Chapter Fifty-Fifth Representing the Country for the First Time

Zhou Tiancheng has not received professional training in China, so he does not understand that domestic players are used to dividing the stop and pass into three steps: first stop, second look, and third pass.

That is to say, if Zhou Tiancheng can complete a coherent movement in one second, the local players need to divide it into three shots. In fact, Zhou Tiancheng is not wrong at all. This will delay a lot of opportunities in the game. In fact, these international players also know that , but due to habit, they always feel that they don't look at the ball after catching it, and they don't stop playing the ball, so they don't feel at ease.

"It turns out that the ball can still be played like this." Many players practiced with Zhou Tiancheng once, and it seemed that they had just found the correct way to play. It turns out that players from the five major leagues play like this. Most people finally know why they are so far away from Europe. They didn't have any confidence in passing the ball at this pace.

"Xiao Zhou...I'm older than you, do you mind being called Xiao Zhou?" Shao Jiayi walked over and asked Zhou Tiancheng.

"Brother Jiayi, don't be so outspoken, in a team, you are brothers. If you have any opinions, feel free to ask."

Shao Jia smiled and said, "I don't have any comments, it's just...you have seen that most of the players in the national team are at this level, so don't be too impatient, everyone is not familiar with you, take your time."

Zhou Tiancheng nodded superficially. My heart is under great pressure. He feels that allowing these players to play international competitions is like asking a student who can't even solve a one-dimensional equation to face a high-level math problem, and the result is like this.

Naturally, the coaching staff also discovered the problem. During the second joint tactical practice, Gao Hongbo consciously changed a few teammates for Zhou Tiancheng's team in the same formation. Chen Tao, Hao Junmin, and Gao Lin switched to his side. In addition to Zhou Haibin and Shao Jiayi, basically besides Zhou Tiancheng, the few people with the best awareness of the national team are all on Zhou Tiancheng's side.

This time Zhou Tiancheng felt much better. How much consciousness can keep up. Needless to say, Shao Jiayi, Zhou Haibin had a brief experience of studying abroad, and Chen Tao and Hao Junmin also had the ability to study abroad. Especially Hao Junmin, who attracted Chelsea's attention twice at the age of seventeen, but he failed to make the trip because the club refused to let him go. His running position and breakthrough ability on the right are indeed better than other wide players in the national team.

In terms of overall ability, whether it is the basic skills or the awareness of running without the ball, they are people who can barely keep up with Zhou Tiancheng - at least Zhou Tiancheng took the initiative to lower the tempo, and they can keep up.

"Brother Gao, it looks much smoother today." Assistant coach Liu Chunming's expression was much more relaxed than yesterday.

Gao Hongbo smiled lightly: "Naturally, I assigned all the best players in the team to Zhou Tiancheng's side. One hero and three gangs should have this effect. The main lineup is basically settled."

In the next few days, Gao Hongbo focused on intensive training for this lineup.

In the past few days, a large number of media have appeared at the base every day. Although the coaching staff is not completely closed to guard against death, it is impossible to publicly present too much tactical content to the media. Aiming at the issue of integration between Zhou Tiancheng and the national team that the reporters were most concerned about, Gao Hongbo deliberately kept it a secret: "After two days, everyone will see the effect, and there should be surprises."

This sentence immediately whetted the media's appetite. Gao Hongbo's words were full of confidence. The reporters processed them again, and headlines like "Zhou Tiancheng seamlessly integrates with local players, the new national team may have surprises" Freshly released, it attracted many fans to laugh at themselves: Surprise? I have never dared to expect extravagantly for the national football team, I just hope it is not frightened!

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Before officially ushering in the Asian Cup qualifiers, the national team has one last chance for actual combat training, and will have a warm-up match with the Iranian team in Guangzhou.

The purpose of the warm-up with Iran is to prepare for the first Asian preliminaries against Syria in a few days. This warm-up is actually very valuable, because the Iranian team also has to prepare for the first Asian preliminaries against North Korea, so it attaches great importance to the East Asian team like China. The opportunity for the team to warm up is entirely to face the Chinese team with all the main players.

The Iran team ranked second in Asia in the latest FIFA national team rankings, second only to Japan. The main Iranian team has five major league stars such as Nekonan, Djaga, and Shejayi. It is a fact that is better than the Chinese team, which is recognized as no suspense.

However, because of the joining of Zhou Tiancheng, Iranian coach Guterbi did not dare to underestimate the Chinese team. He specifically mentioned in the pre-match press conference: "I heard that the Chinese team has Zhou Tiancheng. He is an excellent young player. You can tell by looking at the Bundesliga statistics, but in our team, Ashkan Djaga played against him in the Bundesliga. We already know him well. Zhou Tiancheng is very good, but we will rely on a stronger team to beat the Chinese team. "

The Iranian team obviously also wants to give the Asian preliminaries a good start through this warm-up match, so they showed a strong desire to win.

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In the dressing room before the game, Zhou Tiancheng put on the national team uniform for the first time. His temporary number in the national team is No. 8.

Looking at the official team logo of the Chinese team on his chest and his own name on the back of the jersey, Zhou Tiancheng sighed in his heart: his football career is ultimately related to the country.

In fact, this is an inevitable result. As long as you have an idea about the World Cup, it will be a matter of time sooner or later. And Zhou Tiancheng was no exception. I am afraid that no professional player wants to play in the World Cup, which represents the top hall of the football world.

Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium is full of seats today. Dozens of well-known domestic first-tier media were all present. In the past few years, most of the home games of the Chinese team can only be arranged in the second-tier provincial capital cities in China. In first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the national team’s games are actually not as good as the local Super League teams. The team was well received. But this time is different. Zhou Tiancheng has his own star halo, and the pre-match promotional poster with the words "New generation overseas star Zhou Tiancheng makes his national team debut" is the biggest selling point of this warm-up match.

Walking into the field from the player tunnel, the camera was on Zhou Tiancheng for the first time, and the CCTV commentator He Wei suddenly raised his voice: "Here we come! The undisputed best rookie in the first half of the Bundesliga this season, Zhou Tiancheng's national team debut , It really is different, the starter we got before the game, Zhou Tiancheng was selected for the national team for the first time, and he was put in the starter."

He Wei's commentator partner, Xu Yang, a fringe international player in the Milu national team, answered: "The only influencing factor for Zhou Tiancheng is his state. As long as the state can meet the standard, it is logical for him to play the main force. Especially in the absence of Zheng Zhi , We need an all-round midfielder like him who can attack and defend well."

"That's the reason." He Wei nodded lightly, and then made a joke: "I think Zhou Tiancheng is more handsome in the national team jersey than when he was wearing the Schalke 04 jersey!"

The fans in front of the TV smiled knowingly, and He Weiyi said that many people felt the same way.