Football irons are burning

Chapter 299 Who is better, Zidane or Li Tie?

As the captain of the national football team, Li Tie's Jianlibao, which was under Zhu Huguang's command, also had a good relationship with Lao Zhu.

Therefore, in this warm-up match, he came back to support Lao Zhu.

In fact, it does not make much difference whoever is the head coach. The strength of the current national team is indeed very strong. In addition, Li Tie himself is a qualified head coach on the field. Therefore, Li Tie also supports Lao Zhu as the head coach.

Of course, Li Tie also has a certain purpose. The more familiar he is as the head coach, the better it is for him, and the more he has the right to speak.

Foreign coaches don't necessarily listen to Li Tie, and if domestic coaches have problems, Li Tie can also intervene to keep the national football team from going astray.

Although Li Tie didn't want to be a football bully, but in a special environment, Li Tie decided to forcibly carry the banner of Chinese football.

The national football roster this time also has a large number of Lao Zhu's old clubs, and veterans General Fan, Wei Daxia, and Ma Mingyu all withdrew from the national team, and the vacancies they left behind were filled by Jianlibao's old club.

Because of the change in professionalization, these Jianlibao players have gained a lot of opportunities to play, and their strength has steadily improved. Although it is not a big improvement, their strength is still qualified to be a rotation player for the national team.

In addition, a large number of young players were also recruited into the national team by Lao Zhu for a comprehensive inspection.

After the national team was concentrated, Zhu Huguang issued his first national team coaching declaration.

"They're all here, not bad, not bad, they're all spirited guys."

Zhu Huguang's first sentence still made everyone laugh. These are indeed spirited guys, young and in good shape.

"I'm very glad that we can cooperate. Many people are brought out by me and are familiar with each other. I won't say much. Our current status is already the world champion. Then, we must not lose the face of the champion in the future. Therefore, everyone must continue to work hard, keep on cheering, and carry the flag of the national football team forever."

After Zhu Huguang finished speaking, everyone started applauding.

Li Tie also said afterwards: "Yes, from now on we will take care of the boss Zhu, boss, don't worry, we will definitely do our best and will not be sorry for this jersey."

With Li Tie's support, Zhu Huguang nodded very satisfied, and then let the team start training.

A day later, the Chinese team played against Uruguay at home.

Both teams are participating in the World Cup. Although Uruguay failed to qualify for the group stage, their performance was actually pretty good.

Recoba and Fran, both started to enter a relatively good career.

As for the purpose of this warm-up, of course, it is also to exaggerate the glory of the world champion and find a former world champion. This competition also has gimmicks, which are easy to attract the audience.

Sure enough, the tickets for the warm-up match were sold out, and it was hard to get a ticket, and the organizing committee made a lot of money.

The game was held in Gongti. Amidst the shouts of the home fans, the Chinese team launched a fierce attack at the beginning.

The result of the game was quite impressive. The Chinese team defeated Uruguay 2:0.

This game has indeed achieved the purpose of comprehensively examining the players. Some young players have performed very well, which makes people feel that the Chinese team has successors.

Li Tie only played for 20 minutes before going down to rest, sitting on the bench while watching the game and chatting.

The Chinese team's style of play is indeed very aggressive, and the restrictions on the Uruguayan team are still very good, especially the on-the-spot counter-grab in the frontcourt, which caught the opponent by surprise.

This also disrupted the rhythm of the Uruguay team very well, and the game was always controlled by the Chinese team.

Of course, the strength of this national team is many times higher than that of another time and space, so Lao Zhu's mad dog style of play also has sufficient conditions to support it.

In addition, the team's game experience is also very rich, so the opponent has been suppressed.

After the game, Lao Zhu was also satisfied with the result of the game, and exaggerated his tactics at the press conference.

The opponent also complimented the Chinese team. In fact, in terms of strength, Uruguay is not far behind. If they really compete in the World Cup, I am afraid that the Chinese team will not be so easy.

And that night, Lao Zhu was officially appointed as the new head coach of the Chinese national team. Of course, his salary is not as high as that of foreign teachers. Is this probably one of the goals of the Football Association?

Lao Zhu then formed his own coaching team, all domestic coaches, which basically got rid of Rehhagel's shadow.

Regarding the coaching change, the media naturally made some comments, both good and bad.

Some criticize the Football Association for being conservative, and some think that domestic coaches can also try. Anyway, there are different opinions, but no one can change the result.

Lao Zhu's first task is to defend the Asian Cup in 2004. If he completes it, he will have the opportunity to lead the team to defend the World Cup.

I guess this task is fine.

Li Tie returned to Manchester United after completing the national team's game mission.

Manchester United's situation is not bad, there are no injured players.

