Chapter 811: Twenty-three Ranks
China's defeat to Ivory Coast at the Mestalla Stadium without Iello did not come as a surprise, and the Ivory Coast, led by the Drogba and Toure brothers, were more than enough to compete with the other two world-class powerhouses in the same group, Brazil and Portugal, or else would not have been able to form the only group of death in the eight groups of the World Cup in South Africa.
However, the focus of media attention is not on the game itself, but on Elo's absence at all, which means that the odds of Elo not appearing in the World Cup have risen from 80% to 90%, and if he is unable to appear at the Stade de France on the 4th of next month, then 90% will become 100%.
At the post-match press conference, Gao Hongbo, the head coach of the Chinese team, was still sloppy in an interview with reporters: "We are all waiting for his comeback, because he is the captain, he is also the spiritual leader, and he is an indispensable part, but some things are not in a hurry, I believe he is more anxious to come back than us, but we must wait for his body to recover and be able to play......
"It's really unlucky, just say it if you can participate in the World Cup, it's crooked all day long!" As soon as the press conference ended, some reporters expressed their dissatisfaction.
"It's just, it's useless!" A reporter immediately chimed in.
"There is no way to do this, but the Chinese team will rely on it to go further in the World Cup, and even if it can't play too much role at that time, it can win the team's chance to qualify and disrupt the ......preparation of the other three teams in the same group," said a reporter who looked very senior.
"Makes sense."
The two disgruntled young reporters nodded and said in unison.
At nine o'clock in the morning the next day, Real Madrid fans who browsed Real Madrid's official website found that the website was stuck, and it was not restored to normal until five seconds later, and the browsing page also returned to the homepage, and countless Real Madrid fans were shocked by the red top message in the eye-catching position, because ...... They saw two pretty heavy news!
"Real Madrid members, it's always a shock to announce a piece of news here, so please keep your heart steady! Real Madrid have reached an agreement with Manchester United to spend the next five years at the Bernabeu starting on the 1st of next month, with Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo ......
"Excited Real Madrid members, have you been shocked and can't come back to your senses? Now for the second exciting announcement, starting today, Jose Mourinho, the youngest coach in the world to win three Champions League titles, will be fighting for his tenth Champions League trophy at the Bernabeu over the next four years......
There are many fans who browse Real Madrid's official website every day, so when the news of Cristiano Ronaldo and Mourinho joining Real Madrid was announced on Real Madrid's official website, it immediately caused a huge sensation.
Aside from a team of Real Madrid's level, the change of goal with Cristiano Ronaldo, who has just led Manchester United to the European Championship, and Jose Mourinho, who has just left the company, can make a huge difference, especially when two Portuguese join one of the most 'successful' clubs on the planet.
It didn't take long for Manchester United's official website to announce that the club had reached an agreement with Real Madrid to agree to Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Real Madrid.
It's just that the specific transfer fee has not been announced.
The arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo has made Real Madrid fans very excited, but Manchester United fans are quite angry, and they believe that Cristiano Ronaldo should retire from Manchester United, just like Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, and dedicate his life to the great Red Devils.
But...... Changing the door in the short days since winning the Champions League made United fans feel that it was a betrayal by Cristiano Ronaldo.
So Cristiano Ronaldo's luxury villa at Manchester United was attacked by Manchester United fans, and Manchester United owner and CEO Gil was also strongly attacked by fans, who believed that the club could not sell its star even if it was reluctant to invest!
Fortunately, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson reacted quickly and cleared the ball for the team and Cristiano Ronaldo on the official website, otherwise it is likely to get bigger and bigger......
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Jose Mourinho, who is on vacation, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who is preparing for the World Cup final, have no way to be interviewed, so reporters have to focus on Manchester United and Real Madrid, and the transfer has become a reality, so the specific transfer fee has become the focus of attention of the media and fans.
In fact, as early as the summer of 2008, it was rumored that Cristiano Ronaldo would move to Real Madrid, but for unknown reasons, it never materialized.
After two days of frantic reporting, the news media has recovered from the excitement, and has had to divert its attention from the fact that it was unable to interview the two parties involved and focus on the specific transfer fee, and the value of a superstar like Cristiano Ronaldo, who has just been crowned Champions League champion, must have skyrocketed.
