Green Journey

Chapter 498 Yo!They've all joined the national team!

The next day, Chu Zheng showed up at Manchester Airport early in the morning.

This round of Premier League matches is over, and the World Cup qualifiers on all continents are rekindled.

The international players of all clubs have to return to their country to fight for their country, and Chu Zheng is no exception.

But this time returning to China, for Chu Zheng and the others, there were two hard nuts to chew.

In the sixth round of the top 12, which is the first game back home this time, they will play against the South Korean team.

In the seventh round, they will fight Iran, which is even more difficult to crack.

Perhaps it is because both the European war and the Premier League championship have reached a critical moment, Chu Zheng's return to China this time has made Manchester City pay special attention.

In order to ensure Chu Zheng's health in the national team, the Manchester City club asked Manchester City team doctor Max and a member of the coaching staff to follow Chu Zheng back home.

The purpose is to ensure Chu Zheng's training and health during the national team competition.

In addition, Manchester City also chartered a Gulfstream G650 business jet for Chu Zheng, in order to ensure that Chu Zheng can get enough rest during the round trip and ensure his physical condition.

After nearly 12 flight hours, the plane landed at Hulan Changsha Huanghua International Airport.

In order to avoid the reporters, Chu Zheng boarded the car sent by the training base as soon as he got off the plane, and then went straight to the training base of the Changsha Men's Football National Team.

After the two of them settled down, Chu Zheng carried the suitcase and walked to the dormitory.

Chu Zheng walked outside the door of his dormitory and found that the door was open.

Looking around, I saw Zheng Zhi, Hao Xiao, Jiang Lai, and Niu Benben crowded in their dormitory, chatting in full swing.

"You calf, why are you talking so little today? Why, are you depressed by Bremen?"

"If you want me to say, those three conceded goals have nothing to do with Ben Zi, it's a matter of tactical choice, and he played too unrestrainedly, without the awareness of away games at all!"

"I really like Leipzig's way of playing, like a mad cow, the offense is always exciting!"

"Ha ha!"

"..."

Hearing the chatter and laughter in the dormitory, Chu Zheng smiled knowingly.

Leipzig has been a dark horse in the Bundesliga this season.

In the Bundesliga standings this season, it may not be surprising that Bayern, the king of the South, leads the standings.

But the newly promoted RB Leipzig followed closely behind, which shocked everyone's eyes.

Now that 25 rounds of the Bundesliga have passed, Bayern firmly sits at the top of the list with 62 points, while RB Leipzig has 49 points.

Originally, RB Leipzig was very hopeful to challenge Bayern like Wolfsburg back then. It is the only team in the Bundesliga this season that still hopes to catch up with Bayern.

But it is a pity that in the last three rounds of the Bundesliga, Leipzig lost two and drew one, and was directly widened by Bayern, who has recently won 3 consecutive victories.

There are currently 9 rounds left in the Bundesliga. Although Leipzig still has a theoretical possibility of competing for the championship, many German fans know that it is almost impossible for Bayern to lose half of the 9 rounds of the Bundesliga.

The strength of Bayern's Bundesliga overlord lies there, and it is extremely difficult to overthrow him.

But even so, the German media and fans have continued to praise Leipzig.

Because they made the suspense of this season's championship not lost early.

"Hey, the boss is back!" Just as Chu Zheng was about to enter the dormitory, Zheng Zhi spotted Chu Zheng and greeted him immediately with a smile.

All of a sudden, everyone in the dormitory stood up and looked at Chu Zheng at the door.

Chu Zheng felt that Alexander had a feeling that he was the king of the mountain.

"You go aside for me!"

Seeing that the luggage was taken away by Zheng Zhi and others in an instant, and Hao Xiao even wanted to take him into the dormitory, Chu Zheng, dumbfounded, kicked him.

Hao Xiao stooped to hide, with a playful smile on his face, "Good guy, the club sent a business jet to take you back, and also brought the team doctor and coach. Your status in Manchester City has risen by leaps and bounds. I guess there is no one else?"

Hearing Hao Xiao's words, Zheng Zhi and the others nodded, and this is the proper first brother treatment.

"Zhengzi, you are really going to heaven this season!" Zheng Zhi seemed to think of something, with a look of admiration on his face.

So far, excluding the goals and assists of the national team, Chu Zheng has scored 39 goals and 35 assists for Manchester City in various competitions this season. In total, he has created 74 goals alone. Accounted for [-]% of Manchester City's total goals this season.

In modern football, the data of double 20 goals plus assists in a single season has been hailed as super giant data.

And Chu Zheng's data, which is aimed at breaking a hundred, is said to be monster level, which is not wrong at all.

