Although he was inevitably a little unhappy because he was not valued by the coach, for Gao Shunyao, the boredom on the German side did not bother him for too long.

If you want to get the attention of the coach, it is useless to complain about others, you must have a good performance to be able to make people blue-eyed, this truth, he knows it very well. People who play football from the bottom will not lose confidence because of such a small setback, even if it is not smooth for a while, Gao Shunyao is still full of confidence.

Moreover, although it is difficult to get the opportunity to play in the league, for Gao Shunyao, he does not lack opportunities to express himself. Just in January, after Gao Shunyao's transfer on the German side was settled, he also needed to rush back to Asia, because at this time, there was another important competition that he needed to participate in.

At this time of January, the Asian Cup is about to begin. As early as December, after the end of the national team friendly match, Coach Gao submitted the national team's squad. Although Gao Shunyao missed a lot of national team matches last year because of the conflict between club games and national team matches, Coach Gao still decided to bring him without hesitation when the Asian Cup came this time.

He's got his quality there, and it's not a problem to miss a lot of games. Asian countries are a little lenient towards players in Europe, as long as they are willing to come back for important games, which is also the attitude of many countries. The Asian Cup is different from other national team friendlies, it is a veritable competition. When it comes to friendly matches, you can say that those friendly matches are small games that don't matter. When the club is faced with a more important situation, it is enough to sacrifice a friendly game. But when it comes to the Asian Cup, the World Preliminaries, such heavy competitions. If you miss the national team again, you can't talk about it.

Gao Shunyao must participate in the Asian Cup, which is his obligation as a player. What's more, even if the national team doesn't ask for it, he will be happy to play in the national team now.

Because he doesn't have a place in the club at the moment, he needs some games to show his quality. And for the players, the bigger the stage to play. The more it can be recognized by people, except for the World Cup. The intercontinental competition is the best stage to play.

This is a good opportunity for Gao Shunyao: the players are not valued in the club, so they rely on the national team to show their ability and gain the club's recognition. This kind of thing happens a lot in the football world. It is also an indisputable fact that the attention of the national team matches is much higher than that of ordinary club matches. Sometimes, it happens that some players rely on the excellent performance of the national team to influence the choice of the club's coaches.

Especially in this Asian Cup, Wolfsburg will definitely pay great attention to it: Wolfsburg has not many Asian players now, Japan's Makoto Hasebe. South Korea's Koo Ji-cheol, plus Ko Soon-yao, has at least three players. They are all going to participate in the Asian Cup this time.

With three players in one club going to play in the Asian Cup, there's no reason why Wolfsburg shouldn't be interested in this edition. If Gao Shunyao plays better, he can naturally get more green eyes from the club. Other things may not be necessary, but if he can beat all the players who play in Europe such as Makoto Hasebe and Yuto Nagatomo on the field, Wolfsburg will not be able to see it.

Even if the current coach doesn't dare to change the formation rashly. However, it can make the club's scouts write a few more good words about themselves. It's also a good thing to let the future manager know.

Of course, with the strength of the Chinese national team, it may be difficult to play well. However, no matter how slim the chance, it is still an opportunity. Seize every opportunity and strive for the top, which is what Gao Shunyao has been insisting on since he played football.

Moreover, even if he doesn't mention the club, Gao Shunyao also attaches great importance to this competition: this is the first time Gao Shunyao has represented the national team in the Asian Cup, or rather, this is the first time he has participated in a major tournament for the national team. He used to play in the national team, but in those games, they were all friendlies. He has yet to play for China in a major tournament and he values the opportunity.

Now he is playing better and better, and he wants to show his strength in front of the world: if he really has the heart to serve the country, he is not so noble to ask himself, but he can play well for the national team and get praise from fans, which Gao Shunyao can't refuse.

Nobody hates to be complimented, he's played a few games in the national team and he's got a lot of expectations from the fans, he knows what it's like. Unfortunately, those games were friendly matches, and although the fans were looking forward to his future, they did not regard the results of the friendly matches as merit. Gao Shunyao still lacks some real official matches in the national team, and this Asian Cup is his chance.

He didn't play in the Asian Cup qualifiers – it was in March last year, when he hadn't made it to the national team. And this time in the Asian Cup, he is ready and wants to show his strength.

Therefore, before going to play the national team game, he also paid special attention to the schedule and arrangement of the Asian Cup, but after checking some information, he was not so optimistic about the game.

