World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 313 The Almighty Zeng Zheng

1:1.

An ending most people can accept.

When the referee's whistle sounded, Chen and Li's hanging heart finally fell back into their stomachs.

The two looked at each other.

There is quite a taste of the afterlife.

If it is 0 to 0, some people may say that the Chinese youth team does not know how to make progress;

But now it is 1 to 1, and it is still recovering after falling behind.

This situation is different.

The hearts of the fans went up and down like a roller coaster, and they had already accepted the draw.

But for some media who are staring at the China Youth Team, this score is hard to convince.

"Why is the youth team's performance getting worse and worse?"

"In the first game, you can still beat your opponent 3-0. How did you almost win in the end?"

Faced with the headache-provoking question raised by the Nanfang Daily reporter, Chen Jingang said:
"Indeed, in the group matches, the technical and tactical level in training was not displayed."

"If you return to China with this regret, it will be very difficult for people to accept."

"Fortunately, we have already qualified for the group stage and avoided the strong opponents in Group A."

"We can still accept such an ending."

"Isn't this the impact of the coaching staff's improper arrangement of the players?" The reporter seemed not to let Chen Jingang go just like that.

Chen Jingang glanced at Ou Bo who was attending the press conference with him, smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Indeed, my coaching level is not enough to cope with international competitions like the World Youth Championship."

"However, I am also learning and exploring."

"I guarantee that in the next games, I will do my best to let the players perform at their full level in their respective positions and play at our true level!"

"In the next game, we will definitely do our best to defeat our opponents, and we can't return home with regrets to meet our hometown folks."

In any case, Chen Jingang's attitude is still okay.

Seeing that he was so sincere, the reporters "forgive" him this time.

In any case, Zeng Zheng's hard work is mixed with this Chinese youth team.

Instead of looking at the monk's face and looking at the Buddha's face, no matter what you do, you have to show Zeng Zheng some face.

On June 6, after the last group stage of the World Youth Championship, all the top sixteen teams were selected.

The host Argentina, which won the first place in Group A, won all three games and scored 14 goals. The second place in the group was Egypt.

The No. 2 team in Group B is also the Brazilian team, which has won three games and three wins, and the No.[-] team is Germany.

Although No.3 Iraq beat Canada 3-0, Brazil and Germany scored too many goals.

As a result, the goal difference was not much, and they missed the top 16 of the World Youth Championship.

Group C is the most average strength, Ukraine and China Youth Team both have one win and two draws.

Because of the goal difference, Ukraine ranks first, and the China Youth Team ranks second.

The No.3 US pair also got the right to qualify.

Although the little day in Group D beat the Czech Republic 3-0 in the last game, the little day with only three points was still ranked last in the group and was eliminated.

Angola, the Czech Republic, and Australia joined forces to reach the round of [-].

Group E revealed the biggest upset of this World Youth Championship: The Dutch team, considered the favorite to win the championship, was scored 3 goals by Costa Rica in the first game and lost 1-3.

In the second game, they were equalized by Ecuador at the last minute of the game.

In the last group match, it was difficult to win Ethiopia 3-2 and get the right to qualify as the third in the group.

The first and second in the group are Costa Rica, which has won all three games, and Ecuador, which has a goal difference higher than the Netherlands.

The top three in Group F also got the right to qualify, namely Ghana, France and Paraguay.

The Iranian team lost all three games and was eliminated.

Of the four teams from Asia, only the China Youth Team made it to the top [-].

After the game, the media all over Asia gave great praise to the performance of the China Youth Team.

I hope that the Chinese youth team, as an Asian team, can make a fortune for Asian football.

On June 6th, when the middle and young players were packing their luggage, the Argentine Neighborhood Committee sent a list of the top 25 matches.

When Chen Jingang received the list and saw it, the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously.

As expected.

Although they did not face Paraguay, the last place in Group F, they also avoided the host Argentina, which can be regarded as a lottery.

In addition, as a South American team, Paraguay also has the advantage of "home court".

Instead of playing in the quarter-finals with a strong South American team that performed abnormally in the group, the China Youth Team prefers the current group result-the Egyptian team.

As for the Egyptian team.

Although he won the right to qualify as the second, his qualifying experience was really bumpy.

The first game was a 0-0 draw with Jamaica, which was nothing.

But in the second group match, they lost to host Argentina 1-7.

Such a disparity in the score allows the world to see the gap between the third world countries and the world's top teams, and at the same time, it also makes the Egyptian team fall to the bottom.

In the third game of the group stage, they faced Finland with one win and one loss.

At the last moment of the game, the desperate Egyptian team was defeated by the striker Almani and defeated the opponent 2-1.

Although it was difficult to win, he won the right to qualify for the group.

But many main players were exhausted and even injured.

In Zeng Zheng's view, the Egyptian team has already withdrawn from the ranks of winning the World Youth Championship.