Therefore, countless media and fans in Europe are now waiting to see if Chu Zheng can become the second player after Messi to score more than [-] goals in a single season.

If Chu Zheng can do it, then he will be on the altar, comparable to Melo.

But not long after chatting with Zheng Zhi and the others, a staff member came over to call Chu Zheng, saying that Gao Hongbo was looking for him.

A few minutes later, Chu Zheng knocked on Gao Hongbo's office door.

As soon as he opened the door and entered, a gust of air-conditioning with the smell of smoke rushed towards his face, which almost stumped Chu Zheng.

Seeing Chu Zheng, Gao Hongbo behind the desk laughed and said, "Okay, our tactical coach Xiao Chu is here, and everyone is here."

Fu Bo, Ou Chuliang and another acquaintance of Chu Zheng beside him laughed when they heard Gao Hongbo's words.

Seeing Fan Zhiyi, Chu Zheng's eyes straightened, and he exclaimed, "Oh! Uncle Fan, I haven't seen you in half a year, and you've sneaked into the national team!"

"Hey! You kid can talk! What do you mean by sneaking in? I was invited in by Coach Gao!" Fan Zhiyi pointed at Chu Zheng and pretended to be angry.

The two met last year.

At that time, Sun Jihai returned to Manchester at the invitation of Manchester City, accompanied by Fan Zhiyi, and the two met at that time.

"Okay, let's talk about the past and talk about it later, let's discuss tactics!"

After saying that, Gao Hongbo waited for Chu Zheng to sit down beside Fan Zhiyi, then handed a folder to Chu Zheng, and said, "Look at it first, and if you have any comments, please directly raise them."

"Okay! Higher Education." Chu Zheng smiled, then took the file and looked down at it.

In less than 5 minutes, Chu Zheng finished reading.

Looking up, seeing several people looking at him, Chu Zheng organized his words and said, "Gao Jiao, I don't think we need to choose a certain set of tactics as our main strategy."

"You can pass control and counterattack together."

Hearing Chu Zheng's opinion, Gao Hongbo frowned slightly, and said, "But you will be under a lot of pressure in this way."

The three of Fan Zhiyi also nodded.

It's not that they haven't considered this, but Chu Zheng's burden is heavy if he takes a two-pronged approach.

"It's not a big problem, I believe I can handle it." Chu Zheng pondered for a while, then nodded heavily.

In fact, in football techniques and tactics, counterattack does not mean squatting, nor does it mean giving up high-position pressing.

Counterattack and pass control do not conflict, and they can be played together.

The most typical example is the current Barcelona under Enrique.

Although the outside world criticized Enrique's tactics as false pass control and real counterattack, in fact, they combined the two together.

And the counterattack needs to be supported by speed in the frontcourt if it is to be played.

Coincidentally, there is no problem in this team.

Both Jiang Lai and Wu Lei are not slow, and they are fully capable of supporting the counterattack.

In terms of pass control, with Zheng Zhi's cooperation, Chu Zheng also has the confidence to complete the field control.

Therefore, it is not a big problem to want to control the ball and then hook the opponent out.

The only thing that makes Chu Zheng a little worried is that there may be mistakes at that time.

But it is unavoidable.

But Chu Zheng felt that if he could completely lock the South Korean team's midfield, the price of such a mistake would be acceptable.

Although there will be mistakes on the whole due to some technical deficiencies, but having more team defenses will increase the overall fault tolerance rate.

At that time, even if someone makes a mistake, it will not be a big problem. Naturally, another teammate in the system will make up for it.

Don't be afraid if you can't grab it alone, there will naturally be siege tactics to assist.

It has been a long time since he entered the national team, and Chu Zheng still knows his teammates better.

"..."

"Cushion table! Cushion table!"

"Hello viewers, welcome to our live broadcast of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, the sixth round of Group A of the top 12 in Asia."

"..."

On March 3rd, BJ time, at 23:19 p.m., 15 minutes before the start of the game, He Wei's unique voice sounded as soon as the live broadcast of Channel 20 appeared.

Changsha Helong Stadium, the attendance rate exploded today.

At this time, in the long-range live broadcast footage, it can be seen that the four sides of the stands that can accommodate 6 fans have been filled.

Looking around, there is no variegation, the stands around are like four seas of red, the five-star red flag is flying in the wind on the stands, and the loud and clear national anthem has been sung in the whole stadium.

In the on-site commentary room, although separated by glass, it was still difficult to resist the loud and clear singing voice with strong penetrating power, which made He Wei, Xu Yang and Sun Jihai in the commentary booth a little bit excited, a long-lost feeling, a wonderful feeling .

