Chapter 501 Setting a new record

Most of the candidates on Chen Ran's training list are players trained at the youth training base he established in China.

Among these players, the oldest ones are now only 23 or 24 years old. Although many of them have been sent to various clubs under the Galaxy Football Group by Chen Ran, most of them are just substitutes and can play the main role. Not much.

Chen Ran basically selected the few remaining players from the Shanghai Galaxy Club.

Suddenly, there were overwhelming accusations against Chen Ran for his nepotism.

Fortunately, Chen Ran's qualifications are deep enough, and the championship trophies he has won in top competitions have given him ample confidence.

No one can shake his status in domestic football until his results in leading the team come out.

In fact, Chen Ran doesn't want to take things to such extremes, but as a reborn person, he is very aware of the situation in domestic football.

Many players and coaches are not good at professional skills, but they are better at playing tricks than the other.

Instead of wasting time and energy on those guys, Chen Ran decided to reuse the players he trained.

Although these players do not have rich game experience due to their age, their abilities are still lacking.

But Chen Ran has been recruiting these children for more than ten years and training them independently from the existing domestic football system.

And with the energy of Galaxy Football Group, these children can participate in various youth invitational tournaments every year and compete with outstanding players of the same age from Europe and the United States.

Chen Ran firmly believed that these good seedlings he had carefully cultivated would not let him down.

In view of his own strength, Chen Ran also tailored a set of defensive counterattack tactics for the national football team.

Since most of the current players on the team have been training in the youth training base of the Galaxy Football Group since they were young, it can be said that they are very familiar with Chen Ran's special defensive counterattack tactics.

Therefore, Chen Ran asked the national football team to focus on defensive counterattack tactics without any resistance at all. The players quickly adapted to Chen Ran's requirements.

In the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the national football team was once again placed in the same group with Guam, Maldives, Philippines, and Syria, just like in its previous life.

However, this time it is not as strenuous as in the previous life.

Under the leadership of Chen Ran, the national football team won all eight games, easily ranked first in the group, and successfully advanced to the top 12 in Asia.

In the subsequent drawing ceremony, the national football team was still the same as in the previous life, and was assigned to Group B together with Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Vietnam and Oman.

The schedule is still the same as in the previous life, but now this national football team is completely different from the previous life.

At least 80% of the players on the team never appeared in the previous life. They may not have embarked on the path of football due to various reasons.

Now, these talented players have been discovered and trained by Chen Ran, and they have exploded into amazing combat effectiveness.

On September 2, 2021, in the first match of the top 12, the national football team tied Australia 0:0 away from home;

On September 7, 2021, in the second game, the national football team drew 1:1 with Japan at home;

On October 7, 2021, in the third game, the national football team defeated Vietnam 3:1 at home;

On October 12, 2021, in the fourth game, the national football team tied with Saudi Arabia 2:2 in an away game;

On November 11, 2021, in the fifth game, the national football team defeated Oman 2:1 at home;

On November 16, 2021, in the sixth game, the national football team defeated Australia 2:1 at home;

On January 27, 2022, in the seventh game, the national football team tied Japan 0:0 in the away game;

On February 1, 2022, in the eighth game, the national football team defeated Vietnam 3:1 in the away game;

On March 24, 2022, in the ninth game, the national football team defeated Saudi Arabia 2:1 at home;

On March 29, 2022, in the tenth game, the national football team defeated Oman 2:0 away from home.

Under Chen Ran's careful training, the national football team brought its defensive counterattack tactics to the extreme. In ten games, they had six wins, four draws and 22 points to remain unbeaten.

In the same group, Saudi Arabia ranked second with only 20 points, and Japan was squeezed into third place with only 18 points.

In this way, the national football team and Saudi Arabia grabbed a ticket to directly advance to the Qatar World Cup finals, while Japan could only play in the play-offs with the United Arab Emirates.

After the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, after a lapse of twenty years, the national football team once again entered the World Cup finals, and all Chinese fans suddenly had a collective climax.

"Hahahahaha, I didn't expect that I would be able to see the national football team play in the World Cup in my lifetime. I really will die without regrets!"

"Thank you Chen Ran for allowing us to see the national football team in the World Cup again. We finally fulfilled our wish."

"Those who complain about Chen Ran's nepotism are either stupid or bad. If it weren't for these players who were personally selected and trained by Chen Ran, it would have been impossible for the national football team to get tickets to the World Cup finals."

