World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 225 Zeng Zheng's Expectation

Winning first is not winning, and laughing first is not laughing.

The news that Spain lost to Chile made many fans worried.

"Why do you think Spain is so hip? Why can't even beat Chile?"

"Chile is a strong team in South America, okay? They lost to us because of carelessness in the first game! In fact, they are very strong!"

"Yeah, when we played against us in the first game, 'Ivan the Terrible' missed due to injury. This is the second life-and-death match, so naturally we have to fight for national honor!"

"Then what do you mean? If Ivan plays in the first game, we won't be able to beat them?"

"That's really hard to say! Ivan is world-class in terms of offensive ability and pulling ability. Just young people like Zhang Xiaorui and Li Jinyu may not be able to beat him!"

"So what? No matter how powerful you are, you won't lose to us?"

"I said it all, Ivan didn't play in the first game, we were lucky to win."

"It doesn't matter whether it's luck or strength, we've already won anyway, so what's the use of talking about him now?"

"Of course it works! If Chile can also play at this level in the third game, it will be no problem to win Morocco. In this way, Chile will have two wins and one loss, and they will definitely qualify!"

"Why is this again? Why is Chile sure to qualify if it wins two games? Isn't it certain that we win two games?"

"Let's count!"

In the hotel, the coaches locked themselves in the room to discuss tactics, and the players also got together to discuss the third group match.

Holding a chalk, Li Jinyu wrote while talking: "Look, everyone, the current situation is that we are 1-0 Chile, 1-0 Morocco, winning two games with 6 points and 1 goal difference."

"As for Chile, one win and one loss, the goal difference is 1."

"If we lose in the third group match and they win, then Chile's goal difference will be at least two, and our goal difference will be at most one. It must be ranked behind Chile."

"As for Spain, the situation is similar to that of Chile. They have one win and one loss, with a goal difference of 0."

"If they beat us in the last game, the goal difference will be at least 1, which is equal to us."

"But the problem is that in terms of the relationship between victory and defeat, they beat us, so they are still the ones who advance."

"That is to say, as long as we lose in the third game, even if we lose 0-1, we are very likely to be eliminated."

"And as long as Chile wins, no matter what results we and Spain play, it will definitely occupy a qualifying spot."

After Li Jinyu's analysis, all the team members in the room suddenly became enlightened, and they also had a preliminary understanding of the seriousness of the situation.

Yang Pu raised his hand at this moment and asked, "Isn't there a situation where we and Spain qualify together?"

This question is also what the other team members in the room want to ask.

If there is a way for two teams to work together to qualify peacefully, it is naturally the best. No one wants to play hard against their opponents after the third group match!

"This is also the case." Li Jinyu replied, "One is that we lost to Spain, and Chile drew with Morocco; the other is that our side drew, but Chile lost."

"Because Chile has more goal difference than Spain, even if we draw with Spain and Chile draw with Morocco, Chile will eliminate Spain because of the number of goal difference."

Yang Pu nodded after hearing this: "So that's the case."

Under the influence of Zeng Zheng, not only the team leaders and coaches have to learn to count points, but the players also have the awareness of counting points.

The players calculate their own points. In this case, the calculated results can resonate with the players more than directly knowing the results from the coach or the media.

At least after this analysis, they will also have a basic understanding of the future situation.

"No, there is another situation where we qualify together with Spain." As the team's brain, Zhang Xiaorui added at this moment.

"Another situation?" Everyone wondered.

"That's right." Zhang Xiaorui said slowly, "Spain lost to us by a small score, and Chile lost to Morocco by a score that was neither big nor small."

"In this way, we will win all three games, and the other three teams will each win one game. The goal difference will be compared with each other. It is possible for Spain to qualify together with us."

"However, no matter what I said or what Dayu said, do you think these situations are likely to happen?"

The two talked to each other, but even a fool can tell that it is not easy to qualify with Spain.

Because for Spain, it is undoubtedly putting its fate in the hands of its opponents and resigning itself to fate.

This is not what a strong team does at all!
And once Spain wins, it will be able to surpass the National Olympics in rankings and qualify properly.

