At 4 p.m. on May 2, Lu Zhuhu took two of his students from Fudan to the Pidgin Bund to meet the national team. Not long after, Zhou Xianyan and Dai Linjing, who surprised their teammates of the national team, also came. After learning that it was Lu Zhuhu who persuaded the two overnight, Li Huitang was overjoyed, patted Lu Zhuhu on the shoulder and said happily: "I have made a great contribution to breaking the captivity!" The two brothers Zhou and Dai returned to the team, and the chances of winning increased greatly! He said to the two of them: "You two - Coach Yan and I refused to go out of the mountain again after three invitations and three urgings, but it is even more difficult to invite than that 'Zhuge Liang'!" Why did he go to Lu Po and move you without a night's effort? The face of the emotional Lu Po is bigger than all the gentlemen we are here combined! ”

Dai Linjing frowned and said, "Hey, don't mention it!" You little brother, go to my house, and start throwing things without saying a word - I'm afraid that if I say a 'no', all the mess in the house will be lost by this kid! ”

The international players laughed, looked at their familiar teammates, and recalled the past when they represented the country in various competitions in the past, and they all felt a lot of emotion.

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The group left Shanghai on the French cruise ship "Aramis" and headed for Hong Kong.

On 5 May, after three days of sailing, the Olympic football team finally arrived in Hong Kong and was warmly welcomed by Hong Kong fans. However, he couldn't stay, and met with the members of the national team who did not go to Shanghai - the defender of the Chinese team in the Hong Kong League Mak Shaohan, the midfielder Xu Yahui, the No. 2 goalkeeper of the national team and Huang Jiliang of the South China team, and Huang Jiajun, who was the "management" of the team and later served as the chairman of the Hong Kong Football Association, and then went straight to Vietnam non-stop.

On the way, Lu Zhuhu learned the reason why he didn't see head coach Yan Chengkun two days ago - he returned to Hong Kong early because of the temporary need to deal with the affairs of the bus company, and he couldn't go with them for the time being, and when the matter was dealt with, he could leave for Singapore and join the army.

This is good news for Lu Zhuhu, he doesn't like laymen to command insiders, and Coach Yan's absence has little or even more beneficial impact on the team's tactics - Lu Zhuhu even thinks it is more appropriate to directly let Li Huitang serve as the coach, and he served as the head coach of the national team in the 48 Olympic Games.

As for Dai Linjing's old-timers - he may also be a good coach, but it's best not to let him command, after all, the "curse" of the national football team began with him!

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What is very unbearable for Lu Zhuhu in this era is the unimaginably slow traffic. It takes three days to get from Shanghai to Hong Kong, which is unbearable in the eyes of future generations after a three-hour flight. And it's a boat again, rocking on the sea every day, Lu Chahu is better, and many players who are not used to taking a boat have severe seasickness.

In the early morning of May 8, three days after leaving Hong Kong, the national team finally arrived at the first stop of the Nanyang training - Saigon, Vietnam, which was later known as "Ho Chi Minh City".

During Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, this was one of the ports where the Ming fleet docked (of course, it was the territory of the Ming Dynasty during the Yongle period, and it recovered Vietnam after losing Lingnan at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and maintained its rule for more than 20 years, which should be the last time to rule Vietnam in Chinese history. At that time, many countries from East and West Asia, the Middle East coast, East Africa and other countries came to the court, and Saigon was an important place for tributary ships to anchor, and over time, it was called "Saigon", which means "tribute from the West".

After the end of the Sino-French War in 1885, the Sino-French New Covenant renounced its suzerainty over Vietnam, which is now a French colony. Now Saigon is developing well, the city is full of French-style buildings, and it is a famous port and rice market in Southeast Asia, and the business is prosperous, so it has the reputation of "Oriental Paris". The first stop is here, naturally because of the market here, and there are many overseas Chinese in Vietnam.

After arriving in Saigon, there was almost no time to rest, and at 4 p.m. there was a first match against the "B team" (that is, the substitutes) composed of Saigon League players, so I started to plan the lineup for the afternoon.

Due to the weak strength of the opponent, the national team will definitely not send the strongest team to play.

Zhou Xianyan took the initiative to ask Ying to play in this game, but was opposed by Lu Zhuhu. (Zhou Xianyan: I'm oo xx!) In the morning, the team had a simple group confrontation, one goalkeeper was Huang Jiliang, the other was Zhou Xianyan, and the main goalkeeper Bao Jiaping watched from the wall.

Lu Zhuhu, who played the "hostile side" with Zhou Xianyan, broke through the goal guarded by Zhou Xianyan three times in just 15 minutes, making Zhou Xianyan shout: Lao Tzu will stop playing! Lao Tzu wants to go back to Shanghai!

The kid surnamed Lu is so unrighteous that he tricked me into getting on a thief ship and pushed me into the sea! How can there be such a thing!

Lu Zhuhu felt helpless! When he was on the boat, Li Huitang told him that in fact, it was not appropriate for him to invite Zhou Xianyan at this time - after all, the team has two good goalkeepers, and the goalkeeper position is not the top priority of the current team. Generally, the team will not bring three goalkeepers, after all, the team has 22 people, which is exactly two sets of lineups, and the goalkeeper adds a position, which means that there is a shortage of one person elsewhere. Previously, Zhang Rongcai, the goalkeeper of Shanghai Youyou, performed not badly in several games, and finally regrettably withdrew from the national team because of the goalkeeper quota problem, Zhang Rongcai must be in better condition than Zhou Xianyan, who has not touched the ball for two years. invited Zhou Xianyan, the goalkeepers who were unsuccessful before will be unhappy, and the No. 2 goalkeeper Huang Jiliang will not be happy, Zhou Xianyan's reputation is much greater than him.

So this problem is a bit tricky, Lu Zhuhu doesn't deal with it himself, and others can't help him deal with it. All he can do is that when Zhou Xianyan has not regained enough form, he can't let him take Huang Jiliang's position because of his fame and qualifications. No matter how much he offends people, Lu Zhuhu must also do it hard.

But the situation is not bad, Zhou Xianyan is a pragmatic person, although he spit out and complained, he was able to face the reality after being beaten by Lu Zhuhu one after another, so he didn't insist on playing quickly.

According to the content of the training, the starters for the first game were confirmed:

Goalkeeper: Huang Jiliang

Defenders: Mak Siu-han, Lee Tiansheng

Midfielders: Lu Zhuhu, Xu Yahui, Chen Zhenhe

Forwards: Sun Jinshun, Tan Jiangbai, Feng Jingxiang, Ye Beihua, Zheng Jiliang

Principal Tan's father was not ashamed to squeeze into the forward lineup, after all, he was born as a striker and had a heart that yearned for attack. Usually against weak teams, he takes the initiative to ask to go to the front line and has the addiction of scoring goals.

4 o'clock is approaching, the weather is sunny and rainy, and the stadium is slippery, causing the players who come to the stadium to look at the sparse spectator seats, and their hearts are cold-

After all, it is a game abroad, and this treatment is really a day and a place compared to the crowding of fans in China!

Lu Zhuhu said that it was okay:

"This game is a 'substitute' versus a 'substitute', and it's normal that not many people watch it. As long as we play tricks and play majestic in this game, we are not afraid that we will not be able to attract fans to watch next! ”

Looking at the confident little brother, all teammates were moved.

Feng Jingxiang patted Lu Zhuhu on the shoulder and said emotionally: "Brother Lu, in fact, only you are the 'substitute' of the national team, and we are all starters of the national team!" ”

"yes, we can't afford to be idle, so we have to play this game."

Lu Zhuhu: "......"