king of world football

For domestic fans, this period of time can be said to be mixed. The joy is naturally that after Wang Feng, another Chinese player, Huang Hu, won the Champions League trophy as the main player.

Although he did not become the absolute core of the team like his predecessors, he gradually gained a foothold and became an indispensable part of Bayern.

What is worrying is the state of the Chinese superstar, that omnipotent and overwhelming giant is really going away.

Therefore, everyone pursued him more fanatically than ever before. When Wang Feng set off from Manchester and flew to the capital to meet up with the big troops, the airport was already besieged.

All the mainstream media in the country came to hear the news, trying their best to get in touch with Wang Feng, ask him about his mood and state, whether he has the confidence to lead the Chinese team to success in the World Cup, and so on.

But they were doomed to be disappointed. The Chinese superstar had already been escorted by security guards and drove directly to the training base from a special passage.

The teammates of the national team are very excited about Wang Feng's return. He is the backbone of everyone at all times, but the atmosphere is a little reserved.

"What's the matter with you, you don't really think that I'm as depressed as the outside media reported, even crying?" Wang Feng joked.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he instantly broke the weird atmosphere, and everyone felt very familiar and warm, so they all heaved a sigh of relief and returned to normal.

Zheng Zhi even laughed and said, "I just said that those gossips are too exaggerated, it's like the sky is falling, you don't have such a personality at all."

The Chinese superstar shrugged: "Of course, I won't dwell on my past failures, and there's no need to, haha."

Afterwards, everyone chit chatted about interesting events of the past season, and even booed and encouraged Huang Hu to treat guests to celebrate.

"This kid is really lucky. I haven't won the Champions League in Bayern for so many years, and he just got it." Dongfang Zhuo sighed.

"Time is fate, sometimes choice is as important as hard work."

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The main lineup of the Chinese team going to the World Cup this time is almost the same as that of the youth team in 2013. At that time, the young men who were still in the second and third ranks in Europe grew up one after another.

Goalkeeper Wang Xianghe landed in Ligue [-] Montpellier as the starter, defender He Mingzai became the main force of Serie A Sassuolo, Zheng Zhi was still at Celtic, and Zhang Fanlin also joined the Scottish Super League Glasgow Rangers.

Newcomer Zheng Zhen was sent by Luneng to Sporting Lisbon to play in the Portuguese Super League. Domestic clubs gradually accepted the reality that they would never be selected for the national team and could only choose to send out good seedlings.

In terms of midfield, Feng Miao still played for Ajax. During this period, many teams in the five major leagues wanted to take him under his command, but he liked the team atmosphere very much and couldn't bear to leave.

Gradually, he became the absolute core and captain on the field, and helped Jia Fu win five league titles against rival PSV Eindhoven, and found his own way of football.

Yang Ronghua has also played with Hertha Berlin for many years, while Fang Yun landed in the Swedish super giant Malmo.

Veteran Wang Feng and Dongfang Zhuo are on the front line, and Huang Hu and Wu Lei are gradually going to carry the banner.

The rest of the substitutes are the same as these young people at the beginning, distributed in the leagues of small countries such as Greece and the Czech Republic, or in the secondary leagues such as League One and Germany Second, silently waiting for improvement and development.

In the draw ceremony of the World Cup group stage last year, the Chinese team was assigned to Group H. Their opponents were Colombia, Senegal and Poland. Generally speaking, the luck was not bad, and there was no single block.

However, battles have to be fought one after another, and the passion and fighting spirit accumulated for more than five years are ready to go.

As expected, South Korea defeated their opponents in the play-offs and won the fifth place in Asia. They are in the same group as France, Denmark and Peru.

Saudi Arabia faces Uruguay, hosts Russia and Egypt, while Iran faces Spain, Portugal and Morocco.

The other three countries in Group F where Japan is located are Sweden, Mexico and defending champion Germany, which can be called the death group.

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In order to study the characteristics of the opponents in the group, the Chinese team specially found Chile, Côte d'Ivoire and the Czech Republic, which are similar to them, for friendly matches.

In the first match, Wang Feng only played 10 minutes to do some simple warm-ups. When he sat on the bench, the team's overall play was rather messy, and they didn't have much advantage against Chile, which failed to make it to the finals.

In the end, with Feng Miao's long shot, the two sides shook hands 1:1 to make a peace.

After the game, the head coach Lippi explained to the media: "We have just started training together with all the personnel. Both the tactics and the lineup need to be adjusted. The result of this game itself is meaningless."

"I am very satisfied with the fighting spirit of the players on the field. As long as they maintain this energy, I believe it will get better and better in the future."

The Chinese superstar appeared in the public eye for an interview for the first time since the training camp. He said: "I will devote all my mind to the upcoming World Cup, and everything else is not important for the time being."

"Why did I play so late? The head coach thinks I should save more energy, and I absolutely obey all his arrangements."

"What do you think of this Chinese team? We are a very strong team. Everyone is full of desire for victory and glory. This desire will bring great fighting spirit."

"Prospects for the results? We will participate in the World Cup again after a lapse of time. We will work hard to keep going and not let the fans down."

Next, the Chinese team challenged Côte d'Ivoire. Facing the African Titans, the impact players played very hard, but the hard work eventually paid off.

Wang Feng assisted Wu Lei to open the scoring in only 30 minutes, and then Zheng Zhen and Huang Hu made contributions respectively, helping the team beat the African powerhouse 3:1.

In the last game against the Czech Republic, Wang Feng simply sat on the bench all the time. Both sides failed to score a goal in the 90 minutes of fierce battle, and the 0:0 was maintained until the end.

The result of one win and two draws made many fans happy, especially since the Chinese superstar played for less than an hour, the overall strength of the team has already taken a place in world football.

Wang Feng's adaptability and ability are obvious to all. Even if he is no longer the invincible champion of the Champions League, no one can underestimate his burst of energy at critical moments.

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In anticipation, the 2018 Russia World Cup finally ignited the flames of war. On June 6, the Luzhniki Stadium held the opening ceremony.

Compared with the previous opening ceremony, the specification has been simplified, and the time has been shortened to half an hour, focusing on music activities.

British singer Robbie Williams, Russian soprano Aida Garifolina and alien Ronaldo sang on the same stage, and about 500 dancers, gymnasts and trampoline athletes participated in the performance.

After everything was over, the game between Russia and Saudi Arabia officially started.

No one expected that the Central Asian powerhouse, which occupies a place in Asia, would lose so badly. Golovin scored with a header in just 12 minutes of the opening.

Immediately afterwards, Cheryshev and Juba showed their strength one after another, helping the hosts beat Saudi Arabia by 5 goals.

Next, all the teams came on stage one after another. Since the Chinese team was in the last group in the lower half, they came the latest in their first game.