World Cup of Great Powers

How to stop the Chinese team?
This topic is no longer a problem for the opponents in the group stage of the world preliminaries.

Because no team can stop it!

From Xi'an to Guangzhou, from Guangzhou to Singapore, and from Singapore to Maldives.

This away game requires two transfers.

Along the way, bamboo shoes from various places have already arranged the itinerary for Zeng Jiajun.

After arriving in Guangzhou, Xie Zhiguang, Yang Xu and other leaders of Guangzhou Zhuxie took a group of people to be responsible for the transfer of a large amount of luggage for the national team.

And Zeng Jiajun only needs to sit firmly in the VIP room and rest, waiting for others to arrange everything.

Because the national team temporarily added one person, the 757 planes originally reserved by the national team were already full.

To this end, Singapore Airlines deliberately changed the 757 aircraft to 777.

During the plane change, Jin Zhiyang ran out of the plane as soon as he got off the plane.

Zeng Zheng asked curiously, "Coach Jin didn't go to the bathroom on the plane?"

Chi Shangbin shook his head: "No, Lao Jin is anxious to see his granddaughter!"

Only after careful inquiry can I find out.

Jin Zhiyang's daughter who lives in Singapore gave birth to a baby girl a month ago, and Jin Zhiyang has not seen this granddaughter until now.

This time, knowing that her father was coming to Singapore to change planes, Jin Zhiyang's daughter took this opportunity to bring her one-month-old daughter over so that her grandfather could meet her granddaughter.

Seeing Jin Zhiyang swaying through the crowd, Zeng Zheng also said with emotion:

"I remember that Coach Jin still has his waist off? In order to see his granddaughter, it's really embarrassing for Coach Jin."

In order to wait for the national team to change planes, the 777 flight was half an hour behind schedule.

It is not difficult to see that Zeng Jiajun's face has already reached the international level.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

"Be quick!"

"Everyone is waiting for us to get on the plane!"

Amidst Ma Ke's urging, the team members' bags filled the airplane suitcases to the brim.

"Sir, your luggage is really too big, I suggest you check it in one piece."

Xie Hui, who was carrying two suitcases, was in a dilemma.

After looking around, I handed the smaller box to the stewardess, but kept the big and heavy one.

"The shooting baby inside?" General Fan asked curiously.

"clothing!"

"Is it a suit?"

Xie Hui smiled awkwardly.

It seems that Lao Fan guessed right.

"Old Xie pays special attention to his image when he goes outside."

General Fan flaunted it to the others with a look of embarrassment.

Not long after takeoff, Li Weifeng pressed the call bell.

"Sir, what do you need?"

The stewardess came over and asked with a smile.

"Can you bring me a blanket?"

"Ok."

Ma Ke also walked over at this moment.

"what's the situation?"

"Director Ma, Heizi's body temperature has risen again."

When he was in Xi'an, Zhang Xiaorui's body temperature was 38.2.

Now on the plane to the Maldives, his temperature rose again.

After taking a temperature measurement, it has reached 39 degrees.

The two team doctors Yin Yuhua and Yan Cheng rushed to the bathroom and gave Zhang Xiaorui injections of antipyretics.

Zeng Zheng didn't care much about this.

"It may have been rained in Xi'an. The weather was cold during the competition, and it only happened in the past few days."

Zhang Xiaorui has already taken his special medicine.

Get off the plane and get a good night's sleep.

It doesn't matter whether the state recovers well after the fever subsides.

Everyone knows that this trip to the Maldives is entirely for tourism.

Zhang Xiaorui insisted on going to the Maldives with the team despite his sick body, just to get some more statistics.

But now it seems that whether Zeng Zheng let him play is two things.

Because of the disparity in the outcome of the first game, apart from Zhang Xiaorui and Xie Hui, all the overseas players were driven back to the league by Zeng Zheng.

This trip to the Maldives, several domestic international players were overwhelmed.

Who wants to miss such a good opportunity for public travel?

Several hours later, through the window, everyone finally saw the lights below.

Everyone's mood also improved.

The Maldives TV station sent a camera, and of course a reporter, but it was just a reporter from a newspaper.

Along the way, there are many Singaporeans who don't know why.

Most of the team members understand English and communicate with the people around them.

This made a few players who didn't understand English envious.

They all made up their minds to go back to China this time, so they must practice their English well.

After learning that this is a football team and not a table tennis team, the Maldives fans at the scene were so happy that they stuck out a finger.

