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"I have a few words for you." Chu Zhongtian stood in the center of the locker room with a calm expression.

The dressing room was so quiet that you could even hear the small noise outside - the Kuwaiti fans were shouting for a while before dying because of the lack of opponents.

"In a few minutes, it will be our first game in the Asian Cup. It's my first time playing in such an important tournament as the Asian Cup, and it's the first time I've been in the national team for four years to play in such an continental event. Chu Zhongtian said in a calm tone.

Everyone thought he was going to give some impassioned pre-war speech, and even Gao Hongbo was a little surprised, isn't this to enhance the players' self-confidence? But it doesn't seem to have anything to do with boosting my self-confidence...... "When I joined the national team, there were a lot of people who scolded me, they were my fans, and the people around me advised me to reconsider. I know why they did this, Chinese football has long been a big quagmire, and it is still a foul-smelling quagmire. Anyone who has anything to do with Chinese football doesn't have a good reputation, I'm not scolding anything, I'm also one of them, I'm just stating a fact, I'm sure everyone feels this way, right? At the beginning of last year, the environment in domestic football was extremely bad, and the leaders of our Football Association were arrested ......"

Speaking of this, Gao Hongbo was inexplicably a little nervous. Fortunately, the Football Association did not send someone to supervise the game and encourage the players before this game, otherwise I really don't know what the consequences will be when I hear Chu Zhongtian say these sensitive topics. He glanced at his colleague, the coach on the coaching staff, and didn't know who was going to poke this out...... Chu Zhongtian is really not afraid of heaven and earth, he dares to talk about this kind of topic.

He looked at the other players, and everyone was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to talk about it. Although Nan Yong and others were arrested, everyone talked about it in private, but no one would say it publicly.

"I don't know how many of you like to surf the Internet, but I like it anyway. Aside from football, I surf the internet when I have nothing to do at home. We beat South Korea in the East Asian semi-finals, which is a great thing to be happy about, right? But on the Internet, there are still many people who question this game, thinking that it is a complete match-fixing. We beat France in the warm-up game before the World Cup, and there were a lot of people who were dismissive of that. Even though we played hard and treated it like an official game. That's the environment we're in, guys. Chinese football is notorious. When people outside mention us, the first thing that comes to mind is all negative words, and even if they ask them to think about it, they are all negative words. They scold when they win, they scold even more when they lose, and they scold when they draw. I know some of us are not convinced, but why not think about what is causing all this? Ten years ago, twenty years ago, what was the environment of our Chinese football? What was the Pro League like when it first started? ”

Chu Zhongtian's words made Gao Hongbo fall into memory. He is a person who has experienced the transformation of Chinese football, from the professional system to professionalism, and he has even stayed abroad and seen some of the world. He knows very well what the Chinese football environment was like at the beginning.

"I used to be a fan myself, and my dad was also a fan, a hardcore Sichuan Quanxing fan. When Sichuan Quanxing was still there, Chengdu was known as the 'Gold Medal Ball City'. The name of the Battle of Chengdu is still mentioned from time to time. Even though I was younger, I still remember what it was. The adult center was full. Now we always say how enthusiastic the fans are in the Europa League, how good the atmosphere is, what about our own league? Cheerless. But don't forget, more than a decade ago, our stadium stands were full. Our fans can also queue up outside the stadium up to a week in advance for a ticket; Our fans can also take to the streets after the relegation success, and make a fuss until the middle of the night; Our fans can also sing and shout from the stands; Our fans also used to wear the Chinese flag and go with us everywhere...... Now you see, how many flags can you find in the stands outside the stadium? ”

"Since when has it changed? Why has it changed? Football is obviously loved by so many people in China, and it is still the case until now, there are still many people playing in various school stadiums every weekend, why are there fewer and fewer people watching in the stands? Is it the fans? After the East Asian semi-finals drew with Japan, some of us said it was a retaliation against those who looked down on us. But why do people look down on us? ”

"It's our own reasons. In fact, we are paying off the debts owed by our predecessors. If we continue to perform badly this time, then next time it will be our juniors' turn to pay us and our seniors' debts. ”

"I know that in order to relieve the pressure on everyone, Director Gao said that there is no goal in this Asian Cup."

Someone looked at Gao Hongbo, Gao Hongbo's face was expressionless, his mouth was slightly pursed, his small eyes narrowed, and no one could see what he was thinking.

"I also know that the Football Management Centre of the General Directorate of Sports set us the goal of the quarter-finals four months ago. But I'm thinking of champions. ”

As soon as he said this, there was a commotion in the otherwise quiet locker room.

No one expected Chu Zhongtian to dream of the championship. The Chinese team won the Asian Cup? It's not a little bit harder.

The dream of the championship is something that many players of the national team dare not think about themselves.

"I'm not here to cheer up Chinese football, I can't cheer up this thing. I just want to be able to bring a little bit of joy to our fans. We beat South Korea in the East Asian semi-finals, and although there were many people who doubted it, there were still many people who were happy. Just a win in a game can make them happy as if they were in the New Year, and why such a simple game can make them so happy is because they usually get too little happiness from us. I just want to make them happy, it's as simple as that. ”

Chu Zhongtian clapped his hands.

