All-round Athlete

Chapter 945 Entering the World Cup

Lin Wei stood in front of Zhang Guan in embarrassment. As a professional paparazzi, it is not uncommon for him to be caught. Lin Wei even got beaten for it when he was young. He should have practiced it long ago. It's a cheeky effort, but now, facing Zhang Guan's gaze, Lin Wei seems very guilty.

"There are rumors outside that you are injured, but it turned out to be false. This is great. The national football team has a chance to qualify, and we can enter the World Cup!" Lin Wei said, wanting to defuse the embarrassing atmosphere.

Zhang Guan looked at Lin Wei with a smile, and after a full minute, he said: "Mr. Lin, I know your reputation in the industry, so I won't play around with you anymore. I pretended to be injured, it's I wanted to act for the South Korean team, but now you broke it, what do you think should I do?"

Lin Wei suddenly had a mournful expression. Now, how could he not know that Zhang Guan deliberately swindled his opponent to confuse his opponent. Maybe Zhang Guan still has many backhands. If he really exposes this kind of thing, he will destroy Without the tactics of the national team, if the national football team fails to enter the World Cup and settle accounts after the fall, the fans will tear themselves apart.

"I won't tell, I will never reveal a word about this matter to others, even my own parents, I won't tell either!" Lin Wei said immediately.

"This is not enough." Zhang Guan shook his head, and then he said to the assistant beside him, "Go to the doctor and bandage my leg so that it looks like I was injured. Lin Wei, do you know what to do? "

Lin Wei is also a smart person, and he understood Zhang Guan's intentions in an instant. He knew that Zhang Guan was deliberately releasing fake news, so he nodded immediately: "Don't worry, I'll take a picture when you're ready, and you're hurt" It looks like it will appear in the newspaper this afternoon!"

Zhang Guan nodded in satisfaction, and said to himself: "We must give the South Korean team some reasons to work hard!"

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The news of Zhang Guan's injury spread to South Korea, and the whole South Korea was boiling. At first, everyone thought that the South Korean team had little hope of advancing. Even if they defeated Uzbekistan, they would at most finish third in the group and would have to play a play-off with the American team. When an Asian team meets an American team, there is almost no winning percentage at all, so the third place in the group is just a death sentence that was not executed immediately.

But now, Zhang Guan is suddenly injured and will miss the next game, so it will become difficult for the Chinese team to beat Qatar in the away game. If the Chinese team cannot win, the South Korean team may still be ranked second in the group and directly advance to the World Cup.

"Is the news true? Zhang Guan is really injured?"

"It's absolutely true. Go to the major portals in China. Someone has already photographed Zhang Guan's injury, and it was a sneak shot. His knee was bandaged dozens of times. It looks like the injury is serious. The next game will definitely I can't play anymore."

"Since it was a sneak shot, it must be true. Great, so as long as we beat Uzbekistan, we can directly advance!"

"Fight hard, the last game, although it is an away game, but we must fight hard, as long as we win this game, we will be able to advance!"

"I'm going to Uzbekistan, and I'm going to cheer for our players in person!"

The whole of South Korea was excited as if it had been beaten with chicken blood. Many fans had booked tickets to Uzbekistan, and they wanted to come to the scene to cheer for the South Korean team. The players of the South Korean team also look like they are united. Some old players even said that if they fail to play in Uzbekistan, they will retire to apologize to the nationals.

September 5th, the last match day of the top 12 of the world preliminaries.

The Chinese team challenged Qatar away, but Zhang Guan's name was not seen in the list of starting players announced before the game, and Zhang Guan's name was placed among the substitute players.

"There is no Zhang Guan in the starting player list. It seems that Zhang Guan really can't play."

"But Zhang Guan is still on the list of substitute players."

"Don't worry about that, I think the Chinese team must have done this to boost morale."

In another venue, the South Korean team also learned the news.

"As expected, Zhang Guan is absent due to injury. The Chinese team will not be able to beat Qatar in nine out of ten cases. We are expected to advance!" The morale of the South Korean players was greatly boosted.

At the beginning of the game, the South Korean team seemed to be insane. Without a word, they went all out. Even in Uzbekistan's home court, they always took the initiative in this game and always suppressed the Uzbekistan team.

In the stands, although the fans in South Korea are much smaller than the fans in Uzbekistan, their momentum is not inferior to the fans at home. Every Korean fan is shouting crazily. Every time the South Korean team takes the ball, they will listen. to their cheers.

At this time, the South Korean team was full of hope. They believed that as long as they beat Uzbekistan, they could directly qualify for the World Cup. Therefore, everyone put out all their abilities and tried their best for every goal.

I hope to bring endless power to people, just like a person lost in the desert, if you tell him there is an oasis in front of him, he will definitely try his best to move forward. But if he was told that he was in the middle of the desert, he would probably give up trying to survive. The trick that Cao Cao used back then was to hope for plum blossoms and quench thirst, which was also giving people a kind of hope.

