On the training ground of the Chinese team, Sun Pan and Zhou Yi fully demonstrated their friendship in front of the media. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sun Pan grabbed Zhou Yi's neck and shouted: "Damn, if you win, you win, and whip the corpse!"

Zhou Yi shouted: "I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"

As a result, none of the surrounding teammates stepped forward to help, and everyone gathered around to laugh and watch the excitement.

This scene fell in the eyes of the reporters, and everyone knew that they were joking, whether it was the limerick poem or the neck choking now. Nothing to fuss about.

Sun Pan was able to make such a move, which also shows that he was not angry at all because of Zhou Yi's limerick. If you are really angry, how can you do such a thing in public?

It's just a daily fight between them.

At the same time, this detail also shows that the atmosphere within the national team is very relaxed - the players can watch jokes, they can play so relaxed, there are no factions, and the atmosphere is of course good.

Such an atmosphere has made the Chinese media and fans very happy, since Gao Hongbo came to power, after purging the original old players in the team, the original faction has been cleaned up. Among the new players, the most powerful to form a faction is, of course, the returnee Five Little Dragons.

The relationship between the five of them is really good, and they like to play together, so it's no problem to say that they are a small group.

But the small group didn't dominate the manager and didn't mean to control the dressing room. They had a lot of fun with themselves and didn't mind playing with other people.

Therefore, such a small team will not be able to rely on the definition of "ball dominance" in any way.

What everyone hopes most now is that this harmonious and loving atmosphere can be maintained until next year's World Cup in Brazil, which is the second time that the Chinese national men's football team has participated in the World Cup.

And this time, of course, everyone should have reason and hope for them more.

Hopefully, this national team will be able to achieve some historic breakthroughs in Brazil. They don't expect the team to win the World Cup, it's arrogant. They feel that if the Chinese team can reach the knockout round, it will be enough for them to be happy for a whole year, and if they can go further in the knockout round and reach the quarterfinals, it will be simply "one of the best memories of their lives" for fans.

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The Chinese team's two warm-up matches were against Southeast Asian teams, playing a game against Singapore in Tianjin on September 6, and also in Tianjin on September 10, where the opponent was replaced by Malaysia.

Because the World Cup qualifiers around the world are not over yet, it is uncertain which teams will advance to the final finals. The result of the World Cup group draw is even more out of the question, so the Chinese team is now unable to make a warm-up opponent choice for the opponents they will face at the World Cup.

This time the national team training and warm-up is mainly after the World Cup qualifiers, regrouping the team, running in the team, allowing the team to find a feeling, and slowly enter the rhythm of World Cup preparation.

Therefore, although it was a very ordinary two warm-up games, and the opponent was not strong, it still attracted the attention of the national media and fans.

Because it means that the Chinese national men's football team has officially started preparations for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

This is a starting point, and how well the starting point goes will determine the distance to the end.

In the East Asian Cup, which just ended in July this year, the Chinese team, which was based on domestic players, performed well, finishing second in the East Asian Cup, and was unbeaten in three games like the Japanese team that won the championship. They drew with Japan and South Korea, and won the last game against Australia.

This kind of performance is very gratifying to the Chinese media and fans, because they all know that they can't always count on returnees in the World Cup, and Chinese domestic players must also be used as a strong supplement to be able to withstand at critical moments. The performance of the national team in the East Asian Cup has made everyone see such hope.

In fact, at this time in previous years, the scene of the Chinese team was not like this at all.

If there is no World Cup qualifier to play, not only is the East Asian Cup a very important game, but also the Asian Cup qualifiers, and the importance even exceeds the East Asian Cup by several orders of magnitude.

And this year, the Chinese team doesn't even have an Asian Cup qualifier to play. Otherwise, in October and October this year, the last three matches of the year for the Chinese team will all be Asian Cup qualifiers.

So why is there no Asian Cup to play? Is it not eligible to participate in the Asian Cup?