"Now in the standings of Group A, Iran ranks first with 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses, with 11 points."

"The second place is Uzbekistan with 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses, with 9 points."

"The third place is the Chinese team, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with 8 points, only 1 point behind Uzbekistan."

Speaking, He Wei's tone was a little excited, and said: "This is the closest Chinese football has come to the World Cup since 2002, and it is also the best top 12 match. The boys of the national team have also given hope to the general public in China. .”

Sun Jihai and Xu Yang next to him also had spring-like smiles on their faces.

Although it is still third, it may not be so after these two games.

In this round, Uzbekistan will play against Syria, which is fifth in Group A.

As long as Uzbekistan is defeated or tied by Syria, the Chinese team will go upstream.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the Chinese team can win South Korea in this game.

But at this moment, He Wei and countless Chinese people believed that the Chinese team could win.

Because this Chinese team was obviously different after Gao Hongbo took over and Chu Zheng and the others came back. This kind of confidence is not blind.

After Chu Zheng and the others came back, the biggest change of the Chinese team can be explained in one word.

Watching the Chinese team's games before, you will find that the scenes are frightening.

But now when you watch the game, you will feel a word on the players that basically never appeared before.

stable!
Especially in the eyes of professional players like Sun Jihai who have been dealing with football for most of their lives, this change is even more obvious.

In addition, the changes of the Chinese team are also reflected in the ratings.

Based on the horrible ratings of the first round of the game between the two sides as a reference, Channel [-]'s pre-match forecast ratings may reach a new high.

And through the overwhelming publicity of the media, this game has risen from a sports event to a social event in China, and has attracted the attention of the whole people.

At 19:20, the two sides lined up in the player channel, each holding their caddies.

Chu Zheng was in the middle of the team, chatting and laughing with Zheng Zhi.

Suddenly, Chu Zheng felt a prick in the waist and eye, and turned back curiously to Hao Xiao who was behind him.

"Humph!" Hao Xiao pursed his lips, as if he was holding back a laugh, and glanced wildly to the right with his eyes.

Chu Zheng followed the instructions and looked at the South Korean team on the right. His eyes fell on the cockscomb of one of the South Korean players, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

At this moment, Hao Xiao suppressed a smile and said, "Does it look like a pig with grass?"

"Pfft!!!"

"Pfft!!!"

As soon as the words came out, Chu Zheng burst into laughter. No one in the team who heard Hao Xiao's words could hold back and laughed out loud. It was too vivid.

The staff who were close by were also struggling.

Really, I have seen damaged ones, but I have never seen Hao Xiao so damaged.

"Bull terrier! You are really talented!" Niu Benben, who was overjoyed, gave Hao Xiao a thumbs up, "Don't tell me, you really look alike!"

Next to him, when he heard Chu Zheng and the others laughing together, the Korean players all looked over curiously.

Jin Xinyu is one of them. This guy has a very unique hairstyle today, very Pogba-like. He even dyed the middle part of his hair, which is still green.

The key point is that this person doesn't look too good, with that green cockscomb head, it's almost unattractive.

This scene entered the eyes of countless fans through the camera. Although they didn't know what Chu Zheng and the others were laughing at, everyone could feel the relaxed atmosphere.

Going into battle lightly, without the burden of thinking, this is an excellent mentality to challenge, a good thing!

After a while, under the leadership of the referee, the players walked out of the player channel one after another.

At the same time, the starting lineups of the two teams also appeared in the live footage one after another.

China: (433)

Goalkeeper: Hao Xiao

Defenders: Zhang Linpeng, Niu Benben, Feng Xiaoting, Jiang Zhipeng
Midfielders: Chu Zheng, Zheng Zhi, Hao Junmin
Forwards: Wu Lei, Jiang Lai, Zhang Xizhe

"Before the game, the media predicted that coach Gao Hongbo would discharge 433 today..."

South Korea: (433)

Forwards: Nam Tae Hee, Ji Dong Won, Lee Jung Kee
Midfielders: Go Myung-jin, Ki Sung-yong, Koo Ja-chul
Defenders: Kim Jin-soo, Jang Hyun-soo, Hong Zhenggang, Lee Yong

Goalkeeper: Kwon Sun-tae
"Sun Xingmin, the top star of the South Korean team, is suspended today. He received a yellow card in the South Korean team's match against Iran and Uzbekistan. According to the regulations of the AFC, accumulating two yellow cards in the world preliminaries will automatically suspend one game. "

"This will definitely have a certain impact on the South Korean team's offense." Xu Yang next to him continued.

"..."

At 19:35, with the whistle of the referee Green and loud cheers from the fans, the game officially started.

(End of this chapter)