At the beginning of a new day's training, the players of the national team were a little surprised to see Gao Zheng in the locker room - they hadn't seen Gao Zheng come to the hotel when they slept yesterday.

It is expected that Gao Zheng must have arrived at the hotel very late, and it stands to reason that he should continue to rest in the hotel, but he will have jet lag. I didn't expect Gao Zheng to attend this morning's training!

Gao Zheng's unexpected appearance in training also made the media reporters very excited.

Long guns and short guns were aimed at him, and the reporters of the TV media took the microphone and stood in front of the camera lens with the training ground as the background, and said in an excited tone: "Gao Zheng is back in the national team!" This is his first training session with the national team! It can be seen that the long-distance trip has not affected Gao Zheng's mood, he and his teammates have talked and laughed, and the whole person is very relaxed......"

“…… Pei Lan appeared at the training ground, he took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Gao Zheng, and the hands of the two people were held together...... Perrin was obviously very happy that Gao Zheng was able to participate in the team's training so soon, and the two of them talked and laughed......"

For Chinese fans and Chinese sports media reporters who follow the national team's preparation for the Asian Cup, just Gao Zheng's return to the team to participate in training is already a "big news".

After all, there was a lot of arguing on the Internet about whether he wanted to return to the team early.

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After Gao Zheng returned to the national team, every international player could clearly feel the changes in the team's training.

The coaching staff is more demanding of everyone than before.

In the past, if the international players did not do it, or did not do it very well, they might turn a blind eye and pass it, and at most they would be warned to work hard next time.

But these days, if someone doesn't perform well in training as the coaching staff wants, they stop and repeat it.

The players in every national team are feeling the pressure.

The warm-up match against Palestine was the last warm-up match for the Chinese team before participating in the Asian Cup, and there was speculation that Perrin might have to confirm the main lineup for the first game of the Asian Cup.

So every origin has to work hard for this starting position.

Of course, there are people who don't have to work so hard, at least in the eyes of the outside world, Gao Zheng is the player who can definitely play the main force without working hard.

After all, it is obvious that this team is running around Gao Zheng.

In training, Perrin asked for the same thing.

But the effect was not very good, even if the coaching staff was very demanding, but the performance of the international players still did not satisfy Perrin.

For example, in the offensive routine training, Perrin asked Gao Zheng to show the rhythm of his playing in Europe, regardless of whether his teammates could keep up.

But the result of this is that the vast majority of teammates can't keep up, and some people can barely keep up, and they just can't keep up, and after trying their best to keep up, they can't do anything else.

The person closest to Gao Zheng's rhythm is the veteran Zheng Zhi, after all, he has played in Europe, and before Gao Zheng, he was the only player in this national team who had played in Europe's top five leagues.

His soccer training in Europe allowed him to keep up with Gao Zheng's pace.

Another player, Wu Lei, can also cooperate with Gao Zheng, because he can indeed run into the open space and receive a threatening pass from Gao Zheng.

It's just that the next shot after receiving the ball is a little bit less interesting.

For example, Gao Zheng pulled back to answer just now, Wu Lei suddenly stepped forward on the offside line, and after receiving Gao Zheng's pass, he directly faced the goalkeeper, but he missed when he was completely undefended.

To the pity of everyone present.

“…… But he was the only one on the offensive line who could keep up with the high tempo. Perrin said to the members of the coaching staff who regretted it. Gentlemen, this is the reality. There are really only a handful of people in this team who can work with Gao. ”

Everyone was silent, and it was a brutal reality.

Gao Zheng is the strongest player in this team, and he may be super-first-class in the Asian Cup. But football is a team sport and you can't always count on individual heroes. If no one in the team can cooperate with him, Gao Zheng's burden will be great.

Now it seems that recalling Zheng Zhi back to the national team has really become a decision to be celebrated. When Perrin first took over the national team, he wanted to be younger, but the cruel reality poured countless basins of cold water on him, and the matter of coaching the Chinese team was about to be turned into an "ice bucket challenge". He realized that in this national team, Zheng Zhi, who has reached the age of 34, is still the player with the best midfield strength and the most stable state, and no one else can replace him.

This is the current situation of Chinese football, Zheng Zhidu is thirty-four years old, but the huge China still can't find a successor for him. Gao Zheng was born, but he did not change the domestic football environment, he is like a monkey jumping out of a stone, he is so unique.

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In the interval between training, when the players were resting, Gao Zheng took the initiative to find Wu Lei and said to his teammate who was nine months younger than him very seriously: "Your running position is really good." ”

Wu Lei didn't expect Gao Zheng to suddenly come over and praise himself.

As players in the 1991 age group, he and Gao Zheng have always been often mentioned.

