According to the plan, the whole Hong Kong team flew to Jakarta, Indonesia the next day.

After checking in to the hotel arranged by the AFC and everything was sorted out, in the afternoon, all the players went to the preparation site to do adaptive training.

Now the team has taken the last step, and one step further is the championship, stopping here is not what Wansheng wants, although the outside world says that Hong Kong, China can reach the finals, it is already a miracle, but the championship is the ultimate goal, Wansheng will never allow the team to stop here, for him, winning the runner-up is equivalent to failure, the championship is what he wants.

Wansheng told all the players that they must continue to prepare for the training with a serious attitude, "The more critical the moment, the more you can't relax!" ”

It's a lesson learned from experience after experience.

Often at the critical moment, the team played the semi-finals and finals, and some players relaxed their mentality, they will think that this result is quite good, even if they lose in the final, it is nothing, especially for Hong Kong, China, the results of entering the final are already a miracle, and after one more game, they will reach the moment of 'harvest', so their mentality is relaxed, and the preparation and training are not serious.

There are also players who get really nervous, and the closer the game gets, the more nervous they get.

Most of these nervous players are the main players, because they are going to participate in the finals that many fans are watching, and they will inevitably play, but they don't have the corresponding experience, so they become very nervous.

Whether it is relaxed or nervous, it is a very bad state of mind, Wansheng must do some work to adjust the mentality of the players, so that the team can meet the final in the best condition.

However, at this time, there was unfavorable news for Hong Kong, China's preparations, and the assistant coach Diamares, who was mainly responsible for leading the team's training, left.

During training in preparation for war in Hong Kong, China. Diamaresd is very important, but Diamares has to leave, because coaching Hong Kong is not Wansheng's main job, Manchester City club manager is Wansheng's main identity.

At the end of July, Manchester City FC also began to gather for training, Wan Sheng, as the coach of Hong Kong, China, must also coach the final final, and Diamares, as an assistant coach, must return to Manchester City FC. I helped with pre-season preparation.

Wan Sheng is not too worried about Manchester City's collective training.

In two seasons, the whole Manchester City team has become a rope, except for a few summer newcomers, other players have adapted to the team's tactics, the beginning of the preparation training, basically do some physical recovery, state recovery and other training, Wansheng only needs to arrange some personal training work is enough.

However, Pierce alone has to shoulder all the preparation and training work. It's still too busy, so Wan Sheng can only let Diamares go back, so that he doesn't have to worry about the early preparations for Manchester City FC.

Diamares' departure still has a certain impact on Hong Kong's preparation for the finals. A lot of the previous work needs to be shared by Bergkamp and Fan Zhiyi.

In terms of professional team training, Bergkamp and Fan Zhiyi can only be regarded as newcomers, they are retired stars, but in terms of team training. I still have too little experience, and I don't do it professionally, and I still have a lot to learn. Together, it was difficult for the two to do the work left by Diamares, so Wan Sheng still had to personally guide the team's training, and his work became much heavier.

There was nothing to say about this afternoon's training, nothing more than to get the team to adapt to the venue, adjust their mentality and condition, and prepare for the final match.

When the training was disbanded, Wansheng received news from the staff, and many media reporters wanted to interview the preparation training in Hong Kong, China.

There is nothing special about this news, media reporters have always hoped to cover the preparation training in Hong Kong, China, but Wan Sheng never agreed, this time there were many reporters who came, as well as domestic and international influential big media, Wan Sheng had to pay attention to it.

If you unilaterally consider the team's finals, naturally there is nothing to say, it must be to refuse any interview request, but he also needs to consider the Hong Kong Football Association, or consider the development of Hong Kong football, which seems to have nothing to do with him, but while leading the team to achieve good results, let Hong Kong football get more attention, let Hong Kong football have a better development, and it is nothing to do some easily, so Wansheng announced that the next day's training was open to the public.

This news made the media reporters who came to interview very happy, especially the CCTV column team, they just wanted to do a program of "Hong Kong Miracle" and shoot some photos of training in Hong Kong, China, which is a must, and it is the best news that Wansheng can agree to the interview.

Wansheng still takes good care of the domestic and Hong Kong media, after all, they are all Chinese, and the domestic and Hong Kong media also support the Hong Kong team.

Therefore, Wansheng has specially opened a special privilege for several influential domestic and Hong Kong media, and they can enter the training ground to shoot at will in the next few days, of course, provided that it does not interfere with the team's normal preparation and training.

Other national media do not have this treatment.

This kind of differentiated leadership has caused dissatisfaction among many foreign media, who have raised all kinds of doubts, but Wansheng does not pay attention to this at all, no matter what those media say, it has no impact on his decision.

When a reporter asked, "Why do you want to be treated differently?" ”

Wan Sheng only said, "I have the right to decide which media to enter the training ground to shoot interviews, and I also have the right to prohibit which media to enter." If you are not satisfied, you can go to the AFC and complain to me. ”

He didn't care at all.

