When Lazio left for the United Arab Emirates, all members of the Chinese national team who were training at the Formelo training base also left for Madrid. They will train at the Getafe training base and then play a game with the Spanish national team in Madrid.
There is a warm-up match.
This was naturally arranged for them by Chang Sheng.
With the relationship between Lazio Club and Getafe Club, it is really easy for Getafe Club to provide training venues and accommodation.
Moreover, when the Chinese team passes, Getafe can still be busy playing teaching games.
Chang Sheng made this clear to Gao Hongbo before he left Rome.
He also specially asked Gao Hongbo to chat with Benitez if he had nothing to do. Benitez, the head coach of Getafe, is a tactical idiot and is obsessed with the study of tactics. Chang Sheng has discussed it with him.
Tactical, and I feel that I have benefited a lot.
Of course, Benitez didn't know, he thought he had benefited a lot...
Therefore, Chang Sheng recommended Benitez to Gao Hongbo and asked them to talk more, and they might both be able to provide a lot of help to the Chinese team in the Asian Cup.
And this time Gao Hongbo did gain a lot.
He was shocked to find that a head coach who was stuck in the La Liga relegation team Getafe had such outstanding insight and ability. At the same time, he was also surprised that Chang Sheng had a close relationship with Benitez - this Chang Sheng
How many great people do you know?
Although he had studied and worked at Lazio for a period of time before, his contact with Chang Sheng only began after he left Lazio.
So he still doesn't know much about Chang Sheng.
This time he came to the Vermelo training base for training, and he gradually learned many things about Chang Sheng that he didn't know before.
For example, he could make two phone calls to fix the Chinese team's warm-up plan, and let strong teams like World Cup champion Spain and Germany come as sparring partners for the Chinese team...
This completely refreshed his previous understanding of Chang Sheng.
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After the match against the German team, the Chinese national team returned to Vermelo, and Chang Sheng also met Gao Hongbo again.
The two of them got together. Gao Hongbo first congratulated Chang Sheng on winning the six-time championship. Chang Sheng then asked Gao Hongbo about his achievements in this trip.
"It's a great harvest!" Gao Hongbo looked very excited. "Although we lost against a truly strong team in the world, I and the players learned something, especially the game against Spain. They deserve to be able to win consecutive European titles.
A strong team in the Cup and World Cup.”
Chang Sheng watched these two warm-up matches broadcast on television.
Spain defeated the Chinese team 5:1 at the Bernabeu.
Although the Chinese team scored five goals, it is also remarkable that the Chinese team can still score one goal when facing a team like Spain.
Therefore, the failure of this game did not dampen the morale of the players at all. On the contrary, it enhanced the players' confidence - we scored in Casillas' goal!
Only media like "Sports Weekly" are shouting that the warm-up match arranged by the Chinese team is almost amateurish. Playing against the world's top teams before the Asian Cup has no meaning other than destroying confidence. The warm-up matches of Spain, Germany, and China
The opponent seems to be shining brightly, but it seems very unwise at this time. The Chinese team should look for Asian teams to warm up. Instead of going to Europe and being abused.
Gao Hongbo ignored such voices.
In the match against the German team, the Chinese national team also performed very tenaciously. Although they lost the game 1:3 in the end, they still scored, which is amazing.
Facing strong teams like Spain and Germany, they were able to score consecutive goals.
That's really amazing.
The players of the Chinese national team can come back with their heads held high.
In fact, they did the same thing. Losing two warm-up matches in a row did not affect the mood of the Chinese team players. They seemed very excited after coming back.
This training trip to Europe was an eye-opener for them. Not only did they receive the top training in Europe at Vermelo, they were also able to warm up with teams like Spain and Germany, and the top teams in European football like Lazio.
I practiced with them and played teaching games with them...
This kind of treatment. They think the Brazilian team is no better than this. It may be even worse.
Receiving training at the top place in Europe gives them full confidence. They have their own vision for the Asian Cup that is about to begin.
According to the Chinese team's plan, they will end their training camp on the 27th, leave Lazio and go to Qatar.
But before that, they had to meet Chang Sheng.
After the day's training, Gao Hongbo informed the whole team: "Take a shower quickly, change clothes, and go to the banquet!"
"Banquet?" Everyone was surprised. They had never heard of any special arrangements for the national team.
Gao Hongbo explained to them: "It's Coach Chang's personal treat. He's treating us to Christmas. In addition, it's also a trip to Qatar to play in the Asian Cup."
Everyone suddenly understood, but they were also surprised by Chang Sheng's generosity.
