This year's A-League was stopped in mid-April because the main teams had to prepare for the World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

To be precise, it is the players of Guoan and Shenhua, and many of them have been selected for the national team. As for the other teams in the A-League, it would be awesome to have a player selected for the national football team, because those who went to Europe to play were also called back to China, so that overseas players accounted for several pits.

The Xifeng team was the third place in the A League last year, and they were soaring all the way at the beginning, but in the second half of the game, they were targeted by someone who figured out the routine, and the league points almost fell out of the top three.

Due to Zheng Zhi's excellent performance in last year's season, coupled with Chen Tao's secret efforts, he was also selected for the national team on behalf of Xifeng this time. However, Zheng Zhi is very likely to be a substitute for every game, and it is already the limit to be able to go up and play for a few minutes, because the strength of this Chinese national team is too awesome, and a new player like Zheng Zhi is not ranked at all.

Many fans who were disappointed in the national football team, although they scolded at the time, but many years later, they had to admit that the national team in 02 was already the peak of men's football.

For example, Fan Zhiyi played for Crystal Palace in the Premier League, and even served as Crystal Palace's Player of the Year and captain. Li Tie is Everton's main midfielder, Sun Jihai is Manchester City's main fullback, and Yang Chen is Frankfurt's main striker. Even domestic famous veterans like Xie Hui and Su Maozhen can only be substitutes in the national team, and honestly give up their seats to Hao Haidong, and young players like Zheng Zhi can be selected because of Chen Tao's secret activities.

In the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, although the Chinese team was beaten 0:4 by the Brazilian team, the overall performance was amazing enough, and several attacks were smooth. From the attitude of the game to the performance on the field, this national team has done its best, and the previous national teams of the following ten years are beyond the dust.

Unfortunately, they faced Brazil and Turkey in the group stage. In this World Cup, the Brazilian team is the champion and the Turkish team is the third place, how do you let the Chinese team play?

Even Costa Rica, which is the least popular among national football fans, has won a total of 12 titles in the Central American Football Championship over the past few decades. In the 1990 World Cup, Costa Rica reached the round of 16 (13th), and in the group stage, Brazil also lost 0:1. By the time of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Costa Rica had reached the World Cup finals four times and the second round of the World Cup finals once, and its overall strength was definitely stronger than the Chinese team.

For the Chinese team, this is a group of death.

"Come with me to South Korea next month. Chen Tao said expectantly.

Song Weiyang advised: "I think it's better for you not to go to the scene to watch the game, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment." ”

Chen Tao said: "This is the first time that the Chinese team has entered the World Cup, so why do you have to go and see it." I know it's not easy to play in the group stage, Brazil has always been a super team, almost invincible, and Turkey has also been very good in recent years, and they have also reached the quarter-finals of the European Championship. But the Chinese team is also very strong this time, and if you are lucky, it is very promising to take out Costa Rica. As long as you can score one or two goals when playing Brazil and Turkey, even if you lose, it is worth going to the scene to cheer for the Chinese team. ”

Chen Tao is destined to be disappointed, because the Chinese team did not score a single goal, and returned to China with a big duck egg.

"Okay, you go over to watch the game by yourself first, and when there is a game of the Chinese team, I will fly over to play with you for a few days." "Song Weiyang is an absolute pseudo-fan, about the 02 South Korea-Japan World Cup, he only remembers the following: first, Brazil won the championship, and second, South Korea cheated to rank fourth.

As for who the runner-up is and who the third runner-up is, Song Weiyang has long forgotten everything.

However, these only sporadic memories are enough for gambling, and it is good to earn a few pocket money. As long as Song Weiyang bets not very big, it is impossible to change the outcome of the game, the odds of buying the Brazilian team champion before the game are very considerable, and the odds of buying the Korean team to reach the semifinals are even higher than the Koreans, fools bet like this.

It was May, and there were already pirated books about Wang Yangming on the market, and Milou's commercial endorsement posters were everywhere.

The improvement of the material level will inevitably bring about the growth of spiritual needs.

In the past two years, China's economy has been booming rapidly, and the Chinese people urgently need to be recognized in other aspects. Sports is a natural carrying point, and since the Chinese team successfully entered the World Cup, it has gradually evolved into a national carnival.

And Mr. Milu, the foreign coach of the national team, was also touted by the media and suddenly became the savior of Chinese football. This old man's invitations are continuous, and he has to appear in the public eye every once in a while, attending various business events, receiving various advertising endorsements, and making money has been soft.

This situation is obviously abnormal, because he has too much time to take private work, and he can't take into account the daily training of the national football team.

So while being well-known in China, Milu was also criticized by all sides. As the start date of the World Cup approached, this accolades and criticism reached its peak, with Milou even publicly complaining that he was not protected by the Chinese Football Association.

Protect the fart, this grandson has long since left his hands and left his business alone.

Before the start of the World Cup, a football player from a certain country privately discussed: "This national team is going to travel, and since the training camp, there has been no systematic preparation at all." ”

Other foreign coaches were invited to China, and they all brought a whole team over, but Milu was particularly chic, and this guy came alone with a bag. An assistant coach was recruited halfway through, but the assistant coach basically did not participate in the training and the formulation of techniques and tactics, and purely came to China to play soy sauce.

