Chapter 19 The Truly Concerning Issues
Sun Pan's Weibo post on the Internet immediately attracted countless onlookers.
After the Chinese team drew with the Dutch team, although it was already past two o'clock in the morning on June 14 in China, it was still very lively on the Internet.
After watching a wonderful game, Chinese fans couldn't sleep with excitement, and some people were waiting for the next game.
They took the time to refresh Weibo, wanting to see what news and jokes about the just-ended game on the Internet, and at the same time, they couldn't wait to share their inner joy.
Then these fans found Sun Panxin's Weibo: "I'm glad we were able to get a key point." But conceding a goal, the performance was not perfect. I'm here to swear that I won't let Spain score in the next game against Spain!
Everyone was stunned, and at first someone cautiously replied below: "This...... Has Brother Sun's Weibo been stolen?"
There are also people @Weibo administrators, let them deal with the number theft.
But when Zhou Yi reposted this Weibo, and wrote: "In ancient times, Xiang Yu broke the cauldron to inspire morale, and now there is a panpan live broadcast to eat and fly, FLAG can fly, and it is really singable and crying to encourage the team's morale with such a huge sacrifice!"
Only then did everyone believe that Sun Pan had not been stolen......
Then the Internet went crazy, and everyone came to watch and forward comments, taking advantage of the joy of just drawing the Dutch team to tease Sun Pan.
The favorite thing about this group of players for Chinese fans is that although they are the shining stars on TV, in real life, on the Internet, every ordinary person can really reach out and joke with them. They are no longer just the kind of celebrities who could only exist on the wall posters and TV news in the past, they still have joys and sorrows, just like ordinary people.
People can interact with them online and easily.
"Brother Sun is too hard, in fact, you have played very well in the game against the Dutch team, there is no need to set this FLAG......"
Of course, we are also optimistic about you against Spain!"
"Brother Sun, do you really want to eat Xiang live, I will definitely watch when the time comes!"
"The big killer is coming! When was the last time Panpan said that if he lost a ball, he would eat Xiang live? Do you remember? The National Olympic team played South Korea! He said at the time that if he lost a ball, he would eat Xiang live, but the result was? He didn't let the Korean team score a single goal! This time Panpan said this again, it's just like 'don't say anything unpredictable'! I'm going to pray for the defending champion!"
"Men just have to be cruel to themselves - Sun Pan. ”
"This is a flavorful Weibo ......"
"I'm having a late-night snack!"
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During the day, even some traditional media and online media reprinted Sun Pan's Weibo, and that Weibo said something. Of course, it's mainly based on ridicule, and few people really take it seriously.
After the Chinese team achieved satisfactory results, of course, no one would jump out at this time to criticize Sun Pan for being vulgar and vulgar.
After all, Sun Pan's Weibo is just an episode, and it is not the highlight that everyone really pays attention to.
The highlight of everyone's attention is still on Zhou Yi.
Before the start of the World Cup, there were two theories about when Zhou Yi would return from injury, one was that he would definitely miss the first two group games, and the other was that he might not be able to play until the knockout stage.
Later, with the reply of Zhou Yi's injury, the first statement was mentioned the most times, and everyone was more willing to believe the first statement.
After all, if Zhou Yi has to wait until the knockout stage to make a comeback, then it is not good that the Chinese team will be eliminated and go home, and it will be meaningless for him to come back at that time. Of course, it is also risky to come back in the last game of the group stage, if the Chinese team loses the first two group games, it will also be eliminated, and then Zhou Yi will have to go home after a trip to the World Cup. But in general, the first is still more promising than the second.
The day before the start of the World Cup, Zhou Yi resumed training with the ball, which made everyone see the hope of Zhou Yi making a complete comeback in the third group stage.
But until the second group game, Zhou Yi still trained alone and did not train with the whole team.
This raises concerns about his return in the third group game.
