Chinese champion

Chapter 384 Top of the World: The Star-studded Olympics
On August 2008, 8, Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.

In the waiting hall, hundreds of reporters have been waiting anxiously, and people can be seen everywhere asking each other: "What time is it now? Why haven't you come yet?"

"Yeah, the plane should have arrived..."

"Be patient! Young man, you know, if you want to interview such a popular figure, what's the point of waiting so long?" An old reporter was teaching the newcomer beside him a lesson.

"In my opinion, they are not only the people I want to interview, but also my idols!" The young reporter said excitedly: "If there is no interview task, I will definitely ask them for autographs first!"

"Hehe! Now that we are in the sports industry, how many of us don't like them!" The old reporter smiled tolerantly.

"Look! They're coming!"

A surprise call came, which immediately caused a commotion among the reporters present!
Everyone crowded to the exit, and the flashing lights were on, waiting for the protagonists of this interview—all members of the Chinese Olympic team to appear!
When He Jin, the head coach of the Olympic team, first appeared in people's sight, all the microphones were aimed at him.

"Coach He, does the Olympic team have any indicators for this Olympic Games?"

"What do you think of the opponents in the same group?"

"Does the arrangement of the opening game in Shanghai affect the team's plans?"

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"Targets... no, it counts wherever you hit."

He Jin's first sentence aroused everyone's astonishment, "Where you hit it counts - does this seem to be something a good head coach should say?"
"The team that can qualify for the Olympics will not be too weak... Although our opponents in this group are not the strongest, Germany is a veteran team with many excellent players. The United States should not be underestimated. As for Cameroon, African teams have always performed very well in Olympic games, and they should be a strong opponent. Shanghai is a beautiful city, and the football atmosphere here is quite strong. I believe we will gain fans here The biggest support, for us, where to play is not a big problem."

He Jin's mediocre answer made the reporters lose interest in the interview. Soon, they focused on the last three overage players: Pei Wei, Zhu Jun and Zhuang Feng.

"The Champions Cup final was very exciting, what do you think?" a reporter asked Pei Wei.

"Very happy!" Pei Wei said with a smile, "But Zhu Jun probably doesn't think so."

Pei Wei's answer aroused a burst of laughter from the reporters present, and Zhu Jun pursed his mouth in embarrassment beside him.

"The current Olympic team has the best player, top scorer in Serie A, and the best winger in La Liga... Does it mean that there is no team that can threaten us in the Olympics?"

Pei Wei stopped in his tracks and looked at the reporter in surprise: "How can you say that? Are the teams like Holland, Italy, Brazil, and Argentina vegetarian? Are the three of us very strong? Then with Sido Isn’t the Dutch team with Kaka and Adriano, the Brazilian team with Kaka, Adriano, and the Argentine team with Gago, Higuain and Messi all nothing?”

The reporter backed away blushing, and the colleagues next to him also looked at him with contempt: If you ask such unqualified words, you are obviously a layman!Lost the face of our reporter.

"How far do you think our Olympic team can go this time?"

"Of course, the farther the better! But this requires our joint efforts."

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After the Champions Cup final and the subsequent celebrations, Pei Wei and Zhuang Feng had already completed their club tasks. Logically speaking, they should immediately report to the Olympic team, but He Jin considered that they had just experienced a tiring season. , so they were specially given half a month's leave, and they were allowed to wait until July [-]st to report to the Olympic team.

After half a month of leisurely and fairy-like days with Marco in Milan, Pei Wei joined Zhuang Feng and Zhu Jun who had just returned from vacation, and the three of them rushed to Haigeng, the training base of the Olympic team, together with other Teammates are training together for the upcoming Olympic Games.

The schedule has been arranged as early as 2006. The only thing left is that there is no specific arrangement due to the fact that the participating teams have not yet been determined. All 7 participating teams finally surfaced.

Four teams in Asia (including host China): China, Japan, South Korea and the new AFC Australia team.

Four European teams: Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Three African teams: Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.

Two teams from South America: Brazil and Argentina.

Two in North America and the Caribbean: the United States and Mexico.

One branch in Oceania: New Zealand.

In the grouping, the host China and the Athens Olympic champion Argentina, the European champion Netherlands and the African champion Nigeria are the first team. The Chinese team is divided into Group A, which is divided into a group with Germany, the United States and Cameroon.

However, Argentina is in Group B with Italy, South Korea and Ghana. This group is a veritable group of death.

Group C is not much better, the Netherlands' three opponents are Brazil, Japan and New Zealand.

Group D consists of Nigeria, Spain, Mexico and Australia.

On the surface, it seems that the grouping of the Chinese team is more favorable, but that is only in the group stage. If there is no accident, the Chinese team will definitely meet a team in Group B after qualifying. Whether it is Italy or Argentina, they are very strong opponent.

The opponent of the Chinese team's first game will be the US team, the weakest team in the group. This game is also the opening game of the Olympic football game and will be held on August 8.

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After answering a few questions, He Jin saw that there were more and more reporters, and hurriedly said loudly: "Friends from the press! We just got off the plane, and the players are already very tired. Let's go back to the hotel first. How about rest? On August 8th, we will hold a special press conference where everyone can speak freely! Sorry, we have to go back to the hotel."

After a few words, the reporters reluctantly moved out of the way, and the Olympic team finally left the airport hall, boarded the bus, and drove to the hotel where they were staying.

