Chapter 18 Is Wan Sheng Really Going to Play?

It is indeed worth celebrating that the Chinese team can beat Wales and reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Every Chinese fan is proud of the team's achievements, but the Chinese team is nervous.

They must face their next opponent - Germany!

This is one of the giant teams with the longest history and the most glorious record in world football. They have reached the World Cup finals 8 times in history, won the championship 4 times, and advanced to the semi-finals 13 times. The record points are only slightly behind Brazil. Ranked second in the world.

The German team was the champion of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and in this World Cup in Russia, they are naturally the defending champions!

They are the favourites to win this World Cup!

In this World Cup, they ranked first among all 32 teams with a total player value of 579 million euros, while the Chinese team was only 201 million euros, of which Wang Qiuming’s personal worth was 80 million euros, and Wang Xiaolei was 45 million euros In euros, the other two dozen players are worth only 56 million euros.

It can be seen from the same data that the overall strength of the Chinese team is incomparable with the German team. It is a bit overestimated to discuss together.

When the Chinese team entered the quarter-finals and encountered a strong German team, almost all the media thought, "The World Cup for the Chinese team ends here!"

"The Chinese team has always played well, but their luck is not good. Since the 2002 World Cup, the German team has never fallen to the quarter-finals, and they can reach the quarter-finals every time!"

"This time will be no exception. Compared with the Chinese team, the German team is much stronger. They hardly encountered any opponents. They won three games in the group stage and defeated Cote d'Ivoire 3-0 in the round of 16. They have no suspense. made it to the quarterfinals.”

"Ahead of the German team, we can't help but think that in the semi-finals of the last World Cup, the German team's massacre of the Brazilian team, it seems that it is still in sight, and the Brazilians have nothing to do..."

"Maybe what the Chinese team should consider is how to lose face, not how to beat the German team!"

Almost all media, including the Chinese media, see the match between Germany and China. Although the Chinese team has always performed very well, Germany is different from its previous opponents. It is a really strong team.

How many chances does the Chinese team have to beat Germany?

In the odds data given by European bookmakers, the odds of the Chinese team defeating the German team within 90 minutes are as high as 14.6, and they have closed the German team's victory. In other words, almost no one will be optimistic about the Chinese team. , even if this Chinese team is led by Wansheng, who is good at creating miracles.

Of course, there are also some gamblers who saw the opportunity, they put their chips on the Chinese team, just for the first-line opportunity.

There are still very few people doing this, and the gap between the main Chinese team and the German team is too great.

After the match with Wales, Wansheng began to organize the team to prepare for the quarter-finals.

The outside world is full of celebratory voices, and many arguments are also saying that the Chinese team's World Cup is over, but Wansheng will not give up, and no player in the entire Chinese team chooses to give up directly.

Even though they knew the team had few chances, they still had to fight for it.

What if there is hope?

They have created miracles, and it is impossible to give up when they meet a strong opponent.

Wansheng is very pleased with the positive atmosphere of the team. He does not want to see the team give up when it encounters a strong opponent. That is not the performance of a normal team.

Everyone trains very seriously, and there is no need for Wansheng to supervise anything.

But it is unrealistic to just try to win a chance against the German team by just relying on hard work. Wansheng is very clear that the German team is more difficult than the Brazilian team, because this opponent is very calm, and their kind of machine is generally rigorous. Style, it is almost impossible to make any big mistakes.

It's hard to say what kind of performance such a team can perform against opponents of the same level, but against weak teams, their winning rate is estimated to be over 95%, which is why their performance is stable--in competitions , they hardly drop points on weaker teams.

In the face of an opponent who is much stronger than you and has almost no weaknesses, how should you fight? In addition to repeatedly emphasizing defense, it is difficult for Wansheng to come up with other solutions.

For the first time he felt powerless.

In the 2012 European Cup, Wan Sheng led England to defeat the German team, but that was the England team, not the Chinese team. There are many stars in the England team, plus the core Morris, and the German team played very well. difficult.

Now I have the Chinese team...

Although many people say that England is the Chinese team in Europe, can it really be the same? The highly professional England team is at least two grades stronger than the Chinese team!

Wansheng has a feeling that "a clever woman can't cook without rice".