Of course not.

This also starts with the unique qualifying rules of the Asian Cup......

According to the rules of the 2015 Asian Cup Qualifiers in Australia set by the AFC.

The 20 teams in the qualifying round are divided into five groups, with the top two teams in each group and the best group in all groups finishing in third place to qualify, and then join hosts Australia, the top three finishers from the last Asian Cup, as well as North Korea, the winner of the 2012 Asian Challenge Cup, and the winner of the 2014 Asian Challenge Cup (to be decided), to form the 16 teams that will qualify for the Asian Cup finals.

Some people will say, don't bully us for not being good at math...... It's not 16 teams - 11 teams came out of the group stage, plus 12 from the hosts, the top 3 in the last Asian Cup, that's 15, plus the champions of the two Asian Challenge Cups, isn't that 17?

In fact, in the top three of the last Asian Cup, the third place is the host of this Asian Cup, Australia, so it coincides, so it is exactly sixteen.

Because the Chinese team was the second place in the last Asian Cup, it did not need to participate in the qualifiers and directly qualified for the Asian Cup finals.

As a result, they can use all the match days for the Asian Cup qualifiers to arrange the warm-up matches before the World Cup.

This time, it is necessary to learn the lessons of the messy warm-up schedule that preceded the last World Cup.

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On the first day of the Chinese team's training camp, Gao Hongbo led the entire coaching staff to make a short but solemn and serious speech to the players.

“...... I know a lot of people must have had a good time this past summer. Qualifying for the World Cup has made everyone a lot of money. ”

Some of the players looked down and laughed.

After the emergence of the World Cup, almost all the players of the national team, even the substitute players, have received advertising sponsorship contracts, with more main players and fewer substitutes.

There is a feeling of "one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven".

"But have any of you seen my ad on the TV?"

The players looked at each other, and when they thought about it carefully, they really didn't see what advertisements Director Gao took over and what products he became the spokesperson for......

"It's not that I don't want to make money, I just know what the more important tasks are than that. When I became your head coach, my goal was to lead the Chinese team to the World Cup. But it's not just about qualifying for the World Cup. I hope that we can achieve a historic breakthrough in Chinese football at the World Cup. I know it's going to be hard, so I'm going to work harder and take it seriously. Remember, our goal is not to qualify for the World Cup, but to perform better at the World Cup. To that end, I hope that from now on, each of you will be aware of this. If you can't realize it, if you don't have this determination, it doesn't matter, we still have half a year, and it's normal for personnel to come in and out in this process. There's no guarantee that if you do well in the World Cup qualifiers, you'll be able to qualify for the World Cup finals!"

Gao Hongbo said these words with a straight face, his expression was very serious, and his tone was also very heavy. Many people in the national team put away their jokes, and their expressions tightened.

led the Chinese team to the runner-up of the Asian Cup and the right to qualify for the World Cup, Gao Hongbo has accumulated a lot of prestige in this team, and few people dare not listen to what he said.

And more importantly, such a manager, he has the support of the core players of the national team.

Zhou Yi is definitely on Gao Hongbo's side.

"I gave everyone a holiday before, some players in the East Asian Cup were called up after they didn't have them, and I know you guys are very tired and busy. But from now on, every one of you is going to give me a rhythm to prepare for the World Cup!"

After speaking, he waved his hand back, and assistant coach Fu Bo put a countdown sign on the side of the training ground, which read: "There are 283 days left until the opening of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil!"

Zhou Yi, the only one present who had attended high school, suddenly had a feeling that the college entrance examination was approaching......

"There are still two hundred and eighty-three days left! Those who can't keep up with the rhythm will be eliminated! You all know who I am, I don't care about human feelings, and I don't care about anyone's face. Moreover, the leaders of the Football Association and the General Administration also gave strong support. The matter of our national team, this time it is very simple! It's just six words!"

Gao Hongbo raised six fingers: "The capable go up, the mediocre go down!"