Li Tie left anyway.

Ladd approved his departure without even asking.

This made Jin and Chi very angry, but they were helpless.

Even when they were angry, they even thought that if they failed in the final because of this, they would have to pay tribute to Zeng Zheng when they went back.

On March 16, the Gold Cup final was played in the rain.

The Colombian team participating this time is not the main lineup of the Colombian national team, but is composed of players from the Olympic team.

Even so, the team also includes famous Colombian striker Aspria and others.

In the previous four games, the performance of most of the main players has not been outstanding, and the opponent's strength is "weak".

Even though it was the final, head coach Luis Garcia still chose to make seven substitute players today in order to train and prepare for the upcoming South American World Cup qualifiers.

On the contrary, the main force of the Chinese team came from afar.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team started a fierce confrontation with the Colombian team.

Without Li Tie to guard the midfield and backcourt, Ladd had to strengthen the fight in the midfield and frontcourt to attack and defend the opponent.

Even though Colombia's personal skills and speed are superior to the Chinese team, due to the fierce pressing of the Chinese team in the midfield, not only did they lose momentum to the Chinese team throughout the game, they even had very few shooting machines.

Not much.

Seeing such a scene, Jin and Chi breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe the local team is not optimistic about this trophy, but the Chinese team who came from afar are eager to take the trophy home.

Of course, in terms of geography, Colombia is actually an invited country.

The championship trophy of this CONCACAF Gold Cup is destined to come from the two invited countries.

The two sides fought for the entire first half, and the turning point of the game came in the last minute of the first half.

Sun Jihai, who plays for Manchester City, took a seemingly mediocre corner kick. Unexpectedly, the ball was bumped by the Colombian defender at the front point and did not go out of the penalty area. Instead, it flew to the back point.

Su Maozhen, who had been waiting here for a long time, flicked the header, and the ball went straight to the base of the post and bounced into the net.

Although Colombian goalkeeper Gomez fished the ball out smoothly, it was too late and the ball had already crossed the goal line.

The Colombian defended Sun Jihai's pass from the right, but ultimately could not escape his set-piece assist.

After the start of the second half, Luis Garcia replaced Boria, who had a weak attack in the first half, with striker Kongo.

Although Boria and Aspuria often made wonderful breakthroughs, the experienced General Fan could always destroy the ball before they shot.

According to the current FIFA world rankings, the Chinese team is ranked 19th, Colombia and Mexico are ranked 24th and 10th respectively.

Therefore, in these two games, Zeng Zheng has not been idle and has been paying attention to the performance of his own players.

From the current point of view, it is not a problem for General Fan to play in the main position for another three to five years!

Zeng Zheng was very happy when he thought of Du Wei, Zhang Yaokun and others in his youth team.

With General Fan leading these two people, the national team's back line can at least be smoothed out.

As for Li Weifeng, it's okay for him to take care of himself. Let him tutor the younger students, but he doesn't have the ability yet!

At the 67th minute, Ma Mingyu succeeded in countering offside from Zhang Xiaorui's through ball and broke through to a single goal.

This time, Lao Ma did not use his signature explosive shot to resolve the battle, but lightly passed the ball around Gomez and then pushed the ball into the empty goal.

In desperation, the Colombian goalkeeper reached out and pulled Ma Mingyu down, who was almost exhausted. Colombia was sentenced to death.

Center forward Jin Toulaomao took the penalty kick and expanded the score to 2-0.

After all, it was about the finals. This time, the Chinese coaching staff did not replace the newcomers to "adapt to the game" as soon as they took the lead like in previous games.

It wasn't until the 88th minute of the game when the victory was almost sealed that Liu Cheng, the youngest player on the team, was sent on to the field.

Then in stoppage time, substitute goalkeeper Gao Jianbin replaced Jiang Jin.

So far, all 22 players from the Chinese team have played in this CONCACAF Gold Cup.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Jin and Chi, who had been busy on the sidelines, wiped the sweat from their foreheads together.

"Almost, Lao Jin!"

"Yeah, I'm just a little too high and I won't be able to go up!"

"Xiao Fan still had the foresight and deliberately kicked the ball out of bounds."

"If it weren't for this foul ball, I really don't know how to explain it when I go back!"

...

After returning to China with the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship, the national team was enthusiastically welcomed by fans.

No matter what competition he plays, the title of champion is a pass wherever he goes.

Coupled with the media's publicity, the players of this national team suddenly became famous.

Many people did not return to the team immediately after returning to China. Instead, they participated in five or six exclusive interview programs at the invitation of the TV station.

His strength hasn't improved much yet, but his reputation has been lost first.

The team was temporarily disbanded, and Zeng Zheng also came to Zhuxie to report on his work.

"Xiao Zeng, in your opinion, is there anything else you want to add for this CONCACAF Gold Cup?"

After winning the championship, both Xu and Wang were very happy.

The more championships the Chinese team wins, the more status it will have in the AFC and the more influential it will be in FIFA.

This is a fact visible to the naked eye.

After Zeng Zheng handed over the summary report of the two games against Mexico and Colombia, he said with a serious face:

"Uncle Xu, let's participate in some American competitions. I think this is a good thing and I don't object to it."

“But the CONCACAF Gold Cup doesn’t seem to be ready yet.”

"Strong teams like Mexico and Colombia fell into our hands not because they were not strong enough."

"Mexico is a typical example of carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, while Colombia does not take this cup to heart at all."

"So the reference to these two games is of little significance."

Xu Fang heard Zeng Zheng’s voiceover.

"Xiao Zeng, what do you mean by letting me go?"

"Didn't the kid next door spend money to play in the America's Cup?"

"Can we also consider it?"

Zeng Zheng said bluntly, "The overall level of the participating teams in the America's Cup is still very high. Only by fighting against these teams can we see our real shortcomings."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xu Fang nodded when he heard the words, and first explained:

"Participating in the competition on such a small day is completely to make up for the vacancy left by the withdrawal of the old lady."

"After all, Xiaoli's relationship with South American countries is better than ours, so it is reasonable to invite them to participate."

"But since you think it would be good for the team for us to participate in more American competitions, then we will make a preliminary draft."

"Starting from this year, I will try my best to play against American teams every year."

"It can not only promote relationships, but also enhance our strength. This is a completely beneficial and harmless thing for us!"

"Thanks to us for winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup this time!"

"If we are eliminated in the group stage, it's up to us whether they will take us with them next time!"

What Xu Fang said makes sense.

Zeng Zheng also took this relationship into consideration before traveling to North America with the team.

The America's Cup is a national football tournament with a long history, formerly the South American Football Championship.

When talking about South America, fans will immediately think of many football powers, such as Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and other countries.

But the problem is that when the fans pointed their fingers to name the South American teams they were familiar with, they did not realize that these were all member countries of CONMEBOL.

Because there are so few teams, teams from Central and North America are invited to participate in the America's Cup every year.

Like Mexico, Costa Rica, the United States, Panama, Honduras, Jamaica, etc.

Last year's invitation to Xiaori was also the first to invite national teams from other continents.

Although they were eliminated in the group stage in the early days, this also provided an idea for South American Football Confederation.

From a geographical perspective, it is reasonable to invite East Asian countries to participate in the America's Cup.

In Xu Fang’s words, last year’s America’s Cup also invited the national football team.

But considering the actual situation, I was declined by China Bamboo Shoes.

The first reason is that many teams in South America are very strong, and we are afraid that we will be embarrassed if we go there rashly and end up at the bottom;

Second, although from the map it seems like you can just fly over the Pacific Ocean to get to South America, in fact, if you want to go to other South American countries from us, you have to transfer in Europe.
To be continued...