World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 319 Strategic Plan for the Top Ten Tournament
At the press conference after the game, Zeng Zheng once again became the focus of the audience.

Not only did the Thai head coach congratulate him, but even Verapan, who was watching the match, went to the conference room to shake hands with Zeng Zheng.

Zeng Zheng, who got off to a good start, was in a great mood and praised all the players on the field.

When answering a reporter's question, there will be countless applause from the audience.

Even in the end, the fans were reluctant to let Zeng Zheng leave the field.

Several heroes who scored the goals were also surrounded by a group of reporters.

As soon as he broke through the encirclement, he was stopped by another group of reporters.

Facing the interview, the players all smiled.

It can be seen that everyone is not only in a good mood, but also full of self-confidence.

"It's done, it's really done now!"

"Coach Zeng is also amazing, he can beat opponents with 433!"

"That's right, it's a big taboo for military strategists to change formations before a game. But if it is used by Coach Zeng, it's Zhuge Liang's ingenious plan. If you don't accept it, you won't succeed!"

"If we continue to play like this, we will definitely have a place in the World Cup next year!"

"Shengjing Evening News": "Red flags roll across the Wuli River, long tassels are tied to the dragon - the Chinese team beat Thailand 5-0."

"Southern Evening News": "Perfect start, the Chinese team won by surprise"

"Sichuan Youth Daily": "Wulihe shows its home court advantage"

"New Express": "The temporary change of the Chinese team surprised the audience-the charm of change and change"

"Xinmin Evening News": "The magic coach is definitely not in vain!"

"Old Wave Net - Thank God Thank You Zeng Shuai": "Happiness came too suddenly!"

"Football Weekly": "The national football team won a good start, and Wang Junsheng looked relaxed and smiling."

Firecrackers, red flags, drag racing, honking horns
After the 5-0 victory over the Thai team last night, the people of Shencheng unanimously rushed to the streets, releasing their suppressed expectations for too long in various ways.

The results and process of the first game of the last top ten competition are vividly remembered.

Even if the team leads 5-0.

Many fans completely let go of the burden in their hearts at the moment the whistle blew.

I won, I really won!

Still a big victory without any suspense!

That night, after the celebrating fans left the Wulihe Stadium, it seemed that they became a family in an instant.

At various corners of Qingnian Avenue, fans who came out of their homes and fans who came out of the stadium gathered together to celebrate the first victory of the Chinese team.

They applauded, cheered, and even hugged affectionately.At this moment, there is no difference between men and women, old and young, and social status. As long as they are fans, football and victory are their common language.

It's late at night, but joyful singing can be heard everywhere in Shenyang.

A fan from Fujian said that he originally thought that the Chinese team would win, but thought the result would be 1-0, 2-1 or 3-1.No matter how bad the Thai team is, they should score a goal, right?But the national team played so well, Coach Zeng's team is almost invincible!
More than 200 fans from Hubei said that if the national team continues to play like this, they must go to Japan and South Korea to watch the Chinese team's games next year.

The fans were happy, but the Shencheng officials couldn't agree more.

According to the Organizing Committee of the Top Ten Competition, this competition has brought at least 10 foreign passengers to Shencheng.

After the four games, Shen Cheng has made at least 10 billion in profit just by selling tickets, advertising, and traveling!

After the game, a reporter with a good thing called the home phones of the three overseas international players and asked them to talk about their views on the first game of the national team.

Xie Ruoshui (Xie Hui's father): "My son said that his biggest regret is not being able to perform a hat-trick."

Fan Jiuling (father of General Fan): "I think my son's performance can get at least 8 points!"

Yang Zhongtai (Yang Chen's father): "It was very easy to win the first game. I think Yang Chen's performance is not as good as the previous few games. He still needs to adapt."

On the second day after the competition, at the official invitation of Jiulang, Zeng Zheng, Chi Shangbin, Yang Chen, and General Fan participated in an official interview.

After asking a few questions that fans wanted to know, the host asked the coaches and players to comment on Zeng Zheng.

