When Wu Jie returned to China, the Chinese team had been waiting for him in Haigeng for a long time.

After the Asian qualifiers ended, the Chinese team did not immediately start training, and after the Football Association announced the 23-man squad, they first gave everyone a three-day vacation, and then went to the Haigeng base to recuperate.

During this period, there is only light training for recovery, and everyone recuperates from injuries, and recuperates and adjusts their state if they are not injured.

At this time, the most concerned thing for domestic fans is, of course, the 23-man squad of the Chinese team.

FIFA has introduced some new rules and restrictions for this World Cup, and one of the changes is that the squad size has finally been increased from 22 to 23, which allows each team to bring three goalkeepers.

The Chinese team's 23-big list is not only the news that domestic fans are eagerly awaiting, but also fans in East and Southeast Asia are very concerned about it.

Now several big ball teams in China, such as the Chinese men's basketball team and women's basketball team, as well as the Chinese men's football team, are becoming more and more idol groups in some economically developed Asian regions.

Many Asian countries have an anti-rabbit atmosphere, but they can accept these Chinese athletes who are killing all sides on the world stage as yellow people.

This can only say that the influence accumulated by the Chinese cultural circle for thousands of years has not been completely replaced by Western culture, at least a century is still not enough.

These countries are basically rejecting China's rejuvenation, but the paradox is that if China really regains its original status, they will be very quick to accept it.

The first thing the Chinese Football Association announced was the list of coaching staff that fans don't care much about, but their importance is actually no worse than that of the players.

Team Leader: Shen Tao, Head Coach: Nian Weisi, Coaches: Zhou Huaide (Offensive Technology Coach), Gao Fengwen (Defensive Coach), Meng Fei (Physical Fitness Coach), Hu Zhigang (Goalkeeper Coach), Tactical Video Analyst (Liu Yusheng).

After the list of this coaching staff is released, it will be the much-anticipated 23-man squad -

Liu Haiguang (84, 25 years old, 186cm, center, Shanghai, Munich 1860)

Yang Shuhua (83, 18 years old, 183cm, center forward, Xinjiang)

Zhao Dayu (83, 25 years old, 160cm, forward, Guangdong, Lyon)

Ren Zhihui (86, 19 years old, 174cm, winger forward, Shanxi, Ajax)

Gu Guangming (85, 27 years old, 169cm, winger forward, Guangdong, Atletico Madrid)

Wei Xinghua (80, 22 years old, 173cm, winger, full-back, Fujian, Bastia)

Wang Yuanlin (79, 17, 178cm, winger, winger, Beijing)

Wu Jie (99, 23 years old, 190cm, free man, Beijing, Arsenal)

Wu Qunli (81, 26 years old, 175cm, front waist, Guangdong)

Ge Guangxing (79, 20 years old, 166cm, front waist, Hainan)

Chen Haonan (98, 21 years old, 171cm, back waist and front waist, Guangxi, Real Madrid)

Zhen Aiguo (84, 24 years old, 185cm, back waist, Henan, Royal Espanyol)

Jia Xiuquan (84, 24 years old, 182cm, central defender, Liaoning, Udinese)

Wang Dongning (82, 25 years old, 183cm, central defender, full-back, midfielder, forward, Shandong, Marseille)

Cui Yonghua (83, 20 years old, 180cm, central defender, full-back, Liaoning, Nancy)

Zheng Guohong (81, 18 years old, 184cm, central defender, Shaanxi, Valencia)

Mai Chao (78, 22 years old, 176cm, full-back, central defender, Guangdong)

Li Junwei (85, 25 years old, 176cm, full-back, full-back, Guangdong, Kaiserslautern)

Lv Hongxiang (81, 26 years old, 178cm, full-back, wing-forward, full-forward, midfielder, Tianjin, Dortmund)

Jiang Wei (82, 20 years old, 175cm, full-back, full-back, Liaoning, Monaco)

Lin Yaodong (98, 21 years old, 191cm, goalkeeper, Guangdong, Barcelona)

Feng Qingrong (81, 20 years old, 183cm, goalkeeper, Guizhou)

Zhang Huikang (79, 23 years old, 178cm, goalkeeper, Shanghai)

This time, the Chinese team went to Mexico, naturally it was mainly based on the old team, and most of the young people on the list went to meet the market, and by the way, they followed the big brothers to gild a plate, so that they could sell at a good price before the new rules were introduced.

But the pressure on these big brothers is not small, and many senior players don't even dare to speak out loud.

Liu Haiguang felt that Yang Shuhua was likely to steal his starter, although he had an advantage in experience, but that little guy's talent was too good, whether it was the sense of smell in front of the goal, or the ability to dribble and shoot, including athleticism, it was much better than him.

Jia Xiuquan's feeling is even stronger, he has seen too many eighteen or nineteen-year-old talented defenders in Serie A in the past two years, and the real genius shaped by the extraordinary talent + growth link, he found that he really can't compare.

