Chapter 221: World Cup, Here We Come!
Barcelona's unprecedented "Six Crowns" achievement, and the subsequent victory parade comparable to the establishment of an independent state, including the Catalan government and fans raised funds to cut the ribbon for Zhang Gongzi's "Victory Square" and "Victory Statue......
If these hot spots are replaced by the first three summers, then they will definitely be the focus of global attention and hot spots.
But at this time, except for Catalonia itself carnival and celebration, the eyes of the outside world have been greatly affected, and even Zhang Desheng himself seems to be high-profile, but in fact he doesn't care so much.
This is because the quadrennial World Cup is about to kick off in Germany.
Although Zhang Desheng attended the ribbon-cutting of his statue in a high-profile manner, he also participated in the unprecedented celebration ceremony and the city-wide parade!
But Zhang Gongzi, who had already discussed with Boss Zhao about the team's reinforcements next season, naturally never left the World Cup for a moment.
The status of this competition in his mind is far higher than that of club competitions, and naturally it is much higher than Porto, Manchester City, Zhuhai, Luneng, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Bayern and Barcelona......
If you ask him at this time: the six-time champion of the absolute core identity and the absolute core identity to qualify for the group stage of the World Cup, he can only choose one of the two.
Then there is no need to hesitate, Zhang Gongzi will immediately choose to qualify for the group stage of the World Cup.
Of course, most people are not as extreme as he is.
This "six crowns" achievement created by leading the team as an absolute core should be no less important in the minds of many people than leading the team to the semifinals in the World Cup.
During this time, although various media focused their reports on the World Cup, they naturally couldn't let go of Zhang Gongzi's summary of the whole season.
I won't mention the words here, just listing his stats for the 05-06 season, and the individual accolades he won, is enough to strike fear into all football legends except Pele.
Even, even Bailey's heart is a little drummed, because if Zhang Desheng continues to kick such an inhuman way, how long can his career trajectory overlap with it?
In the 2005-2006 season, Zhang Desheng's full club data -
UEFA Super Cup: 2 goals, 1 assist
Spanish Super Cup: 3 goals, 0 assists
Club World Cup: 1 goal, 1 assist
La Liga: 33 games, 55 goals, 15 assists
Copa del Rey: 5 games, 7 goals, 5 assists
Champions League: 13 games, 22 goals and 7 assists
In 46 games, he scored 90 goals and provided 29 assists.
This is the club report card that Zhang Desheng handed over all season, and the horrific performance of scoring 90 goals in the club alone in a single season is actually far ahead even if Pele's season at the peak of the Brazilian league is counted.
If you talk about the performance of the club alone, Zhang Desheng this season is a performance that has never been seen before or since.
Moreover, this is the second time that he has created a "double 20+" achievement in a single season, that is, the number of goals and assists in a single season has exceeded 20+.
This achievement is still the only one in the five major leagues, even counting Ligue 1.
Before Zhang Gongzi, there had been no "double 20+" players in the five major leagues, but he has won this record for a long time.
However, these are not the most exaggerated, as he scored 16 goals and provided eight assists in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup in Germany.
At this time, if you calculate it separately, his goals in all A-level matches for the club and the national team in the entire calendar year of 2005 turned out to be a staggering 94 goals!
This statistic is also exaggerated to the point of miraculous, not only breaking the record of 85 goals scored in a single calendar year set by German superstar Gerd Müller, but also making it impossible for future generations to surpass.
If you list all the awards and honors he won in the 05-06 season, it is estimated that many fans will be tempted to bow to him (the content is in the words of the writer).
Before the World Cup, many people secretly cursed in their hearts that it was best to take a plane and fall directly from the sky.
Finally, on June 1, we officially arrived in Munich and began to prepare for the group stage in two weeks.
Generally speaking, World Cup teams should arrive at the venue at least a week in advance, because it takes a week to completely reverse the time difference and adapt to the venue.
But most of the teams will arrive a few days earlier to prevent some moths from coming out in the middle.
Macau have an advantage in terms of pre-match preparation time, as they are in Group H, and the first round of matches only starts on the 14th and 15th.
