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When Gao Zheng arrived in Xi'an, China, Sampdoria also lost 1:2 away to Fiorentina, dropping to tenth in the league ranking.

But it is still quite far from the relegation zone. The three teams in the relegation zone are still in single digits in league points.

Gao Zheng received a warm welcome from the fans at the airport in Xi'an.

When he walked out of the exit, hundreds of fans from all over the country had already gathered in the reception hall outside.

This day is Sunday, many people do not have to go to work.

They gave Gao Zheng warm cheers and applause.

After the last game against Indonesia, Gao Zheng seems to have become a hero in the eyes of Chinese fans.

Just like many years ago, when he won the national best in the Milan Junior Team, the Italian media evaluated him as a player who "can change the future of Chinese football".

It's just that after going around for so many years, it's only now that they are re-matched with such a title, which can only make people more embarrassing.

After the last match between the Chinese team and Indonesia, a football novelist "Lin Hai Tingtao" felt that Gao Zheng and Chinese football had wasted too much time. He believes that if Gao Zheng had not suffered that serious injury and continued to play in his state until now, at least Gao Zheng would not be a budding rookie in the whole of Europe, and the Chinese team should not be absent from the upcoming competition. 2014 Brazil World Cup.

However, his point of view has also been opposed by some netizens. Some people think that the virtues of Chinese football cannot be driven by Gao Zheng alone, and it is impossible for Chinese football to undergo a qualitative change with the addition of Gao Zheng. They even thought that Chinese football would drag Gao Zheng down in turn, worrying that the Football Association would squeeze Gao Zheng like an animal, and even let Gao Zheng fly back from Italy to play some insignificant friendly matches.

Think about how Yang Chen was abolished by Chinese football in Frankfurt? Why didn't Magath use Yang Chen later? Who wants to use a player who has to go back to China to play some irrelevant friendly matches after kicking, so he wastes his physical energy and energy on the journey?

After all, it is the Frankfurt club that pays the wages, and the Chinese Football Association, which does not give a penny, is not polite at all to use Frankfurt players.

Because of all the bad things the Chinese Football Association has done for so many years, it is normal for Chinese fans to have such a mentality towards them.

But whether it is hoping that Gao Zheng will change the future of Chinese football, or pessimistically worrying that Gao Zheng will be abolished by the big dye tank of Chinese football, it is all out of concern for Gao Zheng himself.

It can also reflect Gao Zheng's status in the minds of Chinese fans.

After Gao Zheng arrived in Xi'an to join the national team, every time the national team trained, the outside of the stadium was full of fans, and there were huge crowds of people.

Xi'an fans are well-known for their enthusiasm for football, but there are no top-level professional teams in the local area, and everyone's football enthusiasm has no place to vent. This time, the Chinese team chose Xi'an as their home stadium, hoping to make full use of Xi'an fans The fanaticism creates the best home atmosphere.

Judging from the training, the Xi'an fans did not disappoint the national team.

But Xi'an fans are so enthusiastic, and they put a lot of pressure on the team-in front of such enthusiastic fans, if you can't even win Indonesia, is it justified?

The psychological quality of Chinese players is generally not good enough. Faced with huge pressure, they may really behave abnormally.

Before the game, Fu Bo repeatedly emphasized to his players "don't underestimate the enemy".

Because in the last game, the Chinese team easily defeated Indonesia in an away game, which will definitely lead some people to contempt for the Indonesian opponent, which is terrible.

Even with Gao Zheng, if the other players are not good enough, the game will be difficult to play.

For this reason, Fu Bo also took the match between the Chinese team and the Maldives in the World Cup qualifiers as an example, telling everyone the importance and necessity of not underestimating the enemy.

On April 22, 2001, the Chinese team led by Milutinovic ushered in the first match of the Chinese team in the World Cup in Xi'an. The opponent of the Chinese team is the amateur team Maldives.

Everyone was very optimistic before the game. There was no suspense about the outcome of the game. The suspense was that the Chinese team could win a few goals at home. Some fans simply wrote the score he expected on himself: 18:0.

Others predicted the score would be 20:0.

Although the Chinese team scored three goals in the first half, the fans were not satisfied. There were also some boos. Because in the hearts of Chinese fans, their goals are all 18 goals and 20 goals. Only three goals were scored in the first half. How to achieve the goals of 18 goals and 20 goals?

Not to mention that in the second half, the Maldives took advantage of the inattention of the Chinese team's defense line and took advantage of the only counterattack opportunity in the whole game to break through the Chinese team's goal.

Although the Chinese team defeated the Maldives 10:1 in the end, the conceded goal was like a fishbone stuck in the throats of all Chinese fans.

