There is a belief called football

Chapter 276
After the second round of the Brazil World Cup, in Group E where the Chinese team is located, Belgium won both games and qualified one round ahead of schedule, while Nigeria lost both games and was eliminated one round ahead of schedule.

China scored 4 goals and conceded 3 goals, England scored 2 goals and conceded 1 goal. The goal difference of both teams is plus 1, but the Chinese team scored more goals. Therefore, after the second round, the Chinese team temporarily ranked second in the group, which means that the Chinese team only needs a draw in the last game to qualify.

It can be said that such a situation was beyond anyone's imagination before the start of the World Cup, and no one dared to imagine it. After two games, the Chinese team ranked second in the group.

After the first game, only Chinese fans will discuss the Chinese team, but after the second game, the whole world is discussing the Chinese team.

But the strange thing is that everyone even forgot about Nigeria, as if they never existed, the two sides of the quarrel are the AFC and UEFA.

The performance of Asian teams in this World Cup is generally not good. After two rounds, Australia has been eliminated.Both Japan and Iran are hard to win. If Iran loses because their opponent is too strong (the second game is against Argentina), then it is their own problem that Japan did not win Greece.

So the victory of the Chinese team saved the face of the AFC.After the game, the AFC official website immediately congratulated the Chinese team. Originally, this was nothing to do with UEFA, but after the game, UEFA also posted a congratulatory message on their official website.

Faced with such irony, the AFC responded. They then updated a piece of news on their official website-that was an update of the "old news" that the Chinese team faced Belgium a few days ago, and changed it to "Belgium defeated China, and England was able to breathe".

UEFA then fought back-"Will there be 4 places in Asia for the next World Cup, will it be too many"?
The AFC also satirized accordingly, "Platini's goal is to turn the World Cup into a European Cup, and it is best to be in France every time."

The war of words between the two sides is not the first time. Back then, the AFC withdrew collectively from a FIFA meeting because FIFA cut the number of places for Asia to participate in the World Cup.

In fact, the competition is still for the quota of each continent to participate in the World Cup in the future. This is determined by FIFA points. The quota for continents with weak football levels may indeed continue to decrease. That is to say, if other continents do not work hard, it is not impossible for the World Cup to become the European Cup.

The war of words between the AFC and UEFA because of the Chinese team can be said to be about the number of participating places, but the discussion in China is very simple-that is, what will happen to the next game?
The fans originally planned to get a little information from the CCTV program - Duan Xuan, Stan, and Milu talking about football, but they were disappointed that the three of them were looking back on the history of the World Cup throughout the program. Stan talked about the Federal Republic of Germany in the era of "Beckenbauer" and "Rummenigge", and Milu also recalled the glory of football in the former Yugoslavia era.

After participating in this program, Stan disappeared from the public eye. In the words of the Chinese team leader, "Stan will not accept any individual interviews until the end of the game with England" (except for activities arranged by FIFA and Brazil organizers).

*****
The third game of the Chinese team's group stage will be held in Sao Paulo, which is a big city in Brazil, both in terms of economy and football.

The third game was held on June 4, 6 days later, so on the day of the end of the game against Nigeria, the whole team took a "red-eye flight" to Sao Paulo overnight.

On the afternoon of arriving in Sao Paulo, the whole team had a closed training session, and time was tight, so Stan canceled the usual restorative training and changed to physical training.

When the training lasted for an hour, a mysterious person came to visit the camp. This person is very familiar to Stan, but the younger generation of Chinese players should not be familiar with it. He is the famous Brazilian striker "Elber".

The most glorious era of Elber's career was playing for Bayern Munich. So far, many Bayern fans still think that Elber is one of the best shooters in the history of the team. He helped the team win the 2001 European Champions Cup.

After retiring, Elber is still committed to football work. In this World Cup in Brazil, he was selected as one of Brazil's 32 football ambassadors, along with Romario, Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo and others.

And Elber is in charge of visiting the training camp of the Chinese team.

Because he has played in Europe for a long time, Elber's English and German are good, and he and Stan can communicate very fluently.

Accompanying Elber was a Brazilian football reporter. Elber, as the "master", asked the Chinese players whether they were satisfied with the World Cup in Brazil.

Stan, Zhou Dun answered Elber's question.

Zhou Dun said: "The fans here are so enthusiastic, and they understand football very well. Every shot and every beautiful tackle will win the applause of the fans. I can say that there is no country in the world more suitable for hosting the World Cup than Brazil."

