On the training ground of the Chinese team, Sun Pan and Zhou Yi fully demonstrated their friendship in front of the media.

Sun Pan pinched Zhou Yi's neck and shouted: "Damn it! If you win, you will win, and you will whip the corpse!"

Zhou Yi shouted: "I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"

As a result, none of the teammates around came forward to help, and everyone laughed and watched the fun.

This scene fell into the eyes of the reporters, and everyone knew that they were all joking, whether it was the limerick or the neck choking now, it was like this. There was nothing to make a fuss about.

The fact that Sun Pan was able to do such a move also shows that he was not angry at Zhou Yi's limerick. If he was really angry, how could he do such a thing that could give people a handle in public?

This is actually just their daily fight.

At the same time, this detail also shows that the atmosphere inside the national team is very relaxed now - players can watch jokes, and can play so relaxedly, without factional disputes, so the atmosphere is of course good.

This atmosphere made Chinese media and fans very happy. Since Gao Hongbo came to power and cleaned up the original old players within the team, he has quickly cleared up all the original factions. And the newly joined players, of course, the one who has the most strength to form the faction is the overseas returnees.

The five of them have a good relationship and like to play together. It is no problem to say that they are a small group.

But this small group did not overtake the head coach, nor did it mean to control the locker room. They had a lot of fun together and didn't mind playing with others.

Therefore, such a small team cannot rely on the definition of "ball dominance".

What everyone hopes most now is that this harmonious and loving atmosphere can last until next year's World Cup. This is the second time that the Chinese national men's football team has participated in the World Cup. The first time is a shameful memory for many people. Many people have given up Chinese football since then.

And this time, of course, everyone has reason and should give them more hope.

I hope this national team can achieve some historic breakthroughs in Brazil. They don’t expect the team to win the World Cup, which is too arrogant and arrogant. They think that if the Chinese team can enter the knockout stage, it will be enough for them to be happy for a whole year. If they can go further in the knockout stage and reach the quarterfinals, it will be "one of the best memories of their lives" of fans.

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The opponents of the Chinese team in the two warm-up matches were Southeast Asian teams. They played first with Singapore in Tianjin on September 6, and on September 10, they were also in Tianjin, so their opponents were replaced by Malaysia.

Because the World Cup qualifiers around the world are not over yet, it is still uncertain which teams can enter the final round. The results of the World Cup group draw are even more undecided, so the Chinese team is now unable to make a warm-up choice for the opponents they meet in the World Cup.

This time, the national team training and warm-up mainly regroups the team after the World Cup qualifiers, and lets the team find their feelings and slowly enter the pace of World Cup preparation.

Therefore, although it was a very ordinary two warm-up match and the opponent was not strong, it still attracted the attention of the national media and fans.

Because this means that the Chinese national men's football team has officially started preparations for the 2014 Brazil World Cup.

This is a starting point, and how well the starting point goes will determine the distance of the end point.

In the East Asian Cup, which just ended in July this year, the Chinese team, with domestic players as the team, performed well and won the second place in the East Asian Cup. Like the Japanese team that won the championship, it remained unbeaten in three games. It tied Japan and host South Korea one after another, and defeated Australia in the last game.

Such performance made Chinese media and fans very pleased, because they all knew that they could not always expect overseas returnees in the World Cup, and domestic Chinese players should also be used as a powerful supplement to be able to stand up at critical moments. The performance of the national team in the East Asian Cup has given everyone such hope.

In fact, at this time in previous years, the Chinese team was not like this at all.

If there is no World Cup qualifier to play, not only the East Asian Cup is an important game, but the Asian Cup qualifiers are also, and their importance is even orders of magnitude greater than the East Asian Cup.

This year, the Chinese team does not even have the Asian Cup qualifiers to play. Otherwise, in October and October this year, the last three games of the Chinese team will be all the Asian Cup qualifiers.

Then why can't there be no Asian Cup to play? Are you not qualified to participate in the Asian Cup?