"I feel this way, and there are people around me, although I usually always scold the national team for how bad it is, but when I have the national team's games, I still watch them. Why? Because there are expectations, who doesn't want their country to be good, and who doesn't want to cheer for their country? It's just that we let them down. But even so, you can still see them in the stands, fans like this, isn't it worth the effort to repay them, guys? ”

Chu Zhongtian looked at everyone and asked.

No one said a word.

Chu Zhongtian knew that he suddenly threw out the "champion theory", and not everyone could accept it at the first time.

Anyway, he put his words here and said them, whether he did everything in everyone's hearts and what kind of thoughts he could arouse from everyone, he didn't care.

"Alright, let's play!" Finally, he stood in the doorway and opened the door to the locker room.

※※※ "It's really hard for me to understand, since the national football team is so bad, why every time there is a game of theirs, there are so many media guns and short guns to follow. Why is CCTV still broadcasting......"

In Al. In the press box at the Garafa Stadium, a Chinese reporter sighed as he looked at the players from both sides who were walking into the stadium below.

In order to cover this Asian Cup, CCTV specially sent a team of dozens of people to Qatar to broadcast the whole process. But this is a risky behavior, and the Chinese are naturally only interested in the Chinese team, and only the Chinese team's game has the value of hype reporting. If the Chinese team goes home in the group stage, the next tournament will become a complete chicken rib, and few people in China will go to watch Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.

"Don't complain here, no matter how bad the national football team is, you have to rely on others to eat!" There was an old-timer next to him who replied.

"Uh...... Xu Xiaodi's kid is so lucky, how did he find a Chu Zhongtian? He's the general manager of a football club now......" muttered the man from before.

"Then you also work hard to dig out the second Chu Zhongtian from this." Someone next to him teased him.

"Just kidding! I don't know if I can produce one in another hundred years! The first said, with wide eyes.

Everyone laughed.

Amid the laughter, the players of the Chinese team have walked onto the field.

The Kuwaiti fans in the stands cheered loudly for their national team. And in the midst of this, the voices of Chinese fans are inaudible.

Only when the Kuwaiti fans finished shouting could they hear the shouts of the Chinese fans: "Chinese team, come on!" ”

"This kind of atmosphere is very unfavorable to the Chinese team...... "Another Chinese reporter began to worry. There is no way, as long as it is a game in which the national football team participates, no matter what the conditions are, they always have to worry.

"There is still good news, doesn't it mean that Chu Zhongtian is in a good state?"

"That's what I said...... But after all, this is Chu Zhongtian's first time participating in the Asian Cup, and the pressure is also very high......"

"I don't agree with you. Chu Zhongtian won the championship in the first time he participated in the League Cup, scored twice in the FA Cup for the first time in the game against Chelsea, won the championship in the French Cup for the first time, and won the championship in the Bundesliga for the first time...... I don't think that's necessarily the case for him because of what we all think is an important experience. As for the pressure or something...... I think after so many years, everyone should know that he is happy to carry heavy pressure. Anyway, the prospects of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup this time, because of him, I am still quite optimistic. The top eight given by the foot tube center, I see the line. ”

A group of reporters were in the media gallery talking about it.

Both teams have lined up for the photojournalists to take pictures.

Chu Zhongtian, as the captain, exchanged team flags with the other party's captain.

He doesn't know the captain of Kuwait, and it can be said that in the Asian Cup, except for those stars who have long been famous, he doesn't know anyone, and he definitely can't talk about "knowing himself and knowing his opponent". He also doesn't have time to study his opponents, that's the job of head coach Gao Hongbo, he just needs to play 100 per cent in the game.

He simply analyzed the prospects. With Qatar as the host, it is impossible for the organizing committee not to let this team qualify from the group, so they basically locked in a qualifying spot, which can be seen from the first opening game, and they have already scored three points.

Therefore, if the Chinese team wants to qualify from the group, it must first kill Kuwait, and if this game is lost to Kuwait, or it is forced to draw, it will be bad news for the Chinese team.

He once again used his ability as a "prophet of the unknown" to get the right to kick off.

He didn't want to test anything, just "take me as the master". As soon as he came up, he planned to attack his opponent.

Gao Hongbo's football is actually offensive football, and he pays attention to offense. Therefore, in the past two years or so, some fans will think that the football of the Chinese team is better than before.

Gao Hongbo divided the course into three lines and nine areas. Safety is required at the back, so he will never allow the centre-backs to play tricks at the back and take up the ball too much. In the midfield, it is necessary to use fast ground passing to organize the attack, use less long passes, play less air balls, and focus on ground advancement, which is quite appetizing for Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian also doesn't like to find the front style of play directly from the backcourt, unless it is really necessary, it is more comfortable to ground the ball. When attacking in front, Gao Hongbo demands individual performance, especially near the penalty area, and he encourages players to be bold and bold in their movements. This can be seen from the team's game from the French team, when Deng Zhuoxiang scored the free kick, that is, his teammates in front of the French team's penalty area in front of the French team's world-class defenders still dared to break through, which caused the French team's foul, which gave Deng Zhuoxiang the opportunity to take the free kick.

