Because there was their own game next, the Chinese team did not watch the game, and after the end of the first half, they also left the conference room and prepared to take the car to the game venue.

The entrance of the hotel was crowded with reporters and fans, and the Chinese players came out, and the fans waved national flags and scarves to cheer them on.

Although Zhou Yi can't play, everyone supports the national team as a whole, not a certain player.

Even if there is no Zhou Yi, the odds of victory are lower, and everyone still hopes that the Chinese team can win.

After all, Chile is probably the weakest in this group......

Everyone hopes that the Chinese team can defeat Chile and make a good start for the second World Cup in history.

This is quite similar to the situation when the Chinese team participated in the World Cup last time.

At that time, the first match of the Chinese team was Costa Rica, which was the weakest in the group stage except for the Chinese team. Before the game, many Chinese fans and media hoped that the Chinese team would beat Costa Rica and win the first point and the first goal in the history of the World Cup for Chinese football, as well as the first victory.

Zhou Yi waved to everyone before getting into the car.

Although he will not be able to play, he will still be with the team and sit on the bench as a way to show that he is always with the team.

In the starting list just announced by the Chinese team, Zhou Yi is not among them. Everyone knows that Zhou Yi can't play this game......

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When the Chinese team set off for the stadium, the second half of the match between the Netherlands and Spain began.

The process and score of the first half made everyone think that this was a close game, but when it came to the second half, the situation changed abruptly.

In the 53rd minute, after Robben received a pass from Blind, he deducted Pique, and then shot with his left foot before Casillas blocked, and the football passed through Casillas's ten fingers and into the goal, 2:1!

In the 65th minute, a Dutch free-kick from the left flank was hoisted into the box, and Van Persie's header collided with Casillas, allowing Dutch player De Vrij, who was ambushed at the far post, to take advantage of the opportunity, and he headed the ball into the back post. For the sake of the ball, he even hit the goalpost. The Netherlands also led Spain 3-1.

In the seventy-third minute, the Netherlands scored again. This time it was Casillas' own mistake, he accidentally stopped the ball when he stopped the ball, Van Persie rushed up to break the ball and scored an empty goal with a single knife, the Netherlands 4:1!

In the 80th minute, the Dutch team played a classic counterattack, Robben received a pass from the back and sprinted 60 meters at full speed into the right side of the penalty area, he first used a turn to shake Casillas's center of gravity, and then used several pauses to get rid of Casillas's stubborn block, and volleyed with his left foot near the penalty spot, the football flew into the goal, and the Dutch team led Spain 5:1.

This is the end of the game.

The news soon spread to the Chinese team, and everyone had arrived at the stadium and rested in the locker room.

There was silence in the locker room after hearing the news.

This is their opponent in the same group, they thought Spain was the toughest to deal with, and now it seems that the Netherlands are the big bosses.

It's really worthy of the group of death, even Spain, the champion of the last World Cup, was beaten so badly......

In the silence, it was Zhou Yi's voice who took the lead in breaking the dead silence: "Okay, a bad news, a good news." ”

Everyone looked up at him suspiciously, not understanding why he said that.

Zhou Yi raised a finger: "Bad news, the Netherlands is beyond imagination." Then he held up another finger. "The good news, the defending champion is a paper tiger. We had the last game against Spain and we had a good chance of winning. ”

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Zhou Yi has already thought about the last game, but the rest of the national team can't think of it that far now, and the game against Chile in front of them is what they value the most.

They are coming up with this World Cup match, the first World Cup game for all of them.

Zheng Zhi, the oldest member of this team, is also participating in the World Cup for the first time. It's a very young, inexperienced team.

This grouping situation, coupled with Zhou Yi's absence, really made many Chinese fans both look forward to and worry.

The expectation is because in addition to Zhou Yi, there are five players who have performed well during their stay in Europe, and whether they can make up for the impact of Zhou Yi's absence on the national team is very curious.

When the national team players went out to warm up, Zhou Yi also went out, but he didn't play on the field, but watched from the sidelines.

Next to him, stood the head coach Lippi.

Lippi, like him, was closely watching the Chinese players as they warmed up on the field.

Then suddenly, without even looking away, he asked, "How do you think we can get out of this group?"

