Chapter 810: World Cup Warm-up Match
Cristiano Ronaldo got his wish to lead Manchester United to the coveted treble, thus fulfilling his last wish before the retirement of his mentor Alex Ferguson, but for him these three titles are a bit of a fly in the ointment, because these titles were won without Iello's involvement, he is a very proud man at heart, and the titles won without beating Iroh head-on are not real championships.
In an interview with the media after the match, Cristiano Ronaldo was very generous in expressing that the championship was flawed and imperfect, but these words felt like a pretending to be B in the ears of the Catalan media.
The conclusion of the 2009-2010 Champions League final also means that fans of football on the planet can fully focus on the 19th World Cup in South Africa next month.
At this time, many national teams have submitted a 23+3 squad of 26 people, but the Chinese team has not submitted the list because they have to fight wits and courage with the other three teams in the same group.
So many media are curious about the list of Chinese teams, especially those in Germany, Serbia and Ghana.
If the Chinese team does not have Ailo, then the Chinese team is a scorer in their eyes.
Contrarily...... The Chinese team with Iroh is full of variables, even if Iroh has just returned from injury and is in the recovery stage, no one can deny his magical ability, and the past records are the best example.
It was not until the day before the international friendly match between the Chinese team and Ivory Coast in Mestalla that the Chinese XX Football Association submitted a 23+3 squad to FIFA, and this squad can be finally modified before the first of next month to solve the temporary injury situation in the warm-up game.
The Chinese team's 23+3 has a total of 26 players: three goalkeepers Wang Xiaolei, Yang Zhi and Yan Junling, eight defenders are Jiang Zhipeng, Du Wei, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Zhao Peng, Rong Hao, Sun Xiang and Mei Fang, nine midfielders are: Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi, Zhao Xuri, Shao Jia, Wu Lei, Yu Hanchao, Zhang Xizhe, Liu Jian and Yu Xiaobao, and the six forwards are Gao Lin, Hao Junmin, Yu Hai, Yang Xu, Zhang Chengdong and Ai Luo.
When the 26-man roster submitted by the Chinese team was released, it immediately attracted widespread attention.
In the end, the media saw Iello's name appear at the back of the 26-man squad, so that the head coaches of the other three teams in the same group felt a little puzzled, under normal circumstances, the preparation for the World Cup finals stage must be at least half a month in advance, that is to say, the day the Chinese team submitted the squad is just half a month, and the final preparation time is just right.
They couldn't guess Gao Hongbo's intentions at all, and they didn't know if Iroh would make an early comeback.
And this squad can be finally adjusted before 0:00 on June 1st, when if Iello is not in the final 23-man squad, it will affect the team's overall battle plan.
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The World Cup warm-up match between the Chinese team and Ivory Coast will start at 8 pm on the 28th at the Mestalla Stadium.
After the warm-up, he said hello to Chelsea team-mates Didier Drogba and Kalou before returning to the bench.
Almost everyone thinks that Iroh can't start because he can't meet the requirements for playing, and then think of the sloppy eyes of the previous Chinese team coach Gao Hongbo in an interview with reporters, everyone thinks that Iroh is desperately recovering training, hoping to catch the last train of the World Cup.
Therefore, many media believe that Iroh is already 80% unable to catch up with the 19th World Cup that starts next month.
It is worth mentioning that during this time, FIFA is also very concerned about the recovery of Iro, this World Cup has lost a lot of superstar players, so whether Iroh can participate in the World Cup in South Africa is very important to FIFA and the organizers, and the stars can add a lot of highlights and expectations to the game.
Of course, in the eyes of the organizers, Iello's appearance will definitely attract more Chinese billionaires to come to South Africa for huge consumption and increase the country's GDP!
Iello did not appear in the starting list of the warm-up match between China and Ivory Coast, which directly caused the coaches of the other three opponents in the same group to make the mistake of fixed thinking, they believed that Iroh's body was still in the recovery period, and it was more difficult to participate in the main match of the World Cup finals.
At the very least, he couldn't make it in time for the first game against Germany, so Loew felt like the pressure was mostly gone.
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The Chinese team fielded the strongest squad at the Mestalla Stadium, but it was a bit of a surprise that the 19-year-old Wu Lei appeared in the starting line-up, and his position was the left winger that Ailo played.
Speaking of Wu Lei, we have to mention that he moved to Chelsea for £3 million last summer, due to the inability to obtain a labor certificate, he was loaned to Red Bull Salzburg Football Club in Austria, and after the third place in the Egyptian Under-20 World Youth Championship in September, and during his time with Red Bull Salzburg, his efforts helped the team win the domestic double, so he also became the first Chinese to win the best player in the Austrian Premier League.
The goalkeeper is still Wang Xiaolei, the four defenders are Rong Hao, Feng Xiaoting, Du Wei and Zhang Linpeng, the three midfielders are Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi and Zhao Xuri, and the three forwards are Wu Lei, Gao Lin and Hao Junmin.
