The 2013 international break is over, but it is destined to be an unforgettable time for South Korean fans, who have reached the finals of the World Cup for seven consecutive times since the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

But the door to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was tightly closed to them.

In fact, as early as the time to enter the intercontinental play-offs, the outcome was already doomed.

Uruguay's overall strength is obviously higher than that of South Korea, and if you want to beat Uruguay to get a place in the World Cup, the chance is not impossible, but the probability is infinitely close to zero.

The first leg of Uruguay's net loss of 0:5 has fully illustrated the world of difference in each other's strength.

The South Korean men's football team is out, and the Korean media did not target the players who performed poorly, but unbelievably aimed at the Chinese men's football team, and the accusation of the first star Tang Zheng was even more speechless.

However, the Chinese domestic media did not pay attention to this, and the fans did not spray each other with South Korean fans, but paid attention to the newly released male head coach of the national team.

In the previous assessment, Bielsa, Manzano, and Guangzhou Evergrande head coach Lippi were idle at home.

Except for Manzano's slightly worse resume, Bielsa and Lippi are both the best managers of the Chinese men's football team.

Bielsa has led Argentina and Chile to the World Cup, and also led the Argentine Olympic team to win the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Not to mention Lippi, who has a stellar record in charge of the club, and the national team has led the Italian national team to the World Cup in 2006.

Coupled with the fact that Lippi Gang led Guangzhou Evergrande to the AFC Champions League, the popularity in China is unprecedentedly strong.

At 8 o'clock in the evening of the South Korean team's 0:0 draw with Uruguay at home, the official website of the Chinese Football Association suddenly announced a news that Chinese fans have been concerned about for a long time: "In accordance with the Chinese Football Association's national team coach selection and appointment procedures, after friendly negotiation between the two sides, the Chinese Football Association has officially hired Mr. Marcelo Lippi as the head coach of the Chinese national men's football team since November 21, 2013." The Chinese Football Association will hold an official press conference in Beijing on November 26, 2013. ”

Tang Zheng paid attention to this news for the first time, he looked at the Weibo that swiped the screen, and grinned: "Lippi? ”

Although the head coach is not the ideal Bielsa, Lippi, who once led the Italian national team to win the World Cup, is definitely good news for the Chinese team in next year's World Cup.

In cup competitions, experience is crucial.

It's just that this news feels a little bad for Guangzhou Evergrande fans, after all, Lippi has just led Guangzhou Evergrande to the first ever AFC Champions League title in the Chinese professional league.

Of course, it's not without good news.

According to Guangzhou Evergrande, the contract with Lippi ended in the winter of 2014, but the contract was terminated one year early for special reasons, and the contract was signed by the Chinese Football Association, and the two sides signed a 2+1 contract.

Whether you can get a +1 contract depends on the performance of the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia.

As a 'concession', Lippi will continue to play as the head coach of Guangzhou Evergrande in the Club World Cup in Morocco in December before preparing for the World Cup in Brazil as the head coach of the Chinese men's football team.

It is worth mentioning that Lippi's ability to become the head coach of the Chinese men's football team has a great deal to do with the sacrifice of Guangzhou Evergrande, otherwise Lippi would not have jumped out of the contract to sign the Chinese Football Association.

In addition, the annual salary signed by Lippi and the Chinese Football Association remains unchanged, which is still 10 million euros after tax.

What makes fans feel strange is that 5 million euros of this annual salary will be borne by Guangzhou Evergrande, and the Chinese Football Association and sponsors will pay another 5 million euros.

Reading the relevant reports of the whole thing, Tang Zheng smiled helplessly.

Half of the high annual salary of the head coach of the national team is borne by the former owner, which is really an unprecedented way to hire him.

Therefore, some domestic media scoffed at the FA's approach, and it is a good thing to invite Lippi as the head coach of the Chinese men's football team, but why should half of the annual salary continue to be borne by the original club?

As time went on, a large number of domestic fans joined in the discussion.

But Tang Zheng didn't continue to pay attention, for him, the head coach is not the incompetent Camacho, even if it is not Lippi or Bielsa, even Manzano.

Returning to the Valdebebas training base, Tang Zheng, like other teammates, first congratulated teammate Cristiano Ronaldo for leading the national team to the World Cup finals.

