Although the German team equalized the score five minutes after the Chinese team scored a goal, the Chinese fans did not boo the Chinese team that lost the ball this time, although they also felt a pity - if they could lead the German team for a while and force the German team to use all their abilities, how good would it be... The Chinese team did not boo, because after the game began, the Chinese team's performance was the good of all of them, constantly attacking and moving forward, which made people shine.

After conceding the ball, the Chinese team's players were not as at a loss as in previous games. They looked around in a daze on the court and were no longer active in running. On the contrary, under the leadership of Chu Zhongtian, the Chinese team continued to launch an offensive towards the German team's hinterland, without any fear of fear.

Because the Chinese team has such a performance, most people originally watched the German team perform, but now they are starting to cheer for their national team. Every attack of the Chinese team can arouse their cheers, even if this attack did not result in a goal, it did not even threaten the German team's goal. But the fans don't care so much, they just want to see an aggressive, instead of hudding in the backcourt and kicking forward when they are tired of the downwards, calling it a "long pass" football. This Chinese team will give people a bright feeling tonight.

According to the original plan, Chu Zhongtian only had 45 minutes of chance. But his performance was really good. In this team with him as the core, he was as free as a fish in water, running freely throughout the game, connecting the team's offense and defense. His wonderful pass made his teammates achieve half the result with twice the effort.

The commentator couldn't help but admire that Chu Zhongtian, wearing the Chinese team jersey, finally allowed people to see the shadow of Chu Zhongtian in Hoffenheim.

Gao Hongbo changed his mind temporarily when he saw Chu Zhongtian's outstanding performance. He did not replace Chu Zhongtian during the half-time break, but asked him to continue playing in the second half. After fifteen minutes of the half-time break, the fans saw Chu Zhongtian continue to appear on the court and all cheered. They didn't care at all that they had complained that Gao Hongbo was inhumane and inhumane to let Chu Zhongtian, who had just finished the season, return to China to participate in the competition. Now they just want to see Chu Zhongtian's wonderful performance on the spot.

Zheng Zhi was not replaced until the 63rd minute. The person who replaced it was not Chu Zhongtian, but Wang Xinxin. This substitution actually shows that they decided to win and lose in the invisible competition between Chu Zhongtian and Zheng Zhi. In the heart of Gao Hongbo, the new head coach, he was already inclined to let Chu Zhongtian be the captain of this new national team.

Chu Zhongtian played until the 76th minute before being substituted. Gao Hongbo still considered Chu Zhongtian's physical condition and dared not let him play the whole game.

When he was about to leave, Chu Zhongtian received applause and cheers from all the fans. Before he left the field, he ran to Zheng Zhi specifically and handed the armband to Zheng Zhi. Then he patted Zheng Zhi on the shoulder and ran off the field.

Zheng Zhi held the captain's armband in his hand, and did not put it on his arm immediately, but looked at Chu Zhongtian's back. This man was enjoying the cheers and thunderous applause from the fans of the audience. He was obviously the most dazzling star in this game, and even overshadowed the limelight of those in the German team.

There was a sudden feeling in his heart that the era of his own national team has passed. After the new head coach came on stage, everything was slowly changing.

Chu Zhongtian walked to the sidelines and slapped the high-high with Yu Hanchao who replaced him, then raised his hands to applaud and thanked him.

His debut in Gao Hongbo's new national football team ended like this, and after both sides scored one goal in the first ten minutes of the game, they did not score any more goals. Although both sides got some opportunities.

At the press conference after the game, the media's focus was Chu Zhongtian. The Chinese media obviously wanted to hear how the coaches of both sides evaluated the player with the most dazzling performance in this game.

Gao Hongbo did not have many comments on Chu Zhongtian. He obviously did not want everyone to focus on one person. He repeatedly emphasized that the team is a whole, and everyone performed well. The results and process of this game were very satisfying. Of course, Chu Zhongtian performed so well that he could not say nothing.

"Chu Zhongtian is a very outstanding player, and I am very happy with his performance."

"Coach Gao, will he become the core figure of the new national football team?" A reporter asked a topic that everyone is concerned about but is also a bit sensitive at the same time.

Gao Hongbo did not directly answer this question: "The national team is still in the stage of inspecting players. Next, I will inspect a large number of new players. For a period of time, the national team's lineup and tactics will not be fixed..."

Lof didn't have so much worries, and he didn't have to consider maintaining the atmosphere and unity of the Chinese team's locker room, so he said it more directly: "Chu left a deep impression on me when he was in the Bundesliga. This is even more so in this game. You have a very outstanding player..."

Lov kept praising Chu Zhongtian, which made the Chinese media feel extremely comfortable. Few people praised a Chinese player so explicitly, let alone his praise was reasonable and well-founded. He did not say so to give the host face.

In many cases, Chinese people actually have inferiority complex. When others praise themselves, they always think that others say so just to give face, but in fact they are just perfunctory. But no one thinks that way in Chu Zhongtian. He just won the Bundesliga championship, and now the admiration of him by Chinese people is at its peak.

