Chapter 114: We Are ...... China's second team!
Zhang Desheng returned to Shanghai on the 17th, and came to Zhuhai to join the team on the 18th after the transfer.
The Macau team's competition city is naturally in Zhuhai, where there is not only the A-A team "Zhuhai Yuting Club", but also the "Xiangshan Training Base" shared by the Macau team and the Yuting Club.
One of the venues used for the game this time is the "Aolong Stadium", the home of the Zhuhai Imperial Court Club.
This stadium is Zhao Yuting began to invest in 1999 to build a modern professional football stadium, until the summer of 03 was officially put into use, can basically be regarded as the "Dragon Stadium" upgrade and strengthened version, enough to meet all the assessment of European five-star football stadiums, and the number of seats reached 62,500, which is more than the capacity of the "Dragon Stadium" 10,000 people.
In 2003, the stadium was considered the most advanced professional football stadium in China, and the size of Zhuhai, which has a population of only a few million, is really difficult to fill it.
Fortunately, the stadium is built in Gongbei District, which connects Zhuhai and Macau Road, so tens of thousands of Macau people drive to watch every game.
Zhuhai Royal Court Club, which was promoted to A-A last season, can almost be regarded as the home team of Zhuhai and Macau, because nearly half of the members of this club are players of the Macau team.
That way, they can get at least 70% attendance per game, which is easy to understand.
The Zhuhai government also attaches great importance to this club, which is due to the large investment of the Royal Court Group in Zhuhai.
Zhao Yuting not only built a modern football stadium in Zhuhai that is second to none in Asia, but he also auctioned off a piece of land near the stadium to create a commercial district around the stadium.
In addition to a circular shopping street and a large shopping mall, there is also a 180-meter-tall Imperial Tower, which houses a five-star hotel of the same name, and there is enough land around it for more than a dozen planned office buildings and high-end apartments, with the "Ao Long Course" at the center of these buildings, and the Royal Garden Tower at the outermost.
Zhuhai attaches great importance to this business district, and the economic benefits it can bring here are not a small amount, at least it can greatly promote Zhuhai's tourism industry.
After Zhang Desheng stayed at the just-completed "Imperial Hotel", he did not go to practice with his teammates, because the first game was four days later, and he and his teammates who were returning to China needed to rest well.
This time, the Macau team has changed a lot from the previous Macau U20 team, because there are many members of the Royal Court Club in this team, and their fighting power is not comparable to those players of the youth team.
Macau's 23-man roster - (the full version is later)
Head Coach: Liao Qimin
Front: Zhang Desheng (85), Thiago Liu (75), Li Xiaobo (72), Wang Xinxin (72), Li Yaohui (70), Zheng Xingbang (69), Yang Wen (68).
Midfielders: Yan Song (75), Shen Yi (75), Li Wei (75), Tu Guangtai (73), Gong Zijun (71), Lin Guanghu (69)
Backfield: Zhou Ting (76), Zhang Shuai (74), Niu Zhanshan (72), Wu Weichao (72), Ma Zhenguo (69), Li Jianhua (69), Li Zhihao (68)
Goalkeepers: Kong Xiaochuan (72), Cui Tianhu (69), Cai Jing (67).
In addition to half of the players in the Macau squad who have been promoted by the U20s, the other half are mostly members of the Zhuhai Imperial Court.
On both sides, you can find two or three local Macau players, and even two Hong Kong players, but the rest are all mainland players.
Therefore, the Hong Kong media is jealous at this time, and at the same time, they are also saying all kinds of cool things, which means that such a team can no longer be called the Macao team, but the Chinese team.
Macau media said: Is there such a good thing?
But it's a pity that they are official members of FIFA as the "Macau, China Football Team", so they really can't just say that they are the Chinese team, but for convenience, they can be referred to as the "Chinese Second Team".
Zhang Desheng has an impression of many people in this Macau team, such as Zhou Ting, such as Yan Song and Zhang Shuai, these are all powerful factions in the A League, and even have the strength to enter the national football team, but for various reasons, they have not been selected for the national football team, so the Macau team took the lead.