In the absence of his own team, Milu alone wants to lead the Chinese team with intertwined relationships?

Most of the time, Milou watched from the sidelines and said what he thought. The real training is in charge of local assistant coach Shen Xiangfu, and the basic energy is used to run in the players. Whether it is Milu or Shen Xiangfu, they can at most train the skills and cooperation of the players, and they have no right to formulate the strategy and tactics of the Chinese team.

Maybe this is the reason why Milu gave up on himself, he can't really call the shots, so he will get a vote in China and leave.

The attention of the whole people not only puts pressure on the players, but also puts pressure on the side of the Football Association. Because of the current public opinion situation, the World Cup has been raised to the level of the country and the nation, and even some big leaders are staring at the results, so the Football Association has set three goals: first, to score a goal, second, to get a point, and third, to win a game.

To put it bluntly, the Football Association wants to let the Chinese team attack. It doesn't matter if you lose, you have to score at least one goal, and everyone is happy to win the next game.

Milou, on the other hand, believed from the beginning that the Chinese team should be on the defensive side, and seize the opportunity to carry out a key counterattack under the condition of not conceding goals and conceding fewer goals. This kind of thinking is completely opposite to the Football Association, and Milu can't call the shots, so he can only do it according to the requirements of the Football Association. Milou was disheartened, and he didn't bother to prepare for the pre-game system, because he couldn't prepare at all, and the people below rarely listened to him.

To be honest, with the strength of the Chinese team this time, if Milu is in full charge, it is very likely to win against Costa Rica, at least it will not be too difficult to play a draw.

This is a bit like fighting in ancient times, when the Chinese official said that there was not enough food and grass, and the emperor was in a hurry, and then ordered the front-line generals to attack with all their might. And the commander has no real power to lead the army, so he can only do some pre-war mobilization casually, and then throw the team to the prison army to toss, pitying those officers and soldiers who are desperate on the battlefield.

By the end of May, the World Cup officially started, and the sports lottery tickets in China were selling like crazy.

At half past seven in the evening, France played Senegal.

Song Weiyang was watching TV while having dinner with Lin Zhuoyun and Doudou. Before the meal was finished, I heard continuous exclamations and shouts from the community, followed by the swearing of mountains and tsunamis, and some people even smashed their own window panes to vent their anger.

France actually lost and was defeated by Senegal......

France was the defending champion of the last World Cup, and they beat Brazil 3-0 in the final, so they lost the first game? And they lost to Senegal? Where did Senegal come out of nowhere? What, African teams? Did African teams also make it to the World Cup?

The 2002 World Cup was the first World Cup with the most attention from Chinese pseudo-fans. For foreign teams and players, they have only heard of a few top stars, and they don't take African teams like Senegal into account at all, so the Chinese team's loss to Costa Rica will make countless Chinese people feel so angry.

In the eyes of these people, Senegal and Costa Rica are scum, and the garbage teams of small countries are 100% beaten by the French team and the Chinese team.

In any case, the loss of the French team to Senegal is destined to make countless gamblers want to cry without tears, not to mention pseudo-fans, and hardcore real fans are all trapped to death.

In June, when the Chinese team debuted, the momentum of public opinion created by the media reached its peak.

Many school leaders regard this competition as a rare opportunity for patriotic education. Even government agencies are rarely relaxed, as long as there are no urgent tasks in hand, civil servants are allowed to watch the ball and then work. Whether it is the leaders of schools or government agencies, they all feel that the Chinese team will win against Costa Rica, which can allow students and civil servants to feel the patriotic division and let our people raise their eyebrows and exalt themselves.

According to statistics, in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, at least 40% of primary and secondary schools organized to watch the games, and moved physical education and music classes to the competition time. Inside the university, it is even more relaxed, the electric classrooms, stadiums, canteens, and dormitories are crowded with people, the ratings of sports channels are so high that they explode, and even the cafes are crowded with pseudo-fans.

Many companies have a holiday directly in the afternoon, and the boss or manager organizes to watch the football together.

One fan recalled: "That afternoon, I was going to the hospital. But when I arrived at the hospital, I found that the internal medicine doctors were gone. When I asked, I found out that except for the emergency doctors, they all went to see the Chinese team to play football. I didn't even think to complain, so I squeezed into a nearby place with a TV and watched the game with the doctors. ”

This is the national madness of the South Korea and Japan World Cup back then, which attracted more attention than the Olympic Games, and there were too many extra things to win or lose the game, and the pressure on the relevant people can be imagined.

Not to mention that the Chinese team has a chance to shoot, even the Chinese players successfully catch the ball and grab the ball, which can attract bursts of cheers from the audience. When the Chinese team fell behind in the score, seeing that the game was about to end, some students even cried and sang the national anthem: "The Chinese nation has reached the most dangerous time......

After crying, the game is over, and there is only anger and grievances left in my heart, followed by overwhelming scolding!

You can lose in Costa Rica, and you have been shaved your head, will you be paralyzed and play football?