Just when Chang Sheng and FIFA were on the verge of victory, the Lazio team's game continued.
It is impossible to say that we will only fight against FIFA and give up the competition and everything else.
The first game after the awards ceremony is the Coppa Italia, which is Lazio's first Coppa Italia match of the season.
vs. Genoa at home.
At the same time, in Qatar, the Asian Cup also started.
In addition to competing with the National Football Federation, Chang Sheng also pays close attention to the Asian Cup.
Even if Gao Hongbo didn't speak up for him, he would have watched all the Chinese team's matches in the Asian Cup.
Even though he had seen it all in his previous life.
But this time, he wanted to see how the Chinese team's Asian Cup trip would be different after his intervention.
In the first group match on January 8, the Chinese national team faced Kuwait, the first opponent in the group match.
In the end, the Chinese team won the game 3:0.
It was different from the memory of constant victory. The Chinese team scored one more goal in the first game than the memory of constant victory.
But Chang Sheng couldn't say whether this was really his effect or whether it was just the butterfly effect.
The second group match is the real test for the Chinese team.
Because the first group match between the host country and Uzbekistan was not as expected, Uzbekistan defeated Qatar 2:0.
Now Qatar was forced to a dead end.
If they lose again, they will be eliminated early.
As the host nation, it was really embarrassing to be eliminated without even qualifying for the group stage.
The Qataris will definitely play dirty tricks in the game, which will be a difficult test for Gao Hongbo.
Football is not a blank sheet of paper. Football is black and white. Where there is white, there is black.
Therefore, this situation cannot be eliminated. What the Chinese team should do is not complain about the opponent's possible match-fixing, but do its own thing well.
Chang Sheng talks to Gao Hongbo on the phone almost every day to understand the preparations of the national team.
Gao Hongbo joked that he was more like the head coach of the national team than himself.
Always win and smile.
This was the first time he had helped the national team after traveling through time. He just wanted to see if his help was useful and if the path he came up with was useful.
Because this involves future cooperation, if Gao Hongbo is still coaching the national team and he wants to continue this kind of cooperation, Lazio Club can serve as the training base for the Chinese team in Europe, and can come to Europe for training once a year to warm up their opponents.
He helped to make contact and arranged the warm-up plan.
He doesn't care whether money is spent or not. He is a Chinese fan and he hopes Chinese football will be good.
But the premise is that doing so can really benefit Chinese football.
If you can't, then don't bother...
The match between the Chinese team and Qatar is on January 12, which is exactly the day before the Italian Cup between Lazio and Genoa.
Chang Sheng can watch this game from his hotel room.
That day, he specifically moved up the time of the tactical meeting just to make time to watch the game.
This is from the competition. Although I often win, I know the process, but I am still very nervous.
He wanted to see how the game would be different from what he remembered.
Just like in the memory of winning the game, the referee of this game in Qatar is indeed very shady... Basically, he is obviously biased towards the host. There is physical contact between the two sides, and as long as a Qatari player falls to the ground, there is basically a 10% chance that it will be correct.
It was a Chinese player who committed a foul. If a Chinese player fell to the ground, the referee would turn a blind eye.
Gao Hongbo did not rotate in this game, but continued the starting lineup that defeated Kuwait 3:0 in the previous game.
This is also Chang Sheng's advice to Gao Hongbo, because as a time traveler, he must know that Gao Hongbo's rotation ultimately foreshadowed this failure, so Chang Sheng asked Gao Hongbo not to rotate in this game. The team's physical fitness is not
problematic.
This time the national team is going to the Asian Cup to get results, not to train. So there is no need to rotate every game.
Fix a main lineup, maximize the strength of this lineup, and then... go as far as you can.
If you want to train, you have to consider it after qualifying from the group in advance.
Gao Hongbo followed Chang Sheng's advice.
The Chinese team, which played with all its main players, chose a defensive counterattack in this game and did not face Qatar head-on.
Use their excellent ball control skills to maneuver around Qatar in the midfield.
Gao Hongbo's strategy in this game is to keep the tie.
Go for a draw.
Because earlier, Uzbekistan defeated Kuwait 2:1, so now Uzbekistan has qualified early.
The Chinese team ranks second with three points, Qatar is third with zero points, and Kuwait, which has lost two games in a row, is out early.
As long as the Chinese team can draw with Qatar, they will be able to accumulate four points. In this way, their final round match against Uzbekistan, which has already qualified early and has no desires and desires, will be in a much better position to qualify.
Of course, if the Chinese team can defeat Qatar in this game, it will qualify early.
But Gao Hongbo knows very well that this is the host country, and they certainly cannot accept losing to the Chinese team and being tied by the Chinese team. They still have hope of qualifying.
So if the Chinese team wants to win against Qatar, it will lose instead.
Gao Hongbo's strategy is very correct.
