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He put down the newspaper in his hand and shook his head with some relief and some helplessness. He saw Zhang Shujie and Li Mu's performance in the Asian Cup from the newspaper, and also knew that the Chinese team had entered the quarterfinals.

A game like the Asian Cup has not had much influence in world football, and many mainstream media have only mentioned it in the past. However, in Italy, especially in Parma, the local media is still very concerned, because the Chinese team has two indispensable main players of the Parma club: Zhang Shujie and Li Mu!

So in the small place of Parma, there are also many Italians who care about the Chinese team, to be precise, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, two Chinese players who play for Parma.

In the three group games, Zhang Shujie scored three goals and provided one assist, Li Mu scored two goals and provided two assists, and the Chinese team only scored seven goals in total, and the two of them won five. Zhang Shujie did not see Marino score in the last goal, but he also saw it clearly from the video taken by the reporter, and scored four goals in a row! He also performed "pedaling a bicycle to pass people", which is a feat that Zhang Shujie has not yet completed in the Serie A league, but he has done it in the national team.

"These two boys. Marino smiled and said to himself: "Hurry up and come back after the Asian Cup, Parma can't do without you." ”

Marino is not exaggerating, during the Asian Cup, the second half of the Serie A has also played three games, in which Parma have won one and lost two, and have fallen out of the top 10 and have been eliminated from the Coppa Italia. These three league games and one Italian Cup game Parma only scored two goals, which is not as good as Zhang Shujie's number of goals in the Asian Cup, and it is only the same as Li Mu's goals.

In order to temporarily fill the gap between the two returning to China, the club first loaned Amaury from Juventus, and at the same time made a swap between Palowski and ****** Paladino. For Paloski's departure, many Parma fans don't buy it much, but Marino is not very satisfied with Palowski, and pinned great hopes on him at the beginning of the season, but unexpectedly injured for half a season, considering that the status of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu has gradually stabilized, Bokirov and Crespo can also take turns to play, so Palowski, who has just recovered from injury and has not had time to play for Parma, was exchanged for Palosky.

However, these two strikers cannot replace the two Chinese players, and after a few games, the two have scored a goal in total, and there is still a big gap between Zhang and Li.

Marino is still trying to make a makeover at the backline, Antonelli doesn't know why his performance is getting worse and worse, and Marino has the idea of throwing him out. But I haven't found my next home for a while, so I have to wait.

In addition, Marino has taken a fancy to the defender Calvo of the Greek club Aris and is trying to negotiate with the other party, hoping to bring it in at a low price. Calvo himself has revealed his willingness to play in Serie A.

Another target Marino wants to clean up is De La Fiore, a 26-year-old defender who has barely played this season and has rarely even been included in the squad, making it a waste to stay in the squad.

With ten days to go until the winter transfer market closes, Marino has time to complete his own purge and purchase. But none of this can make up for the loss of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu's absence.

Amaury and Palladino, these two guys, are really embarrassing. Amaury scored one goal in four games, but Palladino didn't score a single goal, not even an assist. Compared with Li Mu, who can pass and shoot well, it is simply a world of difference.

"Damn it!" Marino cursed, not knowing who he was scolding.

The Qatar Asian Cup will last until January 29, and if the Chinese team can reach the final, then Zhang Shujie and Li Mu will miss at least the next two Serie A games. What makes Marino even more troublesome is that there will be a make-up match on February 2, that is, Wednesday, and even if the two have already rushed back to Parma, it is estimated that they will be too tired to play immediately.

This means that if the Chinese team really enters the finals, regardless of victory or defeat, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu are very likely to miss three Serie A games!

If Marino can't lead the team to play well in these three games, according to the character of the club's boss Giraldi, he may not be able to keep his position as head coach.

"What the fuck the Asian Cup! It's going to be held at this juncture, those bastards of the AFC!" this time Marino scolded by name, pointing the finger at the AFC.

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Marino was in a very bad mood, but the Chinese fans were in a good mood. The Chinese team broke into the knockout round, and it was difficult for them to be unhappy.

Although Chen Hui's report published in the "Sports Weekly" is called "Golden Three Minutes", which mainly explains that the Chinese team reversed Uzbekistan in three minutes, he did not forget to point out Zhang Shujie's goal alone.

He said in the report: "This is a typical solo breakthrough, and it is an extremely rare goal in the entire Asian football world! Although this goal has not had much impact on the trend of the game, this is Zhang Shujie's personal performance time." He used such a goal to tell all the participating opponents that the Chinese team is no longer in the past!"