The current South Korean team is like this. A few days ago, they felt that the best situation was to play the play-offs, and it was still a situation of losing more and winning less. Now they suddenly have the opportunity to advance directly. This seems to be a life-saving straw. South Korea The team will catch it desperately. So the Korean team is extremely crazy and hardworking from top to bottom.

The madness and hard work of the South Korean team also brought them rewards. In the 35th minute of the game, the top star of the South Korean team, Sun Xingmin, inserted into the flank and helped the South Korean team successfully break through the goal of Uzbekistan. The South Korean team took a 1-0 lead in the away game.

This score was also maintained until the end of the first half, and at this time, in another venue, after halftime, it was still 0-0 between China and Qatar.

Qatar is doomed to have no hope of advancing, so the players played relatively easily, while the Chinese team, due to the absence of Zhang Guan, played relatively conservatively, so the first half of the game was tepid, and there was nothing remarkable place, the two sides did not have any sparks of friction.

Zhang Guan appeared on the bench, pretending to be wrapped in gauze on his legs, but he has been watching the game between South Korea and Uzbekistan on his mobile phone.

"The South Korean team took the bait. They thought I couldn't play, so they fought so hard." Zhang Guan showed a satisfied smile on his face.

At present, Uzbekistan has 15 points, while China and South Korea both have 14 points. From the perspective of the Chinese team, of course I hope South Korea wins. If Uzbekistan wins, the Chinese team will fall behind by 1 point and go to play-offs. No Asian team is willing to play a play-off with an American team. Of course, if the South Korean team draws with Uzbekistan, it will be a very good situation for the Chinese team.

Considering that Uzbekistan's strength is not weak, and the last game is Uzbekistan's home court, the Korean team's chances of winning are not great, but Uzbekistan is more likely to win. So Zhang Guan resorted to the trick of fraudulent injury, making the South Korean team feel that they have the hope of directly qualifying for the World Cup, and they will definitely fight Uzbekistan in the away game. At the same time, it also makes Uzbekistan less determined to win by one point. After all, if the Chinese team does not win, Uzbekistan can keep the second place in the group even if they play a draw.

Things were just as Zhang Guan expected. After Zhang Guan was injured, the South Korean team really tried their best to fight Uzbekistan to the end, and even took the lead in the away game. Uzbekistan's goal when it came up was obviously to keep the tie, but it was a little passive.

At the beginning of the second half, Zhang Guan still did not play, while Qatar played several beautiful attacks and successfully broke through the goal of the Chinese team in the 53rd minute, taking a 1-0 lead.

The score fell behind, Zhang Guan decided not to pretend anymore, and went directly into battle.

"Zhang Guan, isn't he injured?"

"Could it be that the injury hasn't healed yet, in order to recover the score, let's force the injury to play!"

Amidst the worries of the Chinese fans, Zhang Guan directly dribbled the ball all the way to the penalty area of ​​Qatar.

Maybe it was because they were still excited about the goal just now, or maybe they were surprised by Zhang Guan's sudden appearance. Qatar's defense this time was obviously not satisfactory, and the defensive actions of several players in the backcourt were also a little slower than usual. . But on the opposite side is Zhang Guan, a slight delay means losing points, and the same is true for the Qatar team, who was directly broken into the penalty area by Zhang Guan and lost a goal.

Qatar's players were a little dumbfounded. Qatar just scored the last goal and conceded the goal in a blink of an eye.

After conceding the goal, Qatar seemed a little impatient, eager to get back the score, but Zhang Guan made another defensive counterattack and conceded a goal. At this time, it was only five minutes since Qatar lost a point last time.

After all, Qatar is playing at home. Conceding two goals in five minutes and going from one point ahead to one point behind, it must be a bit embarrassing, and the mentality is inevitably more anxious, and this is also used by the Chinese team. Not long after, taking advantage of the emptiness behind the Qatar team, Zhang Guan made a successful raid and scored another goal, turning the score into 3-1.

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The South Korean team is still launching a crazy attack, and the Uzbekistan team is not giving up. After all, this is their home court. If they lose, they will not be able to explain to the home fans. Definitely ascend to the second place in the group and directly qualify for the World Cup.

After learning that Zhang Guan was injured, the Uzbekistans also planned to keep the tie. After all, Uzbekistan has 15 points, one point higher than China and South Korea. , can also be promoted directly.

The South Korean team on the opposite side played very hard, but Uzbekistan at home was not a vegetarian. Especially after entering the second half, both sides fought desperately for every ball. The scene was also very stalemate, and the score was evenly divided 1-1.

On the coaching bench, South Korean men's football coach Stillik is also paying attention to the situation in Qatar.

"Qatar scored a goal, leading 1-0? Great! If China loses, even if we draw with Uzbekistan, we can still play in the play-offs!" Stillik happily told the news to the players on the bench .

