"Whoa—"

As the referee on duty blew the whistle for the end of the match, the huge cheers of Chinese fans resounded over the Pernambuco State Arena.

The Chinese players in the stadium cried with joy, and many players couldn't believe that the team had beaten Ivory Coast!

The players on the bench also rushed to the field at the end of the game, enjoying a hard-won victory with the players on the field.

Or rather, enjoy a history-making victory.

Twelve years ago, the Chinese team lost all three games in the South Korea-Japan World Cup, did not score, and conceded nine goals, and many of the players present at that time were still children, like Sun Jingbo, the youngest member of the team, who was only six years old in 2002.

Tang Zheng was only 13 years old at the time, and he still remembers the heavy feeling of sitting in front of the TV and watching the three World Cup games.

It was also at that time that Tang Zheng was determined to become the best player in China and lead the Chinese team to the World Cup.

Leading the Chinese team into the World Cup is Tang Zheng's first step, scoring a goal and winning the game is the second step, and the next step is ...... It's the group that qualified!

Colombia is a seeded team in Group C, the overall strength is strong, and the possibility of beating Colombia is very low, but it is not without good news for the Chinese team, Colombia is the opponent to face in the final round of the group, as long as the next second round beats Greece, the Chinese team can win two consecutive wins in the group to advance from the group.

Tang Zheng, who was broadcasting the picture, was very excited, raised his arms, and waved up a few times.

Commentator Xu Yang added almost frantically after He Wei's passionate commentary: "This is a day that the people of the whole country must remember! We not only scored goals but also scored three points in the World Cup! We can beat Ivory Coast in this round and have a chance to beat the former European champion Greece in the next round! The media who questioned the Chinese team before the game keep your eyes open! I believe that the Chinese team will definitely appear in the knockout round of this World Cup!!"

The head coach of the national team, Lippi, breathed a sigh of relief at the moment when the whistle sounded at the full game, in order to prepare for the World Cup, he was choosing warm-up opponents who were very strong, so the warm-up matches in the first half of 2014 were more losses and fewer wins.

To put it bluntly, he has only won one game, but considering the overall strength of his warm-up opponent Macedonia, this victory is not very convincing, especially since the two warm-up games before the World Cup were lost to Italy and Chile in a row, which put Lippi under too much pressure from public opinion.

It was not easy to beat Ivory Coast in the first round of the group stage of the World Cup.

Immediately, Lippi, who appeared on the broadcast screen, walked up to Ivory Coast coach Ramucci and politely shook hands and simply comforted him.

Lippi is a well-known coach in world football, Lamouci has played for Serie A teams Parma, Inter Milan, and Genoa when he played against Lippi's brief coaching Juventus, so Lamouci has great respect for Lippi who is over 60 years old, even if he is in a bad mood when losing, he has not forgotten the basic etiquette.

As the official selection of the best in the game, the live director also paid special attention to him, and many fans could see Tang Zheng slowly walking towards the mixed area through the TV station that did not cut off the live signal.

At this historic moment, Tang Zheng directly ignored those well-known foreign TV stations and chose to be interviewed by the most influential CCTV reporter in China.

Xiao Linzi, an intern reporter of the Central 5 who only graduated this year, was obviously too late to be transferred from other places because of the sudden cold of two Lao colleagues, so he had to let him, an intern, take over, so Xiao Linzi, who was worried about making a mistake, was still typing and brewing, and was a little absent-minded.

Tang Zheng stood in front of the sponsor card and habitually stretched out his right hand to answer the microphone, but the young reporter standing in front of him didn't hand it over for a long time......

As a result, Tang Zheng's right hand froze in the air, his brows furrowed unnaturally, and the media from other countries were also watching, and the atmosphere became very embarrassing.

However, Tang Zheng is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, his broad vision is not only reflected in the football field, but also in life, he saw that the little young reporter card in front of him was written with the word "internship", so he smiled and stretched out his hand to shake it in front of the reporter who looked smaller than himself, pointed at the microphone with his right index finger, and jokingly said: "Hey~ brother?

Xiao Linzi, an intern reporter of Central 5, finally came to his senses, and hurriedly handed the microphone connected to the line in his hand to Tang Zheng, and at the same time kept apologizing: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was thinking about how to ask you a question just now, and I was a little distracted." ”

"It's okay, don't be nervous, just ask whatever comes to mind. Tang Zheng's image of being close to the people was reflected again, and he patted the reporter in front of him on the shoulder again.