Fans continue to reprint and download this wonderful goal on the Internet, some people say that Zhang Shujie at this moment is like Maradona, Ronaldo's soul possession! Some people even say that with Zhang Shujie, we can win the Asian Cup!

"Haha, Asian champion!" Yan Tao in the restaurant walked up to Zhang Shujie with a newspaper and raised his head: "The Chinese people have high expectations for you!"

This newspaper is the domestic "Sports Weekly", which was stuffed to them by Chen Hui's reporters this morning, because they can't read the local newspaper in Qatar. The new issue of "Weekly News" has just been released to the whole country, and some second- and third-tier cities are not yet available, so this one is considered fresh.

Zhang Shujie said with a smile: "When did the Chinese people not have high requirements for the Chinese team? Do you remember 2002?"

Yan Tao pursed his lips, put the newspaper on the table, and sat opposite Zhang Shujie: "Of course I remember, I entered the top 16." However, after the Chinese team saw the strength of Turkey and Costa Rica, they only hoped to score a goal. ”

But they didn't. ”

"Hmm...... What are you trying to say by that?"

Zhang Shujie didn't answer, and Li Mu, who had been beside him without a sound, said: "Jie Zai wants to say, let's not be carried away by the praise of the outside world." ”

"Hey, you two also play in Serie A, you don't believe yourself so much, right?"

"It's not that you don't believe in yourself...... Forget it, I don't know how to say it. ”

Zhang Shujie flipped through the newspaper on the table a few times and said: "The other three groups have two groups of qualified teams have also been determined, you see, Group B is Japan and Jordan, Group C is Australia and South Korea, Group D is not clear for the time being, only Iran, which has won all two games, has qualified in advance, and it will take two days to determine who it is." ”

Yan Tao said: "Group B is a bit of a surprise, and many people speculate that Japan and Syria should join hands to qualify. I didn't expect Jordan to replace Syria. ”

Indeed, after this result came out, many media reporters were shocked. Zhang Shujie also felt that Jordan's qualification was quite unexpected.

Li Mu asked: "I remember that Japan is the first in Group B, right?"

Zhang Shujie nodded: "First place Japan, second Jordan." ”

"We are top of Group A, and according to the way A1B2 plays, our opponent is Jordan. ”

Yan Tao laughed and said, "Then it seems that we have determined the top four places." ”

"Don't underestimate Jordan too much, they squeezed out Syria, and their own strength is definitely not bad. Li Mu reached out and took the newspaper from Zhang Shujie's hand. He said this, but his eyes were watching the points situation of Group D.

Judging from the quarter-finals (quarter-finals), it is China vs Jordan and Uzbekistan vs Japan, while the opponents of Australia and South Korea are not yet clear, which will need to wait for the group stage of Group D to be determined. Li Mu is keeping an eye on Group D because if China can pass Jordan's test, the semi-final opponent will be the winner between Australia and the runners-up in Group D.

In Li Mu's heart, he also seems to think that the Chinese team should be stronger than Jordan. At least this year's Chinese team is stronger than Jordan on paper.

"In terms of points, Iraq in Group D should qualify with Iran. North Korea and the UAE both have one point, and Iraq has three. In the final round, their opponent was North Korea, and there was little suspense about winning. The UAE faces Iran and has almost zero chance of winning. Unless Iran releases water, or the Iran-North Korea war upsets, Iraq will definitely make it to the quarterfinals. Li Mu stared at the newspaper with both eyes, thinking and saying.

Zhang Shujie didn't speak, what Li Muneng thought of, he also thought of. Yan Tao was too lazy to say that he was a person with big nerves and didn't want to think too much about things.

Zhao Wenkang walked over and sat down beside the three of them: "What are you talking about? Aren't you?

Li Mu smiled: "I didn't say anything, I just looked at the situation." ”

"Aren't we right about Jordan?

"Look at the other opponents. ”

Zhang Shujie asked, "Where are Ma Dashuai and Xu Ziyi?"

Zhao Wenkang pointed to the entertainment hall: "They are playing billiards." ”

"How's it going?"

"Ma Junqiang lost badly. ”

As he spoke, four bottles of lemon tea were served, one for each of the four of them.

Yan Tao took a big sip and exclaimed that it was refreshing. Zhao Wenkang pointed to the shooter list in the newspaper and stopped: "Have you noticed this person?"

The three of them looked at the place where Zhao Wenkang's finger was pressed, and found that the person he was pointing at was named Gu Zizhe.

It's a Korean name.

Zhang Shujie shook his head: "Gu Zizhe, I haven't heard of it before, what about you?"

Li Mu shrugged: "I don't know either." You don't know each other, do you?"