After all, football is not a one-man sport, it's a team sport. Even if Zhou Yi is physically ready, but he has not been practicing with the team, how can he guarantee the tacit understanding with the team? When the time comes, he is not on the same channel as the rest of the team, how can he do it? Not to mention that he is the absolute core of the team, and if he is not on the same channel as the team, it means that the team's performance will not be good at all.
Now the Chinese team has won two draws and two points in the first two games of the group stage, retaining the hope of qualifying from the group, and as long as they can beat Spain in the final round, they have a good chance of qualifying from the group. Then Zhou Yi's performance after his comeback has naturally become the top priority.
After the match between China and the Netherlands, the match between Spain and Chile also began, and the final result was a surprising 0:2, with Spain losing the most crucial game.
Having lost both games, Spain has already been eliminated from the tournament early. In two consecutive World Cups, the defending champions have made history by returning home in the group stage.
But this is not good news for the Chinese team.
Spain, who had already been eliminated early, had no burden of victory in their final game, and at the same time they had to fight for glory, and they desperately needed a win to wash away the shame on their bodies. For the Chinese team, they will not release water 100%, but will go all out, and it is not clear that the defending champion can really play the strength of the world champion at that time. It has multiplied the difficulty of the Chinese team's victory over Spain.
But China's head coach, Lippi, had a different take on the issue, and just after the match between Spain and Chile, he gave a telephone interview to an Italian journalist he knew well, and then he spoke about it: "...... I don't think that's the case, in fact it doesn't make a difference to us regardless of the outcome of the match between Spain and Chile. Because if we want to qualify from this group, we have to beat Spain in the last game. Similarly, if Spain win against Chile, they will definitely fight us in the last game because they have a chance of qualifying. So I don't care about the result in Spain. We just have to be ourselves. ”
Lippi answered the question with a cigar.
Eight years ago, he led the underdogs Italy to the World Cup and rose to the top. But four years later, he was knocked out of the charts in South Africa, and his defending champions ended up humiliatingly exiting the group stage.
After that game, Lippi left the Italian national team for the second time, and later he went to China, thousands of miles away, to coach Guangzhou Hengyuan, but he did not expect to lead the team to win the AFC Champions League and complete a historic breakthrough in Chinese football. This old man in the twilight of his career suddenly found a second spring.
And this time, he appeared again in the World Cup as the head coach of the Chinese team.
He is also a temporary firefighting instructor.
Only this time, compared to South Africa four years ago, he did a good job. After two rounds of the group stage, the Chinese team got two points and maintained their hopes of qualifying from the group.
This is already a very good takeover for the Chinese team, which lacks the absolute core Zhou Yi. You must know that they are facing opponents such as the Netherlands, the runner-up of the last World Cup. In addition to the somewhat surprising draw with Chile in the first game, the second draw with the Netherlands was definitely the most beautiful game played by Lippi in the World Cup.
At the end of the interview, the Italian journalist asked a question that not only Chinese fans are concerned about, but also fans around the world: "Will Zhou Yi come back in the third game against Spain? How long can he play, will he start or substitute?"
Lippi replied: "The answer to all three questions is the same – 'I don't know'. I don't know if he'll be back in the third game, I don't know if he'll be able to start, and I don't know how long he'll play. Until now, Zhou Yi has not practiced with the team, whether he can come back depends on how effective he is in training with the team. I hope he will come back because he is very important to us. But I don't want to take that risk because he's still young, he's not just going to this World Cup, I'm responsible for the future of the players. ”
But the reporter who is familiar with Lippi doesn't think so in his heart, although there are reasons for the player's consideration, but the more important reason is probably that he doesn't want to leak the internal secrets of the Chinese team to him, right?
After all, Zhou Yi is an important weapon against Spain, and his comeback or not is likely to determine the results of the Chinese team and Spain. So Spain must be watching the answer to this question......
In fact, he himself knew that he couldn't ask something from Lippi's mouth so easily, but he still had to ask, maybe Lippi would suddenly open up to him?
Of course, he failed.