"We even scored a goal for the Chinese team!"

The team members smiled after hearing this.

Who would have thought that this goal has become the capital of the horse team fans to show off.

There is only one receptionist sent by the Maldives, and his task is very heavy.

Not only was he responsible for receiving Zeng Jiajun, he was also responsible for receiving the accompanying reporters, which moved a kind of entourage very much.

As a result, the journalists were stopped when boarding the ship.

"Isn't there still space on the boat?"

A reporter shouted loudly.

"Sorry, let's invite the reporters to take the next boat!" A bamboo shoe official blocked the boarding gate.

Such a scene made the Malaysian reception staff at a loss.

Looking at the empty seats on the boat, he complained in English: "Aren't you from the same country? Why don't you let them board the boat?"

The English-speaking reporters at the scene certainly knew what the Zhuxie officials were thinking.

But they couldn't tell.

I had no choice but to curse loudly: "Fake squid!"

Vent your unhappiness.

"What's the situation? Why aren't you sailing?"

Ma Ke came out and asked.

"Leader Ma, right now, right now."

Seeing Ma Jian, the official immediately changed his face.

Zeng Zheng also followed Ma Kejian.

After a brief glance, everything is understood.

"Director Zhao, right?"

"Anyway, there are still so many vacancies on the ship, let these journalist friends come up together."

"We all came here on the same plane. You see, there is only one receptionist on the Malaysian side. It's not the case to ask him to run back and forth, right?"

When Director Zhao saw Zeng Zheng speak, he quickly glanced at Ma Kwai who was on the side.

He didn't have to play bureaucratic in front of reporters and others.

But every competition, there are "traitors" within the Chinese team.

The situation that the own officials did not know was exposed to the opponent by these reporters.

So this time Zhu Xie also ordered to die.

This world preliminaries must prevent such things from happening again.

Director Zhao did this in response to the call from above.

"Since Coach Zeng spoke, let the reporters come up!"

"It looks like it's going to rain soon."

"You can't let your compatriots get wet, can you?"

Although Ma Ke's words took him out, they also took responsibility.

With Team Leader Ma's consent, Director Zhao agreed to let him go.

But the reporters under the boat could all see clearly.

As soon as they boarded the boat, they all surrendered to Zeng Zheng.

"Thank you, Coach Zeng!"

"Ha, our coach Zeng is refreshing!"

"If it wasn't for Coach Zeng, we would probably have been caught in the rain this time!"

"Coach Zeng, let's kick him another 30 goals this time, what do you think?"

Zeng Zheng waved his hands, laughed and said:

"Let's not be presumptuous when we come to other people's territory. Another 30? How dare you think about it!"

"Coach Zeng, how much do you say?" the reporter who had something good to say asked loudly.

"If you want me to say, just enter half of it."

half?
Half is also 15!
The reporters who reacted also burst out laughing.

After taking their seats, the reporters gathered together and chattered.

"Coach Zeng is Coach Zeng, he is much more generous than those coaches in the past!"

"Then what are you talking about! Which coach do you think can lead the team to score 33 goals in one game? Then Schlappner hasn't scored so many goals in a year!"

"If you ask me, Coach Zeng is the one who has the courage to be a master of arts. Even if we are capable, we are not afraid of you telling us the truth!"

These reporters are also well aware of the worries of Zhuxie officials.

But they are also tacit.

Because no one can tell whether it will be me who sells the information one day.

This thing is a matter of interest.

They are not coaches of the national team, so they don't know which news is important and which news is not.

As long as you feel that the other party's bid is suitable, you may sell it if you change hands.

But after Zeng Zheng took office, they restrained a lot.

One is because Zeng Zheng did not hide much information at all, and directly said it in press conferences or interviews.

The second is that if Zeng Zheng wanted to conceal certain information, he would not even tell his colleagues, and no one would be able to inquire about it.

As for personnel arrangements and formation issues, there are no teams in Asia to inquire about this matter.

If you can't kick it, you can't kick it.

They are quite capable, and they have already thought through all the games and all the employment arrangements since Zeng Zheng led the team.

Unless Zeng Zheng forms a formation that has never been used before, no matter what formation or formation, the opponent has already prepared countermeasures.

This is the "treatment" of the strong.

All opponents will put you under a microscope.

It takes about 10 minutes by boat from the island where the Maldives airport is located to Male Island, the capital of the Maldives.

Although it was at night, the waters of the Maldives reflected clear lights everywhere.