He thought about it and thought about it again and again, but he didn't think of a way to let the Chinese team restrain the German team.

In the end, Wansheng can only hope that the players perform well and use stable defense and quick counterattacks to fight for that glimmer of hope.

Hope, only one line.

Whether you can catch it depends on the team's on-the-spot performance.

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Before the match against Germany, Wansheng was interviewed by Chinese media.

Media reporters entered the training ground for filming, and then conducted a brief interview with Wan Sheng, "Wan Sheng, how much hope do you think the Chinese team has against Germany?"

"Thirty percent? Twenty percent? I don't know, but I believe we have hope!" Wan Sheng said, "Every player has been training very seriously, and we are ready to face Germany. , I am proud of the positive mentality of the team."

"Tactically, is there anything against Germany?"

Wan Sheng said, "The German team is a team with no shortcomings. They are perfect. This German team is very strong. If you want to beat them, you need the players to play on the spot. Luck is also a very important part. Do a good job of defense, the core players will become very important, Wang Qiuming is our ace, I believe he is the best shooter on the planet!"

"How is Wang Qiuming's condition recently?"

"Very good." Wan Sheng looked at the training ground and smiled gratified, "Wang Qiuming has grown very fast in the past two years, he is at the peak of his career, and I believe he can perform well against the German team. "

After a brief interview, some reporters also noticed that Wansheng was not as confident as before, and their understanding was that "when facing the German team, Wansheng also felt pressure."

It does.

The football training master only assists the team to win, rather than directly modifying the result. In the face of the strong German team, Wansheng can only do his best.

He wants the team to perform well and will try to get the team to beat Germany and reach the semi-finals.

For this World Cup, Wansheng still hopes that the team can go further. If it only stops in the quarter-finals, it is not what he wants to see.

If the most dangerous time comes, he has already prepared for the best and the worst.

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time flies.

As the game progresses, the match between the Chinese team and the German team is approaching.

Various media are conducting interviews separately. The Chinese team performed very low-key before the game, and the German team coach Loew also avoided talking about the Chinese team, only talking about the German team's preparations.

Both sides were a bit low-key, and there was nothing to watch before the game, but the game will definitely not lack big news, just two hours before the game, the big news was revealed by the media, "The FIFA World Cup committee made a mistake in China. They actually put Wansheng's name in the Chinese team's roster, so that the Chinese team's roster will be one less than the German team..."

This revelation has to start before the World Cup starts.

At that time, Wan Sheng's name appeared in the list reported by the Chinese team to the World Cup Committee. This has always been a "joke" reported by the media. I didn't expect Wan Sheng to actually enter the list this time.

World Cup quarter-finals!

"The Chinese team will definitely not be able to win, does Wansheng also want to try it out?" Many netizens joked.

Even Chinese fans like it, although this is a 'mistake' of the Chinese team, but if Wan Sheng really played well, it would be regarded as a 'entertainment' game for the Chinese team, anyway, the Chinese team wants to beat the German team, the difficulty is really even imagined. Very difficult.

This incident became the biggest gossip before the game.

In fact, there is one less person in the roster, which has little impact on the Chinese team. There are 11 players in the starting lineup of the World Cup, and 12 players can be arranged as substitutes. Of course, there are only three substitutions. The number of players in the roster is 23, which is enough for any team. After using it, even if there is one less person, it will have no effect at all.

In the hot report, the game between the Chinese team and the German team began.

For the Chinese team, this may be the beginning of a tragedy.

In the 6th minute of the game, German striker Thomas Muller helped Germany score the first goal of the game.

When the Chinese team was about to regroup and continue the game, the German team soon scored another goal. This time it was Ozil. He passed the two defenders in a row and almost single-handedly sent the ball into the gate guarded by Wang Xiaolei.

Seeing Ozil's performance, Wan Sheng could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

After Ozil completed the goal, he also looked at the Chinese coach, as if he wanted to thank Wansheng for his "cultivation". He hesitated for a while and still did not come, but just waved and said hello.

Many reporters captured this scene, "Ozil seems to be saying hello to Wansheng. He is a star cultivated by Wansheng. The German team can have such an excellent core, and Muller should also thank Wansheng..."

