Chapter 219: This Ball, Okay!

On May 21, the 2005-2006 Champions League final will be played at the "Stade de France" in Paris, which is also the last battle worth paying attention to before the World Cup.

Most of the players from both teams today are the core players of the World Cup, at least they are also the starters of their respective national teams.

Therefore, many fans from Germany came to the scene, and they were all ready to watch this Champions League final, and then officially went to Germany to watch the real football feast.

That's why at least 20,000 Chinese fans poured into the stadium on the day of the game.

This will already be 2006, and China's economy will take off for a while, especially the group of people who got rich first, which will be quite a lot.

If it weren't for the fact that even the tickets in the hands of scalpers had been bought up by Chinese fans who were not short of money, I am afraid that there would be more than 20,000 people pouring in today.

These Chinese fans, who are not short of money, will naturally be Germany's next destination.

Before the 18th of this month, all the teams participating in the World Cup will announce their final squads.

The Macau team also announced the final 23-man squad for the World Cup on the 16th (put it at the end), and they will leave for Munich, Germany on June 1st, when Zhang Gongzi will join the team directly in Munich.

As for why Munich, it is naturally because of Group H, where the Macau team is located, the venue for the first match against the Tunisian team was arranged at the "Allianz Arena", the home of Bayern Munich.

When Zhang Desheng played, part of his mind inevitably drifted to Germany, especially when he saw the Chinese fans on the scene wearing Macau team jerseys, he really couldn't wait.

"Made, take the Six Crowns first, and then talk about anything else!"

Zhang Desheng turned his head to look at the Manchester City players on the side at this time, and quickly suppressed the eagerness in his heart!

But in fact, during this time period, the players of these two teams inevitably have a similar mentality, who does not dream of becoming famous in the quadrennial football event!

"Hi Andersson, congratulations on making your wish come true!"

After Zhang Desheng appeared, he naturally took the initiative to find his old teammates, and congratulated Deco, who has become the captain of Portugal.

"It's the same with you, but to be honest, I didn't expect you to lead the Macau team to the World Cup, it's an admirable achievement!"

Although Deco has always wanted to defeat Zhang Desheng to prove himself, he has even been angry with him in the team.

But after meeting at this time, he was still enthusiastic, as if he had reunited with old friends.

"Ricardo, the centre-back can be ranked in the top 10 of the Ballon d'Or in a row, and you are the first one."

Zhang Desheng naturally did not forget another old teammate Carvalho, the Portuguese central defender is indeed awesome enough, and has entered the top ten list of the Ballon d'Or for two consecutive years, and faintly has the name of the active first central defender.

But whether he is really the first one, how can this Zhang Gongzi know!

"Compared to you, my achievements are nothing."

Carvalho is not usually so modest, and he is asking for a higher contract for consecutive top-10 Ballon d'Or awards.

But in front of Zhang Desheng, he really has nothing to be proud of in the top ten of the Golden Globe Awards for two consecutive years.

Zhang Desheng is not only these two old teammates in the Manchester City team, Demichelis, who started today, is also one of the main players during Porto's treble period.

After leaving Porto, these three have made a lot of progress in the past two years, which can be seen from the starting list of Manchester City today-

Front: Samuel Eto'o (93, 1981, 179 cm), Lucatoni (92, 1977, 193 cm)

Midfielders: Malouda (88, 1980, 177cm), Deco (91, 1977, 176cm), Alonso (90, 1981, 183cm), Yaya Toure (87, 1983, 187cm)

Backcourt: Sun Jihai (83, 1977, 183cm), Carvalho (90, 1978, 182cm), Demichelis (87, 1980, 184cm), McCone (89, 1981, 184cm)

Goalkeeper: Cesar (87, 1979, 186cm)

This Manchester City team is indeed not far behind Barcelona in terms of strength on paper, and there are almost no obvious shortcomings in the whole team.

If you have to forcibly pick one out, then Sun Jihai should be the best dish in the team.