The bus was driving on the street, and Pei Wei and the others deeply felt the expectations of fans across the country for this Olympic Games. Since this is the first Olympic Games held in China, the whole country attaches great importance to it. In the last Olympic Games, China won a total of They won 32 gold medals, only three less than the number one United States. This also made sports fans all over the country think that this time the advantage of occupying the home field will definitely surpass the Olympic dominance of the United States, but in fact, in the Athens Olympic Games, China The Legion has already performed at a super level, and has won several gold medals that were not in the plan. Although it has the advantage of the home field this time, it is difficult to surpass the previous level. Under this situation, two gold medals Calculating football naturally became the top priority.

Under such circumstances, there are three overage players from Inter Milan midfielder Pei Wei, top scorer Zhuang Feng, Barcelona's main player Zhu Jun, striker Dong Yuzhuo who plays for Manchester United, and defender Deng Yunfeng who plays for Roma. The genius of Inter Milan's coaching staff is full of praise. Goalkeeper Wang Lei, defender Feng Xiao who has already entered the first team of Ligue [-] Nantes, midfielder Lu Yinzhe who played for Roda JK in the Eredivisie and other outstanding young players of the National Olympic team naturally made the fans full of expectations. Under the fanatical atmosphere, some The media even shouted that the Olympic gold medal must be won, otherwise it would be a failure.

However, He Jin knew that Olympic gold medals were not so easy to win.

Generally speaking, Olympic football games can only be regarded as tasteless. Strong teams like Europe and South America seldom pay too much attention to Olympic games, just like the World Youth Championships. Therefore, Africa often has the best results in Olympic games. The team, with the strength of the current Olympic team, was very promising to win the championship, but this time, it seemed to be a little different.

Seedorf and Van Nistelrooy, the two Dutch superstars, have long announced that they are interested in the Olympic Games, and Ruben, a winger who plays for Chelsea, also recently announced that he would give up his vacation and join the Dutch Olympic team. He himself said that he was full of expectations for playing against Pei Wei again, and he lost to Pei Wei no matter in the World Youth Championship or in the just-concluded Champions Cup. Pei Wei "Revenge".

Like him, there is also club teammate Ballack. The captain of the German national team also gave up his vacation and joined the German Olympic team. Ski, has almost copied the German national team's offensive line.

The Italian Olympic team is played for Inter Milan's Andreoli, Roma's Aquilani, Florence's Pazzini, Juventus' Gasbaroni, Montorivo, Palatino, Palermo's De La Fiore, Parma's Rossi and other young players who have already played the main force in Serie A, supplemented by Abbiati, Zacardo and Barzagli, the strength must not be underestimated .

Brazil is even more terrifying. Kaka, Cesar and Adriano, this offensive line is top-notch even if they win the World Cup. It is estimated that if Ronaldinho has not participated in the Olympic Games once and cannot participate again, he will also Let's step in, and what the Brazilian team lacks most is young talents. The existence of Cesar has also stabilized their unstable defense line. Now Brazil is the number one favorite to win the Olympic Games.

The three overage players of the defending champion Argentina are Burdisso, Cambiasso and Crespo, the three "Argentina gang" from Inter Milan. Although they are not as famous as Brazil's overage players, they are all capable. Players, plus Gago, Higuain, Messi, and Aguero, the four young geniuses who are also playing in La Liga, in terms of overall strength, they are even higher than Brazil.

The opponent of the Chinese team is not a group of boy scouts with little experience, but a dream team with both the hard work of young players and the strength of overage superstars.

The football game in the BJ Olympics is definitely not a tasteless game, but a field of young geniuses and stars.

It is precisely because of this that He Jin deliberately showed weakness when he was interviewed, and said the words "it counts wherever you hit".

He wanted to use such words to paralyze his opponents. Although it was unlikely, no team dared to treat a team with such superstars as Pei Wei, Zhuang Feng and Zhu Jun lightly.

However, the Chinese media and fans were very dissatisfied with this. On the second day, there was such a report in the newspaper: "Strong Olympic Team, Cowardly Head Coach".

In the report, the reporter sharply criticized: "As a coach who once broke into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with the national team, He Jin did not show the same courage as him. He Jin has the most courageous team in the history of Chinese football. When the Olympic team was strong (with three world-class superstars and four overseas players, I am afraid that only the Olympic team that failed to enter the Olympics for various reasons four years ago can be compared), he actually had no confidence at all. No, I actually said such irresponsible words as "whatever you hit is what counts". Is this what a head coach of the national team and the Olympic team should say? Under the leadership of the head coach who shirks responsibility, I really cannot be optimistic about the future of the Olympic team, although judging from the composition of the players, this Olympic team is so strong..."

When Pei Wei smiled and brought the newspaper in front of He Jin, He Jin also smiled.

He smiled and said to Pei Wei: "What do you mean by showing me this newspaper? Are you kidding me?"

"How dare I laugh at you! But shouldn't you express something when you read such an article?"

He Jin put away his smile when he heard this: "I have to rely on you to realize my promise. Don't let me down in the opening match five days later, huh?"

"Of course." Pei Wei said confidently.

"That's good, you go out." He Jin said lightly: "As veteran players, your task is very heavy, not only for the competition, but also for the young players.
They are unstable, and you need to give them self-confidence. "

When Pei Wei went out, He Jin's eyes fell on the newspaper.

"Cowardly? You are wrong..."

(End of this chapter)