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These countries basically reject China's revival, but the paradox is that if China really restores its original status, they will accept it very quickly.

The Chinese Football Association first announced the list of coaching staff who fans don't care much about, but are no less important than players.

Team Leader: Shen Tao, Head Coach: Nian Weisi, Coaches: Zhou Huaide (Offensive/Technical Coach), Gao Fengwen (Defensive Coach), Meng Fei (Physical Coach), Hu Zhigang (Goalkeeper Coach), Tactic/Video Analyst (Liu Yu win).

After the coaching staff list is released, it will be the long-awaited 23-man squad——

Liu Haiguang (84, 25 years old, 186cm, center, Shanghai, Munich 1860)

Yang Shuhua (83, 18 years old, 183cm, center/forward, XJ)

Zhao Dayu (83, 25 years old, 160cm, forward, Guangdong, Lyon)

Ren Zhihui (86, 19 years old, 174cm, winger/forward, Shanxi, Ajax)

Gu Guangming (85, 27 years old, 169cm, winger/forward, Guangdong, Atletico Madrid)

Wei Xinghua (80, 22 years old, 173cm, winger/wing midfielder, Fujian, Bastia)

Wang Yuanlin (79, 17 years old, 178cm, winger/wing midfielder, BJ)

Wu Jie (99, 23 years old, 190cm, free agent, BJ, Arsenal)

Wu Qunli (81, 26 years old, 175cm, front waist, Guangdong)

Ge Guangxing (79, 20 years old, 166cm, front waist, Hainan)

Chen Haonan (98, 21 years old, 171cm, back/front waist, Guangxi, Real Madrid)

Zhen Aiguo (84, 24 years old, 185cm, lower back, Henan, Royal Espanyol)

Jia Xiuquan (84, 24 years old, 182cm, central defender, Liaoning, Udinese)

Wang Dongning (82, 25 years old, 183cm, central defender/full-back/backward midfielder/forward, Shandong, Marseille)

Cui Yonghua (83, 20 years old, 180cm, center back/full back, Liaoning, Nancy)

Zheng Guohong (81, 18 years old, 184cm, central defender, Shaanxi, Valencia)

Mai Chao (78, 22 years old, 176cm, full back/center back, Guangdong)

Li Junwei (85, 25 years old, 176cm, full back/full midfielder, Guangdong, Kaiserslautern)

Lu Hongxiang (81, 26 years old, 178cm, full-back/full-midfield/wing-forward/midfielder/forward, Tianjin, Borussia Dortmund)

Jiang Wei (82, 20 years old, 175cm, full-back/wing-midfielder, Liaoning, Monaco)

Lin Yaodong (98, 21 years old, 191cm, goalkeeper, Guangdong, Barcelona)

Feng Qingrong (81, 20 years old, 183cm, goalkeeper, Guizhou)

Zhang Huikang (79, 23 years old, 178cm, goalkeeper, Shanghai)

This time the Chinese team went to Mexico, and of course they were mainly veterans. Most of the young people on the list went to meet the market, and followed the big brothers to get a gilt plating, so that they could be sold at a good price before the new rules came out.

But these big brothers are under a lot of pressure. Many senior players don't even dare to speak loudly.

Liu Haiguang felt that Yang Shuhua was likely to steal his starting lineup. Although he had an advantage in experience, that little guy was very talented. Regardless of his sense of smell in front of the goal, his dribbling ability and shooting skills, including his athletic ability Much better than him.

Jia Xiuquan's feeling is even stronger. In the past two years, he has seen too many [-]- and [-]-year-old talented defenders in Serie A. The kind of extraordinary talent + the real genius shaped by the growth process, he realized that he is really better than no.

But this time when he returned to China, he actually saw a similar talent in Zheng Guohong. This kid has the taste of Bergomi, Costacurta, and Maldini. Cui Yonghua couldn't give him this feeling at the beginning.

But the crisis is the crisis, Jia Xiuquan's first thought was to recommend this 18-year-old defender to Udinese.

He is sure that Zheng Guohong can become a world-class defender. If there is such a partner, it will save a lot of worry.