The sky is very low, and a few clouds form the background of the sky.

Occasionally, a few bolts of lightning pierced through the clouds, illuminating the entire sky brightly.

"It's going to rain, but it still looks like a heavy rain." The receptionist in Maldives said, "It hasn't rained here for a long time."

"We hit the water!" Chi Shangbin muttered.

Xi'an torrential rain, Guangzhou torrential rain.

When we arrived in the Maldives, where there is little rain, we also encountered heavy rain.

There are only four hotels on Male Island. The national team has booked 17 rooms in the best four-star hotel on the island and 5 rooms in the hotel next door.

The Zeng family lived in a hotel, and the reporters lived next door.

It is said to be a four-star hotel, but in fact the grade is similar to that of domestic unit guest houses.

That night, it rained heavily.

The temperature in the room was high, the humidity was high, and it was stuffy.

There are no toiletries or slippers here, and two people share a newly heated water heater.

Sleeping is also very uncomfortable. It is called "Simmons", but the area is very small. Tall people like Fu Bin and Xiao Wang Tao can't stretch their legs straight when they sleep.

On top of that, there are mosquitoes everywhere.

Fortunately, Zeng Zheng reminded everyone to bring mosquito nets, which saved them from the "persecution" of mosquitoes.

Before going to bed, Li Weifeng was also responsible for distributing bottles of unlabeled ointment to each team member.

"Boss, what is this for?"

Gao Feng, who was recalled to the team again after four years, had the shortest time under Zeng Zheng's command. He unscrewed the ointment bottle and sniffed it under his nose, smelling a fresh fragrance.

"It's for itching." Li Weifeng replied.

"Anti-itch? I thought it was mosquito repellent!"

Li Weifeng spread his hands.

"I can't help it either, the Zeng Boss used it for us in Brazil."

The next morning, Zeng Zheng woke up.

He washed himself by the window with his own toothbrush, just in time to see that the reporters next door were also wearing big underpants and brushing their teeth with a jar.

"Hey, how was your rest last night?"

"Hey, don't mention it, this is not a place for people to live at all!" A reporter complained.

The rooms of the reporters are smaller than those of the national team, probably not even 10 square meters.

The sweltering weather has made the room as stuffy as a steamer. The Guangzhou reporters who are used to the sweltering weather in Guangzhou have not been able to resist the heat and humidity here.

Especially after bringing in large and small packages, there is no place for people to stay.

Standing outside the room and taking a look inside, the whole place is clouded with gloom.

After taking a bite of the dry food they brought with them in the morning, the team members lined up to call Zeng Zheng to report his safety.

Internet access and phone calls are a luxury here.

4 dollars for 1 minute, every word is real gold.

Want to buy a phone card to call home to report safety, 200 Maldivian currency can only talk for 3 minutes.

However, drinking water here is quite cheap. Mineral water is about RMB 1, so it is easy to drink enough.

Male Island is the only place in the Maldives with motor vehicles, but driving a car on the small Male Island is indeed a waste of money.

There are also rentals here, for 1 dollar, you can go anywhere you want.

Bicycles and motorcycles can be seen everywhere on the island.

However, after observation, the existence of "Mo's" has not been found.

Except for Zhang Xiaorui who was resting at the hotel, everyone else came to the training ground arranged by Maldives Zhuxie to participate in training at [-]:[-] p.m. the next day after arriving in Male.

Since the roads on Male Island are relatively narrow, there are no such huge vehicles as passenger cars on the island.

The Zeng family soldiers rushed to the training ground in 8 vans.

The mighty convoy attracted many locals on the island to watch.

Prior to this, the Maldives national team had never played any international competitions in China.

So this trip of the Chinese team to Male is the highest-level national team that the Maldivians have seen so far.

Before the players arrived at the training ground, they were surrounded by Maldivian fans inside and outside the training ground.

The doors of the training ground are open, allowing Maldives fans to come and go as they please.

Since there are only a small number of seats in the training ground, after three rows of fans sat neatly, other fans gathered around the railing outside the training ground to watch.

These Maldivians were very polite. After sitting down, they didn't say a word, and sat there silently watching Zeng's army's training.

Except for the moderate applause and applause when the players entered the field, Zeng Zheng arrived, and when wonderful shots appeared on the training ground, there was no sound from the Maldivians at all.

Faced with the support of the locals, Zeng Zheng specially arranged a round of long-range shots from outside the penalty area at the end of the training.