After complimenting Cristiano Ronaldo and the other teammates, he turned his head and walked in front of Tang Zheng, covered his mouth and smiled: "You said that if the World Cup draw let us draw in a group, what do you think?"

"Oh?" Tang Zheng pretended to think while pressing his legs: "I really haven't thought of this." ”

"What if it is drawn?"

"I want to ...... You're going to lose. Tang Zheng turned his head playfully to look at Cristiano Ronaldo.

“hat?” Cristiano Ronaldo rolled his eyes: "Why did we lose? In terms of overall strength, we are much stronger than you." ”

"Hey, hey. Tang Zheng smiled and said, "As you said, what if?"

“……”

Cristiano Ronaldo felt like there were thousands of grass and mud horses galloping overhead.

Immediately, Tang Zheng fell into deep thought, Cristiano Ronaldo was not wrong, in terms of overall strength, the Chinese team is indeed weaker than European teams.

If you want to go further in the World Cup, the right posture is the first priority.

Tang Zheng thought that perhaps Lippi, who is good at defensive counterattacks, is really suitable for the head coach of the Chinese men's football team.

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The draw for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was held in the early morning of December 7, Beijing time, at 1 p.m. local time in Brazil.

Before the draw ceremony, Real Madrid played three games, two La Liga games and one Champions League group stage.

Two of them are at home and one away.

The Champions League group stage is at home to Galatasaray and the league against Valladolid, and the away is to Almeria after the international break.

For Almeria, the opponent, whether it is the Madrid media or Real Madrid fans, they are very relieved.

Why?

So far, Almeria has not tasted victory, and as the vice-president of the league, Real Madrid's victory is a matter of course.

In the next Champions League group stage, it is not a big problem to win at home against Galatasaray and Valladolid at home, after all, Real Madrid is strong as a whole, and now Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo are in excellent form.

Sure enough!

Real Madrid won three consecutive victories in the week's double matches that rekindled the war, and they won every game, and Real Madrid fans who watched it were addicted.

A 5-0 win away at Almeria, a 4-1 win over Galatasaray and a 4-0 win over Valladolid at home meant that Real Madrid scored a frantic thirteen goals and conceded just one in the three games that ended in the international break.

However, what worries Real Madrid fans is that Cristiano Ronaldo's form has been so good in recent games that he has become a focus of the opposing defenders, and Cristiano Ronaldo went off injured after scoring a goal in the 5-0 away game.

Although it was not a big deal, Ancelotti gave him a rest for the next two home games in order to protect Cristiano Ronaldo.

Real Madrid's ability to score eight goals without Cristiano Ronaldo is directly related to Tang Zheng's amazing performance.

Three games, two goals, four assists.

One of the goals and three assists came in the league, which means that Tang Zheng has contributed eight goals and 14 assists in the last 15 rounds of the league.

This statistic can amaze the Spanish media, considering that La Liga's single-season assist record was set by Barcelona midfielder Xavi, who contributed 20 times in the 2008-2009 season, while Tang Zheng has already completed 14 assists before the league is halfway through.

You must know that the assist calculation in La Liga is stricter than in other leagues, so it is rare to have 14 assists in 15 rounds in this situation.

In addition, the home game against Malaga in the ninth round of the league is automatically suspended, which is equivalent to contributing 14 assists in 14 rounds......

Averaging an assist per game is a scary thing to think about.

But with Cristiano Ronaldo's average of one goal per game, Tang Zheng's average of one assist per game is still within the understandable range.

While the Chinese media are paying attention to the new head coach of the Chinese men's football team, Lippi, they are also paying attention to Tang Zheng's amazing data.

Given that La Liga is now in a three-country rivalry between Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, and the other seventeen teams are more like accompanying the prince to study, it is only a matter of time before Tang Zheng breaks Xavi's record of 20 assists in a single season set in 2008-2009.

It is even possible to set a new record that has never been seen before or since!

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After the league game at home to Valladolid, the Real Madrid stars were given almost a week off.

For the main players, the rest is longer.

Because the match that started a week later was the first leg of the 1/16 final of the 2013-2014 Copa del Rey season, Real Madrid's opponent was the little-known CD-Olim.

