Chapter 262: Rangnick's Worries
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As soon as Chu Zhongtian came back, Gao Hongbo could start tactical training, surrounding Chu Zhongtian's tactical training. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Outside the training ground in Dongguan, there is also a self-motivated banner of the national team, with a sentence of "surpassing Liu Xiang", which makes them one of the handles ridiculed by the Chinese people.
But after Chu Zhongtian returned to the national football team, there was a lot less ridicule like this. On the one hand, it is because everyone also has "ugliness fatigue", and on the other hand, it is because no matter how stinky the national football team is, Chu Zhongtian's ability and fame are all there.
If there is no Chu Zhongtian, in the minds of these 85% people, Chinese football is useless at all.
Until now, some people still think that Chu Zhongtian should not join the national football team, which will ruin his reputation for the rest of his life.
However, Chu Zhongtian still stubbornly joined the national team and became a member of the national team. The first few years of his national team career were not smooth, under Zhu Suishen, he had a very unsatisfactory life, the core of the national team is Zheng Zhi instead of him, most of the time he can only be a cold bench for Zheng Zhi to play as a substitute, even if he plays the position he is used to, he looks more like a pure engineer. In addition, his absence from the 2007 Asian Cup due to injury also made his performance in the national team nothing to talk about. In the national team, he has not played convincingly in any major tournaments so far, at most in some warm-up games.
This is somewhat similar to Gao Hongbo's national team, Gao Hongbo has taken over the national team for more than two years, in addition to the amazing performance in the chicken ribs East Asian semi-finals, there is no other heavyweight results, the warm-up game is a good fight, but everyone thinks that the performance of the warm-up game can not explain anything, the warm-up game is good, and the chain will be dropped when it comes to the official competition, and this situation has not appeared in the national football team.
Even if it is the performance of the 3:0 victory over South Korea in the East Asian semifinals, there are still many Chinese people who question whether this is whether the Chinese Football Association bought the match-fixing played by the South Korean team, or whether there are people in the national team who bet on the game again, but this time they bet on themselves to win, and some people said that the Chinese team won the second team of South Korea, and there is nothing to be happy about.
In short, Gao Hongbo's national team still has not gotten rid of the environment of being questioned, ridiculed and looked down upon. Although this national team has made some improvements over their predecessors, such as a more beautiful style of play, clearer thinking, and a more positive mental state...... But it didn't work. If you don't get results, it's useless. Wei Di said that the achievements of the national team are the focus of recent work, and many people have been scolded for being short-sighted, and the future of Chinese football is definitely not in the national team, including many well-known football reporters, commentators and commentators. But if the national team really doesn't care about the results, and it is like playing soy sauce in all competitions, the World Cup qualifiers can't get out, and the overwhelming scolding will still hit the national football team. Calling them shit, ridiculing them is a natural loser, and ridiculing them is even more ridiculous.
It's so contradictory. On the one hand, everyone says that the future of Chinese football is youth football, which is campus football, grassroots football, and the mass foundation. But on the other hand, the national team at the top of the pyramid performs poorly, and it will be scolded again. The ranking of the national team has risen, and the scolding ranking is nothing, and there is a real chapter in the competition; The ranking is low, and even the Maldives is higher than the national pig, and the national team is simply disbanded. The national team won, saying that there is moisture, saying that the warm-up game is worthless, saying that the opponent is a second-tier team, saying that the opponent is not using all his strength...... If the national team loses, scolding will only lose, and even xxxx can't be played.
In fact, even if the national team wins the championship of any event, it will not solve the current problems of Chinese football, this fact is clear to everyone, but it can slightly improve the current environment. The current situation is that everyone is too impetuous, and those who support the national football team and those who scold the national football team are too impetuous. The more you lose, the more you scold, the more you scold, the more you lose, it becomes a vicious circle. Today's Chinese football cannot solve problems by sneering and scolding everyone. If the national team can achieve good results in the Asian Cup, maybe it can stimulate everyone to work in a good direction?
