Chapter 18: Is Wansheng Really Going to Appear?

The Chinese team can beat Wales and reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup is indeed worth celebrating, every Chinese fan is proud of the team's achievements, but the Chinese team is in tension. Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

They must face their next opponent - Germany!

This is one of the oldest and most glorious teams in world football, having reached the World Cup final eight times, won the title four times and advanced to the semi-finals 13 times, ranking second in the world with a narrow record of points.

The German team was the champion of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and in this World Cup in Russia, they are naturally the defending champions!

They are the favourites to win this World Cup!

In this World Cup, they are the top of all 32 teams with a total player value of 579 million euros, while the Chinese team is only 201 million euros, of which Wang Qiuming is worth 80 million euros, Wang Xiaolei is 45 million euros, and the other 20 players are only 56 million euros combined.

With the same data, we can see that the overall strength of the Chinese team cannot be compared with the German team, and it is a bit overestimated to discuss it together.

When the Chinese team entered the quarterfinals and met the strong German team, almost all the media thought, "The World Cup of the Chinese team ends here!" ”

"The Chinese team has been playing well, but they have not been lucky, since the 2002 World Cup, the German team has never fallen to the quarterfinals, they have been able to reach the semi-finals every time!"

"This time will not be an exception, compared to the Chinese team, the German team is much stronger, they have hardly met any opponents, won all three games in the group stage, beat Ivory Coast 3-0 in the round of 16, and they entered the quarterfinals without any suspense."

"In advance of the German team, we can't help but think of the semi-finals of the last World Cup, the slaughter of the German team against the Brazilian team, it seems that it is still in sight, and the Brazilians have no way to ...... it"

"Maybe the Chinese team should think about how to lose with dignity, not how to beat the German team!"

For the match between the German team and the Chinese team, almost all the media see it this way, including the Chinese media, although the Chinese team has been performing very well, but Germany is not the same as the previous opponent, it is a really strong team.

How many chances does China have to beat Germany?

In the odds data given by European bookmakers, the odds of the Chinese team beating the German team in 90 minutes are as high as 14.6 to 1, and they have closed the German team's winning hold, in other words, almost no one will be optimistic about the Chinese team, even if the Chinese team is led by Wan Sheng, who is good at creating miracles.

Of course, there are also some gamblers who see an opportunity, and they put their chips on the Chinese team, just for a chance in Bona.

There are still very few people who do this, and the gap between the main Chinese team and the German team is too big.

After the match against Wales, Wan Sheng began to organize the team to prepare for the quarterfinals.

The outside world is full of voices of celebration, and many arguments are also saying that the World Cup of the Chinese team is over, but Wansheng will not give up, and no player in the entire Chinese team chooses to give up directly.

Even though they know that the team doesn't have many opportunities, they still have to work hard.

What if there is hope?

They have already done wonders and it is impossible for them to give up when they meet a strong opponent.

Wan Sheng is very pleased with the positive atmosphere of the team, he does not want to see the team give up when it encounters a strong opponent, that is not the performance of a normal team.

Everyone trains very seriously, and there is no need for Wansheng to supervise anything.

But it is a bit unrealistic to try to fight for a chance against Germany with hard work, and Wan Sheng knows very well that the German team is more difficult than the Brazilian team, because this opponent is very calm, and their machine-like and rigorous style is almost impossible to make any big mistakes.

It's hard to say what kind of performance such a team can have against opponents in the same division, but against weak teams, they are estimated to have a win rate of more than 95 percent, which is why they have consistent results - in major tournaments, they hardly lose points against weak teams.

How to fight against an opponent who is much stronger than you and has almost no weaknesses? In addition to repeatedly emphasizing defense, Wan Sheng also struggled to come up with other methods.

For the first time, he felt weak.

At Euro 2012, Wansheng led LinkedIn Gran to beat Germany, but it was England, not China, England has many stars, plus a core Morris, and the game against Germany is also very difficult.

Now he is under the Chinese team......

Although many people say that the England team is the Chinese team in Europe, can it really be the same? The highly professional England team is at least two notches better than the Chinese team!

Wansheng has a feeling of 'it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice'.

He thought about it again and again, and after thinking about it, he didn't think of a way that could make the Chinese team restrain the German team.

