Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 378 The Eve of the World Cup

According to media rumors, Domenech is very superstitious. He himself has a deep study of astrology, which is what we Chinese commonly call a magic stick.

This is probably why the Chinese media joked about Domenech's thoughts.

But superstition is something that Zhang Yuan discovered after he came abroad that the Chinese may be quite unsuperstitious, and he found that foreigners may be even more superstitious.

Like him in the Schalke 04 team, many teammates are superstitious about God, and church tax is indispensable. Some of them will seriously pray before the game. Zhang Yuan is skeptical about the effect, but this is not the case. It's none of his business.

Even if Domenech is really superstitious, it seems that being the head coach of the national team is not unacceptable to the public, otherwise the French Football Association would have kicked him out long ago. Being a head coach mainly depends on the results. There is a World Cup runner-up at the bottom, the most important thing is that he has experienced 08 Despite the disastrous defeat at the European Cup in [-], the French Football Association still trusts him very much. The public may also hope that Domenech's superstition can get an idea and really bring the French team a championship.

This time, Evelyn went to China with him when he returned to China. Zhang Yuan will not be as quiet as before when he returns to China. Even the quiet time is quite limited. Evelyn has to help him arrange some activities.

As for Degan, there is no need at all. With his outstanding performance in the past two years, Degan has grown gratifyingly and won the favor of Brazil coach Dunga again.

Dunga was originally optimistic about Degan, but during the 2008 Olympic team selection period, Degan was too seriously interfered by off-court factors and eventually lost the selection.

Degan's performance in the friendly match against Ireland at the beginning of the year impressed Dunga. Dunga finally decided to bring Degan to the World Cup stage this time, and Degan's brother Kaka was also called up. This will be a good story.

It is estimated that Digan will not have too many arrangements before the training camp. In terms of influence, he is far behind Zhang Yuan.

In the Schalke 04 team, Digan is not the only one who will participate in the World Cup. Zhang Yuan's friend Neuer will also participate in the World Cup in South Africa.

He is lucky. The German team does not lack goalkeepers. The old goalkeeper Kahn retired, but there are also Mesozoic goalkeepers Wiese and Enke. However, the younger goalkeepers are more talented and capable.

Leverkusen's goal guarded by Adler is the second-least conceded goal this season. Who is the first?
It's Neuer and Bout, but Bout more or less has a group of star defenders helping, but Neuer doesn't, this season the central defender Digan is the most reliable, but the other central defenders and full backs are not so reliable , and Schalke 04's defense is young and inexperienced, but Neuer has conceded the fewest goals behind such a defense line. I have to say that he is indeed very capable.

In the face of the outstanding Neuer and Adler, the old goalkeeper Butlev didn't want to take it, which is meaningless, because it is not the original 2006, that is Lehmann and Kahn are still very good goalkeepers.

Bout is not so good in Loew's eyes, he prefers to choose Adler, Neuer and Wiese.

As the main goalkeeper, he is more willing to give the young Adler and Neuer a chance, but these two people are not easy to choose. At the beginning of March, he still preferred Adler at that time, thinking that Adler was more mature and stable, but just now Turning to April, he felt that Neuer was good, and it was really hard to make up his mind.

Later, in mid-April, Adler was seriously injured in the league against Stuttgart. The World Cup was hopeless. While expressing his pity, Loew had already decided to use Neuer as the main goalkeeper.

Bout, who he didn't want to bring, also came in as a substitute. The team had to prepare three goalkeepers, and Neuer got the No. 1 that got his wish.

As for the other teammates, except for one Matip who was selected for the Cameroon national team, no player appeared on the stage of this World Cup.

This also shows the status quo of Schalke 04. After winning the championship, the player's ability is still not recognized much
Zhang Yuan, who can be recognized, is limited by the early exit of the Chinese team. He absolutely does not have his share on this big stage. Kuranyi also performed well, but he and Love have already become deadlocked. It is impossible for Love to call him. Höwedes and Westermann also have opportunities as defenders, but they are actually panacea in Magath first, and their characteristics are very unclear.

