Chapter 308 Two or Three Things About Transfers and Training

There were two games on July 12. In addition to Hong Kong's 1:0 victory over Thailand, there was also a 1:1 draw with Vietnam in Qatar. In the latter game, the Vietnamese team as the host was quite tenacious. There's not much to see in one game.

The media had nothing to say except that "Vietnam performed well", so almost all the news reports that night were about Hong Kong's early qualifying.

In the Asian Cup group stage, two wins and two wins, and the qualifying places are locked in advance. This is quite a remarkable achievement for first-tier teams such as Australia, South Korea, and Japan. In Hong Kong, China, a 'Asia's last stream', it is It seems very strange. Almost all fans who pay attention to the Asian Cup have paid attention to Hong Kong, China.

How did Hong Kong beat Australia?

How did you beat Thailand?

Why can they win two games in a row?

As a last-tier team, Hong Kong, China, what is the point of support for creating miracles? Why can they do it?

These are topics of concern to the media and fans.

Various media analyzed the two games in Hong Kong, China in detail, and came to two conclusions. One is the coaching of Wansheng, which must be talked about. A weak team performed well in the competition. It is absolutely inseparable from the ability of the head coach. With these two games, Wansheng's ability has been recognized by almost all fans who pay attention to the Asian Cup.

Many people who didn't know it before felt that although this 30-year-old Chinese coach has some ability, he is more lucky. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain how he can win the Premier League championship three times in a row. such a brilliant achievement.

But it's different now.

Wansheng has only coached Hong Kong, China for less than a month, of which he only had half a month of preparation time, and then began to lead the team to participate in the competition. In such a short period of time, the strength and performance of Hong Kong, China have undergone great changes. It is this change that gives them the capital to "create miracles".

The second point is the way Hong Kong, China wins - defense, which is a tactical play that cannot be avoided in the two games of Hong Kong, China.

Against Australia, Hong Kong defended the whole game; against Thailand, Hong Kong also defended hard in the second half. It is by virtue of a solid defense. They haven't conceded a goal in two games, and even if they don't score, they won't lose both games, and it will still be a pretty good result.

Therefore, defense is the foundation for Hong Kong, China to win.

"There is a saying in football that 'defense wins', Hong Kong, China led by Wan Sheng, explained this truth to the fans. Their strength is definitely not as strong as Australia, and it is difficult to compare with the Thai team, but they mainly focus on defense. , did not concede a goal, so they won the game with two 1:0! This is a 'defensive victory', some people may criticize a 'utility', but for the 'Asia's last' Hong Kong team, use utilitarian football It's a miracle to win with your style of play..."

This is the comment of Dong Lu, a football expert, in the Asian Cup feature of "Xinlang Sports".

Other media and commentators also expressed their views. Praise for Hong Kong, China's two-game winning streak to secure the qualifying places in advance. The content of the reports on this is basically the same. Anyway, they are all praises for Hong Kong, China, Wansheng, and Hong Kong players.

There are also "imagination" in the country.

For example, "Swoosh Sports" 'imagines' that the Chinese team can also win two consecutive victories to secure the qualifying places in advance. Taking a step back, normal qualifying is acceptable, and then they meet Hong Kong, China in the semi-finals or finals, which is really a part of Chinese football. Great event --

There are two teams from China in the semi-finals of the Asian Cup!

But obviously in China, there are many people who support Chinese football, and even more people who are desperate for Chinese football. After this news, many netizens made comments, and the 'splash war' has also begun. One group thinks that Hong Kong, China is difficult Enter the quarterfinals.

Netizens of this faction believe that Hong Kong, China's two-game winning streak and consecutive defeats to Australia and Thailand are enough "miracles".

The quarter-finals are different from the group stage. By then, each team has adapted to the climate in Thailand and has found a state. It will be very difficult to go further and create miracles.

In addition, an important reason is that in the quarter-finals, Hong Kong, China is likely to encounter the Japanese team.

The Chinese are boycotting Japan, but it is undeniable that the Japanese team with stars such as Shunsuke Nakamura and Naoya Kogen is definitely the favorite to win the Asian Cup.

Hong Kong, China wants to beat the Japanese team, it is too difficult.