Gao Hongbo's football tactics made Chu Zhongtian like it very much, because the football he played in Metz and Hoffenheim was similar, which allowed him to play freely in the midfield. He has a sense of being at home in such tactics.

It is completely different from playing under Zhu Suishen at the beginning.

※※※The Chinese team got the right to kick off, and the players on both sides stood on the field according to their respective formations, and the game was about to begin.

Chu Zhongtian knew what he was doing, what he had to do was more difficult than ascending to the sky, but he wanted to try it. He didn't know if his teammates had that confidence in him, or in themselves. That's why this first game is so important.

He didn't care what Kuwait was the winner of the West Asian Championship or the Xinke Gulf Cup, he knew it had to be won.

As he himself said, he is not looking for a new fig leaf for the leaders of the Football Association and the General Administration of Sports, nor is he trying to let more officials, coaches and players use this as capital to continue messing around, he just wants to win, bring a little happiness to the fans, and present a New Year gift to everyone when the Spring Festival is still a month away. You can't just lose the game just because it makes some people more rampant if you win, that's not right.

I want to win just because I want to win, and it has nothing to do with what I don't have.

※※※ "The Chinese team's match is about to start, and this is their first match in this Asian Cup. For Chu Zhongtian, this is also his first Asian Cup. ”

CCTV's commentator He Ping started his work, and he was on the spot to explain the game. Like everyone, he is most concerned about Chu Zhongtian. If there is no Chu Zhongtian in this national team, no one will have any high expectations for them. But just because Chu Zhongtian came, everyone was full of interest all of a sudden. Even if you don't watch the national football team, it's good to watch Chu Zhongtian's performance...... The referee stood outside the center circle, checked his watch, and blew the whistle for the start of the game.

"CCTV! Cctv! Hello audience friends. Welcome to a group stage of Group A of the 15th Asian Cup, which will be played by China against Kuwait......"

Gao Lin passed the football to Chu Zhongtian, and Chu Zhongtian received the ball.

Instead of kicking the ball right away, he turned around with the ball and ran backwards and passed it out.

After passing the ball, he quickly ran to the next place and asked his teammate for the ball.

At the same time, he quickly got more Kuwaiti players around him.

The Kuwaitis also know that he is the only threat in this Chinese team, as long as Chu Zhongtian is frozen, then there will be no problem.

But stare at him?

The teammates passed the football over, Chu Zhongtian pretended to go directly to the left, turned around and left, causing the opposing player to move a step in advance, but Chu Zhongtian just dodged and let the football go from his right side, and at the same time turned around and followed the football forward.

It's so easy to pass the opposing player.

For Chu Zhongtian, the same defense, the Kuwaiti players are not at the same level as those in the European league.

In Europe, Chu Zhongtian is not afraid of such a defense, let alone a Kuwaiti one.

Perhaps other Chinese players do not have this self-confidence, and even if they do, they will be dismissed as "arrogant" by the media and fans. But Chu Zhongtian doesn't care so much, he has such self-confidence. As a tempered in the European League, in the Asian Cup, there should be such an awareness - I am the number one star here, I should do whatever I want here.

In this Asian Cup, there are two superstars, one is South Korea's Park Ji-sung, and the other is Chu Zhongtian.

To some extent, this Asian Cup may also be a direct dialogue between the two people.

If Chu Zhongtian didn't even have the confidence to fight Kuwait, let alone compare with his old enemy South Korea.

Chu Zhongtian, who went directly to Kuwait half with the football, faced the players who came up to the opponent to force him, and did not pass, but directly distributed the football to Deng Zhuoxiang next to him. After passing the ball, he quickly ran to the front and motioned for Deng Zhuoxiang to pass the football over.

In fact, Deng Zhuoxiang is also the core of the national team, but that was in Chu Zhongtian's absence.

Seeing Chu Zhongtian asking for the ball, Deng Zhuoxiang did not hesitate and passed the football directly.

Chu Zhongtian, who completed the two-by-one, continued to dribble the ball forward, and he had already reached the front of the Kuwait penalty area!

"As soon as the game started, Chu Zhongtian launched an extremely threatening offensive!" He Ping shouted.

Everyone only knows how powerful Chu Zhongtian is, and the Kuwaiti players don't dare to slack off at all, as soon as they saw Chu Zhongtian hit the front of the penalty area, two people immediately rushed up, wanting to stop his shot. This season, Chu Zhongtian feels particularly good when shooting, and his shooting is also very strong, if you don't strengthen the defense in this position, his long-range shot may break your goal.

Chu Zhongtian was waiting for this moment, when the opposing player pounced, he immediately stabbed the football between the two Kuwaiti players with the tip of his right foot, and rolled directly to the feet of the striker Gao Lin in the penalty area!

Gao Lin didn't expect the football to roll to his feet so smoothly, he turned around and hit the goal in a bit of a hurry, and the shot was too right, right in the arms of the Kuwaiti goalkeeper.

Although there was no goal in this attack, Chu Zhongtian had already used this pass to tell the Asian Cup opponents who were staring at him.

Defend me, that's a worldwide problem.

(To be continued)