On the afternoon of June 11, the Chinese national team was stationed in the Brazil World Cup base.

According to the pre-match arrangement, the Chinese base was opened regularly today, from afternoon to 20:00 pm, which attracted more than 200 media reporters from all over the world to attend, making this remote town in Sao Paulo suddenly become extremely lively.

Especially the regular press conference after evening training, the press conference hall that could only accommodate 150 people on site, but more than 300 media broke into the scene, which immediately blocked the scene.

They have the most Chinese media reporters from Europe, America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and even the broadcasting car from the state TV station directly drove to the training base and broadcast the press conference live.

Captain Zheng Zhihe top star Yang Yang, as the player representative, accompanied head coach Queros to attend the press conference.

When the media reporters from afar saw Yang Yang coming out, there was a burst of warm applause from the audience, and many media were excited because this means that the debate on whether Yang Yang would miss the World Cup like Falcao, which has been worried about for a long time, can be completely over.

The entire press conference was almost revolved around Yang Yang, and more than 300 media outlets from all over the world came for Yang Yang. What they were most concerned about was Yang Yang's left shoulder injury.

Head coach Queros said on behalf of the team that Yang Yang's left shoulder injury is no longer a serious problem and he can participate in the game at any time.

"In fact, he had already received a clearance when we played the last warm-up match a week ago, but we chose to let him rest for peace of mind because his physical fitness was still a little problem."

Queiroz said, "I'm very happy to hear this because he is our most important player, we all need him, and we need him to lead our team to every game in the World Cup, and we are eager to play more games here."

If you want to play more games, you naturally need to continue to advance.

The captain of the national team, Zheng Zhi, explained the current situation of the team on behalf of the national team. Regarding the outside world's concerns, the performance of the three warm-up matches was not particularly good, and Zheng Zhi said it was not a problem.

"In fact, our opponents in the three warm-up matches are very strong, and Costa Rica even participated in the finals of this World Cup. Such an opponent is equivalent to a preview, helping us familiarize ourselves with the rhythm and intensity of the World Cup in advance."

Zheng Zhi said that many people saw a draw of 0 to 0 in two games, but what the Chinese national football team saw was a three-game unbeaten with one win and two draws. "We have a very clear mindset. Compared with other teams in the World Cup, we have no strength advantages, so we need to put ourselves in the position of a weak person, and we need stability and defense."

"While we were unbeaten in three games, we didn't lose a single goal, which was undoubtedly very difficult, but I'm glad we did."

Zheng Zhi's answer also won a burst of applause from the audience, especially the Chinese media.

Domestic fans have high expectations for this national team. The top leader happened to visit Brazil as planned. Although he received an invitation from the Brazilian president to attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup, the leader did not attend the opening ceremony, but would appear in China's first group match.

It is also the most critical game, which is the game against Côte d'Ivoire.

Colombia is extremely strong, and Côte d'Ivoire and Greece are close to the Chinese team. Everyone believes that if the Chinese team wants to qualify from the group stage, they must grab at least four points from Côte d'Ivoire and Greece.

It's hard, but it has to be done.

The Supreme Leader came to the stage to watch the game in person, which undoubtedly greatly improved the morale of the national team players. Therefore, in recent times, the national team's training atmosphere and enthusiasm for the game have been high, and everyone is actively adjusting their status and physical fitness.

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The focus of the press conference is still on Yang Yang.

Media reporters recounted some previous interviews with Ivory Coast, such as Côte d'Ivoire's number one star Drogba said, "Our offense is sharper and we are confident that we can go further."

After hearing this, Yang Yang smiled and shook his head and said, "He always says that."

Everyone was also funny. Yang Yang and Drogba had competed in the Premier League. They were familiar with each other and had a good relationship. Drogba's words were obviously cheering for himself and his teammates, because the Chinese team has Yang Yang, the world's number one scorer.

Ivory Coast is sure their offense can be sharper than the Chinese team?

Yang Yang said that Côte d'Ivoire is a very difficult opponent.

"I know, many people will say that their results in the past two World Cups were not very ideal, but don't forget that in the past two World Cups, they first had a group with Argentina and the Netherlands, and Brazil and Portugal. They encountered strong opponents in both sessions."

"I know Drogba, Yaya Toure and Kloe Toure, they are all very powerful players, and this may be their last World Cup. They are eager to leave something for their country, so they will work harder."

