Chapter 254: Asian Cup Group Stage (1) [Happy New Year, Ask for Subscription]

"Are you sure? In this way, you are under a lot of pressure and once you concede a goal, all the media will question you? Zhu Guanglu said solemnly, now that the media is becoming more and more developed, a little thing can be reported overwhelmingly, and many times, many players will be ruined by such reports.

In this way, Wu Feng is under a lot of pressure. And as a head coach, he needs to bear a lot of pressure, and he has to think about this.

"Boss, I'm not afraid, are you afraid?" Wu Feng raised his eyebrows, looking very confident.

"You're not afraid of being so young, what are you afraid of at my age, I'll go crazy with you, I guess I'm really crazy!" Zhu Guanglu couldn't help laughing.

After this game, the Chinese team is still practicing their tactical lineup.

In the subsequent warm-up match against Thailand, the players finally resisted the subtropical heat, played more easily throughout the game, opened and closed, and Wu Feng's free kick took the lead, and finally defeated the Thai team again with a 4:0 victory.

In this game, the Chinese team's attack began to exert its strength, and the midfielder Zhang Cheng was in the confrontation with the diminutive Thai player, blocking most of the Thai team's attack outside the penalty area.

And Wu Feng saved several must-score goals for the Thai team in a row, completely extinguishing their goal hopes.

Thailand are improving rapidly and are now able to cause problems for the likes of South Korea and Japan from time to time. Therefore, the news of being able to beat Thailand away from home has made the Chinese media and fans extremely excited, and they are already looking forward to the performance of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup.

In the final warm-up match against the UAE, the players of the Chinese team were a little uncomfortable with the climate of the UAE and were not very excited throughout the game.

Their attacking speed has not been able to play, but the UAE team is still in excellent form, but their attack is simply inferior to the Bundesliga team in front of Wu Feng.

They were allowed to attack in various ways, but none of them collapsed in front of the goal guarded by Wu Feng. However, with the encouragement of Wu Feng, the players of the Chinese team gradually got rid of this discomfort, and although they did not fully exert their strength, they also suppressed the UAE Lianyou.

Then Wu Feng's free kick made another contribution, and finally the Chinese team defeated the UAE 2-0, and all three warm-up matches ended in the Chinese team's victory.

The media are extremely excited about the good state of the Chinese team, and the famous commentator Huang Jianxiang said that the Chinese team has won three consecutive warm-up matches when the Asian Cup is about to start. The game became more and more open, thanks to the presence of Wu Feng at the back, and the Chinese team showed great resilience in the match against the UAE. With their current form, they will definitely make a difference in the Asian Cup and achieve unexpectedly good results.

After this warm-up match, there are still five days to go, and the Asian Cup will begin, and all teams are rushing to the venue of this Asian Cup. It's just that this Asian Cup is hosted by four countries in Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, and each group is held in one country.

At this time, the Asian media and experts also began to come alive, analyzing and commenting and predicting based on the historical results of each team and the status of the warm-up matches.

The favourites remain Iran in West Asia, Japan and South Korea in East Asia, as well as an Australian kangaroo from Oceania.

The dark horse that spoiled the situation was set on the North Korean team and the Chinese team, and the Chinese team, one of the original Asian powerhouses, has been regarded as a spoiler over the years. This so-called media statement made Wu Feng and them extremely angry, and secretly vowed in their hearts that they must let other media in Asia slap their faces.

Although the performance of the North Korean team and the Chinese team in the warm-up match was outstanding, the Chinese team, which was once regarded as a gift-giving boy, actually won three games in a row, which surprised the Asian powerhouses very much.

The media in South Korea and Japan have reminded their national teams not to be careless. Any team, as long as it has Wu Feng, should not be underestimated, just look at the fate of Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, he can make the team instantly improve several notches.

However, most of the media still feel that compared with the North Korean team, the dark horse of the Chinese team is slightly lacking, and it can be called a gray horse at most. Because in the warm-up matches, the Chinese team was all scored by their goalkeeper Wu Feng after scoring the first goal, and when the opponent fell behind, their offensive players had room to play.

It was all a free kick from Wu Feng, the core of the defense, to score the first goal, once no free kick opportunity was obtained, or Wu Feng did not score, the Chinese team was finished.

A very important feature of dark horses is that they rely on the whole rather than on the stars.

The North Korean team, which has the title of mysterious division, is obviously more in line with the conditions of dark horses, and they defeated the West Asian powerhouse Iran team and the Asian boss Japan team in the warm-up match, and their tenacious fighting spirit and strong physical fitness can make the Asian team exclaim that another Taiji tiger has appeared.

At the beginning of July, all members of the Chinese team, led by Zhu Guanglu, departed from Hong Kong Airport to Kuala Lumpur.

Their first match will kick off on the third day after the start of the Asian Cup, and their first opponent will be Malaysia, one of the hosts.

There are 16 teams participating in this Asian Cup, divided into four groups, namely:

Group A: Thailand, Australia, North Korea, Iraq

Group B: Vietnam, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan

Group C: Malaysia, Qatar, China, Iran

Group D: Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Republic of Korea, Bahrain

When the Chinese team came to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, they were warmly welcomed by Malaysian fans and reporters. However, they welcomed only one person, and that was Wu Feng, the main core of the Bundesliga champion and the German Cup champion.

Today's Wu Feng's popularity is not only well-known in China, but Malaysia, which has always paid more attention to China, also has a very high popularity in their region.

For a team like the Chinese team, although there has been a lot of attention paid to where to play in the past. But it has never been the focus of attention like now, which made the Chinese team very surprised, and even a little jealous.

However, Zhu Guanglu is very happy, playing in an unfamiliar venue, if he can win the support of local fans, it is very beneficial to the performance of a team.

For example, the Chinese team is now in the weak team in Asia, morale is crucial, they have lost too much, and the more they lose, the less confidence they have. Therefore, it is often a tiger in the warm-up game, and the actual game becomes a sick cat, and the performance before and after is too different.

The opening ceremony of the 2007 Asian Cup was held in Bangkok, Thailand, and many stars from Southeast Asia participated in the opening ceremony performances. It shows the spirit of this Asian Cup, and also allows the media around the world to see their demeanor before the 2008 Olympic Games, and they are not lost to China.