Looking at the young man in front of him who was about the same size as the player, Jin Zhiyang said with emotion: "Coach Zeng is like Copperfield on the football field. I am convinced, really convinced!"

It wasn't until here that Jin Chi and the two of them spoke out about their disagreement with Zeng Zheng before the game.

Only then did the fans know that the temporary change was simply Zeng Zheng's plan alone.

"I can't do without admiration, Xiao Zeng sees higher and farther than we do!"

"Then Coach Zeng, what's your opinion on the next game?"

Facing the host's question, Zeng Zheng thought for a while and said:
"Judging from the lottery numbers for this top ten match, we don't have the advantage."

"But judging from the ability level of the opponents in the group stage, the Iranian team is our ultimate opponent."

"The current tactics of the coaching staff are also very clear."

"That is to win all home games and at least two draws in away games."

"Refer to the points of the last World Cup, 14 points can at least guarantee the Chinese team to get the top two in the group."

"Of course, judging from the strength and performance of the Thai team, it is not ruled out that the Iranian team also has the ability to suppress other teams."

"So, in the case of guaranteeing 4 home wins and 2 away draws, we will pursue at least one away win."

"It would be better if this away win is against Iran. If not, it's better not to conflict with the other two away draws."

Zeng Zheng Balabala said a lot, and the host's mind was spinning quickly.

Hearing the end, the host was the first to react.

"That is to say, for the away game against Iran, coach Zeng didn't ask for the result, did he?"

Zeng Zheng smiled after hearing this, "You can't say that, it would be bad if the loss is too ugly."

Seeing this, the host couldn't help asking: "Coach Zeng, then you never thought about defeating the Iranian team in an away game, and then once and for all?"

Zeng Zheng shook his head.

"It's irrational."

"As the head coach, what I consider is how the team can use the best way to maximize the possibility of qualifying."

"Instead of taking one step at a time as before, nor blindly asking the team members to hold on to their strength to fight tough battles with the most powerful enemy."

"This is also unscientific!"

"The goal of the top ten competition is to enter the World Cup."

"On this basis, we should also take into account the reality of the players and the team."

"As the host just said, if the team is required to win the away game against Iran, what is the difference from requiring the players to win all the top ten games?"

"If it does, the extra points will become useless points."

"And I can guarantee it."

"At least half of these four NO.50 international players will not be able to participate in the World Cup next year."

Injuries are always a football player's worst enemy.

So far, Gao Jianbin, Qu Shengqing, and Li Ming are the most typical examples.

Not only that, people like Yang Chen, Xie Hui, Sun Jihai, and Zhang Xiaorui also had some minor injuries.

These injuries are accumulated during normal training.

It may be cured today, but twisted or stretched tomorrow, and there is no way to cure it.

Based on this status quo, it is obviously not a rational behavior to ask the team to fight against the most powerful opponent in the group.

After the interview was broadcast, Zeng Zheng's explanation received strong support from fans across the country.

Compared with the previous world preliminaries, which had no brains and rushed all the way, Zeng Zheng's analysis was well-founded, with tension and relaxation.

In the words of host Liu Jianhong, this is a good coach who is responsible for the team!

In the first game, Zeng Zheng simply changed the roster and returned to the club with a few players.

The national team recruits 23 people every time, but in fact, only 18 people are reported to the organizing committee for each game.

Under such circumstances, Zeng Zheng did not want to "waste resources" and waste the players' private time.

That's right.

But Zhu Xie went over Zeng Zheng and called every team member himself.

Tell them that in this matter, they can figure it out!
Zeng Zheng has no good way to deal with this phenomenon.

We can only continue to train players as much as possible, so that the Chinese team can truly be full of talents.

After the first round of Group A of the Top Ten Tournament, the Chinese team beat Thailand 5-0 at home, and Qatar drew with Bahrain 1-1.

In the second round, the Chinese team's group opponent is Bahrain.

On August 8, Zhu Heyuan, director of the State Management Department, rushed to the Dabao Hotel to visit the national football players who were about to set off.

