And just when Tong Yi led Crystal Palace to fly to Japan, the second round of the 2016 Club World Cup officially started.
In the afternoon, Mexico America from CONCACAF defeated AFC Champions Jeonbuk Hyundai 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals; in the evening, the host Kashima Antlers defeated African champion Sandance 2-0.
Advanced to the semi-finals.
Crystal Palace will face Mexico America in the semi-finals of the 2016 Club World Cup, with host Kashima Antlers facing South American Libertadores champions Atlético Nacional.
Mexico America still has some strength, but not much.
Many media reporters believed that this time there was no threat to the Crystal Palace team.
This can be considered a relatively weak Club World Cup.
In the past, there were giants from Argentina or Brazil that came to challenge for the Champions League title. What is this Colombian team now? They probably don't have much strength.
There is simply no team that can threaten Crystal Palace this time.
Crystal Palace will definitely win the 2016 Club World Cup.
Crystal Palace fans are also full of confidence in this and they feel there is no problem.
Crystal Palace is in very good shape at the moment. It is still undefeated in the Premier League and has an astonishing record of 13 wins and 2 draws. This is not something that ordinary teams can do. And so far this season, Crystal Palace has performed well in all aspects.
The competition has played 26 games, and their total score is 22 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Such results are enough to prove that they are the top team.
It should be very easy for them to face any Mexican America or any national competition.
Some Crystal Palace fans even believe that the main purpose of Crystal Palace's trip to Japan is to take a vacation and then return home by winning the Club World Cup.
Relaxed and comfortable.
However, before departure, Tong Yi said, "Don't underestimate any team. Those who can come to the Club World Cup have stepped on countless teams to come to the Club World Cup. I hope my players are correct."
Keep your mentality in mind, we are not going to travel, but to win championships."
Many media reporters and fans feel that Tong Yi is a bit too energetic.
How can these bad guys threaten Crystal Palace in the Club World Cup? As long as Crystal Palace shows 50% of their strength, they will be enough to win the championship.
At this time, the Argentinian Volpe, the head coach of Mexico America, stood up and said, "The words of the Chinese coach are correct. Don't underestimate any team. Any team that can come to the Club World Cup is not a weak team, and in
Before coming to Japan, I had already drawn the conclusion from the great Chinese book "The Book of Changes" that we, Mexico America, will definitely win the Club World Cup this time and be very lucky!"
All the media reporters were stunned, what is this?
Then the Japanese reporters became interested. As the rumors said, Volpe was very obsessed with Chinese culture, especially Chinese Feng Shui and Numerology culture.
Look,
Hasn’t this person already studied the Book of Changes?
However, for Volpe's players, they don't know whether Volpe understands Feng Shui and numerology. But one thing they know very well is that Volpe is very superstitious.
For example, he never accepted shaking hands with the opponent's head coach before a game.
Because shaking hands with the opponent before the game is unlucky for him, he almost never shakes hands with the opponent's coach in the games he played. In one game, the opponent's coach was even his long-time friend and former teammate "Xiao Chong"
"Herrera, he even rejected Herrera who came up to reminisce and refused to shake hands. Herrera became furious and even stopped contacting Volpe for a long time and almost broke off the relationship.
Also before a game, he felt that the day and the color of the team's away jersey complemented each other perfectly, and he could easily lead the team to victory by wearing the away jersey. So before the game, he proposed to change the away jersey at his home court.
Require……
Also, he and his players once proposed to write the name of the opponent player they feared on a piece of paper, then put it in a coffin model and bury it in the stadium, so that they would no longer be afraid of this player...
Volpe has done a lot of ridiculous things like this.
He is really superstitious to the extreme, and many players are afraid of working with him.
He even once asked his players to stick out their tongues and lick them like dogs, saying that this would dissipate all the bad smells from the body, etc.
This is a really special head coach.
Even compared to him, Tong Yi, the great Chinese prophet and great magician, is a scumbag. He is the greatest magician in the world. Tong Yi's superficial skills are not comparable to him at all, and even
I'm not even qualified to carry his shoes.
Many European media reporters at the scene were confused by Volpe.
They don't even know what Chinese books Volpe is talking about?
At this time, Volpe said again, "Don't believe it, my predictions and premonitions are very accurate! I have studied the famous Chinese Feng Shui and numerology literature "The Sixteen-Character Yin and Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique" and "Kanyu"
"Three Ming Tong Hui", "Yuan Hai Zi Ping", "Tui Meitu" and so on, how can these be understood by you mortals? You don't understand even if I tell you, hey, mortals!"
At this time, even the local Japanese media reporters were confused and full of doubts.
What's happening here?
Even though they are very close to China and have been influenced by Chinese culture for hundreds of thousands of years, they still can't understand what books this foreigner is talking about? They have never heard of it. How can this foreigner talk about it?
