"Da Liu, Da Liu, do you have any expectations for this World Cup?"

CCTV reporters squeezed through the crowd at the exit of the airport and came to Liu Han, who had returned to China, and asked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On May 18, 2002, Liu Han, who had celebrated his two consecutive Champions League titles in Madrid, returned to China, and then he would immediately return to the national team, and then follow the national team to South Korea to participate in the Korea-Japan World Cup that will open on May 31.

As soon as he returned to China and left the airport, he was surrounded by a large number of media and fans, as the leader of the Chinese team in this World Cup, Liu Han can be said to have received great attention.

"Thank you for your enthusiasm, thank you, I think it's okay to play normally in the World Cup."

Seeing that it was a CCTV reporter's interview, Liu Han still answered the other party's question.

"Do you have any goals for the national team in this World Cup?"

Hearing that Liu Han's return was more official, the CCTV reporter chose a more direct question.

"The goal? I don't have any goals, I heard some news when I came back, some media and fans think that we can qualify for the group or even the quarterfinals, but I want to say please don't casually put your thoughts on the head of the national team, football is not a comparison of data on paper, and it is not one or two players who can change the overall situation, the game needs players to fight calmly one by one, rather than fantasizing about miracles with unrealistic ideas, maybe my words are a little frustrating, but I must say, Please calm down and take this World Cup with a normal heart, my teammates and I will do our best, and please don't put too much pressure on us. ”

Liu Han's words made everyone present quiet, they didn't expect Liu Han, who had always been very strong, to say such a thing.

Before Liu Han returned to China, there was a hot current in the country, that is, the praise of the national team, the national team entered the World Cup finals with a rapid momentum, so that everyone sighed at the rapid growth of the team's strength, and at the same time made some people begin to be too optimistic, they feel that the current national team has the ability to compete with the world's strongest teams, and has the strength to make a splash in the World Cup. They were expecting the national team to make a splash on the World Cup stage, but such "optimism" made everyone forget that in the qualifiers for this World Cup, the national team lacked two strong opponents, that is, the host Japan team and South Korea.

The national team in the World Cup qualifiers did show a world of different strength, but at the same time, we must also admit that there is still a huge gap between the strength of the Chinese team and the world's strong teams, this gap is not one or two generations can make up, not to mention anything else, the development of grassroots football alone is enough to limit the development of Chinese football, without the support of grassroots football, Chinese football is like a tree without roots, water without a source.

Liu Han felt that he had to stand up and say something after hearing the news, on the one hand, as the captain of the team, he needed to relieve the pressure on his teammates, and at the same time, he had to beware of his teammates being too proud.

After speaking, Liu Han left the airport and went to the national team's residence under the protection of security personnel, and his words caused an uproar in China.

If these words were another member of the national football team, it is estimated that he would be scolded as national scum, but when these words came from Liu Han's mouth, it had to make people think, after all, Liu Han is now known as a top football star in the world, and he is a representative of Chinese sports, and what he said has more weight than ordinary players.

Back to the national team's residence, Liu Han entered the state of preparation, he no longer paid attention to the disturbances of the outside world, and began to follow the team into the final joint training, at the same time, in the team, Liu Han as the captain also communicated with the players, and did not shy away from denouncing several young players and the blind optimism of the old players, the atmosphere of the national team began to change in a better direction.

"Brothers, what are we going to do? It's to go to the game, not to the stage performance, the game needs us to fight with a calm mind, not by talking, so we try to treat this World Cup game as an ordinary league to play, what is the result, we don't talk about him, as long as we play our own strength, don't pay more attention to the outside things, I will top the pressure, but I also hope that you can be serious, don't be nervous and don't be blindly confident, it is much more important to perform well in the game than now. The stage outside is much bigger than in China, and I hope everyone will think more about this. ”

Liu Han's words calmed down most of the national football players, after all, the main members of this national football team are the members of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, and the players who have experienced that Olympic Games are extremely convinced of Liu Han, and after the Olympic Games, several players who performed well went to Europe with the help of Liu Han, which is a great temptation for some domestic players.

After the atmosphere in the national team began to improve, the impact of the outside world on the national team was much smaller, although many media publicly stood up to criticize Liu Han, but some calmer media also began to sit down and seriously analyze the situation faced by the national team, and some calmer fans also began to express their attitude no longer hoping that the national team would make a breakthrough in the World Cup, but looking forward to the national team to show their style.

Originally, there were many voices within the Football Association saying whether to set a goal for the national football team, but under the suppression of Wang Junsheng, these voices quickly disappeared, and even the General Bureau did not have any statement, after all, Liu Han is not an ordinary player, and there are still many big names standing behind him.

After the last three days of training with the national team, the national team began to pack up and prepare for departure, their first stop will be Jeju Island in South Korea, but the first group stage of the Chinese team will be played in Gwangju, the opponent is Costa Rica, which is the weakest opponent of the Chinese team in the group stage, and it is also the most promising opponent of the national team.

On May 23, 2002, the Chinese team took a special plane to South Korea.

Before leaving, as many as thousands of fans came to the airport to see them off, and some fans put up slogans to support the national team.

"A good man is not a man, the game has the final say."

"I don't expect to slaughter the United States and destroy Europe, I just want to see China's demeanor." (To be continued.) )