novelkee Chapter 484
Chapter 484
Chapter 484
"Stan's out of his mind, isn't he?"Wang Kong said.
Li Qiao and Zhou Dun smiled from time to time as if they were watching the excitement.
Wang Kong went on to say: "Why did the top 40 recruit us back?"
"Didn't it say in the email? Go back and observe," Li Qiao said.
"Call Qatar, watch a bird",
"Then don't go back, go talk to Stan yourself," Zhou Dun said.
As soon as these words came out, Wang Kong immediately retracted his neck into his collar, "I don't dare, but you say it if you want to say it."
Hehe, no one is not afraid of Stan's vigorous and resolute actions.
Zhou Dun chuckled, "Why are you complaining like that?"
"I just complain."
Both Zhou Dun and Li Qiao laughed angrily.
"Okay, I don't have time to talk to you, the two of us are going to book air tickets," Zhou Dun said.
"Hey, wait a minute, order one for me too."
*****
This is the last game of the top 40. Stan basically does not plan to use players who played in Europe during the qualifiers, unless he encounters major difficulties, but the last game coincides with the two-week FIFA match day. Stan wants to recruit players who played in Europe to watch the game. After all, we are a team.
The match against Qatar was arranged to be held in Xi’an, the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties in China. This arrangement is considered unique. As we all know, modern football was invented by the British, but Cuju, the prototype of football, was invented by the Chinese. This is also recognized by FIFA. Therefore, it is of special significance to arrange the Chinese team’s match in the ancient city of Xi’an.
Before the game, both the Chinese team and Qatar had already booked the top 12 seats in advance. Neither team sent the strongest lineup in this game. Qatar's main players did not come to China, and although all the main players of the Chinese team were present, they were all sitting in the stands as spectators.
At the pre-match press conference, Stan was asked by reporters why Li Qiao and others were recruited, but they were not allowed to play, and they were not even reported.
"Anyway, they have nothing to do in Europe during the international match day. It's better to go back to China to watch the match. In addition, my answer to the question of why they are not allowed to enter the squad is very simple-it is not necessary."
Hehehehe.
"Will they come back for the round of 12"?
Stan paused, "Not necessarily, unless you are playing teams like Japan, South Korea, Iran, and Australia, otherwise you really don't need it. I wouldn't be surprised if Li Qiao booked a plane ticket to Russia in 2018 now."
"Holy shit, this is crazy enough," everyone thought.
Is it still called Stan if you are not crazy?But in this way, everyone is really looking forward to what will happen in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, it must be very interesting.
The next question was a Qatari reporter from Al Jazeera, "Coach Stan, don't worry, it won't be so difficult to get a ticket now, please talk about this game first, can you talk about our Qatar team, what do you think about the prospects of Qatar's top 12 match?"
"Qatar's football has made great progress. When I went away to Qatar last year, the country's football facilities were world-class, but I'm sorry, a small country like Qatar, no matter how much it develops, it is impossible to make a big breakthrough."
Stein’s statement is reasonable. Football has many requirements. There are not many small countries in the world that are very good at football. Even a country like the Netherlands has never won the World Cup.
The Qatari reporter's face turned green, and he wanted to give an example from the Netherlands.
Unexpectedly, Stan thought of it earlier, "I think you mean the Netherlands, right? That's different. The Netherlands is the earliest sea coachman. They started to develop football more than 100 years ago, and even so, the Dutch team has never won the World Cup."
Stan's remark made the Qatari reporter speechless.
Of course, after speaking, Stan did not forget to say something good, "If Qatar's top 12 group draws are good, I think Qatar may still compete for the place in the play-offs."
The next question was from a South Korean reporter. In the last World Cup, the South Korean team was kicked out of the top two by the Chinese team in the top 10 and finally went to play-offs. The Korean reporter was full of fire when he came up: "Coach Stan, it has been three years. I hope that China and South Korea will be divided into the top 3 again. Welcome to Seoul again."
Stan nodded, "Thank you for the invitation, but this time the fifth in Asia will not compete with the fifth in South America, which is good for South Korea."
"you"! ! !The South Korean reporter was furious. Before the game started, they cursed us South Korea for another play-off! ! !Stan, I send you Jacky Cheung's song "You Are Poison".
The last chance to ask questions is reserved for Chinese journalists.
"May I ask if the Football Association has talked with you about renewing the contract?"
"No, my contract is until after the 2018 World Cup, so there are still 2 years, you don't need to worry."
"I mean",
But Stan did not give the reporter a chance to ask questions. He also understood that fans all over China hoped that he could stay. It would be best if he would stay with one team until retirement like Ferguson did. But Stan doesn’t want to talk about this right now. He only has the 2018 World Cup in Russia in his eyes, and he doesn’t want to think about it.