It is said to practice long-range shooting, but in fact it is to let Xu Liang, Sun Xiang, Shen Si and other players with good footwork show their footwork.

Whenever they see a player playing a wonderful world wave, the local fans can't help but applaud and celebrate.

"If only our players could shoot shots like this on the field!"

After training, a local fan exclaimed in an interview, "Then we can break the goal of any Asian team!"

Although it lost a record-breaking score in the first game against the Chinese team, this is already the best result for the Maldives in international competitions against top Asian teams.

Just because they scored a goal for the Chinese team!

Coupled with the fact that the Maldives defeated Cambodia 6-0 in the first game, the Maldives media, which rarely had the opportunity to report on football, finally found a chance to be proud.

Facing the home game against the Chinese team in the world preliminaries, the Maldives media paid a lot of attention to this game.

When the local daily with the largest circulation "Male Daily" looked forward to this game, it even predicted that the Maldives could score two goals for the Chinese team at home, and the number of losses would only be in single digits.

"Male Daily" stated that this Maldives national team is recognized as the strongest national team in history, and the victory over Cambodia is the most glorious victory in the country's history. It turns out that the taste of a weak team is so wonderful.

What makes the Maldives even more exciting is that they were able to score the goal of the Chinese team in Xi'an, and Naseem, the hero of the goal, has also become the hero of the Maldives.

In an interview with Maldives National Television, Naseem recalled that goal: "I didn't think about anything at the time, I just wanted to score a goal as much as possible."

"I was running forward and for some reason the ball was flying out of the air and at my feet."

"I got the ball and broke into the penalty area, and the goalkeeper had already attacked."

"I kicked the ball out and shot it straight in, and it went in."

"I can't believe it, I broke the goal of the Chinese team!"

Naseem also said, "After scoring the goal of the Chinese team, my confidence is stronger."

"Now back at home, I hope to score again at home and give it to the fans."

In the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, although the Maldives lost to Iran by a large score away, they only lost 0 to 3 at home.

the reason is simple.

However, Iran is located in a desert area and the weather is hot and dry, while the Maldives is located in the center of the Indian Ocean and has extremely high humidity.

The Iranian players looked very uncomfortable when they played in the Maldives.

This is also valid for Chinese players.

Humid air, and possibly heavy rain
Playing a football game under these conditions consumes more energy than usual.

This is also the confidence of the Maldives media threatening to score two goals for the Chinese team!
After two days of adaptation, on April 4, at 28:16 local time, the Chinese team challenged the Maldives away at the Male Stadium.

Since most overseas players were driven back to the club by Zeng Zheng, Zhang Xiaorui suffered another high fever.

Therefore, Xie Hui is the only overseas international who played in this game.

The goalkeeper was replaced by Fu Bin from Ou Chuliang.

Many fans were not surprised after seeing this rotation.

Ou Chuliang scored in the first round.

No matter what, let Fu Bin get one too!

The defenders are Wu Chengying, Li Weifeng, Shu Chang, and Xu Yunlong.

The midfielders are Zhao Junzhe, Li Xiaopeng, Shen Si and Qi Hong.

The forwards are Xie Hui and Yu Genwei.

In this confrontation with the Maldives team, fans have the following points to watch.

One: Will the team members adapt to the local weather after a long journey.

Two: Will the team score more than even numbers like in the last game?

Three: Will the Cavaliers score two goals for the Chinese team and make history again, as the media advertised.

For this game, the home game tickets that can accommodate 1 fans were sold out as early as two days ago.

On the coconut trees outside the stadium, there are still many fans watching from a distance with binoculars.

Before the game, the head coach Yankel said that returning to the home game will never concede more than 10 goals.

He even made some predictions about the result of this game: 2 to 5!

That is, scoring two goals for the Chinese team and then losing to the Chinese team by a single-digit score.

In this regard, Zeng Zheng did not say anything.

He still said that.

"It's disrespectful to discuss how many balls to pour the opponent before the game."

"I don't say such exaggerated things when I'm at home."

"Now that it's an away game, I won't answer such stupid questions."

After hearing Zeng Zheng's answer, the reporters nodded repeatedly.

He took out a small notebook and wrote on it: Even if it is an away game, Coach Zeng will kill him!
In the first 3 minutes of the game, the fans were the first to dispel their worries.

Yu Genwei received Zhao Junzhe's long pass and then made a low pass. Xie Hui in front of the goal caught up with a header and opened the scoring for the Chinese team.