This attitude angered many media reporters, but it is a pity that Wan Sheng did not read what they reported, as for complaining to the AFC...... Not to mention the result, Wansheng will definitely not continue to coach Hong Kong, China after that, and the AFC will not be able to control it at all!

The media reporters gritted their teeth, but there was nothing they could do.

Wan Shengcai didn't care about that, he carefully guided the team to prepare.

At the end of the day's training, Wan Sheng asked the whole team to gather, looking at the players in front of him, he said about the team's results so far, "The day before yesterday, we defeated South Korea and advanced to the Asian Cup final. All of you did really well in that game. ”

This is the first time Wan Sheng has publicly praised a player after that semi-final.

Some of the players were happy, but they wondered why the coach would talk about it two days later, and then Wan Sheng's voice took a turn and said seriously, "But we haven't reached the moment of success yet!" Remember what I said when the team first assembled? My goal is not to qualify from the group. It's about looking at the champions! At the time, a lot of people thought that it was a joke that we were aiming to win the championship because we were just the bottom team in Asia, but now? We're in the final! ”

"But getting to the final is not the goal, winning the final is the key!"

'You all know what the outside world says, they say, it's a miracle that we got to the final, but now. I tell you, no. ”

"In the final, we were at least second, but now. We're still just dark horses! Do you know what a dark horse is? Don't take that word for compliment, Croatia were the dark horses in the 1998 World Cup, they finished third 'good', and in the 2002 World Cup. Turkey were the dark horses, and they also took the 'good' result of third place. There are many major tournaments in history, and there are also some dark horse teams. Their final results are amazing, but they are just dark horses, why? ”

A lot of players get caught up in thought.

Wan Sheng didn't let them think about it for long, and continued, "In Euro 2004, Greece performed quite well, they went dark to the end, and won the championship strongly, so is Greece a dark horse? ”

"Nope! They are called 'miracles'! ”

"Dark horses, the reason why they are called dark horses, because they just played amazing results, but did not win the final championship, only the championship can be called a miracle."

"Do you all understand?"

Wan Sheng concluded, "If we stop here and end up in the final, the outside world will think that we have played well, and we will be the biggest dark horse in this Asian Cup, but if we win the final and beat Saudi Arabia to win the championship, then we will no longer be a dark horse, but a miracle - the Hong Kong miracle!" ”

"Hong Kong miracle, what a wonderful word, do you want to be a dark horse in the Asian Cup, or do you want to create a miracle? Tell me the answer! ”

Undoubtedly, almost all the players shouted the word "miracle".

Nobody wants to fall in the final, no one wants to be a dark horse, miracles are what everyone is chasing.

After Wan Sheng's detailed explanation, the players hope to beat Saudi Arabia and win the Asian Cup, just like Wan Sheng said, after winning the championship, many people recall this Asian Cup, they will use the 'Hong Kong miracle' to describe, and as a miracle creator, they will also feel a huge sense of honor.

They are all hungry for the title.

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That night, CCTV and Phoenix TV both made detailed reports on Hong Kong's preparation and training under the title of 'Dark Horse and Miracle'.

In the report, they all praised Wan Sheng's remarks and affirmed the spirit of Hong Kong, China's desire to create miracles.

"In the interview, we can see that from top to bottom, Hong Kong, China is full of a kind of fighting spirit, every member of the team is 100% energetic in training, no one has talked about the past games, no one has talked about the upcoming match with Saudi Arabia, everyone is training according to the requirements."

"In the past, we knew that Hong Kong, China was only a low-end team in Asia, but after the real in-depth interview, we realized that this team still has a lot to learn......

At the same time as the host reported, there were also training videos in Hong Kong, China, as well as some pictures of Wan Sheng, Bergkamp, and Fan Zhiyi guiding the team's training in Hong Kong.

These are the first reports from media reporters.

There was no media at all before, and it was possible to shoot the preparation of Hong Kong, China at close range, so that the preparation of Hong Kong, China has always been a mystery, and now fans are watching it with relish.

After the report, the final in Hong Kong, China, also received more public support.

However, in terms of public opinion, Saudi Arabia is not to be outdone, when Hong Kong, China broke the news of 'vowing to win the championship', and soon the head coach of the Saudi Arabian team, Anyos, was interviewed.

In the eyes of the media, this final will be a contest between the team with the most goals and the team with the fewest goals conceded in this Asian Cup.

Saudi Arabia have scored a total of 12 goals in the previous five games, and are the most attacking team; Hong Kong conceded just two goals against Iraq and did not concede a single goal in the other four games, the fewest goals conceded.

So Saudi Arabia head coach Anjos said, "I will let the team continue to use the usual attacking football to deal with the 'steel defence' of Hong Kong, China." ”

"The Saudi team is by no means conservative. The Saudi team is a team that likes to attack. We will play against Hong Kong with attacking football like we did against Japan, and it will be a very good technical game. ”

Anjos promises boldly.