In the position of central defender, this season can only be said to be okay, and Loew has good reasons not to choose them.

Like Zhang Yuan, Rakitic never qualified for his national team.

The others are some teenagers, veterans, and substitutes, and there is no chance. Jones was originally a good candidate, but unfortunately he sat on the bench after returning from injury. Magath was reluctant to use him. The two have problems getting along.

Back in China, Zhang Yuan and Gao Jun immediately participated in the training camp of the national team, still in their old place of Shanghai.

The friendly match arrangement of the Chinese team is not suitable for Zhang Yuan and the others who are working hard in Europe. Originally, the national team will have a friendly match in June, but considering that Zhang Yuan and his team need to rest at the end of the season, Coach Gao only asks Zhang Yuan and Gao Jun to only play against each other. Verkusen, France two games.

After Zhang Yuan arrived, Coach Gao also specially talked to Zhang Yuan. In fact, there was nothing to order. He just had a face-to-face understanding of Zhang Yuan's situation abroad, and congratulated Zhang Yuan for winning the Bundesliga championship.

Coach Gao told Zhang Yuan that the main purpose of coming back is to have more joint training with the team, and the game is not that important.

Zhang Yuan agrees with this. He spends too little time training with his national team teammates. He needs a tacit understanding of the team on the court. Without a tacit understanding, it is difficult to achieve any major events.

Zhang Yuan was also very busy during the training period. If he had to deal with the media allowed by the national team, he really wanted to refuse, but he was also worried that others would say that he was playing big names. You must know that the Chinese media are best at doing this, and he has been fooled before , but that was abroad. Now in China, if he refuses with the permission of the team leader and the coach, that would be a disrespectful attitude. Shao Jia carefully warned Zhang Yuan not to do such a thing.

Evelyn is still busy with his commercial contract issues. After winning the league championship, more companies come to Zhang Yuan, and his price is getting higher and higher. The contract that Qian Huan and the others signed with Zhang Yuan is about to expire. .

Their car sales have gradually improved. Qian Huan called Zhang Yuan and said that he would continue to find Zhang Yuan to speak for him. Pursue a lot.

Evelyn was very opposed to his behavior. She told Zhang Yuan that business was business, and it was best not to mix it with friendship. Zhang Yuan almost wanted to laugh.

Zhang Yuan went abroad when he was not very old, but it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t understand many Chinese ways of life. On the contrary, his parents, sisters, and brothers-in-law often tell him that although his parents are small farmers, his sister and brother-in-law are not. There are many pitfalls that I have suffered.

Evelyn is not very stubborn, she declared, "It's not in my interest anyway, you have the final say!"

On May 5, the national team ushered in the visiting Leverkusen team in Jiangyin. To be precise, it was Leverkusen's second team. The first team was on holiday, so of course the second team came.

The Chinese team finally won the opponent 3:0 at home. Zhang Yuan did not perform very well in the game. After the end of the season, he relaxed both mentally and physically. He did not take this kind of friendly match very seriously, but he In the game, he still scored a goal, and it was a header that he was not very good at.

Coach Gao is not very satisfied with the state of Zhang Yuan and Gao Jun, but he understands that after all, they have just finished a busy season and their physical condition is indeed not good.

Chinese football is not good, there are many people who comment on football. You can’t say that Chinese people don’t understand football. In fact, there are still many people who understand football. After this game, many media praised Zhang Yuan for the national team. Different, on the other hand, I also think that Zhang Yuan doesn't seem to have a good run-in with the team, the tacit understanding is not high, and the state is not good.

Most netizens don’t see it that way. They can see that Zhang Yuan can score a goal. The fans even cheered when Zhang Yuan got the ball. 3:0 Everyone thinks this is the actual effect brought by Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan read many comments from netizens and could only smile wryly in his heart. His playing in Schalke 04 and playing in the national team are two different concepts. If he really wants to have an effect, he has to further integrate into it. , In fact, he has not brought many changes to the national team now.

After playing the Leverkusen game, Zhang Yuan got a three-day rest. He returned home non-stop to visit his parents and family whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

(End of this chapter)