Grassroots Glory

　　I don't know when to start, Chinese fans have a habit: as long as there are non-national players playing high-level performance abroad, there will always be fans who take the opportunity to ridicule the coordination of the national team and the Chinese football team.

　　No, Zhou Tiancheng just scored for Schalke in succession, and CCTV's "World Football" program revealed that many fans knew he was only 19 years old this year. Some fans asked: How do you choose the Football Association? Zhou Tiancheng players of this level, why not choose to play in the Olympics?

　　 This Q&A post happened to be at this juncture, and the response was naturally not as strong. The Olympic team with two super-aged players, the super-platinum generation of the World Youth Championships in 2005, and the national team captain Zheng Zhi and the defender Li Weifeng with World Cup experience, lost two draws in the group stage, which was far below the expectations of fans. The fullback Tan Wangsong even maliciously trampled on his opponent and became red, losing and losing. Naturally, everyone felt resentful.

The key is that you don’t even know it. The Olympic team has just been out. Zhou Tiancheng’s emergence in the Bundesliga proves that China is not without good players. The fans are not calm at all. This time the public opinion pushed the Chinese Football Association up. Cusp.

"Uncles of the Football Association, I would like to ask you what did you do all day? Such a player was actually disclosed by the media first. What is the selection mechanism? The first two years have paid attention to the slogan of the Olympics. people?"

　　 "A new fan upstairs, right? You're afraid you don't understand the urine of the Football Association, just get used to it."

　　 The power of public opinion is quite terrible, but that is, fans vent their emotions online, and the Football Association officials, as always, play ostriches at this time.

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　　 Thousands of kilometers away, Schalke 04 is preparing for the third round of the Champions League qualifier two days later. According to the latest UEFA league points, the Bundesliga is only ranked sixth, and it is not even as good as Ligue 1, so it can only get two direct promotion places in the UEFA Champions League group stage. Although Schalke 04 was the third runner-up last season, it is inevitable to go through the test of a qualifying round.

　　 And this is not at all a form. Schalke will face Atletico Madrid next time. The nine-time La Liga champion is definitely a tough bone.

Schalke’s preparations are much tighter than the league level. The order of home and guest after two rounds is actually a bit of a loss, so the goal of the first round at home two days later, Slomka’s goal is not only to strive for victory, but also to seal zero The opponent is the best, laying a good foundation for the second round.

The capacity of the training courses for these two days is slightly larger. In addition to training tactics with the whole team, Zhou Tiancheng also pointed out that he also needs to speed up the rhythm of the ball under his feet, otherwise it is easy to get a high level in the Bundesliga and even the intercontinental level. Break the ball early in the waist.

It is easy to point out the problem, but for Zhou Tiancheng, it is a very painful process to change some of the habits he has gradually formed. Promotion is not overnight. At least Zhou Tiancheng tried to change for the first time, and found that it was awkward. After a training class, Physical energy consumption is not large, but the heart is tired. This feeling is a bit like when he first entered the U19 echelon. In order to keep up with professional intensity training, he also had such a feeling of being very tired.

　　Non-match day, the team's daily training ends in the afternoon. Zhou Tian grows in a sigh of breath. Now he doesn't want to do anything. The most important thing he wants to do is to go home and rest in bed. But he had just reached the gate, and a young woman came up to stop him.

　　 "Zhou Tiancheng! Please wait."

　　Zhou Tiancheng stopped suddenly and looked at the other party with a surprised look. Hearing the familiar folk sounds in a foreign country really surprised him.

　　 While presenting her ID, the young woman politely explained her intention: "Sorry, I'm taking the liberty to disturb you. I'm Xu Jing, a reporter from "Football News". We want to do an interview with you. Do you have time now?"

　　Zhou Tiancheng didn't grieve himself because the other party was a lady, and responded conditionedly: "I'm sorry, I'm tired, I'm not free now."

However, the perseverance and face of the reporter will never give up once he refuses. Xu Jing continues to persuade: "It’s in the cafe next to it, it only takes half an hour to briefly understand you. Maybe you don’t know yet, you are a lot of China now Fans want to know people. We also know that we can't disturb your training, so we have been waiting here for more than an hour, I hope you understand and cooperate."

　　Zhou Tiancheng is a little surprised, he is famous in China? A total of two or three goals were scored. He felt that this was just the beginning. But as soon as I saw my fellow countrymen coming from afar, in order to wait for myself to be really hard, it was really not good for me to refuse again. After thinking about it, I reluctantly agreed to come down.

　　However, when Zhou Tiancheng walked into the cafe where he and his agent Loka met for the first time, he discovered that two cameras were aimed at him, and four young and middle-aged reporters stared at him with curiosity.

　　 "If you have any questions, just go straight to the point. We have a lot of training and I am a little tired now." Zhou Tiancheng said directly.

　　 There were two people with dull faces next to each other. It seemed that Zhou Tiancheng was proud, and his fame was not too small, but Xu Jing smiled and understood and nodded: "Relax, say good for half an hour, shall we start?"

Xu Jing was really straightforward. I came up and asked the most questions for Chinese fans and the media: "Introduce yourself~www.readwn.com~ How did you get to this stage today? It seems that all our domestic counterparts are reporting Never mentioned you. Many fans say you are a genius born out of nothing."

"Too exaggerated, too exaggerated. I can't bear to say this." Zhou Tiancheng waved his hands again and replied: "Before entering the first team, I played in the Schalke U19 echelon. Before that, I was just a student studying in Germany. Ordinary college team players have some chances to coincide. To be honest, I still feel that this step is not quite true."

　　Zhou Tiancheng is relatively low-key, at least now he pays attention to shaping his image in front of reporters.

　　 But his remarks surprised all the reporters present. Xu Jing quickly asked, "What about before? When you were young, you didn't receive professional football training in China?"

Zhou Tiancheng took a corner of his mouth. He knew very well that with the reporters’ cognition, I’m afraid he wouldn’t believe that someone could cross the gap between amateur and professional, but he did it, so he didn’t have any pressure to tell the truth: That capital, if I really received professional training, I am afraid you should know me in a Chinese Super League club now."

　　 "But... this is unbelievable, can the gap between amateur and professional be filled?"

　　 Speaking of this, Zhou Tiancheng became confident, and he directly answered: "I think that thinking cannot be too limited. Sometimes, the non-professionals in your eyes can also create miracles! After all, China has more than one billion people."

　　Xu Jing seriously pondered Zhou Tiancheng's words, and soon she smiled: "So you want to prove that the real masters of Chinese football are folk, right?"

　　Zhou Tiancheng smiled and answered: "I agree with the truth, but I did not say that I am a master."

　　Although Zhou Tiancheng repeatedly denied it, everyone on the scene thought he meant it.