The training of the Chinese team in the morning is relatively simple, and An Rong rarely arranges technical and tactical drills in the morning, usually some recovery training. He knows that the players have played a lot of games in the club, and if they blindly increase the intensity of training, it will only backfire, and this group of players has long understood An Rong's tactics very thoroughly.

Now it's free training, An Rong doesn't emphasize anything too much, the players pass and receive the ball to each other, and some practice net football, and the goalkeeper is doing reaction exercises in front of the goal.

The opponent of the Chinese team in the next round is Colombia, the Chinese team and Colombia have played each other in the last World Cup, when both sides have already qualified from the group in advance, so the last group stage has completely become a situation, and the two sides have also fought 1:1, Zhang Shujie and James Rodrigo each scored a goal. But this year is different, the Chinese team hopes to determine the qualification spot early, and Colombia must win this game after losing to Poland in their opening game to have a chance of advancing to the round of 16.

So both sides are taking this game very seriously. Of course, in contrast, it must be Colombia that is under more pressure, and head coach José Pekerman has watched the footage of the Chinese team repeatedly, not only the game against Senegal, but almost all the important games in the past three years.

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In the hotel where Columbia was staying, Pekerman's temporary office, after watching all the game videos, came to a very important conclusion: There is nothing new about the Chinese team's tactical play! However, this is exactly what Pekerman is worried about. From the perspective of formation, 442 is not unique, from the perspective of play, any coach will defend and counterattack, and then widen the range a little, 433 formation and pass control football Chinese team has also played, and Pekerman is no stranger to this. But what really surprised Pekerman was that most of the Chinese attack was able to get good shots from near the penalty area. And many times the Chinese team has fewer shots than the opponent, but scores more goals, which also shows that the Chinese team's offensive efficiency is very high.

Pekerman attributed this reason to the strength of the players, in the main formation of the Chinese team, the players in every position can be ranked in the top ten today! This is absolutely impossible to find a second team in the world! In fact, the most impressive players of the Chinese team are not Zhang Shujie or Li Mu, but the four midfielders, because of the existence of the four of them, the Chinese team's offense is also very diverse, plus the two people in front of him, Pekerman can't think of how to restrain them for a while.

As long as there are any two of the six players in the midfield, the strength of the team can be strengthened, but the Chinese team has all six gathered, and Pekerman has a headache. But as a coach, he has to find a way to get the team to win, and that's his job.

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After a day of training, Zhang Shujie returned to the hotel early. Unlike at the club, he didn't stay at the training base to practice free-kicks, what he needs now is a rest, which does not mean that he has to lie in bed and sleep after training, but to do as little unnecessary training as possible.

There are many entertainment facilities in the hotel, and there is also a game arcade where many team members play games. Zhang Shujie knew that Ma Junqiang was a master of playing games, and Yan Tao was also very powerful, but he was not very good at this. In retrospect, it seems that he is not very good at other forms of entertainment except that he is the best at football. However, there is one exception, and that is that he still plays football games relatively well.

As soon as he walked into the hall, he heard Ma Junqiang's roar: "Why did I lose again?"

Zhang Shujie walked up to take a look, it turned out that Ma Junqiang and Yan Tao were playing a battle game, Ma Junqiang failed to beat Yan Tao, and it seemed that Ma Junqiang had lost more than one game.

Yan Tao smiled and patted Ma Junqiang's shoulder: "Old horse, you should practice and come and play with me again." ”

Ma Junqiang sighed, and when he saw Zhang Shujie coming, he said, "Do you want to try it with Yan Tao?"

Zhang Shujie smiled: "No, I don't know how to play with these." ”

Yan Tao said: "Old Ma, let's come again!"

Ma Junqiang shook his head again and again, and said, "If you don't play, you won't play, you can't play." I'll admit that I'm going to be second in the team rankings. ”

Yan Tao was about to speak, but suddenly heard a voice: "Old Ma, are you sure you are the second in the team?"

The three of them turned their heads to look, and it turned out that Xu Ziyi was coming, and Zhao Wenkang came with him.

Ma Junqiang deliberately asked him viciously: "Do you want to challenge me?"

Xu Ziyi smiled and pushed him aside: "You are too skilled." Then he looked at Yan Tao: "Let's have a hand." ”

Yan Tao said: "Okay." So, the two stopped caring about Ma Junqiang and began to compete.

Zhang Shujie knows that Xu Ziyi is very, very good at playing billiards, and it can even be said that he has reached the level of a professional player.

But for playing games...... Zhang Shujie and Xu Ziyi have been working together in the club for a year, and they have never seen him play this kind of arcade game. Of course, Yan Tao and Ma Junqiang have also been teammates in the same club as Xu Ziyi for a year, and they have never seen him play this. Li Mu, who came up to join in the fun, quietly said to Zhang Shujie: "Yan Tao is going to be unlucky." ”

Zhang Shujie asked, "Xu Ziyi is very powerful?"

Li Mu nodded: "Yes, when I was in London, I saw him play." ”

Li Mu is not wrong, Xu Ziyi is indeed very powerful, Yan Tao lost three times in a row, and he was completely abused by Xu Ziyi, and after losing, he returned his clothes with an incredible expression, and Ma Junqiang next to him was even more surprised. I never knew that Xu Ziyi was so good at playing games.

"Ziyi, why haven't you ever seen you play these games when you were in Manchester City before?" asked Ma Junqiang.

Before Xu Ziyi could answer, Yan Tao said, "I haven't seen you play in Milan." Looking at Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua who came from behind: "Have you two seen it?"

The two shook their heads.

Li Mu said: "I did, he was still at Chelsea at the time. ”

Ma Junqiang shook his head and said, "This is a real person who doesn't show his face." ”

Zhao Wenkang patted him on the back: "So you can't keep the title of the second master, and you have to drop down and give up the second position to Yan Tao." ”

Ma Junqiang pretended to be very disappointed: "I'm the captain of the national team, why don't you give face like this?"

Zhang Shujie said: "Give you a ghost!" said and looked at the time: "I won't play with you, I'll go to the room." ”

Yan Tao said, "You don't seem to have anything to do, don't you?

Zhang Shujie smiled, turned around and waved his hand, and walked straight out. He didn't really have any fun, but it was fun to watch his teammates do all this in their spare time.

(End of chapter)