Logically speaking, this kind of dinner is the responsibility of the Football Association, but Christmas is not a legal holiday in China, so there will be no celebrations. If everyone wants to celebrate the holiday, then contact someone privately to go and have fun.
Of course, at this time, it is impossible to let them run out of the training base.
Their main mission here is to study and train, not to travel.
It has been almost a month since they came to Italy, and they have only been to the city three times.
Chang Sheng was willing to spend his own money to treat them to dinner, which surprised them.
These days, in Lazio, they can often come into contact with Chang Sheng, and they have a new understanding of Chang Sheng, the legendary coach.
His requirements in training are really strict...
Some people think that their ability in the national team is outstanding. Before coming to Formello, they imagined that they would perform well, and then be valued by the victors, and finally join Lazio.
As a result, after watching other people's training, I gave up.
Not to mention anything else, they just felt like they couldn't bear the intensity of the training.
Moreover, winning requires players to pay absolute attention to their energy during training and not to be distracted. On the one hand, this is a disciplinary requirement, and on the other hand, Lazio's training is very intense and it is easy to get tired. If you lose your mind during training,
It may cause injury to oneself, or cause injury to a teammate. If it is oneself who is injured, but it causes injury to a teammate, then I would be very sorry for my teammate...
It seems that money and honors are not easy to earn at Lazio...
As their understanding of Chang Sheng deepened, they began to admire their compatriot more and more.
It is really not easy for a Chinese to fight alone in European football. It is not easy to achieve his current status, and it is inseparable from his usual hard work.
Unconsciously, Chang Sheng's status in the minds of these players is already very high, even... higher than that of their own head coach Gao Hongbo and Gao Guidance.
Of course. They didn’t think this was disrespectful to Director Gao Hongbo. Anyway, Director Gao also worked under Chang Sheng and helped Chang Sheng. It’s normal that Director Gao is not as good as Chang Sheng...
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As soon as they heard that it was Chang Sheng's treat, everyone quickly took a shower and changed their clothes. They didn't bring any clothes, except for the national team suits for formal occasions. The main ones were national team sports provided by the sponsors.
Pack.
A group of Chinese national team players, all wearing red and black national team sportswear, attended the Christmas dinner hosted by Chang Sheng.
The Lazio Club bus took them to a magnificent restaurant in downtown Rome. Just looking at the decoration design of the restaurant, one could tell that this was a high-end restaurant. A meal here would definitely cost a lot of money.
Many people are stunned. It is said that Changsheng is rich. It seems to be true...
This is different from the usual buffet style for national team dinners. Everyone sits around a large round table. Then the waiters serve the dishes in order.
It is considered a relatively formal banquet.
There are thirty players on the national team training list alone, plus coaches, team leaders, and staff, there are about forty people.
A table for ten people is exactly four tables.
Chang Sheng attended with his family, and everyone also saw the singing queen Avril Lavigne up close.
She doesn't look older after giving birth to a child.
She is said to be planning a comeback.
The players of the Chinese national team are all celebrities in China. They have to wear sunglasses when going out on the street for fear of being recognized by fans.
As a result, here, they behave more like star-chasers who have never seen the world...
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Before the dinner started, no leader spoke.
Since it was a private banquet for the national team, it was naturally not the national team’s leader and Football Association official Wei Shaohui’s turn to come up and speak.
People from the Football Association still understand these little rules.
On other people's territory, it's not your turn to take the lead.
This time he came just for dinner.
Everyone seems to have set their sights on Chang Sheng.
There is no leader to speak, so the host has to say a few words, right?
Sure enough, after Chang Sheng and Gao Hongbo whispered a few words, they pulled out their chairs and stood up.
Then a waiter handed over a wireless microphone.
He really had something to say.
Chang Sheng did have something to say. He invited everyone to have this meal, not just to celebrate the festival for them.
He had a lot to say to them, and he wanted to say it to them as a Chinese football fan in his previous life.
In his previous life, he was an ordinary Chinese fan. He had no qualifications or opportunity to speak in front of these international players.
But now, he has changed his identity and finally has such an opportunity.
He wants to tell the players of these national teams what he has said for the rest of his life.
Because he is not sure if anyone has said this to them before. If so, let him talk about it once. If not, then let him be the first person to remind these players.
And he felt that if he was just a fan in his previous life, even if he had the chance to say these words, no one would listen to them.
But now, he is saying these words to them as the most successful football coach in Chinese history. He believes that some of them can be listened to... (To be continued)
