Chapter 72 Starting List

After two days of training in Japan, the Sino-Japanese war finally came.

This game is at 6:30 pm on September 11th, Beijing time, which is 7:30 pm local time.

In Japan, it was already dark at this time, and all the lights at the Tokyo National Arena were turned on, illuminating the stadium.

In China, countless fans are waiting in front of the TV early, waiting for the game to come. The TV station was not idle either. They started broadcasting live programs at four o'clock in the afternoon, with guest discussions in the studio at the back and reporters in the front connecting to cover the game from all aspects.

In addition to the fact that this is the first time that the Chinese team has participated in the top 12 in eleven years, the all-round grievances between China and Japan are also the reason why everyone pays so much attention to this game.

For an opponent like Oman, although it is a home game, the live broadcast lineup is not so strong.

At 4:30 Beijing time, the entire Chinese team appeared in the hotel lobby, preparing to take the bus to the stadium.

The fans waiting outside the hotel shouted excitedly when they saw the Chinese team players, and reporters kept taking pictures through the glass.

It can be seen from the footage that when the Chinese team players were waiting to get on the bus in the lobby, they were chatting together in small groups. Just looking at their expressions, they were quite relaxed.

I don’t know if he is really relaxed or if he is pretending to be calm in front of the camera.

Zhou Yi was the target of everyone's greatest attention. He came down from the elevator with his teammates on the Olympic team, and then greeted everyone he saw, as usual.

Because he came down a little late, the sofas in the hotel lobby were already full, so he directly found a place out of the way with Yang Muge, Guo Nu, He Ying and others to stand and chat.

No one could hear what they were talking about, and to prevent reporters from reading their mouths, they covered their mouths with their hands while chatting to prevent cameras from capturing their crimes. This is also a habit that everyone has developed on the court.

During the game, there are many cameras facing the players, and anything the players do on the court cannot escape the "eyes" of the cameras. For example, Lehmann once ran under a billboard to urinate during the game, and was recorded by the camera. The whole process...

Sometimes players will say some indecent words when they are excited during the game. Such words may not be remembered by the players themselves after leaving the football field, and they will not have any impact. But if caught on camera, it could turn into trouble when interpreted after the game. At first the players thought they were wearing microphones,

No one outside can hear what he says, so he acts unscrupulously. But then the media invited lip readers to interpret the players' mouth shapes and judge what they said through their mouth shapes. In order to avoid trouble, the players began to cover their mouths when talking to others.

Although the reporters didn't know what Zhou Yi was talking about with his teammates, they looked at them laughing from time to time. They seemed to be in a good mood and really relaxed.

After chatting for a while, the bus drove to the door of the hotel, the coaching staff appeared, and assistant coach Fu Bo began to greet the players to get on the bus.

Everyone then covered their mouths with their hands and chatted while walking towards the bus.

When the players walked out of the lobby, the Chinese fans waiting nearby waved national flags and shouted to the players: "Come on, Team China! Come on, Team China!"

A player waved to them and received a round of cheers.

Amid the cheers of the fans and the sound of reporters pressing the shutters of their cameras, the bus carrying the Chinese team closed its door, then slowly started and drove towards the stadium.

At the same time, on the other side, the players of the Japanese national team also got on the bus and drove to the stadium. In front of the hotel where they stayed, there were also a large number of Japanese fans coming to cheer them on.

The Japanese team has played three games in this top ten tournament, and the results are two wins and one draw. This result is logically good. The draw they got was a 1:1 draw with Australia in the away game. If it were not for China As far as the team is concerned, this result is considered good. After all, they drew with Australia in an away game.

But now with the Chinese team, the Japanese team's current advantage seems a bit precarious - if they can't win the Chinese team at home, it's hard to say what will happen when they go to the Chinese team's home court.

Therefore, Japan also cheered up and went all out to prepare for the game with the Chinese team. They recalled all the overseas players they could recall.

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As the bus drove to the stadium, the starting lineups of the two teams were also made public.

There is nothing outside Japan, and head coach Zaccheroni has fielded the strongest lineup they can field.

China is what everyone is most concerned about - both Japanese and Chinese reporters are concerned.

This starting list will answer many questions everyone has this week.

When the starting list was announced, everyone discovered that although Gao Hongbo had recruited many players from the Olympic team to join the national team, there were only a few players from the Olympic team who actually appeared in the starting lineup - Zhou Yi was originally He is a national team player, so he is not regarded as someone who was promoted from the Olympic team to the national team. Before Zhang Linpeng participated in the Olympics, although he took care of both the National Olympics and the national team, in general, he played more with the national team, also because the national team played more games than the National Olympic team...