But initially he was more famous, after all, in 2006, at the age of 14 years and 10 months, he made his debut in the Chinese professional league, setting a record for the youngest player to appear in a professional league.

However, his brilliance was quickly replaced by Gao Zheng, who stayed abroad and won the best player at AC Milan, and was in the limelight.

Since then, the two have often been mentioned together, and most of them are comparisons. But in fact, Gao Zheng and Wu Lei have never played together, let alone competed together, this comparison is a bit like "Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong".

In this comparison, Wu Lei, who plays in China, is of course at a disadvantage. After all, in the minds of Chinese fans, being able to play in Europe must be more productive and powerful than playing in China, because the standard of European football is much higher than that of Chinese football.

For a time, Gao Zheng became the future leader and savior of Chinese football.

is also a talented player who became famous at a young age, and everyone generally believes that Gao Zheng is higher than Wu Lei in terms of talent and future development prospects.

But what happened next is known to everyone.

In the years when Gao Zheng was in a slump, Wu Lei made rapid progress. The second-youngest professional league goalscorer in history, the winner of the men's football group of the National Games, and the club's top scorer...... Wait a minute.

He has the posture to surpass Gao Zheng.

However, Gao Zheng returned as the king in 2011 and never gave Wu Lei any chance.

Now Gao Zheng is shining in Europe, not to mention Wu Lei, no one in the entire Chinese football can compare with him, whether it is active or historical.

But every time Wu Lei sees Gao Zheng shining in Europe, he still has some competitive thoughts in his heart - this is incredible, but Wu Lei just has it. Maybe it was because when the fans mentioned the comparison between the two people, they were scolded by the fans, so they had a rebellious mentality......

Of course, the thoughts in the heart are the thoughts, and in fact, there is no such occasion for such a competition.

In the national team, Gao Zheng is the core of the head coach's hand-picking, and everyone else has to revolve around him and serve him, even Wu Lei, the local scorer king of the Chinese Super League.

Wu Lei himself has to admit that Gao Zheng surpasses him too much in terms of talent and current strength.

Therefore, he can only force the deep emotions in his heart to the bottom of his heart, and never reveal them, giving people a handle to attack him.

As for him and Gao Zheng, it is just an ordinary teammate relationship of the national team, and when some people want to tie up with Gao Zheng, he will never take the initiative to get close to Gao Zheng. In terms of strength, he is not as good as Gao Zheng, and this approach is nothing more than the final embodiment of his dignity.

But Gao Zheng didn't seem to have that kind of mind, and he didn't feel any embarrassment.

"I'm not kidding, your ability to move without the ball is better than a lot of my teammates at Sampdoria."

Hearing Gao Zheng say this, the other teammates around him all coaxed: "Isn't Wu Lei capable of playing in Europe?" ”

"I've been able to do it for a long time!"

Gao Zheng ignored the coaxing voices, he looked at Wu Lei: "But you have to practice shooting well, and it's best to balance your left and right feet." ”

You must know how Wu Lei said that he is also the local scorer king of the Chinese Super League for two consecutive years, he scored fifteen goals in the Chinese Super League last season, and he scored twelve goals this season, which is the player with the most goals among all the local players in the Chinese Super League.

But Gao Zheng said that Wu Lei's shooting still needs to be practiced.

If someone else had said this, I am afraid that it would have caused a lot of boos.

But when Gao Zheng said this, no one would think it was wrong.

Because in front of Gao Zheng's goal results, Wu Lei is indeed not enough to watch.

Wu Lei nodded, he also knew what his problem was.

Gao Zheng said: "I really think you can go to Europe to play, that will be very helpful to you." If you want to play in Europe, my agent can help you with that......"

Wu Lei shook his head: "I promised Coach Xu, even if I want to leave, I will get a league championship for him before leaving." ”

Gao Zheng opened his mouth and didn't speak.

It's hard for him to evaluate people's internal affairs.

But he sighed in his heart for this peer who was also talented, the later he went out, the less likely he was to rise, and he might not be able to get out......

However, he also knew Director Xu's kindness to Wu Lei, and it was understandable that Wu Lei wanted to repay this affection.

"Thank you, though." Wu Lei smiled at Gao Zheng.

"You're welcome, I hope you can win the league title soon." Gao Zheng replied.

At this time, the Chinese Super League is completely dominated by Guangzhou, and they have won four consecutive championships in the league and won the AFC Champions League once.

Wu Lei's Shanghai team wants to overthrow this domestic hegemon, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

Zheng Zhi, who played for the Guangzhou team, quietly watched Gao Zheng and Wu Lei from a distance, and did not go up to participate in this topic.