"From a spiritual perspective, I think we need to invest more concentration and energy than Ivory Coast. From a technical and tactical perspective, I think we should try to freeze Drogba and suppress Yaya Toure in the midfield. Don't give him any freedom. I know him too much."

In an interview with the media, Yaya Toure said that Yang Yang was his leader during the Ajax era. He respected Yang Yang very much throughout his life. Now, Yang Yang has also affirmed Yaya Toure's strength through these words.

Overall, Yang Yang feels that the Chinese team still needs to be based on defense.

"Defensive counterattack is our magic weapon to defeat our opponents."

Yang Yang was not willing to speculate on the final result at first, but he could not withstand repeated inquiries from the media. He believed that one to zero would be a more reasonable result.

"Of course, we will definitely score the goal!" Yang Yang laughed.

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Regardless of whether you show weakness before the game or be high-profile, no matter how strong the opponent is, the national team's preparations are still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Within the national team, most people are currently more pragmatic, and many players are veterans who have experienced two World Cup training and are rich in experience. It is clear that on this stage, the Chinese team is in.

Strive to qualify in the group, this is the top priority of the Chinese team at present.

If you want to qualify from the group, then the game against Côte d'Ivoire will be very important and will even change the situation, because the African team is the most direct competitor on the Chinese team's qualifying path.

In the warm-up match, the Chinese team's performance cannot be considered bad, but it is not good either. Queiroz is mainly adjusting his defense.

After coming to Brazil, the national team began to invest in their final preparations, with the focus on studying opponents, especially Côte d'Ivoire.

The personal technical characteristics of Drogba and Gervinho and others were even edited by the national team into videos and slow-motion short films, and placed them in team meetings for very detailed research and analysis, and then conducted targeted drills during training.

Regarding Côte d'Ivoire, Queros highlighted one point, that is, the core role of Yaya Toure in the midfield, the speed of Drogba, Gervinho and Karau.

"In Côte d'Ivoire's tactics, they often return to the organization after the frontcourt offense is frustrated, but at this time, their frontcourt offensive players often use their speed to suddenly accelerate forward and then directly hit the defense line through long passes in the backcourt, which is very dangerous."

Queiros has a rich coaching experience and has a deep research on Côte d'Ivoire. He reminded players that they must always be sober and rational, and at the same time pay attention to their opponents. It is best not to let them get the ball near the penalty area.

Once Ivory Coast strikes back, the whole team must press close to each other, maintain the pressure on the Ivory Coast players, and strive to grab the ball again in the shortest time.

Not only that, in this game between China and Côte d'Ivoire, the referee was Enrique Osses from Chile. He is a well-known card-finding maniac. This is not good for the Chinese team, which is weak and mainly defending. Queiros repeatedly reminds players to be careful and avoid winning cards.

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When the Chinese team was making a intensive final preparation, the four-year World Cup finally ignited the war.

In the opening match, Yang Yang's old friend Marcelo scored the first goal of the World Cup, but unfortunately, it was an own goal, but the host Brazil still reversed Croatia three-to-one with Neymar's second goal and Oscar's goal, winning the first victory in the opening match.

Mexico then defeated Cameroon by Peralta's goal.

The real upset was the second day. The strong dialogue between the Netherlands and Spain finally turned into a one-sided massacre. Although Xavi Alonso scored the first record for Spain, Van Persie and Robben then scored twice, De Vry scored a goal, and finally reversed Spain by 5-1.

This battle shocked the whole world. Van Gaal's team almost perfectly frozen Spain, and the three-guard style also made the Dutch team's performance eye-catching.

Chile defeated his opponent three-to-zero in the duel against the Asian team Australia. Barcelona star Sanchez, who is currently in the midst of transfer doubts, scored the first goal and performed well.

Ronaldo, who is in the Chinese team, also followed closely to ignite the war. Colombia defeated Greece 3-0 in the first game, and James Rodriguez shone and became famous in one game.

This Colombian midfielder who transferred to Monaco for a sky-high price of 40 million euros, led Colombia to defeat his opponent in this game, won a complete victory, and also replaced Falcao's role and position in the team.

After this battle, James Rodriguez became the first star in the World Cup to attract strong attention.
Chapter completed!