Many West Asian media believe that Hong Kong, China will not pose much of a threat to Saudi Arabia, and the only thing to pay attention to is not to let Hong Kong, China 'sneak attack', in the semi-finals with Australia and South Korea, both teams were defeated by a goal of 'sneak attack' by Hong Kong, China.

As long as it is not 'sneak attacked' and the goal is not conceded inexplicably, then Saudi Arabia will be able to win the game because of the strength of Hong Kong, China. There is indeed a gap with Saudi Arabia.

"It's the final, and the final is often difficult. The final is a life-or-death game, and the factor of chance is very large. Some people have a point, but there are so many factors that are out of your control in football and I want the team to win, but we still need to be careful. ”

Anjos hopes that Saudi Arabia can win more championships, then Saudi Arabia will become the first team in the history of the Asian Cup to win four championships, and he will also be recorded in the history of Saudi football.

Soon Wan Sheng also stood up.

This time it was not the media to interview. Instead, he took the initiative to stand up, and in the face of the match against Saudi Arabia, the chances of winning head-on were not as big as he imagined, so he needed to do something. to give the team more hope of winning.

Judging from Wansheng's experience, the game is not only a game, but also the competition on and off the field is also very important, such as the public opinion of the media may affect the hearts of the players. Recently, it affects their play.

This time, Wansheng explained to the media what is the language art of a top handsome.

Surrounded by a group of media reporters, Wan Sheng praised Saudi Arabia's performance with a smile. There has been a lot of praise for their attacking prowess, especially for striker Cakhtane.

Yasser al-Kahtani is one of the best players in the Saudi striker line, and he showed his talent on the football pitch early on.

In 2000, at the age of 17, Kahtani joined Saudi Arabian Al-Qadisiyah FC. However, during his five years at Cadisiya, he did not have a good time, playing only 38 games and scoring 19 goals, but his talent has been appreciated.

In 2002, Kakhtani became a Saudi international before he was 20 years old.

In 2003, he represented Saudi Arabia in the Gulf Cup, and Yasser Kakhtani helped the team win the title with a steady stream of goals. The success of the national team has made him gradually hot. After two seasons of bargaining, in 2005, Saudi Arabian giants Al-Hilal brought in Al-Khetani for $5.3 million, setting a transfer record in the Saudi league, a record that has not been broken so far, and Al-Hilal is currently the most expensive player in Saudi Arabia.

Boss Al-Hilal's deal is well done. From 2005 to the present, Cakhtani has scored 48 goals in 95 games for the club and is the team's leading scorer. As he continued to grow in the league, Kahtani became more and more firmly established in the Saudi team, and in the 2006 World Cup he broke through the door of the ****** national football team.

So far in this Asian Cup, Kahtani has helped Saudi Arabia score four goals, ranking first in the scorer charts.

For Saudi opponents, Kakhtani is something to watch out for.

Wan Sheng said of Cahetani, "I admire him, I think he is the best scorer in this Asian Cup. ”

This sentence immediately made the Saudi media happy, and they were extremely excited to declare, "Wansheng is likely to take a fancy to Yashir, and in the summer, Yashir is likely to transfer to Manchester City and successfully land in the Europa League", and then consider Manchester City's status as the defending Premier League champion, and being able to participate directly in the UEFA Champions League, if Yashir can perform well, he is likely to become a world-renowned star.

After praising Saudi Arabia's attack and the opposing strikers, Wan Sheng talked about Saudi Arabia's weaknesses, "Their defense is a problem, there is a saying in football that 'defense wins', I think the key point for us to beat Saudi Arabia is the opponent's defense." ”

Then Wan Sheng talked about the game, "In this game, I will make the team play beautiful attacking football, this is my old job. I've been getting used to a new way of attacking in recent times, and that's going to give the team a new look, and I don't think it's a problem to break the Saudi goalkeeper with the attacking quality of the team. The key point of the game is how well Saudi Arabia can defend, and what we need to think about is the attack. ”

Wan Sheng's words are very confusing, and people don't know what they are talking about.

However, the media quickly analyzed each word one by one, and thought that what Wan Sheng said was very reasonable, Saudi Arabia's advantage lies in attack, so they need to pay attention to defense, and Hong Kong, China's advantage is defense, so they need to pay attention to attack.

Considering Wansheng's long-standing style of leading the team and Manchester City's gorgeous attacking football, many media believe that "this game is likely to become a technical football encounter!" ”

"In terms of real confrontation, Saudi Arabia has an advantage in strength, but Wansheng has always been good at creating miracles, and Saudi Arabia is not 100% sure that it will be able to win."

"Now we can look forward to the game."

After making a match analysis of Wansheng's remarks, many media reported Wansheng's evaluation of Saudi striker Yashir, and believed that Yasser is likely to transfer to Manchester City and officially land in Europe.

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