Tianjiao midfielder

Chapter 131 On the Edge of the Cliff
After replacing the entire centerline axis, Hoffenheim’s offense became much more three-dimensional. At least in terms of offense, Hoffenheim’s sensibility was much better. In the final stoppage time, Szaloy scored the first goal of the season with a corner kick to help the team win the game and advance to the next round of the German Cup with difficulty.

After the game, Chen Feng arrived in Changsha by plane immediately. Although he didn't get a chance to play in the German Cup, this allowed Chen Feng to return to China immediately with better physical fitness. When he returned to Changsha, he didn't need to take extra rest time to start running-in training with the national team immediately.

"Chen Feng?" Hearing someone calling himself, Chen Feng looked up, and it turned out that he happened to meet Zheng Zhi, a newly recruited teammate. Although he was 36 years old and close to 37 years old, and when Zheng Zhi debuted, it was popular in domestic football to change his age. Changing his age to make people think that he had great potential, so as to get more opportunities to play and better contracts. This is not to say that Zheng Zhi changed his age, but it shows that Zheng Zhi is at least 36 years old. The appearance is really respectable: "Brother Zheng Zhi, oh, no, it should be the captain."

Zheng Zhi walked over and patted Chen Feng on the shoulder with a smile: "Don't call me captain, call me elder brother. I am no longer the captain of the national team. The current captain is my teammate Feng Xiaoting. I will introduce you to the locker room later. You probably don't know much about domestic players. After all, you are not a player registered in China. By the way, you don't know. The association reported the name, but there is no information at all. You only got the information after you went to Germany and went to the domestic football association to get it done. They worked hard for a long time to contact you, hahahahaha, ouch, it makes me want to laugh.

"Hahahaha..." Chen Feng laughed awkwardly. He didn't expect that Zheng Zhi, who was always said to be a football master, would be such a talkative person. From the door to the locker room, Zheng Zhi kept pulling Chen Feng to chat about some interesting stories about the national team and some funny stories about domestic football. Although Chen Feng had never met the teammates of the national team, he probably had some basic understanding in his heart.

In the locker room, under the introduction of the current national team captain Feng Xiaoting, Chen Feng got to know the teammates of the national team one by one. Although the atmosphere in the national football team is not particularly good, it is not as harmonious as the club, but it is not as rumored. When they meet each other, they will greet each other with a smile and a joke. Some who have entered the national team once or twice will of course find more club members and former teammates.

Chen Feng started training with the big team that night without much rest. On October [-]th, he will officially face Syria in the third round of the World Preliminaries Asia Top [-] in Changsha. Syria is one of the weakest opponents in Group A of the national football team.

The day before the match against Syria, Gao Hongbo and the coaching staff announced the 18-man roster for the match against Syria: Goalkeepers: Yan Junling, Gu Chao

Defenders: Ren Hang, Zhang Chengdong, Zhang Linpeng, Feng Xiaoting, Jiang Zhipeng, Dewey

Midfielders: Zhang Xizhe, Cai Huikang, Hao Junmin, Sun Ke, Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi

Forwards: Gao Lin, Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning, Yang Xu

As the most valuable player in the national football team and the only one in the five major leagues, Chen Feng did not appear on the big list. This surprised the fans of the national football team. They thought that Chen Feng would definitely be arranged to play when Chen Feng was called back.

In the pre-match interview, the media immediately interviewed Gao Hongbo: "May I ask why Chen Feng was not included in the squad against Syria this time? We must know that the previous two games against South Korea and Iran were due to the lack of hardness in the midfield, so the football could not pass the halftime, and often even had no chance to counterattack. Isn't Chen Feng called back from Europe to solve the midfield problem?"

"We definitely recruited Chen Feng to help solve some problems in the midfield, but after all, Chen Feng just came back from Europe. After a round of intense matches, his physical condition is not ideal, and Chen Feng has been in the national team for a relatively short time. The problem of running in with his teammates is a problem, so we can't let Chen Feng play immediately. This is irresponsible to the players." Gao Hongbo replied.

"But you must know that this game is a game that absolutely cannot be lost. If there is no Chen Feng, what should the midfield do? What if we still lose control? We must know that our winning rate in Changsha is very high. Is it because we want to win the game by deliberately arranging this game in Changsha? If it is because of this, why not go to Chen Feng?" Obviously the reporter did not intend to let Gao Hongbo go.

"I believe in my players. Please also trust my players. They are all top domestic players. Although they are indeed not as good as European stars, they have rich game experience and have been working together for a long time. The cooperation between them has passed the test of time. I must ensure that my players can play the best skills and tactics. That's why I didn't bring Chen Feng. Chen Feng has just returned to China and has just joined the national team. His position in the middle is very important. He needs to cooperate well with his teammates. Can I say this? Do you understand? I hope your next question is a constructive one. If you still struggle with this question, you don’t need to ask any more.” It seems that after the national team’s attitude has become more gentle, many media have forgotten that Gao Hongbo was a well-known head coach with personality in the league back then. He often got angry with referees and the media.

(End of this chapter)