host must win

Chapter 18 Prospects for Advancement to the Knockout Round
After losing the game against Brazil, the Chinese team has not completely lost hope of advancing to the knockout round. Whether the Chinese team can advance to the knockout round is still in their own hands.

Therefore, in order to better prepare for the life-and-death battle against Turkey five days later, the Chinese team rushed to Seoul overnight.

When the match between the Chinese team and Brazil ended, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening local time in South Korea. By the time they arrived in Seoul by plane, it was already late at night.

Although everyone feels tired, no one complains of suffering.

In fact, after the game, although the players are physically tired, they are more excited psychologically, especially after the game against Brazil, if they are asked to rest in a hotel in Seogwipo, many of them may not be able to sleep.Using this exciting period for travel is actually the best use of time.

Milu is indeed an experienced coach, and he has a good grasp of the players' psychology.

On the flight from Jeju Island to Seoul, the players were in high spirits, some talking about the jerseys they had swapped with Brazil players and others talking about the game.

Several players envied Yin Jun, because Carlos took the initiative to exchange jerseys with Yin Jun.

For players, taking the initiative to find someone to exchange jerseys is the greatest affirmation of the other party.

Carlos, who is the main left-back of Real Madrid, is a real superstar.In this year's Champions League final, his two beautiful assists helped Real Madrid win the ninth Champions League in team history, making him famous, and his reputation is not much inferior to Ronaldo and Rivaldo.

As for Ronaldinho, he is not yet ranked in the Brazilian team at this time.

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Before the World Cup in Korea and Japan, Ronaldinho was just a marginal international for Brazil.On the one hand, there are too many superstars in Samba football, and many superstars are concentrated in the midfield. Even Elber, the top scorer in the Bundesliga, cannot be selected for the Brazilian national team.Ronaldinho, who was still a teenager at this time, had no qualifications in the national team. Moreover, the club he played for at the time was Paris Saint-Germain and it was not a wealthy team. The World Cup roster was not stable for him.

Ronaldinho won the competition with the aging superstar "Lone Wolf" Romario, and the reason why he was able to win was not fame and strength, but character.

In terms of fame, Romario's fame at that time was unmatched by the fledgling Ronaldinho. Fortunately, the then Brazil coach Scolari was not a coach who only looked at fame.

It is worth mentioning that due to the defeat of the Brazilian team in the World Cup final in France, public opinion in Brazil pointed to "the failure of the World Cup in 98 was because the Brazilian team did not bring Romario". In the past few seasons, the "Lone Wolf" has maintained a good state. Before the World Cup in Korea and Japan, there was a very high voice in Brazil for "Scolari, please bring Romario".

However, Scolari is a coach with strong comprehensive thinking ability. Romario himself also really wants to participate in the World Cup in Korea and Japan, but the many shortcomings of the "lone wolf" also made Scolari decide not to use him-the star-studded The national team is prone to problems in the locker room. Romario, a player with a unique personality and bad temper, undoubtedly planted a "time bomb" for the Brazil team's locker room.

In contrast, Ronaldinho has a good personality and is always happy to be able to get along with the big brothers of the Brazilian team. Ronaldo and other famous stars at the time also liked Ronaldinho very much. These became the key factors for Ronaldinho's victory.

It was during the World Cup in Korea and Japan that Ronaldinho let the world see his talent and ability, and he quickly completed the process of transforming from a rookie to a world-class superstar.

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Yin Jun was also very happy to get Carlos' initiative to exchange jerseys.But what made him even happier was Carlos' unique skill he got in the game: a powerful free kick!

This is something that makes him happier than Pele's unique skill - the upside-down golden hook. After all, for a player, the upside-down golden hook can not be used much, and the scoring rate is even greater. It's hard to say, and it can only play unexpected effects on specific occasions.

But the free kick stunt, that is a real big killer.

In a game, no matter how poor the team's performance, it is not difficult to get a few free kicks.At this time, a good free kick technique can even really decide the outcome of the game.

As for exchanging the jersey of a superstar, in Yin Jun's opinion, that's the case.

Of course, as long as you know this kind of thinking in your heart, you don’t need to say it out loud.One is to offend people, and the other is to make people think that he is pretending.

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The Chinese team arrived at the residence in Seoul overnight. This is the place that the staff had already found according to the team's schedule. The players went to sleep and rest one after another, but the coaching staff headed by Milu and the Chinese staff could not Rest now, they still have to prepare for the training that starts tomorrow.

Because they arrived in Seoul relatively late, the Chinese team did not arrange training the next morning, and the players were resting.The coaching staff and staff are continuing to prepare for the following training.

In the afternoon, the Chinese team had its first training session in Seoul, and the main content of the training was set-piece tactics.

Milu is very clear that there is an obvious gap in strength between the Chinese team and Turkey. If they want to draw or beat Turkey in a head-to-head duel, the possibility is very small, and they can only find a way in defense and set-pieces.

When the Chinese team finished the training session in the afternoon and returned to the hotel for dinner, the match between Turkey and Costa Rica started at the Munhak Stadium in Incheon.

The coaching staff organized all the players to watch the game in the conference hall of the hotel, so that everyone could get familiar with the playing style of the opponent Turkey in the next game.

In the end, at the Munhak Stadium, Costa Rica and Turkey drew 10:1 after nine 1 minutes of fighting.

This is undoubtedly excellent news for the Chinese team.

After the two rounds of the group stage, the Brazilian team has won both games and has already qualified ahead of schedule. The Chinese team with one win and one loss continued to rank second in the group with three points; Costa Rica and Turkey ranked third and fourth respectively with one draw and one loss.

In the last round of the group stage, as long as the Chinese team can draw with Turkey, they can basically secure the qualification for qualifying.Unless the Brazilian team loses to Costa Rica after qualifying ahead of schedule.

(End of this chapter)