Chapter 167: Alone in the Lead

That night, after Chief No. 1 and Secretary Bai visited the national youth team together, Sneng Xiaotian had just changed his clothes in the locker room when he received several phone calls, all of which were from sports reporters from some well-known sports newspapers and television stations in China, asking for an exclusive interview with him. Several of them were the same media outlets that satirized and questioned his selection for the national youth team before the game.

Sneng Xiaotian always felt that his performance was so brave this time because he was caught off guard by the Brazilian team, and there was a lot of luck in it. In the following games, although the coaching staff has made it clear that Sneer Xiaotian is the core of the whole team, and all offensive and defensive strategies must revolve around him, he always feels a little scared and uneasy, for fear that he will not be able to do and take on such a heavy responsibility.

Moreover, he estimates that because he scored a "hat trick" in the first game, in the next few games, the opponent will definitely focus on studying his own technical and tactical characteristics and offensive methods, and will definitely arrange heavy troops to guard him. Whether he can score goals in the future or whether he can perform well has become an unknown......

Therefore, he does not want to accept exclusive interviews with these newspapers and TV stations now, for fear that if he performs mediocre or even poor performance in the future, he will lose face in front of hundreds of millions of viewers and fans. As a result, he politely declined the requests of those media reporters for an exclusive interview with him.

However, the reporters of the media who had questioned him before the game misunderstood what he meant, thinking that he had a grudge, so they did not accept their exclusive interviews, and they all became anxious, so they apologized to him vigorously on the phone, and at the same time assured him that they would issue a statement in the newspaper to be published tomorrow, retract the previous statements that questioned and slandered him, and solemnly and sincerely apologize to him publicly......

Sneering was afraid that refusing again would cause them to further misunderstanding, making them think that they were a narrow-minded and arrogant person who did not know the height of the sky, so he had to promise to accept their exclusive interview as soon as he had time.

When she was about to get on the bus and go back to the hotel, Lin Xue suddenly called. I heard her cry in the microphone and say, "Husband, you are amazing! You are so handsome! You are so talented...... Husband, where are you now? I'm coming to see you!"

Sneer Xiaotian was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Xiaoxue, where are you now? Why didn't you come to watch the game with your grandfather?"

"I'm looking at Bar Nine. The atmosphere was so good, I drank lots and lots and won lots and lots of money...... Husband, when you finish the game, I will use the money I won to treat you to a big dinner, and I will take you to buy a lot of new clothes, and dress up you as a big star, and you will be in the newspapers and TV every day......"

Sneering listened to her chatter, sure enough, she drank too much, and listened to the noise in the microphone, it was indeed in the bar, so she interrupted her and said: "Xiaoxue, is Li Rui by your side?

"He's not here. This stingy guy, he won 50,000 yuan, for fear that we would ask him to treat him, and he didn't know where to go to count the money at this time...... By the way, the captain of your school's soccer team is going to talk to you. ”

Then, I heard Yang Zhi of the school football team shouting inside: "Brother, you cow! Tonight we decided to stay up all night and drink to celebrate our Capital University football team for having a football genius like you, who has won glory for the country...... By the way, your wife is so bold, she just paid for the fans of the whole bar to drink, saying that it was to congratulate her husband on becoming famous and winning glory for the country, hahahaha!"

Sneering Tian couldn't help but smile: "Yang Zhi, please arrange a few people to persuade her to go home." I have to go back to the hotel now, I can't come. If she doesn't come home overnight, her family will be in a hurry!

Yang Zhi hurriedly agreed on the phone.

The next day, the front pages of all the sports newspapers in the country reported with bright red and eye-catching headlines the news that the national youth team staged a shocking reversal and sneered at the three-yuan victory over the Brazilian team. Below the report, there is also a huge photo of Sneering Sky.

The newspapers that had questioned and criticized Seng Xiaotian's selection for the national youth team also published an apology statement at the same time, expressing sincere apologies to Seng Xiaotian!

Gu Liming, Su Xiaodan, Fluttershy, and others who were filming in Singapore all saw reports about Sneer Xiaotian and his huge photos from local Chinese-language newspapers.

The next night, Sneer Xiaotian received a call from Su Xiaodan.

"My dear, you have become a big star now! Today, many local overseas Chinese and wealthy businessmen at our shooting site are talking about the national youth team's victory over the Brazilian team, saying that you have won glory for the Chinese people all over the world. A lot of people come and ask if we know you. I told them: you're my boyfriend, and you'll come and see me in a while. They were very happy to hear this, and said that when the time comes, I will definitely introduce them to you...... How long will it take you to come and see me? I miss you!"

