Chapter 341 This Road Is Correct (Sixty/One Hundred and Thirty-Four)

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 was the Coppa Italia, 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 still watch all the Chinese team's games 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 is 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 tell 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 did not go 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 slate, football is black and white. There are white ones and black ones.

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 learn about the national team's preparations.

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 wanted to see if his help was useful and if the path he had come up with was useful.

Because this involves future cooperation, if Gao Hongbo is still the coach of the national team. He also wants to continue this cooperation. Lazio Club can be the training base for the Chinese team in Europe. They can come to Europe for training once a year. He will help contact the warm-up opponents and arrange the warm-up plan.

He doesn't care if it costs money to deal with it. He is a Chinese fan and he hopes Chinese football is good.

But the premise is that doing so can really benefit Chinese football.

If not, then don’t bother...

The match between the Chinese team and Qatar was on January 12, which happened to be the day before the Italian Cup between Lazio and Genoa.

Chang Sheng can watch this game from his hotel room.

That day, he moved the tactical meeting ahead of time just to make time to watch the game.

This is known from the game, although the process is often victorious. But still very nervous.

He wanted to see how the game would be different from how he remembered it.

Just like in the memory of winning, the referee of this game in Qatar was indeed very bad... basically he was obviously biased towards the host country. There is physical contact between the two sides. As long as a Qatari player falls to the ground, it is basically a foul committed by a Chinese player. And if a Chinese player falls to the ground. The referee will 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. There is no problem with the team's physical fitness.

This time the national team went 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 as a 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 Uzbekistan defeated Kuwait 2:1 earlier, Uzbekistan has now 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 could use fouls to intercept, but the referee didn't dare to do it too blatantly. Besides, the Chinese team didn't intend to beat Qatar. Qatar still had a chance to qualify, so they didn't do it too much.

In the end, the Chinese team tied 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 traveled through time, when he was still an ordinary Chinese fan. When the Chinese team performed well, he would be very excited in front of the TV and grit his teeth and shout "Pio Liang!"

This time was no exception.

He was not only happy for the performance of the Chinese team, but he was more happy because it proved that his efforts were useful.

After receiving high-level training at the Formello training base and playing against high-level opponents, the level of the Chinese team has improved. The effect is obvious.

The passing and controlling ability shown by the Chinese team in this game is very different from the Chinese team in his memory.

If the Chinese team continues to stick to this style, there is still hope.

The physical fitness of the yellow people is not as good as that of the white and black people, so this tactic that emphasizes passing may be more suitable for the Chinese team.

The Japanese learn from Brazil, and South Korea learns from Germany, so why can't we Chinese learn from Spain?

Changsheng thought so.

He was very happy that the performance of the Chinese team proved his idea.

Now no matter what the results of the Chinese team are, he plans to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with the Chinese team.

He wants to use his own methods to help the Chinese team.

This is his battle.

Let him be the head coach of the national team, the effect may not be so good.

Now he is in a superior position, but he can do something.

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After the game. Changsheng sent a text message to Gao Hongbo, congratulating him on the team's performance, but also reminded him to be careful of the last group stage opponent.

Don't think that Uzbekistan is not a threat because it has qualified in advance.

No one will deliberately admit defeat. And if Ukraine loses to the Chinese team in the last round, they will go from first to second in the group. It is also not conducive to their draw for the quarter-finals. So Uzbekistan will not show mercy.

If they lose to Uzbekistan, Qatar will definitely use the odds to qualify - even if the two games are played at the same time, it is too easy for them to do this. Match-fixing is simply the racial talent of West Asians.

So in order to avoid being eliminated by Qatar in this way, the Chinese team must try their best to win the last game.

After sending a text message, Changsheng turned off the TV and prepared to rest.

There is also the Italian Cup tomorrow.

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In the Italian Cup the next day. Changsheng lined up the D lineup - a few first-team players, plus a large number of reserve and youth team players.

Among these few first-team players, there is David Silva.

This player who just lost the Golden Ball was arranged by Changsheng to start.

Because Changsheng wants to encourage him. Support him.

What David Silva needs now is not rest, but to continue fighting.

Lazio fans also sent comfort to David Silva.

They put up a banner at the Olympic Stadium in Rome:

"David, ignore those idiots from FIFA, in our hearts, you are the Ballon d'Or!"

There was also a Ballon d'Or trophy painted under the banner.

When David Silva came on the field, the stands were filled with shouts.

Every Lazio fan was chanting his name with all their strength.

They shouted: "David. Ballon d'Or! You are the Ballon d'Or, David!"

And David Silva was also very excited.

Losing the Ballon d'Or made him very depressed for a while.

He even had distractions during training.

He felt that his condition might not be enough to cope with the game.

But Changsheng insisted on letting him play, and he was the starter.

Now he suddenly understood why the boss did this.

Amid the enthusiastic cheers of the fans, his wounded heart was being repaired.

He felt that he was full of strength again.

He was only 25 years old, and he still had a long career.

He believed that if he could maintain this state and continue to play under the boss, he would have no shortage of championship honors. Since there would be no shortage of championships, he would always have a chance to win the Ballon d'Or.

So David Silva was in very good condition in this game.

And the biggest difference between him and Messi is that he is not only in good condition himself, but he also drives the whole team to be in good condition.

The commentators kept complaining for David Silva when they were commenting on the game: "Such an excellent player, how can he not deserve the Ballon d'Or? It's just that the Ballon d'Or is not worthy of you, David!"

David Silva is in very good condition, and using him to deal with Genoa is really a bit of a sledgehammer.

Genoa had no chance throughout the game.

Although Lazio only won Genoa 1:0 away in the recent league, the whole Lazio team was not in good condition at that time. After all, they had just finished a vacation, and many people needed to recover from both their physical and mental state.

Now, the Lazio team has recovered, and they are playing at home. With the high-spirited David Silva, it is not a problem to beat 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 gradually moving towards the goal of defending the triple crown - but the players themselves don't know that this goal is still in Changsheng's mind.