In the memory of constant victory, Qatar's two world waves did not qualify until the end of the game. Qatar seemed helpless in the face of the Chinese team's skilled ball control and movement.
Of course they can use fouls to intercept, but after all, the referee does not dare to do it too blatantly, and the Chinese team has no intention of defeating Qatar. Qatar still has a chance to qualify, so they will not do things too badly.
In the end, the Chinese team tied with Qatar 0:0.
At the end of the game, Chang Sheng applauded the Chinese team in the room. It felt a bit like going back to before he time traveled, when he was still an ordinary Chinese fan. When the Chinese team performed well, he would watch it on the TV
He was so excited that he gritted his teeth and yelled "Piao Liang!"
This time too.
He is not only happy for the performance of the Chinese team, he is more happy because it turns out that his efforts are useful.
After receiving high-level training at the Vermelo training base and playing against high-level opponents, the Chinese team's level has improved. The effect is obvious.
The ability of the Chinese team to pass and control the ball in this game is very different from the Chinese team in my memory.
If the Chinese team continues to adhere to this style, there is still hope.
The physical fitness of yellow people is not as good as that of white and black people, so this tactic that puts more emphasis on passing may be a more suitable tactic for the Chinese team.
The Japanese learn from Brazil, and South Korea learns from Germany, so why can’t we in China learn from Spain?
Chang Sheng thought so.
He was very happy that the performance of the Chinese team proved his thinking.
No matter what the results of the Chinese team are now, he plans to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with the Chinese team.
He wants to use his own method to help the Chinese team.
This is his fight.
Let him be the head coach of the national team, and the effect may not be so good.
But now that he has a transcendent status, he is more able to do something.
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After the game, Chang Sheng sent a text message to Gao Hongbo, congratulating him on his team's performance, but also reminding him to be careful about the last group stage opponent.
Don’t think that since Uzbekistan qualified early, it won’t be a threat.
No one will admit defeat on purpose. And if Ukraine loses to the Chinese team in the final round, they will change from first place in the group to second place in the group. It will also not be conducive to their quarter-final draw. So Uzbekistan
There will be no mercy.
And if they lose to Uzbekistan, Qatar will definitely use off-set moves to qualify - even if the two games are played at the same time, it will be too easy for them to do this. Match-fixing is simply the racial talent of West Asians.
Therefore, in order to avoid being defeated by Qatar using such means, the Chinese team must try its best to win the last game.
After sending the text message, Chang Sheng turned off the TV and prepared to rest.
There is also the Italian Cup tomorrow.
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In the Coppa Italia match the next day, the winning team lined up the D lineup - a handful of first-team players, plus a large number of players from the reserve team and youth team.
Among these few first-team players is David Silva.
The player who had just lost the Ballon d'Or was assigned to start the game by Chang Sheng.
Because Chang Sheng wants to encourage him and support him.
What David Silva needs now is not to rest, but to continue fighting.
Lazio fans also sent consolation to David Silva.
They put up this banner at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome:
"David, don't pay attention to those idiots from FIFA. In our hearts, you are Mr. Ballon d'Or!"
There is also a Golden Globe Award trophy painted under the banner.
When David Silva came on the stage, I remembered the overwhelming shouts in the stands.
Every Lazio fan is chanting his name with all their strength.
They shouted: "David, Mr. Golden Ball! You are Mr. Golden Ball, David!"
And David Silva also seemed very excited.
Losing the Golden Globe Award made him feel very depressed for a time.
He even got distracted during training.
He felt that his condition might not be enough for the game.
But Chang Sheng insisted on letting him play and start.
Now he suddenly understood why the boss did this.
Amid the enthusiastic cheers of the fans, his wounded heart is being mended.
He felt like he was full of strength again.
He is only twenty-five years old and has a long career ahead of him.
He believes that if he can maintain this state and continue to play under the boss, then there will be no shortage of championship honors. Since there will be no shortage of championships, he will always have a chance to win the Ballon d'Or.
So David Silva was in very good shape in this match.
And the biggest difference between him and Messi is that not only is he in good shape, he also drives the entire team to be in good shape.
The commentators kept complaining about David Silva when explaining the game: "How can such an excellent player not deserve the Ballon d'Or? It's just that the Ballon d'Or doesn't deserve you, David!"
David Silva is in very good condition, and using it to deal with Genoa is really overkill.
Throughout the game, Genoa had no chance.
Although in the recent league, Lazio only defeated Genoa 1:0 in an away game, the entire Lazio team was not in good condition at that time. After all, they had just finished a vacation, and many people needed to recover physically and mentally.
But now, the Lazio team's condition has recovered, and it's at their home court. Coupled with the highly motivated David Silva, it won't be a problem to win against a team like Genoa.
In the end, this "coalition" defeated Genoa 3:0 at home and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup.
They are getting closer and closer to the goal of defending the Triple Crown - but the players themselves don't know that this goal is still in their hearts.