Therefore, it doesn't matter if the focus of the Football Association's work is on grassroots football or national teams. For the players and coaches of the Chinese national men's football team, there is only one thing - to work hard to play the Asian Cup well and strive to get a good result.
In fact, the most ordinary Chinese fans are really satisfied, as long as you play well and can win. Think about it, after defeating the South Korean team in the East Asian semifinals, drawing with the Japanese team, and finally winning the East Asian semifinals, even the Spring Festival Gala that I can't forget to mock the national football team every year has crossed the national football team for the first time.
For any fan who still likes Chinese football, how nice would it be to be able to do this often?
Chu Zhongtian doesn't care if he leads the team to win the championship, whether it will become a new fig leaf for the leaders of the Football Association and the General Administration of Sports, as well as an obstacle to the reform process.
He only knows that for the sake of those Chinese fans who are still waiting infatually, the Chinese team has an obligation to bring joy to them. He doesn't play for the leadership of the Football Association, he doesn't play for the General Directorate of Sports, he just plays for the fans. Fans who sang and danced non-stop for 90 minutes in the stands, shouting hoarsely. Not for those who only know cynicism and critics, but for those Chinese fans who usually scold fiercely but will still go to the scene to support the Chinese team when there is a game, and will wait in front of the TV, they need a victory and an exciting honor.
** said: "The world turns, time is pressing." 10,000 years is too long. (From ** "Man Jianghong. and Comrade Guo Moruo) For Chu Zhongtian, the World Cup is too long, and he is seizing the day.
What is the morning and night, is the upcoming Asian Cup.
※※※The training camp in Dongguan, Guangdong Province is mainly to determine the final list of 23 people who will participate in the Asian Cup. The competition within the team is very fierce, and perhaps no one except Chu Zhongtian alone can guarantee that they will be taken to Qatar.
After Chu Zhongtian returned to the team, he played a warm-up match with the team, and the opponent was the European team Macedonia. Chu Zhongtian's performance in the warm-up game was very good, which made Gao Hongbo relieved and his teammates happy. The Chinese media are happy to announce that the core is in excellent form, and the national team has the hope of going further in the Asian Cup. The opponents of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup have also set their sights on Chu Zhongtian, and the whole of Asia knows that the most representative of Asian football is now two major stars, one is South Korea's number one star Park Ji-sung, who plays for Manchester United, before Chu Zhongtian, he was Asia's number one star. The other one is Chu Zhongtian.
The match also featured scouts from other Asian teams in the stands, especially those who were in a group with China. This is the last warm-up match of the Chinese team before the Asian Cup, and the training camp of the Chinese team was very closed before, this is the last opportunity for them to see the training results of the Chinese team, so they will naturally not miss it.
As a result, Chu Zhongtian assisted the Chinese team to defeat Macedonia 2:1 and continued their good performance in the warm-up game. Chu Zhongtian became the target of the media after the game.
In fact, before this, there were still doubts about whether Chu Zhongtian would be able to return to the national team to participate in the Asian Cup. The Chinese media said for a while that there was no problem, and Chu Zhongtian would definitely be able to participate in the Asian Cup, and then said that I was afraid that it wouldn't work, and the hearts of the Chinese fans who were tossed were also up and down.
Because the Asian Cup is a conference system and there is no international break designated by FIFA, the club has a reason to refuse to release him. Hao Junmin almost ran into this problem, he played for Schalke 04 and just renewed his contract with Schalke 04 for two years, the Chinese Football Association negotiated with Schalke 04 for a long time, and Artemisia Junmin was released.
At that time, the Chinese domestic media also scolded the Football Association for ignoring the future of foreign players for the sake of the national team's results. Hao Junmin's position in Schalke 04 is unstable, and when he returned to China to participate in the Asian Cup at this time, he was naturally at a disadvantage in the competition with his club teammates.
