After bidding farewell to Yuan Weimin, Ou Chuliang stayed at Vice Chairman Xu's house for a few days, and then trained with the national football team that was training one after another.

The domestic league is still going on, so each training camp of the national football team is about half a month, and most of them play some amateur matches with local small teams.

As the youngest player on the team, Ou Chuliang did not receive special care because of this. On the contrary, Ou Chuliang completed all the standards for national players, and played as well as possible.

Coupled with Ou Chuliang's solid goal-line skills, if it weren't for his age and qualifications, Qi Zhuosheng might have overruled public opinion and directly appointed Ou Chuliang as the No. 1 goalkeeper.

But the starting goalkeeper Jiang Hong was not too much at fault, coupled with his tall stature and long-term goalkeeping experience, Qi Zhuosheng had no reason to replace him. So when the jersey was handed out, the No. 1 jersey was given to Jiang Hong, who was taller and taller, Dalian Wanda's substitute goalkeeper Han Wenhai got No. 22, and Ou Chuliang chose No. 20, which no one wanted.

As the days passed, national and international events were also being held.

For Asian countries, between the Olympic Games and the Asian Cup, the most noteworthy is the Asian Youth Championships

On October 20, the national youth defeated Japan 2-1 in Suwon, South Korea, in the group stage of the 30th AFC Youth Championship.

Even Japan won, and the rest of the group stage became smooth.

On October 22, they beat India 2-1; On October 24, it defeated Qatar 5-2; 2-1 win over Syria on 26 October; The national youth led by Tang Pengju advanced to the semifinals with four wins in the group stage.

On October 29, in the semi-finals with the United Arab Emirates, the national youth once again defeated their opponents with a score of 5-1.

Such a proud score made the media and fans full of confidence, although it was an away game, both the players and the coach shouted two words before the final game: "Break Korea!" ”

Just when fans and the media thought that the national youth would continue to soar, on October 31, the host South Korean team defeated the national youth 3-0 in the final held in Seoul, ending the national youth's winning streak.

The winning streak of the national youth came to an abrupt end, and the 3-0 defeat was poured on the heads of the team and fans like a basin of water, and the three words "Koreanphobia" once again lingered in the hearts of the national players.

The national youth lost, and the national football team also suffered.

A month ago, in the first China-South Korea confrontation match, the national football team lost 3-1 The game was once again found out by the media and made a big fuss.

With the use of well-intentioned people, the people even set off a wave of anti-Football Association upsurge. The first is the national football team led by Qi Wusheng.

Some media even threatened that the day of elimination of this Asian Cup is the time when Qi Wusheng steps down.

After the Irbid tragedy, Schlapner was disgraced; In the midst of the people's voices one after another, local coach Qi Zhaosheng took the lead. But the media and fans seem to be very forgetful, and the local coach who was promoted in their clamor a few years ago is once again trampled under their feet at this time.

In mid-October, the draw ceremony for the 11th Asian Cup was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and was presided over by AFC Secretary-General Wierlapan.

According to the competition rules, the 12 teams are divided into three groups, with the top two teams in the group advancing to the quarter-finals, and the two third-place finishers with the best results will also qualify for the quarterfinals.

According to the comprehensive evaluation of the results of each team in the competitions organized by FIFA and AFC, the 12 teams are divided into four pots.

The national football team in Pot 2 is placed in Group C, with defending champions Japan in Pot 1, Syria in Pot 3 and Asian Games champion Uzbekistan in Pot 94 in Pot 4.

Uzbekistan should have been ranked higher than Syria in terms of results, but both Syria and Kuwait refused to compete with Iraq, and as a result, the AFC put all three teams in Pot 3. As a result, the national football team was divided into a "group of death". Under the encouragement of the media, the chances of qualifying are worrying.

At the beginning of November, the national football team announced the list of the last training camp. Although 24 people were selected, 4 people had to be eliminated in the end to determine the final list for the Asian Cup.

Among the 24 people this time, the most eye-catching is not the 19-year-old Ou Chuliang. is another 19-year-old Sun Jihai, who has just come from the battlefield of the Asian Youth Championships to report.

Sun Jihai shined again in the just-concluded Asian Youth Championships, playing as the right side, he scored 5 assists and 1 goal in 6 games, not only can frequently create crises for the opponent through the right side, but also do not leak in defense.

And, in the just-concluded A League, Dalian Wanda won the championship with 12 wins, 10 draws and 46 points, maintaining the unbeaten record of the league to 34 games. And Sun Jihai is the main player of Dalian Wanda!

Such a talent who has both offense and defense overshadowed goalkeeper Ou Chuliang in the limelight.

