On July 17, with the start of the match between China and Bahrain, the 04 Asian Cup kicked off. In the first game, the Chinese team was too nervous at the beginning and was scored by the Bahrain team first, and the Chinese team, which was punched, finally let go of the burden, and then scored three goals in a row to defeat Bahrain 3:1. On January 21, they beat Indonesia 5-0. Beat Qatar 2-0 on the 25th. Entered the knockout round with the first place in the group, and defeated Iraq 3-0 on the 30th to enter the semifinals.

Lu Hai made full use of the 3 games in the dream every night, before the game between the national team and the opponent, they had already fought with the opponent in Lu Hai's dream for more than a dozen games, they were very familiar with the opponent, they seemed to be at ease in the game, and they were well controlled on the field. But now Lu Hai is in trouble, in the dream has simulated 6 matches between the Chinese team and Iran, the results of the Chinese team 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses are not optimistic, and the impact of the Persians in the front court makes the Chinese defense line rumored and worried all the time. Alihan put the strong Zheng Zhi in the backline was a good move, but not enough to fend off the tough Persian Cavalry. If you want to solve the impact of a power opponent, you can either learn tactically from Barcelona's Tiki-Taka to firmly control the ball at his feet and not let the opponent's strength take advantage, which the current Chinese team obviously can't do. Another way is to find a stronger one to fight, and the strongest Chinese team is Zhang Yi. Lu Hai had to suggest that Alihan put Zhang Yi on the guard line, Alihan's eyes lit up when he heard this suggestion, and after the change, in the 3 simulated games on the night of the 1st, the Chinese team was finally able to gain the upper hand with 2 wins and 1 loss.

The Chinese team defeated Iran 1-0 in 90 minutes of the match between China and Iran, and the back line led by Zhang Yi firmly withstood the impact of the Persians, making the Persians gain nothing, which was also the first Asian Cup game in which Zhang Yi did not score.

The final against Japan was the most regrettable game for the Chinese team in the next ten years, and some netizens even suggested that this was the beginning of a dark 10 years of Chinese football. In this game, the Chinese team actually played better than Japan, but it was ruined by the black whistle. In fact, Lu Hai has never looked down on Japanese football, including the next ten years of the first life. The overemphasis on collective culture has erased the individuality of the players, and the hard-working Japanese have been emphasizing technique and practicing routines to make up for it, but football is a confrontational sport, and even Barcelona, which was in full swing and made the whole of Europe tremble, has strong men like Pique and Puyol in the backline. In Lu Hai's view, the Japanese team has gone astray by placing too much emphasis on technology. In Asia, Japanese football, as the largest sponsor of the AFC, has made referees strictly enforce the law in all matches in which the Japanese team participates, which is conducive to the performance of the technical team. This routine is not easy to use in the world. Moreover, the style of the Japanese team is more cooperative, and the main players who have been playing in the European league for a long time lack time to run in and practice routines, so the Japanese national team often has a strange phenomenon that the more players recalled from Europe, the worse the record.

Lu Hai prepared a big meal for the Japanese, and the 5 games that can be watched every night in the dream world, Lu Hai turned into an opportunity to observe the recent physical condition of the main players of the Japanese team a month ago, and now Lu Hai knows the injuries of the main Japanese players well.

After finishing the match against Iran, Lu Hai found Alihan. "We should change the lineup in the finals."

"Why?"

"I've studied the recent injuries to the Japanese players, under what circumstances each of their players has a recurrence, I've studied them all, we need to put the strongest players in every position, and in the next three days, I'm going to train on these players, and I'm going to make them all learn how to hurt a few little devils without fouling or not getting a card."

Alihan looked at Lu Hai in a daze, and the old man's heart turned upside down, "Lu, is this the basis for you to claim to be able to enter the top 16?" ”

"It's not that easy in the World Cup, the physical fitness of the Japanese players is too poor, this trick is okay, it's very difficult in the World Cup."

"It's still possible to have a high degree of difficulty."

"Yes!" Lu Hai nodded with difficulty.

"Lu, you are really a demon, but our demon!" The corners of Alihan's mouth began to turn upward, the arc became larger and larger, and finally he was already laughing out loud. You must know that he has not slept well for more than a month for the goal of the round of 16, and tonight he saw the light and can sleep well. No, maybe I still can't sleep, but I can't sleep with excitement.