According to Kaka, who joined Real Madrid last summer, is worth 65 million euros, so the rising Cristiano Ronaldo will be worth more, and his appearance is handsome and muscular, which is completely in line with the aesthetics of Western countries, and the specific transfer fee will be higher than the actual value.
After the Champions League final, the German "Transfer Market" estimated Cristiano Ronaldo at around 65 million pounds, but everyone knows that the price for Manchester United to sell the star of the house will certainly not be sold at the normal price of the transfer market, and the actual transfer fee will be higher, just like Iello in 2007, who created a new transfer fee in world football.
The mainstream media in Europe are worthy of their hands and eyes, and they found some clues in just two days.
Of course, this is inseparable from the fact that transfer is a normal thing in European football, and it is not a core secret, and it is easy to present the whole process of transfer in front of everyone under the excavation of interested people.
Eighty million pounds!
That's almost 93 million euros when converted into euros!!
In other words, Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer fee broke the record for Aillo's transfer to Chelsea in 2007 and became the first value in transfer history.
Originally, the attention of many media and fans was still focused on the preparation of countries for the World Cup finals, but the sudden sky-high transfer fee still attracted enough attention.
Cristiano Ronaldo's sky-high transfer to Real Madrid also indirectly increased Portuguese fans' hopes for Portugal to break through the group of death.
When Iello learned that Cristiano Ronaldo had transferred to Manchester United for 80 million pounds in Paris, he was not too surprised, but he was a little unhappy......
But Chinese fans do not have extra energy to focus on Cristiano Ronaldo's sky-high transfer at this time, in their minds or their national team is more important, two days later on the fourth will play the French team at the Stade de France for the last warm-up game before the start of the World Cup finals, which means that the World Cup is coming......
They were nervous.
At the same time, there is still a trace of worry in their hearts, because they don't know if Iroh will come back in time, if not, it is estimated that the Chinese team will have to go home after the three group games......
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After Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Real Madrid, the European transfer market seemed to cease to function, except for minor transfers.
As time slowly passed, the international friendly match between the Chinese team and the French team at the Stade de France also quietly came.
The reason why the French team is looking for the Chinese team as the last warm-up opponent before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is very simple, that is, the last warm-up match of the French team in the last World Cup is the Chinese team.
In other words, France will want to kill two birds with one stone before the World Cup: find confidence and bring good luck!
The Chinese team's 1:2 defeat to Ivory Coast at the Mestalla Stadium made head coach Gao Hongbo realize that it would not work for the Chinese team to play against a world-class team, so the tactic chosen in the pre-World Cup warm-up match against the French team at the Stade de France was a defensive counterattack.
Compared with the starting lineup that played Ivory Coast last time, Gao Hongbo made two changes, the younger Jiang Zhipeng replaced Rong Hao, and Yu Hai, who had a stronger sense of defense, replaced Wu Lei.
Speaking of which, we have to mention the last 23 players submitted by the Chinese team before 0:00 on June 1: goalkeepers are Wang Xiaolei, Yang Zhi and Yan Junling.
The seven defenders remained unchanged: Jiang Zhipeng, Du Wei, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Zhao Peng, Rong Hao and Sun Xiang.
The same is true for the eight midfielders: Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi, Zhao Xuri, Shao Jia, Wu Lei, Yu Hanchao, Liu Jian and Zhang Xizhe.
The five forwards are: Gao Lin, Hao Junmin, Yu Hai, Yang Xu and Ailuo.
In other words, Mei Fang, Zhang Chengdong and Yu Xiaobao were kicked out of the final 23-person squad in the competition.
Not long after the Chinese team submitted the 23-man squad, this list appeared in the hands of the head coaches of the other three opponents in Group D, and they were most concerned about whether Iroh would appear in this final list.
But to their disappointment, Ello's name was prominently listed.
Thereupon...... Next, the friendly match between the Chinese team and the French team attracted the attention of the German coach Loew, and when the German team had the last warm-up match on the second day, he also went to Paris to watch the warm-up match between the Chinese team and the French team, hoping to see that Aiello could not make his debut, and then his German team will easily beat the Chinese team in the first round of Group D of the World Cup!