On December 9, the quarterfinals were drawn, and the Chinese team was in a group with South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan.

The schedule of the Chinese team is as follows: away to South Korea on February 9; March 26 at home against Uzbekistan; March 30 at home against Saudi Arabia; away to Saudi Arabia on June 4; home to South Korea on June 8; Away to Uzbekistan on August 17.

The three teams in this group are all old friends of Chinese fans.

China's first opponent was South Korea, and since 1992, there has been a proper term in the football world: "Koreanophobia", and there is also a phrase: "draw and qualify" are all derived from the match against South Korea. The Chinese national team and the national Olympic team have not beaten the South Korean team since 1978, and the most painful experience in memory is the qualifiers for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, when the Chinese Olympic team fell behind 0:3 in the opening 8 minutes and finally lost the game 1:3 on the premise of qualifying with a draw. That didn't end until 3:0 in the 2010 East Asian semifinals. For 32 years, the South Korean team has been like a mountain in the hearts of Chinese fans. And 2005 was the worst time for Koreanophobia.

Lu Hai watched all the previous games against the South Korean team in his dream, and finally found the reason.

China's football environment is relatively closed, lacking communication with the outside world, and at home, the level of competition is not high, and the game is slow and leisurely stump football. When encountering teams like Saudi Arabia that are not active, not fast-paced, and not strong in overall performance, they can often win by virtue of their relatively good physical fitness in Asia; When encountering the South Korean team with excellent physical fitness, fast pace, active scrambling and overall attention, the Chinese team often falls into the control of the opponent's rhythm in a hurry. The physical fitness of the two sides is almost the same, the technique is slightly inferior to the opponent, the physical fitness and fighting are completely at a disadvantage, and the integrity is not as good as the other party, so it is a miracle that such a ball can win.

In Asia, there are two ways to beat South Korea, first, like Saudi Arabia, players have excellent individual skills and can protect the football and ensure that they do not concede goals under South Korea's scramble. South Korea's aggressive style and aggressive defensive tactics often lead to disposition, resulting in being beaten behind by Saudi Arabia and conceding goals. So the South Korean team's record against Saudi Arabia is ugly. Second, like Iran, strong and strong, tall and big, the skills of the Korean players are not enough to ensure that they can protect the ball under the impact of the Persian iron horse, and the South Korean team, which lacks rhythm changes, has suffered a 2:6 rout against the Iranian team after their own specialties have been suppressed.

The first method, Lu Hai can't use it, looking for players all over China, Lu Hai didn't find a player who could still hold the ball under the crazy steal of the stick. The second method is just right for the Chinese team that has undergone physical strength training, Lu Hai decided to play with the South Korean team, and the Chinese team should use grabbing and running to run, and destroy the Koreans with abundant physical strength.

Starting from the second day, Lu Hai borrowed ten doctors who are proficient in massage, acupuncture and other skills from the General Administration of Sports to ensure the super training volume of the national players.

After making a request to the General Administration of Sports, Lu Hai gathered all the international players who were training at the base to watch the videos of the Chinese and South Korean teams edited by Lu Hai. The old internationals remembered the painful memories one by one, and the new internationals looked like dirt, and they couldn't hold the ball under the tackle of the South Korean team. After watching the video, the room was silent, and no one spoke for a while. Lu Hai looked around and didn't see Zhang Yi, only to remember that Zhang Yi was still in school and had to report to the base on February 1. Without such a compliment, Lu Hai suddenly felt that today's topic was difficult.

When Lu Hai was worried, Zhang Yaokun stood up, "Coach Lu, I think your level is like that, you look at the group of geldings you taught, and now they are scared and don't dare to speak." You might as well disband them all and replace us, at least we can lose standing up. ”

Listening to Zhang Yaokun's first half of the words, Lu Hai was still full of joy, and felt that this goods had grown. But the last sentence completely exposed Zhang Yaokun's essence. Lu Hai quit, "Why do you want to lose while standing?" We're going to win, we're going to beat South Korea. ”

Lu Hai had to come up with the video of the match between the Iranian team and the South Korean team. This time, the faces of the players were much better.

"If any of you are confident that you can hold the ball with a Korean tackle, please raise your hand."

Lu Hai looked at a room full of nearly 40 people who were silent, "Well, since no one can hold the ball, then we also want the Koreans to be unable to hold the ball, we have to let the ball fly, we have to let us and them run after the ball all over the court, no one wants to be able to hold the ball steadily." I want you to turn this race into a running race. "The eyes of the young players below lit up.

"You've all heard of Koreanophobia, right?" The faces of the old internationals below are a little unnatural, they are not convinced by this term, but every time they think of the game against the Koreans, they are all frightened.

"Do you want to end Koreanophobia?"

"Yes!" The young internationals are full of confidence, and after two months of training on Lu Hai, they have full confidence in their physical fitness, and as long as they can really turn this race into a running race, they feel that there is no reason not to win.

"Good! Let's take a look at how to turn this race into a running race. ”

Lu Hai took out Park Ji-sung's game clip again, "This person, I think everyone here should know him, let's take a closer look at his dribbling habits, how do you think it's easiest to break his ball with his feet?" ”

"If you look at his passing habits again, how can you stand so that you can cut off his ball more easily?"

Lu Hai didn't expect such a discussion to teach the players how to scramble, but to give the players an impression of the matter, they could give it a try in the dream simulation game at night. There are nearly 60 days left until February 9th, and in Lu Hai's dream, these kids can play 180 games with the Koreans, and before the match with South Korea, Lu Hai promised that these kids will be able to get to know Park Ji-sung better than Park Ji-sung's parents. At that time, coupled with Zhang Yi's return, Lu Hai is completely sure to kill the Koreans.

"In order to get the glory of overcoming Koreanophobia, you need to put in a little bit of effort, really only a little." Lu Hai invited the doctors who rushed to the training base in. "This is the care given to everyone by the General Administration of Sports."

The faces of the young internationals changed when they saw these acquaintances who they only met three months ago, and these acquaintances are connected to their painful memories, and when you see them, you see hell.