There is a belief called football

Chapter 270

At the pre-match press conference, Stan was absent-minded, and after hastily answering a few questions, Stan ended the press conference.

The whole team is paying attention to another game, and the final result came. Belgium beat England 1-0, but is this result good for the Chinese team?
It should be said that this is good news, which means that as long as the Chinese team can beat Nigeria by more than 2 goals in this game, then the Chinese team can be ranked second in the standings after the second round, thus gaining a certain advantage for the final round of life and death against England.

*****
In the locker room, Stan uncharacteristically analyzed another game for everyone. Even in the most difficult time of the top 10 match, Stan insisted on focusing on me and scoffed at the so-called situation analyzed by the media, but still the same sentence, this is the World Cup, and everything must be treated specially.

"If we beat Nigeria 2-0 in this game, then we are second in the group because we have the same goal difference as England and the same points, but we have a goal against Belgium, which allows us to surpass England," Stein said.

This goal seems to be within reach, but it seems very far away. With the current strength of the Chinese team, is it possible to win by 2 goals?
"Stan, tell us the truth," Zheng Zhi said.

Stan turned around and erased the tactical board, and then wrote the names of several Nigerian stars-Mikel, Moussa, Moses and so on.

"What does it feel like"?
"Very strong," someone said.

"True but not quite right",
Everyone looked at each other, waiting for Stan to speak.

"It seems to be very strong",
Everyone seems to disagree this time. What does it mean to look strong? Moses in Liverpool and Mikel in Chelsea have proven themselves, not those so-called parallel imports.

Stan chuckled and said: "African football has produced many excellent players, and also cultivated the world's footballer, but their national team has always been difficult to do anything big, why?"
Everyone thought: "You are the coach, you still ask me"?
"In fact, it is mainly a psychological problem. African teams play smoothly, and everything goes smoothly, but once they encounter a little bit of difficulty on the court, the African players themselves will fight among themselves."

After listening to it, everyone felt that Stan's analysis was very reasonable. In the last World Cup, there was also an internal strife in the Ghana team because of the bonus issue.

"So although we want to win this victory more urgently than Nigeria, we must be steady. As long as the opponent is more anxious than us, then we will succeed."

Everyone nodded, thinking that Stan's analysis was reasonable, but the feeling of "forbearance" was uncomfortable. Many players had simple and direct ideas. Since they came to the World Cup, they should be "passionate" once, but that was cool, but to win, you still need to rely on strategy.

Stan is very good at observing the situation. He knows that the players are not completely convinced of him.

"Do you want to go for a walk, or do you want to enter the top 16?"
"Of course it's going to the top 16," the players said in unison.

"Okay, then promise me, even if you are beaten into a grandson by Nigeria, as long as I don't let you fight back, then you will continue to lie dormant, can you do it?"
The team members nodded vigorously, and this time it seemed that they really listened to what Stan said.

*****
After the thoughts are unified, Stan is going to relax the players. He suddenly remembered what Li Qiao said about combining tennis and football when he watched "Wimbledon" with Li Qiao. He had an idea and decided to play a special game today.

"Qi Bing, Qi led the two of you to pile everyone's bags in the middle",
After they were piled up, Qi Bing looked at them and asked, "Stan, do you want to play badminton?"
"Hehe, I won't tell you first, you will know later."

Stan waves everyone over and tells them the rules.The rules are actually very simple, just like doubles tennis, except that tennis is replaced by football, and the racket is replaced by head or feet.

"It's a point when the ball hits the back of the cabinet," Stein said.

Everyone has never played this game before, and they are all eager to try it. Qi Bing signed up first, "Coach, we have contributed, we should play first."

Stan nodded to the two of them and said, "Okay, I need two more, who will."

It is impossible for Zhou Dun and Wei Xiao to participate in this kind of game. These two are the most stable people in the team. To put it simply, they are both young and mature. Of course, the old players, such as Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng, are even less likely to mess around with the "children".

"I come",
Everyone turned their heads and saw that it was Chen Fei and Ding Mu.

At this time, Qi Qi, who was born as a goalkeeper, asked, "Can you use your hands?"
"Of course not," Stan said.

"Then I won't come",
"Your claim has been denied and the game has begun," Stein said.

Everyone laughed, thinking that Qi Qi was so interesting.

This kind of game is not familiar to everyone, so it is easy to make a joke, and this is what Stan wants - to make everyone laugh.

"Qi rate, you are too shameful," Zhou Dun said.

