World Cup of Great Powers

Entering 2001, some people look forward to joining the WTO, and some look forward to a successful bid for the Olympic Games.

For the fans, it is natural to hope that everything will go well in the World Preliminaries.

One was injured in the Civilization Cup, and three were injured in the Thai King's Cup.

The media and fans are sorry.

It is also a huge blow to the parties involved.

But overall.

Let alone the World Cup.

Even in the Asian Cup, from the beginning of each qualifier, players have been left behind due to injuries.

This is inevitable.

This year, Zeng Zheng only injured 4 people in two months, which is not too many!
However, since the league started in March, all this has been out of control.

Shide fought on three fronts because it wanted to compete in the Asian Club Cup.

After Li Ming suffered a calf fracture and injury in the Asian Club Cup, Shide had to use the national youth player to step up.

But these national youth players still have the World Youth Championship to play in the middle of the year.

After a few league games, a few World Club games, and a few FA Cup games, they are also scarred.

Not to mention the World Youth Championship, even the League Shide is almost out of players.

As for the other players, Luneng's Sumao really strained his groin during a fight, and Li Xiaopeng also injured his knee during training.

Li Yao of Liaozu and Wei Xin of Lifan also injured their legs in the league.

The most regrettable thing is Qu Shengqing.

This guy has been suffering from recurring hemorrhoids.

Not to mention the training camp for the national team.

He didn't play a few times in Shenhua's league.

I saw a lot of Chinese and Western medicine, and even went to have my fortune told in the end.

The results unanimously believe that it is the cause of acclimatization.

There is no other good way than to let him eat a lighter diet.

Zhang Yuxuan, who stayed in Liaozu, also felt sorry for Qu Shengqing.

Qu Yueheng's case kept coming up, which made him entangled in lawsuits.

Although Zhang Yuxi has been training and competing very hard.

But the matter could not have been completely unaffected.

Due to his condition, Zhang Yuxi also missed the national team training in March.

At the end of March, before Zhuxie announced the squad for the first stage of the World Cup qualifier against the Maldives, Zeng Zheng had to call himself to inquire about the situation one by one.

Unfortunately, both Li Tie and Li Jinyu also had problems.

Li Jinyu was injured because of the "key care" after the national football team's visit to Italy, while Li Tie was simply because Sevilla wanted to go to the top and not let anyone go.

After comprehensive consideration, on April 4th, Zhuxie announced the list of participants for the first stage qualifiers.

Goalkeepers: Ou Chuliang (Harbin Jianglong), Fu Bin (Chongqing Lifan), An Qi (Dalian Shide)

Defenders: General Fan (Crystal Palace), Zhang Yanhua (Greensby), Sun Jihai (Manchester City), Shu Chang (Shandong Luneng Taishan), Wu Chengying (Madou Shenhua), Li Weifeng (Harbin Jianglong), Xu Yunlong (Beijing Guoan )
Midfielders: Shensi, Qi Hong, Sun Xiang (Shenhua), Zhao Junzhe (Liaozu), Zheng Zhi (PSV), Zhang Xiaorui (Benfica), Shao Jiayi (Borussia), Ma Mingyu (Peru First).

Forwards: Yu Genwei (Tianjin Teda), Yang Chen (Frankfurt), Xie Hui (Aachen), Wang Tao (Jingcheng Guoan).

At the press conference the next day, Zeng Zheng made it clear that if the situation of the team's full camp of wounded soldiers does not change significantly, he will decide on the evening of the 16th whether to call new players into the national team.

Of course, the newcomers will go directly to Xi'an to report. Under normal circumstances, it is unlikely that they will play.

Regarding the list of newcomers, Zeng Zheng shook his head and said that he did not intend to reveal it.

As for overseas internationals, Zeng Zheng did not appear to be in a hurry.

"Whether it is an overseas international or a domestic international, my inspection principles are the same."

"That's the status and the injuries."

"We can't put all our hopes on all overseas internationals, because none of us can guarantee that they will be free from injuries."

"And now the major leagues have entered the final stage."

"Many of our players are integral members of their clubs."

"For this reason, we still have to discuss with the club and try to get a solution that is the best of both worlds."

Zeng Zheng's speech made many fans feel puzzled.

Why do you need to ask for the club's permission when you return to your country to play for the national team?

What's the use of playing well in foreign clubs?

Isn't it for playing the national team in the end?
There are plenty of people who think this way.

Facing the tit-for-tat confrontation from the reporters, Zeng Zheng changed his previous relaxed and humorous image, and his expression was extremely serious.

"Nothing is necessary or unnecessary."

"Nowadays, a football player is a profession, not a selfless comeback worker."

"Whether it is a player playing in a domestic or foreign league, we must respect the choice of the opponent's individual and the club."

"A team is strong not because all the strong players are gathered in one team."

"It's that no matter how we choose, we have the right players in every position."

"At this point, it's clear that our base is not big enough."