The netizens of the second group are purely 'national football blacks', perhaps because of the recent achievements of the national football team, which have been disappointing again and again, so the number of 'national football blacks' has gradually increased, and they are very fond of Chinese football. But because of their deep love and responsibility, they all said 'the national football team can't do it'.

The 'national football blacks' are not just 'pure blacks', they just think that the Chinese team is difficult to pass the threshold of the 'quarter-finals', and there is reason for what they say, because the Chinese team will almost certainly encounter Group D in the quarter-finals. One of China, Korea or Saudi Arabia.

The Chinese team has always had a 'phobia of Korea'. Since the Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand on December 16, 1978, the Chinese team lost 0:1 to South Korea. Since then, it has lasted for 29 years. In all competitions, there has always been a 'no victory in every Han Dynasty'.

This is the pain of Chinese football.

So now that they meet South Korea, can the Chinese team win?

The 'national football blacks' are pessimistic.

Even if it does not meet South Korea or Saudi Arabia, it is difficult for the Chinese team to win. The "Desert Camel" Saudi Arabia is the flagship team of the Arab countries. Saudi Arabia has won the Gulf Cup 3 times, and has never missed the Asian Cup final from 1984 to 2000. , In these five finals, Saudi Arabia won three cups and two silvers. With such brilliant results, coupled with the consecutive World Cup finals in 1994, 1998 and 2002, Saudi Arabia is a well-deserved first-class team in Asian football.

Since the 2002 World Cup, Saudi football has been in a state of slump, but after a few years of sluggishness, Saudi Arabia has re-emerged and performed well in the warm-up and group matches. They also won the Asian Cup this year. One of the most popular. Even higher than the South Korean team.

Facing such a team, can the Chinese team win?

The 'national football blacks' are again pessimistic.

The third group of netizens finally held 'hope'. They were a bit 'idealized' just like the report of "Whoosh Sports". They believe that Hong Kong, China, led by Wan Sheng. There is a good chance to enter the semi-finals, because Wansheng is a head coach who can create miracles.

At the same time, they believe that the Chinese team also has the hope of entering the semi-finals. As long as they "work hard", this "Zhu Jiajun" is still very strong.

So the Asian Cup semi-finals, China VS Hong Kong, China, became possible.

No matter what the media reports. What do fans say. After all, the next game has not yet started, and the second round of the Asian Cup group stage has just started. It is too early to say this. For Hong Kong, China, this night is a crazy night.

Before the start of the Asian Cup, there were almost no players from Hong Kong, China, dare to imagine that the team can qualify in the fiercely competitive Group A!

Even if the Hong Kong Football Association put forward the slogan of qualifying. And actually invited Wan Sheng to coach, but the strength of Hong Kong, China is there. The players know the team better than the fans, and they all find it unrealistic.

But now they do.

It took half a month of hard preparation for the competition and two games with all their strength. This is their deep experience. Now that they have successfully qualified for the group, they are even more excited.

This evening, Wansheng did not prohibit anything. The players cheered and celebrated at will, and they made trouble for half the night.

In the middle of the celebration, the chairman of the Hong Kong Football Association Leung Kwan-teh and several Hong Kong dignitaries also came to celebrate with the team, encouraging everyone to continue to work hard and strive to make further progress in the Asian Cup.

"Every step we take now is a miracle!"

In front of everyone, Wan Sheng said seriously, "But don't be proud of this, it just shows that we are still a weak team in the eyes of others. I hope to see when you achieve these results in the next Asian Cup. , people will say 'Hong Kong, China is a strong team, it is normal to win', and then we will really become a strong team!"

Wansheng's statement received unanimous applause.

Just like South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia and other teams, they have won two games in a row in the group, and the fans will not say much, but take it for granted, that is the real strong team, and Hong Kong football, they need There is still a long way to go.

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The whole Hong Kong team celebrated all night, and Wansheng Rare gave the whole team a holiday the next day.

This is the first day that we can move freely after we gather for training. Everyone feels very relaxed. Some players go around Thailand together in twos and threes, while others go to see other teams' games.

Related to Hong Kong, China is the Group A game. The second round of the second round of Group A started on this day. The game between Iraq and Australia attracted countless attention.

This match is a life-or-death battle for both sides.