After Zhou Dun finished speaking, Elber handed the microphone to Stan, "Our team's vice-captain has finished what I want to say." Then Stan pointed to the reporter and said: "The press release is based on his words."

Elber smiled politely, and then asked: "What do you think of the performance of the Brazilian team"?
This question is difficult. Stan knows that Brazilians are very serious about football, and you must not be polite.

Stan stopped him with his hand, signaling Zhou Dun not to speak on this question.

"He is too young and may not know much about football history. Let me answer this question."

Elber nodded, saying that was fine, and looked at Stan politely.

Stan looks at Elber and says, "It's a pity".

Elber felt baffled, he asked: "What?"
"Hehe, in 2002, no matter how hard you and Bebeto worked, Scolari would not take a look, because he had Ronaldo, but now, I think Scolari hopes Brazil can produce another Elber."

After hearing Stan's words, Elber smiled knowingly, but the Brazilian reporter who came with him couldn't hold back his face.

I think the Brazilian strikers were "generational superstars" back then, and they never stopped, Pele, Zico, Romario, Ronaldo, Kaka.

So that it is impossible for the Brazilian head coach to look at a striker like Elber who swept Europe. What kind of striker is the Brazilian team now? "If", someone like "Fred", or even someone who can only play in Brazil, is already the best striker in Brazil.

On the one hand, Stan's remarks are to defend "Elber", and on the other hand, it is also a satire on the current shortage of Brazilian football talents.

Elber actually didn't like Scolari either, and even had conflicts with Scolari back then, but he still said: "I believe that the Brazilian team can finally win the championship at home."

"Of course", Stan replied quickly, but in his heart, Stan was not optimistic about the Brazilian team at all, he was optimistic about Germany, Argentina, Belgium, and even Switzerland was better than the current Brazil.

Stan recalled Elber's sadness, and the veteran thought to himself: "If I was born 10 years later, and I wasn't in the same era as Ronnie (Ronaldo), then my career might be completely different."

The fellow reporters saw that Elber was not in good condition, so he took the microphone and asked Stan a question, "Will you ride the bus for the game against England?"
Stan shook his head, "I don't think the bus can stop England, it's better to enjoy the game."

"The Chinese team is now the most likely team in Asia to enter the top 16. Are you under a lot of pressure?"
Stan looked at the reporter with strange eyes, and asked: "Why are we the most likely to enter the top 16? Iran's last opponent is Bosnia and Herzegovina. Do you think Bosnia and Herzegovina is stronger than England?"
The reporter immediately denied it, thinking: "How many people have I offended by Stan's words?"
"I think the Chinese team should be the third hopeful team to qualify. The last opponents of Japan and Iran are much weaker than us, and our last opponent is the former World Cup champion."

The Brazilian reporter almost laughed out loud. The time when England won the World Cup probably happened in their previous life. At that time, they still competed under the name of England.

The Brazilian reporter felt that it was almost done, and when interviewing someone like Stan, he couldn’t get any answers he wanted. In the end, Stan, Zhou Dun, Elber, and the reporter took a photo. Today, Elber’s expedition is considered complete.

*****
After the film crew left, Stan breathed a sigh of relief, and he said to Zhou Dun: "It's ridiculous that they want to hear from me that Brazil will win the championship."

"Why are you not optimistic about Brazil, coach?"
"I hope that they will not qualify in the group stage at best, but it is a pity that they will qualify",
"Coach, you don't seem to like Brazilian football"?
"Of course, Brazilian footballers are arrogant and arrogant",
"Who called them five-star Brazil?"Zhou Dun said helplessly.

"What's so great about that? We still have the five-star red flag. Have you noticed that there are five stars embroidered on the top 32 jerseys of the World Cup? Except for Brazil, it is our Chinese team."
Zhou Dun chuckled, thinking that Stan was too flirtatious, but he really liked Stan's spirit of not accepting anyone he met, and he was very angry with Zhou Dun's temper.

"But coach, there are no outsiders now, can you tell me what do you think of the last game"?
Stan didn't answer, but turned around with a smile and left. When he reached the hotel door, he suddenly turned around and said to Zhou Dun, "I didn't answer you because your words were wrong."

"What's wrong"?
Stan smiled knowingly and said, "What's the last scene?"After speaking, Stan walked into the hotel door.

Zhou Dun also smiled when he came back to his senses, "Yes, it's definitely not the last scene."

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