But he is actually not a breakthrough, Sun Jihai is not a good eater in defense.

Although Zhu Biao far surpassed Sun Jihai in terms of potential, he was still loaned to Barcelona because his immediate combat power and experience were still a little worse.

But when it comes to strength, then this Manchester City team has something to say, especially the front and midfield that Chelsea have always coveted.

Samuel Eto'o will be at his peak, and his explosiveness is at least in the top three of the current top strikers.

He scored 24 goals in the Premier League this season, and although he still lost to Thierry Henry's 26, it was a happy frustration for Manchester City because they had so many big players at their disposal.

Dimitar Berbatov and Lukatoni have been battling for the position of main center forward since last season.

In the end, Lucatoni, who was a late bloomer, won the end, and Lucatoni, who had already sat in the position of Italy's main center forward, also scored 19 goals in the Premier League this season, which explains why Eto'o failed to compete for Henry.

"Made, with these three strikers, I'm afraid I'm going to play in the midfield, so who will I go to top up then?"

Zhang Desheng has already thought about who he wants to occupy after going to Manchester City?

Then, he couldn't help but set his eyes on Deco.

Deco suddenly felt a chill in the distance at this time, and then couldn't help but yawn ominously!

Today's Barcelona starter -

Front: Zhang Desheng (94, 1985, 183cm), Shevchenko (93, 1976, 183cm)

Midfielders: Xavi (91, 1980, 170 cm), Van Bommel (89, 1977, 187 cm), Vieira (92, 1976, 191 cm), Andres Iniesta (88, 1984, 171 cm).

Back: Van Bronckhorst (87, 1975, 177 cm), Edmilsson (88, 1976, 185 cm), Puyol (89, 1978, 178 cm), Belletti (88, 1976, 179 cm).

Goalkeeper: Valdés (88, 1982, 183cm).

Barcelona's starting is also very interesting, and the combat power of almost all members has increased to a certain extent, especially Shevchenko and Vieira.

This shows that everyone still has a lot of energy packs in their bodies, but they usually kick there leisurely and don't go all out.

But this is not a lack of effort, because at their age, they are at a much higher risk of injury than when they were younger.

Zhang Desheng can find out the reason for himself from the system, just like Shevchenko and Vieira, including those defenders around 30 years old, their physique and physical flexibility will only be in their early 80s, and Edmilsson's physique is only 75.

These two physical attributes are very special, they will not only decline with age, but also decline with the decline of physical reserves, especially after a serious injury, and will decline permanently depending on the size of the injury.

This can be understood as wear and tear and damage to joints or ligaments, just like Brazilian defender Edmilsson has suffered successive injuries in recent years, and his physique has dropped to the level of a glass man.

At this time, once he gives it his all, the risk of re-injury is very high.

If Zhang Desheng retires to become a coach in the future, then just from the physique of each player, you can know whether this person is worth introducing, or whether he has the potential to cultivate.

After all, no matter how high the talent is, the total injury will gradually disappear.

But if you have good physical fitness and are willing to work hard to train, then you can become a late bloomer like Didier Drogba and Lucatoni.

But this can also show the awesomeness of the system, because in the process of using Qi Luck to help players speed up recovery, even these permanent wear and tear can be partially repaired, and the more Qi Luck is consumed, the better the repair effect.

"Toot!"

As soon as the whistle sounded, after this genuine strong conversation began, both sides first used their speed to make each other drink a pot!

Just two minutes into the first half, Cesar confiscated Van Bommel's long-range shot and threw the ball directly into the box to Alonso, who made a long pass in his own half, and Lucatoni in front of him easily took the ball and controlled it firmly under the interference of Edmilsson, and even could observe while protecting the ball.

At this point, Samuel Eto'o suddenly accelerated in reverse, and Lucatoni used his strong body to complete a smooth turn and pass.

In the next second, Valdés, who had attacked in advance, narrowly rushed to the outside of the box to destroy the ball before Eto'o took control of the ball.

"Hell, is it that easy?"