No matter which team loses this game, it will be extremely difficult to qualify for the group stage. Maybe Iraq will have a glimmer of hope with a point, but Australia will definitely be out of the group if they lose.

The course of the game and the results were unexpected.

In the 21st minute, the Iraqi team took the lead with a free kick from Akram.

Australia leveled the score in the opening two minutes of the second half, but in the 59th and 85th minutes, Iraq took advantage of Australia's defensive mistakes to score two cities, and Iraq finally defeated Australia 3-1.

The Australian team has lost both games and has no points, and it has been determined to be out.

This fiasco in Australia made head coach Arnold almost certain to sack the get out of class. Australia is recognized as a strong team and the team with the greatest hope of winning the championship. When Australia entered the Asian region, many Asian media said it was 'the wolf is coming'. , because Australia's record in the World Cup is too brilliant, it is difficult for Asian teams to compare with it.

But after two rounds of the Asian Cup group stage, Australia was humiliated and 'exited early', which made it difficult for Australian fans to accept.

At present, Hong Kong, China has 6 points, and a qualifying spot has been locked in advance. Iraq has 4 points in the two battles, ranking second, and the hope is also great. The host Thailand only has 1 point for a draw. The hope of qualifying is only in theory, and Australia has 0 points. Make sure you're out in advance.

Australia lost two games to Hong Kong, China, which is a miracle for Hong Kong, China. Now losing to Iraq, many media also consider it a "miracle", but Iraq's head coach Vieira doesn't see it that way. He said that he is not surprised by such a score.

"Before the game. I told a lot of people that Iraq would be the final winner. No one believed me. Now, the victory is still ours."

Vieira said proudly.

"I know my players, I know what they're capable of. We've shown the world that we're strong. My job is to lead the team to victory, we never play to lose."

When many people heard Vieira's words, they couldn't help but think of Wansheng.

Wan Sheng, who led China's Hong Kong and Australia games, said the same. Then Hong Kong beat Australia. Turns out it was now Vieira's turn, with the Brazilian coach saying the same, before the win over Australia.

Australia is simply a tragedy...

The Australians never imagined that the Asian Cup competition they participated in with the attitude of winning the championship would be embarrassed by being eliminated in two rounds of the group stage. If the Australians were annoyed by being defeated by Hong Kong, China in the first game, then Iraq's The outbreak made this championship favorite even more at a loss.

After the game, Australian coach Arnold said the team was disappointing.

Amidst boos and get out of class dismissals. Arnold struggled to contain his anger while facing pressure from fans. "The biggest problem with my players is attitude! That's why our results are so poor."

The Australian fans who appeared at the game shouted Arnold's dismissal. Undoubtedly, Australia is already facing a last-ditch battle, and Arnold's disappointment is beyond words. In the last game against Hong Kong, China, he warned his players, "If you want to stay, you have to do better. They said the first game was a little uncomfortable, so I didn't make too many changes to the starting lineup. I wanted to give them a chance to prove themselves."

However, the match against Iraq still disappointed him. "It didn't get any better. To be honest, I'm really disappointed."

Regarding the humid and hot climate in the arena, Arnold said that those objective reasons are all excuses, because the attitude of the players determines everything. Arnold also named defender Neil, who was sent off for two yellow cards at the end of the game, another needless sacrifice that annoyed Arnold.

But it's too late to say anything, the Australians are out.

When the Australian team joined the AFC, it caused anxiety among Asian teams, and some people described it as "wolves into the flock", but now some football commentators believe that "from the first two games of the Asian Cup group stage, Australia is more Like a sheep in wolf's clothing, the Hong Kong team won 1-0 and the Iraqi team won 3-1, all of which have set an example for the Asian brothers.

Due to Australia's impressive performance in the World Cup, especially in the group stage, they beat the Asian hegemony Japan to the fullest. For a time, for the participation of Australian football, all the Asian countries were terrified and exclaimed with anxiety, 'The wolf is coming' ', the Chinese media shouted the loudest and loudest.

In a warm-up match with the Chinese team at the beginning of the year, after the Australian team, who played almost as the "second team", easily won 2-0, the Chinese touted the strength of the Australians in awe.

As a result, China Hong Kong won, and Iraq won too.

