Chapter 85: Flowers and Brocade (Plus More, Ask for Collection!) )
After Shen Feng helped the Jianye team advance to the FA Cup final, he immediately went to Yangcheng to report to the station of the Dragon Country team.
The home of the Asian play-offs of the World Cup qualifiers between the Dragons and Australia was finally chosen at the Tianhe Stadium in Yangcheng, which is also the home of the Evergrande team.
There are several reasons why this is the home of the Dragons.
First, in the latest 23-person training list of the Dragon Team, the Evergrande team is still the team that contributes the most international players, as many as 8 people, and most of these 8 people will be the absolute main force of the Dragon Team against the Australian team!
Choosing the home stadium of the Dragon Country team in the home stadium of the Evergrande team can reduce the fatigue of these players of the Evergrande team, and secondly, they can play in the venue they are most familiar with, and they should be able to have the best performance!
Second, in Yangcheng in October, the temperature during the day is still as high as more than 30 degrees, although the temperature drops after nightfall, the air humidity is still very large, if there is no night wind, it will feel a little stuffy.
Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, this season is the alternation of winter and spring, the temperature is pleasant, the Australian team players, from the pleasant spring of the southern hemisphere, suddenly to the northern hemisphere autumn tiger weather, there will inevitably be a problem of adaptation.
This is a good thing for the Dragon Nation team.
Moreover, Lippi has coached the Evergrande team for nearly three seasons and is quite familiar with Tianhe Stadium, where he once led the Evergrande team to win three consecutive championships in the Dragon Super League, as well as the first AFC Champions League championship trophy for the Dragon Country team!
Now, at the critical moment when the Dragon Country team is impacting the World Cup, returning to the stadium he is most familiar with in the Dragon Country must be able to have some positive blessings for Lippi's on-the-spot scheduling.
The time for the Longguo team to assemble this time is September 30, and then the Evergrande team's Lishui training base for four days, October 5 at 8 o'clock in the evening, at Tianhe Stadium, began the first leg of the World Cup qualifying play-off match of the Australian team.
This time, the 23-member training roster of the Dragon Country team basically continued the previous team, but in individual positions, it was adjusted.
Veteran captain Zheng Zhi received a red card in the last game against Qatar and will not play in the first leg against Australia, but as the spiritual leader of this Dragon Nation team, he is still in the 23-man squad and will definitely be selected in the 18-man squad.
In the last training camp, Zhang Yuning, a young player who could not come due to poor communication, returned to the 23-person training list this time after in-depth exchanges with Lippi.
In addition, Yu Dabao, Huang Bowen and other fierce generals who were injured before also returned from injury this time and were on the training list.
It can be said that this time, the 23-member training list of the Dragon Country team has gathered the strongest team of Dragon Country football, and everyone works together to achieve the goal of impacting the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia!
Shen Feng did not play much time in the previous Dragon Super League, but he performed well, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists, and is currently in second place on the league scorer list with 23 goals.
On the assist list, Shen Feng tied for first place with 11 assists with Ravic of the Huaxia Happiness Team!
In addition, in the FA Cup, although Shen Feng also did not play much, he also had a good performance, and now he is among the top scorers and assists.
Shen Feng's condition is so good, it is naturally the best news for the Dragon Country team, which is in dire need of a striker's thighs.
Another thigh on the front line of the Dragon team, Wu Lei of the Shanghai Port team, also showed a good form in the previous three rounds of the league, scoring three goals in three games, and now ranking fourth in the league scorer list with 17 goals, only behind R&F team's Zahavi, Shen Feng, and Evergrande's Gaolat.
Wu Lei had already scored a goal in the match against Qatar, breaking the goal drought that had lasted for many games in the Dragon Country.
Fans hope that he can carry over his recent good form into the play-offs with the Australian team, help the Dragon Team attack the city, and also share some offensive pressure on Shen Feng.
Although, these players of the Dragon Country team have just experienced a period of intensive club fixtures, and the season has come to an end, and their physical condition is not ideal.
However, this play-off opportunity was won by everyone with great difficulty, and no one wants to give up easily!
Especially for Zheng Zhi, Feng Xiaoting, and Xiao Zhi, a group of veteran players who are over 30 years old, next year's World Cup in Russia is very likely to be the last World Cup they can strive for!
In order to fulfill the dream of all footballers to be on the World Cup stage, they will do whatever it takes!
So many difficulties in front of us have survived, and the small hill of the Australian team cannot become an obstacle for the Dragon Country team!
During the few days of closed training at the Lishui training base, the players of the Dragon Country team showed a good competitive state, as well as a strong desire to fight, and their morale was high.
As the home game time with the Australian team approaches, the enthusiasm of Dragon Country fans has gradually been stimulated, and everyone's attention and discussion about this important game have become more and more, and it has become a hot topic at the moment.
Major media, many self-media, football celebrities, seniors, big names and big names in the football circle, have also spoken out, adding fuel and vinegar to this wave of football craze.
This is both a good thing and a bad thing for the Dragon Nation team.
The good thing is that the Dragon Country team can use this to increase its influence among the people, and Dragon Country football can also use it to boost the reputation that has been wilting for many years.
The bad part is that the current one-sided cheering, if the Dragon Team can win the two play-offs with the Australian team, it is good to say, if they lose the game in the end, then how high the Dragon Team is praised now, and how heavy it will be thrown at that time!
Such a story has been staged many times in the Dragon Country team!
In 2001, when the Dragon Team entered the World Cup finals for the first time, the Dragon Team at that time was also a national hero, and the head coach of the Dragon Team at that time, Milu, was named the "Wonder Coach".
However, when the Dragon team, which was pinned on by the Dragon Country fans, in the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, did not win a single result in the three group games, did not get a point, did not score a goal, swallowed nine eggs, and returned home, the original national hero turned to become the target of criticism from fans and the media.
Although the current situation is not the same as that time, if the Dragon Nation team does not perform well in the play-offs, the subsequent direction of things will only repeat the mistakes of the past, and there will not be much deviation.