Chapter 148: Unpopular

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu successfully joined the national football team the next day, and met two old acquaintances, Ma Junqiang and Zhao Wenkang, and they greeted each other. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info After a day of rest, the Chinese team will usher in a match with the French team.

One is the best team in the world, the other is the winner of the World Cup in France, and the runner-up of the World Cup in Germany. Although there are four players in the Chinese team who have played in Europe, they are still too young and too immature compared to the former world champions, and they are in the national team for the first time, and the time is very short, and the cooperation with their teammates will certainly be relatively unfamiliar.

There is a more critical point, that is, the head coach Gao Hongbo may not play for them, at least not necessarily as the main team.

For all these reasons, no one is optimistic about the Chinese team in this game, so what if there are returnees? Can it be compared to Henry, Trezeguet, and Ribery? The domestic media are speculating about how many goals the Chinese team will lose.

Fans also launched a vote on the Internet in advance, most fans think that the Chinese team will lose 0:3 or 0:4, such a score is relatively normal, and some fans choose 0:5, 0:6 such a big score, and even more than 0:7! The biggest disparity is 0:10! Of course, this score is purely entertainment, no matter how bad the Chinese team is, it will not lose ten goals!?

Some people also mentioned the "Cisse Broken Leg Incident" that year, which can be described as a loss of face. Everyone only hopes that this Chinese team will not play "Chinese martial arts" on the French team again.

What is the reaction in China, many Chinese players have learned through the Internet, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, like when they were in Parma, rarely pay attention to information related to themselves, so as not to affect their emotions, Ma Junqiang is different, knowing that the Chinese media and fans look down on them so much, they are angry.

But he has nowhere to fire, he is a goalkeeper, and there is no place for him in Gao Hongbo's main lineup for the time being. Even Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, and Zhao Wenkang may find it difficult to find a position, Gao Hongbo brought the four of them here, firstly because these four played well at the end of the league, and secondly, he wanted them to see the international competition.

The match between the two teams started at 12 o'clock in the evening on June 4, and Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, Zhao Wenkang and Ma Junqiang could only sit on the bench and wait for the coach's instructions.

The Michaelvonet Stadium in Reunion Island can only accommodate 8,000 people, it is a small stadium, and there are not many people watching the game, basically all of them are overseas Chinese or international students. The French people are not very interested in this, not that the French do not love football, on the contrary, they are very obsessed with football, and the reason why they are not very interested is related to the strength of the Chinese team.

After the opening, the French team did show the strength of the world's top team, just one minute into the game, Malouda received a direct pass from Anelka, crossed on the left side of the penalty area, but was blocked by Chinese goalkeeper Zeng Cheng with his legs; in the thirteenth minute, Gourcuff's shot was blocked by Zeng Cheng out of the bottom line, and then the French team took a corner kick, Abidal's header made Zeng Cheng save the ball, Gallas made a supplementary shot but was ruled invalid due to offside; in the 21st minute, Ribery's free kick was confiscated by Zeng Cheng.

In the first 20 minutes or so, the Chinese team had almost no offensive, they were all tired of defense, Zhang Shujie and the four people on the bench were worried, and Ma Junqiang was even afraid that Zeng Cheng would not be able to hold it, and wanted to go up to help him.

A strong team is always a strong team, and even if it doesn't score, it will have an advantage on the field.

In the 30th minute, the French team attacked the Chinese team's penalty area, and Gourcuff's shot from outside the box was won by Zeng Cheng, and five minutes later, Gourcuff took a corner kick and Gallas headed wide from 10 meters in front of the goal. The Chinese fans in the stands shouted loudly for the Chinese team, and the five-star red flag was also fluttering in the wind.

Before the end of the first half, France attacked from the side one after another, but several crosses were not good and were grabbed by the Chinese team, and until the last second of injury time in the first half, the two teams were still tied 0:0.

The French were not satisfied with this score, but the Chinese felt that it was not easy to come by. In 2002 against Brazil, the Chinese team was already 0:3 behind in the first half, and now facing the French Empire, which is also the former world champion, the Chinese team can still maintain a draw at halftime.

