2 balls?

Of course it’s not enough!

The Chinese team defeated Ghana 7-0.

If you really want to qualify second in the group, your goal difference must not exceed Sweden.

So when the game ended with 10 minutes left, the Chinese team deliberately gave their opponents a loophole.

In the end, the Chinese team lost to Australia in the group match with a score of 0-4.

On the other side, the Swedish team also defeated Ghana 4-0, overtaking the Chinese team with a slight goal difference and ranking first in Group C.

After the battle with Australia, the Chinese team rushed back to San Jose without stopping the next day.

The flight took nearly 4 hours to arrive in Denver. After staying at the airport for an hour, I transferred and continued flying west for 3 hours, arriving in San Jose in the middle of the night.

Such a schedule made Zeng Zheng scold his mother all the way.

The first two games of the group stage are on the West Coast, and the third game is on the East Coast.

Now that we have advanced to the quarterfinals, we have to return to the West Coast to compete.

If they win this game and advance to the semi-finals, the Chinese team will have to go to Boston on the east coast.

Who wouldn't be angry if I left him alone?

The most annoying thing is that the finals are held in Los Angeles.

This is still a west coast city.

In other words, starting from the second round of the group stage, for every additional game played, the team will have to cross the territory of the United States once.

By the time of the final, the team members had already volleyed across the Dalai Lao Mei 5 times.

Not to mention the competition, normal people can’t stand flying like this continuously!

It was precisely for this reason that Wang Junsheng agreed after carefully considering Zeng Zheng's suggestion.

Although they lost, the players were very optimistic.

We talked and laughed along the way, and when we got tired, we took a nap during the flight.

"Hey, now I can see Coach Xiao Zeng's loud voice! You can hear it clearly even from such a distance."

"Yeah, I usually don't feel much when watching videos of the men's football team's matches. Now when I get to the field and hear Coach Xiao Zeng's arrangements and guidance, I feel a lot more at ease."

"Tell me, is Coach Xiao Zeng some kind of martial arts master? Has he learned about sound transmission from thousands of miles away?"

"If you put it that way, Coach Xiao Zeng practices the Lion's Roar Kung Fu!"

Judging from the emotions and mentality of the team members, they still believe in Zeng Zheng.

At the Denver Airport, Zhang Ouying, a girl from Hebei who scored two goals for Ghana on her first substitute appearance, spoke eloquently during an interview with reporters.

Not only did he not show any regrets about losing, he was also full of confidence in the future games.

When talking about winning the championship, he clenched his fists and expressed that he was ready.

In the waiting hall, five members of the Magic City team, Sun Wen, Pu Wei, Xie Huilin, Wang Jingxia, and Gao Hongxia, gathered around, joking in their hometown dialect while peeking at Zeng Zheng next to Ma Yuanan with their peripheral vision.

bursts of laughter from time to time.

Gao Hong was holding a football and asking the coaches and players to sign it one by one. It was said that he was going to give it to his friends in Dalomei.

Wen Lirong sat quietly aside, seeming to be thinking about something.

Her lover, a reporter from Beijing, also came to Daliao and the United States with the team to cover the Women's World Cup. Unfortunately, by some strange combination of circumstances, he was not on the same flight as the Chinese team.

Wang Junsheng took reporters around and came to Liu Ailing and asked her what she thought of this long trip.

Facing the camera, Liu Ailing replied readily: "The Chinese women's football team has always had a hard-working spirit. Regarding this training-style competition system, the first thing we are not afraid of, the second thing is to adapt..."

When we arrived in San Jose, the sky was already filled with stars.

The team members quickly boarded the reserved bus and headed to the Holiday Inn where they were staying.

...

After all, paper cannot cover fire.

News of the women's football team's third disastrous defeat spread back to China, and public opinion was in an uproar.

Why was it that the first two games were good, but the gap in the third game was so big?

It's not just about losing.

He even finished first in the group.