At this time, we can't underestimate the A, although it can't be compared with the Portuguese Super League, but after all, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, especially if the last batch of professional players can be ranked in the A, then even in Japan and South Korea have the qualifications to compete for the national team.
Japanese football and South Korean football have not left China too much, and they are even lower than Chinese football in terms of heritage.
This is also until the mid-90s, when many veteran players over the age of 28 who were finally qualified to play abroad, went to the Japanese J-League and could be big brothers!
Now that the Macau team has added these A-A powerful players, the overall strength is really not much weaker than the Chinese first team, and the potential is even higher.
These semi-naturalized players are naturally the boss of Zhang Desheng, at least they are called "Zhang Gongzi".
With such a genius worth at least £45 million, there is no psychological burden on them.
In the first match on December 21, the Macau team sat at the home of the home against the Myanmar team, which was nothing.
Zhang Desheng is now more and more sure that Zhao Yuting must have secretly exerted his strength, otherwise what reason would they take such a big advantage in terms of the competition system and venue?
Even the schedule is now against Myanmar, the weakest team in the group, which is very helpful for the Macau team, which has not yet formed a tacit understanding enough, to train in the game, and at the same time allows them to accumulate some self-confidence through the first two games.
The starting lineup sent by Liao Qimin in this game is naturally different from when he was in the youth team before-
Front: Zhang Desheng (85), Li Xiaobo (72).
Midfielders: Yan Song (75), Shen Yi (75), Tu Guangtai (73), Li Wei (75).
Backcourt: Zhou Ting (76), Niu Zhanshan (72), Wu Weichao (72), Zhang Shuai (74).
Goalkeeper: Kong Xiaochuan (72).
The lineup of the Macau team looks too pleasing to the eye, not that it is strong, but at least there are no shortcomings, but there is an obvious strong point of Zhang Desheng.
In this game, Zhang Desheng didn't even bother to draw his sword, the little Myanmar football is at the third level in Asia, and the strongest players in the whole team are not as good as the weakest players in the Macau team.
So the final score was an astonishing 8-0, which is not surprising at all.
Zhang Desheng played a first half today, he really didn't want to play an opponent of this level, this half of the game was more for the fans who bought tickets to enter the stadium, otherwise he wouldn't even want to play half the game.
After the game, he first encouraged the very injured Myanmar team, and then gave a very high opinion of the "Ao Long Stadium".
He really likes this real five-star stadium, and even thinks it is more modern than the Bernabeu, and it is almost half a notch better than the renovated "Dragon Stadium" anyway.
The overall level of this stadium, he thinks it is currently the best in Europe, and it can be rated as a six-star.
Anyway, none of the golems he has been to can compare to this super stadium that cost 1 billion yuan to build, not counting the land.
Of course, he wouldn't say that in his heart.
But playing at this top-notch stadium is a real pleasure, and it's also a pleasure to come and watch a game at a stadium like this!
In today's game, the 62,500 seats of the "Aolong Stadium" include more than 300 boxes, of course, all of them are full.
But these people are not only from Zhuhai and Macau, not to mention fans from all over China, and even more than 5,000 fans from overseas.
Most of these overseas fans are from Japan, Singapore, and even South Korea.
It's not surprising that tens of thousands of Koreans come running over because their own country's teams also play in the city.
But the strange thing is that today there are thousands of Koreans who don't go to watch their own home team's game, but come to watch the Macau team's game, which is a bit wrong.
Zhang Desheng doesn't think anything is wrong, although he has been scolded a lot in South Korea, black and red are also red! And as long as he is red, with his appearance conditions, with his really difficult performance on the court, how can I say it......
When he had previously ordered black pearls, it took a week for the two associations to find a top-of-the-line blackberry that matched his aesthetic.
But when he wanted to eat Korean food, the two associations found a female stick that satisfied him in just one day, and they were originally the kind of performers who did not sell themselves, but as soon as they knew that it was Zhang Gongzi who ordered, they were immediately willing to make an exception.
