In fact, not long after the match between Borussia Dortmund and Hoffenheim, Guangzhou Hengyuan started their first Club World Cup match with the Chinese team at the Agadir Stadium in Morocco. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Facing the African champion, the Asian champion Guangzhou Hengyuan won the opponent with a 2:0 cleanly and successfully entered the semifinals.

When the game was over, CCTV's commentator He Ping excitedly shouted: "The Chinese team has reached the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, and they have made history." And in the semi-finals, they will meet Borussia Dortmund, and this will also make history - the 'Chinese Derby' in the Club World Cup!"

What the majority of Chinese fans and media people have been waiting for for a long time is finally about to happen!

During the post-game news interview, Zheng Zhi, the captain of Guangzhou Hengyuan, was of course asked by reporters about the game.

"We are very happy to be in the semi-finals. It's too far to say what the final will be like now, all I can say is that we're going to do our best to play this semi-final. Borussia Dortmund are a team that has always been strong and we will be in the best form to play against them......"

A reporter asked, "You only fought each other in the summer, will this help you?"

Zheng Zhi shook his head: "I think...... It shouldn't be like that. Dortmund at that time was very different from Dortmund now, both in terms of lineup and mentality. So that game won't help us much. On the contrary, if we take that game as a reference, we are afraid that we will lose badly......"

There are also reporters who mentioned Zhou Yi.

Since Zhou Yi played in the Chinese team, Zheng Zhi has gradually been marginalized in the national team. Later, I couldn't even get into the national team squad for a while. Now the Chinese national team has entered the World Cup in Brazil under the leadership of Zhou Yi and their young people, and Zhou Yi's personal reputation has reached its peak, which also means that it may not be so easy for Zheng Zhi to return to the national team. But Zhou Yi quickly dispelled this idea, his performance in the national team is dominant, with such an outstanding player, how can there be a position for Zheng Zhi?

Now Zheng Zhi seems to be at ease in Guangzhou Hengyuan, concentrating on the club's game, and spending the twilight years of his career. However, after he helped the club team win the AFC Champions League, the situation took a new turn. There are some voices in China that when the Chinese national team competes in the World Cup in Brazil, it should consider re-recruiting Zheng Zhi, on the one hand, there is a veteran who can add stability and experience to the team, and on the other hand, it should also be rewarded in this way for veterans who have served the national team and Chinese football for more than ten years.

There is also a saying that if the purpose of the national team is to recruit Chinese players who have performed well, then why can't Zheng Zhi be recruited? In the past year, although the young players who stayed abroad have performed well, Zheng Zhi is definitely the best player among the domestic players, so why can't he be selected for the national team?

If you are worried that Zheng Zhi and Zhou Yi will be the core of the team after being selected, it will cause the team's morale to fluctuate...... Is the current Zhou Yi something that Zheng Zhi can shake? Such a reason is nonsense.

Worried that after Zheng Zhi, an old qualified international player, joined the team, he would form a faction in the locker room and make a hill? Now the biggest mountain in the national team is the "foreign faction" composed of Zhou Yi and Sun Pan, what tricks can Zheng Zhi toss when he enters?

The media and fans have analyzed a lot, and they all believe that recruiting Zheng Zhi to prepare for the World Cup at this time is not harmful to the national team, only good.

Zheng Zhi himself also expressed in an interview that he is still willing to win glory for the country and make a modest contribution to the Chinese national team.

But until now, the national team has not reported that it wants to re-recruit Zheng Zhi.

This inevitably made Zheng Zhi's fans and Guangzhou Hengyuan's fans feel sorry for Zheng Zhi.

And Zheng Zhi and Zhou Yi have also become a somewhat delicate topic.

They are not competitors now, but Zheng Zhi did lose his position in the national team because of Zhou Yi, and Zheng Zhi himself has no complaints about Zhou Yi? At least on the surface, there has never been news that the two are at odds. But what Zheng Zhi thinks in his heart, no one knows.

"Zhou Yi?" Zheng Zhi was stunned for a moment in the face of this question, and then said generously: "He is a very good and excellent player, and I am also happy that we can produce such a player." He's at the heart of Borussia Dortmund and he's a problem for us. We're going to do everything we can to deal with him. ”

As soon as a reporter of the "National Team ......" spoke, Zheng Zhi waved his hand: "It's the Club World Cup now, not the World Cup." ”

He refused to answer the question.

But judging from this refusal, he does care about the national team.

Being able to represent the Chinese team in a World Cup is also the wish of this old man in football.

When the Chinese team played in the 2002 World Cup, Zheng Zhi was only 22 years old, and he had just made a name for himself in Chinese football, and it was impossible for him to have a place in that national team. Although he helped the Shenzhen team win the A-A championship after the national team returned from the World Cup, and was elected as the Chinese Footballer of the Year, becoming the youngest Footballer in the history of Chinese football.

