Grass roots glory

Chapter 686 Is he really the king of the ball?
"In the just-concluded first round of Group A of the Confederations Cup, the Chinese team scored the first point in a 2-2 draw with Brazil in the opening match. With one point, Chinese football has fully demonstrated the new power from Asia to the world. Being able to lead the host twice, we have every reason to believe that the current Chinese team is competitive in the World Cup. Normal performance, even in the World Cup, is against For the Chinese team, there is absolutely no group of death!"

"The only pity is that Wu Sanshi missed the lore single-handed shot at the last moment of the game. The Chinese team could have scored a three-pointer, but just missed it. We don't intend to blame Lippi for the substitution, but he continued to trust Wu Sanshi. As a result, It’s just that I missed two singles in a row…”

"Lipi believes that Wu Sanshi is not advisable, and the reuse of the counterproductive style may be repeating the next Dong Fangzhuo tragedy!"

Until the next day, journalists in China were still full of such arguments.

While receiving respect and praise from their Brazilian counterparts, they felt very comfortable.After all, outside of Asia, these traditional powers in world football have no concept of the strength of this brand new Chinese team.

Asian champion?Is it more delicate than Japanese technology, or better than South Korea?Or is it more iron-blooded than the Iranian style of Persian cavalry?

A 2:2 game let the whole world see the label of this Chinese team - hurry up!

The speed is fast enough to make head-to-head to eat the best running wings of the Brazilian team!
A draw is just the first appearance of Lippi's Chinese team in the world arena.

However, the Chinese media was not satisfied - if Wu Sanshi hadn't missed the shot in stoppage time, a draw would be enough to make everyone happy.

But now, the reporters always have a thorn in their side when exaggerating the victory: If Wu Sanshi grasps that one-shot, maybe we can turn one point into three points.

It was not one or two media that expressed such regrets. First-tier domestic football media such as "Sports Weekly" and "Football News" first expressed such an attitude. It's not like that anymore.

"Where is the crosshair? Wu Sanshi, the most popular fried chicken in the league, has lost three times in two games in the national team!"

"The embarrassment that the overseas students can't hide - the local popular striker's single-handed shooting is amateur level."

"Silver Fox is scheming? Why does Lippi prefer Wu Sanshi?"

When such a title can dominate the screen on the domestic Internet, the pressure on Wu Sanshi can be imagined.

Seeing that his usually relatively quiet Weibo comment area was extremely lively in the past two days, but most of them were bad comments, Wu Sanshi was a little confused.He really didn't have experience in dealing with this kind of scene.It seems that since he played football, whether he was in the Shanghai Chongming Youth Training Base or stepped into the professional arena, he has been going smoothly.He holds the record for the youngest player to play in the Chinese professional league, and has many titles on his head.His mentor, Xu Genbao, the godfather of China's youth training, even said "China's Maradona is here" the first time he saw him playing football.

That's how his nickname came out-until now the domestic media and fans are used to calling him the king of martial arts.

However, with the title of football champion, he naturally has to enjoy the same treatment.Maradona's performance and demeanor on the court will be sought after by many people, but even he has received as much criticism.England fans are the first to bear the brunt, they are the direct victims of Maradona's controversial masterpiece "Hand of God".

But obviously Wu Sanshi wasn't used to it yet. When he was eating, he held chopsticks and looked at the big chunks of chewy beef without any appetite.

Zhou Tiancheng sat at the same table with him, and seeing how naturally he cared about him, Wu Sanshi confessed directly to Zhou Tiancheng that he felt that there was nothing he could not say to Zhou Tiancheng, after all Zhou Tiancheng did not have any pretensions of a star player and gave him a lot of help.

"That's it! Haha, Sanshi, if I were you, I wouldn't take it to heart at all. You're still too young."

Wu Sanshi's eyes lit up: "Brother Cheng, what should I do? I already apologized on Weibo, but it didn't work."

Zhou Tiancheng snorted, fed a piece of meat into his mouth, and then slapped his chopsticks on the table: "I'm so sorry! Sanshi, ask yourself, did you do something wrong? Isn't it just that you didn't enter the single sword?" Well, if you have to apologize for missing a single goal, then football can’t be played. I don’t know how many strikers have to commit suicide every year to apologize.”

Wu Sanshi was stunned for a moment, and smiled wryly: "Brother Cheng, isn't it the same as if you didn't say it? I understand the truth, but the fans and reporters don't care."

"Then let them talk about it. After all, you missed the single-handedly and really wasted the opportunity. Sanshi, football is actually very simple. Strength and facts can determine everything." Zhou Tiancheng smiled: "The key is your own mentality. Don't collapse, next time you will come to a lore, believe it or not? Or this group of people can really praise you as Maradona."

The expression on Wu Sanshi's face relaxed slightly, but then he scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "Brother Cheng, this one-handed...I..."

Zhou Tiancheng understood instantly, and patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, won't we be done if we practice alone again? I'll go to the media to settle it for you, don't worry."

"Thank you, Brother Cheng." Wu Sanshi was overjoyed.

Zhou Tiancheng smiled lightly: "Who made me the captain."

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The second group match of the Chinese team was against Mexico, a frequent visitor to the World Cup from North America. The reporters learned that Wu Sanshi was still on the side of the main lineup through the reports of the team reporters, so in the pre-match press conference, they continued intentionally or unintentionally. Xiang Lipi was entangled with the matter of Wu Sanshi's loss of a single knife. Anyway, as long as there were issues related to Wu Sanshi, he would mention it intentionally or unintentionally, which made Lippi look gloomy and a little unhappy.

Zhou Tiancheng sat next to him, listening to the translator and Lippi talking in a low voice. He heard the translator whisper, "It's really annoying." He smiled and gave Lippi a look to signal him to deal with the reporters.

Lippi is naturally very happy, because there are not only Chinese reporters on the scene, but also reporters from other countries deliberately waiting to pick this thorn to see the jokes of the Chinese team.Zhou Tiancheng took it with confidence, Lippi adjusted his glasses, and showed Zhou Tiancheng an approving expression.

Immediately, Zhou Tiancheng looked at the domestic reporter who asked the question, and asked with a smile, "If I understand correctly, you are worried about Sanshi's condition, right? What is there to worry about? Mr. Pi is here, setting up troops It seems that you don't need to bother about things, do you?"

The attitude was not fierce at all, but when the reporter heard such words, he immediately became embarrassed.Zhou Tiancheng will never pretend to be a good guy, he has always been polite, forceful and restrained, and makes sense in everything he says.

Before the reporter could speak, Zhou Tiancheng continued to look at him, and said to all the reporters: "Sanshi just entered the national team for the first time. After all, he is still a rookie. I don't know why you are so harsh. I heard that he There is a nickname in China 'Maradona of China'. Ha! Maradona has scored a lot of goals, but do you dare to make a summary of the must-have goals he didn't score? I guarantee you will doubt so many I'm afraid I saw a fake football champion in ten years."

The reporter finally seized the opportunity and interjected: "So Zhou Tiancheng, are you here to defend Wu Sanshi? But it's the truth!"

Zhou Tiancheng spread his hands: "I'm not a lawyer, I don't defend anyone, and what I said is true. Sanshi will definitely be excellent, but he needs tolerance, not like you guys who are crazy or have no limit. There are definitely not a few opportunities that Radona wasted. And...hehe, even though he has this nickname, you don’t really regard him as the king of the ball, do you?”

Zhou Tiancheng asked back with a smile, suddenly chilling the atmosphere, not to mention the foreign reporters who were completely on the sidelines, even many Chinese reporters were thinking silently in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)