For a time, the fans were roaring with anger.

Of course, all the fingers are pointed at Ma Yuanan.

He believes that it was because of his extensive rotation system in the last game that the women's football team lost.

Under such great pressure, Ma Yuanan could only place her last hope on Zeng Zheng.

"Xiao Zeng, do you have any clever ideas to defeat the enemy?"

"We have no way out now!"

"To reach this point, we must defeat Norway and get close to the semi-finals!"

After all, the women's football game is not as popular as the men's football game.

Since it almost coincides with the qualifying rounds of the National Olympics, not many reporters came to the United States to cover this time, but many big names in the journalistic field came with the team.

After flying back to San Jose, these reporters chased Ma Yuanan for interviews every day, asking him whether he lost the game on purpose, whether he deliberately wanted to meet Norway, and whether he had a deeper plan.

In fact, he accepted Zeng Zheng's suggestion to rotate the main players significantly in the third group match to preserve the physical strength of the main players.

But I never thought that Sweden would really work hard and win the first place in the group.

According to his previous thinking, even if he loses two or three goals to Australia, he will not lose his status as the top player in the group.

Then Norway will also avoid it, and Wang Junsheng and Zeng Zheng will not be offended. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?

But he never expected that in the last ten minutes of the game, the players conceded another goal.

And according to the casual chat among the team members, it was learned that this was an order issued by Zeng Zheng on the spot.

Regarding this, Ma Yuanan's mind was filled with questions.

At that time, Zeng Zheng was disguised and sitting not far from him, and he didn't even see him come to the sidelines and give instructions loudly!

Why do all the players say they conceded the last goal after receiving his instructions?

Since he couldn't understand, Ma Yuanan could only guess that Zeng Zheng had made an agreement with these women's football girls in advance.

Ma Yuanan was still angry about Zeng Zheng's practice of arranging tactics for the players without authorization, bypassing him as the head coach.

But now is a special moment after all. Zeng Zheng is a famous figure in bamboo shoes, and he has the support of Wang Junsheng and others behind him. Obviously, he can't fall out with Zeng Zheng at this moment.

After thinking for a long time, Ma Yuanan simply slapped his thigh.

As long as the team can win, he doesn't care about anything.

But if he loses, he doesn't mind jumping out and adding insult to injury when Zeng Zheng and Wang Junsheng are "in trouble".

"The Norwegian team is not terrible." Zeng Zheng gave Ma Yuanan reassurance as soon as he spoke.

"We have gone back and forth so many times, but they haven't gotten any better."

"And they fought hard to win the three games. In terms of physical reserves and strategic planning, we have the advantage."

"I don't think the Norwegian team expected that they would meet us so soon!"

...

That night, Zeng Zheng was invited to give an explanation class to all the women's football players.

"I believe everyone has known for a long time that if we want to reach the finals, the Norwegian team is our biggest enemy in the second half."

"I believe everyone has watched the highlights of their first three games. Anyway, I watched them back and forth seven or eight times, and I already have a clear idea of ​​their abilities and characteristics."

Hearing this, many girls in the audience took out paper and pens, stared at Zeng Zheng with bright eyes, and prepared to record.

Seeing this scene, Zeng Zheng couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Look at the serious attitude of the women's football team.

This time when I return to China, no matter what, I have to teach those guys from the National Olympics an ideological and political lesson.

"As far as I'm concerned, Norway is the team that plays the most like men's football among all participating teams."

"When they attack, they pass the ball long and hit the ball a lot, and they shoot a lot from long range outside the penalty area."

"The most important thing is that both Norwegian forwards are players with height and impact."

"This is very detrimental to us!"

"Our two central defenders, Sister Wen and Sister Fan, have rich experience and good adaptability, but high-altitude balls are always a weakness."

"So in the next quarter-finals, we must be prepared for the opponent's 'upper three' on the defensive end."

Zeng Zheng's meticulous speech attracted everyone's nods.
To be continued...