Chapter 320 Neighboring States
After Zhang Shujie and Wang Shihan got engaged, they didn't have time to enjoy this happy time, and they were soon forced to separate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 InfoOn June 3, the top 10 of the World Cup qualifiers in Brazil will start, and the Chinese team is divided into Group B, with Japan, Australia, Oman and Iraq in the same group. The opponent of the Chinese team in the first round is the old opponent Iraq.
Since the National Olympic team has no games for the time being, head coach Camacho not only recalled Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, Yan Tao and Zhao Wenkang, but also called Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi and Ma Junqiang, who have been in the limelight in the National Olympic team for nearly a year, into the team. This is the first time Chen Zihua has been selected for the Chinese national team, while Xu Ziyi and Ma Junqiang have entered the national team before, but it is the first time during the Camacho period.
I am also very happy that Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, and Yan Tao can reunite with Chen Zihua in the national team. Zhang Shujie-Chen Zihua-Yan Tao, the offensive and defensive line of middle school will reappear in the national team, and Li Mu will also join forces with Chen Zihua for the first time. However, Chen Zihua himself believes that in this first game, he may not be able to play, or can only play as a substitute.
His guess was right, Camacho did not put Chen Zihua's name in the starting list, and Xu Ziyi was also placed on the bench, but Ma Junqiang occupied a starting spot. The media did not understand Camacho's approach, and the two midfield cores who were able to lead the national Olympic team to victory over South Korea, why couldn't they get the main position in the national team? If Camacho was prejudiced against the members of the national Olympic team, why could Ma Junqiang start again?
The performance of the "Twins" in the Olympic team is obvious to all Chinese fans, without them, the Chinese Olympic team may not be able to defeat South Korea, so it is no wonder why everyone is surprised to see that the two of them do not get the main force. Even Guo Fan, vice chairman of the Football Association, spoke: "I don't understand why Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi can't start, I'm not a coach." But if I were coaching the national team, I would have started them for sure. Can you find a better midfielder in the country than them?"
Guo Fan's words are very intriguing. As we all know, Guo Fan is not very satisfied with Camacho, and what he admires is An Rong. It is only because Camacho is the person appointed by Wu Shiwei, the chairman of the Football Association, that it is inconvenient for Guo Fan to interfere too much. Although Wu Shiwei does not directly ask about the national team, he is also operating behind the scenes, and Guo Fan's control of the national team is not as free as the national Olympic team, and sometimes he has to consult Wu Shiwei's opinion.
So why is Guo Fan dissatisfied with Camacho? That's because Camacho didn't show his coaching level in the top 20 matches. Although the Chinese team successfully broke through the encirclement and broke into the top 10, it was more dependent on the performance of Zhang Shujie and other returnee players, if there was no Zhang Shujie, it is doubtful whether Camacho's team could enter the top 10. The best example of this is China's loss to Jordan in the round of 20, where Zhang Shujie did not return.
At that time, Guo Fan was not very happy after seeing the results, but at that time, he was mainly focused on the National Olympic team, so he did not express any opinions on the loss of the game. Now that the national Olympic team he managed has achieved unprecedented success, his prestige in front of the fans has also been greatly improved, even surpassing Wu Shiwei, and he has come forward to comment on the national team.
I have to say that Guo Fan is a smart person, Wu Shiwei's term of office at the end of the year is about to expire, with Guo Fan's current achievements in the National Olympic team and the prestige of the fans, if nothing else, the next chairman of the Football Association is likely to be him. Wu Shiwei also had this awareness, so now Guo Fan indirectly pointed out his dissatisfaction with Camacho's employment, and Wu Shiwei didn't say much.
In the face of Camacho's employment, people from all walks of life were puzzled, and in the end, An Rong said with a word: "It may be that Camacho doesn't want to make too many adjustments for the previous national team main team, which leads to too big tactical changes." Maybe he thinks that with Zhao Wenkang in the midfield, he can control the rhythm on the field. I think the 'Twins' should have a chance in the second half, as long as they can play and perform, maybe they can be the main force in the next game. ”
An Rong's words still have some truth, Camacho really doesn't want to change his offensive tactics in a short period of time, even if the "Twins" are so good, he doesn't dare to make too many changes when the national team is already stable. Although Iraq is a strong team in West Asia, the Chinese team is no longer comparable to the past, with two Serie A champions and one Premier League champion in the team, and the mainstream media believes that the Chinese team's victory over Iraq is not a problem at all.
The course of the game was as expected by the media, the Chinese team dominated the field, and Zhang Shujie scored the first goal in the 21st minute to take a 1-0 lead for the Chinese team, and eight minutes later, Li Mu also scored, and the two Juventus forwards helped the Chinese team into the second half with a two-goal advantage. Iraq made a change in the second half and made two threatening attacks in the space of five minutes. However, the back line led by Yan Tao did not give Iraq any chance, and there was a Ma Junqiang in front of the goal, so Iraq never scored a goal.
Camacho saw that the Chinese team had completely stabilized the situation, so he replaced Xu Ziyi and Chen Zihua successively. This is also Chen Zihua's first appearance for the national team, and his performance in the few 20 minutes is eye-catching. In the eighty-first minute, he stood in the middle circle and made a long pass to divide the ball, Xu Ziyi received his pass, and then passed diagonally to the penalty area, assisting Zhao Wenkang to score and lock the score to 3:0!
The first match of the top 10 was won, and Camacho was also in a good mood. In the other match held on the same day, Japan also beat Oman 3-0, and Australia had a bye in this round, so China and Japan were able to stay together for the top spot in the group.
