The two sides entered the Pernambuco Arena, one of the venues for the World Cup, but were treated very differently, with the Chinese players arriving at the stadium with deafening shouts and a tsunami of boos from the Ivorian side.

It is difficult to understand under normal circumstances, after all, it is impossible for this to happen in neutral places, but it is also relieved to think that nearly 60% of the fans at the Pernambuco Arena are Chinese.

Looking at the whole world, no matter where a Chinese goes, he will meet his compatriots.

There is not much in China, but there are many people.

He Wei, the first brother of the CCTV 5 TV commentator, came to the high-quality commentary seat provided by FIFA early to prepare a personal commentary on the first game of the national football team in the World Cup.

In the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, he just entered the CCTV 5, TV station, although he participated in the Korea-Japan World Cup, he only participated in the post-production of the Korea-Japan World Cup as a staff member.

Now it's different, as the first brother of the central 5, he came to the scene to explain the first focus game of the Chinese team's Brazil World Cup, and he was partnered with Xu Yang, a former international player and now a famous commentator.

The central 5 commentary seat is in an excellent position, with an overview of most of the stadium, He Wei couldn't help but exclaim: "The atmosphere is so good now, it's like a fantasy, incredible!"

Xu Yang said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, I also have this feeling, you said that our Chinese Super League was still playing fake a few years ago, and all kinds of scandals broke out, and now the national football team has entered the main match of the World Cup in Brazil, you must know that the top 20 matches two years ago are in jeopardy, if it weren't for Tang Zheng's birth, I think ...... At this time, we should be talking about the strong dialogue between the other two World Cup teams......"

"yes. He Wei sighed very emotionally: "It's like a dream, and then look at Zhang Linpeng, Wu Sanshi, Yan Junling, these young talents, two or three years ago, they were all working hard in the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League, and now they have become the main players of the giants in various leagues, which also shows that our country is not short of talents, but lacks Bole." ”

Although the number of registered players in China is limited, far lower than the number of registered players in developed football countries, the low base also has the advantage of a low base, that is, single-mindedness and an innate sense of self-confidence.

As long as you guide it properly, there will be unexpected results.

Moreover, the cultural background of clubs in China is not high, and it is easy to make decisions that harm others and themselves.

In the past, there were many geniuses in China, and they were also recognized by foreign clubs, but domestic clubs did not let people go, and there was no way, and in the end, they were not recognized.

When He Wei said this, his voice suddenly changed, and he said with a smile: "Tang Zheng not only has amazing achievements in his career, but also has excellent business acumen, and the international brokerage company opened by him and his agent Fibino Rodrigo can be described as having a unique vision, recruiting talented players of all ages in China, and then sending them to foreign clubs for training, the effect is much better than the 'hope star' packaged by a domestic group......

Because in the 23-member squad of the Chinese team to participate in the World Cup in Brazil, the foreign players are all signed players under Tang Zheng's agency.

According to reliable sources, many players in the national team now want to change their agents, change them to players signed by Tang Zheng's agency, and then use the World Cup as a springboard to join a higher-level European league.

Originally, many players wanted to do nothing to finish their careers, but now there are new opportunities that no one wants to miss.

Dreams, who hasn't had?

Now that I have the opportunity to achieve my dreams, I will not miss it easily.

He Wei and Xu Yang are confident and believe that this group of national team players can seize the rare opportunity of the World Cup to let the world see the best of themselves!

Win against Côte d'Ivoire, why not?

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An hour before the game, the starting lists submitted by the Chinese team and Côte d'Ivoire respectively appeared in a prominent position on the world's major media network platforms.

The official formation of the Chinese team is 4231, goalkeeper Yan Junling, defenders Jiang Zhipeng, Ren Hang, Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Linpeng, double back captain Zheng Zhi partner Tang Zheng, three forwards Lu Liang, Hao Junmin and Wu Sanshi, and the forward is Gao Lin.

The official formation given by Ivory Coast is four-three-three, with goalkeeper Barry, four defenders Boca, Zokora, Bamba and Aurier, midfielders Theote, Yaya Toure and Sray, and three forwards Kalou, Bony and Gervinho.

Drogba's absence from the start was quite a surprise to Lippi, but considering that Drogba is 'old' at the age of 36 this Chinese New Year's Eve, it is reasonable not to start, and the effect of coming off the bench in the second half may even be greater than starting the game

Shortly after, players from both sides arrive in the tunnel from their dressing rooms, where fans sitting in front of the TV can watch the players in the tunnel live.

