at least five points, otherwise we could even have two rounds ahead of schedule. Win the championship!"

"Since Roberto Carlos left, we haven't had a reliable left-back... Heard Koko is coming, yes?"

Uncle Scala shrugged his shoulders: "There is such a saying, but I don't know if it is true. He has performed well in Barcelona and the national team this year. It would be great if he came."

While chatting, Pei Wei had run out of beer, Uncle Sklar said with a smile: "One more drink, I invite you!"

"OK!" Pei Wei agreed. Although smoking and alcohol are taboos for athletes, drinking a little beer in their spare time can make people relax. Pei Wei doesn't really care about it, and no coach will pay more attention to players in this matter. put one's oar in.

Town residents in twos and threes kept coming in for a drink, most of them knew Pei Wei and kept saying hello to Pei Wei.

At one o'clock in the morning, the game began.

The Chinese team, which lost in the first game, finally had a decent change. They launched a desperate attack, but the Brazilian team seemed to be in a state of being still, and was suppressed by the Chinese team for a while.

"Beautiful lady, what would you like?" The door was pushed open, and Uncle Scala walked up to him.

"Boss, have a cup of coffee." A clear voice sounded in Italian.

"Okay, a cup of coffee, come right away." Uncle Sklar graciously welcomed the guests into the bar. There was a sound of a stool moving beside Pei Wei, and then a person sat down beside him.

Pei Wei concentrated on watching the game on TV. Although he heard Uncle Scala's voice, he didn't care.

The guests in the bar come and go, and I don't know how many people will come in a day. Although the voice is a bit familiar, I don't seem to know any Italian girls, except Suzanne.

Thinking of Suzanne, Pei Wei couldn't help laughing in his heart, Martins is probably still flirting with Suzanne right now, right?No wonder I was so excited when the training was over.

On the TV screen, the right back of the Chinese team, Xu Yunlong, who replaced Sun Chenghai who was injured in the first game, used a fancy crotch dribble to get rid of Roberto Carlos' defense, and then passed the ball to the center of the penalty area .

"Alas." Pei Wei shook his head regretfully. Although the brilliance just now was wonderful, the cross seemed very blind. The two forwards in the penalty area were being stared at by the opponent's three central defenders. There is no one around Qi Hong's midfielder to defend. If he can pass to the front of the penalty area, I believe the chance will be greater.

Sure enough, Xu Yunlong's cross was easily pushed out by Brazil's 1.8m[-] central defender Lucio. The ball fell to the feet of the Brazilian team captain Cafu on the right. Cafu immediately moved the ball forward. The captain of the Chinese team, left midfielder Ma Mingren, passed between the legs, and then Cafu quickly passed Ma Mingren.

Since the left back Wu Jiying has already assisted to the frontcourt, there is only an open field in front of Cafu. This is Cafu's favorite offensive line. His speed immediately increased, and he broke into the Chinese team at high speed. halftime.

After attracting the attention of the two defenders of the Chinese team, Cafu cleverly distributed the ball to Ronaldinho, who responded in the middle. This young man who looks exactly like Ronaldo and also has two buck teeth At the same time, he also displayed his aura-filled performance, and his fake moves immediately made Li Gang, the defensive midfielder of the Chinese team, dizzy. Although he has already played the main force in the Premier League, he and Ronald Compared with Dinho, his gap is obviously all-round.

Li Gang fouled helplessly, and Ronaldinho had already broken through from his side. If there was no foul, the two central defenders behind him would not be able to keep an eye on the powerful trident of the Brazilian team: Ronaldo, Rival Much and Ronaldinho's.

The referee's whistle sounded immediately, and he showed a yellow card to Li Gang, and the Brazilian team won a free kick about 25 meters away from the goal.

The defense line of the Chinese team began to tense. Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Roberto Carlos all stood in front of the ball, and the sweat of the Chinese team's goalkeeper Jiang Hai was about to come down.

The three people on the opposite side are all world-famous free kick players. If you want to choose the ten best free kick players, these three people will definitely be on the list.

The three opponents are all left-footed players, which is also a characteristic of Brazilian players. There are so many left-footed talents in this country that in the 98 World Cup, the then head coach of the Brazilian team, Zagallo, could not even find one. The real right-footed player can only let Leonardo, who is also a left-footed player, play this position in the end.

Jiang Hai didn't think about this, but that the free kick was on the right side of the arc of the penalty area, which is the favorite area for left-footed free kick masters.

He directed the human wall loudly, and the human wall in a group of five blocked the right side tightly.

Jiang Hai relaxed a bit, but he still focused on his left side. He knew that in front of the real free kick masters, the human wall can play very little role, and they can easily hit the ball around the human wall. curveball.

Thinking of this, he moved slightly to the left, ready to pounce to the left immediately.

"Not good!" Pei Wei thought, this kind of movement will definitely not escape the eyes of the Brazilian players, maybe they will...

Rivaldo and Ronaldinho flanked each other, and Roberto Carlos took a few steps back before starting the run.

Running closer...Robert Carlos didn't run over the ball, but exerted force with his left foot and slammed the ball hard!
"It's over..." Pei Wei closed his eyes, he could see clearly that Jiang Hai had already moved to the left ahead of time, but Robert Carlos shot the ball to the other side of the wall!
Sure enough, when Jiang Hai realized something was wrong and turned back to the right again, the ball had already entered the net between the crossbar and the post!

1:0!Brazil opened the scoring with a powerful free kick from Roberto Carlos!

After taking the lead, the momentum of the Brazilian team came up completely. Their strong personal strength made the players of the Chinese team be manipulated.

Before the end of the first half, Ronaldo relied on his excellent personal skills to easily break through the main defender of the Chinese team who had threatened to stare at him before the game and broke into the penalty area. The defender had to pull Ronaldo down from behind. The referee's whistle sounded again: penalty!

Ronaldo gave this opportunity to Ronaldinho, of course Ronaldinho would not be polite, and it was done overnight, Jiang Hai completely jumped in the wrong direction, 2:0, Brazil expanded the score.

Pei Wei shook his head and sighed. In the first half, the players of the Chinese team had exhausted a lot of physical strength. It seemed that the second half would be a massacre.

Sure enough, if the Chinese team put a little pressure on the Brazilian team in the first half, then the second half became Brazil's offensive performance. The Chinese team's defense only lasted 10 minutes, and the Brazilian team's "3R" in the frontcourt was smooth The offense made the defense line of the Chinese team useless. With a series of short passes, Rivaldo broke into the penalty area and crossed all the defenders of the Chinese team. Ronaldo rushed to the empty goal and scored his goal. The second goal of the tournament.

In the 203rd minute of the second half, Rivaldo's long-range shot from outside the penalty area once again tore open the goal of the Chinese team, 4:0, and the Brazilian team was far ahead.

The Brazilian team, which led by a large score, relaxed, and the Chinese team also launched several counterattacks, but they were resolved by the opponent one by one, and the most threatening attack was blocked by the goal post.

Pei Wei raised his neck and drank the rest of the beer in the glass. There was no need to watch it anymore. With such a performance, even if he wanted to score a goal, it would be difficult.

Just as he stood up and was about to leave, a voice rang in his ear: "It seems that it is difficult for the Chinese team to score a goal... Maybe it will be different if you are on the field?"

If Pei Wei was struck by lightning, he was stunned for a moment, not only because of the content of this sentence, but also...

This sentence is said in Chinese, the girl who speaks Chinese in Italy, could it be...

(End of this chapter)