Chapter Eighty-Three: Half Time Is Enough
After Gao Zheng scored seven goals in half a game and completely stunned the Thai team, at halftime, Chinese fans enthusiastically discussed on the Internet whether the score of this game would break the record in the end.
But what made them very confused was that at the beginning of the second half of the game, they found that Gao Zheng was replaced!
The fourth official held up a sign on the sidelines, telling everyone that the Chinese team had made a substitution, and Gao Zheng was off the field.
But in fact, Gao Zheng was on the court at all, and at this time he had already changed his clothes and sat on the bench.
This came as a surprise and disappointment to Chinese fans who were expecting Gao Zheng to set a record.
The TV broadcast was to Gao Zheng on the bench, who sat in his place and watched the court calmly.
No one knows why he was substituted after only half a game when he was in such good form.
Because Atletico Madrid did not say before the game that Gao Zheng was required to only play half the game, everyone felt that even if Gao Zheng had to leave the game early, it would not be at halftime, it was too early.
After Gao Zheng got off the court, the game suddenly became a little boring.
In the end, the Chinese team scored two more goals in the entire second half and ended the game with a score of 9:0.
In fact, during the game, the fans kept chanting "10:0", hoping that the Chinese team could play the Thai team by double digits.
However, without Gao Zheng, it will be much more difficult for the Chinese team to score, because the morale of the players of the Thai team has recovered a little - Gao Zheng is not on the field, what else do they have to be afraid of?
As soon as the game ended, Gao Zheng was pulled by CCTV reporters to the interview board for an interview.
When asked why he only played half the game, he replied: "Half time is enough, right?" You don't have to play the whole game against the Thai third team, right? After all, we have a warm-up game against Paraguay next, and that game is a little bit more important...... And even though I only played half a game, I scored seven goals, so I felt like I could go down and rest early......"
Speaking of these seven goals, the reporter asked again: "This, you emphasized before the game that this is not a revenge battle, but you still scored seven goals in the game......"
Gao Zheng waved his hand: "Of course it's not a revenge battle, the reason why I was able to score seven goals is mainly because the opponent is too weak, after all, it's the third team in Thailand." I believe that if they had fielded a full squad, the score would not have been like this. Didn't you see that I didn't celebrate when I scored a goal in the game? Because it is really not worth celebrating to score a goal against the three teams of Thailand. ”
Even the experienced CCTV reporter felt a little unbearable in the face of such Gao Zheng, because no matter how you listened, you could hear Gao Zheng's words with thorns...... It can be said that a player is very disrespectful to the opponent by calling the opponent "three teams" so nakedly, and if someone says so, I am afraid that he will immediately fall into the whirlpool of criticism of public opinion.
But Gao Zheng didn't seem to care about what the outside world would react to after he said this.
In fact, after Gao Zheng said that the Thai team was a "three-team" before the game, it caused dissatisfaction among Thai fans and some Thai media, who thought that Gao Zheng was too disrespectful.
It's just that Gao Zheng was preparing for the game at that time and didn't respond to this matter.
And today, after the match, he also took the opportunity to be interviewed and responded to the voice saying that he disrespected his opponent: "I have a lot of respect for his opponent. They only came with fifteen people, three of them were goalkeepers, and the manager didn't come, so they sent a team like this to play against us, and I scored seven goals myself, so I don't know how to respect them. ”
When the CCTV reporter saw that today's Gao Zheng was full of gunpowder, he didn't dare to continue asking, for fear of finally causing a diplomatic dispute, so he quickly thanked Gao Zheng and ended the interview.
Looking at Gao Zheng's back as she turned to leave, she also secretly wiped her sweat outside the camera.
If Gao Zheng is allowed to say more vigorous words, I am afraid that this is not a football problem, but a national problem......
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At the post-match press conference, Perrin was very pleased with Gao Zheng's seven goals, and said that replacing Gao Zheng in advance was not the player's initiative, but he took into account the fact that he had traveled tens of thousands of kilometers back and forth and played two warm-up games, so he replaced him in order to ensure that Gao Zheng would not be too tired.
Then for most of the post-match press conference, reporters listened to how Perrin changed his ways to praise Gao Zheng.
“…… I think Gao is one of the best stars on the planet, he's so young, he's got so much power, and he's got a lot to ...... ahead of him."
"In Asia, Gao is the best player, there is no one. I'm glad that my team has him, not against him......"
What heights will the high future reach? I don't know, I'm not God, but I think it's going to be very, very high......"
“…… My team will be built with him at its core, and everybody has to serve Gao, there's no doubt about it. I had an in-depth conversation with him about next year's Asian Cup. But I don't think our goal is to go to the Asian Cup, but to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals......"
The head coach who wanted to emphasize the authority of the coach when he met Gao Zheng for the first time has not thought about it at all now.
He gives people the feeling that being able to coach Gao Zheng is already a blessing that he has cultivated in eight lifetimes.
Coach authority?
What's that?
However, when the assistant coach of the Thai team, Promroot, attended the press conference, he was not very convinced of losing such a big score, and he also specifically did not mention which pot: "In the 5:1 game last year, the Thai team at that time trained for a long time, mainly to prepare for the Southeast Asian Cup, so it was in good condition and had a complete lineup. But this time, the Chinese team is more prepared, we still have the League Cup after the Asian Games, some of the main players did not come, the main reason for the defeat in this game is the incomplete lineup......"
It sounds like the Thai team wouldn't have lost if the whole team had come.
So a Chinese reporter raised his hand and asked, "Then why didn't they come to China?" ”
Plomlut spread his hands: "We also really want to be able to deal with this game with a full squad. But the specifics are more complicated. But despite the lack of a squad, each of us did our best...... There is no one, two or three teams in Thailand, and every player who wears the jersey of the Thai national team is qualified to represent Thailand. I'm sorry to lose, but it's definitely not our real level......"
A Chinese reporter really couldn't hold back, and said below: "We also want you to come to the main force, but you are instigating yourself!" ”
His remarks caused laughter from the Chinese reporters present, but because he spoke Chinese, Thai head coach Plomrut and other Thai reporters did not understand.
But judging by the reaction of Chinese journalists, it should not be a good word......
Everyone's faces are not very good-looking, especially against the backdrop of the score of 0:9.
I don't know what kind of treatment this Thai team will be like when they return home. But I believe that many years later, I am afraid that the score of this game will still be mentioned from time to time, just like that 5:1.