Since he is paying attention to the game, the first thing he notices is the grouping of the Chinese team. Qatar, Kuwait, China, and Uzbekistan, these four teams, make up Group A where China is located.

As soon as the group was announced, it was considered by some Chinese media to be signed, but Gao Shunyao was in a consistent distrust of the national football game, and he also checked the situation of the three teams.

These three teams are all not weak teams for the Chinese team. Qatar is the host, so it naturally has a big advantage, and Kuwait won the Gulf Cup and is considered a first-class powerhouse in West Asian football. Although Uzbekistan is a fourth-tier team, it is also the strongest team in four-tier, which is quite difficult to deal with.

These teams are not too weak, and the strength of the Chinese team is not too strong. Coach Gao is the coach of the national team, and although his results are okay, he still can't hold down the field and dare not recruit big-name stars to join the team. This time, the national team is also young, with an average age of 24 years old, which is a new low for the national team.

This approach also made Gao Shunyao not particularly agree, Coach Gao used to recruit those big-name players in small competitions, Gao Shunyao didn't think there was anything, and it was not a wrong choice to want to train more newcomers in friendly matches. But such a heavy competition, without Li Datou and Zheng Zhi, is a bit too much: Gao Shunyao also knows that many of the big-name players in China have some temperament, but because they have temperament, they question their will to play for the national team, which is a bit excessive. When Gao Shunyao was in Japan, he also heard some anecdotes about the Japanese national team, and it was not news that Endo Hohito publicly quarreled with his coach on the court. However, if he is forbidden to play in the national team because he is not easy to manage, then the Japanese media will not agree.

Not using good players for the sake of the atmosphere of the team is itself a problem with locker room management. Coach Gao's strength is still a little smaller. Especially look at the group, these three teams have played against the Chinese team in official competitions, and watching their teams play with these three teams before this, they are all double killed, defeated in the group stage, or defeated in the top ten.

However, even if he was somewhat dissatisfied in his heart, Gao Shunyao still didn't say anything: Coach Gao was the coach who promoted him to the national team after all, Gao Shunyao was still a little grateful to him, and he didn't want to contradict him. Moreover, even if he is really accused, Gao Shunyao estimates that he will be thrown out of the national team in the end. In that case, it's better not to speak.

Since the other big names are not here, then you just need to play better. It just so happens that a temper has accumulated in Germany these days, and there is nothing wrong with venting on these teams.

He didn't deliberately hide this thought. After returning to the national team, after training a few times, Coach Gao soon found him.

"Not having a good time in Germany?"

During this time, Gao Shunyao transferred to Europe, because the time is still short, and the team is basically still in the winter break, so Gao Shunyao's unhappiness in the team is not known to the outside world.

However, even if he can't know the news from the media, as a coach, Coach Gao can still read something from Gao Shunyao's demeanor. Gao Shunyao played harder than usual in training, even bordering on rage, Coach Gao could see it.

"It's nothing, it's just that I've just arrived in Germany, and I'm a little uncomfortable."

"You don't have to be too stressed, your task is very simple, we don't need too good results, this time we came to play the Asian Cup, just for the World Cup training, as long as you can have gains, don't care about winning or losing. In the future, you can play well in the world preliminaries. ”

Coach Gao and Gao Shunyao were talking, and there was also some intention to reduce the burden on Gao Shunyao in his words, but Gao Shunyao didn't know how to answer.

He remembers very well that in December, when Coach Gao was interviewed, he also said that his goal was to qualify from the group and strive for the top four. It hadn't been long since he was talking to himself, and he had already turned his request into a training exercise. Gao Shunyao didn't know whether he was talking like this because he really saw it and had a big hand, or because he didn't have the confidence to win the game and say something about the scene.

If it's the former, it's admirable. But the person who was still talking about his results last month now says that it doesn't matter if he wins or not, Gao Shunyao can't believe that he really has the courage.

"Qualifying for the World Cup is more difficult than the Asian Cup. And it's still early in the World Preliminary Tournament, so I can't think that far ahead. I still hope to be able to play better, I need good results to prove my strength, without good results, it's not easy to mix, I'll talk about it later, just play well this time. ”

Coach Gao comforted him that he was kind after all, and Gao Shunyao was not easy to resist, but he still showed his confidence. And his confidence made Coach Gao, who had always been smiling, have a different look on his face. (To be continued) R655