Xiao Linzi held the frame of his glasses with his right hand, his brain was running rapidly, and he gave a very common question with a solid foundation: "Did you think about winning the game before the game?"

Tang Zheng took the microphone with his right hand and said without hesitation: "Yes, of course, the tactics assigned to us by Coach Lippi before the game are very reasonable, and the shortcomings and tactical ideas of the players of the Ivory Coast team are also analyzed in detail, and we have also played his tactics, and winning is an inevitable result." ”

Tang Zheng said the first thing, and CCTV 5 reporter Xiao Linzi also gradually got better, asking the question that domestic fans want to hear: "We beat Ivory Coast, and then there are Greece and the seeded team Colombia, are you confident?"

"Of course there is confidence, but ......" Tang Zheng said this, paused, and thought for a while before saying: "But the game has to be played one game at a time, don't think about the result for the time being, for the whole team, the game process is good, the result will not be bad, I believe that my teammates can play better in the next game." ”

Answering two questions in a row, the interview time of CCTV 5 TV has also arrived, so Tang Zheng has to be interviewed by other foreign media of the organizing committee.

The signal of CCTV 5 switched to the Beijing studio, and the commentator Song Shixiong obviously had not recovered from the joy of the Chinese team's victory, and was full of passion: "What is a leader? This is a leader! Victory is not arrogant! I am full of confidence in the future! I finally know why Tang Zheng's career has been so successful, because he has never been afraid of challenges!"

At the same time, Xiao Linzi, an intern reporter of Central 5 who had just finished interviewing Tang Zheng, secretly wiped a cold sweat, but he was more excited and excited.

He has been a fan since he was sensible, to be precise, he is a fan of Tang Zheng, and he has deep qualifications.

At the beginning, the Football Association severely fined Tang Zheng, and Xiao Linzi, who is quite famous in the hacker world, hacked the official website of the Football Association many times and was angry for Tang Zheng.

It's a wonderful feeling to be able to interview your idol in person!

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At the regular press conference after the game, the head coach of the Chinese team Lippi interviewed by the media expressed the excitement of the team's win, and said that the next two rounds of the group stage have become more critical, the Greek team and the Colombian team are very high in the international rankings, and the strength is quite strong, and the draw is the core idea of the Chinese team in the remaining two games.

Captain Zheng Zhi, who was traveling with him, said that "winning Ivory Coast was more about luck, so winning the game is not very convincing, so the next two group games should be kept more focused and try to get points." ”

Lippi speaks Italian and Zheng Zheng speaks Chinese.

Through the official translation, the foreign media reporters who came to the press conference hall of the Pernambuco State Arena were very speechless.

This...... It's just cheap and good, especially the domestic media in Côte d'Ivoire, who want to cry without tears.

Lost to China in the first round, and will face a strong seeded team Ivory Coast in the second round, which is likely to lose if nothing else, which means that Ivory Coast, which has lost two consecutive games, will be directly eliminated.

The media from China are also relatively speechless, but there is no dissatisfaction when it comes to the national team's first-round defeat to Ivory Coast, which brought a positive effect to the group qualification.

And the first round performance of the Chinese team is very qualified!

Returning to the hotel where the Chinese team stayed, many players were in a state of excitement, and Tang Zheng was the same.

This excitement is even stronger than the treble that led Borussia Dortmund to victory in the 2012-2013 season.

But Tang Zheng is forward-looking, and China's next World Cup group game against Greece will be played four days later at the Dune Stadium in Natal.

Tomorrow's first training session to Natal is not a big one, but he knows that too much excitement can affect the next day's mental state.

A bad mental state will naturally affect the quality of training the next day.

The competition system does not have many training sessions, so the general pursuit is quality.

So Tang Zheng didn't pay attention to the fact that the time was close to twelve o'clock in the evening local time in Brazil, he slapped his palms twice in the hotel lobby, and waited for the eyes of his teammates to gather and said: "Brothers, let's go to the reception room on the first floor first, I have something to tell you, okay?"

Tang Zheng's influence in the national team is even greater than that of captain Zheng Zhi, and everyone has no opinion, including Zheng Zhi.

