There is a belief called football

Chapter 183 National Team Ratings vs. Spring Festival Gala
Yu Dabao discovered Stan's abnormality, "What's the matter, coach".

"Hehe, I have to tell you that I was honorably wounded for a celebration," Stein said.

Yu Dabao turned around and saw that the "big troop" was still rushing towards him, and they wanted to give Stan a stack of arhats.

Yu Dabao hurriedly waved to them and at the same time called the team doctor to come over.

After a simple diagnosis, Stan's right hand was slightly sprained. After the team doctor did a simple treatment, Stan once again stood on the sidelines to direct the game.

“I think FIFA should forbid players from taking off their jerseys when they celebrate, but they should also prohibit them from rushing towards their coaches,” Stein thought.

That's right, fortunately it was Yu Dabao who was hit just now. If it were Brahimi of the club, then Stan would not be as simple as a sprain, and he might break a bone directly.

*****
After the re-kick-off, Iraq obviously felt that their momentum was down. At this time, their thoughts were quite complicated. On the one hand, they could accept losing. After all, they won’t suffer a loss against the Chinese team.

At this time, the key is what the head coach does?

If the head coach replaces a striker with a defensive player, then everyone will understand that the coach can accept this game.

If the head coach puts on attacking players in the frontcourt, then everyone knows that the coach is not satisfied and we have to continue to attack.

But Zico did nothing, he just stayed on the sidelines to drink water, and then watched the game like a spectator.

Zico didn't do anything, but Stan immediately made a new change. He stretched out his left index finger and right index finger, and then pointed at Yu Dabao and Li Qiao respectively, turning his left hand to the right and his right hand to the left, making a gesture of crossing positions.

Stan's intention was obvious. He moved Li Qiao, who had a stronger impact, to the middle, and completely defeated Iraq's defense line in one go.

Faced with Li Qiao's nimble running position and true and false, false and true foot movements, the two central defenders in Iraq complained repeatedly in their hearts.

After 10 minutes, Iraq's two central defenders - Shakir and Hussein both received yellow cards. Among them, Shakir thought he had accumulated yellow cards and the next game against Jordan was suspended.

Seeing this, Zico finally gave up drinking water. He got up and gestured to the players jogging and warming up at the far end, signaling to come over and prepare to play.

Zico is ready to make a substitution, but who?He was whispering to his Iraqi assistant. From a rational point of view, Younis, who can't run, should be replaced now, but Younis is the spiritual leader of the team. More importantly, the nominal boss of the Iraqi team is Zico, but in fact Younis and Zico are on an equal footing.

After thinking twice, Zico decided to replace the midfielder "Karim".

When the game progressed to 69 minutes, Iraq made a substitution, and "Husam" replaced "Karim".

But this substitution not only came too late, but also did not replace the person who should really be replaced-Younis.

This is why Stan requires the team to obey him absolutely. If the team has two bosses, it will be like Iraq.

*****
After taking the lead again, Stan learned the lesson of the first half. He split the team into two parts, one part was left behind to defend, and the other part was to attack desperately. The main offense was 4 people - Li Qiao, Yu Dabao, Shao Jiayi, Hao Junmin.

Everything goes smoothly on the court, Li Qiao is the most powerful of the four, and the other three naturally cooperate with Li Qiao as the core.

The ball arrived at Shao Jia's feet, Shao Jia made a curved pass, Li Qiao jumped up to fight for the top, and used the way he was least good at-heading to attack the goal. Unfortunately, the top was a bit high, but the fans still gave Li Qiao warm applause.

Li Qiao waved his hand embarrassingly at the fans, expressing his apologies.

The camera cuts to the scene of Stan. What we see is Stan roaring on the sidelines. We see Stan repeatedly making "direct pass" gestures. Obviously, bystanders can clearly see that Stan sees Hao Junmin who is going forward. He blames Shao Jiayi for not passing the ball to Hao Junmin who is in a better position.

But don't think that Stan is dissatisfied with the team. This is Stan's style. If the team is leading, he will appear anxious and find fault with every player's actions. But if the team is behind and the situation is passive, then Stan will quietly applaud the players from time to time and encourage his disciples.

So if you just turned on the TV, just look at Stan's body movements to know whether the Chinese team is ahead or behind.

Shao Jiayi also understood his coach's temper. He apologized to Stan again and again. Stan pointed to Hao Junmin, meaning I saw it, don't think I wronged you.

After commanding his disciples on the field, Stan was dissatisfied with the fans again. He waved his hands again and again, swinging his forearms up, signaling the fans to get up and cheer for the team, don't slack off.