But when he returned to China this time, he actually saw a similar talent in Zheng Guohong, this kid has the flavor of Bergomi, Costa Kuta, and Maldini, and Cui Yonghua couldn't give him this feeling at the beginning.

However, crisis is crisis, and the first thought that arose in Jia Xiuquan's heart was to recommend this 18-year-old defender to Udinese.

He is sure that this Zheng Guohong can become a world-class defender, and if there is such a partner, it will be too much worry.

As for the other newcomers, they may be very talented, but they are too young.

For example, Wang Yuanlin, this kid's talent is undoubted, and he is a genius who can be discovered at a glance.

But if Wu Jie hadn't personally named him to bring him, Wang Yuanlin's current level would not have been able to enter the 23-man squad.

Gu Guangming could see that he knew that Wang Yuanlin's talent was not under Ren Zhihui, but he was not very worried about his position, because this kid was too young, and it would take at least two or three years to replace him, and he would be almost thirty years old, so he naturally didn't care so much about the position of the national team.

In addition, Wei Xinghua, Ge Guangxing, Mai Chao, Feng Qingrong, and Zhang Huikang are also new faces, and they are basically top newcomers who have emerged in China in the past two years.

Wu Jie also does not recommend that these newcomers be used, this World Cup will still be dominated by the old team, first of all, these people don't have to worry about tacit understanding.

Now many people in this team have been old teammates for more than five years, even if they have played in Europe in the past two years and reduced joint training, there will be no chemical problems.

On the contrary, the experience of these players in Europe has greatly improved their understanding of the tactical level, and their awareness at both ends of the pitch has been greatly improved.

In the World Cup four years ago, Wu Jie had a lot of straight balls without warning, including Chen Haonan's clever scheduling, Gu Guangming and Zhao Dayu and others often couldn't understand, and when they reacted, the opponent also reacted, and a lot of opportunities were missed.

In the past few years, the biggest improvement in their experience in Europe is to find opportunities and the ability to seize them. Good

Most of these players are now in the golden age of 24-28 years old, and because Wu Jie has been using self-discipline cards for them for a long time, these players have basically not suffered serious injuries, and their athleticism has not declined at this time.

But in terms of experience and technology, this group of people has entered the peak period, and is in a period of time when athletic ability is online, technically perfect, psychologically strong enough, and full of tacit understanding with each other, to put it bluntly, they are in the time period of achievement.

After Wu Jie returned to the team, he found a lot of brilliant passes in the team's training matches, and these teammates were finally able to understand some of them.

And when he plays as a central striker like he did at Arsenal, he can even feel the same experience as he did at Arsenal.

Not only can these team-mates provide him with a lot of passes in the midfield, especially the interspersing of the two wings, follow-up and involvement, and even more comfortable than when he was at Arsenal.

This kind of performance already has a hint of the outline of the perfect team in his mind, and it is enough to compete with any opponent in the World Cup.

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On May 10, the World Cup grouping was officially released.

This time is half a month later than before, resulting in many teams not having time to choose suitable warm-up opponents, who made the Asian qualifiers too grinding.

The Chinese team only had time to contact East Germany and the Netherlands for two warm-up matches before the start of the World Cup, and the warm-up match against the United States team was abandoned due to too high an offer.

Most of the teams participating in the World Cup are similar, which also makes FIFA's decision to set a deadline for the next qualifiers to finish the match, which is half a month later than other regions.

In fact, teams from various countries feel that it is good to be late, and this half month will not only allow the teams in Europe and South America to have more time to run-in, but also allow the players to have more time to recuperate.

In terms of the scale of participation in this World Cup, the number of 24 teams still maintained.

FIFA has considered expanding its roster because teams in Asia and Africa are progressing at a rapid pace, and the 24 places make it too competitive for continents.

For example, the United States hit the streets in this qualifier, as the world's largest country, it was unable to participate in the World Cup, which made Americans who don't like football very much unacceptable.

The media in the United States also spoke out on behalf of their people: We can not watch it, but you can't not go in!

Of course, the bigger reason is the Soviets, not only can the woolly bears enter the World Cup in Europe, but they are also second-grade teams, which makes the Americans feel too faceless.

The first team of this World Cup has also changed a lot compared to the previous one.

Except for the host Mexico, which automatically became the first pot team, the remaining five teams in the first pot are: Italy, West Germany, France, Brazil, and Uruguay.

England and Argentina both fell to Pot 2 this time, and the other four teams in Pot 2 were: the Soviet Union, Spain, Paraguay and Poland.

This bracket is mainly based on the international ranking, and the Chinese team is ranked 14th in the international ranking at this time, so they can only settle for the third gear, even if they have basically not lost in the past two years.

Chinese fans are very unhappy about this, but they can only blame the overall strength of the Asian region, and the calculation formula of points is significantly lower than that of Europe and South America, for example, the points formula of the Asian Cup is far lower than that of the European Cup and the Copa America, and the points obtained by the Chinese team in the Asian Cup are much less.