"Bastard, this guy is speeding up so fast!"

"Fuck, how do you feel faster than the boss?"

“……”

Barcelona were indeed frightened by the ball, Lucatoni's ability to carry the ball with his back and protect the ball, combined with his strong body, whether it was playing the ball to his teammates or breaking through head-on, the threat was not ordinarily high.

This is also the basis for him to beat Berbatov to occupy the team's starting line-up, and the harder the fight, the more destructive the effect of this powerful center forward.

At this time, Lucatoni, who is at his peak, although his explosiveness is not as good as Drogba, his ability to directly threaten the goal is even stronger, and his comprehensive ability is not inferior to the monster at his peak.

But the most lethal thing is that next to such a powerful center, there is also a super shooter whose explosiveness can rank in the top three of the current top stars!

At that moment, there was no doubt that as long as Eto'o touched the football first, then with his superb shooting skills and the few foot skills on the front line, the goal would have been achieved.

Although Eto'o's explosiveness is also historic, it is not yet the best of Mbappe's all-time poles.

What is really awesome about him is that he is explosive enough, his foot skills are very delicate, his shooting skills are also extremely exquisite, coupled with his excellent running position and nose in front of goal, which together make him eligible to be selected as a palace-level striker.

Valdés' decisive attack was worth a lot of money, and of course it was also related to Barcelona's well-prepared pre-match preparations, as they had prepared for both Samuel Eto'o and Lucatoni.

Barcelona was taken aback and soon returned the same speed with color!

Their overall tactics today were still pass-and-control, but Van Bommel did get a little bit out of the way.

The Dutchman's skills are not bad among European stars, and they can even be considered above average.

But he was indeed a little out of rhythm under the continuous and fast passing of Barcelona players.

This time he actually stopped the ball a little too much, but Van Bommel, who is very physical, immediately squeezed Alonso with his body, and then stretched out his long legs to poke the ball in the direction of Zhang Desheng first.

At this time, I don't know whether Van Bommel's stab was everything planned or in a hurry.

Anyway, the football was grazing the feet of Demichelis, who was a little reckless and coming forward to intercept, and rolled into the gap in the Manchester City backline!

Zhang Desheng used his excellent running and stopping skills, and naturally stopped the ball perfectly.

But he didn't draw his sword today, and his explosive power dropped to 94.

This made him want to stop and take advantage of the situation, and the idea of eating Carvalho did not succeed.

But if you can't eat it, it doesn't affect him to pass a wonderful pass!

"Shevchenko!"

That's right, the ball was passed in the direction of Shevchenko's forward cut.

The Ukrainian, who sprinted with all his might at this time, lived up to expectations, and although his explosiveness has dropped slightly from his peak, he still has the best level in active service.

So when he accelerated to get the football, City's defenders either ran madly in front of the goal to save the danger, or they just watched Zhang Desheng, who was following up on the weak side, and cut off his route to receive the ball again.

And Cesar, naturally, resolutely abandoned the door and rushed to Shevchenko!

"Single-handed!"

Fans all over the world feel that their hearts are being lifted to their throats, and such a ball is too much of a test of the comprehensive ability of the striker.

Shevchenko didn't look nervous at this time, he calmly burst into the penalty area line and shook the menacing Cesar, and sure enough, after shaking the opponent a little out of balance, he immediately pulled the ball to the outside to complete the breakthrough, and then after a continuous outbreak, the body was a little unbalanced, and the decisive shot was a strong shot.

"Can you score this goal?"

Fans on both sides watched with wide eyes as the football rolled towards the goal!

Shevchenko's one-shot ball was handled perfectly, it can be said to be done in one go, without any mud and water, and this series of operations may not have been so neat for Eto'o.

However, after Shevchenko accelerated past Cesar in succession, his balance was somewhat affected.

So there was no problem with the accuracy of his last shot, but the strength was not really kicked, resulting in the ball speed not being fast.