The next day, major Chinese media reported on this game in a focused area. It was just a warm-up match, and everyone did not intend to pay too much attention, but they did not expect that the Chinese team's performance in this game was not bad. In addition, Chu Zhongtian's performance was too dazzling. If the media did not follow up and pay attention, they would definitely be scolded to death by readers and audiences.

Therefore, Chu Zhongtian was almost confirmed as the new core of the Chinese team in the media's follow-up hype.

As for the fact that the German team did not make a full effort, everyone naturally ignored it in their excitement. Anyway, what they care about is not the score of 1:1 against the German team, but Chu Zhongtian's outstanding performance, which made people see hope.

Chu Zhongtian himself was not interested in the hype of these media.

But after this game, his status in the national team has obviously improved.

Moreover, for the current national football team, Chu Zhongtian is somewhat older. Even if he is senior, he is the kind of big brother in the national team, even though he is not old. In fact, seniority does not depend on age. With the support of the head coach, with the honors he won in playing football in Europe and the good relationship with world-class stars, there will definitely be admirers in the national team. Then, he will form a group of people in the team, even if he wants to be a football boss, it is not impossible... When Chu Zhongtian first joined the team, he was a newcomer and had to be low-key, worried about being beaten. Now he is an old player, and being beaten is not what he is worried about being beaten by others. However, others may have to worry about offending him and being beaten by him - although he may not necessarily do this, outsiders always worry.

Even if there are players who are more qualified than Chu Zhongtian, they may not be able to gain any advantage from Chu Zhongtian. After all, Chu Zhongtian is now popular and older than him, which means they are outdated. For example, the players of Li Weifeng's generation are basically veterans of various clubs. Their careers are on the decline, and the national team has become marginal figures.

It's really a generation of new players to replace old people. The ball domineering ball dominances that were rampant at the time are now retreating, and the new generation of "ball dominant ball dominance" is gradually taking shape... Chu Zhongtian does not want to be a ball dominant, but in order to protect himself, he must be stronger. Therefore, in the training and competitions of the national team, he always has to give orders so that everyone knows that he has the final say now.

The friendly match with the German team has further consolidated everyone's impression of him. His performance is so outstanding. Judging from the time and candidates for Zheng Zhi, everyone knows who is more favored in the new head coach. Since there is the support of the head coach, it is obviously unwise to go against him. The reason why Zheng Zhi was so valued in the last national team is because Zhu Suishun liked him. When he was in the Shenzhen team, Zhu Suishun was Zheng Zhi's mentor. The two knew each other and cooperated with each other. When they arrived at the national team, Zhu Suishun naturally wanted to support his proud disciples.

Chu Zhongtian is not Gao Hongbo's direct line. The two had no contact at all before. He was valued for his performance. He deserved such attention.

※※※The media ignored Chu Zhongtian's almost stingy hype and other things. After playing against the German team, Chu Zhongtian followed the team to Qinhuangdao. On June 1, the Chinese team will face Iran there, which is their second warm-up opponent.

This is also Chu Zhongtian's last game in the new national football team, because he has communicated with Gao Hongbo, and after this game, he will leave the team to the United States. Gao Hongbo happened to have this intention, because since he is a newcomer to the national football team, he cannot always have a fixed lineup. What's more, he also wants to see what the new national football team can perform without Chu Zhongtian. After all, Chu Zhongtian plays in Hoffenheim, and the time of the European League and domestic leagues is different. It is impossible for him to travel all the way back to participate in any game.

So Gao Hongbo also agreed to Chu Zhongtian not to play the last game against Saudi Arabia.

Unlike the German team's perfunctory attitude, this warm-up match with Iran is definitely valuable. Because Iran has to prepare for the weekend's top ten Asian qualifiers with North Korea's South Africa World Cup, this is Iran's last try. The entire Iranian team attaches great importance to it, so in order to prepare for North Korea, the Chinese team was used as an imaginary enemy similar to North Korea. Since this game is to prepare for North Korea's Reshan, Iran will not be able to do it perfunctorily.

So this game is actually the first touchstone to test the quality of Gao Hongbo’s new national football team.

The Iranian team has always been the nemesis of the Chinese team. The two Chinese and Iran teams have played 18 times in international A-level events. The Chinese team is at an absolute disadvantage with three wins, five draws and ten losses. In this way, there are actually quite a lot of nemesis of the Chinese team... Iran, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq... It seems that if you want to find a team that is not a nemesis from Asia, you can only look at South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Gao Hongbo used a large number of new players in this game. Compared with the last match against Germany, there were only three Chinese teams in the starting lineup - central defender Feng Xiaoting, forward Gao Lin, and midfielder Chu Zhongtian. Iran has basically sent all the main players, with Hashmian and Madawikia starting.

This game was very difficult, but the Chinese team still showed the momentum of pursuing attack.

In the end, they defeated Iran 1-0 at home with a goal from Gao Lin. This was Gao Hongbo's first victory in the new national football team, and his opponent was Iran, which made this victory look very important.

Chu Zhongtian was replaced after playing half of this game. But he still showed superior leadership. The goal Gao Lin scored was from Chu Zhongtian's free kick in the frontcourt and was knocked down by an Iranian player.