"That's right. In the field of football, I only obey Chen Ran!"

"Hey, I'm really looking forward to what kind of performance the national football team will have in the World Cup."

"Hahahahaha, don't worry upstairs, with Chen Ran here, the national football team will definitely not lose all three games this time like in 2002."

"I don't have high demands, as long as the national football team can win one game in the group stage."

"Ahem, to be honest, although Chen Ran is here, the strength of our national football team still depends on the final grouping."

"What you said above makes sense. I think it is more realistic to set the goal to score points."

"I'll go! Do you underestimate Chen Ran too much?"

"That is, I believe that Chen Ran will be able to lead the national football team to win the first World Cup match in history!"

Just when fans are looking forward to the national football team being able to score a goal, score a point, and win a game just like they did in 2002, the group draw ceremony for the 2022 Qatar World Cup was held as scheduled.

The National Football Team is in the same group as Argentina, Poland and Mexico. From a strength perspective, no matter which one of these three teams is above the National Football Team.

For a moment, domestic fans fell into depression.

"That's it. I won't mention the defending champion Argentina. No one of us can beat Mexico and Poland alone!"

"Ahem, I also think now that it is more realistic to try to get a point."

"Yes, as long as the national football team does not lose all three games, I can accept any result."

"What's wrong with you guys? Isn't it because your opponent is stronger? We have a champion coach like Chen Ran. We're just scared, so we're done!"

"That's right. What's wrong with being weaker? Since ancient times, there have been countless examples of the weak defeating the strong. What's more, we now have top coach Chen Ran leading the team, so the final result is not certain."

"Well, I hope like what was said above, Chen Ran can lead the national football team to achieve good results this time."

In the first game of the national football group stage, we will face the strongest opponent in this group, the team coached by Chen Ran before, the defending champion Argentina.

Before the game, the Argentine players, headed by Messi, ran to the national football bench to say hello to Chen Ran. The scene was extremely warm.

However, as the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the Argentine players seemed like tigers descending from the mountain and immediately launched a wave of offensive against the national football team's defense.

Fortunately, Chen Ran had already taken precautions, and the National Football Team's iron barrel array was set up to be airtight.

In the end, after ninety minutes of hard work, the national football team unexpectedly tied the defending champion Argentina 0:0 and gained a valuable point.

Subsequently, the national football team drew 0:0 with Poland led by Lewandowski in the second group match and once again scored a point.

In the last group match, the national football team used defensive counterattacks to successfully defeat Mexico 1:0.

As a result, the national football team ranked second in the group with one win, two draws and five points, and joined hands with Argentina, which had two wins and one draw and seven points, to advance to the top 16, setting a new record for Chinese football.

At this time, the whole country of China was boiling.

Regardless of whether they usually watch football games or not, now, 1.4 billion Chinese people have become fans.

However, reality is often so cruel.

Because the national football team advanced to the top 16 as the second place in Group C, all their opponents in the quarter-finals were the first place in Group D, the super strong French team.

Since Chen Ran rejected the French Football Association's invitation before, the current head coach of the French team is still Deschamps.

After losing to the team led by Chen Ran twice in the European Cup final and World Cup final, Chen Ran has now become a thorn in Deschamps' side.

Now facing the national football team led by Chen Ran with a disparity in strength, Deschamps will naturally not let go of this good opportunity for revenge.

Although under the command of Chen Ran, the national football team tried their best and dragged the game into overtime.

However, the French team still relied on Mbappe's goal at the end of overtime to beat the national football team 1:0.

As a result, the national football team stopped in the top 16, and the French team, led by Deschamps, advanced all the way to the finals, and finally defeated the defending champion Argentina in the finals and won the Hercules Cup they dreamed of.

Although the national football team was eliminated early, Chen Ran and his players still received a hero's welcome due to their record-breaking results in the top 16 and their loss to the eventual champion France.

Chen Ran also used his impeccable record to completely consolidate his position in domestic football.

The many football reform measures he formulated have been fully implemented in the country without any obstruction.

It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people.

Chen Ran knows that it is a long process from the time a child is selected and trained until he is able to represent the national team.

The next step is to change the domestic football environment bit by bit through the accumulation of time.

Chen Ran firmly believes that with him in charge, the future will be better, and it will become commonplace for the national football team to reach the World Cup finals.

A few years later, the World Cup championship will no longer be an unattainable dream for the national football team.

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