"I hope everyone will play well in this first top ten away game and show our good fighting style. On the court, we must wholeheartedly implement the tactics that coach Zeng arranged for you. Here, I wish you a good result in advance !"

Just after 6 o'clock the next morning, Shen Xiangfu, Li Huajun and Han Tao knocked on the door one by one to wake up the team members, telling them to go downstairs for dinner immediately and prepare to set off.

At 7 o'clock sharp, the bus carrying the national football team headed for the Capital Airport in the morning light.

Fortunately for the soldiers of the national football team, although there were bursts of fog rising in the capital yesterday morning, it was indeed much better than the previous two days.

At 1 p.m., the plane arrived at HG on time.

Since it takes three and a half hours to wait for a connecting flight here, the international players started to wander around the airport after getting off the plane and eating their boxed lunches.

The duty-free shop at the airport has directly become their preferred stop.

Although they were rough guys in their twenties and thirties, the cosmetics counter in the duty-free shop was crowded with excitement.

"This is good, my mother will definitely reduce wrinkles after using it!"

"I saw this on TV and my girlfriend kept arguing for it!"

"Hey, look, after I put this on, did it turn white a lot?"

Looking at the smug Zhang Yuxie in front of the mirror, most of the players shy away.

Only Zhang Xiaorui, Zhang Yanhua and Wu Chengying came together to discuss the magical effect of this cosmetic with Zhang Yuxie.

"Boss Zeng, don't you want to buy some for my wife?"

Seeing Zeng Zheng strolling by, the player who had something good to do yelled.

Zeng Zheng looked at the shop sign, smiled and shook his head.

After Zeng Zheng left, the others complained:

"Are you stupid?"

"What's the level of your wife? Can you use these duty-free products like you?"

"I want to buy cosmetics, so I order them directly from the manufacturer!"

"Maybe those cosmetics factories also have the shares of Shi Niang's family!"

In addition to cosmetics, Ou Chuliang, Li Jinyu and others are also picking and choosing in the computer software area.

In the end, everyone bought a stack of CDs and game software and stuffed them into their backpacks.

Others, such as in front of the perfume window, in front of the leather goods counter, and even in front of the snack counter, there are also figures of international footballers wandering back and forth.

At 4:[-], the international players boarded the flight to Bahrain on time.

After about 9 hours of flight, the international players arrived in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, safely at around 2 am the next day.

After arriving in Manama, the players realized that they had been fooled.

Zeng Zheng did not ask the players to participate in the training camp immediately after arriving, but directly gave everyone a half-day off and led the team to take a collective tour of Manama.

Bahrain is the goods distribution center in the Gulf region, and the market in the capital Manama has a wide variety of goods.

Along the way, Zeng Zheng, who had a trip to Manama once, bought a lot of local souvenirs and local perfumes, and even bought a string of pearl bracelets from Caizi Bay.

Especially after seeing the big pearl that Zeng Zheng bought specially, the team members stared wide-eyed.

Looking at the HG duty-free products in their backpacks and the empty wallets, many people shed tears of regret.

Back at the hotel, when facing the reporters, Zeng Zheng proudly took out his "trophies" to show off.

At 17:[-] that afternoon, Zeng Zhengchai led the team to the first training session.

"Come the fuck up for me."

"If anyone still thinks blindly, I will make you unable to play!"

"Don't you want big pearls?"

"How about this."

"After the game, I'll grade all of you who played."

"Whoever has the highest score, you will take the big pearl home."

"If you want to send your parents, send them to your parents; if you want to send your girlfriend, you can send your girlfriend; if you want to send your lover, you can send your lover."

"What do you think?"

"Oh hoo!!!"

On the court, the players shouted loudly.

"The Bahrain team has changed dramatically since German coach Wolfgang took over in October last year."

"The most surprising thing is that the Bahrain team did not have the individual performance elements that are common in West Asian teams, and began to rely on overall cooperation and advancement to carry out the game."

At the coaching staff meeting, Zeng Zheng introduced the situation of the Bahrain team.

