A 2-1 win over Blackburn Rovers in the first game, a 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion in the second round and a narrow 1-0 win over Pusmouth in the third round.

After three rounds, Everton occupied the top of the standings with all wins, and the Premier League media began to tout Everton, more mature than last season.

And Tang Zhenglong is no longer fighting alone, and there is more team cooperation in scoring goals, which is the biggest improvement.

The two weeks of August, starting on September 1, are the national team breaks, where countries prepare for the World Cup qualifiers.

The South African World Cup qualifiers are in full swing on each continent, and because the World Cup qualifiers on each continent are too different, they are at different stages.

And the World Cup qualifiers in Asia have reached the top 10 stage.

The Chinese team was placed in Group A, along with Australia, Japan, Bahrain and Uzbekistan.

Although the Chinese team is the champion of the Asian Cup, the Asian media generally believe that Tang Zhenglong's performance is very important for the Chinese team to qualify from this group.

On September 6, the Chinese team played Uzbekistan for the first time, and Tang Zhenglong returned to China on September 3.

The tournament was held in the capital.

Uzbekistan arrived in China a week ahead of schedule to prepare, and head coach and native coach Inilev said the team was eager to reach the World Cup finals for the first time.

The biggest star of Uzbekistan is Shatskykh, who plays for Dynamo Kyiv, and is known as the first knife in Central Asia.

This should be the last time Shatskikh will help Uzbekistan reach the World Cup, so he also said in an interview that he will do his best.

On the Chinese team's side, the first star is, of course, Tang Zhenglong, who plays for Everton, and is also the top scorer in the Asian Cup.

However, the World Cup and the Asian Cup have always been different, such as the South Korean team, which has participated in the most World Cups, but has been performing badly in the Asian Cup.

Before the game, the Chinese team was closed at the training base, and the media never photographed Tang Zhenglong training.

However, at the press conference, Tang Zhenglong appeared.

A reporter asked a question directly in English.

"Don, will you not get used to returning to the national team? The support you get from your team-mates is certainly not comparable to Everton. ”

After finishing speaking, Tang Zhenglong did not wait for the simultaneous interpretation, so he immediately answered.

"I don't feel like I need support for an Asian-wide competition."

Rumble!!

This.

"Also, there's no need to translate for me in English and German."

This TMD is still a language talent.

Other Asian reporters other than Chinese reporters are very unhappy, you drag a fart.

Someone immediately asked: "Tang, the Chinese team's performance in the World Cup qualifiers has been miserable, do you think you can change that?" ”

There are too many tragic cases in China in the World Cup qualifiers, and they are about to form a psychological shadow, and it is understandable for reporters to ask such questions.

However, Tang Zhenglong said disdainfully: "That was before I appeared, and after I appeared, I would make others a tragedy." ”

"Tang, are you too arrogant, please have some respect for Asian football, okay?"

Tang Zhenglong shrugged.

"I have a lot of respect for Asian football, by the way, which country are you a journalist from."

"I'm from Indonesia."

"It's a pity that your country was eliminated in the first round."

Burst!

At the end of a press conference, Tang Zhenglong once again became a public enemy of Asia, but Tang Zhenglong didn't care.

In the game of Gongti on September 6, the aging Uzbekistan was vulnerable, and Shatskykh, who was once the first knife in Central Asia, had already been blessed, and he failed to help the team, and finally the Chinese team defeated Uzbekistan 3-0.

However, Tang Zhenglong only scored 1 goal, more often to create opportunities for teammates, after the game, the media said that Tang Zhenglong has become more comprehensive, no longer the Tang Zhenglong who can only rush alone.

Four days later, on September 10, the Chinese team will welcome its second opponent - Bahrain.

Tang Zhenglong has already agreed with the head coach that after playing Bahrain, he will fly directly to the United Kingdom.

Tang Zhenglong still started this game, and after 2-0 at halftime, Zhu Guanghu replaced Tang Zhenglong and asked him to catch a plane.

In the end, the Chinese team won 2-1 away from Bahrain and won two consecutive wins in the group stage, but Uzbekistan and Bahrain are both weak teams, and the real test is Australia and Japan, and the Chinese team has to fight at least one before they can go to South Africa.

*****

Vinci Farm.

Tang Zhenglong was the first group of players to return, and the rest are still playing for the national team.

When you come back from a long-distance flight, the first thing is to go to the gym to recover, and you can't start training with the ball right away, otherwise it will be easy to strain.

Sweating on the gym equipment, someone suddenly handed a bottle of sports drink.

"Thank you."

"It's you."

Tang Zhenglong was a little surprised that it turned out to be Lauren.

"How did you get to the club?"

Lauren took out her iPhone and shook it, "I've been following your social media and knew you came back early, so I came to see you." ”

"What is this?"

"Mobile phone, last year's new product."

"Now that technology is so advanced? Is the phone screen so big? Internet access is also available. ”

"Why don't I buy one for you, and we'll be in touch every day."

"I'd better buy it myself."

Tang Zhenglong and Lauren chatted for a while, and Edith came in, and the atmosphere suddenly became very awkward.

"Don, I'll go first."

"Okay."

Edith and Lauren passed by and came to Tang Zhenglong.

"Don, do you think Lauren is beautiful?"

"No, it's ordinary."

"Lying noses get longer, the same as Pinocchio."

Tang Zhenglong's eyes wandered, "I don't know what you're talking about." ”

"Tang Zhenglong, you bad guy, I didn't expect you to be so attentive."

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm just a little person, one of you two is the boss's daughter, the other is the coach's daughter, I don't dare to offend either side."

Edith was dumbfounded, and Tang Zhenglong actually hit a rake.

"So you're friends with me because my dad is the boss of Everton?"

"Of course not, you listen to me."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, I'll see how you make it up."

A minute later, Edith was convinced, Tang Zhenglong was really capable of pulling it, and he gave a very good reason.

"Why is the triangle stable? Because of the three corners, and I, the boss, and the boss are the three corners, I have to be friends with you at the same time, because that's how to form a stable Everton triangle. ”

Tang Zhenglong patted Edith on the shoulder.

'It's all for Everton, it's really hard for me.'

Edith picked up the sports drink and poured it on Tang Zhenglong's body.

"What?"

"A small punishment for you."

A day later, the players were back one after another, and the team was about to play their first Champions League group stage game, against Marseille.

For David Moyes, it was a bigger game than the Premier League.