This surprised everyone. Japanese reporters had been speculating before the game that Gao Hongbo would send new players to the Olympics, because these players had just played against the Japanese Olympic team and had the freshest experience. At the same time, because they had won against Japan The Olympic team has a psychological advantage.

Unexpectedly, Gao Hongbo only arranged for one Olympic player to enter the starting lineup. Yang Muge, Guo Nu, Cao Yun, and Wu Lei were all outside the starting lineup.

This is something that the Japanese media did not understand. In their previous predictions, Guo Nu and Yang Muge should definitely start. In the Olympic finals with the Japanese team, their performance also impressed Japanese reporters and fans. Very impressed.

When Takeyu Sugimoto was just replaced, Guo Nu was at a disadvantage in the confrontation because he didn't know him well enough, coupled with objective factors such as the glare of the sun. But soon he took advantage of his strength and jumping ability to regain the initiative, and Sugimoto Kenyu was no longer able to create any threat.

And what about Yang Muge? At the beginning, he was unobtrusive on the court, but when the Japanese team was two goals behind and about to beat the Chinese team, Yang Muge stood up and used his excellent positioning and tenacious defense to defeat the Chinese team. The Japanese team's fierce counterattack was in vain.

These two people may not be as popular as Zhou Yi, Sun Pan and He Ying, but they are definitely important cornerstones for the team.

Many Japanese reporters analyzed and even believed that Gao Hongbo could not be cast in Heying, but he could not be cast in Yang Muge and Guo Nu. After all, the top priority in away games is not conceding goals. Facing the home team's aggressive offense, a strong enough defense is the most important.

But in the end, Gao Hongbo didn't play Yang Muge and Guo Nu, but He Ying, seemingly wanting to strengthen his offense. I plan to have a head-to-head contest with my opponent at the Japanese team’s home court.

Japanese reporters don’t know whether to say that Gao Hongbo has courage or that he is irrational...

But in the eyes of Chinese reporters, it means something else - Gao Hongbo finally learned to be more mature... He finally did not carry out a big purge in his team and replace half of the team in one go. . That's right, that's right.

Chinese journalists breathed a sigh of relief. As Chinese, they know Chinese football and Chinese players best. They had been worried that Gao Hongbo's radical methods would lead to internal strife in the team and cause the team to lose its combat effectiveness.

In China, a society that pays attention to human relationships, everything you do is actually a way of being a human being in the end. Gao Hongbo won the league championship in Changchun Yatai, but ended up being kicked out. In fact, many people felt that Gao Hongbo did not do a good job in this aspect.

If he continues to be stubborn in the national team, even if he once led this team to the Asian Cup runner-up, it may not guarantee that his position in the national team is stable.

Gao Hongbo's current approach actually shows that he will not take a very radical approach. He still chose to respect the players of the current national team more. He recruited a large number of players from the Olympic team, perhaps hoping to give the national team players more stimulation on the training ground and cultivate their sense of competition, but he did not really want to knock them over with a stick.

This is the result that Chinese journalists most want to see.

Ensuring the internal stability of the team ensures the team's combat effectiveness.

When playing Japan away from home, we need stability and combat effectiveness.

Anyway, with Zhou Yi, the current Chinese team may not be able to wrestle with the Japanese team.

Yes, in the eyes of Chinese reporters, Zhou Yi is like a god descending from heaven, and there is no problem that he cannot solve. This is the same feeling as the teammates of the national team towards Zhou Yi. No matter when, where or when they encounter any difficulties, Zhou Yi is always the trustworthy person.

In the first home game of the top ten games, against the aggressive Qatar, Zhou Yi provided two assists to help the team successfully win on the road.

Returning to their home court in the second game, facing Oman, recognized as the weakest team in this group, the Chinese team performed poorly. In the end, Zhang Linpeng's header won the victory with difficulty. Although the goal was scored by Zhang Linpeng, the corner kick that caused the goal was indeed created by Zhou Yi's long shot.

Zhou Yi has used his actual performance in the Asian Cup, Top Ten Games and Olympic Games to make everyone feel that he is almost omnipotent.

This away challenge to Japan, Zhou Yi is also the biggest reliance in the minds of Chinese media and fans to play against Japan in an away game.

As for the others...as long as they can cooperate well with Zhou Yi, this national team cooperated with Zhou Yi tacitly in the Asian Cup, performed well, and won the runner-up, so the foundation of the national team is okay, there is really no need to Too many people have changed their tone...

Looking at this starting list, many Chinese reporters are full of hope for this game. In their eyes, this is a national team with rich experience, tacit cooperation, and a national team that can compete with the Japanese team for a long time without Zhou Yi in the Asian Cup. Now with Zhou Yi, isn't it even more powerful? (To be continued.)