Even though Maldives has up to 7 players in the penalty area to participate in the defense, Yankel temporarily recruited a tall central defender with a height of 1.8 meters to join the team.

But numerous defenders crowded each other, resulting in unclear goals and responsibilities.

And Yu Genwei's cross and Xie Hui's running position are very purposeful, and the goal is also a matter of course.

In the 54th minute of the second half, the second worry of the fans also had an answer.

A free kick from the left 26 meters from the goal.

Xu Liang kicked the ball directly over the wall after the run-up.

After the ball circled half a circle in the air, it flew back to the goal frame again.

The horse team's goalkeeper couldn't make a save, and the ball got into the dead corner of the goal.

At this time the score on the court was already 10-0.

Although the scoring efficiency is not as good as at home in Xi'an, it has reached double digits.

Considering the temperature in Male Island, after kicking out the score, the fans' hearts were finally put back in their stomachs.

The next game.

The players without "tasks" began to show off their individual footwork.

Therefore, the Cavaliers have gradually attacked the Chinese team's penalty area.

In the 68th minute, taking advantage of a pass error by Shen Si, the Cavaliers played a quick counterattack.

If it weren't for Umar in the small penalty area to head up the inevitable header, maybe the Chinese team would score again.

Seeing the ball flying off the baseline against the crossbar, the Colts fans at the scene couldn't help but sigh.

The camera also turned to the Chinese coach's seat at this moment.

Looking at Zeng Zheng in the screen, wearing sunglasses, holding a coconut, wearing flowered shorts and beach slippers.

Those who didn't know thought he was on vacation!
"The image of Coach Zeng is a bit too much?"

"So what? It's over 30 degrees, and you still let him wear a suit and tie?"

In the 84th minute of the game, the home team, who had never forgotten it, finally scored.

At that time, Li Weifeng passed the ball back to Fu Bin, but the ball was too big and went directly out of the baseline, giving the opponent a corner kick.

Then after the corner kick was taken, the prodigal son Gao Feng, who came off the bench in the second half, pulled down the opponent's central defender Fasier who was advancing to the top in the penalty area, and was sentenced to death by the referee.

Facing the penalty kick, Fu Bin judged the wrong direction and was hit by his opponent.

At this time the score is already 13 to 1.

The horse team broke through the opponent's door again.

After the opponent scored a goal, many players looked to the sidelines.

Seeing that Zeng Zheng, who was drinking coconut milk, shook his head slightly, he completely controlled the ball under his feet for the next time.

In the end, the score of 13 to 1 was maintained until the end.

Xie Hui, who performed a hat-trick, was chased by three Cavaliers players to exchange jerseys.

In the press conference after the game, both sides were very happy.

Victor, director of the Maldives Bamboo Shoes Technology Department, said excitedly: "Facing the Chinese team, both home and away games scored goals. This is the greatest victory of Maldives football!"

After speaking, he stepped forward and hugged the reporter from China in front of everyone.

The Chinese reporters at the scene were also amazed when they saw this situation.

Seeing how happy the other party was, they thought they were the loser.

So, some journalists who couldn't turn their minds around asked Zeng Zheng in front of him:
"Coach Zeng, the national team allowed the Maldives to score again. What do you think about this?"

The tone and manner of the reporter's question caused the colleagues around him to frown.

Everyone can tell that this is not a joke, but more like a kind of accountability.

Faced with the reporter's rude words, Zeng Zheng lowered his head, revealing two eyes from above the sunglasses.

It seems to want to see who asked such an imbecile question on such a happy occasion.

After being stared at by Zeng Zheng for five or six seconds, the reporter gritted his teeth and asked again unwillingly.

Seeing that this colleague was so dishonest, the surrounding reporters stepped aside one after another.

Some people even muttered in private: "No wonder Zhu Xie didn't let us board the boat that day. Sure enough, there are bad people among us!"

"Oh, it's nothing but Coach Zeng's kindness."

"It's a shame, which newspaper does B belong to? I will never have anything to do with them next time."

At this time, Zeng Zheng on the stage cleared his throat, and said lightly:

"My opinion is that the Maldives are a team with great potential and improving every day."

"In order to study why this team has improved so fast, I decided to stay in the Maldives for another day."

"I won't go back to Kunming with you guys!"

Looking at Zeng Zheng's beach shorts and sandals under the speaking table on the screen, the fans couldn't help showing contempt.

You made up your mind, I've heard it in Kunming!