Chapter 127: Reunion's Final Preparations

Some people say that the most moon-like place on earth is the small island called Reunion. But after Zhuo Yang came here, he didn't find any place where it looked like the moon, but the scenery was indeed extremely beautiful.

Located in the southern Indian Ocean, near Madagascar in Africa, French Réunion is a small island that cannot be found on a large map without a magnifying glass. It is also more than 2,000 kilometers away from the coast of South Africa, the nearest continent, and the beautiful scenery has a deep sense of exoticism. Perhaps it is this loneliness and abandonment that makes people feel that it has the feeling of the moon that cannot be touched by the eyes of the eyes.

As a French overseas province, Réunion is actually not small, it is as big as Chongming Island, the third largest island in China. There are more than 800,000 people in four cities on the island, as well as two airports. Here, of course, football is also indispensable.

Zhuo Yang and the Chinese national team came here for a warm-up match against the French team, which was also the penultimate game of the first five warm-up matches of the Chinese team in the World Cup. In six days, the World Cup in South Africa will kick off, and there are only 10 days left before the first match between China and Paraguay.

When Zhuo Yang's season in Spain was not over, the Chinese national team began training in China. According to FIFA requirements, all participating teams submitted their 30-man squad on May 11 last month, and today, June 5, is the final time to submit the final list of 23 players.

On May 19, the day before the Copa del Rey final, in the absence of Zhuo Yang, the national team defeated the visiting Bundesliga fourth Bayer Leverkusen 3:0 in Guangzhou, which was very relaxing. Bayer Leverkusen are not here to play soy sauce, they are playing with their main team, and the starting line-up includes former Madiburg player Helmers.

Perhaps because of the fatigue and fatigue of the journey just after the end of the season, the decadent Bayer Leverkusen gave the Chinese team a good start to prepare for the World Cup.

After the Champions League final on May 23, Beijing time, Zhuo Yang flew directly from Madrid to Montevideo, South America, the next day to meet the national team.

Paraguay and Uruguay, many people who are not good at geography and don't watch football can't distinguish between these two countries, in order to find a feeling for the first game against Paraguay, the national team flew half the world to warm up with Uruguay.

A little over a week ago, Zhuo Yang comfortably defeated Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan in the Copa del Rey final, but at Central Park, Forlan led his team back to Zhuo Yang a 3-1 victory. Uruguay's three strikers Forlan, Suarez, and Cavani each scored a goal, and Zhuo Yang was in no mood to exchange jerseys with Forlan with a black face.

After returning to China for a few days of intensive training, the team flew to Reunion Island. This flight took nearly 30 hours. This time, the number of players was reduced from 30 to 25, leaving only two mobile spots just in case.

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At the St. Michel-Volnay Stadium, Zhuoyang briefly hugged Henry, Evra, Tulalang and others, nodded to each other with Abidal, did not bother Gourcuff, and finally had a faint smile with Scar Ribery and potato Valbuena.

Judging from the record of the warm-up match alone, France is not much better than China, drawing 0:0 with Paraguay, defeating Costa Rica 1:0, and losing 0:2 to Spain. Besides, on par with China, France will be so degenerate! As we all know, the Chinese team came to the World Cup to 'relegation', and you, France, were the runners-up in the last session and are an active member of the championship group.

In the national team rankings, France ranks ninth, and the Chinese team is still outside the 70th.

France's opening match at the World Cup was four days ahead of China's, and today's match against China was their last warm-up, which is in line with the style of the giants. In the end, find a weak brigade to fight and win, to boost morale, similar to killing a chicken to sacrifice the flag before going out in the past.

This style of work cannot be learned by the Chinese team, because for the Chinese team, how can the there be a weak team? Is it possible to find Guam or Mongolia? The contrast with the World Cup opponent is too great, and I am afraid that it will break my wrist. If you go to Thailand and Hong Kong, you can't be sure of winning, and it's very bad luck if you lose.

China in the eyes of France is the bowl of wine that is drunk before leaving, and the appetizer before the feast begins. In the eyes of China, France is a high-imitation version of Italy, the opponent in the group, and it is a behemoth that wins with fewer losses.

At this point, the main lineup for the World Cup has basically been determined, and the two sides have partnered with the main force. In the 3-6-1 formation of the Chinese team, there are relatively many veterans. Goalkeeper Wang Dalei, three defenders Li Weifeng, Du Wei, Sun Jihai. Central defenders are really scarce, and after thinking about it, Rijkaard still withdrew Sun Jihai from the back line.

Midfielders Zhuo Yang, Li Tie, Zheng Zheng, Shao Jiayi, Hao Junmin, Deng Bangxiang, among these six people, bring together all 5 foreign players in China today, which is the strength of the national team. Single-striker veteran Li Jinyu.

China and France had only met once before, almost four years ago today. On June 8, 2006, at the Stade Chagil in Saint-Etienne, France, that game had a lot of stories.

Only 10 minutes into the game, Liverpool striker Cisse was fighting with Zheng Cheng in the speed, and their legs were mixed together, and when he landed, Cisse's right ankle directly showed a strange angle, commonly known as 'broken leg'. This time it was broken, leaving Cisse out of the subsequent World Cup in Germany.

In fact, Zheng Zheng's foul this time was not serious, it was just a normal scramble, and Cisse was unlucky to rush to the 'inch'. It is said that later media reported that Zidane was very dissatisfied with the Chinese team, believing that if it were not for Cisse's injury, the French team would finally win the World Cup. Zidane also said: I will never play against the Chinese team again in this life.

During the Spanish national derby in La Liga, Barcelona was a guest at the Bernabeu, and after Zhuo Yang remembered this, he also went to ask Real Madrid B team coach Zidane if he had said this. Qi Zu resolutely denied it on the spot, slapped the table and scolded his mother and swore that he had never said it, who said that he had a bad nose.

Of course, it is true that Qi Zu has not played against any Chinese team since then, but not because of rumors, but because he has retired.

In the 30th minute of that game, Trezeguet, who came on as a substitute for Cisse, bounced an empty goal with the instep of his right foot and easily broke the net to give France the lead. When he scored, Cisse was being taken into the ambulance after emergency treatment.

In that game, Zizou also missed a penalty in the last home game of his career, while Zheng Zheng's penalty equalised for China.

Seeing that a bullying game was about to end with a humiliating draw for the French team, in the 89th minute of the game, Ribery broke through the cross on the side, Wang Yun cleared the siege on the line of the big penalty area, but under the pressure of Henry, he kicked out the outside instep Hu Xuan with an extremely weird posture, and the football spun directly into the dead corner of the Chinese team's goal.

With this peerless oolong, Wang Yun has never been recruited by Zhu Guanghu again. In stoppage time, Henry pushed the empty goalkeeper 35 meters to set the score at 3:1.

It is unknown whether the French team and the Chinese team have a fate, but Zhuo Yang and Scar must be fateful, the most well-known liver and gallbladder brothers in football, each other's character and opportunity are indispensable. Today, on the scenic island of Reunion, Zhuo Yang and his brother will meet for the first time at the national team level.