After the Maldives scored a goal, there were applause and cheers from the Chinese fans. This was not a tribute to the Maldives team from the Chinese fans, but an irony to the poor defense of the Chinese team.

Although the game was won, the performance of the national team after the game has been criticized by fans and the media. Doubts about Milutinovic followed, and some people even called the Serbian old man a "liar".

Some people say that a national team that can be scored by the Maldives has zero hope of hitting the World Cup and is not worthy of appearing in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

Later, the Chinese team challenged the Maldives in an away game and played even more ugly. In the end, they only won 1:0.

Cracks also appeared within the national team. Hao Haidong bombarded Milutinovic in public at the time, questioning his ability as the head coach of the national team. At that time, everyone thought that Milutinovic was going to leave, and the Chinese team would once again be crushed on the road to the World Cup.

But everyone knows the story after that.

Milutinovic and Hao Haidong cleared up their suspicions, and this old man who was once called a "liar" led the Chinese team to enter the World Cup finals for the first time in history.

Back to the match between the Chinese team and the Maldives. Although the Chinese team won both games, they were not satisfactory, and even the dissatisfied people stood in the majority.

Because in many people's minds, given the strength gap between the Maldives and the Chinese team, it is normal for the Chinese team to win, and winning beautifully is everyone's pursuit. As a result, due to pride and underestimation of the enemy, the Chinese team made mistakes in both games.

Now the overall strength of the Chinese team is not as good as that of the Chinese team twelve years ago, and the strength of the opponent Indonesia is also stronger than that of the Maldives. If the Chinese team does not pay attention to the opponent, there will be a feeling of underestimating the enemy. Then once the situation is delayed at home, the enthusiastic support of the home fans will in turn turn into enormous pressure and crush the Chinese team.

This is not alarmist talk. In the past history of the Chinese team, there are countless such examples.

Fu Bo didn't want to ruin the big thing because of such things as pride and underestimation of the enemy when he had a good situation.

So he reiterated that point over and over again.

Seeing the head coach's serious and earnest expression, Gao Zheng stated: "Don't worry, coach, I promise to win the game."

Gao Zheng was not the captain, so he said that a little bit more than his own.

But no one came out to express their dissatisfaction with Gao Zheng.

What is there to be dissatisfied with? He is young and promising, with outstanding strength, and his status is still very detached. He doesn't have to compete with everyone in the country for food. He has won so much respect in Europe by himself... I am dissatisfied with him, and it will not be Gao Zheng's loss to be exposed when the time comes, but dissatisfaction Scandal.

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Before the game, the Chinese team had a pre-match press conference.

This time it was the most popular Gao Zheng who attended with the head coach Fu Bo.

As the head coach of the team, Fu Bo first introduced the team's preparations, and then the press conference entered the part of reporters asking questions.

The first question was for the head coach. After Fu Bo answered two questions, the reporters began to ask Gao Zheng—in fact, they wanted to interview Gao Zheng from the beginning, but considering that Fu Bo was the main They still held back the face and dignity of the coach.

You must know that the biggest player in the national team is Gao Zheng.

After Gao Zheng answered two questions, a male reporter raised his hand: "I am a reporter from Fox Sports, I would like to ask..."

But before he finished speaking, Gao Zheng made a "stop" gesture: "What's your name?"

The male reporter was stunned, and everyone was also stunned. When everyone got up for an interview before, they all introduced themselves as "I am a reporter from a certain unit", and Gao Zheng never asked the person's name, but this time he asked the questioner's name very suddenly.

Some people who knew the identity of the male reporter had realized something, including the reporter himself, so instead of answering Gao Zheng's question, he said, "My name does not affect my work..."

Obviously unwilling to say.

Gao Zheng shook his head: "No, no, your name affects your work very much. I want to confirm, is your name Xu Jiang?"

Faced with Gao Zheng's question, this person remained silent.

But Gao Zheng didn't find anyone to confirm the matter because the other party didn't speak. He turned his head and asked the press officer of the national team: "Mr. Li, is this person Xu Jiang?"

The job of Li Qiang, the press officer of the national team, is to deal with these journalists all day long. He can call and recognize every reporter covering the national team by name, and it is impossible for him to "not know".

Li Qiang hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "He is Xu Jiang."

Then the reporters saw Gao Zheng turned his head, stared at Xu Jiang, and said word by word: "Sorry, I am Chinese, and I don't accept interviews with the Second Devil." The author Lin Hai Tingtao's point of view, if you find that the content violates national laws and conflicts, please delete it, and the position is only committed to providing a healthy and green reading platform.

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