No. [289]: The Confederations Cup is about to start

The remarks of Li Weifeng and others have caused a big storm in China, which has made Chinese fans worried, and even the players of the Chinese men's football team are worried.

But fortunately, there are no irreparable mistakes!

The Chinese men's football team flew to Brazil under such circumstances!

The Chinese men's football team is representing Asia to participate in the upcoming Confederations Cup!

The Confederations Cup, formerly known as the Intercontinental Nations Cup, was a tournament organized by FIFA in 1991 at the joint initiative of the Asian, African, South American and Caribbean football federations. Since 2005, it has been changed to a quadrennial event, which is also a warm-up event for the World Cup.

This year's Confederations Cup is hosted by Brazil in South America, and next year there will be a World Cup here!

There are eight teams participating in the Confederations Cup: the host country, five-time World Cup winners Brazil, the 2010 World Cup winners Spain, the 2011 Asian Cup winners China, the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup champions Mexico, the 2011 Copa America champion Uruguay, the 2012 Oceania Cup of Nations champions Tahiti, the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations champions Nigeria and the 2012 European Cup runners-up Italy.

Because the Spanish national team won Euro 2012, but they were the champions of the 2010 World Cup, they qualified with the 2010 World Cup title, and they no longer occupy the Euro 2012 championship spot, which is automatically postponed to the 2012 Euro 2012 runner-up Italy.

The team with the most appearances is the hosts, Brazil, who are playing in the Confederations Cup for the seventh time. Brazil is also the team with the most titles, having won the Confederations Cup three times.

Mexico are no different, they are participating in the tournament for the sixth time and have won the Confederations Cup once in their history.

Next up are the two teams, China and Tahiti, both of whom are playing in the Confederations Cup for the first time, and they are the newcomers to the Confederations Cup.

The rest of the teams are participating in the Confederations Cup for the second time.

The weakest of these eight teams is none other than Oceania Cup of Nations champions Tahiti, and they have nothing to fear. Tahiti has a history with Chinese football.

Today, Qian Guiren and head coach Gong Lei used to play in Tahiti, he is the best player in Tahiti, and was even nominated for World Footballer by the head coach of the Tahiti national team, and he is also the only Chinese player nominated for World Footballer before Dongfang Chen.

And there is also a Chinese striker in the Tahiti national team, and he is Steve Chen Xiu! The Chinese-American striker, who scored nine goals in 17 appearances for Tahiti, is the Tahiti's sharp knife.

However, on the whole, the strength of the Tahiti team is still too weak, and they went to the Confederations Cup purely to accompany the prince to study.

The Chinese men's football team is also called the "mysterious division" by the European media and the American media, after all, the number of times the Chinese men's football team has appeared in the world series is really too little, that is, in the eleventh year of the South Korea and Japan World Cup, the Chinese men's football team has appeared.

Brazilian fans still have some impressions of the Chinese men's football team, but these impressions are not very good, the Chinese team's impression of them is still the same as they remember, they think that the strength of the Chinese men's football team will not be too strong, and it is impossible to have any impact on their Brazilian team.

Even if the Chinese team has a super striker like Dongfang Chen in the team, Brazilian fans are still very optimistic, and they don't think that the Chinese team can beat the Brazilian team.

Your Chinese team has Dongfang Chen, and we also have Neymar. Who else are you besides Dongfangchen? In addition to Neymar, we also have Robinho, Thiago Silva, David Luiz and others, and your Chinese team is not our opponent of the Brazilian team at all.

Other European teams and American teams don't know anything about the Chinese team, and they don't know much about the strength of the Chinese men's football team. In their hearts, the Chinese team is too mysterious!

The players of the Spanish national team are very familiar with Dongfang Chen, many of them have played against Dongfang Chen, they know the strength of Dongfang Chen, so they are definitely an opponent that the Chinese men's football team cannot underestimate, but they also do not believe that the Chinese men's football team can defeat them.

The Confederations Cup is played in two groups, with the top two teams qualifying, and then the first team that qualifies will face the second place team from the other group for a chance to qualify for the final. In the end, the winner advances to the final and competes for the championship.

The draw for the Confederations Cup was completed last winter, with China being placed in Group A, which is home to hosts Brazil, European Cup runners-up Italy, and CONCACAF Gold Cup champions Mexico.

The strength of this group is very strong, needless to say five-star Brazil, Italy is also an old strong team, the former World Cup champion, the current European Cup runner-up, super strength, and the Mexican team is not a good stubble, this group is a veritable group of death for the Chinese team.

The teams in Group B are World Cup winners Spain, Copa America winners Uruguay, Africa Cup of Nations winners Nigeria and Oceania Nations Cup winners Tahiti.

From the perspective of the Chinese team, the situation in Group B is indeed much easier than Group A, and the first group in which the Chinese team is located is really a super group of death, and no team is easy to deal with.