Due to the win, the major media did not say much about Camacho putting the twins on the bench, but some people still analyzed their performance. Chen Zihua planned an attack, Xu Ziyi even had a direct assist, it should be said that the performance of the two is still remarkable, it depends on whether Camacho will give them two more playing time in the game against Japan after five days.
The match between China and Japan is scheduled for June 8. Although the current Chinese team has a number of overseas players and has achieved varying degrees of success, on the whole, Japan is still the first in Asia. This is mainly due to two aspects: historical results and world rankings, where Japan is far superior to China. Of course, all Chinese fans hope that one day the Chinese team can overtake Japan and become the new Asian hegemon.
The venue for the two teams is the Yokohama General Stadium, which is the largest stadium in Japan and can accommodate more than 70,000 spectators. As early as the pre-match press conference, the managers of the two teams expressed their views on the upcoming matches.
The coach of the Japanese team, Zaccheroni, said: "This Chinese team is completely different from the previous Chinese team, and it gives people a refreshing feeling. Many of their players have played in Europe, and even Zhang Shujie, Li Mu and Ma Junqiang have won the European Club League, but we are also members of the team. ”
The player he was talking about was Shinji Kagawa, the young Japanese midfielder who played for Borussia Dortmund and lifted the Bundesliga title in 2010/2011 and 2011/2012. The current Shinji Kagawa should be called the first active player in Japanese football.
When a Chinese reporter asked Zaccheroni what he thought of Zhang Shujie and the others, Zaccheroni avoided answering, saying only that Zhang Shujie was a dangerous person and would be sent to guard him strictly during the game.
At this time, a reporter asked: "Excuse me, in the past Serie A League, Zhang Shujie and Japanese defender Nagatomo Yu have played against each other, almost all of which ended in the failure of Nagatomo Yuto, what do you think about this matter?"
Zaccheroni glanced at the reporter who asked the question, and this reporter was none other than Chen Hui.
Zaccheroni was silent for a moment before he said: "I don't want to comment on the past, my attention is on this game. ”
Chen Hui smiled after hearing this, and then sat down.
When talking about the Japanese team, the coach of the Chinese team, Camacho first praised the achievements of the Japanese team in recent years, and also praised several players in the team, such as Shinji Kagawa, Keisuke Honda, and Atsuto Uchida. He said that these players are very good and that the Chinese team will be careful to deal with them.
This game is highly valued by both sides, whether it is the players, the coach or the media. The last time the Chinese national team defeated Japan was in the East Asian semifinals in 1998, when China defeated Japan with Hidetoshi Nakata thanks to a brace from Li Bing. Since then, the Chinese team has never been able to beat Japan.
Today, the Chinese hope that Zhang Shujie and his teammates can join forces to defeat Japan, and the Japanese team wants to learn how many pounds and taels the Chinese players who play in Europe have. Especially Zhang Shujie, who won the Serie A silver boot, to see if he is really as brave as the legend.
In fact, Nagatomo Youdu has already explained to his teammates in advance, he has long said that Zhang Shujie is a difficult striker, so that the defenders must play with the spirit of twelve points in the game, otherwise if one is not careful, he will tear apart the defense. It's just that his teammates still think that hearing is false, seeing is believing, and he must play against the Chinese team's No. 9 in the game to know his details.
At half past five in the evening of June 8, Beijing time, the players and coaching staff of the Chinese team arrived at the Yokohama General Stadium on time. With two hours to go, the game will begin. This is Japan's home stadium, and the stands have turned into a sea of blue (Japan's home jersey is blue) with a huge Japanese flag in the middle, and the conspicuous "little red" makes it easy for anyone to see it.
In contrast, Chinese fans are much smaller in terms of formation. There is no way to do this, who calls this Japan? On someone else's territory, Chinese fans, who are "guests," inevitably appear vulnerable.
In the VIP seats of the stands, a familiar and unexpected figure appeared in the field of vision of Chinese fans, this person is Guo Fan. Unexpectedly, he came to Japan and watched the Chinese team's game in person. There is another person beside him, this person is not Wu Shiwei or An Rong, it is estimated that the translator he brought with him - Guo Fan does not speak Japanese.
Guo Fan's appearance made fans think of a lot of things, and it seems that the rumors that Guo Fan is going to become the next new leader of the Football Association cannot be faked. In fact, fans also hope that he can sit in the chair of the Football Association, compared to Wu Shiwei, Guo Fan is more like a person who can do practical things.
It was noisy in the stands, and after the two teams had warmed up and adapted to the field, they followed the coach to the locker room. In the locker room, the players couldn't hear any noise, only the coach's voice and their own heartbeat.
Camacho seized the time to make the final tactical instructions, pointed out several key players of the opponent's team, and told the players to pay attention to them during the game; Zaccheroni also repeated the tactics several times, and at the same time warned the back line that it is necessary to guard against Zhang Shujie and Li Mu! Whether the Chinese team can score goals depends on these two people.
Thirty minutes passed quickly, and the players walked out of the locker room one after another, and the main players stood on the players' tunnel waiting to play, and the substitutes went to the bench first.
Zhang Shujie was still standing at the back, he turned his head and glanced at the Japanese player next to him, what a coincidence, this player was Yuto Nagatomo, and this was also the only person in the entire Japanese team who had been an opponent to Zhang Shujie. Nagatomo didn't turn his head, he was talking to his teammates, Zhang Shujie couldn't understand Japanese, he didn't know what they were talking about.
The shouts of the crowd did not fully reach the players' tunnel, Zhang Shujie took a deep breath and stared ahead with his eyes.