Before Zeng Zheng took office, he said that for the 02 World Cup, he will eventually select 70 people from more than 23 people to participate in the World Cup.

But this is just his vision and plan for the 02 World Cup.

After this World Cup, Zhuxie and the league will also free up their hands to cultivate more talents.

By the 06 World Cup, there will be more than double-digit reserve players to choose from.

Reporter: "How is the state of the international footballers? I feel that the amount of training in the past week is not that big!"

Zeng Zheng: "The back and forth of the training camp is just such a routine. The main purpose is to adjust the state of the players and increase the tacit understanding between the players."

"As for the sluggish state and poor mental state you said, that is your own speculation. At least for now, I am very satisfied with the training of the players."

Reporter: "Then can we win the group stage?"

Someone asked the question that fans are most concerned about at the moment.

Zeng Zheng: "I will bring all players including injuries to Xi'an, and ensure that in any emergency, the team can be adjusted in time to be foolproof."

As for the outcome of the game, Zeng Zheng did not give a clear answer.

However, according to the information obtained by the paparazzi, Zeng Zheng has said this in private more than once.

"Fuck, can't make it to the group stage?"

"These reporters are also stupid! They ask all kinds of questions."

"The Maldives is not as big as our village! This kind of team can participate in the World Cup, that is, because they have money."

"This kind of team, I can play with my eyes closed!"

As the days went by, overseas international players also returned to China one after another.

Although the paparazzi don't know the exact time.

But after squatting around the clock for 24 hours, I finally took pictures of these overseas countries getting off the plane.

Among them, General Fan, Yang Chen and Xie Hui are the most newsworthy.

The biggest trouble for Lao Fan and Yang Chen is that the team has lost consecutively recently and has fallen into the relegation zone.

Crystal Palace and Frankfurt lost 1-4 and 2-4 in away games respectively last weekend, and the relegation situation is even more severe.

According to the clubs where the two belong, they both hope that the two will return to the club to participate in the relegation battle on the way to the world preliminaries.

At present, General Fan’s preliminary plan is to miss only the away game against Cambodia.

But if Zhuxie firmly disagrees with this plan, and the Crystal Palace team fails to relegation, then General Fan is very likely to play in the second division with the Crystal Palace team next season!
As for the transfer of General Fan, it still depends on the face of Crystal Palace.

On Yang Chen's side, as soon as he got off the plane, he handed Zeng Zheng a letter from Frankfurt to Zhuxie, which roughly meant that he hoped that Zhuxie would allow Yang Chen to return to Germany to participate in one or two games in Frankfurt's most critical relegation battle.

According to Frankfurt's schedule, Yang Chen may miss the home and away games against Cambodia.

Xie Hui was a little embarrassed here.

Although there is no risk of relegation in Aachen where he is, he gave up the opportunity to compete for the top scorer of the Bundesliga Bundesliga and returned home to compete.

But judging from his qualifications in Zeng Zheng's team, he is likely to be a substitute!

In the interview, Xie Hui said: "I will play as coach Zeng arranges. I absolutely trust him!"

In addition, Zhang Xiaorui is also competing for the top scorer in the Portuguese Super League.

But because of the position, the gap between him and the previous competitors is widening.

Although the number of goals is no longer top-notch, he has achieved a double-double of goals and assists.

In such a good state, he is naturally not afraid of not being able to play as a main player after returning to China.

Day by day, the Maldives team also arrived in Xi'an on April 4.

In the 1998 World Cup preliminaries, the Maldives were netted 17 goals by the Iranian team in one game.

This has become an eternal pain in the hearts of the Cavaliers.

So when the reporters brought up the past again, the Cavaliers team leader Ah. Hamid said: "17 to 0 is a thing of the past. After that, we learned from it."

"This year's world preliminaries will definitely let the world see a new Maldives!"

Four months ago, the Maldives invited the former head coach of the Slovakia national team Jankchi to lead the team to the World Cup qualifiers.

At the press conference, when a reporter asked whether the Maldives team might be upset, such as a tie, the team leader Hamid said frankly: Although a draw is impossible, we will definitely go all out to strive for the best result!

With the arrival of the horse team, a large number of fans began to pour into Xi'an.

The first world preliminaries are about to start.

Although the cavalry is in decline, the fans are not worried that the national team will not be able to play.

But fans have other pursuits.

The day after the horse team arrived, many people clamored on the Internet to beat the horse team "20 to 0" or "30 to 0".

Among them, the loudest call is to at least kick the Cavaliers by a double-digit gap.

Even Jiulangwang launched an online poll.

关于“中国队周日与马尔代夫一役净胜球”的调查中共有9740人次参与：“10球以下”2864票，占29.40%，“10至15球”2928票、占30.06%，“15至20球”2132票、占21.89%，“20球以上”1816票、占18.64%。

In the face of this overwhelming public opinion, consultant Ma Kejian said: Even in the face of a team like the Maldives, we will not relax.