As for the other rookies, their talents may be good, but they are too young.

For example, Wang Yuanlin, this kid's talent is unquestionable, a genius that can be discovered at a glance.

But if Wu Jie hadn't personally called him to bring him, Wang Yuanlin would not be able to enter the list of 23 people at his current level.

Gu Guangming could see that Wang Yuanlin's talent was not inferior to Ren Zhihui's, but he was not very worried about his position, because this kid was too young, and it would take at least two or three years to replace him. I am almost 30 years old, so naturally I don't care so much about the position of the national team.

In addition, Wei Xinghua, Ge Guangxing, Mai Chao, Feng Qingrong, and Zhang Huikang are also new faces. They are basically the top newcomers who have emerged in China in the past two years. Because of their outstanding performance in the qualifiers, it is logical that they will be included in this big list. cheerleaders.

Wu Jie also doesn't recommend using these newcomers. This World Cup will still be dominated by old players. First of all, there is no need to worry about these people's tacit understanding.

Now many people in this team have been teammates for more than five years. Even if they have gone to Europe to play football in the past two years and reduced joint training, there will be no chemical reaction problems.

On the contrary, these players' experience in Europe has greatly improved their understanding of tactics, and their awareness of both offense and defense has greatly improved.

In the World Cup four years ago, Wu Jie had a lot of through balls without warning, including Chen Haonan's ingenious dispatch. Gu Guangming, Zhao Dayu and others often couldn't understand. When they reacted, the opponent also reacted. So missed.

Over the past few years in Europe, their biggest improvement is their ability to spot opportunities and seize opportunities.

Now most of these players are in the golden age of 24-28 years old. Because Wu Jie has used self-discipline cards for them for a long time, these players have basically not suffered serious injuries, and their athletic ability has not declined at this time.

But in terms of experience and technology, this group of people has already entered the peak period. They are in the period when their athletic ability is online, their skills are perfect, their psychology is strong enough, and they have a good understanding with each other. period.

After Wu Jie returned to the team, he found many flashes of his passing in the team training game, and these teammates finally understood part of it.

And after playing as a center forward like at Arsenal, he can even feel similar to the experience at Arsenal.

These teammates can not only provide him with a lot of passes in the midfield, especially the penetration, follow-up, and involvement of the two wings, which are even more comfortable than when he was at Arsenal.

This kind of performance already has a trace of the outline of the perfect team in his mind, and it is enough to get a showdown with any opponent in the World Cup.

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On May 5, the World Cup groupings were officially announced.

This time was half a month later than before, which made it too late for many teams to choose a suitable warm-up opponent, who made the Asian qualifiers too rough.

The Chinese team only had time to contact East Germany and the Dutch team for two warm-up matches before the start of the World Cup. The warm-up match with the US team was abandoned because the offer was too high.

Most of the teams participating in the World Cup are also similar, which also makes FIFA decide that the next qualifiers will set the latest time to complete the game. This kind of situation that is half a month later than other regions cannot happen again.

In fact, teams from various countries feel that it is good to be late. This half month will not only allow the teams in Europe and South America to have more running-in time, but also allow players to have more time to recuperate.

In terms of the scale of participation in this World Cup, the number of participating teams is still maintained at 24.

FIFA has considered expanding its army, because the teams in Asia and Africa are improving rapidly, and the 24 places make the competition among the continents too fierce.

For example, the United States has rushed to the streets in this qualifier. As the most powerful country in the world, it is actually unable to participate in the World Cup. This makes Americans who do not like football very much unacceptable.

The American media also spoke their minds on behalf of their people: We don't have to watch it, but you have to go in!

Of course, the bigger reason is the Soviets. Mao Xiong not only qualified for the World Cup in Europe, but they are also a second-tier team. This comparison makes Americans feel too embarrassed.

The first team in this World Cup has also undergone a lot of changes compared to the previous one.

In addition to the host Mexico automatically becoming the first team, the other five first-tier teams are: Italy, West Germany, France, Brazil, and Uruguay.

Both England and Argentina fell into the second pot this year, and the other four teams in the second pot are: the Soviet Union, Spain, Paraguay, and Poland.