In Group A, which was the first to play, the No. 10 began to play the opening game.
Therefore, the Macau team, which is the latest to play the first game of the group stage, has two weeks to prepare before the first game.
Their first group game will be against African powerhouse Tunisia (revised earlier), the second against Ukraine, and the third against Spain, the strongest team in the group.
"Huo, do you really bring your own ingredients, cook your own food, and even bring your own water? Is TM bringing my endorsement of Wahaha? ”
Zhang's plane arrived in Munich in the evening, when the Macau team, who had arrived for a day, had already begun to enjoy their third meal after arriving in Germany.
"Boss, you're really good at picking the time, just in time for dinner!"
As soon as Li Xiaobo saw Zhang Desheng, he immediately stood up and shouted in his voice.
He was actually showing off the dozen or so chefs who accompanied the team, several of whom were temporarily transferred from his home hotel, and he wanted to pretend to be forced in front of Zhang Gongzi.
"Boss, the six-crown champion! The first one in the world! ”
Tu Guangtai also rushed up, and patted the horses on the way.
"Haha, in this World Cup, the biggest star has arrived!"
Shen Yi usually doesn't pat on the back, but when he saw Zhang Gongzi at this time, he was excited for no reason!
"The biggest star is still a member of our Macau team."
"Hehe, this goal is definitely stable, I even think we have a chance to steal a win!"
"I think the goal can be a little bigger, let's fight to qualify!"
“……”
The Macau players, including the coaches, team leaders and team staff, were dining in the restaurant of their own hotel.
As soon as the big guys saw Zhang Gongzi arrive, they all hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and looked at their backbone with excitement on their faces.
If they don't have this backbone, they don't have the luxury of qualifying from the group, and if they can score a goal, they will complete the task.
That's right, the Macau team's participation in the World Cup this time is actually the goal of "scoring a goal, scoring a point, and winning a game".
This ominous task is now completely handed over to them from the hands of the first team.
The big guy originally had some self-doubt about the completion of this task.
But when I saw their backbone, which is also the number one leading brother of today's Tianzi, arrived.
Everyone's faces unconsciously showed a heartfelt smile, and even irrepressible pride and pride, in short, the whole person's mental outlook from the inside to the outside has actually undergone a qualitative change.
"Haha, I've long heard that our logistics team is comparable to the imperial kitchen, don't talk about anything else, I'll taste it first, everyone sit down!"
Zhang Desheng also felt a little exaggerated in his heart to Boss Zhao, of course, and the big bosses who rushed to contribute money and efforts across the Taiwan Strait.
Let's put it this way, the expenses of the Macao team during the entire World Cup, pomp, logistics specifications, and even simple entourage have basically reached the point where they are even more tyrants than the Middle East.
This can only be said that the Macau team is too competitive, especially the rich people in Hong Kong and Macao, who are too proud.
So even if you don't count the rich people in the mainland, the money and power of the rich people in these two places alone is enough to reach a staggering level.
Zhao Yuting even united with many wealthy people two years in advance to buy the hotel they live in now, and they booked the hotel they lived in for three days in advance for each of the other two group stage games.
In fact, this gesture alone is enough to make most teams envious, because the cost of renting an entire hotel for up to three days during the World Cup is definitely an exaggerated figure.
But for the rich in Hong Kong and Macao, it is not distressing to spend this money at all!
In addition, in order to prevent the Brazilian team from happening in '98, all the ingredients for the entire World Cup, including drinks, were purchased and transported from China.
These merchants are also absolutely cooperative, basically with special specifications, and layer by layer detection to prevent even the slightest problem.
For example, at this time, the milk they drink, the beef, muscle, fish, vegetarian vegetables and fruits they eat, etc., have been specially raised and planted since two or three years ago, and they are definitely really organic specifications, and there will never be anything like clenbuterol.
Then from the driver, security, translators and other personnel, to the chef and physiotherapist, masseur, and even the waiter and cleaning staff are all their own people.
For those positions that really can't get visas, they also try to use overseas Chinese, and they must ensure that every aspect of the work when serving the Macau team cannot be out of the scope of monitoring.