Know so clearly?
Is this guy really a master of Chinese numerology?
Reporters from media outlets in Europe and America were even more confused and had no idea where they were.
Even the media reporters from Argentina or North America who are familiar with Volpe don’t know what this guy is talking about?
Volpe also said, "Sure enough, you don't understand anything! But it doesn't matter, you just need to know that our Mexican America will win the Club World Cup this year. You don't need to understand anything else!"
Everyone understands this sentence.
To be honest, they were all shocked. This guy Volpe is so confident?
Are you not crazy?
Volpe also said, "Of course, Crystal Palace is indeed very strong, and they will definitely cause us a lot of trouble. But you have to believe in numerology and luck. In this game, we, Mexico America, will definitely win."
Victory, I am very knowledgeable about numerology, we will definitely win."
To be honest, Tong Yi's eyes widened in disbelief after hearing this.
He did not expect that Volpe, an Argentinian, would be so obsessed with numerology and feng shui, and even become a bit possessed.
He was really stunned.
Is China’s cultural influence so far-reaching?
He also knew little about the literature and books Volpe mentioned, and had never heard of many of them. The main reason was that he did not know the foreign language translations of these books, and had never even heard of them, so he was confused.
Tong Yi shook his head slightly, indicating that he was lacking in talent and knowledge.
Tong Yi turned to look at Yuan Zhen and asked, "Have you heard of these books?"
Yuan Zhen smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I don't understand many of them, but there is one book that I seem to know, which is "The Secret Technique of Yin and Yang Feng Shui in Sixteen Characters"."
Upon hearing Yuan Zhen's translation, Tong Yi was even more stunned.
Looking at Tong Yi's appearance, Yuan Zhen also understood that Tong Yi must have read the book "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp".
Yuan Zhendu couldn't help laughing.
Couldn't this Volpe have been deceived by some "celestial masters" in America? "The Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique" is just a fabricated thing in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". Don't they all think that the real world is
Do you all have this secret book?
To be honest, these "celestial masters" who deceived Volpe are really unkind and unprofessional.
Anyone who has read this book will know that Volpe was deceived.
These "celestial masters" are really too bold.
Tong Yi and Yuan Zhen looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They both felt a little sorry for the Volpe coach. This guy was deceived and didn't realize it. He also felt that he had really received the true teachings of the Chinese numerology and Feng Shui master.
That’s outrageous!
Volpe was really deceived.
Of course, Tong Yi will not underestimate Volpe and the Mexican American team because of this.
What if this guy Volpe was pretending all this? His purpose is to confuse all his opponents? If this is the case, this Volpe is also a very difficult opponent.
Tong Yi really doesn't believe these rumors.
Regarding Volpe's performance, Tong Yi also felt that this guy must have done it on purpose. Therefore, this opponent may not be as easy to play as the media reporters said, and Volpe may not be as easy to play as the media reporters ridiculed.
So bad.
Therefore, Tong Yi laughed at all these things.
He doesn't care about this at all. What he has to do now is to start from themselves, adjust his own state to the best, and show his best state and strength. No matter what kind of conspiracy the opponent has, he will win in the end.
It's all their Crystal Palace team.
So, what they have to do now is to be themselves.
You can understand the words and behavior of people like Volpe, but you don't need to pay special attention to them.
Tong Yi also laughed off the reports about Volpe.
Of course, Tong Yi attaches great importance to the information about Volpe and Mexico America prepared by Schwartz of the team. These are much more powerful than those produced by media reporters. Tong Yi is very
Pay attention to.
But to be honest, Mexico America has a certain strength, but it is not enough to threaten the Crystal Palace.
Tong Yi thinks it will be relatively easy for Crystal Palace to defeat Mexico America.
By this time, Volpe had also accepted interviews from media reporters.
He said, "With my understanding of Chinese culture, I should be able to chat with the Chinese head coach of Crystal Palace because I understand it very well! Of course, he doesn't need to get close to me. I won't shake hands with him before the game.
I hope he doesn’t bring shame on himself.”
hiss!
The media reporters are all numb!
This Volpe really thinks of himself as a person. You don’t really think that Tong Yi wants to shake hands with you, do you?
Brother, wake up!
After Tong Yi heard Volpe's words again, he really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This guy is really interesting. Even if this is acting, it shows that this guy is very powerful. He is so deeply involved in the play, which is not something ordinary actors can do.
It's arrived.
Tong Yi reminded the Crystal Palace players to be careful in this game and not to be affected by Volpe's miscellaneous behavior. They must concentrate on this game and go all out to win.
Next game.
The Crystal Palace players nodded one after another, saying that they would not underestimate Mexico America.
Seeing the players' statements like this, Tong Yi became more confident about this game. He firmly believed that Crystal Palace could defeat Mexico America and win the Club World Cup.
This chapter has been completed!