In this case, Spain will definitely choose to fight hard.

"In other words, no matter if it is Spain or Chile, the last game must be to strive for victory." Zhang Xiaorui made the final summary.

"But we can qualify as long as we draw; Morocco must rely on us to beat Spain by a big score, and they beat Chile by a big score to intercept a glimmer of hope."

"In comparison, we and Morocco are definitely not as eager to win as our opponents."

"As for how to play on the court, it depends on how Boss Zeng decides."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiaorui glanced at the suspensions and "patients" in the corner, and shook his head secretly.

With so many downsizing, Zeng Zheng has few tactics to choose from.

"Ou Ge, Lei Lei, Boss Zeng told you to come over!"

The two people whose names were called stood up and followed Han Tao out of the room.

After the two left, everyone focused their attention on Liu Yunfei.

The latter raised his chin: "No matter what choice Mr. Zeng makes, I will support him!"

After a while, Ou Chuliang and Li Leilei came back.

The former had a calm expression, while the latter was full of disappointment.

"Old Fan, Li Weifeng, Coach Zeng told you to come over."

General Fan stood up, patted his buttocks and walked out of the room first.

Li Weifeng's right leg was still wrapped with gauze.

Although there are medicines sprayed by Zeng Zheng, but psychologically, he still uses his left leg to support his body first.

After the two left the room, Ou Chuliang patted Liu Yunfei on the shoulder.

"Yun Fei, the third game is up to you."

Li Leilei also took a step forward, "Xiao Fei, you have to work hard!"

Among the three goalkeepers, the youngest Liu Yunfei's eyes flashed, and he immediately stood up and patted his chest.

"Master, brother Li, don't worry, I will definitely defend the third game!"

Zeng Zheng called at most two at a time, as the team members left one batch after another.

Everyone could see that, except for the two goalkeepers who were called away at the beginning, the one who was called away first should be the starter for the next game.

Soon, it was the striker's turn.

After Li Yi and Qu Bo were called out of the room, Zhang Yuhen, who stayed behind, sat in front of the window, watching the busy traffic downstairs, and sighed deeply.

Although he scored a penalty in the game against Morocco, Zhang Yuxi did not expand the score in the next game.

On the premise that the team plays one less player, he still has to run hard and participate in defense.

Not only did he suffer from cramps once, but he also injured his calf in a tackle.

At that time, Zhang Yuxi had a premonition that Zeng Zheng would not send himself to play in the next game.

Anyway, he has already won two games in a row, so it doesn't matter if he takes a break.

But now it seems that this third game is likely to be the last game of the Olympic Games in Sydney.

He couldn't start the battle of life and death, so he didn't blame Zhang Yuchen for sighing.

"It would be great if we could score two more in the first two games."

Recalling the opportunities wasted by him in the first two games, Zhang Yuxi felt a pain in his liver.

If the goal difference of the National Olympics is enough at this moment, even if they lose to Spain by a small score in the last game, so what?

However, the first two games were small 1-0 victories.

"Old Hei, there is nothing to be emotional about, you have done a good job." Li Jinyu walked over, patted Zhang Yuxie on the shoulder and said, "To be honest, this time when we come to Sydney, Boss Zeng can bring you with us. Very surprised."

"Hmph! Who will you take if you don't take me?"

Even though Li Jinyu is Zeng Zheng's direct descendant, in Zhang Yuhan's eyes, he is the younger brother who played football in Zhang Yin's courtyard back then.

"Of course it's Fatty! He is now the main striker of the national football team!"

"Fatty?" Hearing Qu Shengqing's name, Zhang Yuchen twitched his mouth, "His physical strength is not as good as mine!"

"He was dismissed by Boss Zeng because of his lack of physical fitness!" Li Jinyu whispered. "And Boss Zeng gave Fatty an ultimatum. If he can't keep up physically, after returning this time, the Asian Cup doesn't plan to take him with him!"

"What? Didn't the national team take him?" Zhang Yuchen was surprised when he heard that.

Qu Shengqing can be said to be an outstanding representative of domestic league training in this era.

