Zhao Yang's appearance in the stands of the Champions League final naturally aroused speculation among reporters and fans, and also put a lot of pressure on the Espanyol team.
But all this has nothing to do with Zhao Yang for the time being.
After returning to China, almost non-stop, Zhao Yang joined the national team and began preparing for the top 12 warm-up matches in Asia for the World Cup qualifiers.
In the previous top 40 competition, the Chinese team had a bad start and was almost eliminated. After a wave of winning streak, it successfully ranked second in the group and reached the top 12.
Perrin also advanced to the top 16, regaining his reputation and consolidating his shaky leadership position.
However, the top 40 is just a small test for the Chinese team and Perrin.
The top 12 competition in Asia starting in September is the final test.
Break out of the top 12, reach the World Cup in Russia, and become a hero in football history; if you are eliminated, the players, coaches and even the Football Association will have to bear the responsibility of fans across the country.
Therefore, the Chinese national team started the first stage of preparation training on May 30. This is also the earliest national team in Asia to prepare for the competition.
The first stage of training is not long, only one week and two warm-up matches.
There are 26 people selected for the Chinese training team this time. In addition to the players who participated in the top 40 competition, there are also four newcomers.
The four newcomers are Wang Tong of Shandong Dongyue Team, Zhang Ning of Vitesse of the Netherlands, Hu Tian of Tianjin TEDA, and Shi Ke of Shanghai.
In fact, the player that head coach Perlan mainly inspects is Zhang Ning.
With Zhao Yang's success with Espanyol and the national team, Perrin has a high regard for all players playing overseas.
Just like Zhang Dong who came back from La Liga without a foothold, Perrin still recruited him into the national team and entrusted him with important tasks.
After Zhao Yang entered the Huaguo team, although the Huaguo team achieved a complete victory in the top 40 qualifiers, the top 40 teams were too weak. The top 12 games were the real test. The Huaguo team wanted to reach the World Cup finals.
, it is not enough to rely on one Zhao Yang, we must continue to explore talents.
Hu Tian, Wang Tong, Shi Ke, and Zhang Ning were selected under this background.
The training location is at Huangdao Football School in Hebei Province.
Because he went to Italy to watch the Champions League final, Zhao Yang arrived one day later than his teammates.
Xu Bing personally drove Zhao Yang to the gate of Huangdao Football School in his Land Rover.
I don’t know where the fans got the news from, or they have been waiting here since yesterday.
There were nearly two thousand fans and reporters at the entrance of Huangdao Football School, waiting with their feet up for Zhao Yang's arrival.
As soon as the car stopped and Zhao Yang had not gotten off the car, the fans gathered around the car and cheered.
"Zhao Yang Zhao Yang Zhao Yang..."
Obviously, the news that Xu Bing sent Zhao Yang has been known to the fans.
Zhao Yang frowned and said, "Brother Xu, how did the fans know I was coming?"
When Zhao Yang returned to China, he was enthusiastically welcomed by the fans who picked him up at the airport, and it took him more than an hour to leave.
Worried about being "loved" by the fans again, Zhao Yangcai took Xu Bing's car to report. Unexpectedly, he still did not escape the "powerful clutches" of the fans.
Xu Bing smiled bitterly and said: "I mentioned to Xiao Ji from the company that I was going to Huangdao. This guy probably revealed it, but that's fine, otherwise our superstar would have no reputation at all."
"I don't want this card. Okay, Brother Xu, you can go back. I'm going to report."
Zhao Yang took a deep breath, opened the door and got out of the car.
In an instant, countless fans crowded in front of him, their eyes filled with jerseys, footballs, flowers and microphones stretched out to them.
Seeing Zhao Yang surrounded by fans, how could Xu Bing leave alone?
He quickly got out of the car and wanted to help Zhao Yang separate and block the fans in front of him.
Although Xu Bing was strong and strong, the crowd of fans was overwhelming. Xu Bing pushed and shouted repeatedly, but he could not let Zhao Yang advance at all.
Seeing that Zhao Yang couldn't walk anymore, he had to stand still and sign autographs for the fans.
Fortunately, the security guard at the entrance of Huangdao Football School saw the commotion here and hurried over to help, before taking Zhao Yang into the football school hotel.
In the past, the Chinese national team stayed in five-star hotels in the city, but head coach Perlan believed that staying in a hotel on campus would be more conducive to daily life as the players do not need to take the bus. The training ground is just downstairs and the gym is also in the hotel.
training, so I gave up the five-star hotel arranged by the organizer.
It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon when Zhao Yang arrived. The players were training, but the team leader Li Gang had already been waiting at the hotel.
"Xiao Zhao, I've finally waited for you."
Seeing Zhao Yang, Li Gang enthusiastically grabbed Zhao Yang's luggage and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to your room to rest."
The team arranged a quiet and sunny single room for Zhao Yang, and only Zhao Yang lived there, which was the only one in the entire team.
But Zhao Yang can afford this special treatment.
After a long journey, Zhao Yang would definitely not be able to train with his teammates. After Li Gang chatted with Zhao Yang for a few words, he asked him to rest for a while. After the team training was over, Perrin might come over to talk to him.
Although Zhao Yang didn't feel tired and slept in the car for more than half an hour, he would not refuse Li Gang's kindness.
After Li Gang left, Zhao Yang lay on the bed and chatted with his girlfriend Gao Han.
After returning to China from Spain, Zhao Yang didn't even stay at home for half a day. He rushed directly to Huangdao and had no time to meet Gao Han.
It is conceivable that Gao Han's heart must be full of resentment.
Zhao Yang comforted Gao Han and told her a few embarrassing things he encountered in Barcelona, which made Gao Han happy.
Almost an hour later, the Chinese team's training ended and the players returned to the hotel one after another.
Teammates who were good friends with Zhao Yang knew that Zhao Yang was coming, so they all came to Zhao Yang's room to say hello and talk to him.
Captain Zheng Zhi gave Zhao Yang a bear hug, "What a benefit! My brother! He actually won the La Liga Golden Boot! You are so awesome, even Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have been stepped on by you."
Zhao Yang quickly said modestly: "Farewell, Brother Zhi, Messi is injured this season and Ronaldo is not performing well."
Yang Xudao: "Don't be modest! No matter how bad your performance is, you are still Ronaldo. You are the first in Asia to win the Golden Boot in the five major leagues! This will be remembered in history."
Zheng Zhidao: "But compared to the Golden Boot, being able to push the Spanish into the Champions League is even more awesome. And it is not only famous, but also has huge benefits."
Zhao Yang said with a smile: "Brothers, don't praise me anymore. Whether it's the Golden Boot or reaching the Champions League, it's all the result of the collective efforts of my teammates. I can't do it alone."
Yang Xu said: "Stop praising Xiaoyang. It's embarrassing to praise him anymore."
Zheng Zhidao: "The past achievements are in the past. The most important thing now is to play well in the national team and reach the World Cup finals. We are all heroes. If we lose, we will all be scolded by the fans."
Zhao Yang said: "That's what Brother Zhi said."
Everyone was chatting when, at this time, head coach Perrin came over with two French assistant coaches.
When Zheng Zhi and other players saw the head coach coming, they all said hello to Zhao Yang and went back to their rooms.