Chapter 472: The World Cup Begins
But Zhang Yuan's sister did not agree to let her husband take her son to watch the World Cup, Zhang Yuan doesn't care, it's always good to be safe. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although returning to China is quiet, some media and television stations still know about it, and as early as the end of the season, the sports station sent out an invitation, hoping that the national team can participate in their TV recording program before the trip.
Then this short vacation ended, and Zhang Yuan, several teammates and Coach Fu participated in the recording.
Although this is a recording and not a live broadcast, the audience at the scene is a well-recruited fan, and their questions are true.
Although the media and fans across the country are not optimistic about the national team's World Cup journey, when fans really ask this question, what do the national team players think about it, it attracts everyone's attention.
At the recording site of the program, Zhang Yuan and they were asked this question, Gao Jun didn't know what to say, Zhang Yuan hurriedly said, "Although several other teams in the group are better than us, we will work hard, we just hope that this World Cup will do our best and leave no regrets!"
The general psychology of Chinese fans is like this, knowing that their team is not good, but they have big expectations, and when this big expectation is shattered, hehe, they will scold people, scold players, scold coaches, etc.
The role of Fu Gui is actually quite difficult, he is not a foreign coach, so his status in the hearts of fans is not so high, and the fans who qualified for the World Cup took most of the credit to Zhang Yuan, and the coach was ignored by them.
Camacho's dismissal of the unexplained words is still in the clouds in the hearts of many fans, how did this guy get out of class, isn't he also winning.
There are many twists and turns in the national team, but these twists and turns have come to Zhang Yuan's birth, everything is bullshit, there is no way his strength and fame are famous in the world, this is the same as Messi in Argentina and Ronaldo in Portugal, if you are in charge of any football association, it is a sin not to recruit him, and he will be spurned by the fans.
There are also some unspoken rules of the national team, but Zhang Yuan is not involved in such a thing, and he has not violated the rules to do anything, no one can do anything about him, if you want to belittle Zhang Yuan, you have to see if the fans agree or not.
So this national team is relatively pure, but purity is useless for the head coach, this World Cup has not started yet, and the fate of playing soy sauce is well known, but paying guidance afterwards is definitely to be scolded, maybe the final result is to get out of class!
Coach Fu was annoyed when he had something to say after the recording of the show, and he was afraid that the World Cup would be over, and the coach would be the end.
Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Instructor Fu, I will definitely support you!"
Of course, Zhang Yuan didn't know whether it was useful for him to support him, but he could only say that Fu Gui was quite in line with his wishes.
The national team's training camp will begin, starting with a week of training in China, and then the international team will move to Brazil, where they will train until the pre-tournament.
The climate in Brazil is different from that in China, and the national team went ahead of schedule to adapt to the climatic conditions there as soon as possible, and the problem of adaptability should not be underestimated.
During the training camp in Brazil, the national team will also play a warm-up match against Croatia, who are also one of the top 32 of the World Cup, but they have been placed in Group A alongside Brazil, Mexico and Cameroon, and they are also not the favorites like China.
The national team's base is in São Paulo, where the security environment is relatively better, which is an issue that cannot be ignored and must be taken seriously.
Some teams came to Brazil for training very early, and some came very late, Zhang Yuan thought that the Chinese team would be stupid and fly first.
On June 7, the Chinese team played a friendly match with Croatia at the Xinshuiyuan Stadium in El Salvador, and Rakitic and Zhang Yuan soon met again, this game Zhang Yuan was no longer a striker, but played in the position of a midfielder, as a midfield playmaker and tandem.
However, it is useless, compared with Croatia, the Chinese team's ball control is pediatric, Croatia's impact is stronger, they are very good at using their bodies, but they did not go all out in this game, and it is better to maintain enough mystery in the warm-up game.
2:0 easily won the Chinese team, such a result is not too embarrassing for the Chinese team, Zhang Yuan is not satisfied with this result, but can only accept it helplessly, no way, when he is in the midfield, the Chinese team is still very reluctant to control the ball, in the second half when he went to the position of the front, the most work is to compete with Croatian defenders, physical confrontation, and also got a few opportunities that are not opportunities, but unfortunately it is still a little short of the goal.
This is not only a problem for the Chinese team, Asian football may be difficult in this World Cup, because this backwardness is all-round, and the Chinese team's ability to qualify is really due to the backwardness of Asian football.
"Good luck to you!" Rakitic said after the game as he and Zhang Yuan stood on the pitch chatting.
"Are you telling the truth or are you lying?!" Zhang Yuan asked, looking at the smiling Rakitic.
"Honestly, of course!" Rakitic said, "It's just a warm-up game, don't take it too seriously!"
"I didn't pay attention to it, but, alas, you have also seen our strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a difference in this Cup!" Zhang Yuan said truthfully.
"That's why I'm wishing you all the best!
Zhang Yuan doesn't mind that his friends say that the strength of the Chinese team is poor, this has nothing to do with whether he can afford it, this is the truth, Zhang Yuan understands too well that there is no strong team, and it is useless to just muster up the courage to fight, but it is even worse if there is no courage.
As the most awesome captain in the history of the national team, Zhang Yuan is very concerned about this matter, he remembered Conte's tirelessness, and he is now tireless to talk to everyone every day, saying don't be nervous on the field, let's unite like a machine, and the defense must be done well.
The Chinese team's main practice now is defensive counterattack tactics, Zhang Yuan's position in daily training is still a striker, and he will also be a striker in the game, and he will no longer be a midfielder like against Croatia.
In any case, in such an atmosphere, the curtain of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is slowly opening.
The Chinese team was given a rare day off during this period, and Zhang Yuan took Anna and his daughter to visit São Paulo.
Then on June 12, the Chinese team moved to Cuyaba, the capital of the state of Mato Grosso, where they will play their first group game against Chile.
Chile had Zhang Yuan's club team-mates Vidal and Isla, but none of them had been in contact with each other before the game.
On the evening of June 13, the match was held at the Pantanal Stadium in Cuiabá, because according to Beijing time, the kick-off time happened to be Saturday morning in China, so many domestic fans waited in front of the TV to watch the game and cheer for the opening match of the Chinese team.
The Pantanal Stadium can accommodate about 40,000 people, because it is located in South America, Chile and Brazil are not too far apart, there are many fans who come to Brazil to cheer for the Chilean team, but there are also many Chinese fans, like Li Jun, there are not a few people who have crossed the ocean to watch the game.
The Pantanal Stadium has been created with a strong Chinese style by these Chinese fans.
Vidal had a minor knee operation at the end of the league in May, and he made a smooth comeback in this game and was in the starting line-up, while Zhang Yuan's other teammate Isla could not play in the main position at Juventus, but he was the main player in the national team and also started.
The captain of the Chilean team is Sanchez, in last year's Champions League, they had a match, Barcelona is not strong, but fell at the feet of Juventus, who has Zhang Yuan, but today Sanchez feels very different, he is very confident, the Chinese team is very bad.
How bad they are, they are the lowest-ranked team in the round of 32, even having Zhang Yuan can't change the fact that they are relatively bad, Sanchez is full of confidence to beat the Chinese team, and he is happy to see that Zhang Yuan is destined to be deflated.
Chile sent a 4312 formation, Sanchez and Vargas partnered in the striker, and the Chinese team sent a 451 formation, with heavy troops in the midfield and Zhang Yuan as a single arrow.