In the end, Wansheng can only hope that the players will perform well, use stable defense and quick counterattacks to fight for that glimmer of hope.

There is only a silver lining to hope.

Whether you can catch it depends on the performance of the whole team.

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Before the match against Germany, Wan Sheng gave an interview to the Chinese media.

Media reporters entered the training ground for filming, and then gave a brief interview to Wan Sheng, "Wan Sheng, how much hope do you think the Chinese team can beat Germany?" ”

"Thirty percent? Per cent? I don't know, but I believe there is hope for us! "Every player is training hard, we're ready for Germany, and I'm proud of the positive attitude of the whole team." ”

"Tactically, is there anything to target against the German team?"

Wan Sheng said, "The German team is a team with no shortcomings, they are perfect, this German team is very strong, if you want to beat them, you need the players to play on the spot, luck is also a very important part, I told the players to do a good job of defense, the core players will become very critical, Wang Qiuming is our trump card, I believe he is the best scorer on the planet!" ”

"How is Wang Qiuming's state lately?"

"Very good." Wan Sheng looked at the training ground and said with a pleased smile, "Wang Qiuming has grown very fast in the past two years, he is at the peak of his career, and I believe he can perform well in the game against the German team." ”

After a brief interview, some journalists also noticed that Wan Sheng was not as confident as before, and their understanding was that "Wan Sheng also felt the pressure against the German team." ”

Indeed it is.

The soccer trainer only assists the team to win, not directly modify the result, and in the face of a strong German team, Wan Sheng can only do his best.

He wants the team to perform well and will do his best to beat Germany and reach the last four.

For this World Cup, Wan Sheng still hopes that the team can go further, if it only stops at the quarterfinals, it is not what he wants to see.

If it comes to the most dangerous time, he has the best and the worst to prepare.

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Time flies.

As the game progressed, the match between the Chinese team and the German team was approaching.

Various media are conducting interviews separately, the Chinese team performed very low-key before the game, and the coach of the German team, Loew, also avoided talking about the Chinese team, but only talked about the preparation of the German team.

Both sides are a little low-key, there is nothing to watch before the game, but the tournament will definitely not lack big news, just two hours before the game, the big news was broken by the media, "FIFA's World Cup committee made a mistake in the Chinese team squad, they actually put Wan Sheng's name in the Chinese team squad, so that the Chinese team squad will be one less than the German team......"

This revelation has to start before the start of the World Cup.

At that time, Wan Sheng's name appeared in the squad of the Chinese team to report to the World Cup Committee, which has always been a 'joke' reported by the media, but I didn't expect Wan Sheng to really enter the squad this time.

World Cup quarterfinals!

"The Chinese team will definitely not be able to win, does Wan Sheng also want to play and try?" Many netizens ridiculed.

Even Chinese fans like to hear it, although this is the 'mistake' of the Chinese team, but if Wan Sheng really plays, it is not bad, it will be regarded as the Chinese team's 'entertainment' game, anyway, the Chinese team wants to beat the German team, and the difficulty is really difficult to imagine.

This incident became the biggest gossip news before the game.

In fact, one less person in the squad does not have much impact on the Chinese team, 11 people started in the World Cup game, and 12 players can be arranged as substitutes, of course, there are only three substitutions, and the number of 23 people in the squad is enough for any team to use, even if there is one less person, it will not affect at all.

Just in the hot report, the match between the Chinese team and the German team began.

For the Chinese team, this may be the beginning of a tragedy.

In the 6th minute of the game, German striker Thomas MΓΌller helped the German team score the first goal of the game.

When the Chinese team was about to regroup and continue the game, the German team soon scored again, this time it was Ozil, he shook two defenders in a row, and almost single-handedly, sent the ball into the gate guarded by Wang Xiaolei.

Seeing Ozil's performance, Wan Sheng could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

After Ozil finished scoring, he also looked at the Chinese coach's seat, as if he wanted to thank Wan Sheng for his 'cultivation', he hesitated for a moment and didn't come, just waved to this side and said hello.

Many reporters captured this scene, "Ozil seems to be greeting Wan Sheng, he is a star cultivated by Wan Sheng, the German team can have such an excellent core, Muller should also be grateful to Wan Sheng......"

