On January 30, the afternoon before the Chinese team's game, the Sydney FC training ground, the Chinese team welcomed a special guest, this guest was Zhang Yuan's old teammate, Piero.

Piero previously played for Sydney FC in the Australian Premier League, but in the summer of 2014 he moved to Dynamo Delhi in India, where the Asian Cup was held in Australia and the Australian organising committee extended an invitation to attend the final.

His professional experience in Australia is definitely a quite successful experience, Zhang Yuan didn't expect his old captain to be able to play so much energy to Sydney FC, when Zhang Yuan just joined Juventus that season was also Piero's last season, he didn't play much, Zhang Yuan to put it bluntly replaced Piero's position.

However, the relationship between the two is not bad, and there will be some contact occasionally, but Piero is a presumptuous visit this time, he didn't tell Zhang Yuan in advance, of course, the leader of the Chinese team will not turn away when he sees Piero visiting the team in person.

So when Zhang Yuan saw Piero appear on the training ground, his heart was full of surprise, it was really a surprise, the feeling of meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign country.

"Alex, I didn't expect to meet you here?! You didn't come to see me, did you?" Zhang Yuan smiled in Italian after happily hugging Piero.

"Of course I'm coming to see you!" replied Piero in Italian.

Zhang Yuan laughed, Piero was telling the truth, the Chinese team is not related to him, why did he come to visit the Chinese team, but because of Zhang Yuan, he has not met Zhang Yuan for a long time, this time it is just taking this opportunity to meet and cheer Zhang Yuan up.

Piero is a big man, there is no one in the national team who does not know him, and everyone came forward to shake hands with Piero and say hello to each other.

After that, Piero looked at the court with his hands folded and chatted with Zhang Yuan on the sidelines.

"How's it going?!" Piero asked, smiling.

"Not bad, but I'm not particularly confident!" Zhang Yuan said truthfully.

"Yo, there's something you can't do, it's said that you used to win the title and you won them all! Now I think about it if I could have stayed one more season so I would have a second Champions League medal!" quipped.

"Alex, don't laugh at me, I used to talk casually! This time it's different, our strength is still a little worse than theirs, and their defense is very good, and they haven't conceded a goal until now!" Zhang Yuan said.

"Don't think too much, the more you think about it, the better it is!" I'll tell you a story from the past, about me, in the final of the 2000 European Championships...... "Piero told his story.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Yuan knew what he was going to say, in the final of the time Italy against France, he had a chance to kill the game, but he lost two chances in a row to score a single goal, but let another Juventus legend Trezeguet make a final decision to help the French team win that game.

After this game, Piero was not only criticized by domestic fans and media, but also by many Italian fans around the world.

'You know I had a big injury the previous season and then I wasn't in good shape and I admit I had a mental problem as well. But in the big game, I also thought too much, I wanted to be recognized, I wanted to help Italy score goals, the more I thought about it, and when the opportunity came, I was at a loss in my head!

Zhang Yuan thought that those days must have been a difficult day for him, Piero's first peak was in the 97-98 season, after which he was injured, and then he did not recover for a long time, and the performance in the European Cup was even more criticized, after a long time, knowing that Juventus was in Serie B and returned to Serie A, Piero reached the second peak, it can be said that Juventus can still occupy the third place after returning to Serie A, and the performance in the Champions League in the second season is still said to be in the past, which has a lot to do with Piero's brave play。

"So when it comes to the final, don't think too much! Don't put too much pressure on yourself! Actually, you've been doing a good job in this area, and I think your mental quality is quite strong!" Piero praised.

"It's true, in fact, my idea is very simple, I'm still young, and there have been several opportunities to compete like this, maybe it doesn't matter this time!" Zhang Yuan shrugged.

"Haha, you're right to think so!" Piero said with a smile, saying that everyone knows that professional players don't have so many next times, and it's good for Zhang Yuan to comfort himself and relax himself.

The next afternoon, in the Australian Stadium in Sydney, Australia, the stadium of more than 80,000 people was full, in fact, the stands were full of black-haired and yellow-skinned East Asians, Chinese and Koreans, Australia itself did not watch this game very much, don't look at Australia in football is the top level in Asia, but they are the same as the United States, football is not the first favorite project of the people, this cup, Australia was eliminated by the Chinese team, many people lost interest in watching the final.

However, there is no need to worry about the attendance rate of the stadium, the four countries in East Asia, the money may not be the most, but the population is huge, China has a population of more than one billion, no matter what the fans say, there are hundreds of millions, South Korea has tens of millions of people in such a small space, and it is not a matter of minutes for the two countries to make you a stadium of 80,000 people.

So the stadium was full before the game started, Anna took Zhang Yufei to sit down in the stands, and carefully pasted a five-star red flag face sticker for Zhang Yufei, one on each cheek.

After finishing this pass, Anna hugged her daughter and pointed out the warm-up Chinese team on the field, "See clearly Dad?! Which is Dad?!"

"That!that!" Zhang Yufei stretched out his hand in the air and shouted happily.

"Okay, let's cheer for Daddy later, okay! Daddy scores, and you will have a gift!" Anna said, rubbing her daughter's head.

"Okay!" Zhang Yufei nodded fiercely.

Zhang Yuan looks very focused, the Taiji Tiger South Korean team is also warming up opposite, Zhang Yuan is also online, and will inherit the contemptuous name of Chinese netizens for South Korea, he is also called the Korean Goryeo stick, but he does not despise the Korean team, this is a tenacious and tenacious team, although the help of the referee in 2002 is an important factor, but it is undeniable that the South Korean team has indeed made great progress in football, leaving the Chinese team behind.

The Chinese team has gone into a dark decade after 2002, and its strength has declined rapidly, although there has been a tendency to rise in the past two years, but it is undeniable that the level of the South Korean team is still higher than that of the Chinese team, and Zhang Yuan has to admit it.

Zhang Yuan looked at a person seriously, Son Heung-min, a striker from Leverkusen, this striker is the biggest support of the South Korean team, just like Zhang Yuan, but when it comes to strength, he is not at the same level as Zhang Yuan, compared to Son Xingmin, Zhang Yuan chose the right family, got enough playing time, outstanding talent, and amazing growth.

Son Heung-min is a little different, he didn't play much time in the early days of Hamburg, even in the second season, he spent more time as a substitute, and his goal efficiency was much worse than Zhang Yuan's goalscoring efficiency.

But now his opponent is the release line of the Chinese team, this defense line is not a steel defense line in the Bundesliga, Son Xingmin can score so many goals in the Bundesliga, and he may also score under the defense of the Chinese team.

Maybe we may have to fight for a goal in this game?! Zhang Yuan thought, and then laughed dumbly, a good man and three gangs, he and Sun Xingmin have the same problem, without the support of teammates, it is difficult to score, the South Korean team does not score much, Sun Xingmin's goals are of course not many, which is enough to show that their offense may not be able to pose a threat to the Chinese team.

"Come on, forget all the fighting!" Zhang Yuan said to himself.