In 98, Liaozu was promoted to A hero, and in 99, he was the top scorer of A-A. All these highlight Qu Shengqing's excellence.

But the problem is that Qu Shengqing's age is rather embarrassing.

He is two years older than Jianlibao and his team, and he did not catch up with the first batch of youth training that was valued after professionalization; he was also two years younger than Zhang Enhua and others, and he did not catch the last train of the provincial team era.

In this situation, he can still play well in A-A, which is entirely due to his own personal ability.

In the club, Qu Shengqing is agile, has a strong breakthrough ability, and has superb shooting skills.

Although he is called "Fatty", it is more because of his larger face.

In the eyes of fans, Qu Shengqing is like Sammo Hung in martial arts movies.

Although the body is wide, it does not affect the ability to play at all.

Even in the confrontation with the opponent, Qu Shengqing can take the initiative by relying on the word "fat".

Coupled with being valued by Liaozu, Qu Shengqing won such an honor in A-A.

But no matter how good he was in the past two years, Zeng Zheng saw two fatal flaws in Qu Shengqing at a glance.

The first one is that Qu Shengqing has been in contact with the most old-fashioned tactical concepts and training of local commanders since he was a child. He is completely a "grassroots genius" and eats his status and youth;
The second is Qu Shengqing's physical condition, which has always been at the bottom of Zeng Zheng's team.

Most of the people who went to the National Olympics this time were the first batch of international players recruited by Zeng Zheng.

And on the premise that he would rather bring one less overage international player, he still does not bring Qu Shengqing, which is already very telling.

You know, Li Jinyu and Shao Jiayi are not pure forwards!
"I heard from Boss Zeng that he set a hard target for the fat man. If he wants to return to the national team, a certain physical data must meet the standard. It seems to be called a body fat rate or something. Basically, he doesn't mind him being fat, but You have to be solid, like Ayrton at Werder Bremen."

As a member who also wants to play in the Bundesliga, Zhang Yuhan has naturally heard the name "Ball Lightning" Elton.

Seeing that Zeng Zheng had such high demands on Qu Shengqing, Zhang Yuchen was also a little astonished.

"Tsk tsk, don't you see that Boss Zeng has high expectations for Fatty!"

"Of course!" Li Jinyu rolled his eyes, "To tell you the truth, he has high expectations for our original Liaozu players! Look at me, Tie Zi, and Xiao Zhao, which one is not playing the main force under him now? "

"Oh?" Zhang Yu raised his eyebrows, "Then what is the expectation of the two of us?"

After hearing this, Li Jinyu looked around at the other teammates around him, seeing that everyone was gathering in twos and threes to discuss their own affairs, so he turned his head and lowered his voice.

"Boss Zeng told me in Brazil that he wanted me to be an Italian player like Felipe Inzaghi, the one who plays for Juventus now, you know?"

"Yeah, I know, what about me?" Zhang Yuchen asked impatiently.

"Your words, Mr. Zeng mentioned before coming to Sydney, he said."

Speaking of this, Li Jinyu cast a thoughtful glance at Zhang Yuxie.

Seeing the anticipation written on his face, he whetted his appetite and said slowly, "He said it would be great if you were Crespo."

"Hernan Crespo?" Zhang Yuhan's expression lifted after hearing this, "Parma?"

Li Jinyu shook his head, "He already transferred to Lazio in July, and the transfer fee broke the world record at that time!"

"Oh my god!" Zhang Yu shuddered, "I didn't expect Boss Zeng to have such high expectations of me!"

"Isn't that right? Boss Zeng has his expectations for everyone on the team! It's just that he doesn't usually talk about them!"

"So, Old Hei, you can't let yourself down first, and disappoint Boss Zeng's expectations of you!"

Zhang Yuying didn't listen to Li Jinyu's next words.

On the thigh that Li Jinyu couldn't see, his fists were tightly clenched.

Chinese Crespo?

Is it really possible for me to reach the heights of Crespo?
I didn't expect Boss Zeng to have such high expectations of me!
Damn!

Why did I drink that drink?