If the Chilean team hadn't stopped in the end, the China Youth Team might have ended up in the same end as the Egyptian team.

"As long as this year's China Youth Team can enter the quarter-finals, each player will have a bonus of 2 yuan."

Miss Qian stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of Zeng Zheng.

"Honey, what do you think is the incentive effect of the 2 yuan?"

Zeng Zheng took his fiancée's hand and walked on the streets of Buenos Aires.

"Money is just for fun." Zeng Zheng replied with a smile, "If this game is really decided because of the 2 yuan, then no one in this year's Chinese youth team will even think about joining the team!"

As soon as the Chinese youth team arrived in this noisy metropolis, there was a large group of Argentine overseas Chinese holding signs at the airport to welcome the Chinese youth players who came to the game.

The local overseas Chinese even raised funds and held a grand banquet to welcome the players.

Chen and Li held their wine glasses at the banquet and said loudly:
"In the game the day after tomorrow, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope of winning."

"We're all going to do our best to win."

"Please monitor, we will use practical actions to thank you for your enthusiasm!"

"Haha, you don't need to have such a big psychological burden!"

Mr. Yu, the representative of the Argentine Overseas Chinese Mission, said with a smile, "If you win, we love you; if you lose, we love you too!"

"For the game the day after tomorrow, the Overseas Chinese League will send [-] fans to the scene to cheer for the team. The boys just play well!"

Although Zeng Zheng is not here, the reputation of the China Youth Team has already been spread.

The Chinese youth team with one win and two draws is much better than the Egyptian team that lost 1 to 7 to the host.

Some fans even speculated that since the Chinese youth team is a championship team at the same level as Argentina, will this game give the Egyptian team a massacre like the Argentine team?

"Honey, aren't you going to watch the game live?"

"You are here, why do I still watch the game!"

Zeng Zheng laughed, and patted the head of the Labrador who was rubbing against his trouser leg, "If you're not in the position, you won't seek political success! I've done everything I can do. The rest is up to those boys to work hard on their own." Already!"

Ms. Qian was very satisfied with Zeng Zheng's answer.

Seeing the Labrador sticking out its tongue in front of her, Miss Qian also leaned down and patted the dog's head.

Buenos Aires is a dog-loving city. There are dog walkers everywhere in the streets, alleys, parks, and squares.

"I heard that there is a statue dedicated to dogs in Central Park, let's go and have a look around?"

While Zeng Zheng was shopping with Ms. Qian, Chen Jingang and the China Youth Team were at the Sarsfield Stadium, facing the top eight opponents of the World Youth Championship - the Egyptian team.

Facing such a defeated army, what Chen Jingang was thinking was that he wanted to use a small victory to gain the maximum benefit.

But the middle and young players obviously don't think so.

The double temptation of the national team and money made this group of young people feel as if they had been beaten with chicken blood at the beginning.

Frantically attacking the gate of the Egyptian team.

Less than a minute after the opening, Qu Bo used a forced breakthrough to win a corner kick for the China Youth Team.

When Xu Liang took 3 left corner kicks in a row, the Egyptian defender's nerves were stretched to the extreme.

Watching the ball coming from the air, central defender Eklami suddenly had an urge to run outside the penalty area.

He always felt that the goalkeeper teammates behind him would take the corner kick and then instigate the whole team to launch a fast break.

However, when he took the first step, a cool breeze blowing over his head made the defender, who also came from an ancient civilization, shiver.

What the fuck? !
wrong!

When Eklami turned his head, a red figure had already jumped up, and headed the ball to meet it.

Hey!
"Snapped!"

The last water balloon on the cardboard was popped.

"Ah! I want that, I want that!"

Ms. Qian was like a little girl ignorant of the world, grabbing Zeng Zheng's arm, pointing at the matryoshka balloons on the boss's shelf and shouting.

Zeng Zheng put down the air gun and pointed proudly.

The shop owner had no choice but to take off the N-layer matryoshka balloon covered with bells and hand it to Ms. Qian.

After getting the balloon, Ms. Qian proudly showed off to the surrounding tourists like a child who got candy.

As soon as the hand was shaken, the bell on the hydrogen balloon rang.

"Honey, you shoot really well!"

Hearing his girlfriend's praise, Zeng Zheng's mouth also pouted.

"What is this?"

"Even if it's the domestic air guns that have been tampered with by the boss, I can hit every shot!"

"Pfft!"

Hearing this, Miss Qian couldn't help laughing.

Then he leaned into Zeng Zheng's ear and whispered:

"If you have the ability, you can hit a hundred shots at night!"

In the 21st minute, taking advantage of a mistake made by the Egyptian team, the three teenagers in the frontcourt of the China Youth Team launched a quick counterattack on the spot.

Gao Ming took the ball forward, and after attracting the attention of two defenders, he decisively handed the ball to Qu Bo on the other side.

Before the opponent's last central defender approached, Qu Bo glanced at the center, swept the ball with his right foot, and swept the ball directly to the center.