Even if they play away against a team in La C, Real Madrid can easily cope with it even if they send substitutes and youth team players.

In the decision of Ancelotti's coaching team, it is to let Cristiano Ronaldo continue to cultivate,

Tang Zheng, Benzema, Ramos and other main players also got the opportunity to rest, so the first leg of the 1/16 final of the Copa del Rey did not even go away, and stayed directly in Madrid.

Lacking a large number of main players and main substitutes, the visiting Real Madrid was forced to draw 0:0 by the Spanish Liga team CD-Olim, breaking out a big upset, so the suspense was left to the second leg.

However, Real Madrid's away draw with the Spanish Championship team CD-Olim has attracted a lot of attention from the Spanish media and the mainstream European media, but considering that Real Madrid is using a large number of substitutes and young players as the team, the draw against the tacit cooperation of the Spanish Championship team CD-Olim is also acceptable.

After all, the knockout stage of the Copa del Rey is a two-legged one, and a win at the Bernabeu in the second leg is almost certain.

Immediately, the focus of the Real Madrid team shifted to the final round of the group stage of the Champions League.

It's just that the last round of the Champions League group can still be used as a training for Real Madrid, and Real Madrid, who got 13 points in the fifth round of the group, qualified for the group one round earlier and locked the first place in the group, so the last group game in Copenhagen can send a large number of young players.

Tang Zheng, Benzema, Ramos and other players who were given the opportunity to rest all appeared in the 18-man squad, but the day before the trip, an official news released by the FIFA official website and "French football" attracted the attention of the global media.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Tang Zheng, who currently plays for Real Madrid, and Lionel Messi, who plays for Barcelona, have been shortlisted for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, which will be the choice between the three of them.

With the news announced, the local media in Catalonia began to build momentum for Messi.

Since 2009, Messi has won the World Footballer of the Year and FIFA Golden Ball Awards for four consecutive years, counting the final three-person list in 2007 and 2008, it has been the seventh consecutive year to enter the final list.

Although Messi only won La Liga in terms of team honours in the 2012-2013 season, the local media in Catalonia and Barcelona fans believe that Messi is still the best player in the world.

Some Madrid and Portuguese media are very supportive of Cristiano Ronaldo, who led Real Madrid to a runner-up finish in the league, a Copa del Rey and a Champions League runner-up in the past 2012-2013 season.

It is undeniable that it is somewhat embarrassing to take out the king of Sanya, but it can just show the strength of Cristiano Ronaldo, after all, in the 2012-2013 season, Real Madrid had a serious conflict between generals and coaches, that is to say, without Cristiano Ronaldo's excellent performance, Real Madrid could not have won three runners-up.

In addition, Portugal's ability to qualify for next year's World Cup is entirely dependent on Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored all four of Portugal's goals, and even received a thumbs up from Ibrahimovic when he scored a hat-trick away from home.

Of course, the FIFA Ballon d'Or winner who is favored by the mainstream media in Europe is Tang Zheng.

In the 2012-2013 season, no one could compare to Tang Zheng in terms of team glory, and he led Borussia Dortmund to the treble, becoming the first Bundesliga team to win the treble.

At the national team level, he also led the Chinese team to next year's World Cup in Brazil.

The only thing that worries the pro-Tang media is that he is not as widely known internationally as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, like Sneijder in 2010 and Andres Iniesta in 2012.

Tang Zheng, who was interviewed by Yang 5, did not show much worry, he first expressed his regret last year in front of the camera, and then said: "The results and data will not lie, even if the final FIFA Golden Ball Award does not belong to me, it doesn't matter, what belongs to me is mine after all, just like we have an old saying in China that 'sometimes there must be in life, and there is no time in life to force it', of course...... I believe my performance is worthy of the FIFA Ballon d'Or. ”

"Bild", which has a pivotal position in the European media, once again reported that if this year's FIFA Golden Ball Award is not Tang Zheng, it will be the biggest shame of world football so far, there is no one!

The original Ballon d'Or winner "France Football" and the brother newspaper "Team Newspaper" also reported on it, like other "Marca", "Milan Sport", and "Torino Sport" also supported Tang Zheng.

The voices of support continued until the final round of the 2013-2014 Champions League group stage.