Chapter 289: Drawing lots for the top ten games(1/3)
After securing victory in the first group stage of the World Cup preliminaries in Harbin, Zeng Zheng flew to Jakarta with most of his main players.
Indonesians love football as much as the Chinese.
But the problem is that this game is destined to be the Indonesian's curtain call.
After the first training session, many young Indonesian fans came to Zeng Zheng and asked for autographs and photos.
Together with reporters and other fans, everyone chanted Zeng Zheng's name, just to get a chance to take a photo with Zeng Zheng.
The local Chinese TV station "Metr" even sent a strong reporting team to conduct on-site interviews.
This reporting team was composed of several beauties. Although they did not even know how many people were playing in the football match, they immediately caused great "destructive power" to the Chinese team by ogling them.
General Fan accepted their interviews twice with a smile on his face, and even after that he still felt like he was still unfinished.
During this period, more than 20 children dressed neatly in team uniforms came up to grab Zeng Zheng, asking for a group photo and preventing him from leaving the stadium.
Facing such child fans, Zeng Zheng also took off his sunglasses and showed a knowing smile.
While posing in weird poses, he directed the photographers to take pictures.
After taking a group photo, Zeng Zheng, who was full of childlike innocence, even picked up a training ball and played with the children.
At this time, the members of the Chinese team were waiting for Zeng Zheng to set off outside the court.
Since the opponent was "outnumbered", Zeng Zheng, who was fighting alone, was obviously no match for the children. In desperation, he made a face and quickly broke through.
The fans rushed to catch up, but the "experienced" Zeng Zheng got on the bus first.
A beautiful reporter from "Metr TV" said: "Now, Coach Zeng has become the image ambassador of Asia."
"Because of football, we met another outstanding Chinese."
The enthusiasm of the local people did not win the Chinese team's mercy on Indonesia.
May 27, 16:00.
The Chinese team played the final match of the first stage of the World Cup qualifying match against the Indonesian national team at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta.
After 90 minutes, the score was fixed at 6-1.
So far, the Chinese team has entered the top ten with six wins in the first group stage of the World Preliminaries.
In 6 games, the Chinese team slaughtered 84 goals against its opponents, scoring an average of 16 goals per game, setting a record in the world preliminaries!
Among them, Yang Chen scored 14 goals and Xie Hui scored 19 goals.
The two Bundesliga strikers combined have scored more goals than any other national team!
After returning to the hotel, the national football team immediately held a one-hour summary meeting in the conference room.
The leader of the team, Ma Ke, summed up this first stage by saying "there are achievements, shortcomings, experiences, and lessons learned."
I think the good thing is that I won all the games, but while winning, there are still many things that need to be summarized.
Especially in 5 of the 6 games, we conceded a goal. This was caused by the players' inattention and negligence on the court. We must pay attention to it in the second stage of the game.
After the symbolic meeting, the team flew to Singapore and returned to Guangzhou the next morning, disbanding on the spot.
Members of the coaching staff returned to Beijing to report on their work, and Zeng Zheng went to the TV station to participate in the recording of an exclusive interview with "World Football".
The football circles across the country have entered an inexplicable atmosphere of tension.
The lottery for the Big Ten Tournament is about to begin!
On the evening of May 28th, 19:30, World Football.
Because the weather was too hot, in the recording studio, Duan Quan and Zeng Zheng wore suits and leather shoes on their upper bodies, but wore large flower pants on their lower bodies.
Also participating in the recording of the program with Zeng Zheng is Zhang Jilong, who will be in charge of the lottery.
After a brief opening and introduction, Duan Quan asked a few questions that fans are most worried about.
Duan Quan'er: "In February, at the Asian Football Confederation Executive Committee meeting held in Kuala Lumpur, the executive committee members reached an agreement on the principles of group draws for the top ten matches."
"That is, based on the results of the past three World Cups and three Asian Cups, the 10 teams will be divided into five tiers using points, and teams in the same tier will be divided into different groups."
"Based on this principle, our Chinese team and the Saudi team are classified as first-tier teams, and the Yinlang team and the UAE team are classified as second-tier teams."
"This also means that among the two strongest teams in West Asia, we can avoid at least one strong team."
"Domestic media have been reporting since then that the West Asian teams headed by Saudi Arabia and Yin Lang will join forces to overturn the Asian Football Confederation's decision.