"So, it's all cheap!"
Zhang Desheng thought of Sade, there was still someone Ha Han, but he also understood why he was about to take out that gesture to mock, there were still so many sticks to chase him, and even Samsung and LG still paid a high price to endorse him.
After this autumn wind swept away the leaves like 8:0, domestic fans' attention to the Macau team naturally increased.
This even led to the second match between Macau and Malaysia, and CCTV's ratings were almost catching up with the Chinese team's match in the World Cup.
It was also the first time that Macau's players had seen them play, and with this unprecedented home advantage, they once again beat Malaysia, who were already in the second pot of Asia, 6-0.
Zhang Desheng still only played one first half, and his goals in these two games were not high, he only scored one in the last game against Myanmar, and he also scored only one goal in Malaysia today.
But no one dares to question his form, it is obvious that playing this kind of opponent will not make Zhang Desheng serious, and even the South Korean team that will face in the next game will not dare to despise this Macau team.
Zhang Desheng has already learned from his channels how terrifying the next game will be in China, and it can be said that except for schools and government agencies that do not have holidays for everyone to go back to watch the game, the attention and ratings alone will not be inferior to the Chinese team's game in the World Cup.
There's no way, who made Zhang Gongzi too popular.
He is really that kind of phenomenal red, basically since the establishment of CCTV, you can't find any star who can be sought after by more than a billion people across the country like him.
This also led to the third game that can really be called the focus, not to mention that tickets could not be bought half a month ago, and the entire business district was crowded with fans from all over the country and all of Asia who did not buy tickets in the past two days.
The pedestrian malls and shopping malls in the business district will broadcast the game tomorrow, so you can't find a place to watch the game even if you want to eat at the same time, and even the indoor skating rink is fully booked.
This kind of popularity made Zhang Desheng feel astonished, he had seen the original plane "enter Zi to catch the exam", but he can be sure that the scale of this "entering the pearl to watch the ball" is far beyond the former.
"Zhang Sang, do you know that Ling has recently caused a huge wave of discussion on the Internet in South Korea, and many of your Korean fans are asking you to change your nationality!?"
The question was asked by a wilted Japanese journalist at a press conference the day before the game.
"Football is not restricted from country to country, but the people who play football have nationality, and we are the Macau, China football team, referred to as the second team of China."
Zhang Desheng had already scolded in his heart, but his face still made people feel like a spring breeze, and by the way, he also completely confirmed the name of "Chinese Second Team".
2003 Macau First Team Line-up -
Zhang Desheng: 85, 1985, 183cm, free man
Thiago Liu: 75, 1983, 181cm, striker
Li Xiaobo: 72, 1984, 188cm, center
Wang Xinxin-72, 1981, 180cm, forward
Lai Yiu-fai: 70, 1980, 178cm, forward
Zheng Xingbang: 69, 1979, 175cm, winger
Yang Wen: 68, 1982, 182cm, forward
Yan Song-75, 1981, 181cm, left wingback
Shen Yi: 75, 1984, 180cm, front waist
Levi: 75, 1985, 174cm, right wing-back
Tuguangtai: 73, 1984, 183cm, back waist
Gong Zijun: 71, 1982, 179cm, front waist
Lin Guanghu: 69, 1983, 185cm, back waist
Zhou Ting-76, 1979, 181cm, full-back
Zhang Shuai-74, 1981, 182 cm, full-back
Niu Zhanshan: 72, 1983, 192cm, central defender
Wu Weichao - 72, 1981, 184 cm, central defender
Ma Zhenguo: 69, 1985, 180cm, central defender
Lee Kin-wah-69, 1982, 174cm, full-back
Lee Chi Ho - 68, 1982, 181cm, full-back
Kong Xiaochuan: 72, 1984, 189cm, goalkeeper
Cui Tianhu: 69, 1980, 184cm, goalkeeper
Cai Jing: 67, 1983, 186cm,
(End of chapter)