Chapter 1147: Design
Australia is the new army in Asia, they are alone in Oceania, and New Zealand has only one opponent, and this opponent is also vulnerable under them. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
There is no opponent in Oceania, and if you can participate in a high-level event such as the World Cup, you can also improve the results of the national team, but Oceania only has half a World Cup place, and they have to compete with Europe and South America for the other half of the place.
Don't look at Australia's invincible existence in Oceania, and it really doesn't have that ability to compete for half a place with Europe and South America, and it is a feather that every time.
Without opponents, it is naturally impossible to improve the results of the national team, and for Australia, the World Cup is likely to become a permanent regret.
Australia is a developed country, there are more than 200 players who play in major European leagues, these players hope to show their skills in the World Cup, the highest hall of professional players, and the Australian Football Association is not willing to let those teams that are not as strong as themselves shine in the World Cup, but they can only be a spectator, so they have applied to join the AFC.
There have been examples of world football where geography and politics belong to one continent, but football has added another continent, such as Israel.
However, Israel is a special case, they have a huge ethnic hatred with Arab countries, and it will kill them to play football together, so they did not follow international common sense and practice and let Israel join UEFA. And Australia they don't have a piece of land in Asia, and joining the AFC itself is not in line with international common sense and practice.
However, this thing has happened, because in the eyes of the Australian Football Association, there are many fish belly in Asia, and there are also several strong teams, joining the AFC can not only improve the level of the national team, but also almost equivalent to getting a ticket to the World Cup.
Of course, the AFC is not stupid, they think about it this way, half of Asia's places are competing with South America and Europe, that is basically not possible at all, if Australia joins the AFC, FIFA gives Asia five places, then Asia will earn, Australia is at least a little better than the 12th place in Europe and the sixth place in South America, there is more hope for the money to qualify, the AFC does not want to calculate and agree.
The AFC and Australia are not at a loss, FIFA will be a loss-making organization, can develop the World Cup as a single sport comparable to the Olympic Games, FIFA is not the main sufferer, the AFC hopes to get five places, FIFA resolutely does not give, still give the AFC 4.5 places, so that the AFC's wishful thinking failed.
Before Australia came, there was no absolute hegemon in Asia, Japan and South Korea and Ishar took turns to dominate, Australia was strong and economically developed, and wanted to dominate the world when they joined the AFC, but they also underestimated the Asian strong teams, and did not call all the overseas players to participate in the Asian Cup for the first time, and were finally eliminated by the Japanese team in the quarterfinals.
In the 06 World Cup qualifiers, Australia did not dare to be careless, and finally qualified from the group, becoming the only team in Asia to qualify from the group, making great contributions to retaining 4.5 places in Asia.
Three years after joining the AFC, Australia has a deeper understanding of Asian teams, although they no longer dare to regard Japan, South Korea and Isa as a weak team, but they don't care about teams like China, Iraq, and Qatar at all, even if the Chinese team recalls the World Footballer Chen Yu, the Australian team has not increased much respect, this away and the Chinese team World Cup qualifiers, the Australian national team has not even recalled Cahill Colwill and Viduka, and the contempt has been disdained to cover up.
In this regard, the players and coaches of the Chinese team are happy and annoyed, the Chinese team's performance is very poor, and they have been scolded by the Chinese people for many years, but they also have self-esteem, and it is strange to be despised like this and not to be angry; However, Australia's contempt for the Chinese team is also a good thing, it really makes Australia's main force come to the fullest, and it is difficult for the Chinese team to please even if it has Chen Yu.
Now Australia underestimated the enemy and did not send all the main forces, the Chinese team put the court on the plateau, reducing Australia's physical advantage, and the game has not yet started, the Chinese team already has the strength to compete with Australia.
Playing away, playing on the plateau, and the absence of the main team are a headache for any team, but Australian coach Verbeek doesn't care.
Verbeck knows that the current Australia is only 70% of the normal Australian strength at best, but he believes that even if it is 70% of Australia, it must be stronger than the Chinese team.
Verbeck is not unaware of Chen Yu's strength, but he believes that even if Chen Yu is God, it is impossible to reinvent the Chinese team in such a short period of time.
With this realization, at a regular press conference, Verbeek publicly stated that they had come to Kunming, China, to win, and that they were not here for tourism, and a reporter asked Verbeek if it was possible for the Chinese team with Chen Yu to threaten Australia.
