Cannavaro was then drawn from Group G and Group H, with World Cup newcomers Panama in Group G and Japan joining Poland, Colombia and Senegal in Group H. The hopes of qualifying are a bit bigger than the other teams.

After the top 32 are placed in turn, the specific schedule will be determined accordingly. China's schedule in Group F has progressed from easy to difficult, with the first round of the group against a weaker Sweden and then Mexico, and the final group against the strongest defending champions, Germany.

Of course, Sweden is also weaker than the other two opponents, and it is definitely still higher than the Chinese team. In the European play-offs, Sweden kept Italy clean in two legs to advance. Even if there is an on-the-spot command problem with Italian coach Ventura, which has led to Italy's zero goals in two games, can the Chinese team do it?

Therefore, Sweden's hard power on the defensive end is undoubted, and it is still an insurmountable mountain for the Chinese team.

This is very similar to the situation when the Chinese team participated in the World Cup for the first time in 02. Costa Rica, the opponent in the first round, was also the weakest relative to Brazil and Turkey, but the team miscalculated the strength of the two sides at that time, and the result was a tactical failure and the defeat resulted in a defeat. I won't make the same mistake this time, but the strength of the opponent is on the bright side, and it is not easy for the Chinese team to draw.

Atletico Madrid's teammates also understood Wen Zhihao's feelings, and Godin said: "Wen, you know best that anything can happen on the football field, and we all know that you are a person who is not convinced to speak only by strength. It was a joke to say help or something, but the following sentence is sincere, and I am waiting to meet you on the court. ”

Wen Zhihao turned his head to see Godin's sincere appearance, and suddenly felt like laughing, and replied: "You know that it's unrealistic, although I don't admit defeat, I don't daydream." If you want to play me in the World Cup, your wish will have to be postponed for four years. ”

Wen Zhihao is not sure that China will advance to the knockout rounds, and the Chinese team in Group F and Godin's Uruguay are in different semi-bands, and if the two are to meet in the competition, both teams must reach at least the last four. Uruguay is possible, but against the Chinese team, it is equivalent to letting the kindergarten children prove Goldbach's conjecture.

Griezmann asked Wen Zhihao: "Wen, your Chinese team is estimated to pin most of their hopes on you at that time." Are you feeling stressed? It's also hard to lead a team alone, and sometimes it's nice to have a group of good teammates around. ”

Wen Zhihao squinted his eyes and stared at him, his sharp gaze made Griezmann feel furious, and only replied after a while: "The French team is indeed very strong, but I don't have the idea of changing my nationality to join you, and you don't need to show your superiority in front of me." Also, do you think I can make it to the World Cup alone? Don't you understand that football is a team sport? ”

Wen Zhihao's aura is not weak at all, although they are all club teammates, but when it comes to the national team, Wen Zhihao instinctively becomes very sensitive, even if Griezmann has a certain truth, he will not accept it.

There are emotions that are higher than winning and losing, and they don't stop at football.

The other teammates were surprised by Wen Zhihao's reaction, and Griezmann also realized that his words had caused Wen Zhihao's misunderstanding, but he didn't know how to explain it, so he quickly asked Godin for help to play a round. There was still a little embarrassment until the end.

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While the global media continued to track the draw results, the Atletico players quickly put the matter behind them as they went into training the next day. Wen Zhihao was in a bad mood at the time, but he woke up almost all right. This is his battlefield, and returning to the league to help Atletico close the gap is his top priority.

The 14th round of the league is on the second day of the World Cup draw ceremony, Atletico Madrid will sit at home to face Real Sociedad, the opening stage of the dark horse posture of Real Sociedad gradually exposed the lack of bench depth, the form of instability of small teams common problems, and just two days ago in the Copa del Rey main play by the West Liga team Lleida eliminated, Atletico Madrid is in time to beat the water dogs.

However, the start was not as smooth as everyone imagined, goalkeeper Oblak sent a point in the first half, and striker Willian, who played for Real Madrid, scored overnight, and Atletico Madrid fell behind 0:1 at half-time.

No one is particularly surprised that this situation has occurred in the league, and doesn't this just confirm the so-called "Champions League effect" in the media?

It's scientific!

Simeone made positive adjustments in midfield, pushing Wen Zhihao behind the striker, and at the same time switching to Torres to partner Griezmann, taking full advantage of Wen's ability to cut back and pass forward.

Simeone did have a knack for what he knows about this team, and Atletico eventually turned the game around with two goals in the second half from Felipe and Antoine Griezmann. Among them, Griezmann's stunner before the end of the game came from Wen Zhihao's instigation, and he accurately found the vacancy on the right side of the opponent, and Saul's header assisted Griezmann to kill.

Winning this game, Atletico chased another step towards the top of the table. Barcelona were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Celta Vigo as Atletico closed the gap to six points. Simeone proved once again that the title race is more than just a slogan.

The day after the match against Real Sociedad, Wen Zhihao received two important interview invitations. From CCTV and the domestic professional football newspaper Football Weekly, Wen Zhihao finally accepted the latter's request for an exclusive interview, politely declining the official media. The other party was full of sincerity, and Liang Xin's editor-in-chief father was afraid that Wen Zhihao would refuse, so he called and said that he had set aside a whole page for his interview, and he could have an exclusive interview at home at the training base or at night. Wen Zhihao is really embarrassed to release other pigeons.

The content of the interview is very clear, Wen Zhihao can guess with his toes, except for the World Cup draw just past, there is no reason for the domestic media to find himself to do an interview at this time.

Before the interview began, the reporter specially reminded Wen Zhihao: "Try to be optimistic and give everyone some confidence." ”

Wen Zhihao can understand the other party's thoughts, if even the core players of the national team say that there is no hope, it is estimated that everyone really has no expectations. But on the other hand, with such a result in front of them, who can talk nonsense with their eyes open and be blindly optimistic?

At least Wen Zhihao can't do it, but he can send a positive signal from another aspect

"To be honest, it's not very lucky, but it's already like this, let's travel light, like in this year's Champions League group stage, no one could have imagined that we would be able to win the group so smoothly, but we did it. Before the game was played, the strength and weakness were just written on paper. Otherwise, there would not have been a situation where the defending champions did not qualify from the group in the last two editions. ”

'But the national team can't compete with Atletico, we don't have Griezmann, Godin and Saul. The reporter then asked.

Wen Zhihao smiled: "But we can pursue the strength of the team, the opportunity to participate in the World Cup is rare, and there is no need to carry pressure, travel lightly and enjoy every minute, I have always tried to enjoy the game with this mentality, and often the result will not be bad." Taking a step back, even if everyone is not satisfied in the end, can it be worse than losing all three games and conceding nine goals? Hehe! ”

The reporter quickly understood what Wen Zhihao meant. Prepare for the worst and strive for the best!

Is this the secret that he can keep his level of mind against any opponent?