This also gave the Manchester City defenders the opportunity to fight the goal line, and a swarthy figure really rushed to the goal at the last moment, and then desperately risked hitting the goal post, desperately hooking the football that was not clear at all and did not cross the goal line.

Carvalho was quick and immediately followed up and kicked the ball off the line.

"McConn!"

Manchester City fans excitedly shouted the name they loved, as McCone had come close to the Premier League's No. 1 right-back this season.

But McCone himself didn't have much excitement, and even after completing a limit rescue that he didn't know if he would succeed in, his expression still looked a little lonely.

This is because he has just been selected from the 23-man squad for the 06 World Cup in Germany.

The final 23-man squad of the Brazilian team was also officially announced to the outside world a few days ago.

But even the British media felt unfair that Carlos and Cafu, who had performed significantly worse than McCone this season, were both selected, and even Sicinho, who couldn't play at Real Madrid, was selected.

With the selection of these three right-backs, Brazil will not be able to choose another right-back.

As a result, McConn, who had played well throughout the season, was ultimately defeated in this World Cup.

It's hard to understand this result because Manchester City are not a small team without exposure this season.

McCann's outstanding performance will not be in the eyes of the Brazilian coaching staff as Manchester City has overcome obstacles on all fronts.

So this is a bit like the selection style of the Chinese first team, that is, only qualifications and fame, and even priority is given to whether they are descendants or not.

But the difference is that even if Brazil and Argentina play darker than a foot bucket, they are there, and no matter how they play, they don't have to worry about not being able to qualify from the group.

Soon, the Manchester City fans in attendance shouted McCone's name again.

Because the referee rarely confirmed by watching the big screen at the scene, he made a decision that the football did not completely cross the goal line, and Barcelona's goal was invalid, and only a corner kick was given in the end.

Zhang Gongzi also sighed with regret like his teammates at this time, this ball Shevchenko has done very well.

However, his balance and explosiveness are still slightly lower than at his peak, so in the end, after making a series of difficult moves to get rid of the goalkeeper, he finally missed a breath when shooting.

In a way, this is actually old.

If it was Shevchenko three years ago, even if it was a nuclear warhead two years ago, this breath would definitely not loosen, then the result would be completely different.

The game restarted, and after both sides tasted each other's colors after the opening, they both stabilized for a while.

Manchester City are even more fearful, as Shevchenko is not Barcelona's most dangerous weapon and he is not the fastest.

Zhang Desheng knows his explosiveness, although he is still a little higher than Shevchenko at this time, but he is really not as good as Eto'o.

The main thing is that he didn't draw his sword today, because he guessed that in the state of drawing his sword, he might not be able to complete the breakthrough.

Therefore, Zhang Gongzi, who did not draw his sword today, his regular explosive power and absolute speed are only 94!

But the system shows that Shevchenko's explosive power is 91, and the absolute speed is 89; Samuel Eto'o has an explosive power of 97 and an absolute speed of 92.

This means that at 15 metres, and especially in the first few bursts within 5 metres, he is not as good as Samuel Eto'o for the time being, even after drawing his sword.

At this time, the two sides slowed down, and after trying to control the rhythm, they naturally started a new battle in the transmission control.

Chelsea in the semi-finals were far from Barcelona's opponents at the time.

The combination of Frank Lampard + Ronaldo can barely cope if they are all at their peak, but this season's pair is a bit unable to compete with the midfielders of Manchester United and Arsenal.

Manchester City is the strongest team in the Premier League, Deco's passing ability can be ranked among the best in Barcelona, and Alonso's foot skills are not fancy, but they are also very practical, and they are extremely solid in both wear and stop.

The midfield of the duo was already enough to deal with 99% of the opponents.

Today, they saw that Barcelona was too awesome, so they added an extra Yaya Toure to act as a-stirring stick, so that this body flow back and forth in the midfield, and Malouda was the two wings to adjust and change at any time.

Such a midfielder, regardless of technique, hardness, and aggressiveness, is indeed enough to have a tough encounter with Barcelona.

