Jorge Dillon paced back and forth in the locker room, talking as he walked.
Beside him, translator Yu Jintao waited for him to finish one sentence and then immediately translated another sentence.
"To be honest, I don't like those voices. I admit that Hu Lai is very important to our team, but I also agree with Luo Kai's answer at the press conference: 'We are a collective, a team.
'That's the best answer to those voices!"
Luo Kai pursed his lips and showed no expression on his face.
"Those who think that without Hu Lai, we will lose to the Japanese team are wrong. Some people also cited the previous example... But you today are completely different from the you before, and you are completely transformed. So you are still there.
Lao Huangli is a very ridiculous thing. I believe in you because you are my team and I mediated it. I know your level very well. Even without Hu Lai, you are still very strong!"
After briefly boosting the team's morale, Dillon left the locker room first and led the coaching staff to the coaching bench.
Only the players were left in the locker room.
Captain Yao Huasheng was sitting in his seat and suddenly named Wang Guangwei:
"Guangwei, please say a few words."
Everyone also turned their attention to him. In full view of everyone, Wang Guangwei did not refuse. He stood up generously and said to all his teammates:
"I have nothing to say. The head coach and I have the same idea. In fact, everyone just needs to think about it. If we lose to Japan at our home court, does it mean that we can't do without Hu Lai? Then that bitch can be unscrupulous again.
You’re really slandering us... I don’t think anyone wants to see that bitch looking so proud, right?”
When Wang Guangwei said this, everyone burst into laughter.
Lin Zhiyuan shouted: "Fuck, there is a sound! I seem to hear Hu Lai chattering in my ears..."
Amidst the laughter, Wang Guangwei also laughed. After laughing, he continued: "So, let's use this game to block Hu Lai's mouth!"
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Hu Lai and Li Qingqing were sitting on the sofa in the living room, looking at the huge TV screen where the game was being broadcast live.
"I thought it would be difficult to find a live broadcast of this game, but I didn't expect that there would be a TV station in Spain to broadcast it..." Hulay said with emotion.
"After all, this is a competition between China and Japan," Li Qingqing said.
In the past, European fans in developed football areas were not interested in Asian games.
Therefore, few people in Spain watch Asian games, and it is difficult to find a TV station willing to broadcast them.
Things have changed now.
More and more Chinese players are appearing in European competitions. Last season, four Chinese players reached the knockout rounds of the Champions League. This has naturally attracted the collective attention of Europe.
In fact, similar plots have happened in Japanese football in the past. Europe has never heard of it, but taking the initiative to learn about it is also because a large number of Japanese overseas players appeared in European football and performed well, which aroused strong interest in European football.
Chinese football is taking the same path as Japanese football.
After turning on the live broadcast, the Spanish commentator briefly introduced the situation of the two teams to the Spanish audience.
"...The Japanese team is currently ranked second in the World Cup qualifiers, two points ahead of the third-placed Iran team. The Chinese team has already won the right to qualify two rounds in advance..."
"Not bad. He really did his homework and didn't just talk nonsense." Hu Lai praised.
"... Perhaps it is for this reason that the head coach of the Chinese team, Jorge Dillon, did not recall Hu... This is a major benefit for the Japanese team. Maybe they can easily defeat
Chinese team……"
"Fuck!" Hu Lai cursed upon hearing this, "That's nonsense!"
"There are also such voices in China." Li Qingqing said next to him.
"It's all nonsense!" Hu Lai frowned.
"But if we can make the Japanese team underestimate the enemy, that's okay..."
Hu Lai shook his head: "The Japanese team cannot underestimate the enemy. They must win this game to advance directly. It's already this time, why should they underestimate the enemy? They will definitely go all out."
The top 12 match between the Chinese team and the Japanese team at home will kick off at 8:15 pm, China's domestic time. Due to the implementation of daylight saving time in Spain, it is now 2 pm in Madrid.
Hu Lai and Li Qingqing both finished their training in the morning and went home for lunch to watch the game.
Then go to their respective clubs to participate in afternoon training.
But there is a high probability that they will not be able to watch the game to the end.
Because even if the game could end on time without having to make up one minute, it would already be four o'clock.
If they go out at this time, they will both be late. Both teams' afternoon training starts at four o'clock.
So they may not be able to watch the second half for long, so they have to turn off the TV and leave.