He was later selected for the national team and quickly became a regular in the national team. The 2004 Asian Cup on home soil, the closest he came to winning a continental tournament, helped his country reach the final, only to lose to Japan in the final, winning only a silver medal.

Later, it became his goal to rush to the World Cup. It's a pity that when his personal skills were becoming more and more perfect, when he encountered the darkest and lowest point of Chinese football, he was affected by the overall strength of the national team, and he didn't even participate in a match like the World Cup Qualifiers Top 10, and it was even more out of reach to participate in the World Cup.

What's even more embarrassing is that with the emergence of young foreign players such as Zhou Yi and Sun Pan, the overall strength of the Chinese team has been qualitatively improved, and it has the ability to qualify for the World Cup, but Zheng Zhi himself was excluded from the door of the national team.

Before the Chinese team played the top 10 matches this year, there were also voices asking Gao Hongbo to recall experienced veterans such as Li Weifeng and Zheng Zhi to escort the top 10 matches of the Chinese team. At that time, Yang Muge and Sun Pan had not yet entered the national team, and it was normal for everyone to have such thoughts.

Later, Li Weifeng was recalled to the national team, but Zheng Zhi was ignored at all.

Now that the Chinese team has reached the World Cup finals again, the whole country is celebrating, but it has nothing to do with Zheng Zhi.

But does he want to go to the World Cup? Of course he still does.

This can be seen from his loyalty to the national team after winning the AFC Champions League.

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"Zheng Zhi?" Zhou Yi turned his head and glanced at Yan Min, who was sitting next to him.

"Uh-huh. Yan Min nodded repeatedly. "I played in Chongming, and when I didn't enter the national team, I heard them gossip about the national team, and some people said that Zheng Zhi was because he was competing with you for the core in the national team, and he was kicked out by the high director, and they also said that this was killing chickens to show monkeys......

When Zhou Yi heard Yan Min say this, there was an expression of crying and laughing on his face.

On the flight from Dortmund to Morocco, Yan Min sat beside him, and the two of them chatted without saying a word, but they didn't expect the topic to turn to such gossip.

"Do you think I'm a person like you?" Zhou Yi asked Yan Min by pointing to himself. "To be a ball bully?"

"Of course I believe you're not. But if you want to establish your core prestige, it's not impossible for Gao Gui to do this......" Yan Min pouted.

Zhou Yi opened his mouth as if to refute, but suddenly thought that when he first entered the national team, he had not achieved such brilliant achievements in Dortmund, just a newcomer who played a few good games in Europe, and in the football ecology of many factions in China, whether he could integrate into the national team was indeed a very realistic problem. At that time, when he had just entered the national team, what did the media think of this, and Zhou Yi still had some impressions......

Therefore, if Gao Hongbo wants to take some high-pressure measures, it is not unthinkable.

If Gao Hongbo's motives behind this are not said, many people will indeed regard themselves as the culprit behind Zheng Zhi's inability to be selected for the national team.

It's just that he is in the limelight now, and this kind of questioning and speculation will naturally not be on the table, and no public opinion will be formed......

When Zhou Yi thought about it, he couldn't cry or laugh even more - he didn't do anything, but was still lying down and getting shot.

Yan Min didn't seem to notice Zhou Yi's silence and the expression on his face, but continued: "...... I read it on the Internet, since Guangzhou won the AFC Champions League, many people have asked the national team to let Zheng Zhi rejoin the team. But I'm worried......"

When Zhou Yi heard this, he asked rhetorically, "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried about the locker room. Yan Min said. "In fact, the atmosphere in the locker room is quite good now, and I am worried that Zheng Zhi will come back and there will be contradictions......"

Yan Min said a little tactfully, but Zhou Yi still heard what he meant: "Are you worried that Zheng Zhi and I won't deal with me?"

Yan Min nodded: "That's pretty much what it means......"

Zhou Yi smiled: "I'm not that kind of person, I think Zheng Zhi shouldn't be that kind of person either." ”

Then he patted Yan Min's arm: "Have you watched too many palace fighting scenes? How can there be so many messy factional struggles? I don't know if Zheng Zhi will enter the national team, that's not for me to decide." But I don't think anything will change even if he does come in one day. Don't think about it so much, the World Cup is still half a year away, but the Club World Cup is just around the corner. ”

Yan Min was a little surprised: "At least there is no suspense about breaking into the finals, right? Actually, I don't think there is any suspense about the championship......

Zhou Yi glanced at him: "When you think there is no suspense, there is often suspense." Whether suspense exists or not depends on how you approach it. Before you decide on an attitude, it may or may not have, or a state in between 'have' and 'not'. Only when you make your own decision will the mystery finally be revealed, and this is ...... 'Schrödinger's suspense'. ”

Yan Min opened his mouth wide, looked at Zhou Yi with a fixed expression, and it took a long time before he burst out of a sentence: "What are you talking about?"