In fact, the two teams are indeed evenly matched in the battle for midfield, and you come and go.

The most important thing is that the players on both sides show a high level of competition, and in this season's world football, there is really no third team that can really be like them, and they can really spark wonderful sparks in every point of confrontation and every side of the competition.

Today, every position can bring a high level, high-intensity confrontation, and in the eyes of the fans, everyone on the field can show a very high level of individual performance for everyone after entering the camera.

Every cooperation, every touch, and every confrontation of the 22 people on the field today really staged a strong visual impact for the fans and brought extremely pleasant enjoyment.

Therefore, everyone was shocked, and words like "" and "" were also about to come out, and there was an endless stream.

But no matter how wonderful the process is, there must always be a result to bring the real climax.

And the higher the intensity of the confrontation, the more you need to be able to seize opportunities.

In this regard, it is natural that there is a team with Zhang Gongzi, and there is no doubt that it will win.

Samuel Eto'o and Lucatoni are usually very efficient players, but today they were not as relaxed under pressure as their midfielders struggled to feed their shells to their mouths, with several shots in the first 30 minutes deflecting wide of the target.

At this time, even Zhang Gongzi can no longer swing as freely as in the past, this is mainly due to the explosive power and absolute speed of double 95 after drawing the sword, which has dropped to 94 at this time!

After losing the absolute advantage in speed, he also felt that he was missing a gap when it came to breaking through and shooting.

But he is a cow at this time, and there is still another way to complete the fatal blow!

In the 31st minute of the first half, Deco used his own tricks on the offensive end to get rid of Vieira's defense, and sent a wonderful through ball from the edge of the penalty area.

Samuel Eto'o went down the left into Barcelona's penalty area, and instead of panicking, he went his own way, quickly filling in to block most of his shots and passes, and Eto'o decisively turned the ball back to Malouda.

But Malouda's somewhat greedy shot from outside the six-yard box was too high for Valdés to save under Van Bommel's interference.

Valdés reacted quickly and immediately swooped down to hold the football in front of him in his arms.

At this time, he glanced up, immediately rushed to the line of the big penalty area with the football, and drove the ball directly to the front court with a big foot.

Ranieri naturally made a lot of arrangements for Barcelona's quick counter-attack, but he didn't expect this way of counterattacking directly through the goalkeeper's big feet.

The most outrageous thing is that Zhang Desheng faced Carvalho's close defense in the center circle, and actually jumped high with an absolutely crushing height and posture, and easily ferried the ball to Shevchenko.

"Damn, I'm afraid this jumps up a meter high, right?"

"Zhang, he should go play basketball!"

"No way, how could his bounce be so much stronger than it was two years ago?"

……

Manchester City's players, especially a few old teammates, were really frightened by Zhang Gongzi's terrifying bounce!

Carvalho is not known for running and jumping, but his athleticism is not bad.

This kind of fair battle for the top is crushed by the opponent more than a head high, that is too exaggerated, right?

Shevchenko's side also took advantage of his body, using his strong body and delicate foot skills to not only stop the ball under the watch of Demichelis, but also used feints to deceive the opponent cleanly.

Today's performance of Demichelis is much worse than Sun Jihai, who is the most powerful, he is always deceived by Shevchenko's tricks and feints, and he is a little reckless when defending, always asking his teammates to help him wipe his ass.

Sun Jihai was not far away at this time, but he was in trouble for a while, and he didn't know whether to make up for Shevchenko.

His task was to go to the defense of Zhang Gongzi at any time, and to make up for Shevchenkona's work in Maicon.

But McCone had risen up and killed him just now, so he actually had no choice but to hurry to make up for Shevchenko when Demichelis was freed.

Shevchenko saw Sun Jihai pounce when he rushed forward with the ball, so he naturally sent the ball to Zhang Desheng, who was inserted on the other side, without greed.

But the advance of his pass this time was a little larger, because it was passed at the speed of Zhang Gongzi's sword drawn.