Even though it was a national team match day, Hulay's Madrid Pirates did not practice once a day, but still maintained a rhythm of twice a day.
Not to mention Li Qingqing, the national team match days of the women's football team are completely different from those of the men's football team. So for them now, it is a normal league cycle.
Under the lame introduction of the Spanish commentator, players from both teams emerged from their respective locker rooms and appeared on camera.
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From the moment he saw the first Chinese player, Sugiyama Tatsuya never took his eyes off them.
He is observing them.
He wanted to get a glimpse of the inner world of these Chinese players from their expressions.
I wonder how much impact Hu Lai's absence has had on them...
Then he saw the Chinese team players walking out one after another towards... Morikawa Junpei.
Morikawa Junpei also looked at Wang Guangwei, Zhang Qinghuan and others who greeted him with some surprise.
"Why are you looking like this?" Zhang Qinghuan teased, "Don't you recognize us, Morikawa?"
"No...I know. I just..." Morikawa Junpei didn't know what to say.
Because he had made up his mind not to say hello to Brother Huan and the others before the game. After all, the two teams are now mortal enemies. Especially the Japanese team, which attaches great importance to the outcome of this game. If his teammates see him before the game,
What would they think if you went to talk and laugh with the opponent you must defeat?
Junpei Morikawa doesn't care what his teammates think of him, he is just worried that doing so will affect the team's morale.
So in order to maintain everyone's morale, he kept holding it back.
Unexpectedly, Brother Huan and the others took the initiative to come to him.
This makes him neither should nor should he be...
Fortunately, Brother Huan and the others didn't come to him to have a family affair. They didn't keep him chatting, but simply said: "Please give them a message, Morikawa."
When Zhang Qinghuan said this, he looked at the Japanese team players behind Junpei Morikawa.
"Let them go all out, otherwise they may not win."
After saying that, he patted Morikawa Junpei on the shoulder and left with Lao Wang and others to say goodbye.
As soon as they left, Sugiyama Tatsuya came up to him and asked, "What did they say to you?"
"They said... they told us to go all out, otherwise we might not win."
Sugiyama Tatsuya looked at Morikawa Junpei with a question mark on his face, and Morikawa Junpei nodded and said, "That's indeed what they said."
When the teammates around them heard the conversation between the two people, they started shouting: "You don't even take us seriously!"
"They don't even have Hu Lai, what are they so crazy about?!"
"It's just a bluff!"
But Sugiyama Tatsuya shook his head and said: "No! We really should go all out, otherwise we may not be able to win against them!"
Everyone stopped chattering and looked at Tatsuya Sugiyama.
"These days, we have heard a lot of voices saying that the Chinese team will lose to us without Hu Lai. I believe they must have heard it too. I don't think anyone can remain indifferent after hearing this statement. So Chinese players
It will definitely be very unhappy, and they may work hard to prove that they are very powerful without Hu Lai. If we can't go all out, it will be really difficult to defeat them!"
The Japanese team's midfielder said seriously to his teammates.
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"What are you talking about?" On the Chinese team's side, after everyone lined up, they couldn't help but cast glances at the Japanese team.
They first saw Junpei Morikawa say something, and then the Japanese players suddenly became excited.
It's a pity that Hu Lai is not here, otherwise we would know what the Japanese are talking about...
"It's probably not a good thing... It seems that Morikawa has indeed passed on our words. Look at how angry those young people are."
The Chinese team players laughed.
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"They are actually laughing..." Li Qingqing said in surprise when seeing this scene on the TV broadcast.
"Isn't this pretty good?" Hu Lai also laughed.
"why are you laughing?"
"I guess he's making fun of the Japanese who had a good life when they were young."
"I thought they would be a little nervous..."
"Hey, how nervous can you be to play against the Japanese team? And we have already qualified for the World Cup. It is the Japanese who should be nervous." Hu Lai waved his hand.
Li Qingqing laughed: "Oh, your men's football team is so crazy now!"
"You should look at each other with admiration after three days of separation."
In the TV broadcast, the Spanish commentator continued: "...the players of the Chinese team seemed very relaxed. This is because they have already won the right to qualify for the World Cup in advance, so the outcome of this game is no longer important to them.
It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose..."
"You really don't do any homework and just talk nonsense when you open your mouth!" Hu Lai couldn't help complaining.