Tang Zheng, as the biggest star of this game, has received huge attention.

The live director deliberately gave him a close-up of more than five seconds for the fans in front of the TV to watch.

Nike, a Chinese men's football equipment supplier, specially designed a red jersey that highlights Chinese characteristics for the Chinese team's World Cup.

Therefore, many female fans sitting in front of the TV or computer can't help but let out a scream to express their amazement.

Immediately, the referee team led the players from both sides of the game into the playing field.

"Whoa—"

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out over the arena in Pernambuco.

At this moment, whether it is Chinese fans, Ivorian fans, or neutral fans, they can't help but devote themselves to the creation of a frenzied game atmosphere.

Although the excitement of the World Cup group stage cannot be compared with the Champions League, the World Cup group stage is to play for the country, as the saying goes, sports competition is modern warfare, and it is definitely a glorious thing to be able to represent the country on the World Cup stage.

The broadcast screen swept over Tang Zheng's handsome face, and it was easy to see that he was in a high mood and tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart.

When the players on both sides of the game stood in a row with the referee team as the center of gravity, the live radio began to play the national anthem of the Chinese team that was drawn from the away team.

Listening to the familiar melody, every Chinese was refreshed and awe-inspired.

The Chinese fans in the stands, like the Chinese players in the stadium, placed their left hand on their left chest and felt the pounding of their hearts.

The whole stadium became extremely quiet, and even the Ivorian fans who could target the Chinese team consciously kept their mouths shut, because ...... The national anthem is sacred.

The corners of Tang Zheng's mouth moved, and he hummed softly along with the familiar melody of the national anthem.

In this kind of global attention, singing the national anthem of the motherland is very proud, and at the same time, it is also a catharsis of feelings.

As the number one star of the Chinese team, the pressure on Tang Zheng is huge, everyone's eyes are focused on him, as long as the Chinese team does not perform well, the first person to be criticized by the media must be Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng, who is accustomed to success, naturally does not like criticism, so what he has to do is to lead the national team to defeat Ivory Coast!

The melody of the national anthem ended quickly, and it was the turn of the national anthem of Côte d'Ivoire.

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After the simple ceremony, Gao Lin stepped on the football, and Lu Liang stood on his left side, waiting for the referee on duty to blow the whistle.

The frenzy at the Pernambuco Arena was reduced to a minimum, with fans on both sides of the match and neutral fans consciously holding their breath and waiting for the moment of the match.

"Beep~"

At this moment, the German referee Bruch blew a kind of whistle, signaling that the sixth match of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil officially started.

"Whoa—"

With the huge shouts of the fans, Gao Lin handed the ball to Lu Liang.

Lu Liang pulled the ball back, facing his own goal, and then handed the ball to Tang Zheng in front of the central defender with a low cross.

Ivorian players Bony and Gervinho pounced on Tang Zheng respectively, but they did not have any hope, because Tang Zheng's foot skills are very good, and professional defensive players are difficult to break, let alone offensive players who are pretentious?

The World Cup match is sacred to Tang Zheng, who is participating in the World Cup for the first time, so Tang Zheng kicked off the ball as usual to show off his foot skills, but handed the ball to left-back Jiang Zhipeng before the arrival of Bony and Gervinho.

However, Jiang Zhipeng is not as relaxed as Tang Zheng, or the adjustment of mentality is not in place, he seems to be nervous about Kalu stepping forward to put pressure, and did not notice Tang Zheng's request after passing the football, but directly kicked the ball to the opponent's half.

Originally, according to Lippi's pre-match tactical thinking, Tang Zheng controlled the rhythm of the game, and then let Ivory Coast play at his own pace......

However, Jiang Zhipeng felt a little nervous in his first game of the World Cup, and his brain was short-circuited instantly, and he chose not to seek merit but to seek no fault.

Tang Zheng shook his head, but he didn't blame Jiang Zhipeng.

Compare your heart to your heart and be able to understand.

Football did arrive in the Ivory Coast defensive half, but after Yaya Toure organized the attack, Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi tried to cut the ball at the feet of Gervinho under a tacit cooperation between Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi.

