"How's it going, Dragons? Are you satisfied with the facilities at the base? ”

On June 1, 2018, Long Shute, who had just finished his championship celebration in Liverpool, arrived at the Chinese team's training center near Moscow.

Different from 4 years ago, this time, the Chinese Football Association directly learned from the German team, and found a beautiful land by the mountains and lakes in Russia two years in advance, and built a base that better meets its own needs and integrates training, catering, accommodation, entertainment and leisure.

There are two training turfs, a gym, a swimming pool, a sauna, a tactical room, a massage room, a small cinema, and the lake also provides fishing, diving, bicycles, and short-distance yachts, and even temporarily imported a batch of materials from China, and opened a life of more than 500 square meters in the base!

- Of course, you don't have to pay for anything in the supermarket, and it's just for the convenience of the players and coaches.

I don't dare to say anything else, but I'm absolutely sure that the Chinese Football Association is definitely richer than the German Football Association, and they don't even spend a penny on this base - just find a sponsor and solve the matter in minutes!

To what extent is the Chinese team extravagant?

According to Lonshit's advice, the accommodation here is all ensuite!

This is not a privilege for team leaders, but it means that every player can bring their families, including children, to move in directly!

Of course, this is the benefit that the dragon boss gives to every teammate, coach, and support staff.

"Dragons, rest assured, all of them are the most advanced non-toxic home improvement materials, and there is no pungent smell at all."

Director Hou, who is in charge of the logistics of the base, accompanied Long Shute to visit and dutifully introduced.

Long Shute nodded, he has always sent people to follow up on this project, and he also knows some of the inside information:

"I don't need to talk about other aspects, I just want to emphasize one point, the food must be strictly controlled, and no problems are allowed, you know what I mean?"

Director Hou nodded again and again:

"Of course, food is the top priority, everything is done according to Captain Long's wishes, and there will never be a single mistake!"

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"Dragons!"

"Captain!"

"Brother Long!"

When Long Shute was the last to appear in the conference room, the players of the Chinese team, who had been sitting in the room, stood up and greeted him one after another.

He smiled and nodded to everyone, then walked in front of head coach Gao Hongbo and motioned for everyone to take a seat:

"Before I do anything, I would like to ask you, did you come to Russia with any goals or pursuits?

Is it simply to experience the atmosphere of the World Cup as a capital to brag about yourself in the future? Or do you want to do your best with me and see if you can conquer the world? ”

Gao Hongbo almost jumped up, he looked at the captain in surprise, his face full of disbelief.

Almost all of the more than 30 players and coaches in the room had such expressions, and only four or five of them showed a smile of "sure enough".

I only heard the voice of Long Shute slowly spreading in the air:

"Compared with four years ago, our renewal is basically completed, the team's tactical play is more mature, and the overall strength is stronger than four years ago, so ...... We have reason to go further.

Four years ago, we unfortunately stopped in the round of 16 due to my unexpected injury, and with the opponents in the quarter-finals at the time, if I stay healthy, we can continue to play tactics and play, and it will not be difficult to beat them.

So, now, four years later, the quarterfinals are our most guaranteed goal.

If we can't make it to the quarterfinals, it only means that we haven't made any progress in the past four years. ”

He shook his head suddenly:

"No, considering that my strength has been stronger in the past four years, if there is no improvement in the overall results, it must be someone who has not done their best, such a person...... Definitely don't let me see it. He absolutely can't afford that kind of consequence! ”

The last sentence of Longshute was almost the most straightforward threat.

But everyone here knew that he had this energy!

No matter how well connected you are in the domestic football circle, if Long Shute shakes his head, then you will have no place to stand!

But no one complained about him, because they knew better:

99% of the pressure on this team is on his shoulders alone!

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Since the season had just ended, Lonshit did not immediately devote himself to intense training.

He knows his body very well and he doesn't worry about losing his form in two weeks' time.

He was just undergoing physiotherapy and relaxation while doing restorative training.

In the first week, he even gave an exclusive interview to CCTV.

"Unconsciously, the 2018 World Cup in Russia is coming to us, and our program team has arrived at the national team training base in Moscow, in the following 20 days, the front reporter will bring you the latest report of the national team at the first time, and today, the player we want to interview is the captain of the Chinese team, Long Shute!"

The host Zhang Bin was a little overforced, and in the absence of a live audience, he subconsciously clapped his palms.

Long Shute smiled and walked over and shook his hand.

Zhang Bin's face was still very natural, he coughed lightly, and began his own question:

"Four years ago in Brazil, you left the second round of the group stage with an injury, which should be a huge regret, right?"

Long Shute nodded:

"Of course, both myself and the entire national team have suffered a huge loss because of this accidental injury, so this year in Russia, we will definitely make up for this regret."

Zhang Bin asked again:

"In fact, the vast majority of people, including me, think that if it wasn't for that injury, the Chinese team would have gone far in Brazil, what do you think?"

"There aren't so many ifs, but even I would assume that this is the case."

Long Shute smiled slightly:

"If I hadn't been injured, in the quarter-finals, I would have been confident of beating them, after all, their top scorer Suarez was banned.

With hindsight, after the victory over Uruguay, our quarter-final opponent is Costa Rica, whose threat is almost negligible, and the possibility of China advancing to the semi-finals is infinitely close to 100%,......"

"Haha," Zhang Bin couldn't help but laugh happily:

"So what's going on this year? A lot of people thought we were in a group of death, can you share with us your thoughts on the group stage opponents? ”

"Death squad? Perhaps. ”

Long Shute shrugged:

"But for me, this group is probably the least suspenseful, we will qualify side by side with Germany, the only problem may be ...... Who is the group winner? ”

Yes, the three opponents of the Chinese team are none other than Germany, Mexico, and Sweden......

What kind of death group is this?