Australia's "successful exit", almost all Asian teams, media and fans were stunned by this result.

Wansheng is the same.

Hong Kong, China won Australia. In fact, it relied on solid defense and a lot of luck. Even if Australia scored a goal in the middle, the result of the game was definitely not like this. Australia is a real strong team.

He didn't expect Australia to be out.

Even in his memory, Iraq performed very well in this Asian Cup, but he has long forgotten the group stage. He does not think that after his arrival, Australia will be eliminated in the group.

Unexpectedly, Hong Kong, China came in, and Australia went out.

This is his influence.

However, after sighing, Wansheng also felt that it was nothing. It was already like this. No matter the Asian Cup, the European Cup, or even the World Cup, it was actually very cruel. The two games did not perform well. You can decide a lot of things.

In an interview, Wan Sheng also said only one sentence, "I wish Australia can perform better in the next Asian Cup."

It is up to the media to analyze how much sarcasm there is.

Wansheng's work is very busy, and the whole team from Hong Kong, China has a holiday on this day. But he is still busy with the Manchester City club.

Wansheng got the news in the afternoon. Manchester City and Chelsea have reached an agreement. Glenn Johnson will be transferred to Manchester City for £8 million, while Nicola Anelka will join Chelsea for £31 million.

These are two transactions, which seem to be just an agreement between two clubs, but in fact the transaction also involves Alger Robben, who was previously transferred to Real Madrid. Makes the transaction of the two clubs plus a Real Madrid. Negotiations have become very complicated.

The departure of Mourinho made Robben also hope to leave and move to other clubs. Real Madrid is the first choice. Chelsea and Real Madrid have been negotiating. After that, Robben transferred to Real Madrid at a high price, but there was also a Public news - Chelsea has bought out Real Madrid's 'right of first refusal' for Manchester City star Nicolas Anelka.

After that, Chelsea began a series of moves to get Nicola Anelka, Chelsea and Real Madrid's "right of first refusal" deal for Manchester City players. Naturally, the Manchester City club could not be bypassed, and then the three parties began to discuss the transfer of Anelka.

Anelka is definitely leaving Manchester City. Manchester City Club intends to sell to Real Madrid, because Chelsea is Manchester City's league rivals, but at the same time, Manchester City Club also wants to play for Chelsea's teenager Glenn Johnson.

So the three parties began to negotiate continuously, and finally there is a result--Robben's move to Real Madrid has been finalized, Manchester City got Glen Johnson, and Chelsea got last season's Premier League scorer Nicola-Ane. erka.

For Wansheng, it doesn't matter whether the transaction is complicated or not, what matters is the result. In the end, Glenn Johnson is determined to transfer to Manchester City, which is enough, plus Martin Petrov, who has been finalized a few days ago, the ball. The team has already introduced two flankers, so the personnel crisis on the flank has also been greatly alleviated.

After that, Wan Sheng was concerned about the problems of Reyes and Ljungberg.

Wansheng hopes to bring them from Arsenal to Manchester City. He first called Wenger. The two have a good personal relationship. Although there is competition in the league, Arsenal has been unable to compete for the league title recently, and the real competition is actually not big. So Wenger is still very good at speaking, "As long as the club agrees and the players agree, I have no opinion."

Wenger then talked about Manchester City teenagers Ozil and Boateng, who he hopes to introduce for Arsenal.

Of course, Wansheng politely refused.

If Wenger wanted Mesut Ozil or Boateng last season, Wansheng might have thought about it. Although the two of them are very talented, they have to grow up before they can play a role. There are also many young people with good talent. These two players are not necessarily needed, but it is different now. Both of them have adapted to Manchester City for one season, and they can take on heavy responsibilities next season. Even if they choose to sell those powerful players, they will not sell the freshmen. After all, the former can sell for a good price and get a high return on capital, while the latter is only worth a few million pounds, which means that he helped cultivate a season for nothing, and he would not do a loss-making business.

After that, Wansheng asked Manchester City to contact the agents of Reyes and Ljungberg directly. It is a pity that Reyes has no idea of ​​staying in the Premier League.