This is to ensure that there will be no possibility of insiders being bribed and thus poisoned, in short, to minimize the possibility of any accidents.
In addition, the Macau team's reward in the World Cup is also enough to make most of the participating teams envious.
Zhao Yuting united a group of wealthy people in Macau, especially those who rely on the spinach industry, and ordered a commemorative pure gold football weighing ten catties for each player just after qualifying.
If the Macau team can score a goal in the main match of the World Cup, then each of them will be rewarded with HK$1 million; If one victory can be achieved, then each person will be rewarded with an additional HK$2 million; If they can qualify from the group, then each person will receive an additional prize of up to HK$5 million.
After that, there was no reward for advancing to the quarterfinals, and it is estimated that he did not dare to hope to go so far.
But if you think about it with your ass, you know that even the group qualification is so bloody.
If the Macau team really makes it to the quarterfinals, then these rich people will definitely not lose them.
When the Chinese media reported on the award, the first team of people was so sour that they were about to lose their teeth.
But this is only a one-sided reward on the Macau side, and the rich people in Hong Kong are under the contact of Boss Huo, although the rewards given are not as generous as those of the Macau Yankees, but they will not be too bad.
The most outrageous thing is that many mainland tycoons, under the leadership of Li Xiaobo and his son, the Shanxi coal boss, also offered rewards for the Macao team that were not inferior to Hong Kong people.
The rewards given by these three parties are superimposed, and it is conservatively estimated that if they can really qualify for the group, almost everyone can get a reward of more than 15 million Hong Kong dollars.
Now the Chinese Super League has an annual salary of one million players before tax, and most teams have one or two.
Zhuhai is the team with the highest salary in the Chinese Super League, and there are only three people in the team with an annual salary of more than one million, and some of these teams do not have players with an annual salary of one million at all.
So as long as you win a match, everyone can get at least 5 million Hong Kong dollars, and if you can qualify, you will get at least 15 million Hong Kong dollars.
Many first-team internationals don't count the profits from match-fixing and gambling, and they don't make that much money in their entire careers.
Now that even Zhang Gongzi feels that there are some excessive rewards, how can you make them not envious and jealous?
But the question is, even if they were given the same reward back then, would these people be able to get it?
"Brothers, they all performed well last season!"
Zhang Desheng greeted his teammates, and finally sat down at the old F4 table.
"Lao Tu is so lucky, he actually played in the Champions League knockout round, or starter, and became the second Chinese player to start in the Champions League knockout round in one fell swoop."
Li Xiaobo is very envious of Tu Guangtai, his Gijon Athletic suffered a series of injuries in the final stage, and finally was relegated.
Although Tu Guangtai is only a blue-collar midfielder in Benfica and is used as a poor version of Makelele, he has indeed experienced a lot of big scenes this season, and even started and played full in both Champions League knockout games.
"Hehe, although Lao Li's broken team has been relegated, he may have to go to Madrid next season!"
Tu Guangtai thinks that Li Xiaobo is better mixed, and the Madrid media has broken the news that Torres and Liverpool have basically negotiated, but not many people know that Atletico Madrid has also contacted Li Xiaobo many times in advance, and in fact, the two sides have talked about the same.
So basically, as soon as Torres left, Li Xiaobo came up.
Although Atletico Madrid is not a top team in La Liga, it is also a strong team that can often play in European competitions.
"Alas, I don't think it's good to look at it this way, Da Liu is the team's top scorer in Cannes, and I don't know if I can continue to start next season."
Shen Yi looked at Thiago, who had recovered from his injuries, and this was indeed the worst thing he could do.
Thiago smiled shyly when he heard this, although he has always been mixed with F4 in the national team, and even after Zhang Gongzi's official debut, he became a member of F4.
But with a mixed-race identity, he can only be a role like Zhao Yun next to the three brothers, basically a listener, occasionally echoing a few words.
"Xiao Tu, what are your plans for next season?"
Zhang Desheng said and looked at Tu Guangri next to Tu Guangtai, this kid followed Porto to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, but he was not the team's starter.
In the entire Champions League, including the group stage, he only made a total of 3 substitute appearances, adding up to more than 60 minutes.
