"I think the old man is a little too nervous, right? It's just a Chinese team, as for it? We only need a draw to qualify for this game......"

After the meeting, the Argentine Olympic players walked back to their rooms in twos and threes, and after moving away from head coach Rodried Rosas, they couldn't wait to talk.

"You can't just be satisfied with qualifying from the group!" "If Belgium can beat Nigeria, we will be second in the group. If they finish second in the group, they should meet hosts Spain, who are not easy opponents to deal with. So we're not just going to win, we're going to win by a big margin. ”

Melly said so, and the others naturally didn't want to talk about anything else.

After returning to their rooms, Ramón Cantero, who shared the same room with Meli, asked curiously: "Meli, haven't you really scored five goals in nine minutes?" ”

Melly shook her head: "No." ”

"Not in the junior competition?"

"There shouldn't be ......," Melly Banega shook his head after a moment's thought, "At least I don't remember anything like that." ”

"Is anyone really going to score so many goals in such a short period of time?" Cantero said with a frown. "Could it be a lie?"

Melly looked at his friend and shook his head with a smile: "I've heard about it, too, saying that the player scored five goals in nine minutes in the Olympic qualifiers. I think since it is an Olympic qualifier, there should be no possibility of fraud, and the gold content of the game is also guaranteed, and he really has this strength......"

Cantero shook his head and interrupted Meli: "I don't agree, Merry. I don't agree with the assertion that he has strength. He's just a lucky bastard. From the footage of the game that the old man showed us, I didn't see anything at all that this man was capable of doing what you didn't do. ”

Melly didn't intend to continue the topic, he shook his head: "Whether he has the strength or not, won't we know when we play against them?" ”

"Yes. I'll keep my eyes open and watch it when the time comes. Cantero was still unconvinced, as if he was upset that a nobody had come out of nowhere to steal the limelight from his best friend.

"Then don't forget about the game." Melly joked.

"Of course, we will not forget, we will slaughter them, not only to win, but to win!"

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The players have left the conference room, and now there are only members of the coaching staff of the national Olympic team in the room, and there are no outsiders.

Assistant coach Li Zhifei asked Shi Wuyun: "How sure do you think we are to beat Argentina?" ”

Shi Wuyun stretched out a finger: "One percent? ”

Li Zhifei sighed: "Fortunately, we set the goal of qualifying from the group early on, otherwise this last game would have been completely a formality." Now...... Anyway, it can make the players work hard and not lose too ugly. ”

"Yes, young man, you have to hang with that breath."

"Carrots on a stick?"

Shi Wuyun laughed when he heard Li Zhifei say this, and then sighed: "Actually, I am very satisfied with their performance in this Olympic Games. It was a surprise to be able to draw Nigeria in the first game, and it was normal to lose to Belgium in the second, but losing by just one goal is already remarkable. These young people have done more than we could have imagined. You don't see the unprecedentedly relaxed atmosphere of the national Olympic team in the domestic media...... It's rare to see a team that can be treated like this after a loss. ”

He was talking about the voices in the domestic media and on the Internet.

After the Chinese Olympic team lost to the Belgian Olympic team, the domestic media did not criticize the team's performance, and fans expressed regret online, but very few people would scold the team.

After all, the difference in strength between the two sides is there, and the performance of the Chinese Olympic team in the game is there, as long as the eyes are not blind and the brain is not broken, you should know that the Chinese Olympic team only lost one goal to the Belgian Olympic team, what a remarkable achievement.

Of course, such a relaxed public opinion environment has a lot to do with the performance of the Chinese Olympic team in the first game after falling behind twice, equalizing twice, and finally drawing Nigeria.

Then Shi Wuyun said with a straight face: "But it is precisely because we have such a performance that the last game must be maintained, and we must not be unsafe." In the last game, whether we win or lose, we have to play our style. Only in this way can we live up to the trust of the people of the whole country! ”

He said this a little harshly, and every coach in the room felt a little pressure.

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The Olympics have been going on for a week, and the individual events are in full swing, and gold medals have already been decided in some events.

Olympic athletes winning glory for the country has also become a hot topic on the Internet in China, and "Olympics" has become the hottest hot search word on various social platforms.

In this context, the popularity of the national Olympic team is not weaker than those world champions.

In the past, the Olympic Games basically had nothing to do with the Chinese men's football team, the excitement was someone else's excitement, and Chinese football didn't come out to block people at this time, and wanted to become everyone's favorite darling...... What do you do to dream of spring and autumn?

But in this Olympic Games, the topic of the Chinese Olympic team has always been hot, and with the advent of the last group stage, it has rushed to the top of the list of various hot topics, and even surpassed the gossip of those entertainment stars, overpowering the hot searches that some variety shows spend money on.

In the past, when Chinese football fell into a quagmire and a trough, many people wondered why football could be regarded as the world's number one sport. They feel that at least in China, the influence of football has long been lost, and in terms of sports, they have been thrown ten streets by basketball.

But now look at the grand occasion on the Internet, you can see that it is not football that is not good, but that Chinese football is not good in the past......

Chinese football can become the protagonist in the Olympic Games, and I don't know how many Chinese fans will cry. In the past, during the Olympic Games, they didn't even dare to speak out, for fear that the men's football team would be caught and whipped again, but whenever there was something, the men's football team could always become the object of ridicule.

Although the men's football team does stink, if it is ridiculed so unscrupulously, most fans still care about it.

Now, they have a sense of raising their eyebrows - turning over the serfs and singing!

Watching everyone on TV and the Internet care about the match between the national Olympic team and Argentina, they were flattered.

