Chapter 9: Welcome Back
When Gao Zheng drove to the gate of the Mahada Onda training base in the car driven by Viviano, the two of them saw the reporters and fans gathered at the gate of the training base
In front of them, several security guards were simply not enough to see. Even if they tried desperately to maintain order on the scene, it would be to no avail.
People don't listen to them at all.
Viviano had to slow down and eventually even stopped.
Gao Zheng opened the car window and smiled and waved to the reporters and fans on both sides.
A reporter wanted to interview him, and the security guard hurriedly rushed up and blocked the window.
At the same time, several security guards escorted the car, acted cautiously all the way, and finally slowly moved into the training base.
Seeing that Gao Zheng's car had already entered, the reporters and fans stopped blocking the road, and consciously got out of the way and returned to both sides of the road.
Gao Zheng has been examined by the team's medical team and has been approved to participate in training.
Today is his first day back on the first-team training ground.
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When Gao Zheng was changing clothes in the locker room, he unexpectedly didn't meet a teammate, which made him a little strange.
Could it be that after he didn't come to the first team for training for a while, the boss adjusted the training time and brought the training forward?
Gao Zheng's doubts were quickly solved when he went to the training ground.
When he came out of the dressing room, he saw reporters from the official TV station of Atletico Madrid waiting for him with cameras on their hands.
"What?" He asked, confused.
"Record, record this historical moment."
Gao Zheng couldn't cry or laugh, what kind of historical moment is this?
But obviously Atletico Madrid and the team feel that this is a big time.
Because while he saw the first-team training ground, he also saw his team-mates who had disappeared.
They didn't start training early, but they were clearly waiting for him on the pitch, not just for his team-mates, but for all the Atletico Madrid first-team coaches.
When Gao Zheng stepped onto the turf of the first team's training ground, they collectively applauded, and some people whistled excitedly.
"Welcome back, Gao!" Simeone, as the head coach, stretched out his hand to Gao Zheng on behalf of the whole team.
When Gao Zheng also handed out his hand to shake hands with him, he pulled Gao Zheng into his arms and gave him a very, very hard bear hug.
In his arms, Gao Zheng responded with a smile: "Well, I'm back." ”
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“…… This morning, Gao Zheng appeared on the training ground of the first team of Atletico Madrid for the first time after being injured. After passing the medical examination, he was finally allowed to participate in the team's training. During the warm-up, he was talking and laughing with his teammates, and he seemed to be in a pretty good mood. However, when the official training began, he did not train with the team, but was trained by the strength and conditioning coach alone......
The TV showed Gao Zheng participating in the team's training, and the news anchor's voiceover sounded outside the screen.
"That's great!!" Xiao Yingying applauded happily, just like the Atletico Madrid players on TV. "Being able to start training means that you are almost recovered, and the next step is to gradually adapt to the rhythm of training! It's only January 20th, so it seems that Gao Zheng has hope to catch up with the South Korean team! ”
Now the fans all over China are most concerned about this game.
During the period when Gao Zheng was injured, Atletico Madrid was also a victim, and the team's results plummeted, but no one cared.
In addition to the real Atletico Madrid fans in China......
Of course, Chinese fans pay more attention to the Chinese team.
In the days of Gao Zheng's absence, the Chinese team has played five games in the top 12.
The results were disappointing...... No, even hopeless.
After losing 2:3 to South Korea in the first round of 12, China lost 0:1 to Iran at home.
Losing to an old Asian powerhouse like Iran and South Korea is unacceptable, but it is understandable.
It's just that the Chinese team lost 0:1 at home to Syria, which is very difficult to accept.
On the one hand, Syria is not particularly strong, and on the other hand, this is the home of the Chinese team!
If you can't win a home game, do you still expect to win away?
After the home defeat to Syria, Perrin's position was in jeopardy.
Many angry Chinese fans demanded that Perrin be removed from class.
For them, even if there is no Gao Zheng, with the strength of the Chinese team, they will not even lose Syria at home.
The Chinese team will next challenge Uzbekistan away, and the media generally believes that this is a life-and-death battle for Perran, and if Perrin can't lead the team to win, he will be dismissed.
As a result, the Chinese team showed no fighting spirit in the away stadium and finally lost 0:2 to Uzbekistan.
So far, the top 12 matches have been played four times, and the Chinese team has lost all, with zero points and a goal difference of five, ranking first from the bottom of the group.
And what about the other opponents in the same group? In first place is Iran, who have twelve points, and in second place is Uzbekistan, who surpassed South Korea in points after beating China 2-0.
South Korea lost to Iran and finished third.
The top two teams in the group will directly qualify for the World Cup finals, and the third place in the group will participate in the play-offs.
It's the rule.
How much worse is the Chinese team and the third team in the group, South Korea?
Seven points, six goal difference.
There are six games left in the round of 12, including a home game against South Korea, an away game against Iran and a home game against Uzbekistan.
At the post-match press conference, Perrin still stiffened his neck and did not take the initiative to resign.
As a result, as soon as he returned to China, he received a notice of dismissal from the Football Association.
The sacking of Perrin is a matter of course, but who will take over the team?
Here comes a heavyweight.
Former Guangzhou team head coach, world famous coach Marcelo Lippi.
"Silver Fox" Lippi became the head coach of the Chinese team, which rekindled the confidence of Chinese fans.
Lippi's first game in charge of the Chinese team was at home to Qatar. As the fourth-ranked team in this group and playing at home, the Chinese team must win this game.
Because only by winning this game can there be any hope of continuing to fight for the right to qualify for the World Cup.
In order to win, the home stadium of this game was arranged in Kunming, a plateau.
Qatar's players are indeed uncomfortable with the highland environment.
But the luck of the Chinese team in this game was really bad.
Despite dominance and aggressiveness, he just couldn't score in the end.
After Gao Zheng was injured, Wu Lei was pinned on high hopes, but he was lost in the national team competition again.
In the end, the Chinese team drew 0:0 with Qatar at home.
This is a good result for Qatar, not for China.
Because this is the last home game that the Chinese team is relatively good to win.
The match against Syria is away from home, so it will definitely be more difficult than at home.
The games against South Korea and Uzbekistan are also at home, but given the quality of the two opponents, it will be equally difficult to win.
After the draw with Qatar, the Chinese team only has one point in the top 12 of five rounds, and is still eight points away from Uzbekistan, which is third in the group.
They have to win at least three of their remaining five games while hoping that Uzbekistan won't win, but how is that possible?
So now Xiao Yingying is looking forward to Gao Zheng catching up with the South Korean team, not because she thinks that the Chinese team still has hope to participate in the World Cup, but because she hopes that Gao Zheng can catch up with this revenge battle.
Who made the Chinese team fall into such a situation?
Who made Gao Zheng seriously injured until now?
It's the Korean team!
Under the increasingly tense political atmosphere between China and South Korea, this game really carries too many things, some of which belong to football and some that do not.
In the eyes of many Chinese fans like Xiao Yingying, even if they can't go to the World Cup, they can't stop the South Korean team from going to the World Cup, but at least they have to beat South Korea at home, otherwise there will be nowhere to vent that breath.
If Gao Zheng can come back in time and catch up with the game against the South Korean team, I believe it will also be an excellent opportunity for revenge for Gao Zheng himself.