"Lu, I must be on the same team with you in the future, and I will never be your opponent. You're terrible! ”

Lu Hai listened with a puzzled expression, "Hahn, don't you Westerners want to talk about morality?" I think you are so in favor of such a method? ”

Alihan was also puzzled, "Lu, who told you this, we all talk about morality." ”

"That's what everyone else says! The English are gentlemen, the French are romantic, the Germans are rigorous, and you Dutch are the most honest. ”

"Before the Industrial Revolution, we still spread that Chinese were saints!" Alihan is a little funny and a little self-satisfied. "We have robbed the world for hundreds of years, and the British did not say that they were gentlemen when they sold black slaves; The French are rambling, looking at the French army during World War II; The Germans are the most boring, taking advantage of FIFA's biggest sponsorship. We are honest to our friends and to our own people, and what integrity we say to our opponents, let's talk about honesty after winning him first. ”

Alihan looked at Lu Hai with a stunned look, and smiled again, Alihan felt that the weather tonight was so good, and he didn't smile as much as he did today in a month. "Lu, I have been in China for a short time, and I know that your relationship with the Japanese is like that of the British and the Germans. You ask an Englishman what they would do if they could make the Germans unlucky? And your method is all within the rules, why can't you do it? ”

The common goals and secrets have greatly improved the relationship between the two people, and in the past month, Alihan has never been so relaxed as it is today, and the words in his heart are easily spoken. "If it's really discovered, let FIFA change the rules, and if it doesn't change the rules, we'll continue to do it."

The next day, Lu Hai found Yan Shiduo and told Yan Shiduo about his methods and the conversation with Alihan last night, and Lu Hai needed the Football Association to help him and Alihan do the work of the players who were replaced.

Unexpectedly, Yan Shiduo became anxious after hearing this, "Xiao Lu! Xiao Lu, what should I say? You can just tell us about this, what do you say to a foreigner, he wants to go back and publicize it, doesn't this affect the image of our country? ”

Lu Hai was annoyed when he heard it, and everything was related to the country's image. "How to affect the image, that is, let foreigners know, and they will envy us with the highest level of sports medicine and think that Chinese are smart."

Yan Shiduo saw that Lu Hai was angry, and knew that Lu Hai had screwed his own meaning, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Lu, Xiao Lu, listen to me, you are still too young, no matter what foreigners say, you can't do anything to us." But it's leaking out, and it's a ready-made excuse for those who have a problem with you. If you do anything in the future, your enemies will use this excuse to ruin your business. ”

Lu Hai listened to Yan Shiduo's words and calmed down, Yan Shiduo's words were very reasonable. This is 2004, not the future of 2017, Chinese's self-confidence is after the 08 financial crisis, suddenly found that the Western world is not so good, Chinese life is also good. At that time, there were still many people who couldn't stand up after kneeling for a long time, and now it's the majority who can't stand up, which is the mainstream.

"Do you need that?" Lu Hai humbly asked for advice, but he couldn't help but be humble, he had really done something wrong.

"Yes! Why not? Especially for Japanese people, this method must be used. ”

Yan Shiduo pondered for a while, "I'll call first and ask for instructions to see how the above arranges." ”

Yan Shiduo did not avoid Lu Hai when he called, and the call was made to Director Yuan Weimin. After introducing the situation, what Director Yuan said, Yan Shiduo opened it and released it. Lu Hai heard Director Yuan say to him: "Xiao Lu, don't be afraid, we are the General Administration of Sports, not the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." If something really went wrong in the future, I said that I Yuan Weimin did it. ”

Lu Hai was very moved, although Lu Hai knew that Director Yuan was going to retire after the Olympics, and he said this just for personal favors, but Lu Hai was still very moved. "Thank you, Director!"

"No thanks, you deserve us to do this, if there is such a thing in the future, don't come out yourself, tell Xiao Yan, tell Nanyong that they are more experienced than you and can handle it more satisfactorily than you." Since he wants to be a favor, Yuan Weimin has to do it solidly, with Lu Hai's character, talent, and age, he will have more opportunities to use him in the future, and he will also be able to leave a good reputation for protecting and promoting the future.

Lu Hai's face turned red when he heard that this was not a criticism, "Director, it's me who didn't think it through. ”

"It's already happened, don't dwell on it anymore, who hasn't been young yet."

Lu Hai admires it very much, and it really has a heart-wrenching bearing to be able to achieve a ministerial-level leadership position.

Yuan Weimin turned to Yan Shiduo: "Xiao Yan, you go and talk to Alihan, so many clubs in China can always have a place to support him until he retires, and he is also an accomplice if something happens." Let the players and coaches learn the confidentiality rules. ”

Lu Hai was even more ashamed, he stabbed himself in this basket, allowing so many people to wipe his buttocks.

"Xiao Lu, after the 7th race, you don't want to participate in the celebration, and immediately fly directly to Athens, I remember that there was a direct flight in the middle of the night. Let the Football Association buy you a ticket now, and the General Administration will reimburse you for any tickets you have. When you're not there, a lot of coaches are complaining. Xiao Yan, our national football team has reached the final with the curse of almost all the Olympic teams, it's not easy! If you can't win the championship, you're going to be laughed at. ”

Yan Shiduo immediately understood what the director meant, in order to win the championship, he had to follow Lu Hai's intentions, and whoever wanted to disagree with him would let him find the entire Olympic legion theory.