Chapter 386: It's all about your mentality
"Actually, I don't like to watch football, but I'm happy to see the Chinese team win, and I'm proud of them."
Qin Jian was caught by a Mexican reporter for an interview after the game, and Tyson became depressed again on the sidelines because the reporter completely ignored his presence.
But the relationship between the two is actually very good, not only do they belong to the same brokerage company, Qin Jian's personality is also very appetizing to him, and he takes care of him in life and business.
This is completely different from those relatives and friends who want to take advantage of him before he becomes famous, Qin Jian doesn't feel like a buddy to Tyson, but a bit like his brother.
Tyson is also very strange to feel this way, Qin Jian will also accuse him of some faults from time to time, and even preach.
But unlike those dogmatic preaching that he was tired of in the past, and just talking about big truths. Qin Jian's words are like a kind of magic, he can always tell the truth in an easy-to-understand way, or through small stories, which not only makes him understand, but also always makes him very interested.
Now he actually likes to listen to Qin Jian's teachings, especially those red quotations that pop up from time to time, as well as red stories, which can bring him new yearning and admiration every time.
On the other side, the Chinese team was celebrating in the lounge.
This victory was different from the previous defeat to Brazil, which only allowed them to reach the quarter-finals once again, not worse than last time.
But today's victory represents the first time in the history of the Chinese team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.
This is definitely a result to celebrate, reaching the quarter-finals at the World Cup is already a sign of a world powerhouse, and reaching the semi-finals is a solid continental representative.
The Chinese team has reached the quarterfinals and semifinals of the World Cup for two consecutive years, and it can rightfully represent Asian football, and no one can raise objections.
"Don't be happy, now only Argentina, Spain, France, and us are left, can the semi-finals satisfy us?"
After Lin Yaodong sprayed his teammates with champagne, he saw that he was about to be attacked by a group, so he hurriedly brought up the rhythm with a serious face.
"These three teams have their own weaknesses, and since we have come here, we really have to postpone the celebration!"
Chen Haonan also spoke, and he felt that he had to suppress the emotions of his teammates again.
The momentum they have built up through these two big wins is best to continue to hold back and use it for the final sprint, and now is not the time to release it.
"That's right, the World Cup is a marathon, we are not stupid enough to sprint as soon as we come up, but we can't relax as soon as there is a breakthrough, the next is the stage of the full sprint, we have to laugh to the end!"
Wu Jie, the leading brother, spoke last, and he could feel that his words made the momentum of the whole team seem to be poured with a barrel of oil, and it burned again in an instant, and the fire was even more vigorous than just now.
The three of them glanced at each other, and the strategy seemed to be successful.
They are in the group stage, on the one hand, there is no need to show real skills, on the other hand, it is indeed the same as the marathon, if you are stupid and sprint, you will definitely lack stamina in the end.
Now Brazil and England have not only become their ghosts, but they have also turned themselves into fuel, helping the Chinese team get two helium acceleration packages.
At this time, the Chinese team not only seemed to be in a state of fire, but their murderous performance also had a big impact on the other three teams.
Next, no matter which opponent they meet, not only will they be equally confident, but they will also make the other party deeply jealous, and even afraid of them.
At the post-match press conference, the first person to ask questions today was his own people.
World Football magazine sent an old reporter with gray hair and beard who asked Wu Jie: "The Chinese team has historically entered the semi-finals of the World Cup, and tonight's opponent is England, does this have any special significance for you?" ”
Wu Jie was very unhappy when he heard this, but I don't know if it was because the subject of the interview was becoming more and more unwanted, or because even the media under Little Cow still had obvious pitfalls in this question.
'The temporary position, the names of the opponents, these are meaningless in the World Cup, because after a week, there are no names but the champions.
Wu Jie is not happy, this answer is still very ingenious, and it is completely difficult to grasp.
"The Chinese team did not perform well in the group stage, especially against West Germany. But in the knockout stages, your performance was impressive. Now what do you think are your chances of winning the Hercules Cup? ”
The reporter of the newspaper "Kicker" asked a very sour tone, and there was a bit of yin and yang. Considering that West Germany, who beat China in the group stage, will have been eliminated, then he means more.
"Now all four teams have a 25 per cent chance of winning the title, but we don't speculate on the outcome because as long as there is a chance to win the title, everybody will hold on to it and won't let it go."
Wu Jie didn't bother to answer this question, so Chen Haonan helped him respond.
But this answer is equivalent to not saying it, basically the same as farting.
However, in the face of yin and yang weird questions, this is the best answer.
"China lost to West Germany in the group stage, did you sum up the reasons for the defeat in that game? Did that defeat give you the key to victory? ”
It was the reporters of Le Parisien who asked this question, and the reason why they helped the Germans to ask such a question was, of course, ill-intentioned, and the real intention was to help the French team with a trick.
"The reason is simple, sometimes you have to lose first if you want to win."
Wu Jie saw that Lin Yaodong wanted to speak on the side, so he hurriedly answered first.
But such an answer obviously could not satisfy the reporter who wanted to make trouble, and soon the reporter of the Spanish newspaper "As" also asked: "Do you mean to say that the Chinese team deliberately showed weakness in the match with West Germany?" ”
Lin Yaodong wanted to answer again, but Wu Jie also took the lead again and said: "People like to be strong, and they don't like to show weakness, but in fact, it is easy to be strong, but it is difficult to show weakness." Because behind the show of weakness is courage and strength! Behind the stubbornness is fear and concealment. ”
These words made the reporters at the scene look at each other, but Wu Jie was still so leaky, making it difficult for people to find an excuse to make trouble and make a fuss about him.
But to be honest, although his answer was not aggressive and seemed very decent, it still left some room for people to use the topic to play.