Therefore, when the Chinese team set off, many people were not optimistic about the Chinese team's trip to the Confederations Cup, and they thought that this time the Chinese men's football team was just to accumulate experience.

After the plane of the Chinese men's football team arrived in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, there were not many people here to pick up the plane, only some Chinese fans in Brasilia came to pick up the plane, and the number of these Chinese fans was actually not very large.

The Chinese team came to Brazil quite low-key, and the Chinese team got on the bus arranged by the organizing committee directly, and they walked towards the hotel where they stayed.

The hotel where the Chinese men's football team stepped down is a five-star hotel near the National Stadium in Brasilia, and the security here is not bad, unlike some places that are simply too chaotic, and underworld fires do not occur from time to time.

Before coming to Brazil, the players of the Chinese men's football team knew that the Brazilian people were very dissatisfied with Brazil's hosting of the Confederations Cup and the World Cup.

When Brazil's female President Dilma Rousseff came to power, she was determined to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor among the Brazilian people, but with little success, and now the Brazilian people are very dissatisfied with her.

When the Confederations Cup stadium was inspected, Brazilians took to the streets to arrive. Brazilian Confederations Cup and World Cup.

Outside the hotel where the Chinese men's football team stays, the Brazilian police and some security personnel are on standby, and they are really afraid that something bad will happen and affect Brazil's image in the world.

The hotel where the Chinese men's football team stayed was nothing special, it was a typical Brazilian hotel. But the only thing that stands out from the rest is that the Chinese food here is very authentic, and it is said that the hotel has hired several Chinese special chefs from China.

It is said that the Chinese men's football team chose this hotel for this reason.

When the bus of the Chinese men's football team arrived at the hotel, the hotel manager and lobby manager were outside the door to greet the arrival of the Chinese men's football team, which reflected the importance that this hotel attaches to the Chinese men's football team.

Of course, there are also some Chinese fans and a small number of reporters gathered here. And most of these journalists are from China.

When Dongfang Chen stepped down from the bus, the scene immediately became popular, and the Chinese fans at the scene proudly shouted Dongfang Chen's name. There are even sporadic Brazilian fans awkwardly chanting the name of Dongfang Chen, who is now a global star.

The energy and person in charge of the hotel were excited to receive the players of the Chinese men's football team.

Entering the hotel, Dongfang Chen and Zhang Ningpeng were still in the same room, and after a simple cleaning in the room, Dongfang Chen and Zhang Ningpeng went to the hotel.

To be honest, this hotel is not particularly big, but the sparrows are small and have all the organs.

There are swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball courts, gymnasiums, recreation rooms, football training fields and a small golf course.

To be honest, this hotel is really good. And the environment here is also quiet, Dongfang Chen likes it very much, he thinks it's good.

The Chinese men's football team is about to spend their Confederations Cup journey here.

The first game of the Chinese men's football team's trip to the Confederations Cup this time is the match against the Brazilian team, which will also be the opening match of this Confederations Cup.

The match will be played at the Brasilia National Stadium in Brasilia, not far from the hotel, and the bus will only be able to reach the National Stadium in Brasilia in about 20 minutes.

After coming to the hotel, Dongfang Chen and Zhang Ningpeng simply walked around, and then went directly to the restaurant to eat.

In the restaurant, there is Chinese food that the Chinese players are very familiar with, which makes the Chinese players feel very friendly.

And Dongfang Chen is even sharp-eyed, he saw that there are still many things in these Chinese food, Sichuan cuisine, which makes Dongfang Chen very happy, to be honest, Dongfang Chen has a soft spot for Sichuan cuisine, and the spicy and sour feeling is really very exciting.

After a good meal in the restaurant, the players of the Chinese men's football team returned to their rooms.

On the first day here, Gao Hongbo did not arrange training tasks, and the task of the Chinese players was to rest, reverse jet lag, and recuperate.

However, Gao Hongbo's other rules are very strict, for example, the players of the Chinese men's football team are not allowed to leave the hotel without permission, and there are restrictions on even running the door. And at 10 o'clock in the evening, it is mandatory to sleep, etc., and even during the specified time, the players of the Chinese men's football team are not allowed to surf the Internet or fiddle with their mobile phones.

Comrade Gao Hongbo, this is really an iron-fisted army, and he has formulated more than a dozen military regulations for the players of the Chinese men's football team!

Dongfang Chen doesn't feel anything about this, these are all things that he is used to, when he was in the club, isn't it like this most of the time? There's nothing he's not used to.

Dongfang Chen and Zhang Ningpeng didn't have anything to do in the room, so they played a game, of course it wasn't an online game, Dongfang Chen and Zhang Ningpeng played Pro Evolution Soccer 2013, the two had a lot of fun in the room, and Zhang Ningpeng was abused very badly, Dongfang Chen's level of live football is definitely a master, Zhang Ningpeng is only abused!