Chapter 146: 9 hours before the game
On April 14, Shen Xiangfu gave the team a half-day off for the simple reason that he wanted to find an antenna to watch the match between South Korea and Malaysia with the team.
Perhaps feeling threatened, the Korean Football Association put Real Sociedad's Lee Cheon-so and PSV Eindhoven's Park Ji-sung in the starting line-up this time.
After 90 minutes, the score was set at 4-0.
Although South Korea coach Coelho shocked everyone by announcing his resignation after the game, it did not affect South Korea to maintain a crushing advantage over the rest of his teammates in the group.
Malaysia has been out, and although the National Olympics and Iran have not yet started, there is a slight possibility of qualifying.
After turning off the TV, Shen Xiangfu's face sank, and the players did not retreat, waiting for the head coach to speak.
Shen Xiangfu put his hands behind his back, looked around, and said slowly: "4 balls, South Korea won Malaysia by 4 goals." ”
"In other words, now the South Korean team not only has 12 points, but also eight goals." Shen Xiangfu paused, "And we currently have one less game and four points." As for the number of goals, there are only four. ”
"Any idea what that means?" Shen Xiangfu asked.
"Yan Song, you say!" Seeing that no one raised their hands, Shen Xiangfu began to name names.
"Uh... Does that mean we are going to play Iran 4-0 in Tehran as well? ”
"Hahahahahaha..."As soon as the words fell, it caused many National Olympic team members in the audience to laugh.
"4 to 0? Hehe, you really dare to think about it! Shen Xiangfu shook his head and motioned for Yan Song to sit down.
"Do you think this is in Wuhan? This is Tehran, the home of people! Xu Liang on the side reminded.
"What does that mean, coach?" Yan Song still hadn't turned around.
"I mean, against Malaysia, we're going to have to score at least three of them, you know?" Shen Xiangfu said slowly.
"Huh? Why is this related to Malaysia again, isn't our opponent in the next game Iran? Yan Song touched the back of his head and wondered.
"You're stupid!" Xu Liang poked his fellow countryman on the side, "Don't you understand what the coach means?" We have to win the next game..."
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On April 16, at 9 o'clock in the morning, the reporters with the team finally met the members of the National Olympic team who had not seen each other for nearly ten days.
In fact, Shen Xiangfu and the team returned to the Sheraton Hotel last night, after all, the big war is coming, and it is necessary to give the players a good rest space.
Assistant coach Sun Chengyao took the reporter to stride into the restaurant on the first floor of the Sheraton Hotel, which is a side hall specially prepared by the hotel for the National Olympic team.
When the reporters arrived at the cafeteria, many of the team members had already gotten up to get the second food.
"Eat a little more, have a good night with Iran and try to beat them 3-0." Wei Sweep, the chief coordinator who speaks in a Beijing accent, is not as low-key as his fellow countryman Shen Xiangfu, and his loud voice can be heard even outside the restaurant: "Really, I think we can definitely win." ”
At 10 o'clock in the morning, some people took their notebooks, and some people simply walked out of the room with their empty hands. In the regular meeting before the Football Association, Xin Ding mostly pretended to have a table attitude, and the old fritters basically listened to the left ear and the right ear was rising.
Under Shen Xiangfu's hint, Yang Yimin didn't say anything, but just said loudly: "Let go of the fight, don't think about the future." As long as everyone is worthy of these four or five years of hard work! ”
Many team members glanced at Tang Wu, he was the person who was the least touched by this sentence, but he was the one who was most eager for victory these days.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, as the new captain of the National Olympic team, Tang Wu and the reporter came to a café downstairs for a one-on-one interview.
Interestingly, the night before, the Iranian coach and players sat in this café for almost an hour, and Tang Wu sat in the same position as the head coach of the Iranian Olympic team, Farachi.