Wu Jie shook his head after speaking, this is actually a helpless thing, because even if it doesn't leak any more, if people are stunned to find fault, they can always find it in the end.
Besides, even if you really can't find a handle, won't people make their own news?
It's really not good, you can also move the things that the bald head did directly to your rabbit's head, then it's okay.
Just like the bald slaughter of rabbits back then, I can say that you rabbits carried out massacres, anyway, the Western people can't tell the difference here, and rumors have to be made like this to be right.
But it's okay for me to make rumors about you, but if you repeat the facts I announced, you can't, you have to apologize!
Wu Jie tried his best to restrain himself now, mainly because he didn't want to make the battle too embarrassing.
At this stage, China still has to focus on low-key and flickering, and it is not a good thing to be too rigid and eye-catching in any field.
Now that the ball has been won, it's better to keep a low profile.
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The next day, Chinese fans were undoubtedly the happiest group in Asia, and people could see firecrackers from time to time when they walked on the street.
But this is already restrained, and many people keep the firecrackers, expecting the Chinese team to go further.
It's a different story in the UK, where the next day you walk down the street and you always see hangover fans lying on the side of the road, still not waking up.
Of course, there are also the street windows that were smashed last night, as well as broken wine bottles and all kinds of miscellaneous items thrown around.
The garbage on the side of the street is still stained with blood in some places, and the devil knows if there was a brawl not long ago?
In addition, Wu Jie's various advertising posters on the street were also destroyed in large quantities this night.
Now there are countless England fans who are scolding "aliens get out of England", including some Arsenal fans who also think that the club should trade Wu Jie!
This situation was expected, Wu Jie didn't care about the hostility of British fans at all, and even felt that this might not be an opportunity to leave, after all, the Liverpool tragedy didn't know when it would break out, and it was a good choice for him to leave now.
But for now, the focus is on the World Cup, where the draw for the semi-finals begins the next day after the quarter-finals are over.
This time, without the participation of the hosts, there was no need for any more manipulation of the four teams left, and it was finally a real random pairing.
Argentina was the first to be drawn out of the spotlight, and it was a slight coincidence that they were accompanied by Spain, who spoke the same language.
Many of the Chinese players sighed, because in their opinion, Spain was the weakest of the three opponents.
Especially Chen Haonan and Lin Yaodong, they are too familiar with Spain, so they naturally feel that they have the greatest grasp of playing Spain.
Wu Jie has a different opinion, he thinks that the weakest team is actually Argentina.
This is not to say that Argentina is the worst, but that the Chinese team is very restrained in terms of lineup and style.
For the Chinese team, the most difficult of these three teams is Spain, and it is good to draw France and Argentina.
France and Argentina are actually very similar this year, with a superstar on both sides leading the team as a single core, but there are also many differences when analyzed carefully.
On the French side, Platini was far inferior to Maradona at this time, but Argentina was forced to exclude half of the country's stars from the squad in order to keep Maradona's core position undisturbed.
There is no way around it, Brazil and Argentina have so many stars that they will inevitably intrigue with each other, and Maradona will not be able to convince those who play in China and Europe for the time being.
The French team is much better, and although Platini has declined in his individual attacking power this time, he understands the importance of integrating the whole team and is more like a team leader in general.
The French stars, who are a little older, are willing to play around him, which allows the Gallic chickens to unite and not have to exclude half of their stars like Argentina.
The current Chinese team is not afraid of teams led by top stars, but it is afraid of teams like West Germany, Spain, and France, which are excellent and united.
So for China, the best draw is to play Argentina.
But then again, this has reached the semi-finals, and as long as the Chinese team wants to reach the final, it will inevitably meet one of the two teams, France and Spain, just sooner or later.
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"We made it to the last four but we don't have a lot of experience in the World Cup, but fortunately France is one of the few teams we have faced in the World Cup, which should be good news for us!"
"Yes, we definitely have the advantage! We could beat them four years ago, and four years later they haven't changed much, but they were in their prime of age and most of our players were too young. Now that four years have passed, we have become stronger, they are no longer at their peak, and I believe that the final victory will definitely belong to us! ”
"You ask Michelle? I think he's a good midfielder, but he's never been my opponent, let alone an arch-enemy. This was proven four years ago, when I was 19 and he was 27. ”
The next day, Wu Jie deliberately accepted an interview with the media, which not only released a strong malice, but even had a taste of murder.
This is rare in him, but it is not uncommon.
He does it when he cares about a game to the point where he will stop at nothing.
Wu Jie believed that if Platini heard his words, it would be difficult to break the defense.
But in order to be more secure, Lin Yaodong also came out to stab him.
'I was team-mates with Michel for a season and it was no secret that we had a conflict, I wanted to be the team's free-kick and penalty taker, but he thought he was more competent, so I was traded to Barcelona and then you know what happened – I knocked out Roma in both the Champions Cup and the UEFA Cup, I was in the top three in Europe in terms of penalty and free-kick success rates, I was in the top five of La Liga's goals list every season, and I want to meet him again.
Lin Yaodong's words are basically shameful, but I believe that Platini is more acceptable to these, because it is not the first time that Lin Yaodong has done this.
But Wu Jie's words, given his current status, undoubtedly have a great impact on Platini's historical status.
If the French team is defeated by China again this time, Platini's historical status may drop a notch in an instant.
So once Platini knows this, his mentality in the game is bound to change.
And this is what Wu Jie hopes to achieve, his psychological warfare was launched two days before the game.
It's not unnecessary, either, as Platini's performance is inaccurate, the threat of this French team will be reduced by at least three tenths.
That's when they will be more confident of beating the French team that has a higher ceiling but a lower ceiling.