Chinese champion

Chapter 212 The Midnight Visitor
"What Did Ali Khan Bring?" "

After the group stage, in response to the ups and downs of the Chinese team in the three group matches, Sports Weekly took up an entire front page with a headline like this: "Since Milucci's departure at the end of the 2002 World Cup, Ali Han He has led the Chinese national team for more than two years. Although he performed well in various international competitions and remained unbeaten in the invitational tournament. However, there is a lot of water in this result. The opponents of the national team are all third-rate European players Some second-tier teams in Africa and North America. Of course, we can’t measure whether a coach’s work is in place by results, but the most important thing is that we can’t feel any difference in the national team. If the national team is different from other national teams, it will become more featureless, without a stable tactical play style, and without technical content. Looking at the national team's games this year, only the match against Hong Kong at the end of March and a few days ago The game against Indonesia showed momentum and played beautiful offensive football, and both games have a feature, that is, there are at least five overseas players on the field, especially Pei Wei's presence gives the national team's offense a backbone , but it is such a world-class player whose position in the national team is not stable. The only reason is that he does not meet the tactical requirements of the national team. Let me ask, is the formation important or the player's own ability? If If Ali Han still sticks to the formation and turns a blind eye to the excellent Chinese players, can a head coach like him still fulfill the duties of a coach? Teaching according to talents and adapting measures to local conditions are what a good coach should possess Quality, but unfortunately, we did not see such quality in Ali Han..."

When Ali Han understood the meaning of this article from the cryptic words of his personal translator, he was so angry that his eyes almost popped out, and at the same time he swore in his heart that he would never accept any interviews with Sports Weekly again.

On the evening of July 7, in the hotel where the Chinese national team stayed.

It is already 11 o'clock in the evening, and the lights in almost all the rooms have been extinguished. At present, the rules and regulations of the national team are very strict, and no one who is not open-minded dares to sneak out at this juncture. Take a rest in this well-equipped hotel, have a cup of coffee or play a few billiards in the entertainment room on the ground floor. At around 10:10, I was sent back by the coaching staff—damn, the game is coming up tomorrow, what do you guys want to do if you don’t rest?
The third floor is the floor where members of the national team are stationed. The room at the end of the corridor is still lit. This is the only room on this floor that is still lit. The head coach of the national team, Ali Han.

Ali Han, who just got angry on the training ground during the day, seems to be still angry. After he understood the meaning of the article, he kept a gloomy face and scolded Zhu Jun bloody on the training ground. Head--just because he let the home team's Li Liang pass by easily in an offensive and defensive drill, and Zhu Jun is not an easy-going master. He didn't need an interpreter at all to embarrass Ali Han in English.

"I'm not a full-back! I'm a full-back! What's the point of defending so well? Defense is the job of the defenders, and what I need to be responsible for is offense! I've tried to slow down their attacking speed as much as possible, and that's enough. Going all the way back into the box? What do defenders do? There's only one Roberto Carlos in the world."

Zhu Jun's words made his blood vessels almost explode. If it weren't for the players and coaches who came up to pull Zhu Jun away immediately, he might beat this thin and thin man violently with his strong physique trained in his player days. Fan, but if he really did that, I'm afraid he will leave another unforgettable thing in the history of world football besides those two World Cup classic long-range shots-becoming the first shot on the training ground The head coach of the national team who fought with the players.

Until now, his blood vessels were still pulsating. Ali Han pressed his temples, desperately trying to focus on the tactical layout board in front of him.

Among the 11 points representing the main force, he has put down ten labels representing the main force, which means that in tomorrow night's game, he has already confirmed ten of the players on the field, leaving only one undetermined.

Wu Qi, Sun Chenghai, Du Wei, Li Wei, Sun Ru, Hu Yong, Shaoyi, Li Liang, Hao Dong and Li Jinyu, these are the ten people he has already entered into the main lineup. The only thing that has not been confirmed is the position of the midfielder.

Zhou Hai's performance in the first game of the group stage showed that his immature shoulders were not yet able to take on the heavy responsibility of the main force. Although his offensive and defensive balance was very suitable for Ali Han's appetite, in such an important game, his The lack of experience is still revealed.

Zhu Jun was not in the main lineup he considered, and after the incident during the day, he would not let this thorn be the main lineup.

Ali Han held a label in each hand, hesitating about which one to put on it. We can clearly see that the label on the left hand reads "Pei Wei", while the label on the right hand reads "Zhao Yun Ze".

After Li Gang was injured, Zhao Yunze, the captain of the domestic super team Liaoning, became the first substitute in the midfielder position. His strength has already been proven in the domestic league, and he is also one of the big players in the country One of the few negative news, not only has a solid defense, but also has a unique free kick and long-range shot, which is very suitable for Ali Han's formation.

If it was changed before, Ali Han would not hesitate to put Zhao Yunze in the main lineup. You must know that when Li Gang played for the Liaoning team, he could only play the position of central defender. Zhao Yunze is in possession, his strength can be seen, but unfortunately, he is now competing with two overseas players who are well-known among Chinese fans: Pei Wei and Hu Yong.

Ali Han thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't make up his mind which one to use. When Pei Wei was on the court, the Chinese team really played well and could win. But what he worried about was that in such a cup match, they would often have the last laugh. What he cares about is not those teams that blow up the offensive whirlwind and make the fans excited, but those teams with solid defense and few mistakes. He knows very well that it is not the team with strong offense that can win the World Cup. If football If the game is just more about offense, then his home country, the Netherlands, will not always wear the hat of "uncrowned king" to comfort himself.