"Tang Wu, how are you feeling today? Do you have the confidence to win the game? ”
Tang Wu smiled: "Of course I am confident, but I still have to wait until the end of the game to know the result!" ”
Speaking of this, Tang Wu also talked to the reporter, "If I ask you now what you write at night, you can't tell, right?" ”
P, of course I can't tell!
The reporter complained in his heart.
What I wrote wasn't kicked out of the National Olympics?
Seeing the reporter's embarrassment, Tang Wucai began to get serious: "Although the days of training with my teammates are very short, I can see that many people still want to win the game..."
Ten minutes later, many members of the National Olympic team went downstairs one after another to go for a walk abroad, and the reporter "caught" one of the team members to conduct an interview.
Facing the reporter, the team member said with a smile: "I heard that the snow-capped mountain in the distance is very interesting, it seems that there is a cable car directly to the place where the altitude is more than 4,000 meters, if only I could go there." It's a pity that I don't have time, and I have to go back to China after the race! ”
At 15 o'clock in the afternoon, the assistant coach began to wake up the players from room to room, and then went to the dining room to have a bite to eat and prepare for the start of the afternoon game.
As soon as Tang Wu walked out of the door, he heard Zhang Baofeng say to reporters: "It's good, there is really no pressure." It's not me playing alone, it's our whole team. Although I am a newcomer, Zhang Yaokun and Wang Sheng will definitely help me, and there is the captain Tang Wu at the back, he has always been my source of confidence, after all, our National Olympic Games have always relied on the whole to fight. ”
As soon as Zhang Baofeng finished speaking, Tang Wu's arm hung around his neck. Facing the camera, Tang Wu did not have the slightest timidity.
"That's right, Baofeng and I have cooperated well in the past few days, and we have already had the most basic tacit understanding. He said he was going to play on the ring, and I believe that! ”
The reporter hesitated to glance at Zhang Baofeng, who was a little excited, and then at Tang Wu, who was extremely relaxed behind him, and nodded, looking thoughtful.
The atmosphere of "seniority" is prevalent in the National Olympic team, and it is no secret that the old players unanimously exclude the new players.
In December last year, when Shen Xiangfu announced the final list of the top 12 matches, Zhang Baofeng, Du Zhenyu, Wang Dong, and Cao Ming, four players from Changchun Yatai, who were from B B at that time, were lucky to be selected, and the contradiction also arose at the same time.
Regarding the selection of these four team members, the original main force of the National Olympic Games showed a disdainful tone, "I don't know, I don't know, I don't know", this is the reply of some old ministers of the National Olympic Games to reporters.
During the reporter's interview in Wuhan, these players still talked and laughed on the field, giving people a sense of intimacy. But after the game, the players separated very naturally, and the four members of Yatai's team were ruthlessly "abandoned" to the side.
Speaking of which, Tang Wu is even more "new" than the four of them.
But there is no way, Tang Wu is the most powerful! This most "new" team member has become the current captain of the National Olympic team.
And now that Tang is supporting Zhang Baofeng, one of the "Yatai Four Elementary Schools", the reporter is also speculating whether Tang Wu wants to form his own "team".
But the big war was imminent, and the reporters just quietly wrote down the matter and did more research after the game.
At 16 o'clock in the afternoon, Gao Ming, who was wearing headphones, was the first to walk downstairs, and Shen Xiangfu followed slowly with his hands behind his back. Seeing that Xu Liang only took one pair of shoes, assistant coach Chen Jingang hurriedly reminded him: "It's raining outside, hurry up and get another pair of spiked shoes." ”
The National Olympic bus drove over quickly, and Shen Xiangfu was the first to sit on it, looking at the rain falling on the windshield in front of him, Shen Xiangfu's expression was a little strange.
Goalkeeper coach Wang Beiying was the last to get into the car, he stared at the gloomy sky for a while, then turned back and said to the reporter: "Regardless of whether it is a light rain or a storm, there are still more than 3 hours to get through, I hope it will be a good result!" ”