At this moment, it seems that instead of watching a football game, you are watching a symphony, and Stan is the conductor of the orchestra standing in the center of the stage.

This was not over yet, Stan asked all the team's 7 substitutes to get up behind the Iraqi goal to warm up and interact with the fans.

"Pekovic, don't leave me alone, go and go with the substitute players," Stein said.

After doing all this, Stan sat down and took a sip of water quietly by himself.

*****
In this form, it was only a matter of time before the Chinese team scored again. At 78 minutes into the game, Hao Junmin played a two-on-one with Shao Jiayi on the side road. After passing the Iraqi bald "Abbas", Hao Junmin reached the baseline. He looked up and saw Yu Dabao in the middle and Li Qiao behind him.

In the end, Hao Junmin decided to pass the ball in an inverted triangle to the arc of the penalty area and give it to Li Qiao.

Yu Dabao from the previous point saw Li Qiao taking the ball. He leaned against the opponent's defender and blocked the goalkeeper's sight as much as possible to create conditions for Li Qiao's shot.

And this position is Li Qiao's favorite position. His right foot can kick the falling ball, and the distance of about 25 meters is enough for the ball to fall.

Li Qiao kicked the ball at about a quarter of the height of the ball from the ground. This position is the best position Li Qiao has found to touch the ball. It can pump the ball up to the greatest extent and obtain enough backspin.

When the ball flew out, like a flying rainbow, it went straight to the upper corner of the Iraqi goal. The Iraqi goalkeeper was lucky, he saw a European-level shot without leaving Asia.

*****
"Old Zhang, turn the channel quickly",
"Why, I'm watching the Spring Festival Gala",
"What are you watching for the Spring Festival Gala? Hurry up and switch to watch Chinese football",
"Watching Chinese football during Chinese New Year, you can't enjoy it",
"Damn, you don't know, it's different, turn the channel quickly, you will regret it if you turn late",
The conversation just now happened to tens of thousands of Chinese families tonight, not necessarily Lao Zhang, but Lao Zhao, Lao Wang, Lao Li and so on. In short, everyone switched channels at once. The ratings of the Spring Festival Gala vs. the ratings of the Chinese national team were originally 95% to 5%. After Li Qiao scored and the Chinese team took a 3-1 lead, the ratio became 60% to 40%.

That's right, those who switched channels late really regretted it, because in the last 10 minutes, the Chinese team scored 2 more goals and beat the former Asian champion Iraq 5-1 with a total score of [-] to [-], and also avenged the previous game.

*****
When the game led 5 to 1 and entered stoppage time, the frontcourt players of the Chinese team still fought for every goal as if they were in the first minute of the game.

All the fans shouted Stan's name like a tsunami. It can be said that after this battle, Stan established his status in the national team. At this time, Stan stood quietly on the sidelines, expressionless, and looked worse than Zico.

Is Stan pretending to be cool?

Part of it, more of it is that Stan knows that every cheer from the fans today will be the pressure on his shoulders tomorrow. Stan knows that now is not the time to cock his tail.

In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Stan asked for a substitution, and he replaced two people in one breath-Li Qiao and Yu Dabao.

Stan let the two of them accept the cheers of the fans alone. In addition, Stan upholds the principle of happy football. He hopes that more players will get the chance to play, even if it is only a few tens of seconds, but it is not the same. At least these two can appear in the list after the game.

When Li Qiao left the field, he raised his hands and gave thumbs up to all the fans, and the fans responded to Li Qiao with even more enthusiastic applause. When Li Qiao passed by his club teammate Younis, Younis also took the initiative to give Li Qiao a high-five. Obviously, the Iraqi was completely convinced in this game.

When Li Qiao walked to the sidelines, Stan couldn't wait to go up and hug Li Qiao. Although his right hand was injured, Stan still hugged him tightly. The moment of master-student love touched many people. The camera on the scene captured this scene keenly, and it will become a classic moment in Chinese football in the future.

Before the game was over, Zico had already left the field early, and the Iraqi players on the field were no longer interested in fighting. Finally, Wilkins blew three whistles, and the game was over.

At the end of the game, Stan raised his right hand high and ran around the field. He wanted to thank everyone on the scene, everyone who supported him, and other players, whether they were starting or substituting, whether they were replaced or just played for a few tens of seconds. No one returned to the player tunnel. They formed a row, held hands, and saluted the fans.

A victory once again ignited the football enthusiasm of the Chinese. The Chinese seemed to return to the era when Milu led the team 10 years ago overnight. In the end, the ratings of the PK Spring Festival Gala in this game also came out, 50% vs. 50%.

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