After the game, with the news of the national football team's victory over Japan, it became popular, as well as Lippi's remarks to many reporters.

Not surprisingly, all the media and fans who heard or saw Lippi's words spoke highly of Lippi. As long as you don't have ulterior motives, you can hear that Lippi has real feelings for Chinese football. Sitting in the high-risk profession of national football coach is not only because of the annual salary of 20 million euros.

Even when the World Cup was approaching, the official Weibo of the People's Daily, the most authoritative official media, also spoke out on this matter, fully affirming Lippi's contribution to the national team. He also pointed out that the progress of Chinese football requires a long-term contribution from high-level coaches like this.

As the most authoritative official media in China, the People's Daily is the microphone of the upper echelons, and it is not surprising that the top one who likes football is very satisfied with the current state of the national team.

And in just a few crosses, more information has been revealed, and it seems that the above does not want Lippi to leave after next year's Asian Cup?

The day after the defeat of Japan, another, more exciting news arrived. The Chinese Football Association plans to contract Lippi after the 2019 Asian Cup and lead the national team to continue to sprint for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

This is more hopeful news than winning a game or two. Fans joked in online comments that the Football Association finally had a long memory. There will be no more Camacho substitution of Gao Hongbo-style tragedy.

Moreover, the current national team is in a positive, healthy and upward state, with a harmonious atmosphere in the team, and the generals are united, without the past set of rules for forming gangs and forming factions. After so many detours, I finally found the right track. Maybe give Lippi another four years and the national team can change even more.

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After China defeated Japan, France defeated Denmark 4-1 in the other match.

The format of the China Cup is similar to that of a tournament in the nature of a knockout match, so the winners of the two matches, China and France, will compete for the title of the China Cup, while Japan and Denmark will compete for third place.

In fact, since the announcement of the establishment of the China Cup, there have been many doubts about this system. There are two main reasons. First, there are too few participating teams, so it is completely unnecessary, and the more important reason is that three opponents are invited, and the national team can only meet two at a time under such rules. Like Denmark and Chile, which were invited this year, the national team did not have the opportunity to meet at all, but it was like an invitation from the organizing committee to make up the numbers, which was a pure waste.

There is a voice that believes that since the purpose of the China Cup is to enhance the training value of the Chinese team, it is completely unreasonable to formulate such rules. It should be like the traditional invitational tournament of the national team, and a single round-robin system should be adopted to ensure that the national team and each opponent have a chance to play each other.

Regarding this point, Wanda Group, as the initiator of the event, has given a positive response, and the future China Cup will consider expanding to eight teams, and the current competition system is also considered for future event arrangements, and at the same time in line with international competitions such as the World Cup and the Asian Cup.

Most eyes gradually began to focus on the Chinese team's next opponent, the European Cup runner-up France.

Although there is no record of playing each other in official competitions, the two teams are no strangers. In the final stage of the preparation for the World Cup, China and France have already played each other twice, and the Chinese team can be regarded as an "old customer" who warmed up with the French team.

However, the first two games against the Chinese team, the memories of the French team are not good.

The "Zheng Zhi Waste Cisse" incident that Chinese fans "talked about" happened in the warm-up match before the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The French team lost to Italy in the World Cup final that year, in addition to Zidane leaving the field with Materazzi red on his head, Chinese fans joked that Italy's military medal for winning the championship was also part of Zheng Zhi. If Cisse, who was at the peak of his form at the time, had not been injured in the World Cup, he would have been an important knife on the side of the French team, and it may not be easy to say who would have died in the final.

In the warm-up match before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the French team contacted the Chinese team to warm up at their home stadium. Originally, I thought that the Chinese team was weak and used a victory to boost confidence in the World Cup. As a result, Deng Zhuoxiang achieved a deciduous ball that sealed his throat with a sword. On the contrary, it shattered the confidence of the French team. Then the French team was exposed to infighting among the generals, and was eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup with one win and two losses.

This is the third meeting between China and France in the preparation period for the World Cup, but both Chinese and French teams are no longer what they used to be. The French team is the runner-up of the European Championship, and they are already the favorites to win the World Cup after coming out of the trough. And the Chinese team is already a World Cup team. is no longer a "sparring" role for playing soy sauce.

Although everyone is aware of the gap between the Chinese team and the French team, it is already a surprise that coach Deschamps can send the main team to participate in the warm-up China Cup, which has given the Chinese team enough respect.

Before the game that night, Wen Zhihao received a voice message from Atletico Madrid team-mate Antoine Griezmann.

The other side said with great confidence: "Don't worry, at your doorstep, you won't lose too ugly." ”

Wen Zhihao smiled and replied: "Elephants can also be bitten by ants, isn't the fun of football an accident?" ”

Griezmann didn't want to hurt Wen Zhihao's self-confidence, so he said after a while: "Wait and see!" ”

Before the game, many Chinese reporters also went to interview Griezmann, because of the relationship with Wen Zhihao, Da Gezi had a good attitude towards Chinese reporters, and he looked at the outcome of the game very lightly: "I have a good relationship with Wen, and it is definitely not a good choice to be an opponent with him." But I'm willing to try it. I'm not going to defend him myself anyway. ”

An hour before the game, the French team announced their starting lineup. The starting line-up of the 11 was ridiculed wildly on the Chinese internet.

It's just that the features are too distinct.

Especially when the national flag was raised and the national anthem was played before kick-off, at a glance, the screen was full of dark-skinned faces.

is a starter, with the exception of centre-back Koscielny, Antoine Griezmann and striker Olivier Giroud, a total of eight blacks.

For a European team, it's so offbeat that it's no wonder fans complain.

"Hahaha! Every time I watch the French team, I want to say that the screen is full of the sense of déjà vu of the African team. ”

"Hey, hey! Field affairs, come and clean up those three white people, they went to the wrong set, this is the filming site of "Into Africa"! ”

"Congratulations to the French team for successfully blackening, it is quite completely black."

Even CCTV commentator He Wei couldn't help but complain: "The French team should be the most 'black' European team...... Well, you should understand...... However, the black players are particularly good in confrontation and explosiveness, which is one of the reasons why the French team can quickly return to the top, and today the Chinese team will face an unprecedented test at the back. ”