This division is mainly based on the international rankings. At this time, the Chinese team's international ranking is 14th, so they can only be placed in the third gear, even though they have basically not lost in the past two years.

Chinese fans are very upset about this, but they can only blame the weak overall strength of the Asian division. The calculation formula of points is significantly lower than that of Europe and South America. For example, the point formula of the Asian Cup is far lower than that of the European Cup and America’s Cup. The points gained for winning the Asian Cup are also much less.

It is not impossible to solve this situation immediately. The current World Cup is the highest event in the calculation formula. They win a game here and get more points than winning three games in the Asian Cup, including the final ranking. Additional points will be added.

Now let’s not talk about whether the Chinese team can win the championship. As long as they can reach the top four, the points they can get in the whole competition will be enough for them to reach the top ten in the world in one fell swoop. In this way, they will be at least the second-tier team in the next competition .

Of course, if they can't even qualify for the group stage, they might have to drop a few places.

The six teams in the third pot of this tournament, except for the Chinese team that all the first and second pot teams are unwilling to meet, the remaining five are: Denmark, Algeria, Bulgaria, Morocco, Portugal.

The final six teams in the fourth pot are: Belgium, Canada, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Hungary, Saudi Arabia.

Nanbang and Iraq, who originally entered the World Cup, were naturally killed by the Chinese team one by one on the way. Who made them not have as much money as the big dog?

Wu Jie didn't have a good impression of the Saudis in his heart. He even thought that Iraq was better than Saudi Arabia in qualifying.

But he is far from being emotional for the sake of Iraq. If it is replaced by Pakistan, it is still possible, but even so, it depends on whether the Saudis, UAE, and Kuwaiti can bid higher.

With such a classification, the final grouping will naturally have some happy and some sad!

Unexpectedly, the Chinese team was again assigned to the death group. The other three teams in Group A were West Germany, the Soviet Union, and Canada.

The Chinese team enters the death group every time. Of course, these three countries have no objection, and they might even clap their hands.

But if they are grouped with the Chinese team, then these three teams will have very different opinions.

West German fans even scolded FIFA for messing with them immediately after the grouping was announced. Otherwise, why would they be in the same group as the Chinese team for two consecutive tournaments?

Chinese fans are very open. They think that only West Germany is difficult to deal with in this group. It should be no problem to play against the Soviet Union. Canada is purely giving points.

This is of course not enough knowledge, but what makes it so that there is no dedicated sports media in China, and the coverage of football is also limited, basically limited to the leagues of Wu Jie, Lin Yaodong, and Chen Haonan, and there are almost no reports of intercontinental games.

Therefore, Chinese fans know far more about the League One, Bundesliga, and La Liga than the national teams in the first and second tiers.

If you mention South American teams, you can only name Brazil and Argentina at most, and when you mention Africa, you can only know South Africa at most.

As for how Uruguay can become the first-class team, what kind of rotten fish and shrimps are Paraguay and Poland?

They don't understand it, and they don't want to understand it.

Wu Jie naturally understands the opponents in this group. First of all, West Germany's strength this time is stronger than the previous one. If West Germany in the original plane was not because of an offside at the end of the game, Brigle did not move with his teammates. Maradona seized the opportunity to send a deadly through ball and made the lore. It is really hard to say who will win after entering overtime.

Needless to say, Soviet football, they have always been a super team in world football before their disintegration, although the media in the other camp in Europe are unwilling to promote Soviet football and Soviet players, and Soviet players have not played in foreign leagues However, their passing the national team competition in the European Division is enough to prove that their strength is definitely not inferior to that of players under capitalism.

This group is indeed a soft persimmon for Canada. This is their first time to participate in the World Cup. The original plane has not entered the World Cup since this time.

But considering that there are only 2 places in Central America and the Caribbean this time, Mexico also automatically took one because it is the host. Everyone thought that the remaining one would be taken by the Americans, but they did not expect that the qualifying place belonged to the football world. Canada, which is an underdeveloped country, is definitely not just about luck.