In fact, they are very relieved about what the match between the Chinese Olympic team and the Argentine Olympic team will look like. With this scene, it is enough for them to brag for a long time.

After all, the Argentine Olympic team is very strong, and there is a talented player Meli Banega, who is recognized as the best in the world, and the national Olympic team can only lose three goals, which is considered to be their best.

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Matt Dawn hasn't received a call from Tony Clark for a long time.

Since the latter left Hammond Castle, it was as if he had disappeared, and there was no contact. He couldn't find any news of Clark on the news either.

But at this moment, Matt received a call from Tony again.

"I thought you had forgotten about me, Tony." Matt grumbled.

"I'm sorry, Matt. I was going to go straight to Hammond Castle to find you, but I just found out that you've left your job. Tony Clark's apologetic voice rang on the other end of the line.

'There have been a lot of changes at the club, the new manager doesn't take my job very seriously, and it's not interesting for me to be there. So he resigned. Matt briefly explained his reason for resigning and asked, "What about you?" Where have you been for the past six months? ”

"I went to an FA coaching workshop to recharge my batteries." Tony smiled, "I didn't understand it before, but now I understand it, and what I used to be intuitive now has formed a theory and put it in my brain." ”

"That's congratulations, Tony. You've upgraded now. ”

"Yes, not only have I upgraded myself, but my job has also been upgraded!"

"Work? Have you found a job? ”

"That's why I called you, Matt. Leeds (note 1) approached me and wanted me to be their manager. ”

Matt Dawn was stunned for a moment: "Leeds? Leeds City? ”

"There is only one professional team in Leeds!"

"But it's a Premier League team!" Matt yelled.

"Otherwise, why do I say that my job has been upgraded? I've signed with them, from now on, please call me Premier League coach, Matt. Ha ha! "Tony Clarke is happy.

"Why are they looking for you?"

"When they were in the Championship, I led the team to beat them up, maybe it made them fall in love with me...... They managed to stay in the Premier League last season and asked me to be their manager! ”

"Wait, Tony. It's not that I look down on you...... I just think it's strange that Lauren Galli has done a good job at Leeds City and led the team to relegation, so why is it your turn to be the manager? Matt spotted a blind spot.

"Ahem...... This, after Gary was relegated, he and the club did not agree on a new contract, so he resigned and left......"

"Huh? When? ”

"Just five days ago ......"

Matt Dawn patted his head. He came to Spain to watch the Olympic games, and he didn't pay much attention to the news of domestic football in England, but he didn't expect to hear Tony talk about it now, and he felt a little out of touch with the world.

"When I hear you say that, I don't think this manager's job is easy, Tony...... You have to replace a meritorious coach who led the team to the Super League and led the team to relegation. ”

"Of course I know, that's why I called you, Matt. Originally, I was worried that you would not be able to walk around Hammond Castle, but now that you are free, I want to ask...... Would you like to be my video analyst? Just like we did at Hammond Castle. ”

Video analyst for Premier League clubs?

Matt Dawn felt his heart pound a few times.

"I need you to help me, Matt...... I can't do that many things alone......"

It seemed that seeing Matt's silence, thinking that he was hesitant, Tony hurriedly begged for it.

"But Tony, I can't go and sign a contract with Leeds right now." Matt came back to his senses and said.

"Why?"

"Because I'm in Spain now!"

"Spain? What are you doing in Spain? ”

"I'm here to see Lai Hu's game."

“Lai Hu？” Tony Clarke on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, "Who is that?" ”

"Five goals in nine minutes." Matt said the key word.

Tony came to his senses in an instant: "Oh-it's him! Wait, he goes to the Olympics? Has the Chinese team entered the Olympics? ”

Matt sighed, "Tony, I suspect you're not going to an FA refresher class, but escapist yoga. ”

"Uh...... Tony was a little embarrassed, "I just don't care much about Chinese football...... So that Lai Hu you care about, how did he perform at the Olympics? ”

"One goal, one assist, helped the team draw with Nigeria."

"Sounds good."

"It's pretty good...... Wait, I came up with an idea, Tony. I really can't go back to England right now to sign for you, because I have to stay in Spain and wait for tomorrow's third group stage match between China and Argentina. If you're interested, why not come to Valencia with a contract, watch the game together and sign the contract? Matt Dawn said. You've heard me talk about Lai Hu many times before, but you've never seen him play in person, right? It's a great opportunity, and maybe the last chance. ”

"Do you still have tickets?"

"And, of course, the stands aren't full every game. If you're sure, I can buy your tickets right now. ”

"Of course, I'm coming, I'm going to see what the player you like so much looks like in reality!"

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Note 1: Because in reality, many teams in the UK are directly named after the place name of the location, and I don't have a fictional foreign place name, so when I fictionalize foreign clubs in the book, many times the names of those familiar teams are really unavoidable.

For example, Liverpool Football Club is located in Liverpool City. I can't deliberately bypass the city of Liverpool in order to avoid conflict with Liverpool Football Club at the time of setting, saying that it is one of the eight core cities in the United Kingdom, and there is not even a top professional team, right?

And the abbreviations are the same, Leeds United, Newcastle United, we will all call it Leeds, Newcastle, not Manchester United like Manchester United.

So some clubs may have the same name or abbreviation as the real club in this world, but this does not mean that the club in the book is the real club, please don't look at it as the same.

Leeds City and Leeds United in the book are not the same, and if there are similar situations in the future, I won't explain much, please default to this rule - even if the name is the same, it is not the same team.