Chapter 128 Article 1 Jiang

As the top ten match against Qatar is approaching, there are naturally more and more topics surrounding the Chinese team, and more and more reporters come to the training base of the Chinese team. Among the piles of Chinese reporters, it is not difficult to see the top ten. For a sturdy bearded man, Qatar will naturally send someone to spy on the situation of the Chinese team on the spot.

With Lippi taking office, the Chinese team, the new Asian champion, is naturally the only focus. There is absolutely no doubt that he is the coach of the biggest national team in Asia. Although the Chinese media still hold a wait-and-see attitude towards Lippi, the opponents without exception regard the Chinese team as a strong enemy.

This is especially true for the opponent Qatar in the first match. During the Asian Cup, the Chinese team took advantage of the hosts and was beaten helplessly by the Chinese team. Now this opponent is even more powerful.

In fact, the Chinese reporters did not notice that there were many South Korean reporters silently huddling in the back row of the team to observe secretly. As the opponents of the Chinese team in the same group, they couldn't help but ignore them now.

However, the Chinese team seemed to have no precautions. The first few days of training were even completely open. It was not until two days before the game that they were only open for fifteen minutes as usual. These reporters couldn't help worrying: Is Lippi so confident? Not worried about tactical leaks?

Lippi is confident, although everyone can see that although the details are so tight that the training is intermittent, the time of a training session is seriously lengthened. But the training atmosphere is relaxed. Lippi is not as harsh as many players imagine-in fact, the image represented by the "Godfather" is always gentle. The first thing Lippi instilled in everyone is confidence.

"Learn to pass the ball close to the ground and dare to control the ball at your feet, which proves that you have strong self-confidence. Although Zhou can act as a metronome, what I need is that each of you dares to take the ball, dare to pass, break through, Interlude. Boys, be confident. Since you are the champion of the Asian Cup, you should have enough confidence in facing Asian teams. We will not lose to any opponent in Asia! In fact, the Asian champion can have a place in the entire world football. You will realize this sooner or later, but this needs to be based on the premise that you have enough self-confidence!"

The outside world will not know these details in the stadium.

The only thing they could know was that Zhou Tiancheng replaced Zheng Zhi as the new captain of the national team through the news revealed by the CCTV reporter accompanying the team.

This news is not big or small, but any fan who cares about the national team is still very shocked.

Change the dynasty as soon as you take office?

Thirty-two-year-old Zheng Zhi is actually not too old, and he is still at the end of his career. Fans don't know what Lippi's considerations are, but the result is basically praised by the public.

This means that the leaders of the team are starting to get younger, and Zhou Tiancheng is the captain. Needless to say, in terms of ability, in terms of professionalism, he is probably the only person in the national team who has no negative news. Zheng Zhi is not as good as him in this respect. After all, the incident with Cisse back then was always a meme.

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As the top ten games are approaching, CCTV's "Football Night" program also made a feature film to predict the trend of the top ten games of the national team.

The Qatari team that is close at hand,

Including Uzbekistan, which will be played against in the future, is not really an opponent to worry about. But the real rivals are South Korea and Iran, the old enemies of the two Chinese teams.

The top ten competition is divided into two groups, with five teams in each group for a double round-robin. In the end, the top two in each group will directly advance to the World Cup, and the third in the group will be much more difficult if they want to advance. In the round of playoffs, the third place in another group will be eliminated, and then there will be an intercontinental playoff with the fifth place in South America.

The overall strength of the South American teams is obviously higher than that of Asia, so for the Chinese team, the easiest thing is undoubtedly to strive for the top two in the group.

In Group A where the Chinese team is located, since the draw was settled, it is almost recognized that the competition for the top two is between the Chinese team, the South Korean team and the Iranian team.

Qatar and Uzbekistan are basically accompanying runners. Although they are not weak in Asia, they can only blame themselves for their bad luck when they are assigned to this group.

However, because it was the first time after two World Cups that they were fighting against strong Asian teams, the Chinese media did not sing high-profile. In "Football Night"'s top ten special outlook, there is no emphasis on South Korea and Iran. Almost every opponent has given the same role, that is, the same emphasis.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Tiancheng's analogy has been brought to the table again, and it is still an official table.

"The top ten matches represent the highest level of confrontation in Asia, especially in Group A where the Chinese team is located. South Korea, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Qatar are by no means weak. Although the Chinese team is not what it used to be, it is by no means Lambs at the mercy of others, but we have not underestimated the capital of our opponents. We are eager to go to the World Cup to experience the magnificence and thrills of the stars and the sea, and to be the ultimate winners rushing out of the Amazon, but in front of us are rivers with dark tides. Even Qatar, the weakest team in the group, also kicked us out of the World Cup in South Africa..."

The whole attitude of CCTV is to expect admonitions, when the Chinese team is hyped as a big hit, be the non-mainstream that throws cold water.

Qatar is the first opponent of the Chinese team, and the first river in front of them. Although the water level of this river is not high enough, those who cross it still need to be vigilant. If they are not prepared enough, they may still be swallowed.

Under the eyes of everyone, Lippi led the starting lineup for the national football debut.

Starting goalkeeper Ming Tao, two central defenders Feng Xiaoting partnered with Dewey, left back Sun Xiang, right back Zhang Linpeng, midfielders Zhou Tiancheng, Zheng Zhi and Hao Junmin in a triangle position, Zheng Zhi relatively lagged behind, Zhou Tiancheng and Hao Junmin were completely Chen Pengfei is the left winger, Yu Hai is the right winger who plays for Shaanxi Renhe, and Jiang Hao is the forward position.

This starting lineup responded to many doubts.

First of all, it is doubtful that the Chinese team coached by Lippi will play an Italian-style defense. This is obviously no way out, but from the perspective of the starting lineup, Lippi's strategy is completely opposite. Another point is the most questionable. Since Lippi took office from Evergrande, and his salary still comes from Evergrande, would he favor one over the other and favor the Evergrande gang?

But there are only three players from Evergrande in the starting lineup, which seems even less true.

When all the spray points were smashed, everyone's attention returned to the court. Fortunately, although the Chinese fans liked all kinds of blacks with each other, as the national team entered the court, everyone quieted down. They haven't forgotten that this is a crucial first game for the national team.