"It's hard, don't think it's as easy as it looks",
Zhou Dun stood up and said: "I still don't believe it", and then he replaced Qi Qi, but after playing a few balls, he found that it was really not easy.

"Why, believe it now?"
Zhou Dun shrugged, but still insisted, "At least I am much more adaptable than you."

*****
After the fun, it's almost time to play. During the World Cup, Stan has a ceremony before the players go on the field. He will high-five everyone, as if sending soldiers to the battle.

He stood in the player channel and gave each player a high-five in turn, then gave them a slight hug and said "Come on".

The referee who enforced this game is the Brazilian "Ricky". Behind him, the players of both teams have already stood up.

In the first game, Stan was the last to enter the field. In this game, he decided to enter the field first. When passing through the player tunnel, Stan met a "caddy". Although he was a caddy, he was very tall, about 1 meters tall.He touched the caddy's face, walked over quickly, and walked out of the player tunnel.

As soon as he got out of the player tunnel, Stan heard a burst of cheers, turned his head and looked, good guy, the stands in front right are all red, they must be fans of the Chinese team.

It turned out that after the first game, everyone watched the broadcast and felt that there were too few fans cheering for the Chinese team, so a few bigwigs from the Chinese Super League temporarily paid and organized 5000 people to rush to Brazil. There were at least five or six thousand fans for the Chinese team for this game.

There were tens of thousands of people, mostly neutral Brazilian fans, thousands of Chinese fans, and only a few hundred Nigerian fans. It can be said that this is half of the Chinese team's home stadium.

Stan waved to the Chinese fan area, and was greeted with a warm response. He didn't get into the coach's bench immediately, but stood by the side of the field.

Under the guidance of the FIFA flag, the players of the two teams slowly stepped onto the pitch. After standing up, the players of the Chinese team stood shoulder to shoulder and held their teammates in arms. The Chinese national anthem was played first.

This time, due to the arrival of a large number of fans, when the national anthem was played, the singing sounded a lot. I hope this can bring a psychological shock to the opponent.

After the national anthem was played, the fans applauded for a while, as if the stage curtain was slowly rising and the big show was about to start.

Players from the two teams high-fived each other, and then picked sides. The Chinese team did not win the first kick-off qualification, and Nigeria kicked off first in the first half.

*****
It was Shen Fangjian who explained the game.

"The game is about to start, and we have just got the starting list. I will introduce it to you now."

"The Chinese team is the goalkeeper "Wang Dalei",
From left to right in the defense line, Qi Bing, Zhou Dun, Wei Xiao, Chen Fei,
The midfielders are Li Weifeng, Zheng Zhi, Park Sung,

The frontcourt is still the same iron triangle, Li Qiao, Lin Zhijian, Ding Mu.

The official formation is 4231, but what I saw in the commentary booth was 4321, this will be corrected later in conjunction with the game.”

"Over there in Nigeria, the goalkeeper is 'Enyeyama',
The defense line is from right to left, "Omeruo", "Jabo", "Ambrose", "Oshaniwa".

The midfielders are, "Onazi", "Mikel", "Babatonde".

The frontcourt is, "Musa", "Emenik", "Moses".

Nigeria's position is still very clear, 433 formation."

"The game has not yet kicked off. I would like to introduce a tidbit to the audience friends. Before the game, I chatted with the BBC commentator "Martin Taylor" sitting in front of me. I asked him which team he was more optimistic about. He said he was optimistic about Nigeria. I asked him why. He said that if the Chinese team loses, then the Chinese team will not be able to pose any threat to England in the last game."

"So I hope the boys of the Chinese team will work hard, so that when I see Taylor again in the next game, I can tease him well."

*****
The referee "Ricky" is still checking the watch, and the countdown to the opening is about to begin. Nigeria's Moussa and Moses are stepping on the ball in the middle circle, just waiting for the whistle to blow.

The formation of the Chinese team is very clear now. It is a 4321 formation. Park Cheng, Zheng Zhi, and Li Weifeng form a 3 midfielder play style. Park Cheng playing a midfielder has never happened before. We can only say that Stan really dares to play.

Rich whistled and the game began. The Chinese team retreated 10 meters after the opening. This should have been arranged by Stan before the game, but the front trident did not return to defense.

After the kick-off in Nigeria, the striker passed back to Mikel. Mikel looked up and saw all the players of the Chinese team in red. Mikel, who had experienced many battles, knew the position and movement of the Chinese team in his heart.

"Today's game can't be easy."

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