Perhaps it was the experience of several seasons in the Premier League that completely disappointed the Spanish genius. He only hopes to return to Spain, any club can do it, but he does not want to stay in the Premier League. Facing the mentality of the players, Wansheng has no choice. , all his promises are meaningless at all, and the other party doesn't want to stay in England at all.

So Wansheng can only regretfully give up Reyes.

Fortunately, Ljungberg is very interested in Manchester City.

Ljungberg is a player with the 'Arsenal logo'. In 1998, he joined the Premier League Arsenal Football Club with a transfer fee of 3 million pounds. In the early years, he was mainly a substitute for individual attacking players. Since 2000, Arsenal After acquiring Henry and Pires, he and another star Vieira became the main attack force of Arsenal.

So far, Ljungberg has scored 45 goals at the club, won two Premier League titles, and has a solid tacit understanding with Henry and other attacking players.

However, since Vieira's transfer and departure to Bergkamp's signing with Manchester City, plus Henry's departure in the summer, the 30-year-old Ljungberg knows that he will definitely lose his place in Arsenal.

So he was ready to leave.

Arsenal club did not block Ljungberg's departure, because Ljungberg really has no place in the team.

So Manchester City Club easily started the transfer negotiation with Ljungberg. There is no competition for this transfer. Arsenal want to sell, Manchester City want to sell, Ljungberg also wants to go to Manchester City, if all three parties agree, transfer The negotiation is almost a matter of price and contract.

Wansheng is also basically determined that Ljungberg will transfer to Manchester City.

In this way, the Manchester City club is equivalent to completing four transfers, striker Torres, winger Glen Johnson, Martin Petrov, and Ljungberg, who can hit all positions in the frontcourt.

Next, the team only has two goals left.

One is Elano Blumer, who plays for the Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk. This Brazilian player started his career with Brazil’s Santos. After that, unlike other Brazilian players who logged in to European leagues such as Portugal and Spain, the Brazilian player was the first choice in Europe. Rano's first stop chose Ukraine to join the Shakhtar Donetsk team.

Although it performed quite well in the Ukrainian league, it was only the Ukrainian league after all. Elano Blumer's performance did not attract much attention from European powerhouses, so Manchester City wanted to introduce Elano Blumer's negotiation. how much hindered.

What Shakhtar Donetsk wants is a large transfer fee, and Elano Blumer himself hopes to enter the Premier League and join the two-time defending champions Manchester City.

So this negotiation is basically no problem.

Wansheng's second target is Robert Carlos. He is a little anxious about signing Carlos, because Carlos is already a free agent, and many clubs hope to introduce him. Manchester City also has an agent with Carlos. There are contacts, but Carlos is still considering which club to join.

Wansheng also found Carlos' agent, but the agent's reply was yes. Carlos just wanted to think about it himself, and didn't want to be influenced by the coaches of various teams.

Wansheng also has nothing to do.

He can only pin his hopes on Ronaldo, hoping to find a breakthrough point from Ronaldo.

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Wansheng has been anxious to sign Carlos, but his current job is to lead the Hong Kong team to the Asian Cup. When he saw Ronaldo in daily training, Wansheng did not show much anxiety, because he knew that if Carlos had If the decision is made, Ronaldo will definitely be told, then Ronaldo will definitely tell him.

Ronaldo's attitude towards Wan Sheng was a little unpredictable, "Isn't this guy trying to sign Robert? Why aren't you in a hurry? Don't you ask yourself?"

He didn't understand, so he just did his own training.

Beckham has gone to Hong Kong, Ronaldo can only train by himself, he has been using the excuse of 'bet' to persuade himself to continue to persevere, but in fact, he can't believe the role of these trainings.

After the day's training, Ronaldo returned to the locker room with a sigh.

He was much earlier than the other players.

The training of the two sides is also different. Ronaldo only needs to complete his own training. There is no one in the locker room. After Ronaldo took off his clothes and took a shower, he stood in a corner of the room wearing a bath towel.

There is an electronic scale there.

Ronaldo took a deep breath and stood up.

In fact, Ronaldo has not measured his weight since he came to train here. He feels that even if the training is effective, it will take some time to reflect it. He knows his own body very well, and a few days are simply not enough.

But when standing on the scale and looking at the value displayed on it, Ronaldo was stunned.

"89.6?" (To be continued ~^~)