Chapter 260 West Asia Away Game Although the Chinese national football team performed poorly in the previous two games, it attracted a lot of criticism from fans. But when Lin Feng and other overseas players rushed back to help, the fans' hopes were rekindled. In the past two days, a lot of fans gathered outside the wall of Xianghe base, with the number reaching thousands. In addition to the fans, there were also a large number of journalists. Although the Chinese national football team's record is average, their popularity in the country is still very high and is even getting higher. Seeing so many fans coming to the outside of the base to support them, the players who performed poorly in the last game were filled with ashamed, and other players also felt tremendous pressure on the training ground. If they lose the game again, they would really be sorry for the fans who have been silently supporting them. "Okay, cheer up and don't be distracted!" Zhu Guanghu noticed the players' mentality and reminded them loudly to concentrate.
At the same time, he was also thinking about the deployment of troops for the next game. Now that the players who went abroad have come back to help, the starting lineup for the next game will definitely be composed mainly of these players. But the young players he had recruited before cannot be given up just like that. Although their performance in the first two games was average, the strength of these players is actually quite good, and some of them are very talented, such as Yu Hai. Zhu Guanghu plans to continue training them and let them accumulate more game experience so that they can integrate into the national football team's tactical system as soon as possible. In fact, starting this year, he has been consciously promoting and training newcomers. He now rarely uses veterans like Xie Hui who are over 30 years old. The reason is actually very simple, because the main task of the Chinese national football team in the next stage is to play well in the 2007 Asian Cup and the World Cup qualifiers after the Asian Cup. With the team aiming for the Asian Cup and the World Cup in South Africa, he must seize the current window period when there are no major competitions and start replacing the old with the new in the team. This kind of work must be done early, otherwise, when the big competition comes, the veterans will be old and in poor condition and will not be able to continue to carry the responsibility, while the young players will find it difficult to shoulder the responsibility due to lack of training and game experience. At that time, the team will face the embarrassing situation of a lack of successors. Zhu Guanghu did not have the courage of Gao Hongbo, so he directly started over again with the national team, discarding all the veterans and selecting only young players for training. So we can only replace it little by little and cultivate it slowly. Thinking of this, he already knew what starting lineup he should arrange for the next game against Palestine. As for the game formation, he used 4411 in the previous two games, but the effect was not very good. In both games, the Chinese national team's forward line was very weak. Although the Singapore team's strength was strengthened by the addition of mercenaries, the Chinese national team only scored one goal in two games, which is unacceptable. Even when facing a top Asian team like Japan, they didn't say it was so difficult to play. This made Zhu Guanghu very disappointed with the performance of local shooters such as Li Jinyu, although Li Jinyu was in hot form in the league and even scored 40 goals in 4 minutes this year. But in the national team, his performance has not been ideal. In the next game, Zhu Guanghu plans to try the combination of Gao Lin, Han Peng and Mao Jianqing. Gao Lin and Mao Jianqing are both players with strong goal-scoring and assisting capabilities, while Han Peng can act as a fulcrum and bridgehead on the front line and has excellent heading ability. In addition, with the comprehensive strengthening of the Chinese national team's midfield after the return of Lin Feng and others, the players on the front line will definitely lack shooting opportunities. As long as they can seize the opportunities, the next Chinese national team's attack is guaranteed.
