Chapter 198 The World Cup Is Coming!
After following the team to the top of Europe for two consecutive years, Zize took the trophy handed over by Drogba. This color and weight are already familiar to Zize, but they are still very nostalgic.
"we are the champion!"
Zize raised the trophy high and enjoyed this championship moment. This is the moment to create history and rewrite history!
This season is indeed not as smooth sailing as before. Zice was seriously injured at the beginning of the season for most of the year, which he did not expect. During the period of injury and absence, Chelsea's record was not satisfactory, but fortunately, they regained some face in the later period and did not fall behind in the Champions League. The league has not completely lost hope for the fourth round.
He also relied on the system to minimize the impact of the injury. After his comeback, his state was basically the same as before the injury. In the end, he won the Champions League championship with the team.
After the game, Zize, the key figure who scored twice in the final to help the team equalize and overtake the score, won the best player of the match. Hiddink took Zize to the press conference. For Hiddink, if not Unexpectedly, this will be the last time he attends Chelsea's press conference.
"It was a particularly good night. The game was not easy. If you only look at the score, you will be confused. I have great respect for everything Atletico Madrid showed in the game. I am not surprised at all when I saw their performance today." To win the La Liga title, you know it’s not easy.”
After praising his opponents as usual, Hiddink returned the topic to his own team: "I would like to thank every player, my assistant team, everyone at the club, and of course Zize, as long as he is on the court He will always be the special one. This was a very fruitful season. We completed the defending of the Champions League, but this season was not perfect. Zize did not play with us for the whole season. I can honestly say, If we had replaced Qi with any other player, we really would have gained nothing this season, and that was probably true from the first day I returned to Chelsea two years ago. Fucked a player like that.”
Zize, who was sitting next to Hiddink, glanced at the old coach in surprise. Although Hiddink was not stingy with compliments, he was still surprised to praise a player directly in front of the news media.
Later, when Zize was interviewed, he also thanked Hiddink for his guidance in the past two years. When Chelsea was selecting a coach two years ago, it can be said that Hiddink was the only suitable choice at the time. There was also Bennett. Si, but in the end, Abu still uses cooked food instead of raw food.
It can be said that Hiddink has successfully completed his mission in the past two years. Although there are many people who criticize Hiddink for relying on Zize to become great, Klopp has actually faced such doubts. It should be said that he will probably coach Zice in the future. Everyone will face this kind of doubt.
But the difference is that Hiddink admitted this frankly. Maybe this has something to do with him considering retirement. He is about to retire, so he will ignore the disputes on and off the field.
Just say what's on your mind.
After the game, Chelsea also prepared a grand farewell ceremony for Hiddink. Regardless of whether Hiddink relied on Zize to win so many honors, it must be written in Chelsea's history that he won the club's No. 1 title that year. The head coach who won and defended a championship was Guus Hiddink.
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It is gratifying to win the Champions League, but the biggest challenge this year is not the Champions League, but the World Cup held in South America.
The final had just ended, and after Chelsea's float parade ceremony, all the major international players who played for Chelsea returned home to prepare for the World Cup. As a multinational force, Chelsea also has many international players in the team.
There are only two people selected for the England national team, vice-captain Lampard and centre-back Cahill. Lampard also serves as vice-captain in the national team, while Cahill is very likely to get a starting spot in the England team. The central defender position, because England does not have a particularly good central defender, especially after Terry retired from the national team and Ferdinand became old.
For the Spanish team, Torres and Azpilicueta were selected, but most of them will serve as substitutes.
In addition, two Chelsea players were selected for the German team, Maier and Schürrle. Hazard was selected for the Belgian national team, Mikel was selected for the Nigeria national team, and Drogba was selected for the Ivory Coast national team. Chelsea has the most selections. Brazil, Ramirez, Oscar, David Luiz and William were selected into the national team roster. Fernando was also selected into the seven-man reserve list. If there is an injury or other accident before the start of the game, he can be selected from the seven-man reserve list at any time. Transferred to the first team.
Of course, Qice was selected for the Chinese national team.
