Chapter Seventy-Two: The Starting List
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The match was at half past six in the evening on September 11, which is half past seven in the evening local time.
In Japan, it was already dark at this time, and the lights of the Tokyo National Stadium were all turned on, illuminating the stadium.
In China, countless fans have been waiting in front of the TV early in the morning, waiting for the game to come. And the TV station was not idle, they started the live broadcast program from four o'clock in the afternoon, the guest discussion in the back studio, and the connection of reporters in the front, to cover the game in multiple directions.
In addition to the fact that this is the first time that the Chinese team has participated in the top 12 in 11 years, the all-round grievances between China and Japan are also the reason why everyone pays so much attention to this game.
For an opponent like Oman, although it is a home game, the live broadcast lineup is not so strong.
At half past four Beijing time, the whole Chinese team appeared in the hotel lobby, ready to take the bus to the stadium.
The fans waiting outside the hotel shouted excitedly when they saw the Chinese players, and the reporters kept filming through the glass.
From the footage, it can be seen that when the players of the Chinese team were waiting to get on the bus in the lobby, they gathered in groups and chatted, just looking at their expressions, it was quite relaxed.
I don't know if it's really relaxing, or pretending to be calm in front of the camera.
Zhou Yi was the target of everyone's attention, and he followed his teammates in the National Olympic team to get out of the elevator and greet everyone he saw, as usual.
Because he came down a little late, the sofas in the hotel lobby were all full, so he directly found an unobstructed place to stand and chat with Yang Muge, Guo Nu, He Ying and others.
No one could hear what they were talking about, and to prevent the reporters from lip-syncing, they covered their mouths with their hands while chatting to prevent the cameras from filming their crimes. This is also a habit that everyone has developed on the court.
In the game, there are many cameras pointed at the players, and everything the players do on the field cannot escape the "magic eye" of the cameras, such as Lehmann, who once ran under the billboard in the middle of the game to pee, and was recorded by the cameras......
Sometimes players will say something indecent when they are emotionally excited during the game, and this kind of words leave the football field, and the players themselves may not remember it, and it will not have any effect. But if it's caught on camera, it can turn into a nuisance as soon as you interpret it after the game. At first, the players thought that they were not wearing microphones or not, and they said that no one outside could hear anything, so they were unscrupulous. But then the media brought in lip experts to interpret the players' mouth shapes and judge what they said by their mouth shapes, and the players began to cover their mouths and talk to people in order to avoid trouble.
Although the reporters didn't know what Zhou Yi was talking about with his teammates, they laughed from time to time when they saw them, and it seemed that they were in a good mood and were really relaxed.
After chatting for a while, the bus drove to the door of the hotel, the coaching staff appeared, and the assistant coach Fu Bo began to beckon the players to get on the bus.
Everyone was chatting with their hands over their mouths as they walked to the bus.
When the players walked out of the lobby, the Chinese fans waiting next to them waved their national flags and shouted to the players: "Chinese team, come on! Chinese team, come on!"
When a player waved at them, they were greeted with applause.
Amid the cheers of the fans and the shutter of the reporters pressing the cameras, the bus in which the Chinese team was riding closed the door, and then slowly started and drove towards the stadium.
At the same time, on the other side, the players of the Japanese national team also got on buses and drove towards the stadium. At the door of the hotel where they were staying, there were also a large number of Japanese fans who came to cheer them on.
The Japanese team has played three games in the top 10, and the result is two wins and one draw, which is also a good result, and the draw they got was a 1:1 draw away from Australia, if there is no Chinese team, this result is also good, after all, they drew with Australia away.
But now with the Chinese team, Japan's advantage now looks a little precarious - if they can't win the Chinese team at home, it's really hard to say what will happen if they go to the Chinese team's home stadium.
Therefore, the Japanese side also cheered up and went all out to prepare for the match against the Chinese team, and they recalled all the foreign players who could be recalled.
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As the bus drove towards the stadium, the starting lists of the two teams were also made public.
There was nothing other than the Japanese side, and the head coach Zaccheroni fielded the strongest squad they could.
And China is what everyone cares about the most – both Japanese and Chinese.
This starting list will answer many of your questions this week.
When the starting list was announced, everyone found out that although Gao Hongbo recruited many players from the National Olympic Team to join the national team in one go, the only player of the National Olympic Team who really appeared in the starting lineup was He Ying - Zhou Yi was originally a national team player, so he was not regarded by everyone as a person who was transferred to the national team by the National Olympic Team. Before Zhang Linpeng participated in the Olympic Games, although the National Olympic Games and the national team took care of both ends, in general, the national team played more, also because the national team played more games than the National Olympic team......
