There is a belief called football

Chapter 260 The European Red Devils Are Coming

Since the summer of Italy in 1990, every World Cup year, regardless of whether the Chinese team has entered the World Cup or not, the month of the World Cup is like a festival for Chinese fans.

Starting from the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, every time the World Cup starts, the sports channel will become the World Cup channel, reporting content about the World Cup around the clock.

The general situation is the live broadcast in the early morning, the ball commentary in the morning, the replay in the afternoon, and the feast of the rich and powerful in the evening (the feast of the rich and powerful started in the European Cup in Portugal in 2004).

When the World Cup in Brazil opened, CCTV5 dispatched the largest reporting team in history, including 15 staff members who were specially following the Chinese team.

From June 6, after the Chinese team settled in "Cuiaba", the Chinese reporting team also settled in a nearby hotel, but Stan treated them equally in this regard. The team training was only open for 7 minutes, and it was the same for any media. No one had the privilege of this.

China's first match against Belgium is scheduled to be held at 6:16 BJ time on June 0. Excluding some media briefings and other activities, it can be said that the time left for the Chinese team to prepare is only one week.

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The European Red Devils Belgium arrived at "Cuiaba" 2 days later than the Chinese team, but Belgium grabbed all the attention after they arrived, and even after they came, the media who went to the Chinese team's training ground to shoot immediately decreased a lot.

This is also normal. This Belgian team can be described as star-studded. The number and value of stars in the team will never lose to any of the other 31 teams.

De Bruyne and Hazard are all players who can be bought for more than 5000 million euros. Other players such as Fellaini, Fairhunton and Mertens are also second-rate European superstars.

When the attention of the media was attracted by the Belgian superstar, Stan felt rather comfortable. The team's residence was quiet. Except for the Chinese media, the British BBC, and the American ESPN, there was no media to disturb the Chinese team's training.

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After a 20-meter sprint, Qi Bing came to the court to drink some water in order to relax. Most of Brazil is in the tropics, and it is quite hot these days.

"Stan, these media are really snobby, Belgium is here, and they haven't come these days," Qi Bing said.

"Why, do you really want them to come?"
"No, the female reporter from the Brazilian TV station who came a few days ago is quite beautiful",
"Hehe, you have a leisurely mood",
"I just took a sneak peek," Qi Bing said.

Stan knew that Qi Bing was just trying to make fun of him.

"Don't worry, as long as we win Belgium in the first game, the beautiful reporters will get together to report on our Chinese team in the future",
Qi Bing nodded, "Okay."

"Good size, let me ask you, can you defend De Bruyne?"
Stan's words woke Qi Bing up like a basin of cold water, and he immediately shook his head even more like a rattle.

"Things without ambition",
"Coach, it's not that I have no ambition. De Bruyne is indeed too good. If you let Marcelo defend him, you can't defend him."
"Then what do you say?"
"Co-defense and teamwork are the essence of Dutch football," Qi Bing said.

"Fuck you, I sent you to the Netherlands for a year, and now you have learned to teach the coach a lesson. Don't forget, you are only a player in the second team of Ajax"?
"What, Stan, I will be an official player of Ajax's first team after the World Cup," Qi Bing said.

This is quite gratifying to Stan. Originally, Stan thought that Qi Bing was a frizzy person, but when he suddenly heard that Ajax was going to officially sign Qi Bing, Stan was also surprised. After understanding, he found out that Qi Bing was really serious about training hard for a year in the Netherlands.

"How about it, coach, do you have nothing to say?"
"Put away that arrogant look of yours, it's just a contract, so you have to act like this"?
"It's hard, Stan, I'm desperate",
Stan touched Qi Bing's head in relief. In fact, thanks to Qi Bing's fighting spirit, the left back problem of the Chinese team was solved.

"Okay, I'll arrange someone to help you defend, you must watch De Bruyne for me, I'm serious, little monkey."

Qi Bing also knew the responsibility on his shoulders, he nodded.

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After coming to Brazil, Stan's training is strictly arranged according to a 7-day cycle. The tactics and free kick training will be placed in the last 2 days before the game. Now it is mainly to adjust the state.

The days in Brazil always seemed to go by very quickly. Before I knew it, it was the 12th, the day when the opening match was held. The first match was Brazil vs. Croatia.

On this day, Stan specially arranged for the whole team to watch the game together at the hotel.

After the simple opening performance, the two teams entered the court under the banner of fair play, and the referee who enforced the game was Yuichi Nishimura from Japan.