"Of course, we won the first two group games. Zhou Yi also looked at the court intently and said. "Just kidding, if you can win, anyone wants to. But if you look at it calmly and rationally, it will be difficult for us to win against the Dutch team. Our only advantage is probably that we want the Dutch team to look down on us and feel guilty about us. ”

Zhou Yi covered his mouth and told Lippi what he thought.

"So the first game against Chile is very important, we have to win because we have a better chance of qualifying. But Chile must think the same way......" Zhou Yi continued. "Both of our teams want to qualify, so the first game has to be won, whoever loses is going to be difficult to play in the next game......

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The players of both sides were warming up on the pitch, and the Chilean head coach Sampaoli was also standing on the sidelines, but he did not pay much attention to his players, but kept looking at the Chinese team.

He saw Zhou Yi standing on the sidelines and watching.

Before the game, all the news was that Zhou Yi would be determined to miss the first two games of the group stage, and now it seems that this is not a smokescreen for the Chinese, but a fact.

He was very glad that Chile met the Chinese team in the first group game, not the last one. If Zhou Yijian is healthy, Sampaoli is not sure that his team will be able to beat the Chinese team.

But without Zhou Yi, the Chinese team is simply a piece of loose sand.

Sampaoli is pretty sure of that. In his opinion, Zhou Yi's injury and absence did not have the biggest impact on the Chinese team's tactics, but the biggest psychological. He carefully studied the Chinese team and knew that Zhou Yi had a pivotal position in the Chinese team, not only on the pitch, but also in the locker room.

His presence is the anchor of the Chinese team, and he can make other Chinese players play better on the court.

Conversely, when he is not there, many Chinese players may lose confidence and perform not as well as before.

Especially when they have difficulties in the game, this team is bound to collapse quickly. And if Zhou Yi is here, he should be able to stabilize the situation.

Therefore, Zhou Yi's absence may have a greater impact on the Chinese team than their own people think......

Now there are still different opinions about Zhou Yi's injury in the Champions League final, some people blame Carvajal, but others criticize Zhou Yi for being too sticky in the last moments, if he kicks the football out in time, then nothing will happen.

Sampaoli didn't want to get involved in this kind of controversy, he just wanted to thank God for injuring the most important player of the opposition before the World Cup.

Chile would not have been the dominant team in this group.

But now his mind was alive.

In the other match of the group that has just ended, the defending champions lost to the Netherlands with a score of 1:5, which also exposed the weak constitution beneath the seemingly strong exterior of the defending champions.

Coupled with Zhou Yi's injury and absence, this gave Chile a chance. Chile will have to beat China in the first group game and Spain in the second, and then the final game against the Netherlands will not matter, and they will qualify from the group.

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“...... I don't know if Chile will take us lightly but they definitely want to beat us and maybe they will be more aggressive in the game and hopefully score as soon as possible. After all, if you slowly negotiate with us, it is actually beneficial to us - didn't there have been many media before that the Chinese team and Chile should try to draw the match? So Chile will take the initiative to attack, then we can fight their counterattack. We are capable of fighting back...... That's what I thought. ”

After listening to Zhou Yi's narration quietly, without interrupting him, Lippi nodded and said to Zhou Yi, "Do you know, Zhou Yi." After the news of my taking over the Chinese team was revealed, I received a call from Jurgen Klopp. ”

Zhou Yi turned his head to look at Lippi in surprise: "Jurgen Klopp?"

"Who else but him? Lippi laughed. "He gave me a piece of advice. He said that if I want to coach the Chinese team to achieve twice the result with half the effort, it is better to talk to you more and ask for your opinions and opinions. He also said that this is the secret of his ability to manage Dortmund to win so many titles. Now it seems that it was indeed his secret......"

Zhou Yi scratched his head, he did often exchange views on the game with Klopp, and he didn't need to be modest in this regard.

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Both teams returned to their respective locker rooms after finishing the warm-up.

Lippi looked at the Chinese players in white jerseys and showed a serious expression: "This is our first World Cup group stage, put aside the messy 'meaning'. It's a simple game and we have only one goal – to win. Defending on the counter-attack is our winning weapon, you have to be patient when defending, don't panic, and the defender has to be decisive in handling the ball......"

Standing in the middle of the dressing room, Sampaoli turned his body to look around at his players and shook his fists: "Their core is not on the pitch, as long as we can cause problems for them, they will lose their cool and collapse." So from the very beginning of the game we have to keep putting pressure on their goal! Remember, the pressure starts from the first second of the game!"

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