Su Xiaodan seemed to have forgotten the last time she hung up the phone angrily because Lin Xue was by Sneer's side, and said affectionately in the microphone.

Sneer Xiaotian covered the earpiece with his hand, lowered his voice and said, "Dandan, I miss you too." However, I heard that in order to create a sense of mystery and expectation for the audience, Director Gu has taken very strict confidentiality measures for the film you are shooting now, and no one in the crew is allowed to accept interviews with reporters, nor disclose any information about the plot and the main actors, and no one is allowed to visit the class. You have such strict rules, how can I come to see you?"

Su Xiaodan chuckled lightly and said: "Fool, Director Gu keeps it a secret from others, and there must be no such problem for you! He is filming here, and many local overseas Chinese and wealthy businessmen are his friends, who often come to invite us to dinner, and also provide us with a lot of convenient conditions for filming, but they all promised not to reveal the situation of our crew to anyone. Besides, Director Gu has also told me a few times, saying that this is my first time officially starring in a movie, and I must invite you to come over and have a look. He also said that you are a great talent in the Chinese department, and you can help us read the script by the way and propose some changes in words and lines. ”

Sneering thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll try to come over to see you as soon as possible after the World Youth Championships...... By the way, you said on the phone last time you had something very important to tell me, what the hell is going on?"

Su Xiaodan was silent for a moment and said, "After you come over, you will naturally know." Now I don't want to tell you, so as not to affect your performance on the court. ”

Sneering Tian didn't want to ask again, so he had to hang up the phone suspiciously.

That night, the national youth team held another meeting with all coaches and players to discuss and formulate the tactics and playlist for the next game against Algeria.

The tactics were set by the coaching staff a long time ago: everything revolves around sneering days to organize the attack. After all the players get the ball, they should observe Sneer's position as soon as possible, and when they can pass the ball, they should pass it to him without hesitation, so that he can use his speed and superb skills to organize attacks and shots. If the opponent sends a lot of people to chase and intercept Sneng Xiaotian, Jia Meng and other midfielders and forwards can take the opportunity to rush to the front area, and use the opportunity of Sneer Xiaotian to contain most of their defensive strength and strive to score goals......

The head coach of the British side has now made a 180-degree turn towards Sneer, from the disdain and contempt at the beginning to the current extreme dependence, extreme trust, and even a little bit of worship.

After the game last night, he found Sneer Xiaotian alone, solemnly thanked him, and said without concealing that the criticisms of Sneer Xiaotian in the newspaper before the game were written by some reporters at his behalf, please don't mind and care about Sneng Xiaotian - because he really thought that Sneng Xiaotian was not suitable for entering the national youth team at that time, and thought that he had mixed in by improper means, so he questioned his entry into the national youth team through the media......

Sneer Xiaotian has already seen that the British side is actually a head coach who wants to make a difference and is also very responsible, so he has no prejudice against him, and sincerely said that he will not take this matter to heart, and will definitely cooperate with everyone, respect the arrangement and deployment of the head coach, and strive to make the national youth team play better in the next games and achieve more brilliant results.

Seeing him say this, the British side was extremely happy and relieved, and even felt that Sneer Xiaotian was a rare good player with both virtue and art.

Therefore, when arranging the tactics against Algeria, he repeatedly emphasized that all players must strictly implement the deployment arrangements of the coaching staff, always remember to organize offensive and defensive cooperation with Sneer Xiaotian as the core, and absolutely do not allow the yang to serve the yin and the yin, and never allow personal heroism......

The next day, the national youth team secretly found a football field and repeatedly practiced the "cold core" tactics. In the process of training, Seng Xiaotian finally found the feeling of coordination and cooperation with Jia Meng and several other frontcourt players, and also found several sets of tactical plans to deal with different situations......

As the national youth team unexpectedly defeated the favorite Brazil in the opening match, the enthusiasm and hope of fans across the country for the national youth team suddenly soared. Originally, one-third of the tickets for the next two group stage games of the national youth team have not been sold. But on the second day of the opening ceremony, fans in the capital flocked to the ticket sales area, rushing to grab tickets for the two games. As a result, those "scalpers" who originally expected themselves to lose money made a lot of money in the ticket speculation of these two games: tickets that were originally 200 yuan or 400 yuan were sold at a high price of 1,000 or 1,600 yuan by crazy fans.

On the afternoon of March 21, the Brazil team in Group B played Norway, and the two sides drew 2-2.

On the evening of March 21, the Chinese national youth team played against the Algerian youth team, and in the cheers of tens of thousands of spectators, the national youth team swept the weaker Algerian team with a score of 7 to 1. In this game, Sneer Xiaotian scored another "hat trick" and scored five goals alone.