Grassroots Glory

In the post-match press conference, Lippi said what the media wanted to hear very much.

I am proud of the performance of the players. This is not only a victory for our club, but also represents the first game of Chinese football on the world stage. The players have proved that we are fully capable of standing on this stage, Represents the highest level of Asian clubs.

Many media at the scene showed joyful expressions, obviously these words made them very comfortable.

Lippi's words are true. Guangzhou Evergrande can stand on this stage and represent Asia. Even though their new team uniforms for the Club World Cup are printed with a five-star red flag, they actually won the first round of the game. Immediately, the AFC updated its official website to express its congratulations.

So not only the Chinese media, but all Asian media that can come to report on the spot basically hope that Guangzhou Evergrande will be promoted. Such as Japanese media. They have a tradition of attaching importance to the Club World Cup. Since the merger of the Club World Cup in 2005, they have held four consecutive sessions as the host. The reason is simple. The Toyota Cup, the predecessor of the Club World Cup, was sponsored by Toyota. And the competition venue is fixed at the Yokohama General Arena in Japan.

Before that, the only focus of the Japanese media reporting on the Club World Cup was the European teams who came to participate in this kind of competition. important reason for this event.

But this year is a little different. Of course, Dortmund, which is participating for the second time in a row, is naturally the biggest focus, but they are still on the flight at this time and have not arrived yet. So which team is the most eye-catching in this situation?

Undoubtedly it is Guangzhou Evergrande, who is from China and represents Asia. Even the Japanese media regard it as an honor to represent Asian football.

As a nation advocating the strong, they now have no confidence to gossip about the Chinese national team, but for Guangzhou Evergrande, to be honest, they are not admiring, but really scared. This season's Asian Champions League semi-finals, their Cypress Helios met Guangzhou Evergrande, and was beaten with a total score of 8:1 in the two rounds.

So they are actually looking forward to the next match against Guangzhou Evergrande and Dortmund. Their question is more direct than the Chinese reporter: Mr. Lippi, how do you plan for the next match? Dortmund is well known.

The Japanese reporter's question was very polite. At least he didn't ask How much chance do you think your team has to be upset in the next game? There are two possibilities for asking this question: one is that the reporter is really brainless, and two It's just that I am very upset facing Guangzhou Evergrande in my heart. After all, it would be inappropriate for Lippi to answer such a question, it would be like putting it directly on the fire.

Lippi also smiled and watched the other party speak English, and then listened to the Italian translator beside him, and then said: In our team,

Dario Conca has proven himself in Brazil. As for Chinese players, many of them have experienced the Asian Cup and the Confederations Cup with me. Every player has the experience and ability to face the strong. So we will respect Dortmund, but we will definitely do our best. Dortmund is very strong. We may lose ninety-nine times against such an opponent, but we will not admit defeat. Maybe just this time, we can achieve some unexpected results.

When Lippi said this, all the reporters smiled imperceptibly. Of course, this was not ridicule, but looking forward to a good show.

The Japanese reporter also smiled slightly, and continued to ask: Of course it is possible. There is a chance to prevent Zhou Tiancheng. You must know his weakness very well.

Lippi and the translator looked at each other and smiled slightly: To be honest, Zhou is the most comprehensive player I have ever seen. He has almost no weaknesses! Yes, I can say the same in front of you. We are facing Dortmund , not him alone.

Lippi's words revealed his attitude, admitting the gap but never surrendering. Chinese reporters who knew Lippi very well speculated secretly that Lippi might not be conservative in this game, maybe not what most people imagined, Guangzhou Evergrande will only put up an iron bucket array.

However, since the Japanese reporter brought the topic here, at the end of the press conference, the CCTV reporter immediately seized the opportunity and asked another question that was closely related to both of them: Mr. Lippi , while preparing for this game, please, as the head coach of the Chinese team, talk about the World Cup draw that will start tomorrow.

Lippi stood up and smiled at the other party: The answer is in what I just said, and this matter is beyond our control. No matter what group they are assigned to, my players will not give up. On that stage Now, do you think Zhou Tiancheng will give up?

Lippi walked out of the press hall with a smile.

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In the past few days in December, all the feasts have come together for Chinese fans.

In two days, there will be a match between Guangzhou Evergrande and Dortmund. Before that, the World Cup draw is another hot topic.

In domestic Baidu and Weibo and other online hot search lists, the topic of World Cup draw has firmly occupied the top spot in recent days, reaching tens of millions of searches. It made Chinese fans a little bit overwhelmed.

FIFA chose to arrange the World Cup draw at this time, which seems to be deliberately the same as the Club World Cup.

Anyway, in China, the drawing ceremony attracted much more attention than the upcoming game, because it was almost a national topic.

God bless the national football team!, this sentence was reposted by countless non-sports big V accounts - singers, hosts, Internet celebrities, and even stock big V accounts.

A feast for football fans is a carnival for capital. If the national team can get the upper lottery, it will not only be a feast for the fans, but also a carnival that will leverage the capital of multiple sectors.

Maybe the A-share market will go from bull to bull - the national team, once regarded as a spittoon, is also related to the national economy and people's livelihood.

And the reveal of the answer is getting closer and closer.

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CCTV has made full preparations for this game. As the third-tier team, the Chinese team has analyzed all the first-tier, second-tier and fourth-tier teams.

To be honest, not only Duan Xuan, who received the task of live broadcasting the lottery ceremony, but even the CCTV team responsible for producing the special topic of the lottery ceremony, felt overwhelmed after finishing the show, and the other three rounds of twenty-four opponents After analyzing all of them, I suddenly felt that I was really not sure who I could beat.

Perhaps the experience of the last World Cup was too miserable. Even if this national team is indeed capable, old fans dare not set their expectations too high.

We didn't win a game in the Confederations Cup, and every opponent will pay more attention to it in the World Cup.

The time is getting closer, and many fans are anxious and looking forward to it.

. Miaoshuwu