"The goal just now was completely an improvisation by Mesut Ozil, who shook two defenders of the Chinese team in a row, and in such a small space in front of the penalty area, Ozil fully showed superb footwork......"

"The Chinese team doesn't have a good way to do this, and the gap in the quality of their defenders is too big."

This is the most helpless part of Wansheng!

If it is a normal tactical competition, even if Germany's overall strength is much stronger, he is not without it, but the gap between the Chinese team and the German team is not only the overall strength, but also the gap in the ability of the stars is even greater.

These stars don't need to cooperate at all, they have a good chance to break through on their own, and they can shoot directly.

How can this gap be bridged?

Wan Sheng couldn't think of it.

After the game restarted, Wan Sheng could only let the team continue to shrink the defensive line, "Put the defense on the penalty line!" "If you use crowd tactics to pile up, you can't let the German team score any more goals.

The effect of this style of play is still obvious.

The crowd tactic is the toughest defense, and no matter how good the skill is, there will be no good way to play without space.

The German team could not cooperate near the penalty area, and the individual space for the ball was minimized, and it didn't matter if the Chinese team couldn't defend, because they didn't have to run too much, they would have a second chance to defend.

The Chinese team was dragged down like this, and until the end of the first half, the German team did not score again.

The clock was fast approaching the second half.

Wan Sheng emphasized defense at halftime, and the team's playing style was to drag the German team with dense defense, and the striker relied on Wang Qiuming's personal play to find scoring opportunities.

This is pretty much the only option.

As long as the Chinese team opens up the formation, it will give the German team a chance, and the German team will not 'show mercy', and if they find an opportunity, it is equivalent to scoring a goal, so the Chinese team can only continue to defend intensively.

After the start of the second half, the Chinese team's defense was much calmer and less anxious, but it was extremely passive on the field.

The German team played very easily, and every player played well, but it was not easy to break through the defense of the Chinese team.

But they weren't in a hurry because they were two goals ahead.

The head coach of the German team, Loew, is even in the mood to remind the team to pay attention to defense, "Don't go too far ahead, we don't need so many goals, be careful not to let them get a chance, especially the opponent's king, you should know that he is very good!" ”

Loew wants the German team to occupy all the roads, so that the Chinese team has no way out!

Until the 70th minute of the game, the Chinese team was still on the defensive, and there was no hope of scoring a counterattack.

If the game continues like this, there is no doubt about the outcome.

Wan Sheng began to hesitate.

Now it seems that the worst has come, because the game in front of them is hopeless, and the German team has not forgotten to pay attention to the defense when they are in the ascendancy, and they have no holes at all.

Do you really want to do that?

When thinking about this, Wan Sheng actually felt a little excited, maybe it was a dream when he was a child, and he also hoped that one day, he could really play in a football match.

Maybe it's the only chance in my life, right?

Wan Sheng felt a little nervous.

It's been a few years, if not longer, that tension and not been felt since he's been successful in coaching, and not in any other tournament.

Right now...... Pregnant.

Not only nervous, Wansheng also felt very excited and looking forward to it.

Well, now is the time!

Wan Sheng clenched his fists and asked Fan Zhiyi to inform the fourth official that the Chinese team was going to make a substitution, and at the same time, he took off his coat - a brand new Chinese team jersey, and wore it on his body!

"What, are you sure you're not kidding?"

"A manager? God, it's the first time I've heard of anything like this in my life! ”

"Alright, well, looks like you're going to give up the game! Let's just take it as entertainment, which may be good for promoting the World Cup......"

The fourth official kept muttering that he might be the first among the others to know that Wan Sheng was going to play, and at the same time, many cameras also pointed to the Chinese team's bench, Wan Sheng was wearing the Chinese team's red jersey, stretching out his arms and kicking his legs to do warm-up exercises.

"What is Wansheng doing?"

"Is he going to play?"

"Impossible."

"But he's really in the squad and qualified to play!"

"Is he being funny?"

"This is the World Cup, not an entertainment game!"

"But there is no hope for the Chinese team."

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The World Cup quarterfinals on the field seem to have become unimportant, everyone's attention is attracted by the Chinese team's bench, and even the players on the field have no intention of playing.

"Is Wansheng really going to play?"