This is how the national Olympic team started its last training camp before the U23 Asian Cup in the cold weather of the capital.

Lin Zhiyuan, the "catfish", has indeed injected fresh vitality into the team.

Although he and Hulai agreed before the check-in, it was difficult to get everyone on the team to look at him.

There will always be people who will try to challenge Lin Zhiyuan in training.

Especially when the shooting training is relieved, it is when the atmosphere on the training ground is at its highest.

Everyone was holding back their strength and wanted to enter the door guarded by Lin Zhiyuan.

And Lin Zhiyuan also used this opportunity to show everyone his ability, why he can sit in the echelon of the German football club, why he can become the main force of the reserve team as soon as he comes to the South China Tigers reserve team, and help the team win the Chinese Super League reserve league championship.

Although he sometimes speaks annoyingly, this does not mean that he can only talk about it, and people have real talents and learning.

After he saved his teammates' shots many times, even those players of the National Olympic team who were psychologically uncomfortable had to admit that Lin Zhiyuan had two brushes.

As for the duel between him and Hulai...... In training, there are mutual wins and losses, and sometimes Hu Lai's very good shot can be saved by Lin Zhiyuan, but sometimes, even if Lin Zhiyuan tries his best, he can't touch the side of Hu Lai's goal.

It's really like Lin Zhiyuan himself said, the performance in training is not counted. This kind of training performance can't prove who wins and who loses, so we have to wait until the actual game to see.

Lin Zhiyuan's strength in training was so strong that even his direct competitor, the original main goalkeeper Song Kun, had to be convinced. He may lose the position of the main goalkeeper because of Lin Zhiyuan, but he has nothing to say, after all, his ability is indeed outstanding.

After seeing Lin Zhiyuan's performance, he understood the gap between domestic training and high-level professional football training in Germany......

It's a bit of a sad reality.

As a goalkeeper, he is also a leader among his peers in China, otherwise it would be impossible to be the main force all the way from the national youth team to the national Olympic team.

But this is after all the premise of domestic football, and compared to the vast ocean outside, domestic football is like a small pond.

As a returnee, Lin Zhiyuan has a lot of resentful things on his body, but his strength is not black.

The strength is not as good as others, the position has been robbed, and it has to be recognized.

It's like Guan Xinyan, if you don't admit it, you won't even be able to enter the training list now......

Regarding Xinyan's previous experience, Song Kuang feels that he can still stay in the National Olympic team, which is not bad.

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After the training camp, the national Olympic team will fly to Dashun City, Haining Province – the U23 Asian Cup will be held in four cities in Haining Province – Dashun City, the home base of the Chinese Olympic team, where they will play a warm-up match against the UAE Olympic team, which is also the last warm-up match before the U23 Asian Cup.

After this warm-up match, the U23 Asian Cup will officially begin.

China, as the host and seeded team, was automatically assigned to Group A, along with Qatar, Uzbekistan and Oman.

As an Olympic qualifier, the U23 Asian Cup stipulates that only the champions, runners-up and runners-up will qualify for the Olympic Games in Madrid in August.

In other words, if the Chinese team wants to qualify for the Olympic Games, it must at least reach the semi-finals to have a chance.

This is a very difficult task for the Chinese Olympic team.

Even if they win the East Asian Cup, it doesn't mean they have the quality to reach the semi-finals of the Under-23 Asian Cup held on home soil. After all, the mentality of the teams participating in the East Asian Cup is completely different from that of the teams participating in the U23 Asian Cup.

But as the host of this tournament, fans naturally have reason to have high hopes for the team's results.

Since the 2012 Olympics in their country's capital, the national Olympic team has not been able to compete in the Olympic Games. And the time eleven years ago, it was also promoted without examination by virtue of the identity of the host.

As a result, the team performed very badly, did not qualify from the group, lost all three games, did not score a single goal, and was shaved bald.

At that time, everyone's patriotic enthusiasm for the local Olympic Games was aroused, and they also had high hopes for the performance of the national Olympic team.

As a result, the national Olympic team handed over such a report card, and after the game, it was naturally scolded by fans and media across the country.