*****
The game attracted journalists from all over the world to report. Of course, it is conceivable that there must have been a lot of football spies. After all, these two teams are potential opponents of the top 12 teams.
The stadium was full of seats, and the Shaanxi fans were very enthusiastic and crazy. They painted their faces with oil paint, painted the colors of the national flag, and put up banners in the stands, but the most beautiful scenery in the stands was the main force of the Chinese team.
The camera swept across - Ding Mu, Li Qiao, Zhou Dun, Wei Xiao, Wang Kong, Chen Fei, Qi Bing and others. The female fans on the side really wanted to go up and hug the idols, but the Chinese players were separated by the on-site security.
Chinese players are still very polite, they waved at the fans.
"Li Qiao, I love you," shouted a female fan.
The people around burst into laughter, and Li Qiao gave her a big thumbs-up, and the other party immediately exploded into a nympho, throwing the scarf in his hand at Li Qiao, "Li Qiao, there is my phone number on it."
But it was impossible for Li Qiao to pick up the scarf, but was picked up by the security guards. The female fan was also politely invited to her place by the on-site staff, and she was warned not to harass the players.
The pace of the game is very slow. Players like Li Qiao who are used to the fast pace of Europe feel like laughing at this kind of game for a while, but this is the real gap between European football and Asian football, and there is nothing to do in the short term.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated their opponents 2-0. Both teams ended their journey to the top 40. After the game, the most important thing for the fans of the two countries is to wait for the news from other teams. Asia is the largest continent in the world. When the East Asian game ended, many games in West Asia had not yet started.
After a night of waiting, when the Chinese fans woke up the next day, the top 12 in Asia were all produced, namely - Saudi Arabia, Australia, Qatar, Iran, Japan, China, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Syria, Thailand, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates.
These 12 teams will eventually be divided into two groups. The top two teams in the group will advance to the World Cup in Russia, and the third in the group will have two rounds of playoffs.
In fact, for Asia, even the strongest teams are unwilling to play in the play-offs, because the probability of advancing is too small.
*****
On the second day after the game, when the top 12 in Asia was produced, all Chinese players were invited to BJ to participate in a football program, the theme of which was to talk about the prospects of the top 12.
First of all, the first question is for the first brother of the Chinese team "Li Qiao",
"Are you confident to qualify?"
Li Qiao said shyly: "Please don't call me brother one, there are many people older than me here, such as our boss Zhou Dun."
"Second, it's 100% to qualify, what do you think."
"Yes," the national team teammates said in unison.
The audience applauded for encouragement.
"By the way, Wang Kong, how are the three of you doing in Dortmund? Are you still in harmony?"
"What do you call it, it makes us seem to have an abnormal relationship",
The host laughed, "Wang Kong, you still like to joke so much, so tell me about your vision for the World Cup."
Wang Kong looked left and right, "I didn't participate in the last session, it's a loss, this session I made money for it",
"That is, more than the top 16"?
"Of course, otherwise I will lose money."
There was another burst of applause from the audience. These words are very powerful and ambitious.
The host changed the subject and handed the microphone to Zhou Dun, "Then Zhou Dun, as the most reliable person in the Chinese team, what do you think of the prospects of the national team in 2018?"
Wang Kong quit, grimacing, "Am I unreliable?"
Boss Zhou Dun stretched out his hand, signaling to stop making trouble. As soon as the boss made a move, he had the air of a king. Everyone at the scene quieted down and listened to what the boss had to say.
"In fact, modern football has made rapid progress. Let's take our opponent yesterday as an example. Qatar has invested as much money in football as we did in recent years. They even hired Milu as an adviser, and they are also preparing to do a big job. So I want to say that in the 2018 World Cup, maybe every opponent is difficult to deal with."
The captain is the captain, and his words are much more reliable, and he can fully think about the difficulties. Wang Kong's words sound good, but it is Zhou Dun who can really be the pinnacle of the Chinese team.
The host continued: "Now there is a saying that the World Cup in Russia is equivalent to the home stadium of the Chinese team. You know, the time difference between Russia and China is very small. For Chinese players, there is no problem of climate and time difference at all when they go to Russia to play the World Cup."
Wei laughed and said: "This is true. In the World Cup in Brazil, jet lag was a big problem, but there was no such problem at all in Russia."
At the end of the show, everyone wanted to hear that sentence, but no one said it. In fact, the whole country has a common expectation. The World Cup in Russia is "the right time, place and people" for the Chinese team. Both the team and the fans are looking forward to a big game in Russia.
(End of this chapter)