However, in less than a minute, Stillik got the news that Zhang Guan was playing.

"Zhang Guan played? Isn't he injured? Could it be that he was injured and forced to play? Yes, it must be like this!"

"1 to 1? Zhang Guan scored a goal? He should have just played, why did he score so soon? Isn't he injured?"

"What did you say? Zhang Guan scored another goal! The Chinese team overtook the score!" Stillik sat down on the chair. At this time, he had realized that Zhang Guan was cheating.

"Zhang Guan deliberately cheated! I understand, this is to give us hope, let us head-to-head with Uzbekistan!"

"3 to 1? The Chinese team leads by two goals? It's over!" Stillik looked at his watch. At this time, the game had gone on for 75 minutes, and it was completely impossible for Qatar to come back.

But Stillik did not tell the players the news. He was worried that the players would be discouraged. He still hoped that the South Korean team would win, so that they could at least get a chance for a play-off.

On the court, the players of the South Korean team don't know all this yet, they are still gritting their teeth and launching an attack desperately. However, at this time, their physical strength was running low.

Physical strength is indeed not what Asian players are good at. What's more, in the first few minutes of the game, the South Korean team has been attacking aggressively, which consumes their system much more than usual.

So far in the game, both sides have been close to exhaustion, and their movements, speed, reaction, and consciousness have all declined to varying degrees, and it has become more difficult to score goals.

"Could it be a draw?" South Korea's number one star Sun Xingmin looked at the opponent's half, took a big breath, and then comforted himself: "If the Chinese team loses, even if it is a draw, we will not be immediately defeated. Elimination, and play-offs, we still have a chance!"

Uzbekistan learned the news that the Chinese team was leading. At this time, they were no longer satisfied with a draw. They hoped to win and advance directly, so they launched an offensive.

But they are also facing the problem of physical exertion. At this time, Uzbekistan has more than enough energy but not enough energy. If their remaining physical energy is used for defense, it is okay, but for offense, it is not satisfactory.

The score of 1 to 1 was maintained until the end of the game. The two sides shook hands and made a draw, each scoring one point.

Qatar's home court, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the score was fixed at 4-1.

However, the players of the Chinese team did not celebrate right away. They returned to the bench first and asked about the result of the match between the South Korean team and Uzbekistan. When they learned that the other game was a draw, they began to cheer. , with crying...

"Advanced, we advanced! We really advanced!"

After 16 years, China finally broke into the World Cup again!

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For European and American countries, everyone in Asia advances in the same way. Anyway, they are all "group games" and basically cannot enter the knockout round. However, for Asian countries, the Chinese team can advance, no doubt a shocking big one. satellite.

In the first five games, the Chinese team finished last in the group with 2 draws and 3 losses. Although there is still a "theoretical" possibility of promotion, everyone knows that it is impossible for the Chinese team to advance.

After the world preliminaries, the Chinese team won five games in a row and advanced with a record of 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. This kind of thing is similar to winning a lottery. It can be called a miracle.

Zhang Guan was the one who created this miracle, and naturally attracted the most attention. Many professionals began to analyze Zhang Guan's technical characteristics, and later found that Zhang Guan's technical characteristics were very similar to that of Ronaldo back then, but Zhang Guan's speed was faster than Ronaldo. This combination of technical acceleration , making Zhang Guan enough to become the world's top shooter.

However, there are also many people who think that the reason why Zhang Guan is so strong is because this is Asia, and the strength of the opponents is relatively weak. If Zhang Guan is placed in the European League, he must not be so powerful.

This point of view has been recognized by many experts. After all, the top four European leagues bring together the world's top players and top coaches. The strength of the top European football clubs is also stronger than the top national teams in the world. Zhang Guan is placed in the European League, scoring goals is definitely not as easy as it is now.

The prospect of the Chinese team in the World Cup is not optimistic. After all, the strength of the Asian teams is still weak, which is incomparable with European and American teams. According to the past situation, the Asian teams are more likely to accompany the prince to study.

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The grouping of the World Cup is the same as in previous years. First, the 32 teams are divided into four pots. The first pot is the seeded team, and the next three pots are divided according to the region. And the Caribbean and Asian teams are in the same pot.

This time the World Cup grouping, the Chinese team was divided into Group E. The seed team of this group is the powerful Brazil team, and the other two teams are Poland in Europe and Nigeria in Africa.

Judging from the group situation, this group is not a death group, and the situation of two strong and two weak is very obvious. It seems inevitable that Brazil and Poland will join hands, but the Chinese team still cannot escape the fate of being eliminated from the group.

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The training ground of the national team has already been closed. In order to prevent people from sneaking in and interfering with the training, the Football Association even hired a professional security company to patrol around.

In the training field, Zhang Guan's clothes are obviously different from others, and his position is also different from others. He is standing in the penalty area and in front of the goal.

If outsiders see it, they will be surprised, because now Zhang Guan is no longer a striker, but a goalkeeper!