Therefore, it is necessary to recruit Artemisia Junmin, some of them are not wise. Of course, the Football Association never cares about the personal future of the players, the players are their tools, and they just have to reach for them when they want to.
Of course, Hao Junmin knows the stakes, but he must not refuse the call up of the national team. Let's not talk about what the Football Association and the General Administration of Sports will think of him, the Chinese media and fans alone will scold him for being bloody - when the national team needs you, you don't come, but why? When can't you compete for a place in the team? The Asian Cup is only held once every four years, which is more important, don't you know how to weigh it?
In fact, this kind of thing has happened to many Chinese overseas players. Yang Chen, Li Tie and Shao Jiayi were all affected by the national team competition and lost in the competition for the club. Unless you're really good as a substitute, even if you leave for a while, you can make the team can't do without you, and when you come back, you have to open your arms to welcome you.
For example, Chu Zhongtian.
According to Rangnick's meaning, he will not let Chu Zhongtian leave the team to participate in any Asian Cup. The Asian Cup, which is thousands of miles away, has a bird relationship with his team, and it is not an international break, so why should he release him? Even if this lawsuit goes to FIFA, he Hoffenheim will also be in charge.
But Chu Zhongtian took the initiative to find him, hoping to participate in the Asian Cup. For Chu Zhongtian personally, the Asian Cup has surpassed the importance of the club at this time.
Chu Zhongtian is the absolute core of the team, and losing him will be a big blow to the team. But at the same time, if Chu Zhongtian's requirements are not met, there will inevitably be contradictions between Chu Zhongtian and the team, and he may lose him forever at that time.
Will you lose him temporarily, or will you lose him forever? Rangnick didn't hesitate at all, and nodded in agreement.
Anyway, the Asian Cup ended on January 29, as long as the Champions League match is not delayed, there is no problem. If the Asian Cup is to continue until the quarter-finals of the Champions League, then even at the risk of losing Chu Zhongtian permanently, Rangnick will have to say that he will be forced to stay.
In this way, Chu Zhongtian left the club and came to the national team. It's just that most of the Chinese media don't know much about these insiders, and they just start writing news with experience and imagination, anyway, they are abroad, and what is happening is also abroad, and readers and fans in China may not know so much, and they don't know how to make it up themselves, how can they believe it?
This has caused it to say that Chu Zhongtian may not participate in the Asian Cup today, and tomorrow it will be changed to Chu Zhongtian's determination to participate in the Asian Cup, and the day after tomorrow it will become that Chu Zhongtian's return may be doubtful, and the day after tomorrow is that Chu Zhongtian is confident that he can participate in the Asian Cup, and the day after tomorrow is the Chinese Football Association and Hoffenheim are arguing, and the day after tomorrow is that Chu Zhongtian will not hesitate to fall out with the club to participate in the Asian Cup...... situation.
Even if Chu Zhongtian later came out in person and said that he would definitely participate in the Asian Cup, not everyone believed it - they were all tossed up by the repeated hype of the Chinese media and did not believe anything.
Everyone's worries about whether Chu Zhongtian would be able to participate in the Asian Cup continued until the 20th, and when Chu Zhongtian really appeared outside the training ground in Dongguan, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
With Chu Zhongtian here, the Chinese team has a lot more confidence to participate in the Asian Cup, and Chinese fans and media have more to look forward to.
※※※ On the 26th after the warm-up game, Gao Hongbo announced a list of 23 people, and Chu Zhongtian was impressively listed, which was not surprising at all.
After the squad was announced, the Chinese team ended their training camp in Dongguan and flew to Qatar, where they adapted to the local climate and diet.
At 9:15 p.m. Beijing time on January 8, they will play their first group game against their opponent Kuwait at the Garafah Stadium. The second group stage will be at 0:15 a.m. on January 13, at the Khalifa Stadium, the Chinese team will face the strongest opponent in the group, the host Qatar. The Chinese team's final group game was played in the early morning of January 17, that is, on January 16 local time, at the Garafa Stadium against Uzbekistan.