Gervinho, who lost the ball, realized that he had lost the ball and made up for his mistake as soon as possible, and he kicked down Tang Zheng who took the ball and turned around at the moment of losing the ball.

Referee Bruch blew the whistle and gave the Chinese team a free kick at the back.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei had some objections to the referee Bruch's penalty: "Brucht's penalty is too soft, Tang Zheng can directly launch a long counterattack with the ball and turn around, Lu Liang and Wu Sanshi have already started to speed up, if Gervinho does not foul, the Chinese team has the opportunity to threaten the Ivory Coast goal, so Gervinho's foul is very tactical and deserves a yellow card." ”

Commentator Xu Yang cooperated: "No matter how you look at it from that angle, Gervinho's action is tactical in nature, but it ...... The race had just begun, and perhaps Bruch wanted it to be played under relaxed conditions. ”

Speaking of which, he talked about his next concern: "The relaxed conditions are good for the fans, but not necessarily for us in China! African players are obviously more physical than our players, if the referee acquiesces to this behavior, I think the next game will be difficult to play......"

In the next game, as Xu Yang analyzed, the referee Bruch made a very loose penalty scale, and the Ivorian players with more experience in the game frequently used their strong physical fitness to make physical contact with Chinese players.

With the exception of a few players with good physical fitness, most of them are difficult to compete with the Ivorian players.

Head coach Lippi stood on the sidelines frowning, he didn't expect this situation before the game, but when he did, he would inevitably be worried.

African players are physically fit and love physical contact.

Except for a few players in the front court, the Chinese players have strong ball ability, and the defenders except Zhang Linpeng, the other players will blindly choose to clear the siege.

Tang Zheng worked hard, and he hoped to connect the overall attack through his wide range of runs, but his teammates were nervous to varying degrees in the first group game of the World Cup, so that a simple handling of the ball would seem to be delayed.

At first, it was a few players who were nervous, but as the game went on, the tension spread like a contagious disease to most of the players.

Even Lu Liang, Hao Junmin, and Yan Junling, the core players who have played in the Champions League, are unavoidable, but fortunately, captain Zheng Zhi has seen strong winds and waves, and he is in the same good condition as Tang Zheng, which is also where head coach Lippi is gratified.

Zheng Zhi has rich experience in the competition and has a high influence in the team.

Tang Zheng has a lot of pizza experience and a big heart, and from the perspective of results, how far the Chinese team can go depends on Tang Zheng's performance.

However, in the first few minutes of the game, due to the nervousness of his teammates, he was still looking for rhythm points, and he did not show his due level.

After all, football is a team sport, and it is difficult to change the situation with the excellent performance of individual players.

In the seventh minute, Jiang Zhipeng slipped in the face of Gervinho's forced breakthrough, and could only watch Gervinho break through with the ball......

But Gervinho, who had just picked up the pace, seemed to be in trouble and then jumped subconsciously while the ball was shoveled off the touchline by his team-mate in the red jersey.

Jiang Zhipeng looked back and saw Tang Zheng, who had completed the defense, holding the football in his left hand, and then stretched out his right hand.

Tang Zheng took the opportunity to pull Jiang Zhipeng up, then patted his shoulder, and said: "Don't be nervous, it's like playing in the Chinese Super League, think about how you defend those African foreign aides who are fast and have good physical fitness in the Chinese Super League." ”

In order to give Jiang Zhipeng enough time to think about this problem, he also deliberately hugged the football to prevent the Ivorian players from opening the sideline quickly.

It wasn't until the referee Bruch blew the whistle that Tang Zheng handed the football to Aurier, who was about to throw the sideline ball.

The broadcast picture just gave a whole process, and the central 5 commentator He Wei said with a smile: "Jiang Zhipeng has been very nervous since the beginning of the game, and the defensive slip just now is obviously too nervous, Tang Zheng, who has blocked the game experience, sees it in his eyes, it's time to give Jiang Zhipeng some encouragement, and ...... I don't know if you have noticed a detail, Tang Zheng always holds the football in his hand when he talks to Jiang Zhipeng?"

"The football game stipulates that there can be no two footballs in the playing field, Tang Zheng is very smart and maximizes the benefits within the scope of the rules. Commentator Xu Yang explained: "I hope that in the next game, not only Jiang Zhipeng will be normal, but also hope that other players can wake up, they are now not only representing themselves, but also representing our entire country!"