The moment the two teams stepped into the field, captain Li Weifeng suddenly became nervous. He said, "This is the beginning"?
"What else can it do?" Qi Qi said.

"Looking forward to the stars and looking forward to the moon, but when the World Cup starts, I feel very nervous instead," Li Qiao said.

Li Qiao's words resonated with many teammates.

It's like climbing a mountain. When you climb up one level, you get a sense of satisfaction, but when you really reach the top of the mountain, you will feel a short-term feeling of loss.

"Hey, hey, hey, now is not the time to be emotional," Stan said.

"When can it be?"Qi Bing asked mischievously.

Stan rolled his eyes at Qi Bing, "When we triumph."

After the game started, the players were quiet and watched the game honestly. The "Plaid Legion" Croatia became famous in the 1998 World Cup in France. They broke into the semi-finals of that World Cup. The style of Croatian football is inherited from the former Yugoslavia football. It is tough but also very delicate.

Stein reckoned that Croatia would be a big problem for the Brazilians.

"Who do you think will win"?Stan asked.

The younger generation of Chinese players no longer know how powerful the golden generation of Croatia was in 98. At that time, the stars "Suke" and "Boban" left fans with too many good memories.

So when Qi Bing and Qi led blurted out "It must be Brazil", the old players shook their heads and smiled.

"Hehe, little monkey, look at it. Croatia's defense is very distinctive. If you learn more, you will use it in the game against Belgium," Stein said.

As the game progressed, sure enough, the scene was evenly matched. At 11 minutes into the game, the Croatian team scored first, but it was an own goal scored by the Brazilian defender himself.

"Wow, this is interesting. You said that if Brazil really loses, there will probably be an earthquake," Qi Bing said.

"Even if it's not that exaggerated, it's still a crisis. The last World Cup was eliminated by the Netherlands, and the midfielder "Melo" received death threats, which scared him so much that he dared not go back to Brazil," said Li Weifeng.

Qi Bing was speechless, "Fortunately, our Chinese fans are all pacifists."

"Haha, the little monkey is scared."

Fortunately, the bad situation predicted by Li Weifeng did not happen. In the 29th minute of the first half, Neymar made a low-level shot from outside the penalty area and rolled into the goal.

This is also why the 98 World Cup is so memorable. French fans were high from the group stage to the end of the final on the last day.

In the second half of the game, with a controversial penalty, the Brazilian team won a penalty kick, Neymar made a shot, 2-1, and the Brazilian team took the lead.

In stoppage time, Oscar was the icing on the cake, and Brazil won the opening game 3-1.

After the game, Stan immediately asked the video analyst to analyze the video. For some close-up shots that were not broadcast, Stan’s team could buy them from a professional game video company.

"Okay, in addition to the daily routine training, I will choose a game and watch it with the whole team."

"Why don't you watch them all?" Qi Bing asked.

"Because you're not a fan",
Everyone was amused by Qi Bing, "Look, are you still training?"
"I really miss the World Cup in South Africa, when Qi Qi and I watched the World Cup while eating fried chicken",
Stan shook his head, he really convinced the little monkey.

The game Stan chose the next day was, of course, the Netherlands vs. Spain. Before the game, everyone "bet" that except for Qi Bing who firmly supported the Netherlands, everyone else supported Spain. Spain really has no shortcomings. It just won the European Cup two years ago.

In contrast, in the Netherlands, Robben, Van Persie, and Sneijder are all in their thirties, but the final result really stunned the players of the Chinese team. The Netherlands beat Spain 5-1.

"Oh my god," Qi Bing yelled.

"What's wrong"?
"We should gamble, I lost a lot",
Yes, if it's really gambling, not bragging, then Qi Bing's family really took it all today.

In fact, Qi Bing supported the Netherlands only because he liked the Netherlands. Before the game, he did not expect such an ending.

"Haha, this is the World Cup, everything is possible, maybe we will have a big upset in 3 days," Stein said.

Indeed, after this game, the self-confidence of the Chinese players has improved immediately. Sometimes strength does not mean everything on the football field.

When the time entered June 6th, Stan canceled the arrangement to watch the game. The team will start tactics and free kick training in these two days.

Stan designed two sets of free kick tactics for the team to cooperate with training. Stan liked the pleasing free kick coordination played by Argentina in 2, but he did not intend to imitate, but innovated on this basis.

Stan is going to shock the world in his first match.

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