Verbeek replied like this, he said that Chen Yu is worthy of the world footballer, but Chen Yu has not practiced together for a few days when he returned to the Chinese team, and such a Chinese team and Chen Yu cannot form a joint force, at most it is a grade with Qatar.
Verbeek didn't say it directly, but just said that the Chinese team and Qatar are on the same level.
Qatar don't look at the country is very small, but their football level is very high, is between the first-class and second-rate teams in Asia, the Chinese team is between the first and second rate, two teams of similar level and reputation, Qatar has always played the role of the Chinese team's bitter master, if there is no first round of Australia and Qatar that game, Verbeek's statement is understandable, but in the first round Australia won Qatar 3-0, Verbeek said that the Chinese team and Qatar blocked, which clearly means that Australia can win the Chinese team by three goals.
Being humiliated like this by his opponent, Forado will inevitably get angry even if he is a clay man.
After the press conference held in Australia, the Chinese team also held a press conference, in which Forado and Guo Zuojin publicly expressed the goal of the Chinese team in this game.
Forado said that since the Chinese team defeated Iraq in the first game and took the lead, the second game will not be so dangerous, and it will be good to keep the draw and win.
Guo Zuojin said that Australia is one of the best teams in Asia, and being able to play against such a team will help the Chinese team improve their technical and tactical level, which is a good learning opportunity, but Guo Zuojin also said that if the Chinese team plays any surprising games, it must be because Chen Yu played a bigger role.
Reporters are quite sensitive to a group, the coaches of the two teams have held press conferences, at the press conference, the two sides did not have open guns, but there are hidden arrows, mutual sarcasm, mutual attack, this is a good opportunity for reporters, when reporters ask questions, some reporters deliberately ask Forado for the reason why many overseas players in Australia did not come, this is not a contempt for the Chinese team.
Forado is not a fool, he replied coldly that the reason why many Australian players did not come should not be asked a Chinese coach, and the question that can be answered is the head coach of Australia, as well as the question himself.
A reporter asked Guo Zuojin whether the Chinese team put its home stadium on the plateau because it was afraid of Australia?
Guo Zuojin laughed when he heard the reporter's words, he said, whether you are afraid or not depends on what you think, we put the game on the plateau, the purpose is to create conditions for defeating Australia, you say we are afraid of Australia or not.
The press conference of the Chinese team can be regarded as a provocation to Australia, and there is no way, Australia first despised the Chinese team, and the Chinese team could not go back with contempt, so it had to launch a provocation to improve the morale and confidence of the players.
It is said that Australia's head coach Verbeek was angry after watching the news, but did not show it, and the Australian players can't stand to be provoked by a fish belly, Australia's current biggest star is striker Thompson, Thompson said that he must teach the Chinese team's backline a good lesson in this game, so that they understand what is Asian, what is world-class.
Chen Yu of the Chinese team held a separate press conference the next day, as the world footballer, Chen Yu is fully qualified to hold such a press conference, and he held this press conference alone than the press conference of the two teams.
At the press conference, Chen Yu first praised his teammates, believing that they sacrificed the league and the company of their families to train in the plateau for a month, which is the love of football and the country, this love will make people have infinite strength, and he believes that the Chinese team will not play badly in this game. Then Chen Yu talked about his understanding of Australia, saying that the only thing he knew about Australia was the kangaroo, which was very fun and fun, and he would definitely go to see it if he had the opportunity.
Chen Yu didn't mention a word about Australian football and the players in Europe who are scattered all over Australia, but this contempt was revealed between the lines, making the Australians speechless, but they clearly felt Chen Yu's malice and provocation, which made them extremely annoyed.
This series of press conferences is actually the preparation of the Chinese team for the game, they are fighting on the plateau, the players have adapted for a month, and their physical fitness is not at all lost, and Australia will definitely suffer, there will be no exceptions, if Australia shows weak defense, their physical consumption will be a little smaller, and it will be more difficult for the Chinese team to play, if Australia lets go to attack, their physical energy will be consumed quickly, at that time, the Chinese team has the hope of winning.
In fact, the Chinese team began to design Australia a month ago, but the proud and complacent Australia has really fallen into the trap, and it cannot be said that it will not die if it does not do.