Thinking back to the drinking session, Zhang Yuchen is still regretting it to death.

Zhang Qu's case is simple.

That is, after a group of people went out to eat and drink, the drunk driver got into a car accident.

The driver is fully responsible for drunk driving, and this matter did not run away.

It's time to lose money, it's time to deal with it.

But the problem is that Zhang Yuxi, Wang Gang and Wang Gang's girlfriend are all only slightly injured, and Qu Yueheng, who just performed a hat-trick in the Super Cup, is paraplegic.

When such a situation occurs, it can only be said that Xiao Qu's luck is not good.

But under the control of someone with a heart, an ordinary drunk driving accident was abruptly described as "a script carefully prepared by Zhang Yuxie, who was involved in the underworld"!
This is terrible.

With the two layers of hats down, and the fact that Qu's family complained bitterly to Zhang Yuhan that Xiao Qu would compete with him for position, the lawsuit has not yet been fully pronounced.

The result of the conspiracy theory is that Liaozu's performance has plummeted, and it no longer has the courage of last year's "Kaiserslautern".

Others can actually see this clearly.

First of all, Zhang Yuxie's usual image is that he is a sunny and cheerful boy, and he will definitely not be able to do such a despicable thing;
Secondly, even if he is really involved in gangsters, and he is afraid of Qu stealing his position, he is not so smart that he can control the car accident.

Even though Qu Yueheng is older than him, he is famous because of his hat-trick in the Super Cup just now, and it is definitely not enough to affect Zhang Yuxi's status in the team.

If Zhang Yuxi really wants to mess with him, hiring a few people to break Qu's leg is far better than getting into a car accident by drunk driving!
It was also after Zeng Zheng found out that Zhang and "Black" really had nothing to do with each other, so under great pressure, he recruited Zhang Yuxie, who was still in the lawsuit, into the team.

What a trust!
A scholar dies for a confidant.

At the moment when he learned of his position in Zeng Zheng's heart, Zhang Yuxuan made up his mind.

Once the lawsuit is over, I will also go abroad to study abroad to create a new world.

September 9, Melbourne Football Stadium.

Facing Spain, which is striving to win with all its strength, the National Olympic Games ushered in the Olympic life and death battle!

On the women's football side, the women's football team, which was influenced by the men's football team, once again faced their old enemy Da Laomei, and directly kicked a 90-2 in 1 minutes, killing the opponent.

Unlike the men's football team, the women's football team, which has won two consecutive victories, has completely secured a place in the semi-finals.

Now it depends on whether the men's football team can withstand the pressure of "a tie can qualify" and create men's football Olympic history.

"For this game, everyone must have understood the importance of the game." In the locker room, Zeng Zheng made his final speech.

"No matter how we arrange it, what we think, how much European teams don't value the Olympics, these are all false!"

"What is certain is that Spain's fighting spirit to win must be stronger than ours!"

"But in football, fighting spirit does not determine the result."

"My request to you is simple."

"It is enough for you, as football players, to show what you have learned on the field, use a normal mentality, follow the tactics I have arranged, and execute them."

"I believe in you, and you should also believe in me."

"How many members of the team were the champions of last year's World Youth Championship?"

"Remember how we beat Spain in the final?"

"Nothing to be afraid of."

"In Europe, Spain's strength is not very high, nor can it rank high."

"And Raul, Guardiola, these players just finished the European Cup, so they didn't participate in the Olympics at all."

"In terms of average age, they are about the same as us."

"Come to think of it, they lost even Chile, where did they win us?"

"Give me a good kick when you get to the court, do you understand?"

"Understood!" All the team members replied in unison.

"Ring bell bell!"

As the bell rang, the players stood up with a "swish" and walked towards the player tunnel.

Zeng Zhengshou stood by the door of the locker room, high-fiving each team member.

When General Fan followed the tail of the team out of the room, the two looked at each other.

"Brother Fan, this game"

"Don't worry, Coach Zeng, leave everything to me." General Fan patted his chest, "I, the captain of the national team, begged you to join the team with an old face, isn't it just to deal with such a situation? "

(End of this chapter)