Ivory Coast also have the strongest squad, captained by Arlo's Chelsea team-mate Didier Drogba, and the rest of the squad is largely a regular in Europe's top leagues.
The reason why Côte d'Ivoire chose China as their warm-up match was that they had an East Asian team, North Korea, in Group G, and that China agreed to be an African team, Ghana, in Group D.
"CCTV, CCTV, now live for you is the penultimate warm-up match of the Chinese team before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the opponent is the African elephant - Côte d'Ivoire, the first to kick off is the Chinese team, they wear the traditional red jersey and red pants, attacking from the left side of the screen to the right side......"
As the referee blew the whistle, He Wei, the CCTV commentator in the live studio, instinctively said the opening remarks.
The 52,000-capacity Mestalla Stadium was packed, and most of the Chinese fans who came to the scene were traveling, studying and working in Europe, while the Ivory Coast fans only occupied two of the stands, and the local fans in Valencia were absolutely dominant on the scene, all of whom were there to cheer for goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei and Elo in front of the bench.
In particular, when the on-site director repeatedly switches the camera to Iello who is communicating with his teammates in front of the bench, the stands of the Mestalla Stadium will quickly erupt into loud cheers.
"Hey!"
At this time, Ai Luo heard Zhang Xizhe sitting next to him sigh, instinctively raised his eyebrows, and asked, "What's wrong Xizhe?" ”
"No, I just envy you for having so many loyal fans, hehe." Zhang Xizhe smiled stupidly.
Ai Luo shook his head with a smile, patted Zhang Xizhe's shoulder and said, "There is nothing to envy, what I can do can you can also do." ”
"Really?"
"Of course!"
At the same time, Zhao Xuri, with the cooperation of Zheng Zhi, broke the ball at the feet of Yaya Toure and passed the ball to Wu Xi without hesitation.
Jokola, who was protecting behind Yaya Toure, subconsciously rushed to Wu Xi who was holding the ball, Wu Xi unhurriedly shook his upper body forward to make a feint to get the ball, deceiving Jokola's center of gravity to stop, and then he let the ball go, and his left foot was very chic to the ball in front of him.
Immediately, the scene erupted in loud cheers.
Wu Xi's escape action just now was very ornamental, and Ailuo and Zhang Xizhe instinctively looked up at the court.
Wu Xi did not continue to dribble the ball, but cleverly passed the ball to the feet of Wu Lei, who was dragging behind and waiting to respond, instantly forming a three-on-three situation in the frontcourt.
"It's a great opportunity to fight back!"
The on-site commentator He Wei said excitedly.
After Wu Lei got the ball, he didn't bury his head and bring the ball to the bottom line like a domestic player, he directly made a false action to deceive Eboue's center of gravity to shift, and the outside of his right foot flicked the ball and dribbled horizontally!
Gao Lin and Hao Junmin stepped forward at the same time to bring the two defenders away, which means that the fast Wu Lei only needs to face the central defender Thierne.
The speed difference between the two was soon reflected, and Kolo Toure, who was standing in Wu Lei and Gao Lin's passing route, turned a corner and rushed to Wu Lei who took the ball, but what Kolo Toure didn't expect was that at the moment he turned around, Wu Lei suddenly rubbed his back, and had to stop and turn back in a hurry, but Gao Lin, who took the ball, slammed the ball to the route where Kolo Toure originally ran with the outside of his right foot, and stopped with it.
Chloe Toure was about to make another abrupt stop when he suddenly slipped and fell to the ground.
Gao Lin's excellent explosiveness was fully reflected at this time, and he was quite calm in the face of goalkeeper Barry, passing the ball to the other side with his left foot, and Wu Lei, who followed him, scored with an empty goal.
"Pretty!!"
Both the Chinese fans in the stands and the Chinese players in front of the Chinese bench all hugged each other to celebrate the goal.
"Come on, Xizhe, you can do what Xiao Lei can do."
Looking at Wu Lei, who was hugged by his teammates, Zhang Xizhe clenched his fists, nodded fiercely, and said, "I will, definitely!" ”
The game restarted, Ivory Coast took the initiative, coupled with the physical advantage, the Chinese team's back line was frequently in a hurry, and Feng Xiaoting and Du Wei both looked very difficult to mark Drogba together, and were equalized by Drogba's header before the first half.
Drogba equalized the score, and Iroh said secretly: "It seems that the strength of the two teams is still relatively obvious." ”
In the second half, Ivory Coast, who equalized, became more and more brave and overtook the score in the 69th minute.
The head coach of the Chinese team, Gao Hongbo, began to deploy troops, but due to the gap in strength, the score could not be changed.
In the end, it could only regrettably lose 1:2 to Ivory Coast.