After the game, Chu Zhongtian's performance naturally received praise and praise from domestic media.

Chu Zhongtian paid great attention to uniting the masses. Being a captain abroad let him know that it is not enough to take credit for himself. So in an interview, he mentioned his teammates' outstanding performance many times. But before he knew it, he couldn't help but show his big brother's style in his words - Big Brother Chu Zhongtian is not old, but this is not the first time he has done it. At Metz, among a group of Chinese young players, he had the big brother's style. Although he now has such temperament.

When he was interviewed, he always praised his teammates, but when he heard his words, it always made people feel that the tone of the big brother supporting the younger generation... But that's right, this national team is basically full of new players, and there are very few real old international players. Chu Zhongtian can be considered an old qualification. In the game against Iran, the starting goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, defender Rong Hao, He Yang, midfielder Yang Hao and forward Cao Tianbao were all playing for the national team for the first time.

They are real newcomers, and they have to be respectful when they meet Chu Zhongtian in the team. However, Chu Zhongtian is not arrogant, and soon everyone gets together. The atmosphere of the national team has indeed improved a little compared to before. Perhaps it is because the new coach and businessman, everyone seems to leave a good impression on the head coach?

But no matter what, it is true that the national team's performance is better than before.

※※※ On the night of the game on June 1st, Chu Zhongtian said goodbye to the team and went to Beijing from Qinhuangdao with Emily. They will rest in Beijing for a day and then take a plane to Los Angeles.

Seeing Chu Zhongtian and his Hollywood movie star girlfriend leave in the car of agent Xu Xiaodi in the hotel, the international players were envious.

"This is the real big shot..." The young new international players who came down to see Chu Zhongtian off gathered together and shook their heads and sighed.

"It's so stylish!"

"Hollywood movie star...I've seen her movies and it's really beautiful!"

"I really envy Chu Da..."

"Chu Da" is a kind of intimate title for young new international players to Chu Zhongtian. It not only seems intimate, but also reflects a certain degree of identity surprise. Chu Zhongtian himself did not express any objection, so this title spread within the national team.

"It's great to play football abroad... Damn! I'm going to play football abroad too!"

"Haha! You? Stop kidding! Do you think it's so easy to go abroad? If it's so easy, I'll go long ago...grandma's!"

"Cough cough..." Someone saw Zheng Zhi coming over and coughed a few times, so everyone stopped discussing playing football abroad. Zheng Zhi also played football abroad, but his achievements were completely different from Chu Zhongtian. Everyone was so happy to discuss playing football abroad, afraid of irritating this international player who is also a senior.

It was not until Chu Zhongtian's taillights disappeared into the vast night that they walked back to the elevator with envy.

※※※Chu Zhongtian didn't know how his new national teammates envied and talked about him behind his back. He was enjoying the world of two people with Emily at this time... As for Xu Xiaodi who was driving in front, he and Emily were completely treated as air by him.

Xu Xiaodi glanced at the two lovers who were kissing through the rearview mirror and thought to herself: This person has been abroad for a long time and has become open-minded... I said you two really treat me as air?

Obviously, that's what the two of them thought. So Xu Xiaodi could only complain a few times in her stomach, then shifted her gaze away, and tried to treat the two people sitting behind as air and concentrate on driving. He was going to drive at night and didn't dare to be distracted.

※※The next day, Chu Zhongtian and Emily were having fun in Beijing. They were recognized while playing in the Forbidden City, which caused a small commotion. Emily is a Hollywood movie star. In recent years, she has acted in many movies and has long been a first-line actress known to Chinese audiences. Chu Zhongtian just performed well in two national team games and is very popular. These two people appeared in public, so there will naturally be star-chasers.

After meeting the fans' requirements, the two continued to play in the Forbidden City.

At this time, Chu Zhongtian's agent Xu Xiaodi booked a flight ticket from Beijing to Los Angeles the next day for the two. After today, they were going to the United States to check out the business there, meet Emily's mother, and reunite with their parents.

The team will gather on June 29th, but his holiday is not long.

However, as a professional player, he has long been used to such busy holidays. He doesn't feel anything wrong, but it's very fulfilling. Chu Zhongtian is only twenty-five years old, young and energetic, and feels that he has endless energy all over his body and will not feel tired. He must take this opportunity to start his career, otherwise he will not have the motivation to get old.

After a day of fun, Chu Zhongtian and Emily boarded the plane to Los Angeles and left China. At this time, topics about him were still hotly hyped in China, and his name appeared frequently on the Internet and in the news media.

One day after he left, the Chinese team without him defeated Saudi Arabia with a score of 1:4. Some people said that the Chinese team was finally beaten back to the prototype, some people said that the Chinese team would not be able to lose Chu Zhongtian, and some people said that the first two games were illusions, and the match against Saudi Arabia was the true level of the Chinese team, and this is how the Chinese team should be normal.

However, these things have nothing to do with Chu Zhongtian himself.

He finally met his parents whom he hadn't seen for a long time in the United States, and from now on he has to take a good vacation.
Chapter completed!