This surprised everyone, Japanese reporters have been speculating before the game that Gao Hongbo should send the National Olympic newcomers, because these people have just played against the Japanese Olympic team, have the freshest experience, and because they won the Japanese Olympic team, they also have a psychological advantage.
Unexpectedly, Gao Hongbo only arranged one National Olympic player to enter the starting lineup, Yang Muge, Guo Nu, Cao Yun, and Wu Lei were all outside the starting lineup.
This is a point that the Japanese media does not understand, in their previous predictions, Guo Nu and Yang Muge should definitely start, and in the Olympic final against the Japanese team, the performance of the two of them also left a very deep impression on Japanese reporters and fans.
When Kento Sugimoto was just replaced, Guo Nu was at a disadvantage in the confrontation because he didn't know him well enough, coupled with objective factors such as the dazzling sunlight. But he soon took advantage of his strength and jumping to regain the initiative, and Sugimoto was never a threat again.
At first, he was inconspicuous on the court, but when the Japanese team was two goals behind and wanted to "break the jade" with the Chinese team, Yang Muge stood up and used his excellent card position and tenacious defense to resolve the Japanese team's fierce counterattack invisibly.
These two people may not be as prominent as Zhou Yi, Sun Pan and He Ying, but they are definitely an important cornerstone for the team.
Many Japanese reporters analyzed and even believed that Gao Hongbo could not be without He Ying, nor Yang Muge and Guo Nu. After all, the most important thing in an away game is not to concede a goal, and in the face of the home team's aggressive attack, a strong enough defense is the most important thing.
But as a result, Gao Hongbo did not go to Yang Muge and Guo Nu, but to He Ying, who seemed to want to strengthen the attack. I'm going to play the Japanese team head-to-head against their opponents at home.
Japanese reporters don't know whether to say that Gao Hongbo has courage or that he is irrational......
In the eyes of Chinese reporters, it means something else - Gao Hongbo finally learned more maturely...... He finally didn't have a big purge in his own team, replacing half of the team in one go. That's right, it's right.
Chinese journalists breathed a sigh of relief. As Chinese, they know Chinese football best and understand Chinese players. They had been worried that Gao Hongbo's aggressive tactics would lead to infighting in the team and make the team ineffective.
In China's humane society, everything is actually a human being in the end. Gao Hongbo won the league championship in Changchun Yatai, but in the end he was swept away, in fact, many people think that Gao Hongbo did not do a good job in this aspect of life.
If he continues to be stubborn in the national team, even if he has led this team to a runner-up in the Asian Cup, I am afraid it will not guarantee that his position in the national team will be secure.
And Gao Hongbo's current approach actually shows that he will not take a very radical approach, and he still chooses to respect the players of the current national team more. He recruited a large number of players from the national Olympic team, perhaps hoping to give more stimulation to the national team players on the training ground and cultivate their sense of competition, but he did not really want to knock them over.
This is what Chinese journalists want to see most.
To ensure the stability of the team is to ensure the combat effectiveness of the team.
Playing Japan away from home, we need to be stable and fighting.
Anyway, in the case of Zhou Yi, the current Chinese team may not be able to wrestle with the Japanese team.
That's right, in the eyes of Chinese reporters, Zhou Yi seems to be a god descending from heaven, and there is no problem that he can't solve. This is the same as the feelings of the teammates of the national team towards Zhou Yi, no matter when, where, or what difficulties he encounters, Zhou Yi is the one who can be trusted.
In the first game of the top 10 against the home team, the imposing Qatar, Zhou Yi had two assists to help the team successfully swipe the card away from home.
In the second game, they returned to their home stadium and faced Oman, who were considered the weakest team in the group, but the Chinese team did not perform well. In the end, Zhang Linpeng's header won with difficulty. Although the goal was scored by Zhang Linpeng, the corner kick that caused this goal was indeed created by Zhou Yi from a distance.
Zhou Yi has used his actual performances in the Asian Cup, the top 10 and the Olympics to make everyone feel that he is almost omnipotent.
This time to challenge Japan away, Zhou Yi is also the biggest reliance in the minds of Chinese media and fans to be able to play against Japan away.
As for the others...... As long as they can cooperate with Zhou Yi well, this national team cooperated with Zhou Yi in the Asian Cup, performed well, and won the runner-up, so the foundation of the national team is no problem, there is really no need to change too many people in one go......
Looking at this starting list, many Chinese journalists are full of hope for this match. In their eyes, this is a national team with rich experience, tacit cooperation, and can fight against the Japanese team for a long time without Zhou Yi in the Asian Cup. )