"What's going on with the French team? they haven't scored for so long. A brown-haired French teenager said to his companion sitting to his left.

The companion shook his head: "I don't know." Doesn't it mean that the Chinese team is very weak? But they seem to be defending very well. ”

The brown-haired boy turned his head and said to his companion sitting on the right: "Chen, you said before that the Chinese team and the French team are not in the same grade, but from the first half, although the Chinese attack is weak, the defense is very good. ”

This young man surnamed "Chen" has an oriental face, yellow skin, black hair, and is about ten years old, and he wears a sun hat, which seems to deliberately cover his face from others.

He said slowly in standard French: "Maybe France doesn't pay attention to China." ”

"If that's the case, it's troublesome, what if you lose?"

"What's the matter? It's just an upset at most. During the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, didn't France lose to Senegal in an upset? In that World Cup, the French team went home after playing in the group stage, and Zidane played with an injury and did not show much. As for Henry and Trezeguet, without Zidane behind them, they are like two lonely ghosts. The young man surnamed Chen still spoke so slowly and logically.

His words were a little heavier, but they were also objective facts, and the brown-haired boy couldn't refute it, so he just asked: "By the way, Chen, I think your skills are also good, in fact, you can be a professional player, why don't you go?"

The young man surnamed Chen did not answer, his eyes fixed on the court. The brown-haired boy didn't say anything when he saw him, and he didn't ask any more questions.

On the pitch, the main players have already gone to the locker room, and only the substitutes are warming up. The young man surnamed Chen looked at someone in the crowd, and his gaze did not shift.

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu were passing and receiving the ball to each other, and shot at the goal from time to time. Ma Junqiang stood in front of the goal, imagining that he was guarding the goal, and Zhao Wenkang was juggling the ball and doing some ball sense exercises.

The person the young man surnamed Chen was looking at was Zhang Shujie, the young man kept looking at him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but there was a hint of bitterness in this smile.

~ I can't imagine that you have entered the national team, how long has it been, and it has only been three years since the day of separation. There are also Li Mu and Zhao Wenkang, and we have also been opponents during the national competition. And Ma Junqiang, we were also opponents in the early days, but unfortunately I only played three minutes in that game and went down injured, I hope one day you can stand in front of the goal of the Chinese team.

~ Now I'm too far away from you, I'm not a person from the same world! I don't know if I can play football in the future, good luck to you.

"Chen, what's wrong with you?" The brown-haired boy saw a tear in the corner of his companion's eye: "Did you remember something sad?"

"Nothing. The young man surnamed Chen wiped his eyes: "Let's watch the game, the second half is about to start." ”

The players of the two teams have played, in the second half of the French team attacked more fiercely than on the field, in the 48th minute, Ribery passed to Gala diagonally, and Galla, who got the pass, got the opportunity to talk directly to the goalkeeper in the penalty area, but the Chinese team's Rong Hao returned to the defense in time, and under the interference of Rong Hao, Galla's shot was empty.

This kind of amateur mistake made Gala embarrassed for a while, and it was incredible that he would kick empty in front of the Chinese team.

The French team did not slow down the offensive rhythm due to Gala's mistake, in the 53rd minute, Abidala's shot in the middle was high, and it did not threaten the goal of the Chinese team, but the fans were getting more and more nervous, the Chinese team was still mainly defensive, and there were few offensive opportunities, they were worried that if this continued, the Chinese team would lose the ball sooner or later.

The game has been played for sixty-five minutes, Zhang Shujie is also a little anxious, Gao Hongbo has replaced two people, but he has never meant to let these four people play. Zhang Shujie really wants to play, he didn't come to the national team to be a spectator.

Two minutes later, the score was still 0:0, the Chinese team launched a counterattack, Cui Peng was tripped by the French player Tulalang in a row, the Chinese team got a free kick in front, the position was on the right side of the middle, Deng Zhuoxiang stood in front of the ball, it seemed that he was going to take the ball.