"The World Cup is not another game. The mentality of the players at this time must be different. If it is a friendly match or a general match, or if the club team is playing against the Maldives, it may not be a big problem to play such a large point difference."

"But if it's the World Cup, you have to beware of the possibility of 'turning the boat'."

"If the opponent scores a goal when he relaxes his mentality because of the lead, then the situation will change, and no matter how he reverses it, it may not be possible."

"And there are unexpected situations on the football field, this is the law of football."

But Ma Kejian also said later: "In fact, there is no need to be nervous, just do yourself well."

"According to Zeng Zheng's words, we are home after all, and we must respect our opponents."

On April 4, although the weather was very cold yesterday, there were many reporters who came to watch the national football training.

Interestingly, among the many reporters, there was also a "foreigner" who also shuttled among them.

When the reporter talked to him about the prospects of the China-Malaysia battle, he smiled secretly: "The Chinese team wants to score 10 goals? I don't think so!"

Because the reporter was very conspicuous in the training ground, it immediately aroused the vigilance of the surrounding Chinese reporters.

A reporter came up to chat with him intentionally or unintentionally. After learning that he was neither a "spy" of the Maldives team nor a "secret agent" of the Indonesian team, but a French reporter, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yi has made four appearances in Morocco recently.

Although he has not started yet and has not scored goals, his performance has been well received by the team's coach.

I believe it won't be long before Li Yi will be able to open his Ligue [-] scoring account.

However, the French reporter does not seem to have a good impression of Chinese football.

"I know, you look down on the Maldives team, and even before the game, you claim to score 10 goals."

"But in fact, the disastrous defeat in 97 greatly stimulated the development of football in the country."

"Now they have their own league, the level of football is not the same as it was four years ago, and in the recent SEA Confederations Cup, they reached the semi-finals."

"The Chinese team wants to beat them by 10 goals this time, it's just a dream!"

Because what the Frenchman said was true, none of the reporters present dared to refute.

After all, there have been a lot of injuries in the national team recently, and the overseas internationals have gone through long-distance trips. Coupled with the bad things of their respective clubs, they may not be able to perform at their best on the court.

Maybe this time, there is really no way to achieve the ultimate goal of "goal difference in double figures".

Ever since, at the pre-match press conference that afternoon, Zeng Zheng was obviously a little impatient when a reporter repeatedly asked "how many goals should the Chinese team score to win".

"In life, we should fully respect others. We should never say how much we want to pour others, let alone in front of the guests."

"The only thing we have to do is give our all and take every opportunity to show balance.

level of training. "

"It's dangerous and unhealthy to create some false hope for yourself before a game like you guys do."

"We should respect our opponents and play well."

"I hope that you reporters will ask some high-end questions in the future, and stop asking such stupid questions."

Having said that, there are still paparazzi who published Zeng Zheng's lectures in the previous training meeting.

At present, the ninth group in the Asian region where the Chinese team is located has played three games. The results are Maldives 6-0 Cambodia, Indonesia 5-0 Maldives, Cambodia 1-1 Maldives.

The strongest opponent in the group, Indonesia, has 3 points and a goal difference of 5.

So Zeng Zheng's goal is to score more goals than Indonesia at least in the match against Maldives!

On April 4, at 22 o'clock in the evening, the national football team ushered in the first match of the first stage of the 19 Japan and South Korea World Cup qualifiers.

The opponent is the Maldives.

Facing the underdogs in South Asia, Zeng Zheng, as before, formed the best 442 formation.

The starting goalkeeper is Ou Chuliang, defender Wu Chengying, General Fan, Li Weifeng and Xu Yunlong.

The midfielders are Zheng Zhi, Zhao Junzhe, Zhang Xiaorui and Shao Jiayi.

The forwards are Yang Chen and Xie Hui.

In the 89th minute, facing the opponent's single-handedly, Ou Chuliang attacked decisively.

Ismail, who came on in the second half, faced Ou Chuliang without any fear. He flicked the ball with his right foot and moved laterally, instantly opening up a gap of more than two meters.

Then with a nudge with his right heel, the ball rolled into the goal behind Ou Chuliang.

Whoa! ! !
The moment the goal was scored, not only the coaches of the Cavaliers, but even the Chinese fans in the stands stood up and cheered for the Cavaliers.

"Goal, I scored! I broke the goal of the Chinese team!"

Ismail, the midfielder who scored the goal, wept with joy, and ran all the way to his coach's bench with open arms, celebrating and embracing with his teammates and coaches.

Looking at Ismail's joy in the camera, the fans who just turned on the TV thought that Maldives was the winner.

"what's the situation?"

"The Chinese team actually allowed the Maldives to score?"

"What the hell is Zeng Zheng doing?"

"What is General Fan doing?"

"At this level, do you still want to play in the World Cup?"

Just as the fans were complaining, the camera turned and switched to the scoreboard.

33: 1.

???

After seeing the score clearly, everyone gasped.

Fuck? !

What did Zeng Zheng say before the game?

This NM is called respecting the opponent? ? ?