If it really doesn't work, then just let Lin Feng fight Ying Feng, give him more firing rights, and let him end the game. To this end, Zhu Guanghu also practiced it during the team training, and the effect was quite good. The fans and reporters who were watching outside were all dazzled when they saw the Chinese national team practicing new tactics. That evening, news appeared in the newspaper that the Chinese national football team had specially developed new tactics in preparation for the match against Palestine. This kind of report, which is obviously fake news to anyone with a discerning eye, actually confused quite a few people and sparked a lot of discussion. "I think there's nothing wrong with Lin Feng playing as a striker. His shooting skills are better than many of the Chinese national team's strikers. If he plays as a striker, maybe the Chinese national team can score even more goals!" "I don't think it's appropriate. If Lin Feng plays as a striker, who will take on the responsibility in the midfield?" "Isn't there still Chen Tao?" "Chen Tao is no good, his strength is much worse than Lin Feng's!" "It's okay. We still have Zhou Haibin, Zheng Zhi, Shao Jiayi and Zhao Junzhe to help. Aren't all these people together worse than Lin Feng alone?" "It's hard to tell!" "Hard to say!" The fans are very conflicted and regret that there is only one Lin Feng. If the Chinese team had two Lin Fengs, it would be perfect. Zhu Guanghu finally gave up the plan to transform Lin Feng into a forward. Whoever controls the midfield controls the world. Without Lin Feng's continuous supply of ammunition in the midfield, it would be difficult for the players on the front line to get a chance to shoot. What’s the use of having good shooting skills if there are no opportunities to shoot? On the contrary, if Lin Feng is in the midfield, his teammates in front can receive a steady supply of shells from him. Even if the efficiency is low, they can always get something by trying a few more times. This is something that fans of Manchester City, the new Premier League team in the future, have deeply experienced. Their attacking midfielder De Bruyne is an attacking midfielder who is very good at assists and can often deliver incredible threatening passes during games. But their forward players are very unreliable. They spit out the balls fed to them by their teammates in various ways. Their main purpose is to have fun. But even so, with the continuous attack, Manchester City can still have the last laugh. In those years, Manchester City won many Premier League championships! In order to verify his idea, Zhu Guanghu specially assigned strong midfielders such as Lin Feng and Chen Tao to the substitute group, and gave them some relatively weaker substitute forwards, such as Zhu Ting, Mao Biao and Yang Xu, who had little game experience and were relatively young. The main forwards such as Gao Lin and Han Peng were assigned to a main group with a relatively weak midfield but the other members are all main players. Gao Lin's lineup, except for some positions replaced by overseas players, the lineups in other positions are basically the starting lineup of the Chinese national team in the previous games. In terms of strength on paper, Gao Lin's group is stronger than Lin Feng's group. But the actual result of the confrontation was exactly the opposite. The substitute team with weak forwards, weak defense but strong midfield defeated Gao Lin's main team 5:3. Led by the two big guys, Lin Feng and Chen Tao, the substitute team's offense and ground coordination were dazzling, and the main team's defensive strength could not stop this kind of European giant-level passing and cutting coordination. If the substitute team's defense was not too weak and many mistakes gave them opportunities, they might have lost even more miserably! After seeing the result of this intra-team competition, Zhu Guanghu was completely relieved. No need to struggle anymore, he knows how to play the next game! ……
On October 10, the Chinese national football team ended its five-day training camp at the Xianghe base and flew to the away game to prepare for the match against Palestine. It’s a bit funny to say that when the Chinese national football team was performing well, the Football Association once provided them with chartered flights. But as the Chinese national football team played two "bad" games, their treatment has dropped to the previous level. Charter flights and the like were naturally cancelled, and it was good enough that they didn't have to squeeze into economy class! As soon as we got off the plane, the first thing we felt was the heat. Although it is already October, the local temperature is still very high and the air humidity is very low. The air you breathe seems to burn your respiratory tract, making people feel particularly uncomfortable. Jordan's climate is very dry. In many places, the annual precipitation is only 50 mm, which is far less than the evaporation, resulting in desertification of many lands. "This is still considered good. Jordan's latitude is at least higher than Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries. Those damn places are really hot!" "Actually, the hot weather is not so bad, but the wind and sand are too strong. I can hardly breathe with my mouth open. Ugh!" "Winter in BJ is not much different from here, with quite a bit of wind and sand, but it's not as extreme as