The players of the French team stood on the human wall, the referee blew the whistle, Deng Zhuoxiang raised his foot to hit the goal after running, and the ball went around the human wall and also bypassed the goalkeeper Lloris.

The ball flew into the back corner of the goal and lifted the net.

1:0! China leads France! China leads former world champion France!

This is something that no one expected, Deng Zhuoxiang ran on the field to celebrate the goal surrounded by his teammates, and the bench also cheered, Zhang Shujie and the four also applauded everyone's performance, and the head coach Gao Hongbo couldn't stop standing on the side of the coach's seat and nodded. The Chinese fans in the stands were even more excited, raising the national flag in their hands fiercely.

"Chen, I, I'm not mistaken, right? The Chinese team scored first!" the brown-haired boy looked incredulous.

The teenager surnamed Chen was also a little surprised, but quickly returned to normal: "It's really unexpected, let's see what the French team does next." ”

How could the French team be willing to lose to the Chinese team.

In the Gallic rooster's lineup, there is a large group of the world's top superstars, but the Chinese team is unknown, if they really lose on their own turf, the saliva of those veterans will not spray these players to death.

In the last 20 minutes, the French team began to be more serious, crazy pressing, ferocious collisions, as desperate as when they fell behind in the World Cup. In the 71st minute, Gowu's shot from a tight angle was saved by Zeng Cheng, Henry's close-range shot was blocked by Zeng Cheng, and France won a corner kick, Abidal headed the goal, Zeng Cheng again denied the goal.

In this short period of time, the Chinese team retreated in the penalty area to defend, and the French team bombarded the Chinese team's goal, and the goalkeeper was once the busiest person on the field, he received high and low blocks, and blocked the French team's shots from the goal line again and again.

Zeng Cheng's form in this game was so good that he could save no matter how difficult the ball was. Ma Junqiang half-jokingly said to Zhang Shujie: "If he wants to be so brave all the time, our Chinese team is not thinking about how to enter the World Cup, but about how to get the championship." ”

Ma Junqiang is also a little helpless, he and Zeng Cheng are goalkeepers, and there must be competition. The better Zeng Cheng performs, the fewer opportunities Ma Junqiang will play. The goalkeeper is a special position, no matter what tactics can only be arranged by one person, which is very different from the forward midfield defender.

In the last minute of the game, Henry stopped the ball and raised his leg to scramble with Li Xuepeng, but the ball was punched out by Zeng Chengshuang, who attacked, and the French team's attack came to an end. It was also the last attack of the game, and the moment the referee's whistle blew, it meant that France lost 0:1 at home to China.

The players of the Chinese team hugged each other and high-fived, Gao Hongbo walked into the stadium and hugged every player, he was very satisfied with everyone's performance, the players were super level of performance, especially Zeng Cheng, I don't know if it was stimulated by Ma Junqiang's selection of the national team, feeling the pressure of competition, he can be said to be a world-class goalkeeper in this game.

The French team was a bit listless, and losing was not a big deal, but losing to the little-known China was a matter of face, and today Henry and his teammates felt a loss of face.

The Chinese fans in the stands gave the warmest applause to the soldiers of the Chinese team and to these heroes.

After tonight, the Chinese national men's football team can return to China with their heads held high!

Zhang Shujie and other four foreign players who did not play were also surrounded by the applause of the fans, and the fans would not mind whether they played or not, only knowing that they were also members of the national team.

In the stands, the young man surnamed Chen stood up and said to his two companions, "Let's go." ”

The brown-haired boy was stunned: "Are you leaving so soon? It's normal for me to leave early, because my country lost." But your country has won, don't look at it more?"

"We'll see later. Let's go!" he stepped down from the stands and walked out of the stadium.

Zhang Shujie didn't see the teenager in the cheering crowd, he and Li Muzheng walked to the locker room while talking, and he didn't pay much attention to the people in the stands. Even if he did notice, would he be able to recognize at a glance who the Oriental man who covered half of his face with a sun hat was?