50. A one-man team
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Qin Goode and his teammates stepped onto the turf.
"Brothers," the Chinese captain said to his teammates behind him with a smile, "we are here again." β
The men all smiled.
This is not the first time that China has visited Maracana, just a year ago, his national team defeated hosts Brazil to bring the Confederations Cup trophy back home, and for the first time Chinese football won a cup championship beyond the continental level.
This stadium can be regarded as his blessed land.
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An hour later, Qin Goode finished the final acclimatization activities and returned to the hotel of the Chinese team.
When the old lady untied the gauze on his hands and changed the dressing for him, he couldn't help but nag with a distressed face: "Good grandson, don't be so desperate next time." β
The old man Qin Yuanshan only checked it slightly, and then patted his grandson's head: "Will you win tomorrow's game?" β
The gauze was re-fixed, and although the contusion caused by that violent maneuver was mostly healed, the skin on his hands had not yet fully grown, Qin Goode moved his hands and answered the old man's question with a smile:
"How can you win if you don't work hard?!"
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When Qin Goodall was reunited with his family in the hotel, the pre-match press conference between China and the Netherlands had just begun.
Having swept Spain in the first round of the group stage to make the Netherlands the hottest team at the moment, Dutch coach Louis van Gaal is in full swing.
"We are strong, this is a fact that has been recognized by the world," Van Gaal said with a serious face in front of the microphone, "but we have always lacked results to back it up, we have been hearing the title of uncrowned king for too long, this year is the best time to take off this hat, and we will use practical actions to finish the regret of four years ago." β
Dutch captain Robin van Persie scratched the bridge of his nose with his thumb: "I very much agree with Mr. Coach, we are not here in Brazil for the quarter-finals or the semi-finals, we have only one goal, that trophy. β
"Robin, could you please evaluate tomorrow's opponent?" There are Dutch journalists who can't wait to stir up the topic.
"Team China...... I know this team very well, especially their core, Gude Qin," Van Persie replied, "without a doubt, Gude is the best footballer on the planet, he and I are also very good partners at the club, I know him very well, he is an all-powerful talent. It is precisely because of his existence that the Chinese team has been able to rise from a middle and lower team ranked 90th to around 20th in just a few years, and entered the World Cup finals again after 12 years. It's not that I'm disrespectful to the rest of the Chinese team, but I think it should be true. β
Even the Chinese media, which were reporting on the scene, did not deny it, and Lippi only smiled and nodded.
"Compared to the Chinese team, we don't have Mr. Ballon d'Or, but we are a team, and when we stick together, any team will be trampled under our feet." A confident smile appeared on General Fan's handsome face, "Football is not a one-man sport. β
When Lippi took over the microphone, he first refuted Van Persie's assessment of the Chinese team: "Football is not a one-man sport, it's something I learned when I was 20 years old. And I believe that the Chinese team is more of a united whole than the other 31 teams, and I don't know why there are always some people who say ...... The Chinese team is a team of Gude Qin, Gude is indeed the best player in this team, and he is also the captain of the team, and he is often the key player on the field, but this does not mean that the other players are dispensable, because every player in the Chinese team is equally eager to win, and they even have to work harder than Gude Qin, otherwise, I would never have brought them to Brazil. β
Lippi is Lippi after all, and when he came to a conclusion, whether the reporters agreed with him or not, they wisely chose to end the discussion on the topic and move on to other issues.
"Mr. Lippi," the Italian journalist named Raphael, "can you tell us a little bit about tomorrow's tactical arrangements?" Of course, it is within the scope of disclosure. β
Lippi glanced at him: "The characteristics of the Netherlands and Ivory Coast are very different, they are more adept at attacking from the wings, so on the other hand, we have to focus on the defense on the wings, especially Alger Robben, who made Spain suffer in the last game, of course, Depay on the left is very young, but he is also very talented, we can't afford to lose sight of the other." β
When it comes to classified things like tactics and lineups, Silver Fox will only say some facts that everyone knows.
And another fact is that Lippi doesn't like to talk about it in front of the camera.
So the next time was handed over to the player representative of the Chinese team, the veteran Zheng Zhi - Zheng Zhi, who had been in the British Isles, could at least show a few words of English.
But no one cares about how Zheng Zhi is, everyone only cares about another topic.
"According to the official disclosure of the Chinese team, Gu Deqin injured his hands in the first round of the group stage, and he did not participate in the team training camp in the past few days, will this affect his participation in tomorrow's game?"
Zheng Zhi glanced at this reporter who spoke awkward English, but he was wondering in his heart, is this guy Dutch, who wants to spy on the military for his home team?
Sure enough, even Van Gaal and Van Persie, who had already stepped off the rostrum, stopped and pricked up their ears one by one.
Zheng Zhi's face clearly showed a hesitant expression: "Uh...... Gude's injury is not yet fully healed, but I am confident that he will be on the pitch tomorrow. β
He used English, and because he hadn't used it for a long time, this short paragraph was stumbling.
But in the ears of journalists who are good at divergent thinking, they hear a different meaning.
The Chinese team is not simple.
He only said that Qin Goode would play in the next game, but he didn't say that he would definitely start.
Could it be that Qin Gude will become a substitute? Let the others guard hard first and exhaust the physical strength of the Dutch team, and then send him out to attack?
Or is it ...... This guy is purely just putting on a smokescreen? Is he just trying to disrupt the Dutch manager's tactical arrangements?
You know, one Chingoud is really enough to affect the deployment of the Netherlands - if he doesn't play, then Van Gaal doesn't need to arrange special defensive players, and if Chinggood starts, then he must send all the most defensive players in the team to the battlefield.
Lippi glanced at Van Gaal, and it seemed that the Dutchman was going to have a slight headache. (To be continued.) )