Of course not.

This starts with the unique rules of the Asian Cup qualifiers...

According to the rules for the 2015 Australian Asian Cup qualifiers set by the AFC.

The qualifiers are divided into five groups, the top two in each group and the third in the group with the best performance in all groups, and the right to qualify, and then together with host Australia, the top three in the last Asian Cup, North Korea, the 2012 Asian Challenge Cup champion and the 2014 Asian Challenge Cup champion (to be decided), they form sixteen teams participating in the Asian Cup final circle.

Some people may say, don’t bully us math is not good... No matter how many of these numbers are, it’s not sixteen teams - eleven teams came out in the group stage, plus twelve hosts, and the top three in the last Asian Cup, there are only fifteen teams, plus the two Asian Challenge Cup champions, aren’t that seventeen teams?

In fact, this is the case. Among the top three in the last Asian Cup, Australia ranked third in the host of this Asian Cup, so it overlapped, so there were exactly sixteen teams.

Because the Chinese team is the second place in the last Asian Cup, they don’t have to participate in the qualifiers and directly qualified to advance to the Asian Cup finals.

So they can use the match days of participating in the Asian Cup qualifiers to arrange warm-up matches before the World Cup.

This time, we must learn from the lessons learned from the messy warm-up match schedule before the last time we participated in the World Cup.

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On the first day of the Chinese team training, Gao Hongbo led the entire coaching staff to deliver a brief but solemn and serious speech to the players.

"...I know that many people must have lived a good life in the past summer. Qualifying for the World Cup has allowed everyone to make a lot of money."

Some of the players lowered their heads and laughed.

After the World Cup, almost all players from all national teams, even substitutes, received advertising sponsorship contracts, with more main players and few substitutes.

It feels like "one person can attain enlightenment, and a chicken and a dog can ascend to heaven."

"But have any of you seen my ads on the TV?"

The players looked at each other and thought about it carefully. They really didn't see any advertisements for coach Gao taking on or becoming the spokesperson for the product...

"It's not that I don't want to make money, I just know what a more important task is. I became your head coach. The goal I set was to lead the Chinese team to the World Cup. But it's not just as simple as getting the right to qualify for the World Cup. I hope we can achieve a historic breakthrough in Chinese football in the World Cup. I know it's difficult, so I have to take this matter harder and seriously. Please remember that our goal is not to get the right to participate in the World Cup, but to perform better in the World Cup. For this reason, I hope that from now on, each of you will realize this. If you can't recognize it, it doesn't matter if you don't have this determination. We still have half a year to change people in this process. No one can guarantee that you can perform well in the World Cup qualifiers and you will definitely be able to participate in the World Cup finals!"

Gao Hongbo said this with a stern face, with a very serious expression and a heavy tone. Many people in the national team put away their joking hearts, and their expressions became tense.

Leading the Chinese team to the Asian Cup runner-up and the World Cup qualifying rights, Gao Hongbo has accumulated a lot of prestige in this team. Few people dare not ignore what he said.

And more importantly, such a head coach has won the support of core players of the national team.

Zhou Yi is definitely on Gao Hongbo's side.

"I used to think that I had a vacation for everyone. Some players from the East Asian Cup were recruited to the team later. I know you are very tired and busy. But from now on, each of you has to prepare for me in the World Cup!"

After saying that, he waved his hand back, and assistant coach Fu Bo stood a countdown sign on the side of the training ground, which read: "There are 283 days left before the opening of the 2014 Brazil World Cup!"

Zhou Yi, the only one who has been to high school, suddenly felt like the college entrance examination was approaching...

"There are two hundred and eighty-three days left! Those who can't keep up with the rhythm will be eliminated! You all know who I am. I don't know how to talk about favors and don't care who has face. Moreover, the leaders of the Football Association and the General Administration also gave strong support. The affairs of our national team are very simple this time! There are only six words!"
Chapter completed!