At the same time, he is pulling his assistant Madaloni to discuss with his Chinese assistant Li Tie whether to hold a meeting with the excited Chinese players to avoid excessive excitement and affect the state and the second round of the group stage.

But just as they were discussing the results, the Chinese players who were still in the lobby just now followed Tang Zheng and walked inside.

Lippi raised his eyebrows, and Li Tie asked in a low voice, "Marcelo, I'm going to ask about the situation?"

"No, I don't. As soon as Li Tie turned around, Lippi shook his head and said, "I know what Tang is going to do." ”

"Oh?"

Li Tie and Madaloni were curious at the same time.

"If I'm not mistaken. Lippi smiled: "Don should think the same as me, he is a phenomenal player, unbeatable, I think...... When he finishes his career, he's a great manager. ”

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The conference room of the hotel, a place where the Chinese players have been here many times since their arrival in Recife, is not unfamiliar with it, and everyone sits down casually.

Tang Zheng didn't foreshadow, he walked directly into the theme after his teammates sat down: "I think the brothers here are still very excited, right?"

"Of course excited, the first World Cup game victory!"

Lu Liang, who is very familiar with Tang Zheng, performed amazingly in the group stage at the end, and said without thinking.

"This is a must!" Gao Lin also took out his mobile phone, the screen turned around, and said excitedly: "I just posted a Weibo, there are thousands of more comments, and now there are tens of thousands of comments, forwards and likes after the game, it's so cool!"

"Don't really say it, there are a lot of female fans confessing under the Weibo comments, as well as sending private messages, and bold female fans directly posting private pictures, my mom, he's so excited. Left-back Jiang Zhipeng said excitedly relying on you.

"Really?" Cai Huikang, who is also from the Genbao training base, lit up his eyes, and turned around and gave Jiang Zhipeng a 'you know' look: "Borrow a step later to speak." ”

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Other teammates also expressed their opinions, and it was very lively.

Tang Zheng smiled helplessly, but he knew what he was going to do, so he slapped his palms a few more times: "Brothers, you stop for a moment, I haven't finished my words yet." ”

After about five seconds, the entire conference room became quiet, and everyone looked at Tang Zheng again.

It is not difficult to see that Tang Zheng's status in the Chinese men's football team is very high.

Tang Zheng took a deep breath, adjusted his state, his expression became serious, and said in a deep voice: "I know that the brothers are very excited and excited now, but I hope you can better control your personal emotions, this is just the first game of our World Cup journey, the first victory! ”

Speaking of this, Tang Zheng looked at Lu Liang, Yan Junling, Wu Sanshi, Zhang Linpeng, and Hao Junmin, who were more successful foreign players, and his momentum was unabated: "There is no weak brigade in Europe, I think your experience is not shallower than mine, we don't have any capital to excite now, winning Ivory Coast has become a thing of the past, and I also know that saying these words at this time makes everyone a little incomprehensible, thinking that I am pouring cold water, and I should celebrate now! But why do I say it? Because. ”

This time, Tang Zheng looked at everyone present, his voice was an octave higher, and he said loudly: "I have thought of it in your minds! I want to win in the next game! But...... If we keep our current mind and mentality, I think we won't be able to sleep tonight, which will seriously affect tomorrow's form, and in four days it will be the second round of the group stage, and I don't want my brothers to be affected by off-field factors and affect the game......"

Tang Zheng said a lot in one breath, very direct, so that some teammates were unhappy, but they had to be convinced by Tang Zheng.

Because every word Tang Zheng said makes sense, the biggest reason why European players can play steadily, even if the weak team may not lose to the strong team, is that European players have a high degree of self-discipline and can regulate their personal emotions well.

Especially in Greece, where there is not much difference in overall strength, it is even more team-oriented.

Otherwise, how could they have won the European Championship in 2004?

Tang Zheng also mentioned in his speech that the employment standard of the Li belt team is that if the player affects the training status of the next day because he is too excited, he will be dissatisfied with the head coach Lippi, and there is really no place to cry.

The conference system has always been a busy schedule, with many managers opting for rotation, and players who have not been able to play before are expected to get a chance to play.

Even if you don't get a start, it's okay to come off the bench and show your face in front of the whole country.