The FIFA virus finally did not affect Manchester United.

In the 5th round of the league, Manchester United defeated Bolton 4:0 at home. The five-game winning streak in the league continued to show off in the Premier League.

Bolton's strength is not good, and this kind of relegation team is naturally not Manchester United's opponent.

Li Tie continued to play the whole game, scored another hat-trick, and continued to lead the scorer list personally.

Three days later, the team swept Leeds United 0:5 in the away game, continuing the winning streak.

This Leeds United team is no longer the Young Guards of the year, with a serious loss of players and financial difficulties.

In fact, the Leeds United team in this time and space is still struggling a bit. If it weren't for the players lost over the years, their finances would have collapsed long ago, and they are still mixed up to now.

Not long after the start of the game, Li Tie went straight to Van Nistelrooy, and Van Nistelrooy scored from the penalty area.

At 10 minutes, Li Tie fell in the penalty area and won a penalty.

At this time, in order to express dissatisfaction with the referee, there was an incident of fans throwing objects on the court, and Li Tie was almost hit.

The game was interrupted for a while.

This is a manifestation of the mentality imbalance of the fans of the home team. Facing the deadly enemy, who can stand being suppressed like this?
After the game resumed, Li Tie scored the penalty kick himself.

Afterwards, Manchester United continued to score crazy goals. Li Tie's flexibility in the frontcourt made it impossible for the opponent to let go. Although he only scored one goal in this game, Scholes scored a hat-trick. Their cooperation was very tacit, and Jiangtou played very comfortably.

Facts have proved that Scholes is indeed an excellent midfielder.

The fly in the ointment was that De Jong elbowed the opponent's villain Bowyer before the end of the game. The two then scuffled together and both received red cards and were expelled.

This guy's villainous nature is very obvious, and Bowyer didn't take advantage of it. He was even KO'd by De Jong at one point, and he lost again.

For the next game, Ferguson will have to consider the midfielder again.

De Jong's temper is quite in line with Manchester United's tradition, and Manchester United has never lacked villains.

After six consecutive victories, the team continued to refresh the league's best start record.

In contrast, the opponent is somewhat unsatisfactory.

排在第二的阿森纳4胜1平1负只有13分，落后曼联5分，而切尔西更是3胜2平1负，只有11分。

How can they compete for the championship after being left behind so much at the beginning?

Therefore, the media is still overwhelmingly optimistic about Manchester United, believing that the suspense of this season's championship has disappeared.

All these changes come from one person——Li Tie!
On September 9, Manchester United traveled to Greece to participate in the first game of the Champions League group stage.

The Manchester United team continues to rotate, and this year the rotation can be carried out to the end.

The strength of AEK Athens is indeed not good. Not long after the start, Ruud van Nistelrooy took Fletcher's long flyer and went in to score.

Before halftime, Li Tie's long-range shot hit the opponent's player, and Li Tie scored a penalty kick, 0:2!

In the second half, the Manchester United team restrained a lot. Now that the team is fighting on multiple lines, there will still be some physical problems. Therefore, in this case, shrinking is a better result.

The home team took the opportunity to press out and attack, which gave Manchester United more opportunities to counterattack.

Van Nistelrooy scored two more goals in the second half and staged a hat-trick. In the end, Manchester United beat AEK Athens with 4 goals in an away game and won their first victory in the Champions League this season.

Of course, such a victory does not mean much. Real Madrid and Roma should also easily defeat the Athens AEK team. The match between the three teams is the key.

The next night, Real Madrid also defeated Roma 4-0 at the Bernabéu Stadium and tied for the top spot with Manchester United.

In this game, Real Madrid's control was also very strong, and their defense was also very strong, which did not give Roma too many opportunities.

Zidane also completely vented his disappointment in the World Cup on the Roma team. During the whole game, he was like a god descending from the earth, playing with the Roma team's midfielder.

The only one who performed poorly is probably Ronaldo. After the World Cup, Ronaldo gained a lot of weight again. He wasted many opportunities in the game and was replaced very early.

For a while, the topic of who is the successor to the world champion between Zidane and Li Tie was brought up again.

But is this topic actually important?
Zidane is 30 years old, and Li Tie is only 25 years old. Zidane played in midfield, but where has Li Tie not played?

As for honors, both of them have a World Cup champion, while Li Tie has three Champions League trophies. It seems that Li Tie is better in this regard, right?

However, Real Madrid will indeed become Manchester United's biggest enemy in the Champions League this season. Their state is so good, this is not an easy opponent to deal with.

In the next game, the two sides will meet at Old Trafford. If Manchester United cannot win the opponent, then qualifying for the group will cast a shadow.

(End of this chapter)