The Chinese team will not underestimate any opponent who can enter the World Cup, because anything can happen in the World Cup, even if they are confident that they will not lose to Canada, but if they are tied due to some accidents, then the situation in this death group will be very serious Not good.

The coaching staff of the Chinese team thought that they should not only beat Canada, but also get enough goal difference from Canada.

The rules for group qualifying in this World Cup have also been changed. When the points in the group are the same, the international ranking is no longer the first thing to look at, but the results of the battle between the teams in the same group, and then the goal difference. It depends on the international ranking.

But in general, the Chinese team has the confidence to qualify from this group, not only because of their confidence in their own abilities, but also because the number of qualifying teams has changed this time.

The 24 teams in the last World Cup had to play two group matches. This time they only need to play one group match. The top two teams in each group, and the four No.3 teams with the best results will advance to the round of 16.

That is to say, even if you encounter the worst result and can't get the top two in the group, as long as you try to get as many points as possible, then the third place in the group has a great chance to qualify.

But this is definitely not the result that the Chinese team wants. Their goal is to win the final championship, so they can't put their hope of qualifying on No.3, but try their best to fight for the group No.1 to qualify.

This is not only to show the determination to win the championship in terms of momentum, but also to go more smoothly in the knockout round.

Chapter 364 The security in Mexico is too good

After the Chinese team was divided into groups, they were still optimistic by the gambling giants all over the world to qualify in the death group. Who made their achievements in the World Series over the past few years so outstanding.

In particular, under the stimulation of the Soviets, the American media had no choice but to blow up Chinese football, which really made Chinese football's international influence skyrocket.

As for the ownership of the "Golden Boot" of this World Cup, the major gambling groups have also tacitly set the odds to the lowest. Who doesn't know that if Wu Jie can't win the Golden Boot, unless the Chinese team is eliminated in the group stage .

But many people think that even if the Chinese team is eliminated in the group stage, Wu Jie may still have a chance to win the Golden Boot again. This inhuman guy is so incredible!

Therefore, many gambling groups simply canceled this handicap, and then changed it to whether someone can break the scoring record of the last World Cup.

Some gambling syndicates in Asia have added a new method of guessing the starting lineup of the Chinese team ingeniously.

This is indeed the focus of Chinese fans and Asian fans. Everyone wants to know what formation the Chinese team will adopt this time?

Among their starting 11 players, how many rookies will they take over?

Will there be one or two young talents like Ren Zhihui who can perform in international competitions this time?

There won't be another three phantom god-like monsters, right?

On May 5, the much-anticipated Chinese team played a friendly match with East Germany.

This game naturally attracted the attention of many people. First of all, the main lineup of the Chinese team for this World Cup can be judged based on the Chinese team's starting lineup in this game.

In addition, everyone knows that this opponent is to simulate a match against West Germany. Although the strength of the two Germanys is different, they are separated by the Berlin Wall after all. Such a warm-up match is indeed helpful for the Chinese team.

As for the issue of money, this kind of game is of course paid by the Chinese team, and the price offered by the East German team is the 10 US dollars that made the Chinese Football Association vomit blood four years ago.

This price was placed four years ago, and the Chinese Football Association absolutely did not even consider it, because at that time, the Ministry of Sports allocated only 15 yuan for the World Cup.

Of course, 10 US dollars is also a sky-high price for the current Football Association, and it is impossible to pay this amount under normal circumstances.

However, in recent years, the Football Association has mixed in a lot of guys who have fallen into the eyes of money, so someone suggested that the venue of the game be placed in Japan.

Less than two days after the news was released, a large number of Japanese companies came to bid for the qualification to host this friendly match.

In this way, it is natural that the Japanese, who are getting richer and richer, are responsible for the appearance fee of 10 US dollars.

Chinese fans were very dissatisfied with this, but the Chinese Football Association smiled happily, because after the game was handed over to the Japanese, they would not only spend money on this friendly match, but after the game was over, they would count appearance fees and sponsorship fees and other messy expenses. After deducting the US$10 labor fee for the East German national team, they actually made a net profit of US$40.

Of course, the Chinese Football Association also knows that the $40 is based on the influence of Wu Jie, Chen Haonan, and Lin Yaodong.