"The goal just now was completely a personal improvisation by Ozil. He passed the two defenders of the Chinese team in a row. In such a small space in front of the penalty area, Ozil fully demonstrated his superb footwork..."

"The Chinese team doesn't have a good way to do this. The gap in the strength of their defenders is too big."

This is the most helpless place in Wansheng!

If it is a normal tactical competition, even if the overall strength of Germany is much stronger, he is not helpless, but the gap between the Chinese team and the German team is not only the overall strength, but the gap in the ability of the stars is even greater. Without Ozil, there is no good way for Schweinsteiger, Muller and other stars.

These stars don't need any cooperation at all. They have a good chance to break through by themselves, and they can directly complete the shot.

How can this gap be bridged?

Wan Sheng couldn't think of it either.

After the game restarted, Wansheng could only let the team continue to shrink the defense line, "put the defense on the penalty area line!" To pile up with the crowd tactics, the German team could not allow the German team to score again.

The effect of this play is still very obvious.

Crowd tactics are the toughest defense. No matter how skilled a star is, if there is no room to play, there will be no good way.

The German team cannot cooperate near the penalty area, and the personal space for dribbling is minimized. It doesn’t matter if the Chinese team can’t defend, because they don’t have to run too much, and they will have a second chance to defend.

The Chinese team was dragged on like this, and until the end of the first half, the German team did not score any more goals.

It's time for the second half.

Wansheng emphasized defense at halftime. The team's way of playing is to use intensive defense to hold the German team, and the forwards rely on Wang Qiuming's personal performance to find scoring opportunities.

This is pretty much the only option.

As long as the Chinese team opens its formation, it will give the German team a chance. The German team will not show mercy. If they find an opportunity, they will score goals, so the Chinese team can only continue to defend intensively.

After the start of the second half, the Chinese team's defensive performance was much calmer and less anxious, but it was extremely passive on the scene.

The German team played very easily, and every player played well, but it was not easy to break through the Chinese team's defense.

But they were in no hurry because they were two goals ahead.

Germany's head coach Low, even in the mood to remind the team to pay attention to defense, "Don't go too far, we don't need so many goals, be careful not to let them get a chance, especially the opponent's king, you should be clear, He was excellent!"

Loew wants to let the German team fill up the road and let the Chinese team have nowhere to go!

Until the 70th minute of the game, the Chinese team was still on the defensive, and there was no hope of scoring a counterattack.

The game continues like this, and the result is undoubtedly no suspense.

Wan Sheng began to hesitate.

Now it seems that the worst time has come, because the game in front of them is hopeless. The German team has not forgotten to pay attention to the defense when they have the advantage. They have no loopholes at all.

Do you really want to do that?

When thinking about it like this, Wan Sheng actually felt a little excited. Maybe it was his childhood dream.

Maybe now is the only chance in this life?

Wan Sheng felt a little nervous.

This kind of nervousness has not been felt in years, or even longer, and since he has been successful in the coaching industry, he has never faced this kind of emotion in any major competition.

Now...there is.

Not only nervous, Wansheng also felt very excited and looking forward to it.

Well, it is now!

Wan Sheng clenched his fist and asked Fan Zhiyi to inform the fourth official that the Chinese team was going to make a substitution. At the same time, he took off his jacket - a brand new Chinese team jersey and put it on!

"What, are you sure you're not joking?"

"A head coach? God, I've never heard of this for the first time in my life!"

"Okay, okay, it seems that you are about to give up the game! Let's take it as entertainment, which may be good for promoting the World Cup..."

The fourth official kept saying that he was probably the first among the others to know that Wan Sheng was going to play. At the same time, many cameras also pointed to the Chinese team's bench. Wan Sheng was wearing the red jersey of the Chinese team, stretching out. Stretching arms and kicking legs doing warm-up exercises.

"What is Wansheng doing?"

"Is he going to play?"

"impossible."

"But he's really on the roster and is eligible to play!"

"Is he joking?"

"This is the World Cup, not an entertainment game!"

"But there is no hope for the Chinese team."

"..."

The World Cup quarter-finals on the field seem to have become unimportant. Everyone's attention is attracted by the Chinese team's bench. Even the players on the field have no intention of playing the game, and they keep looking over while running- -

"Is Wan Sheng really going to play?"