Some people even labeled them a "national shame".

But to be honest, at the level of Chinese football, the results of the Olympic Games are actually quite normal, far from being a national shame. If table tennis is wiped out in the Olympic Games, it will be considered a "national shame......

Since then, the results of the Chinese Olympic team have not been as good as the previous one - the 2016 Olympic qualifiers have been changed to the U23 Asian Cup mode, which was also the first U23 Asian Cup at that time. After the Chinese team appeared in the group stage, it lost to the Qatar Olympic team in the first round of the knockout round.

In the 2020 Olympic Games qualifiers and the 3rd U23 Asian Cup, the Chinese team lost all three games in Thailand, did not score a goal, and went home without qualifying for the group stage.

The team that Hulai is currently part of was still an Under-17 team at the time, competing at the level of the Asian Youth Championships.

The team's best finish at the Asian Youth Championship was seventh place, although they did not participate in the World Youth Championship. But after all, they had to be a little better than their predecessors, and they finally qualified for the group stage.

At the same time, it also benefited from the high-level crackdown of the Football Association, and the growth environment of this national youth team is better than that of their predecessors.

At least Shi Wuyun, who has been leading the team, has not been fired and expelled for various reasons, he has always led the team, and he has also ensured the continuation of tactical thinking and the tacit understanding between each other.

Such a stable environment is something that the previous national Olympic teams did not have - you must know that the national Olympic team that participated in the Olympic Games that year, when it was only a month away from the Olympic Games, suddenly announced a change of coach and replaced the foreign coach Lauter Prinz, who had led the team with good results. It is said that the reason for the change of coach is that Prinz, an old German man, did not listen to the Chinese Football Association, so the Football Association changed an obedient local coach. Changing coaches on the spot is a taboo, and all the national Olympic teams returned home with a crushing defeat at the Olympics......

Now that the national Olympic team led by Shi Wuyun finally achieved results in the East Asian Cup, they were quickly pinned on high hopes by the Chinese people.

It can even be said that after seeing the outstanding performance of these young players in the 2023 season, if the national Olympic team cannot break out of Asia and participate in the main match of the Olympic Games, then Chinese fans may fall into great despair.

After all, such a talented team can't do it, so who else can?

So even though the U23 Asian Cup hasn't even started, the team is already under heavy pressure.

Of course, the team with Hulai is destined to have a different painting style......

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When Hu Lai deducted Liu Yan with a feint in the team's teaching competition, Chen Xingyi waved his arms and shouted: "All stand up!" Applause and cheers! ”

There were cheers on the sidelines.

"Hulai is awesome!!"

"Hulai's cock exploded!"

Song Kun, who was about to defend Hu Lai's shot on the field, simply ran out of the goal and ran with open arms to celebrate.

He left Hulay with an empty door.

Hulai was so angry that he shouted: "You come back! What to run? If you have the ability, you can carry the goal together! ”

Everyone on and off the field laughed.

Shi Wuyun and Li Zhifei also followed the joy when they saw this scene, and they didn't mean to go up to stop everyone.

The two of them knew that this was a player from the national Olympic team who was spoofing Hulai, because Hulai had just managed to pass a man outside the penalty area......

Everyone knows that Hu Lai is not good at passing people, so when he actually passed Liu Yan in training, everyone cheered, as if Hu Lai had accomplished something that was so ineffective.

Liu Yan, who had been passed, lay on the ground and covered his face with his hands, looking very annoyed - he was actually given by Hu Lai! He knew he was going to be washed by his teammates for days......

Sure enough, Wang Zijian rushed over immediately, squatted next to Liu Yan and clenched his fists, as if he took a microphone and handed it to Liu Yan: "Eh, Brother Yan, interview and interview, what does it feel like to be passed by Hu Lai?" ”

"Damn, I thought he was going to pass to my left, so I moved the slot ahead of time, but I didn't expect him to mix garlic under his feet and touch the football to the right...... It's time for Lao Tzu! Liu Yan, who was lying on the ground, shouted angrily.

Wang Zijian concluded: "I understand, just like me playing FIFA, rubbing the joystick and not expecting a Francis to turn around, I guess Hu Lai doesn't know how to get rid of you......"