There is no way to solve this situation right away, and the current World Cup is the highest tournament in the formula, and they will earn more points by winning one game here than they have won three games in the Asian Cup, including the final standings.

Now let's not talk about whether the Chinese team can win the championship, as long as they can reach the semi-finals, the points they can get from the whole event will be enough for them to enter the top ten in the world in one fell swoop, so that they will at least be the second-tier team in the next event.

Of course, if they don't even qualify from the group, they will have to drop a few places.

The six teams in the third pot of this tournament, in addition to the Chinese team, which all the first and second pot teams are unwilling to meet, the remaining five are: Denmark, Algeria, Bulgaria, Morocco, and Portugal.

The six teams in Pot 4 are: Belgium, Canada, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Hungary, Saudi Arabia.

Nanbon and Iraq, which originally entered this World Cup, were naturally killed by the Chinese team one by one on the way, who let them not have as much money as the big dogs?

Wu Jie doesn't have a good impression of the Saudis in his heart, and he even thinks that Iraq is better than Saudi Arabia.

But he is far from being emotionally motivated for the sake of Iraq, and it is still possible if it is replaced by Pakistan, but even then it will be necessary to see if the Saudis, Emiratis, and Kuwaitis can bid higher.

With such a binning, the final grouping is naturally happy and sad!

The Chinese team was unexpectedly divided into the group of death again, and the other three scolding teams in Group A were West Germany, the Soviet Union, and Canada.

The Chinese team enters the group of death every time, and of course these three countries have no opinion, and they have to applaud if they don't do it.

But if they are separated from the Chinese team, then these three teams have very opinions.

West German fans immediately scolded FIFA for messing with them after the group was released, otherwise what makes sense to be in the same group as the Chinese team in two consecutive tournaments?

Chinese fans are very open-minded, they feel that only West Germany is difficult to deal with in this group, and there should be no problem in playing the Soviet Union, and Canada is purely giving away points.

This is naturally not enough knowledge, but who makes it that there is no special sports media in China now, and the coverage of football is also limited, basically limited to the league where Wu Jie, Lin Yaodong, and Chen Haonan are located, and there is almost no report on continental games.

Therefore, Chinese fans know far more about English League, Bundesliga, and La Liga than these national teams in the first and second tiers.

When it comes to South American teams, the most you can say is Brazil and Argentina, and when you mention Africa, you can only mention South Africa.

As for how Uruguay can become a first-class team, and what kind of stinky fish and rotten shrimp are Paraguay and Poland?

They don't know about it, and they don't want to know about it.

Wu Jie naturally understands the opponents of this group, first of all, the strength of West Germany this session is stronger than the previous one, if it weren't for the fact that West Germany in the original plane was not offside because of an offside position at the end of the game, Brigel was not moved with his teammates and was seized by Maradona to send a fatal through plug and killed, it is difficult to say who will die after entering overtime.

Needless to say, Soviet football, they have always been a super strong team in world football before its collapse, although the media in the other camp of Europe are reluctant to promote Soviet football and Soviet players, and Soviet players do not have the opportunity to play in foreign leagues, but they are enough to prove that their strength is definitely not worse than that of players under capitalism through the national team matches in the European division.

This group is indeed a soft persimmon for Canada, who is participating in the World Cup for the first time this year, and the original plane has not made it to the World Cup since this time.

But considering that there are only 2 places in Central and North America and the Caribbean, and Mexico automatically occupies one because it is the host, everyone thought that the remaining one place would be won by the Americans, but they didn't expect that it was Canada, which is an underdeveloped country in the football world, to qualify.

The Chinese team will not underestimate any opponent who can enter the World Cup, because anything can happen in the World Cup, even if they are confident that they will not lose to Canada, but if they are forced to draw because of some accidents, then the situation in this group of death is very disadvantageous.

China's coaching staff thought it was not just about beating Canada, it was about getting enough goal difference from Canada.

The rules for qualifying from the group for this World Cup have also changed, when the points in the group are the same, no longer look at the international ranking first, but first look at the results of the battles between the teams in the same group, then look at the goal difference, and finally look at the international ranking.

But in general, the Chinese team is confident that they will qualify from this group, not only because of their confidence in their own ability, but also because of the number of teams that have qualified this time.

The 24 teams in the last World Cup had to play two group stages, but this time they only need to play one group stage, with the top two teams in each group and the four best third-placed teams advancing to the round of 16.

This means that even if you don't finish in the top two of the group in the worst result, as long as you try to get as many points as possible, then the third place in the group has a good chance of qualifying.

But this is certainly not the result that the Chinese team wants, their goal is to win the final championship, so they cannot put the hope of qualifying in third place, but go all out to compete for the first place in the group.

This is not only to play the determination to win the championship in terms of momentum, but also to go more smoothly in the knockout round.