Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 342 "The First Fan" is Coming

Throughout the game, Lippi kept talking with his assistant Madaloni, focusing on the defense of the Chinese team in the next game. The coaching staff must focus on research after returning.

So far, the Belgian team is the team with the strongest offensive ability. Including this game, they scored a total of twelve goals in four games!The average number of goals per game reached three!Even against a strong team like England in the group stage, Belgium also scored two goals. Facing weaker teams like Panama and Tunisia, Belgium did not give their best. Both games were 3:0.

Such offensive ability is undoubtedly a severe test for the Chinese team's defense.

In the past four games, the impression left by the Chinese team is that their offensive ability is outstanding, and the "weak front" phenomenon that has plagued the national team for many years no longer exists.It shows that the defense line of the national team is only at the forefront of Asia. Facing a world-class striker, the problem is still very big.

Lippi, you have tried your best to stimulate the state of each player to the best. The fundamental problem is still that these players have too few real high-level games. Lippi is actually using his contacts before the start of the World Cup. He hopes to send several young defenders he is very optimistic about to the five major league platforms for training, but it cannot solve the upcoming challenges of the Chinese team for the time being.Therefore, the focus of Lippi's next game is still not defense, but still emphasizes daring to attack and fighting against opponents for offensive efficiency.

This is a last resort strategy, but it has won widespread praise for the Chinese team in the eyes of the media.In addition to facing Germany in the group stage, the Chinese team chose to fully defend due to the gap in strength and the objective pressure to qualify. Against Mexico and Brazil, the traditional World Cup teams, the Chinese team showed absolutely extraordinary offensive courage.In the eyes of most of the media, as a quasi-rookie Asian team returning to the World Cup stage, it is indeed not easy to overwhelm the strong European and American teams in the offensive!
After the results of the match were announced, major bookmakers successively offered odds for winning or losing the four quarter-final matches. It is worth mentioning that since the start of the World Cup, the winning odds of the Chinese team were lower than that of their opponents for the first time. It can also be seen that although Belgium’s offense is fierce, the bookmakers’ eyes on the Chinese team have also changed. Obviously, the series of performances of the Chinese team before earned enough impression points. further?
The gaming companies have fully learned the lessons of the previous games, and they also saw that the Chinese team has the attribute of being strong when they encounter strong ones, so they decisively changed the direction of this game, and they are collectively optimistic about the victory of the Chinese team.

After such odds are announced, it will inevitably attract a new round of ridicule from Chinese fans. In the years when Chinese football was hopeless, there was a popular saying among fans: If starting from 2004, buying the Chinese team to lose every game, now you can buy a house in the second ring of BJ.

As long as you have a little understanding of China's real estate market, you will know how stable the national team's losses have been in the past ten years.

From the 2004 Asian Cup final loss at home to the current World Cup, Chinese fans have been suffering. The rationality and authenticity of this statement are secondary, and it is more about the fans' hatred of iron and steel.

So after the odds of this game were announced, the domestic Internet was instantly blown up, and many fans showed their talents in the online space.

"Ah? I'm not mistaken! The Chinese team's odds are actually lower than their opponents? Make money by betting on the national football team with your eyes closed. This golden rule doesn't work anymore?"

"Hahaha! A word to those who have been buying the national team and losing all these years, they always have to pay back when they come out to play! I used to buy the national team and lose, and earned enough to buy a house. If I have the ability to continue to buy the national team and lose! But a friendly reminder, keep enough for your own life-saving money, because... you may go bankrupt!"

"Nimma! I can finally say with confidence that I have been pressing for the national team to win! The Chinese team, do you dare to continue to be awesome?"

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Although the fans were excited a day earlier, the national team players turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window and focused on preparing for the next opponent.

In the next game, the Chinese team will play in Moscow. This is the first time that the Chinese team will play in the capital of Russia in this World Cup.However, the venue of the game is not the stadium that hosts the final, but the Spartak Moscow Stadium, which is the home of the Russian Super League giant Spartak Moscow.

After the match against Brazil, the Chinese team only rested for half a day before flying non-stop from Sochi to Moscow to make adaptive preparations in advance.

At the same time, when the Chinese team first arrived in Moscow, the last team to advance to the quarter-finals of this World Cup was produced. Colombia and England scored 1:1 in regular time, and there was no achievement in overtime. They could only enter a cruel penalty shootout.

Colombia's five players all hit penalty kicks, while Rashford, the fourth player in the England team, kicked a goalpost. A key goalpost is the distance between heaven and hell. In the end, Colombia entered the quarter-finals for two consecutive World Cups with a total score of 6:5.

But on this night, the players of the Chinese team, who were already preparing to rest, were temporarily notified to hold a meeting!
The team members originally thought that the tactical analysis meeting was held, but it turned out that Lippi did not preside over the meeting, but the national team leader Liu Dianqiu. This surprised everyone, and they didn't know what they were going to do. Did they glance at Wen Zhihao with questioning eyes.Wen Zhihao shrugged his shoulders, he doesn't know how to predict, how could he guess such an emergency.

Liu Dianqiu made a long story short: "I'm sorry to delay everyone's rest time, but I would like to inform you of something. I just received a notification from the General Administration that due to your outstanding performance in this World Cup, the person at the top will come to visit you tomorrow. I hope you can adjust your state and show your best mental outlook."

As soon as this sentence fell, everyone showed surprises. Everyone was not stupid, and they could guess who the guest would be tomorrow.

Because of the excellent performance of the national team, who made a special trip to visit, and because of his arrival, the General Administration notified the national team to make serious preparations, who else?Only the "Number One Fan" who is well-known throughout the country.

Liu Dianqiu noticed everyone's eyes, nodded and smiled slightly, and then announced: "That's it, don't waste everyone's time, the meeting is over!"

The team members left one after another, but Liu Dianqiu deliberately walked up to Wen Zhihao and said: "Zhihao, be more energetic tomorrow. I heard some news. That guy admires you very much. He may shake hands with you alone tomorrow. Pay attention to your appearance and don't be too casual."

Wen Zhihao nodded: "Uncle Liu, you must be joking! In front of him, who would dare to fool around? Don't worry, I know."

(End of this chapter)