In addition, several other main players such as Petr Cech and Ivanovic unfortunately missed the World Cup because their country failed to enter the World Cup. Among the several regular substitutes, Romeu is naturally the best in Spain, which is full of talents. Unable to find a place, Arshavin also missed Russia's final squad. However, it is not surprising that Arshavin has never been selected for the Russian national team since the last European Cup.
The Chinese national team also announced the final 23-man roster for the World Cup two days after the Champions League final. Among them, Qi Ce undoubtedly leads the national team roster. In terms of overseas players, Hao Junmin, Wu Lei, Huang Bowen, Zhang Linpeng and Chen Chaojie was not unexpectedly selected.
The following is the list of twenty-three players selected by the Chinese team.
Goalkeepers: Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) Yang Zhi (Beijing Guoan) Wang Dalei (Shandong Luneng)
Defenders: Zhang Linpeng (Stuttgart) Li Ang (Jiangsu Sainty) Ren Hang (Jiangsu Sainty) Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande) Sun Xiang (Guangzhou Evergrande) Li Xuepeng (Guangzhou Evergrande) Jiang Zhipeng (Guangzhou R&F)
Midfielder: Hao Junmin (Augsburg) Chen Chaojie (Sparta Rotterdam) Huang Bowen (St. Pauli) Zhou Haibin (Tianjin TEDA) Zhao Xuri (Guangzhou Evergrande) Yu Hai (Guizhou Renhe) Sun Ke (Jiangsu Sainty) Yu Hanchao (Dalian Albin) Cai Huikang (Shanghai East Asia) Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande)
Forwards: Qice (Chelsea) Wu Lei (Molde) Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande)
With this lineup, Gao Hongbo had to give up many of his former favorites, such as Du Wei, Deng Zhuoxiang, Yang Hao, etc., because these players are basically no longer the main force in the club. It is a very unwise choice to risk betting on them to go to the World Cup. .
What is slightly gratifying is that Cai Huikang and Jiang Zhipeng, old teammates from the Genbao period, have also been selected for the national team. Together with Qi Ce, Wu Lei, Zhang Linpeng and Chen Chaojie, there are already six players from Chongming Island at the gateway to the Yangtze River.
After the Club World Cup ended at the end of last year, FIFA took advantage of the situation and announced the group draws for this year's World Cup. Among the top 32 teams in this World Cup, there are four teams from Asia, namely Iran, Japan, Australia, China, and South Korea. The team was defeated by Mexico in the competition for the last 0.5 places and missed the World Cup. This was the first time that South Korea missed the World Cup main event after 28 years. Of course, it was also the first time that the Chinese team appeared in the World Cup main stage after 12 years.
In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the Chinese team was one of the teams that participated in the fewest World Cups, but Bosnia and Herzegovina was even less than them. This was the first time in the history of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team to participate in the World Cup. However, considering that Bosnia and Herzegovina was a former It is not difficult to imagine the country formed after the breakup of Yugoslavia.
In the World Cup, the Chinese team was placed in the last group, Group H. The opponents in the same group were Belgium, Algeria and Russia. Relatively speaking, this is not the worst draw. Except for Belgium, Algeria and Russia, there is no obvious difference. strong team.
In order to prepare for the group stage, the Chinese team has also contacted its opponents in the warm-up match before the game. They are the Moroccan national team and the Ukrainian national team. In the group, the technical characteristics of Ukraine and Russia are not much different, and Morocco and Algeria are also similar. , is a good opponent for sparring. The other warm-up match is a mix of domestic clubs, and there is not much targeted deployment for Belgium - the opponent is too strong. In this game, we can only say that we should play well and lose less to win.
What needs to be fought for are two games against Algeria and Russia. The first round will start on June 18, 2014, and the opponent will be Russia. The second round will face Algeria five days later. The opponent in the final group stage will be Belgium.
Now, a lot of arguments in the country are like this: consecutive wins over Russia and Algeria, a draw with Belgium, and then a two-on-one victory in the group!
Of course, most rational fans still believe that striving for a victory first is more realistic than the goal set twelve years ago, to score a goal, score a point, and win a game.
Although Algeria and Russia are not as star-studded as Belgium, Russia and even the entire team are from local leagues, and are basically not familiar to Chinese fans, but the strength of the fighting nation should never be underestimated.