According to the "Beijing Football News": Sun Jihai has been regarded by experts as the best defender in China in the 21st century!

The addition of Sun Jihai is also the third young athlete to be selected for the national football team under the age of 20 after Yao Xia and Ou Chuliang.

Unfortunately, during the national football team's rally, Yao Xia was absent due to a broken collarbone during training in Sichuan Quanxing, and he will not be able to participate in this Asian Cup.

A few days after the intensive training, Xie Feng from Beijing Guoan was also found to have a heart abnormality during a physical examination.

Subsequently, on the advice of the doctor, Xie Feng withdrew from the current national football team, stopped all training and competitions, and underwent further examination and treatment.

On November 7, Yu Heewei withdrew from the training camp and returned to Tianjin for treatment due to unbearable pain in the knee with severe hydrops, and there were only 21 national football players left in the training camp.

On November 23, the second leg of the first China-South Korea competition was held at the Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou.

But this time, the national football team still did not grasp the home advantage, although the 18 shots on goal more than double the opponent, but the final score was still 3-1.

In this way, the South Korean team defeated the national football team in two legs in the first China-South Korea confrontation match.

After this battle, the Chinese and Korean coaches all agreed that the team was not in the best condition. In his speech, Qi Wusheng also calmly said that the midfield is the weakest link of the national football team, hinting that there will be changes.

But Chinese fans didn't buy it, and in the shouts of "Qi was born out of class", there was an additional slogan of "Go to Ou Chuliang".

Dong Lu, a well-known football commentator, counted in his column the anti-South Korean data of this year's national brands. From the 0-2 defeat of the Chinese Olympic Games in the Olympic qualifiers, to the 0-3 loss to the South Korean national youth in the final of the National Youth Asian Youth Championship, and then to the 2-legged double defeat of the national football team by the opponent 3-1.

During the year, the national team lost to its old rival South Korea on three fronts. In this case, do you blame the media and fans for joking about "Koreanphobia"? Are the members of your national brand really afraid before the battle?

Dong Lu's series of questions are deafening and thought-provoking.

Forced by the excessive demand of fans, in the last warm-up game on November 26, Qi Missheng replaced Jiang Hong, who had a shoulder injury, and let Ou Chuliang start for the first time for the national football team. As a result, in the warm-up match of the newly formed Guangdong National Games team at the Zhaoqing Sports Center in preparation for the 8th National Games next year, the national football team won the opponent 4-0.

After the game, all the fans of the Zhaoqing Sports Center stood up and kept touching their palms together. Even the fans of the Guangdong National Games team are happy with the victory of the national football team.

Looking at the enthusiastic and passionate fans in the stands, Qi Wuchang sighed.

The assistant coach on the side, Gu Mingchang, looked puzzled: "Coach Qi, why do you still sigh after we win the game?" ”

Qi Yanchang sighed: "Because of Ou Chuliang, it was the fans who said it!" ”

After hearing this, Gu Mingchang nodded thoughtfully, the effect of changing Ou Chuliang was immediate, so the next step, is it going to change relatives and give birth by mistake?

Before leaving Guangzhou, the national football team left Jiang Hong, who had a shoulder injury, and Jiang Hong became the last loser.

Take a train from Guangzhou to Hong Kong and from Hong Kong to the UAE. The day before leaving Hong Kong, 20 members of the national football team stood in two rows in front of the hotel to listen to the final speech of Wang Junsheng, the head of the Chinese delegation to the Asian Cup.

Countless media gathered behind the players, and the spotlights clicked and flashed. Even Yu Ji's pig scalp rushed to the scene and slapped Ou Chuliang, who was the first in line.

“... Here, on behalf of Comrade Wu Shaozu, director of the National Sports Commission, I would like to send a temporary message to all the players of the national football team: 'I don't listen to things outside the window, and I just want to play good football'! I hope you will do your best, develop your style, play with spirit and get the best results..."

At this moment, Assistant Teacher Gu Mingchang suddenly "killed" from the shadows on the side, and came to Wang Junsheng in three steps and two steps, still holding a Nokia 5110 in his hand.

"Commander, it's not good..."

In the widening eyes of the 20 players, Gu Mingchang whispered a few words in Wang Junsheng's ear regardless of the occasion.

Before he finished speaking, Wang Junsheng suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his body collapsed to the side, and he fell directly into the arms of Gu Mingchang.

"Commander, you have to hold on!" Gu Mingchang had a black face, and he could hold Wang Junsheng up.

"Is this true?" Wang Junsheng took two deep breaths, and asked as soon as he adjusted his breathing.

"It's true!" Gu Mingchang stretched out three fingers and pointed to the sky, "Comrade Lun just put down the phone, and I came to you!" ”