Chapter 266: Zang Feng
Although public opinion is all bad-mouthing, the scale of Chinese journalists' coverage of the Asian Cup has not been affected. The reporting team sent by CCTV alone is enough to match the strength of the World Cup. Even when the national team is training in the UAE, there are a large number of reporters outside the training base.
Although Gao Hongbo's attitude made the reporters and fans feel panicked and spit out a few words, scolding was scolding, spamming was spamming, and the intensity of reporting on the national team did not weaken in the slightest. People in the industry have long been used to this state.
For example, the national team's training base in the UAE is directly renting the football stadium of the UAE royal family. The Chinese Football Association has paid a lot of money for the national team. There are voices on the domestic Internet that this is simply a waste of taxpayers' money. They will also complain to each other: using the best venue and playing the worst football... But in fact, everyone has long been accustomed to it, and even the national team is their unlimited source of attention. If the fans stop talking about Chinese football someday , it is estimated that they will all lose their jobs.
And such a general environment seems to have no effect on the team at all. The hotel where the team stayed during the training camp has strict security measures, the training ground is also covered and closed on all sides, and the coaching staff does not even allow a minute to open to the media. Completely cut off the footage of the media.
The reporters have no other way to speculate on the state of the team from the expressions of the players except to quickly snap some shots at the entrance of the hotel and the training ground every day. I wanted to get interviews with the players, but before I got close, I was blocked by the team's staff. There is nothing to say, I declined any interviews before the start of the game, that's all.
From the expressions of the players, there was no sense of tension at all. The team members were carrying backpacks, chatting and laughing in twos and threes.
Not getting the first-time interviews made the reporters very upset, which was tantamount to cutting off their jobs. Now that they saw the players' casual expressions, the anger in their hearts finally had a place to vent reasonably.
"...Our national team looks really confident. The expressions of the players are really relaxed. It's like they are on vacation. I don't know if they have the confidence to come back with a championship..."
At this time, such reports are simply very appetizing to the fans. All the post bars and news comment areas related to the national team are immediately covered by a large number of fans' speeches.
"Win the championship? Hehe,
If I can qualify for the group stage, I will run naked. "
"This article still needs to be published? Aren't they going on vacation? They are still traveling at public expense!"
"I have long been Buddhist to the national football team. If you don't watch the game, the speeches of the great gods are better than theirs."
"The first floor and the second floor have a rhythm. Now the national team should not be able to. Others don't know, but at least I believe that Zhou Tiancheng will definitely not. Those who play in Europe probably will not."
"Upstairs, I will tell you an iron rule. Football cannot be driven by a few people. Argentina is so strong, and Messi alone has to kneel. Watch it, it will definitely let you know what a beautiful frontcourt is like. The backcourt is rotten. It can make those overseas players doubt their lives."
In such a public opinion environment, the national team's preparations are still proceeding in an orderly manner.
In the UAE, the Chinese team contacted two warm-up matches. In order to prevent the team's tactics from being leaked prematurely, both games were closed to the public. First, there was a warm-up with a local second-tier club in Dubai. Naturally, there was no suspense. The Chinese team won by three goals.
The role of the opponent in the first warm-up is just to let the team find their state. What Gao Hongbo really cares about is the second warm-up. The opponent is the UAE national team.
In this Asian Cup, the Chinese team is divided into Group A. The opponents in the same group are Kuwait, host Qatar and Uzbekistan. The UAE is very close to Qatar in both strength and style. Gao Hongbo predicts that the game against the host will be the most difficult game in the group, and it will also directly determine the prospects of the group stage. Therefore, his starting lineup for this game is currently The real main lineup of the Chinese team:
Ming Tao replaced Yang Zhi, the former No. 1 goalkeeper of the national team, as the main force. Gao Hongbo also made a lot of determination, and he made such a determination after repeated communication with the two. Yang Zhi himself didn't say anything. Although it was a bit uncomfortable to be pushed away from the main position for several years, he had nothing to complain about. He and Ming Tao had to train with the goalkeeper coach for a long time every day. He knew Ming Tao's strength very well.
In other positions, the four backs are Dewey, Zhao Peng, Rong Hao and the only right back international Zhang Linpeng from the second level of China. Zhou Tiancheng's position has been moved forward, so in terms of the double defensive midfielder configuration, Yang Hao of Jiangsu Sainty is partnered with Zhao Xuri, who became famous in the World Youth Championship six years ago. Needless to say, there is no need to say much about the offense in the frontcourt. Zhou Tiancheng, Jiang Hao, Chen Pengfei and Hao Junmin are responsible for providing offensive firepower in their most familiar positions.
The performance of the Chinese team in the whole game fully reflected Gao Hongbo's tactics. First, he emphasized ground cooperation on the offensive end. Zhou Tiancheng's activity area on the court was not restricted. Gao Hongbo also required the whole team to pass the ball with him as the first goal. , The most important task of the two midfielders after taking the ball is to pass the ball to Zhou Tiancheng's feet.
Judging from the effects of the warm-up match, the effect is very good. As long as the possession of the ball can be smoothly transferred to Zhou Tiancheng in the frontcourt, the tactical awareness of the four offensive players is very close, and they are familiar enough with each other.
After the Chinese team scored two goals, Gao Hongbo signaled everyone to slow down to ensure that everyone would not be injured at this last moment. He also had some reservations. The true strength of the team has not yet been revealed.
Although there was no televised broadcast of this game, the team reporter still sent out the results of this warm-up match with the permission of the coaching staff.
This result did not change the public opinion much. After all, the warm-up before the competition, how many reservations there will be between each other, this variable is still very big. Many fans still don't buy it.
"You didn't even have a TV broadcast, so you just dared to play behind closed doors. Do you dare to let everyone know how you won?"
"Winning 2-0 only after warming up before the big game is definitely a kneeling rhythm. Kuwait Gulf Cup runner-up, Qatar host, Uzbekistan is now the nemesis, this is an official game, the national football team tell me which one can you win?"
When the whole team is on the flight from the UAE to Qatar, the mainstream public opinion in the country is still the same.
Gao Hongbo has been reading the domestic news headlines, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The effect was achieved, not to mention the opponents, even the well-informed Chinese media had no idea what kind of edge was hidden behind the closed door.
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