'I was going to apply to Manchester City to go on loan next season, but before I left, Porto spoke to me and they wanted to buy half of me, and the manager told me that next season I would be the starting centre-back and I'll play at the back when Essien is resting.
Tu Guangri's words made Zhang Desheng nod, it is obvious that Alves's performance at center back is not satisfactory, and Tu Guangri can indeed play two positions in the back and center back, and the effect of his partnership with Pepe is definitely not bad.
"Zhu Biao, you don't have to be envious, Boss Zhao has already arranged it for you, if you go to Sevilla next season, they will also qualify for the Champions League!"
Zhang Desheng deliberately brought the best of the two newcomers to the table, with Zhu Biao making 23 appearances for Barcelona this season, starting 11 and even playing 30 minutes as a substitute in the Champions League semi-finals.
This season, although he didn't play much time, he mixed an unprecedented six-time championship in Barcelona, which can indeed blow for a lifetime.
The main reason is that he has really seen all the big scenes together, and the top wealthy family experience is also complete.
So next downgrade to a top team like Sevilla, as long as he can continue to maintain rapid progress, then it will definitely be the team's sweetheart, and an absolute main position will not be able to run.
When Zhu Biao heard this, he naturally seized the opportunity to thank the big guy for his support.
At this time, he is indeed much more confident than his peers, and even more confident than F4, which is his biggest gain in Barcelona this season.
"Don't say it, although it is still a nutritious meal and gives priority to nutrition, but after the chef's craftsmanship, at least it is not unpalatable, and it is even a little delicious!"
Zhang Desheng glanced at the food in front of him at this time, the nutritious meals made by these top domestic chefs according to the team's requirements were really much better than the usual ones.
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On the second day, the Macau team set aside half a day to allow agreed domestic and foreign media to go to their training site to film and interview them for their first adaptation training.
Zhang Desheng naturally and a group of young brothers in Europe were interviewed by the media at home and abroad, and by the way, the whole team appeared in front of the camera, pretending to be forced!
This kind of adaptation training is actually to convey their self-confidence to the outside world, especially to domestic fans, through the camera.
Liao Qimin's side naturally evaluated his physical condition after Zhang Desheng joined the team, and the result was that Zhang Gongzi, who had just finished the Champions League final, was not in a particularly good physical condition at this time and needed to rest.
Before that, most of the players in Europe had the same physical assessment, they were even more tired than Zhang Desheng and needed more rest.
Therefore, in the first week of the Macau team's arrival in Germany, the training intensity will be relatively low, and at the same time, the physical therapy and massage of the players will be strengthened, and even Chinese physiotherapy such as acupuncture and moxibustion will be carried out, and even treatment.
In this regard, relying on the connections of these tycoons across the Taiwan Strait, especially the full cooperation of the top medical schools in China, can a complete set of top Chinese medicine teams with sufficient numbers and mainly sufficient qualifications can be temporarily formed for the Macao team.
Zhang Desheng will naturally not be stingy with luck for everyone to speed up recovery, although conventional medical means are enough, but it is not an idiot to hang up!
So a week later, the army in Europe on which the Macau team relied was back to full strength, and everyone was alive and well, as if they had been recuperating for a whole summer.
But the teams that didn't hang up were different, and even in Group H there were unexpected attritions before the game.
Xavi, who is still Zhang Gongzi's teammate at the club at this time, was actually injured three days ago, that is, in training on June 4.
In the end, after two days of inspection and a day of concealment, the news still didn't know how to be exposed.
This forced the Spanish team to make an official announcement - Xavi has been tested for a cruciate ligament injury in his right knee and has a preliminary diagnosis that he will miss the next four to six months.
Well, this is really a loss of a general before the battle, it's too unlucky!
At this time, Xavi is definitely the first choice for the Spanish midfield position, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the core of Spain's midfield, but he hit the street directly without playing a game!
Of course, Xavi, who was originally on the plane, missed this World Cup due to injury.
The chain reaction brought by Zhang Gongzi only delayed this matter, but it did not completely stop it, mainly because he did not have the idea of stopping it.
