Grass roots glory

Chapter 857 Surprise or surprise?
The attention received before the game between China and Colombia was extraordinary.

With the end of the two rounds of the group stage, the qualifying situation of each group is basically clear.

Except for the Chinese team, the other Asian teams in each group basically have nothing to do with qualifying.

Australia, the "outsider" in Group B, lost 2:3 to the Netherlands in the second round, which is not ugly, but the result of the two-game losing streak has declared that they still have to pack up and go home.

In Group F, the Iranian team showed the tenacity of the Persian cavalry, drawing against Nigeria in the first round, and they were almost able to draw with the star-studded Argentina in the second round.It's a pity that it was still a little bit worse-persisted until the first minute of stoppage time, and still lost to Messi's master-like fatal blow from outside the penalty area.In the first two rounds, there was a draw and a loss. In the last round, we not only had to grab three points from Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also had to fight for a big victory to get enough goal difference...Facing Pjanic, Dzeko, Ibisevic and other five major league stars Leading Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a good result not to hang up on the goal account at the end of the three group matches and go home.

As for Japan, which represented Asia, this round was rubbed against the floor by Algeria from North Africa, and fell behind 0:4 at one point. Even if it broke out and scored two goals in the second half, one foot was already on the edge of the cliff.

So in Cuiaba, the Chinese team held a press conference before the game. There were many Europeans and Americans who couldn't tell the difference, but the Chinese reporters looked rather wretched, with narrow eyes and East Asian faces that were not of my race.

Of course, most of them are Japanese journalists.There are no Koreans in this World Cup at all, and they were "squeezed" out by the Chinese team. With the piss of the kimchi country, they will definitely not come to join the fun of the Chinese team at this time.

Of course, the game will still be broadcast, but like the Chinese media in the past, they have nothing to do with their own national team, and even send a reporting team of dozens of people to the front to report in an all-round way. They will definitely not be able to do it.

If there is something wrong with Zhou Tiancheng, it's really hard to say. Koreans have always been the most active in the matter of "recognition of relatives".

In this regard, the Japanese reporters present were much more pleasing to the eye, at least they were given enough respect, not only for Lippi and Zhou Tiancheng who were present at the scene, but also for all the reporters present.Whenever they see their counterparts in China, Japanese journalists always praise without hesitation: "China is great! Zhou Tiancheng [thumbs up]"

In fact, this scene has been staged more than once in Brazil this time.It should be said that the experience of this World Cup is an experience in which the self-confidence and pride of these Chinese football reporters exploded.However, after being praised so many times, the praise received by Japanese colleagues is still somewhat different from the praise received by European and American journalists.

For well-known reasons, it is difficult to express our feelings about this small island country in a few words.

In fact, the Chinese reporters really wanted to say that we have more than Zhou Tiancheng, but after thinking about it, they still didn’t say that. The national team has always lacked a business card. As the captain of the national team, Zhou Tiancheng should be a representative figure.

Before the game, the Japanese reporter asked Lippi very tactfully: "Mr. Lippi, what do you think, next you may even have the opportunity to fight against your old friend Mr. Prandelli in the World Cup knockout round?"

Lippi smiled after listening to the translation, and replied calmly: "If there is such a game, then I have no friendship with him. At least until the end of the game, I am [-]% Chinese. It will motivate my players to go all out to win. But it’s too early, for us it doesn’t matter who the opponent is, the important thing is that the next knockout match, we are ready to go to Rio.”

In the press conference hall, Chinese journalists couldn't help but burst into applause.

The quarter-finals of the first group C will be held in Rio.Lippi had a showdown without hesitation.

Just so confident.

The pre-match prediction was half right. Lippi did adjust five positions in the starting lineup. Midfielder Hao Junmin was removed, and local midfielder Wu Xi from Jiangsu Sainty replaced him in the starting lineup.In addition, Chen Pengfei, who played two consecutive games on the left side, was also removed, and Ji Xiang replaced him in the starting lineup on this side.

Of course, Lippi still has ideas about this game, so Zhou Tiancheng is unshakeable.

What surprised He Wei, the commentator for this game, is that the position of the goalkeeper has not changed.The two local goalkeepers Zeng Cheng and Wang Dalei brought in have yet to get a chance to play in this kind of game. It seems that it is a pity for these two older goalkeepers. It seems that they are going to sit on the bench.

What they didn't know was that Lippi said to everyone in the locker room when everyone was about to play: "In this game, the result is second. I hope to see you show your abilities."

Zhou Tiancheng turned his head and said quietly to Mingtao, "Xiaotao, I have some ideas, let's work harder this time."

Suddenly saying that, Ming Tao was confused: "What's the matter, Brother Cheng, I'm holding the team back?"

Zhou Tiancheng shook his head lightly: "That's not true, but do you think you have any sense of existence after playing two games? Pengfei kicked out, and Sanshi was just almost lucky. You played in Europe."

Ming Tao spread his hands: "Then should I blame you? With a bug like you controlling the midfield, what else is there for me?"

Zhou Tiancheng smiled: "Then I'll give you a chance to show off."

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Neither side had the actual pressure to advance or be eliminated, so the game was open to each other. Zhou Tiancheng intercepted Quintero's direct pass in midfield, and after getting up, his long shot was blocked. The first time to return to the defense and press, let Colombia counterattack through the midfield at the first time.

"This is indeed not the best Chinese team. Lippi still has some reservations, which can be seen from Zhou's running." Marcel Leif, who has watched three Chinese team games, is confident enough to make such an assertion .

Even the Colombian players themselves didn't expect it to be so smooth. They made a quick pass from the bottom, and Jackson Martinez, the center high center, headed the ball straight to the near corner.

"Danger!"

Almost as soon as He Wei finished speaking, Ming Tao slapped the ball from the goal line with one palm.

"Oh, good job Mingtao! The response was quick, but the alarm has not been lifted yet."

He Wei just yelled half a sentence, the ball bounced near the bottom line, Falcao followed up and shot from a small angle.

Ming Tao subconsciously hit a carp to seal the near corner, and stretched his legs to block the ball from the bottom line.

"Oh! Beautiful! Beautiful! It's the perfect time for Mingtao to be in a good state today!"

After Ming Tao got up, he clenched his fists and yelled deliberately. This was a kind of self-motivation, and it was also an answer to Zhou Tiancheng-see, buddy can do it!
But at this time the camera took a close-up of him, and immediately turned to Pekerman, who was stomping on the Colombian coach's bench. It’s not clear when he will use his full strength, but this hurdle in front of the door, seeing that he is not in his plan, is it a surprise or a surprise? Haha!”

(End of this chapter)