Yan Tao nodded and said, "I didn't expect this guy to score three goals, and he tied for the first place in the scorer list with Zhang Shujie." ”

"There is also Bahrain's Abdullatif (Note 1), who also scored three goals. ”

"Bahrain was eliminated, and he didn't have anything to do with the rest of the games. ”

Zhang Shujie flipped through other pages of the newspaper and found a report on the South Korean team, which contained a detailed record of Gu Zizhe.

Gu Ji-cheol, born on February 27, 1989, is under the age of 22 and plays for Jeju United. South Korea scored twice in the opening game of the Asian Cup, with a 2-1 victory over Bahrain to help the team get off to a good start in the Asian Cup for the first time in 15 years.

"It seems to be quite powerful. Zhang Shujie said: "However, there are only two possibilities for us to meet the South Korean team. The first is in the final, and the second is in the third and fourth place races. ”

Li Mu drank lemon tea and said slowly: "You look down." The media said that the battle between the two of you has begun. ”

China and South Korea will only meet in the last match, and it is only "possible". But the leading scorers of both teams have been hyped by the media, and this is nothing more than one thing involved: the Golden Boot!

Here there is a disagreement between the Chinese media led by the "Sports Weekly" and the South Korean media, with the domestic believing that Zhang Shujie is more likely because he plays in Serie A and is more powerful, and the Korean media believes that Gu Zizhe can finally wear the Golden Boot. The reason, of course, is because Gu Ji-chul is from the "Republic of Korea"!

Zhang Shujie threw the newspaper aside: "It's so boring, I don't want to fight with him for anything." I only hope that the Chinese team can win. ”

Zhao Wenkang picked up the newspaper: "But you don't have a choice, even if you don't want to fight, the media will let you 'passively' compete with Gu Zizhe." ”

In this regard, Zhang Shujie sighed: "No way, this is professional football." ”

The four of them all laughed, and at this time, Ma Junqiang shook his head and sighed and walked out of the entertainment hall with Xu Ziyi, and when they saw that the four of them were here, the two of them also came over "very consciously".

As soon as Ma Junqiang's butt made contact with the chair, he complained: "Don't fight Xu Ziyi again, you can't beat him." ”

Zhao Wenkang said: "I told you a long time ago that he is very good at billiards, and he was unbeatable in the school team before. ”

Ma Junqiang glanced at Xu Ziyi, this guy was snickering.

"You're embarrassed to laugh, you won me so much. He saw that everyone was drinking lemon tea, so he also ordered two cups - and one was Xu Ziyi's.

Ma Junqiang is not a person with a small belly, and he still ordered a cup of tea for him after losing to Xu Ziyi in billiards.

Two cups of lemon tea are served. Ma Junqiang and Xu Ziyi didn't ask the four of them what they talked about, but Ma Junqiang said exaggeratedly: "After the game with Jordan, we will face Australia." ”

Zhang Shujie said: "What? You don't exist when Jordan?"

"Little Jordan, what are you afraid of? They have only scored four goals in total, this kind of attacking power, we need to be afraid of them?"

"But they only conceded two goals. ”

"Aren't you and Li Mu here? The two of you have scored five goals. plus Zhao Wenkang and Xu Ziyi...... Hehe, if one of you scores in the next game, they will concede more goals in one game than they did in the group stage. ”

Li Mu smiled bitterly: "Do you think this is playing in a high school league?

Zhao Wenkang continued: "Even if it's a high school league, it's not something you can get in if you want to. ”

"He's the same as Yan Tao, he has big nerves!"

Yan Tao glared at Li Mu and drank tea by himself.

Zhao Wenkang looked at Ma Junqiang with a smile: "You are the goalkeeper, you don't have to think about scoring goals, just guard the goal." ”

Ma Junqiang patted his chest, looking confident: "I won't give Jordan any chance." ”

"That's what you said when you played pool with me, and how many of them were scored by me? I remember one that seemed like you only hit the first shot and kept watching me clear the game, right?"

When Yan Tao heard this, he turned his head and asked Ma Junqiang: "You don't know how to cook like this, right?"

Li Mu also said: "What he said is true?"

Of course, Ma Junqiang would not admit it, Xu Ziyi said: "He must be embarrassed to say it." ”

Ma Junqiang looked at the eyes of the other three, and then looked at Xu Ziyi, this kid smiled really treacherously.

"Xu Ziyi, your sister!"

Ma Junqiang picked up the newspaper and threw it away like Xu Ziyi. Xu Ziyi's head tilted and dodged.

The laughter was heard again, echoing in the small dining room.