this!" "Okay, everyone, be quiet. Go to the hotel and rest today. Don't go out without permission. The security here is not good. There is a war going on next door. If you go out without permission, we will not be responsible for any safety accidents!" Jordan is next to Israel and Lebanon, and the two countries were fighting fiercely last month. Affected by the war, a large number of refugees from Palestine and Lebanon poured into Jordan, causing a significant deterioration in Jordan's security situation. Under this complex situation, the safety of the national football players must be given top priority. Hearing the leader's words, everyone nodded. No one would joke about their own life. Even a troublemaker like Mao Jianqing did not make a mistake this time. …… Due to the high temperature and jet lag, the national football team did not rush to train after arriving. Instead, they waited for a day, and only began to train slowly the next day after their bodies had adapted to the climate. In order to prevent the players from suffering from heatstroke, Zhu Guanghu specially arranged the confrontation training in the evening when the weather was cool. The training of the Chinese national football team attracted many local people to watch. Because the situation here is relatively turbulent, the Chinese national football team does not encourage Chinese fans and local Chinese and overseas Chinese to watch the game when it plays away games this time. But there are still some die-hard fans who come to support the national football team at great risk. But most of the people who came to watch were Jordanians, and perhaps some refugees from next door? "Lin, I'm your fan, can you please sign an autograph for me?" "Feng, I like you very much, so can you help me get an autograph from Ronaldinho?" A few little kids, waving papers, pens and jerseys in their hands, reached in from the iron fence and yelled at the Chinese players who were training in broken English. Feng Xiaoting was speechless for a while: "These guys, they say they like me, but they actually want me to run errands for them to get autographs from teammates. How disrespectful!" Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh and said, "If they didn't say that, you wouldn't even look at them. At least they succeeded in attracting your attention. Maybe you'll be in a good mood and agree to them?" "You should be content. It's great that they can remember your name. Look at our team. Besides you and Lin Feng, who else do they know? Why doesn't anyone call my name?!" Gao Lin heard the conversation between the two and said indignantly.
He also studied abroad in Europe, and he played in the striker position where he was more likely to stand out. But why didn't these guys outside know him but knew Feng Xiaoting, a defender? Sure enough, the platform is very important! Compared with Barcelona, Dortmund's influence in the world is still too small. Many fans may not have heard of such a team, and naturally they will not pay attention to a small substitute like him. Damn it, sooner or later I’m going to join a top team! However, when he thought about the fact that he doesn’t even have a starting position in Dortmund, Gao Lin immediately became deflated. He still has a long way to go! Chen Tao listened quietly to the conversation of the three people. Joining a wealthy family was actually not without opportunities for him. In fact, in this summer's transfer window, some giants showed interest in him and wanted to poach him from Werder Bremen. But Chen Tao was not easily persuaded by the other party, because he was living a good life in Werder Bremen now. Although his income was not high, it was acceptable. Moreover, his main position is guaranteed and he gets along well with his teammates. Although wealthy clubs have high incomes and high exposure, competition within the team is fierce and the relationships within the team may not be as harmonious as those in ordinary teams. After seeing what happened to top players like Zhou Haibin and Dong Fangzhuo in the past year, Chen Tao's urge to join a top club has faded a lot. Unless you have absolute strength like Lin Feng, don't take risks easily. After more than a year in European football, he has become increasingly aware of the saying that there is always someone better than you. Although in the country, he is called a genius by many fans. But Chen Tao knew that there were many "geniuses" like him in the top five leagues, and he had no advantage. So it is better not to take risks easily, but if his ball skills improve further in the future, maybe when the time is right, he can try to go to a wealthy club. "Then you should perform well and try to score three or five goals in the next game. If you do that, I guarantee that all the fans in Jordan will remember you!" Feng Xiaoting's words interrupted Chen Tao's thoughts. Lin Feng on the side said quietly: "Ahem, our next opponent is Palestine, not Jordan. Even if you really score three or five goals against Palestine, you will only be seen as a weakling. I'm afraid that all Jordanians will not remember your name!" "Of course, if you can score three or five goals in Dortmund's match against Bayern, I think there may be many fans in Jordan who will remember your name!" Gao Lin couldn't help rolling his eyes: "How dare you say that? It's a blessing to score one goal against Bayern, and three or five goals, do you think I'm Ronaldo?" (End of this chapter)