On the evening of August 3rd, when the capital and outside were still immersed in the joy of entering the Asian Cup finals, Wang Ai had already asked for a night's leave through Wu Jingui and returned to his courtyard. Wang Ai, who had washed himself, lay on a chair,
Looking at the stars in the sky, I lazily grabbed a peach washed by Xu Qinglian and enjoyed this rare quiet time.
Although he was already in the game, Wang Ai would still break away from time to time and reflect on himself in silence. On the contrary, Xu Qinglian seemed to like watching football more and more, chirping beside her. Seeing that Wang Ai was absent-minded, she secretly pinched her.
He gave me a hug, where did the strength of the hug go?
Wang Ai came back to his senses, sat up, and approached Xu Qinglian's ear with a smile, and the two talked in a low voice.
Coincidentally, when the national team won a big victory, many wives or girlfriends of the players came to congratulate them, and the national team coaching staff simply held a lively celebration in the hotel.
The day after the game, after Wang Ai spent morning practice and breakfast at home, he flicked Xu Qinglian's forehead and got into the car laughing. The final was coming, and preparations were urgent.
After arriving at the Workers' Stadium, his teammates had come to the training ground in twos and threes. In the final, Li Weifeng could not play. His back pain was severe, but he was still worried, so he did not go to Tübingen for the time being. His Chinese agent was asking for help.
After the Rehabilitation Medical Center asked for help, two experts came from Shenyang overnight.
In the afternoon, the national team coaching staff held a pre-station preparation meeting. Wu Jingui came to the training ground to invite Wang Ai to attend. Similarly, captain Zhao Junzhe, Zheng Zhi, and veteran Hao Haidong were also summoned to the meeting. It can be seen that this last game
In this crucial battle, Ali Haan plans to work together.
At the meeting, the leaders of the Football Association first briefly expressed their opinions, asking everyone to put down their burdens and work hard to win. Because of Wang Ai’s repeated criticism and feedback in practice, the current Football Association cadres no longer give as much effort as they did before the competition in the past.
The team members put pressure on me and even made some stiff jokes.
"Dr. Wang, what do you think?" Wang Ai was thinking wildly when he was suddenly called upon.
"Ah? Oh!" Wang Ai looked around.
Zhao Junzhe poked him with a smile: "The coach asked you if you have anything to add."
"Oh, let me think about it." In fact, Wang Ai didn't listen at all. At this moment, he could only think of what to say: "First of all, the Japanese team has excellent foot skills and especially outstanding tactical awareness. Although it is not as good as us in terms of personal physical fitness
, but the protection and defense are very good, and the mutual support in the offense is also good, so..."
"I told you!" Zhao Junzhe patted Wang Ai on the head.
"Oh, let me say something else!" Wang Ai glared at Zhao Junzhe unhappily: "I think we should highlight our header advantage. The Japanese players are not tall and relatively thin, and our main center can be very good.
To establish a good position, judging from our current technical characteristics, it will not be easy to achieve a breakthrough against the Japanese team. Heading is very important. At the same time, we also need to have a leading header in the backcourt."
Zhao Junzhe didn't speak this time. Heading was not his advantage. Ali Haan frowned and thought. He really didn't notice this. In his plan, Zheng Zhi was in the backcourt for this game.
The combination of Luo Tongliang, Wei Xin, and Zhang Yonghai are not very good at defending headers. Among them, Luo Tongliang, who is the largest and has the highest tonnage, is more suitable for hard-hitting.
Li Weifeng, the only one who is good at defending headers in the backcourt, is injured. So, Xu Yunlong? Ali Haan hesitated.
Regarding who to use in the game, this is purely the authority of the head coach, and Wang Ai cannot interfere at will. Since Ali Haan did not ask him, he did not say more. If it is a few years later, the national team will be all his "people"
"Well, it will be more likely to intervene at that time, but the prerequisite is that the head coach will make random arrangements.
No matter how awesome you are, you have to pay attention to the scale, otherwise you will be annoying. What's more, Ali Haan's employment arrangements in many games are actually very exciting.
At 19:45 in the evening on August 7, the two sides stood in two rows at the entrance of the spacious Workers' Stadium player tunnel. The Chinese team wore white jerseys and shorts, and the Japanese team wore navy blue tops and white shorts. In Veerappan,
Led by the leaders of the Chinese organizing committee, Beijing municipal leaders and others, they first entered the center of the stadium. The AFC flag was unfurled in the center of the stadium. Behind the four members of the Kuwaiti coaching staff, the Chinese starting players held their children one by one.
The caddy walks onto the court.
The first one to come out was captain Zheng Zhi, behind him was Bai Guanghai, followed by Hao Haidong with his head wrapped in gauze, then Shao Jiayi, Wang Ai, Li Ming, Chen Yang, then Luo Tongliang, Zhang Yonghai, Xu Yunlong, and Liu Yunfei.
After the players of the Chinese and Japanese teams lined up in the center of the stadium, the distinguished guests came over and shook hands with the players. A Beijing leader smiled and patted Wang Ai's arm when he passed by the smiling Wang Ai: "Here we start.
?Play well."
"Don't worry!" Wang Ai still smiled and nodded vigorously. I don't know if it was an illusion, but when Veerappan held Wang Ai, his palms were a little firm.
Among the 11 team members, only Wang Ai's expression was nonchalant, and his smile gradually infected his teammates. Sensitive professional footballers were even more surprised to find out from this starting list: Tübingen has five players.
All starts! This is also the first time that Tübingen has started all the games since wearing the national team jersey in this Asian Cup.
This also shows Ali Haan’s admiration for the Tübingen system, and also confirms the joke of the “Tübingen Chinese Team” rumored by the outside world.
In addition to Li Ming, Xu Yunlong, and Liu Yunfei, one of the other three, Shao Jiaben, is already at 1860 Munich. Hao Haidong will definitely join Deportivo La Coruna next season, and Zheng Zhi will also join Tübingen Youth. After all,
Actually eight of them are overseas players!
No matter how it was analyzed before, when this nearly all-"overseas corps" Chinese team stood on the field, a powerful Chinese team was so openly noticed by ordinary fans.
Wang Ai's smiling expression changed as the Japanese national anthem ended with little fluctuation. Like all the fans and other teammates, he put his right hand on his chest and sang to the motherland.
The national anthem stopped, the noise in the workers' sports hall resumed, the Chinese team played from left to right, and the Japanese team kicked off.
The Kuwaiti referee looked down at his watch, smiled, grabbed the whistle, and the game began!
Amid the cheers of the packed workers' sports team, the Chinese team played very proactively, just like in the past when cheered by Chinese fans. They often made some unconventional heroic moves to make up for their technical deficiencies, such as after a return pass error.
, the player receiving the ball strides forward, squeezing away the opponent to intercept in the air, etc.
It looks good, but there is no threat and it consumes too much physical energy.
In the VIP box, Yan Shiduo was still sitting with Nian Weisi and other celebrities, his face expressionless. Nian Weisi beside him leaned forward: "Well..."