In any case, this is definitely great news for the Macau team, which is the heart of the Spanish team's midfield!
"Haha, the strength of Spain's midfield has been greatly damaged now!"
"That's right, there's one less tough defender to defend against!"
“……”
Naturally, the Macau players gloated, feeling that they were in a big trouble against Spain.
But Zhang Gongzi doesn't think that one less Xavi can have too much impact on Spain's strength.
In this way, it may make Spain play better, because the person who replaces Xavi will definitely show the strength to prove himself.
And a team with such a background as Spain, if you bring out a substitute at random, most of them are also first-class masters in the early stage of the 8th series, or even the early stage of the 9th series.
"He...... Alas, I know that he has a bad knee, and I called a few days ago to let him try acupuncture and moxibustion in Chinese medicine to recover...... If you want me to say, he is too tired in Barcelona to have time for physiotherapy, he just lacks this injection! ”
Zhang Desheng, as Xavi's teammate, was naturally asked about this in an interview, but he didn't know what he meant by these words?
But what is very interesting is that it seems that Xavi is not the only one who lacks this shot in Spain?
Xavi's reimbursement, the news that made the other three teams in Group H gloat, was less than a day after it came out, and the news in the Spanish team that made the other three teams happy - Raul, who is considered the core of the team's soul, has been diagnosed with an aggravated knee injury and is expected to miss all the group stage.
"Damn, what's this for Spain? Cursed? ”
"The core players have been injured one after another, which is too miserable, right?"
"These two Spanish superstars are injured, we really have a chance!?"
“……”
When the players of the Macau team heard the news, they really didn't know whether they were lamenting their own good luck or the bad luck of the Spaniards.
This will make even Spanish fans have a feeling of offending God, because these two are also the core of the front court and the core of the midfield in the eyes of most Spanish fans.
And the core of a team's front court and midfield are all on the street, no matter how strong the background is, it will be greatly affected, right?
But Zhang Desheng knew: It really didn't have much impact!
Or rather, Xavi's injury will have some effect, but Raul's injury will ...... Well, it doesn't have any effect.
Also, he doesn't seem to be injured at all, at least not worse!
Raul suffered a serious knee injury in the middle of last season and then rushed to find his best form before the start of the World Cup, at 86 (-4), he is actually one of the best Spanish strikers at this time.
Zhang Desheng saw Xavi on the system yesterday that he was in a state of 66 (-25), which is indeed a sign of serious injury.
However, Raul is still in 86 (-4) form, which means that his injury has not worsened at all, and it is most likely due to some kind of conflict with the coaching staff or causing problems in the dressing room.
This can be captured in the recent news, the other day when the Spanish national team was in front of the media, during a group dinner, Raul handed his teammates cutlery and jokingly said: "I'm still the best player in the world, but now I'm serving you at the table." ”
At that time, the face of the head coach not far away, Aragonés, changed significantly, and after a while, he was a little blue, and this change was taken right by reporters who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic.
Obviously, Raul said these words through the camera, which is a semi-public expression of his dissatisfaction that he has not been reused.
But the problem is that his current state does not need to be looked at systematically, and it can be seen with the naked eye that his injury is not completely healed, at least not yet.
So a few days later, didn't there be news of Raul's aggravated injury, and it was obvious that Aragonés had completely abandoned Raul.
And this could really be good news for the Macau team, because Raul is not a worry-free master, and he may not be able to cause more problems in the team and even mess up the entire dressing room.
If that's the case, that's when it's a big plus for the Macau team.
So a day later, while watching the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica, Zhang Gongzi decided that he should focus on touting Raul in the next interview.
Of course, at this time, Zhang Gongzi and the Macau team should not pay more attention to the Spanish team, but to the Tunisian team that will play in five days.
This is their first group game against each other, even though he understands that this World Cup will be a watershed moment for Tunisia's golden generation.
However, the emaciated camel is also bigger than the horse, and the Macau team will become a turning point for Tunisia from prosperity to decline.
He doesn't want future generations to record: the beginning of Tunisia's dark decade officially began with the bloody abuse of the Macao team!
If it's such a history, it's stupid!
(End of chapter)