Hulai turned around and retorted: "Nonsense! This is clearly my plan, I am premeditated! ”

Wang Zijian pointed at Liu Yan: "Then when you come back and go back again, Brother Yan, you will use the person you just had." ”

Hu Lai shook his head and waved his hand: "That's not good. I'm a good person who uses it once and can't use it again. ”

"Like words? A one-time pass? ”

"No, just as there are no two identical leaves in the world, no one of mine's moves is exactly the same. Just as you can't step into the same river twice, I can't do exactly two of the same tricks. I call it the 'Schrödinger Pendulum,'......" said Hule, holding his head high.

"I believe you're a ghost!" Wang Zijian jumped up, "What 'Schrödinger pendulum', isn't this still what I just said, rubbing the rocker out of it!" ”

Liu Yan lay on the turf and wept silently, feeling even more ashamed.

"Hahaha!" Everyone listened to the conversation between the two of them, and they all laughed back and forth.

Even Lin Zhiyuan grinned and laughed with his new teammates - when he first entered the National Olympic team, when he saw everyone teasing Hu Lai like this, he couldn't believe that the top scorer and tactical core of the National Olympic team actually looked like a team pet...... But now he's completely up to the pace of everybody, which gives him a sense of being part of the team.

The training ground of the national Olympic team was full of laughter, just like the Chinese New Year.

So you're going to say how much pressure is there on this team knowing that people have high expectations for them?

Maybe it's a little bit......

But expecting them to be crushed by the pressure all at once is probably not so easy.

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“…… Today is January 1, 2024, which is New Year's Day...... The young men of the Chinese Olympic team, who are preparing for the U23 Asian Cup, how did they spend the New Year's Day at this moment? Please follow the lens of our reporter into the Hongfengling training base and explore the ......"

The TV showed footage of the national Olympic team training, and laughter rang out incessantly.

“…… It seems that the boys of the Chinese Olympic team are in good spirits and relaxed. The base restaurant has prepared a sumptuous festive meal for the national Olympic team, ensuring that the young men at the training base can have a happy New Year's Day......"

In the last shot before cutting to the restaurant, Hu Lai on the training ground was picked up by Wang Guangwei and kicked his ass, but he deftly dodged it, and then ran out of the frame with his butt covered, causing the players who remained in the camera to laugh.

Seeing this scene, Xie Lan was very happy: "Look at how popular our son is!" ”

Hu Lixin didn't respond to her, she glanced at her husband: "What do you think?" Straight eyes? ”

"I want to resign." Hu Lixin continued to answer his wife's words with those eyes.

"Resign? Okay, you should have quit a long time ago, I'll tell you, what's there to do with that broken job...... I'm not looking down on the security guards, I mean they leave you idle in the office...... Going to work every day is just in a daze, is it interesting? Not interesting! Xie Lan patted her thigh and was excited, ouch hey, her husband finally figured it out!

After she was excited, she asked, "But have you thought about what to do after you quit?" ”

She did not consider the option of staying at home after her husband's resignation, because she and her husband reached a consensus on the issue of "not gnawing children". However, when doing any work, they must always be busy and move, and they can't rest at home, otherwise they are afraid that the rest will rust and cause problems.

"I want to get a coaching certificate."

"Huh?"

"Then I went to the elementary school as a coach and taught the kids to play football. Isn't our country advocating football in schools now? But the lack of enough academy coaches has always been a problem...... I guess it should be easier for me to get a job, right? ”

Xie Lan asked: "I'm not against it, I'm just strange - why did you suddenly think about going to the elementary school to teach children to play football?" ”

After asking this question, she noticed that her husband's eyes had returned to clarity, but the direction of his gaze had not changed, and it was still the television screen.

"I didn't let him play when he was a kid, and if I had taught him to play at that time, he would probably have suffered a lot less. Now that he's grown up and can't go back, I'm going to teach the other kids how to play. Hu Lixin said. It can also be regarded as making a contribution to the changed Chinese football. ”

Hearing this, Xie Lan smiled: "I support you!" ”