Ali Han, who played the position of midfielder himself in the player era, paid great attention to defense, and personally experienced the painful experience of the Dutch national team's two World Cup runner-ups, which made him more firm in his defensive-first tactical play. In his opinion , It is a matter of course to choose Zhao Yunze, but the pressure from the Football Association to fans and the media makes him afraid of it.

Which one?Ali Han's heart was full of contradictions...

In a room not far from his residence, although the lights were turned off like other players' rooms, the two owners of the room were not asleep.

This room is exactly the room of Pei Wei and Zhu Jun. Pei Wei, who is lying on the bed, is complaining about Zhu Jun: "You, you are really, why are you fighting with the coach on the training ground? If you are in a hurry, he will have you Is it good fruit to eat?"

Zhu Jun "cut": "Even if he is a coach, he can't talk about people casually, right? Originally, as a winger, what I need is not to focus on defense, but to attack! Besides, I am not a defensive material. Let me It is better to save a little energy to attack than to defend, which will be more effective for the team's offense. Giggs, Robben, Rivaldo, how many of these famous left midfielders actively return to defense? Besides, you see Like him, when he saw that Li Liang broke through me, he immediately rushed over, he was completely picking bones in the egg! Am I still being polite to him?"

"Hey!" Pei Wei sighed, he also knew that Zhu Jun has always had such a bad temper, if you treat him well, he will treat you very nicely, and if you provoke him on purpose, he will be even more rude For you——it is precisely because of his temper that he doesn't have many real friends, but there are also many, and all of them are caring buddies.

"If you do this, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to become the main player in the national team in the future. This is a loss to you and our team." Although he knew that it was impossible to persuade Zhu Jun, Pei Wei still wanted to make a final effort : "Why don't you apologize to the coach, it's not ashamed anyway."

"You want me to apologize? Don't talk about it!" Zhu Jun has never made any concessions in this regard: "Pei Wei, don't say that being a brother refuted your face. If I did something wrong, I will naturally go to the court very sincerely." Apologize, even if he doesn't forgive me, it's the same, but now it's not that I did something wrong, but that he criticized me at will, and there is no reason! It's almost like he came to apologize to me. Speaking of the main position, I originally I never expected to be the main player in the national team all the time. You have seen Shaoyi's performance. His offensive power is not much worse than mine, and his defense is also very hard. He performed better than me in this position. It is difficult to be the main player in the first place. , why make me humble because of this?"

"Well, what you said makes sense." Pei Wei knew that he couldn't make Zhu Jun admit his mistake, and in his heart, he vaguely agreed with Zhu Jun's approach: "But today you are considered to be in the limelight, Ali Han almost wants to Come up to beat you, but you are pretty popular in the national team, besides us, the captain, Hao Dong, and the others have all come up to persuade you to fight."

"It's not that I'm popular." Zhu Jun pondered for a moment: "Ali Han is a bit unpopular in the national team now."

"Why?" Pei Wei was a little surprised, but he didn't see it at all: "He has been in this position for two years, and a group of old players is almost brought up by him, how can he be unpopular? "

"What do you mean he brought it up? Except for us, almost all the main players have been in the national team before, so they can't be regarded as his direct descendants." Zhu Jun pursed his lips; "You do the math, he took office How many players have been transferred to the national team? I counted. In the past two years, at least 30 players have been approved for the national team jersey. Until now, they have not found a main lineup. Last year's league champion Shenzhen Although the team has five international footballers, only the captain Li Wei is the main player. Do the others have any objections? Wu Qi and Hu Yong are promoted by him, but they have a good relationship with you. If you can’t be the main player, they will naturally I won’t be happy, so the defenders and midfielders are a bit out of tune with him. Besides, forwards, with you on the field, it will be much easier for the forwards to score goals, but he just doesn’t send you. The previous formation was to play in the backcourt Long balls to find forwards, Hao Dong is in his [-]s and still runs desperately in the frontcourt, how can they have no objection to this style of play?"

Pei Wei was almost stunned by Zhu Jun's words, he didn't expect that there were so many joints in the middle: "You are careful enough to see so many things, is it really because he doesn't like players like me That caused the other team members to be dissatisfied with him?"

"Who doesn't want to play football with you? Besides, you don't have any direct competitors in the national team. The other players also want to be honored, but Ali Han is so stubborn that he doesn't listen to anyone's words. Look. Come on, if he continues like this, the position of the head coach will be unstable, as long as there is any mistake in the next game, Fang Yatao will definitely use him for surgery." Zhu Jun said with certainty.

"You bastard, you are becoming more and more like a demigod..."

Pei Wei had just finished speaking halfway, when footsteps came from the corridor outside the door, the two looked at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes - it's so late, who else would come here?The players are all rested.

Zhu Jun got up, ran to the peephole in front of the door, peeped out, and immediately ran back excitedly: "Hey, Pei Wei, there is a good show to watch, guess which two people are here? Are you sure?" Can't guess!"

"Then I won't guess." Pei Wei said lazily, he was really not interested in these things.

"It's Fang Yatao and Luo Gang! They are heading towards Ali Han's room. What do you think they are visiting late at night?" Zhu Jun blinked mysteriously.

"Could it be..." Pei Wei rolled over and sat up.

"Very likely..." Zhu Jun nodded.

Ali Khan's room.

After thinking about it for a long time, Ali Han finally made up his mind, and stuck the sign of "Zhao Yunze" on his right hand on the tactical layout board. After the game entered the knockout stage, he decided to focus on solid defense, with double midfielders It can ensure the stability of the defense to the greatest extent, and the offense depends on the breakthrough of the two wings and the personal ability of the striker.

"Ding dong, ding dong!" The doorbell rang, and it was so clear in the dead of night.

(End of this chapter)