The 18th round of the Bundesliga starts on January 14, and Hoffenheim will travel to Werder Bremen. At that time, Chu Zhongtian will definitely miss this game.
Next, if the Chinese team is eliminated in the group stage, Chu Zhongtian can participate in the 19th round of the Bundesliga, which is on January 21.
And if the Chinese team breaks into the quarterfinals, they will at least stay in Qatar until January 21, which is exactly the same day as the 19th round of the Bundesliga.
In the same way, if you are eliminated, you can go to the German support club the next day to catch the 20th round of the Bundesliga. If they pass the quarterfinals and enter the semifinals, the Chinese team will stay in Qatar until the 26th. The day of the final is 28th.
Of course, Rangnick hopes that the Chinese team will be eliminated in the group stage, so Chu Zhongtian will only miss one league game and will not have an impact.
But if you are not careful, the Chinese team entered the final. Then he can't participate in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth rounds of the league. In these three rounds of the league, there are two rounds of opponents who are not weak, namely Werder Bremen in the 18th round and Schalke 04 in the 20th round. At that time, the impact of Chu Zhongtian's absence will come out.
In addition, the impact of the Chinese team's entry into the final on Hoffenheim is that Zhejiang greatly consumes Chu Zhongtian's physical strength, and at the same time increases the probability of Chu Zhongtian's injury.
The knockout stage of the Champions League kicks off in mid-February, and the Asian Cup is half a month away. Originally, the winter break was a time for the players to rest and the team to recuperate, but Chu Zhongtian still had to travel thousands of miles to participate in the Asian Cup, and there was no time to rest at all, who would guarantee his physical fitness? After the resumption of the Champions League, the game will become intensive, as the core of the team, Chu Zhongtian will definitely not be able to miss any game, which will bring a considerable burden to his physical strength, what if he is affected because of his poor physical fitness?
Also, if Chu Zhongtian is injured in the Asian Cup, who can guarantee that he can recover before the Champions League quarter-finals?
These are the reasons why Rangnick is reluctant to let Chu Zhongtian leave the team.
But now that everyone is released, all he can do is pray that Chu Zhongtian will not be injured and will not consume too much physical strength...... Otherwise, what is it this season to say that you have to go too far in the Champions League? It's a joke...... Without Chu Zhongtian, Hoffenheim would never have gone far in the Champions League.
Chu Zhongtian didn't know what Rangnick was worried about, don't look at Rangnick's promise very happily, but he wasn't stupid enough to think that Rangnick wouldn't think so.
However, he is very confident in his physical fitness, and even if he participates in the competition in such a continuous rotation, he will not feel tired. For him, there is no difference between the beginning of the season and the end of the season, just as it is no different for him that the game starts and the game is about to end. After so many years of playing professionally, he really doesn't feel tired at times.
As for the chance of injury...... Chu Zhongtian didn't dare to say that he didn't have it at all, he was the core of the team, and when the time came, the other party would definitely focus on taking care of himself, the small movements of the black feet were essential, and the Chinese team was also in a group with the host, and in the game with Qatar, the referee would definitely take care of the host, and if he wanted to win, he was afraid that he would have to be really prepared to pay the price.
But Chu's extremely low injury rate in his career gave him the confidence to get through it. He's very physically, not only physically, but also because he's rarely bothered by injuries. From Wimbledon to Hoffenheim, he has suffered two injuries, both of which were related to a match - he suffered a thigh muscle strain before the UEFA Cup final and broke his arm in the final.
Other than that, he didn't have any physical problems.
Therefore, Chu Zhongtian was not too worried about his injury. Even if it is injured, it is at most caused by bumping into it when fighting with the other party, and it is a small injury the size of some sesame mung beans.
Of course he knows the Champions League is important, but he is confident he will be back at club level with a fit fit.
Asian Cup and Champions League, he wants both.
(To be continued)