This made Zhang Desheng a little embarrassed, because he found that he couldn't catch up with this pass before the opponent's goalkeeper attacked under the full sprint?

But what's interesting about this kind of competition is that if one person plays well, the other person will also play well; But if someone on one side makes a mistake, then there will definitely be a corresponding phoenix chick on the other side.

Cesar's flaws lie in position selection and prediction, so he can destroy the ball with a decisive attack, but he made a judgment in an instant that his attack will be slower than Zhang Gongzi.

This makes Carvalho, who is still unable to catch up with Zhang Gongzi who has fought hard, hurt, and the speed of double 94 is not something that any defender can challenge!

At this time, looking at Zhang Gongzi, who didn't chase the ball until outside the big penalty area, Cesar of course knew that his judgment just now was wrong.

But he still has some confidence in himself, confident that his reflexes and skills are quick enough.

So regardless of whether Zhang Desheng immediately got up and shot or took two more steps to try to pass him, Cesar thought he had a chance to strike backwards.

These thoughts came out of his head in an instant, and then he saw Zhang Desheng, who rushed to the penalty area and only took one step, and suddenly he was on the move, and he gently rubbed towards the football.

Then, the little thing spun in a not-so-fast, but high, curved arc, high, far away from his save range, drawing a rainbow flying over his side, and then leisurely entered the upper left corner of the goal.

As for Cesar himself, he was faced with this kind of bypassing himself from afar, and he should have flown to the footflag area, but he forced a big turn in the middle of the way, and finally went around the arc of the goal, and he couldn't do any struggle at all.

At this time, he could only stand there, stunned and turned his head to watch the whole process of the football using an outrageous arc and finally flying into the goal.

What's even more outrageous is that Cesar still maintained that somewhat demented posture of looking back at the moon after the ball flew into the goal a full three seconds later.

Just when everyone thought that he had been hit by a huge blow and lost his mind, this thing suddenly raised his hand and applauded, and then still turned his head to stare in the direction of the goal, showed a silly-looking smile, and said: Awesome!

That's right, he said this in Chinese!

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In the 2006 World Cup, China's second team lineup——

Zhang Desheng (94, 1985, 183cm, front court libero, Barcelona)

Thiago (83, 1983, 181cm, striker/winger, Cannes)

Li Xiaobo (84, 1984, 188cm, center, Atletico Madrid)

Yan Song (79, 1981, 181cm, winger, Zhuhai)

Levi (81, 1985, 174cm, winger, Sporting Lisbon)

Wang Zhen (79, 1986, 180cm, forward/winger, Feyenoord)

Gao Lin (78, 1986, 185cm, forward/winger, The Hague)

Zhou Haibin (79, 1985, 185cm, right midfielder/right wing-back, Cannes)

Shen Yi (84, 1984, 180cm, midfielder/midfielder, Zaragoza)

Tu Guangtai (83, 1984, 183cm, midfielder/centre-back, Benfica)

Tu Guangri (76, 1988, 185cm, midfielder/centre-back, Manchester City)

Zhang Yalin (78, 1981, 186 cm, central defender/midfielder)

Niu Zhanshan (83, 1983, 192cm, central defender, Zaragoza)

Ma Zhenguo (83, 1985, 180cm, central defender, Zaragoza)

Wang Qiang (80, 1985, 184cm, central defender, Werder Bremen)

Feng Xiaoting (79, 1985, 187cm, central defender, The Hague)

Zhou Ting (79, 1979, 181cm, fullback/centre-back, Zhuhai)

Zhu Biao (80, 1986, 185cm, full-back, Manchester City)

Yang Feng (79, 1985, 181 cm, full-back, Porto)

Zhang Shuai (79, 1981, 182 cm, full-back/centre-back, Zhuhai)

Kong Xiaochuan (83, 1984, 189cm, goalkeeper, Porto)

Cui Tianhu (74, 1980, 184cm, goalkeeper, Zhuhai)

Feng Shicai (81, 1987, 186cm, goalkeeper, Cannes)

(End of chapter)