Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 168
Every international match day, the coach of a strong team like Atletico Madrid is most worried about being attacked by the "FIFA virus". Often after the national team matches, the strong team will experience a low ebb.Simeone was extremely upset when he thought of making trouble on the international match day. After the big away win, he should have used this momentum to strive for a winning streak, but Simeone's idea was naturally impossible to realize.And for an official match like the world preliminaries, the club must unconditionally cooperate with the national team to draw.

Damn FIFA match day!
When Simeone thought of going to the Mestalla Stadium to challenge Valencia after the international match day, he really hated FIFA.

However, Atletico Madrid is not bad. Most of the first-team substitutes of Barcelona and Real Madrid are international players. I don’t know how Valverde and Zidane are feeling...

It is estimated that he has been calm for a long time. As the coach of a super wealthy family, he still has this awareness.

After the league ended, the international players who received the call-up were all preparing to report to the national team, and the topics of getting together before leaving were all related to the world preliminaries of their respective national teams.

It is relatively easy for Saul, Cork and Griezmann to talk about the national team. With the strong strength of Spain and France, entering the World Cup is not a goal at all.Godin and Jimenez are not under much pressure. Uruguay ranks second in South America, with 4.5 places in South America. Although the score is tight, they are likely to take advantage of the strong dialogue with other opponents.

However, the South American region is about to have a big upset. Argentina, the runner-up of the last World Cup, is currently only ranked sixth. If they can't grasp the life-saving straw in the last two rounds, Messi will miss Russia...

There are also people who hide by the side without saying a word, such as Garner's little black Thomas.His national team ranked third with only four points in Group E of the African region. Only the top of each group in the African region can qualify. The situation is not optimistic.

While packing up his things, Wen Zhihao listened to the group of people discussing with gusto, and interjected: "You guys are really idle, is it a problem for you to win the World Cup? I think it would be interesting if you discuss who will win the championship."

Kirk immediately turned his head and said to Wen Zhihao: "Wen, you are welcome to come to Russia and cheer for me. I will cover the tickets for you."

Wen Zhihao raised his head and snorted softly, and said, "I will go to Russia, but not to be a spectator. Get ready to meet my challenge, Jorge."

The people in the room were all attracted by Wen Zhihao's words, as if they heard something very novel, they looked at Wen Zhihao with strange and crazy eyes.

"Wen, as someone who has experienced this, I have to tell you that there is a gap between ideal and reality." Torres acted as Wen Zhihao's mentor beside him.

Griezmann also said a "truth" next to him: "Wen, I believe that with your joining, the Chinese team will be stronger. But participating in the World Cup... forgive me for not having enough imagination."

Cork walked up to Wen Zhihao face to face, and said, "Then I'll wait for you in Russia, Wen. However, we are the champions of the World Cup and the European Cup. Have you really made up your mind?"

Wen Zhihao dragged his suitcase before leaving, turned around and said to everyone: "I hope we can meet in Russia. Anthony, I will give you a good fill of your imagination when the time comes."

Sitting on the plane back home, Wen Zhihao seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, and his heart was not at peace.How could he not hear his teammates belittle and underestimate the Chinese team?He didn't resent his teammates. This is the debt owed by the national team away from the center of world football.As a player, he is also powerless to fundamentally change, but the national team's world preliminaries are within his capabilities.

Must go to Russia!

Wen Zhihao closed his eyes, but his hands clenched into fists...

The last two rounds of the top twelve games of the Chinese team are against Uzbekistan at home on August 8, which is also the last home game of the national football team in the top twelve games. On September 31, the Chinese team will go to Doha to face Qatar in the final match.

Since Wen Zhihao returned to the national team and Lippi established him as the offensive core, the national team has counterattacked from the bottom of the group to third place, only three points away from the second-ranked South Korean team, and one point ahead of Uzbekistan.Greatly stimulated fans' desire to pay attention to the national team.

Even the most experienced national football irons can't find it in their memory for such a soul-stirring counterattack road.

Wen Zhihao was picked up and sought after by a large number of media and fans at Wuhan International Airport. The photos of him appearing at the airport were immediately posted on the portal website, with various headlines from major media.Headlines like "Continue to Write Miracles", "Dreams Come into Reality" and "Last Fight, Never Give Up" can be seen everywhere, as if the Chinese team has already won.

The reality is that even if the Chinese team sits at home, this game will be destined to be a tough one.

First of all, the Chinese team preparing for the last two games in this period is not well-organized, especially in the midfield.Liang Xin, who played the absolute main force in PSV Eindhoven, suffered a muscle strain in the just-concluded Eredivisie and will be resting for half a month.Just got off the roster for this competition.Another international player, Huang Bowen, was also injured in the league and was reimbursed for the season.Wen Zhihao suddenly lost two helpers in the national team.Especially without Liang Xin's interception behind Wen Zhihao, Wen Zhihao can only rely on Zheng Zhi in the space behind Wen Zhihao. Whether he can stop Uzbekistan is a problem.

The second reason is also the view held by a few less optimistic media.Since the 02 World Cup generation, national teams at all levels have basically never taken advantage of this Central Asian wolf.

Even, in the past ten years, the Chinese team's tragic exits in major competitions have been thanks to this opponent twice.

In the 2007 Asian Cup among the four countries in Southeast Asia, after the Chinese team beat Malaysia and drew with Iran, they only needed to draw with Uzbekistan to qualify.However, the Uzbeks sent the Chinese team out with a 0:3.

In the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup, the Chinese team met Uzbekistan again in the final round.This time the situation has become that the Chinese team needs to win, and the goal difference is more than two goals to qualify.After nine and 10 minutes of ups and downs and a 2:2 draw, the Chinese team fell to the same opponent for the second time. Hao Junmin's elevator free kick was one of the few bright spots.

Perhaps in recent years, the Chinese team faced Uzbekistan. The most beautiful game was the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia. The Chinese team met Uzbekistan in the Asian Cup group stage three times in a row.There are only three things, and this time it is the Chinese team that won. The 2:1 reversal directly determined the Chinese team to qualify first in the group.

However, this is also the only victory that the Chinese team has achieved against Uzbekistan in the past ten years.Moreover, in the first round of the Top [-] match, the Uzbeks immediately avenged the Asian Cup at home, and the hat of nemesis was not taken off.

This is not counting the repeated fights between national echelon teams at all levels, and it is even more difficult for the Chinese team to win.

Facing this nemesis who has almost lost every battle in the past ten years, despite Wen Zhihao, the fans are full of confidence, but the team's preparations are quite cautious.

Such an attitude was unexpectedly affirmed by most people.Be careful when sailing for ten thousand years, for fear that the team will drift along with the tide of public opinion. Tragedy often begins with underestimating the enemy.

(End of this chapter)