Chapter 276: After Victory

The Japanese players after the match did not face the problems they feared, they did not see an angry Chinese fan, nor did they see their country's flag burned in front of them. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In fact, they left very smoothly.

However, the departure of the Chinese team was a little unfamiliar and smooth, because the Chinese fans all gathered near the Chinese bus, and they cut off the road and used various ways to express their love and support for the Chinese team.

In the end, the Chinese team bus was able to get out under the heavy "protection" of the local police.

Fans in Changsha have nothing to regret about the departure of the Chinese team.

The national team is gone, but their celebration has only just begun.

Fans cheered and sang as they poured from around the stadium to the restaurants, bars and food stalls in the city...... Call for barbecue, hot pot and beer, liquor to celebrate the qualification and victory against the Japanese team.

Tonight's Changsha is destined to be a lively and noisy sleepless night.

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After the match with the Chinese team, the top 10 matches of the Japanese team were all over. In the end, they finished second in the group with twelve points.

The Chinese team still has one game to play, and on June 18, they will travel to distant Australia to challenge the last opponent of the top 10 match.

But it doesn't matter what the outcome of this game is. The first cannot change the result of the Chinese team's qualification, and the second cannot change the result that the Chinese team is the first in the group.

China, who beat Japan, now have 16 points, and Japan, who finished second in the group, has no games to play. Even if the Chinese team loses to Australia in the last game, it doesn't matter.

Gao Hongbo obviously took this into account as well.

So he made another personnel change before the game against Australia.

Some players didn't go to Australia with the team at all.

Players such as Zhou Yi, Sun Pan, He Ying, Guo Nu and Yang Muge are not on the list to go to Australia.

The domestic media has no objection to this arrangement - after all, the task of the top 10 has been overfulfilled, and there is no need to let the main players go up and stumble in the last inconsequential game. Wouldn't it be too much if someone got injured during a game?

Especially for those returnees who have fought for a season in the Europa League and have basically not had a good rest.

Sun Pan only came to the national team two days before the match against Oman. Zhou Yi's exhaustion at the final moment of the Champions League final was also impressive. Guo Nu's Cesena plays in Serie B, and there are 42 games in one season.

You must know that they have basically not had a good rest since last summer - last summer, Zhou Yi and Sun Pan also participated in the Olympic men's football competition at the London Olympics.

Such a year of high-intensity games must have made the players very tired both physically and mentally.

There's really no need to let them play in an inconsequential game.

Gao Hongbo did not let the returnees play this time, and the feedback he received was completely different from the last time he did so. Last time, the Chinese team lost to Qatar, and this time, even if the Chinese team loses to Australia away, fans and media may not say much.

And Gao Hongbo can also practice more for the Chinese team by doing this, after all, the Chinese team can't just count on the five returnees, if the others are all pig teammates, they can't take them with them that week. It is very valuable to be able to give other young players in China such a chance to play and practice. You must know that this is a top 10 competition, and it is a top Asian event with no less gold content than the Asian Cup. Using such a game to train is much better than finding any team to play warm-up matches and friendly matches.

In this way, Zhou Yi and the others can start their vacation after playing the game against the Japanese team.

That's a good thing for them.

After all, since the 2011-2012 season, they haven't had much rest, especially Zhou Yi, who has always been the core of Dortmund and has played a lot of games. Considering that there is still a World Cup next year, this summer may be the only holiday he will be able to rest sufficiently, of course, it is difficult to say......

Because the Chinese team has won the right to qualify for the World Cup, the players of the national team will be attached a lot of commercial value, and various social activities and commercial activities are indispensable.

How much time can Zhou Yi spend at home...... No one knows.

Not only Zhou Yi, but also the rest of the Chinese team this summer is a very busy season, and of course, it is also a season of "bumper harvest" on the banknotes.

After the last time the Chinese team reached the World Cup, there were many advertisements related to national football players on the TV screens of Chinese, from cars to air conditioners, from drinks to food.

Among them, the head coach of the national team, Bora Milutinovic, is even more popular, crazy to make money, and makes a lot of money. At the time, some analysts believed that it was Milutinovic's practice of making money and not doing his job properly, which caused the national team to be unable to prepare well for the next World Cup, and finally collapsed in the group stage of the World Cup.

This analysis actually has a certain amount of truth, but it is not only the responsibility of Milutinovic alone, the entire Chinese team has such a problem of not doing business, from coaches to players, everyone regards "entering the World Cup" as their dazzling qualifications and golden signboard, but if this signboard cannot be used to exchange money, what is the point?

Nor can we blame the Chinese players for being short-sighted and ignoring the overall situation. After all, it has been 44 years for Chinese players to reach the World Cup finals for the first time, which is certainly worth writing about.

If the Chinese team can reach the finals in every World Cup, there may be fewer crazy moves like this......

At that time, the national team was even raised to the height of "national hero", and Wulihe Stadium became a blessed and holy place for Chinese football.

For football powerhouses such as Italy and Germany, the Allianz Arena is a mecca for Bayern Munich fans, but it may not be a mecca for Dortmund fans.

Such a story is likely to be repeated on the land of China this year. After all, reaching the World Cup finals twice is still too few for Chinese fans, and it is still rare.

For such a situation, Zhou Yi had predicted that he had already greeted his agent Schultzer in advance, and he didn't want to accept any sponsorship or announcement. It is still necessary to insist on brand image as the first consideration.

Schulze's idea is the same as Zhouyi's, and now Zhouyi does not need to rely on a large number of advertisements to occupy the market and increase popularity. He is very popular without advertising, and the athlete is not like an entertainment star. The value of entertainment stars is reflected by their exposure, while athletes are shown by their achievements in their respective sports. Therefore, entertainment stars must desperately increase their exposure, and scandals and hype are indispensable.

It's much easier for athletes, as long as you play the ball well, even if there is not a single advertisement, it will not affect your popularity.

At this time, the image and popularity of the brand that can be connected with Zhou Yi are very important.

If Zhou Yi went to shoot the advertisement of the Golden Throat Treasure, held a green packaging box, looked up and grinned, then Zhou Yi's image suddenly came down.

The image of an athlete is not easy to manage, and it is really not worth it to be damaged like this.

Schulze will not force Zhou Yi to sign a lot of sponsorship contracts that are not in line with his personal image at all, nor will he sign too many brand sponsorships in one go, so as to avoid too many Zhou Yi advertisements on the market, resulting in aesthetic fatigue and making consumers lose their freshness.

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In the hotel in Changsha, Zhou Yi said goodbye to the rest of his teammates, and they were leaving the team temporarily. The rest of the national team players will continue to prepare for the match against Australia.

When it came to Yan Min, Zhou Yi patted him on the shoulder: "Come on, intern." ”

He said that and turned to shake hands with the next teammate.

But Yan Min held his head high, like a soldier being inspected by a general.

In the previous two games, he didn't even get a minute of playing time, but that didn't stop him from being confident and motivated about his future.

For this reason, he has been preparing all the time, hoping that when the time comes, he will not let the opportunity slip away.

After saying goodbye to his teammates, Zhou Yi and the others left the hotel in a car and went to the airport, where they would be separated and go back to their respective homes.