"They hope to classify Saudi Arabia and Yin Lang as first-tier teams to avoid each other."
"Excuse me, Zhang Zhuxi, will the West Asian teams join forces to overturn the principle of this draw?"
Zhang Jilong smiled slightly: "At the beginning, Yin Lang and Saudi Arabia were told about this."
"As a Saudi Arabian official said, this scheduling principle cannot reflect the true level of the team in recent years."
"Furthermore, the UAE team is in danger of being eliminated after losing to Yemen a few days ago. This is the main reason for them to attack this scoring method."
"In the words of a Yinlang Bamboo Shoes official, 'Even the seeded teams may not be able to enter the top ten games. Is this point method really reasonable?'"
"But as time went by, the Saudi side took no further concrete actions."
"His head coach Santraci recently said in public that he is so lucky to be selected as the first team with the Chinese team!"
"It can be seen that Saudi fans are still very satisfied with this regulation."
"Without the quarrel in Saudi Arabia, Guang Yinlang's family won't be able to make any waves."
Duan Quan'er: "Oh? Then why is this? What is the reason that the teams in West Asia are not united?"
Zhang Jilong glanced at Zeng Zheng next to him: "I have to ask Coach Zeng."
Zeng Zheng spread his hands and said, "I guess they are also afraid that we will get more than a dozen of them!"
"I read online that Yin Lang's Persian Football newspaper reported that the top ten games could be avoided with us, and the Saudi fans were secretly enjoying themselves at home!"
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Hearing Zeng Zheng's confident words, there was laughter from the audience in the studio.
Duan Quan'er: "It seems that because of the strength of our team, rifts have arisen between the teams in West Asia."
"But at present, apart from the issue of West Asia joining forces, there is another theory among the people."
"That is, International Bamboo Blind has a veto power over the principles established by Asian Bamboo Blind."
"What do you think about this, Zhang Zhuxi?"
Zhang Jilong: "It is reasonable to have this problem."
"This was the case in the last top ten competition. The International Bead Curtain finally decided on the draw principle."
"But the reason why this happened in the last session was because Yazhu Lian couldn't 'settle' the ten participating teams."
"When the teams cannot reach an agreement on relevant issues, the Asian Pearl Curtain will be submitted to FIFA, which will make the final arbitration."
"But all participating teams in this top ten competition have accepted the principle of drawing lots."
"No individual or small group can overturn this principle, and even the international bead curtain cannot interfere."
"Currently, International Pearl Bamboo Seat Bulat and Secretary-General Lu Fining have arrived in Bangkok. They are only attending the group draw ceremony of the top ten competition as guests."
Duan Quan'er: "There is another question regarding the drawing of groups."
"After the 2000 Asian Youth Championship group draw was announced, due to Kuwait's strong protest against being in the same group as Yin Lack, the AFC was forced to re-organize the group during the Asian Cup."
"This time Yinlak has also entered the top ten. There are many rumors in China that 'West Asian teams refuse to be in the same group as Yinlak'."
"So, can Team Yinlak really influence the group situation?"
Regarding this question, Zhang Jilong answered very cleverly.
"In fact, Kuwait was eliminated by Bahrain in the group stage that just ended."
"So this kind of issue will not become the focus of the Big Ten games."
Without Kuwait as a thorn in the side, this problem would naturally resolve itself.
With Zhang Jilong's endorsement, fans can temporarily feel reassured.
The team is strong because of the past two years led by Zeng Zheng.
Many fans are still a little weak in their hearts and subconsciously do not want to meet some strong teams in West Asia.
After asking about the draw, Duan Quan'er and Zhang Jilong looked at each other and smiled, and both of them drank water in unison.
But under the table that no one knew about, Duan circled his ten toes comfortably, while Zhang Jilong dug at the ground hard.
Seeing the relief on Zeng Zheng and Duan Huan'er's faces, Zhang Jilong kept wiping the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief.
Damn TV station!
Why don't you prepare a pair of large flower pants for me too?
After replenishing his fluids, Duan Quan'er continued to ask:
"Because the World Cup preliminaries have always been played in neutral venues, it was not until the International Bamboo Curtain intervened in the last World Cup that Yazhu Lian decided to temporarily change the top ten games to a home and away game system."
"It is reported that Thailand Bamboo Shoes is currently actively lobbying, hoping that this top ten competition can be changed back to a tournament system."
To be continued...