Xu Liang, who was well outflanked in the middle, faced the attacking Egyptian goalkeeper, neither pushing nor drawing.

After judging the distance, Xu Liang's left foot tensed, and she tiptoed against the ball.

The ball soared into the sky and over the head of the Egyptian goalkeeper.

"Shh!"

A basketball overturns the net.

"Wow!"

"Chinese KONGFU!"

"Clap clap clap clap ~ ~"

In the face of everyone's praise, Zeng Zheng still maintained the final posture of pressing his wrist.

It wasn't until Miss Qian rushed forward to send a sweet kiss that she stopped.

"Honey, I didn't expect you to shoot so accurately."

"It's not me. If I hadn't been coached by Qu Jianlibao back then, I wouldn't have had any problems playing with Yao Ming in the CBA."

Seeing Zeng Zheng start bragging again, Miss Qian couldn't help but roll her eyes.

He took the candies handed over by the shopkeeper and distributed them to the children who were looking at him eagerly.

In the second half, the Egyptian team played two substitution cards in a row.

If they don't pursue points, they may really miss the top eight.

But even with a substitution, it is still difficult to resist the already crazy Chinese youth team.

In the 48th minute, Yan Song looked at the opponent's defender on the left side of the penalty area.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he rounded his left leg and kicked hard.

The goalkeeper of the Egyptian team subconsciously pressed down, hoping to block Yan Song's strong shot with his body.

But Yan Song kicked the ball too hard!

The ball bounced off his pressed crotch and continued to roll toward the goal.

See the ball is not completely sealed.

The Egyptian goalkeeper got up as fast as he could, and turned his head to chase the ball that was rolling towards the goal.

But at this time, Yan Song had already confidently raised his right arm.

"Enter"

"Enter"

Tourists hold their breath.

Watching the round white ball rolling forward inch by inch.

In the end, it fell into a hole that was only a circle bigger than it.

"Come in!!!"

With the tourists shouting.

Zeng Zheng, who slung his golf clubs on his shoulders, raised his eyebrows and let others take pictures of him.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

The shutter sound starts.

The boss was also stunned at the moment.

He holds three fingers outstretched in his right hand.

On behalf of Zeng Zheng, it only took three poles to drive into the hole.

"What are you talking about?"

Miss Qian rolled her eyes and squeezed Zeng Zheng's waist.

"When did you learn golf?"

"Is this thing difficult?"

Zeng Zheng raised his chin, "Do you think you don't need to socialize as the head coach of the national football team?"

3 goals behind, the Egyptian team played the final substitution card, intending to make a last-ditch effort.

But the young players who changed their minds to play did not complete the role of sorting out the midfield, and the control of the midfield is still in the hands of the Chinese youth team members.

In the 67th minute, Yu Tao, who was newly replaced, pulled out of space on the right and sent a direct pass to Qu Bo in front.

Facing the incoming ball, the Egyptian team hastily grabbed the defender's feet and emptied.

Qu Bo rushed over with the ball first!
3 to 2 in the frontcourt!

Egypt's defense has completely collapsed.

This time, Qu Bo was also not greedy for merit.

After attracting another opponent to grab, he made a decisive cross.

Facing the ball coming from the air, Sun Xiang, who came in from the other side, stood still with his left foot and volleyed with his right leg.

He swung hard at the ball.

"BANG!!!"

A baseball soars into the sky.

Everyone immediately raised their heads, squinted their eyes, and looked into the distance.

"what is this?"

Zeng Zheng threw the baseball bat in his hand into the air and did a trick.

"It's called a home run!"

"I know it's called a home run, but how did you catch it?!"

The boss who was fiddling with the machine looked surprised.

The words "140KM/H" are clearly displayed on the top of the ball machine.

In other words, the serving speed just now has reached 140 kilometers per hour.

This is already the speed of professional pitchers.

"Could it be that you practiced baseball before?"

"Of course not, I play football."

With that said, Zeng Zheng threw the baseball bat in his hand.

In front of everyone, he bumped twice with the back of his foot.

Seeing Zeng Zheng's superb footwork, the boss who initiated the baseball challenge could only sigh.

"Okay young man, this is yours."

The boss handed the 100-yuan banknotes to Zeng Zheng himself.

After appearing in front of everyone again, the excited Ms. Qian couldn't wait to ask:

"Honey, what's our next project?"

"The next one? There is no next one!"

Zeng Zheng smiled wryly, "If there is a project, we'd better find a hotel, and then you can apply some safflower oil on me."

As Zeng Zheng said, he stretched out his hands.

Both wrists were red and swollen at some point.

In order to pretend to be X just now, Zeng Zheng endured the pain by force!

Looking at Zeng Zheng's swollen wrists, Miss Qian's mind suddenly skipped a beat while her heart ached.

"Eh???"

"That is to say."

"You can't use your hands tonight?"

(End of this chapter)