Everyone thought Han Tao was in charge of collecting data before the game.

But since becoming Zeng Zheng's "secretary", Han Tao has never done this job.

Even he didn't know where Zeng Zheng got these miscellaneous news.

Everyone has a laptop, and they all use means to browse foreign websites.

The only difference between him and Zeng Zheng is that Zeng Zheng is proficient in multiple languages ​​and can browse websites in any country without hindrance.

This is one of the reasons why Zeng Zheng is more successful than other coaches.

"At present, the main lineup of the Bahrain team is basically the team from the last Olympic Games."

"The National Olympics knows, it's the team we played two years ago."

"Who remembers our score back then?"

Swish!
As the youngest, Han Tao stood up under the gazes of the crowd, and said loudly, "5 to 1 at home, 2 to 0 away, two wins in both games, goal difference is 6!"

Hearing Han Tao's answer, Zeng Zheng nodded in satisfaction and motioned him to sit down first.

After some ideological struggle, Han Tao finally chose the latter under the dilemma of supporting the construction of his hometown team and increasing his experience in the World Cup and World Cup.

In Zeng Zheng's words, going to the World Cup is to better build the hometown team.

"What about our past history of fighting against the Bahrain team?"

Han Tao stood up again and replied loudly:
“1986年亚运会小组赛，咱们5比1巴林；1988年亚洲杯小组赛，1比0巴林；1992年奥运会预选赛，3比0巴林；1994年广岛亚运会小组赛，3比2巴林。”

Speaking of this, Han Tao took the initiative to ask: "Boss Zeng, does the youth team match count?"

Zeng Zheng shook his head, "The youth team doesn't need it."

"Oh, that's all."

Seeing Coach Zeng shaking his head, several old people who participated in the U96 in 16 breathed a sigh of relief.

At that time, in the U16 Asian Championships, they lost to their opponents 0-6.

In the room, the coaches carefully savored the historical data of the battles listed by Han Tao.

Since he has always won and won the last game away from home, the possibility of winning this time is not small.

The only thing to pay attention to seems to be the new coach of the German team that Zeng Zheng was talking about.

"In terms of formation, the Bahrain team focuses on defense and plays 541."

"This is also the biggest guarantee for their 1-1 draw with Qatar in the first game."

"We don't rule out that the Bahrain team wants to use this top ten match to train their troops, and then use it as a crap stick."

"If they play that formation every game and aim for a draw, it's going to be a headache for every other team."

"Coupled with the 'tacit understanding' among countries in West Asia, we don't rule out that the Bahrain team will try their best when they play against us, and deliberately release water when they play against Iran."

"So, in this game, we will keep the tie and win."

"And as for the starting players, I will try my best to choose those who were in the National Olympics."

"Okay, do you all have anything to add?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Chi Shangbin, who had done a rare pre-match preparation, raised his hand and said:

"Coach Zeng, I have a question."

"Master Chi, please tell me." Zeng Zheng said casually like a teacher teaching a student.

Chi Shangbin adjusted his glasses and looked down at the report in his hand.

Then read word by word: "Sadi, Bahrain forward, the number one star in the team, once scored 5 goals in the first round of the group stage, is the top scorer of the Bahrain team."

"For this player, should we take the initiative to fortify?"

After finishing speaking, Shangbin Chi put down the documents in his hand, looked at Zeng Zheng solemnly, and waited for the "teacher" to reply.

Hearing the late guest ask such a question, Zeng Zheng smiled slightly.

"Coach Chi asked a good question."

"The star player of every team may be the core of the team's tactics."

"Especially an offensive player like Sadi, who has a strong scoring ability."

"When facing this kind of player, it is indeed necessary to deploy a special defense."

"However."

Zeng Zheng changed the subject.

"Considering that the opponent is the Bahrain team, this player is also a local Bahrain star."

"Then my conclusion is to treat him as Chitisa Sanaman."

"Oh, yes, that's right."

"It's the captain of the Thai team."

"We'll treat this Sadie what we'll do to him."

(End of this chapter)