Since coming to the Chinese national team, Yun Sheng and Li Tie have behaved quite low-key.
When they heard about Yunsheng's arrival, many reporters and media were very excited, thinking that Yunsheng would take the initiative to form this team, but Yunsheng did not.
He and Li Tie followed the arrangements of coach Gao Bo. Li Tie was mainly responsible for assisting the players' training tasks, and Yun Sheng was mainly responsible for analyzing and examining the opponent's situation.
As for the team's formation and other situations, if Gao Bo didn't take the initiative to ask, Yun Sheng would never take the initiative to intervene or even make suggestions easily.
Yunsheng understands his position very well. He is just a technical consultant. If he talks too much, it will interfere with the coaching of coach Gao Bo.
Although Yun Sheng and Gao Bo had a very good relationship in recent years, and they often communicated tactics on the phone in private, it was different now.
Yun Sheng came to Gao Bo's home court, where Gao Bo was the boss. He was just a supporting role and had to correct his position.
This is for the sake of team unity and for the good of the Chinese team.
Despite this, Yunsheng's status in this team is still extremely high. In many cases, his technical advice has been recognized more than Gao Bo. The Chinese Football Association officials accompanying the team have even made suggestions to the top management, hoping to keep Yunsheng after the World Cup.
Liu Xingtian was naturally happy, but Yun Sheng politely declined.
"Xiao Gao led the team very well. Why did you replace him? No matter what the result of this World Cup is, Gao Bo can lead the team to the World Cup, which proves his strength. I don't think he should be replaced."
Liu Xingtian sighed: "Actually, I think so too, but the senior management doesn't think so. They still hope that the Chinese team can go further. They are too eager for quick success."
Yun Sheng sighed softly and did not comment too much.
"I understand what you mean, I will convey it to the senior management," Liu Xingtian thought for a while and asked again, "Are you really not planning to coach the national team?"
Yun Sheng thought for a moment and did not answer directly. He just replied: "At least now is not the time..."
It is now July 1, half a month away from the Chinese team’s first group match.
The grouping situation of this World Cup is similar to that of later parallel worlds. Except for the Chinese team, which replaced Uruguay, the other teams have basically remained unchanged.
The Chinese team's second World Cup journey was equally bumpy, and they were once again drawn into the group of death!
They were assigned to Group D, with the Netherlands, England and Cote d'Ivoire as their opponents.
These three opponents are too powerful!
Recalling the 2002 World Cup, the Chinese team, which made its debut on the World Cup stage, was placed in a group with Brazil, Turkey and Costa Rica. Brazil was the final champion, Turkey was the final third runner-up, and Costa Rica was also extremely strong. In this group, it is also very possible to qualify.
This time the Chinese team encountered a strong enemy again.
The uncrowned Dutch team has unparalleled offensive power.
Although the England team, which is full of stars, always performs poorly in major competitions, no one dares to deny that they are still the top team in Europe.
Côte d'Ivoire is an African super team, led by Drogba, Gervinho, Yaya Toure and many other top stars, and they are also extremely competitive.
In this group, although the Chinese team also has many stars who play for European giants, because they have too little experience in World Cup competitions, the Chinese team is generally not favored by the outside world.
The task given to Gao Bo by the Chinese Football Association is to qualify from the group, which is already a very difficult goal.
For Yun Sheng, the most important thing for him to enter the national team is to compile information on his opponents.
Players such as Didier Drogba and Gervinho in the Cote d'Ivoire team, Robin van Persie in the Dutch team, and Owen in the England team all had a master-disciple relationship with Yunsheng.
As for Robben, Sneijder, Yaya Toure, Rooney and other stars, Yun Sheng has played against them before and knows them very well. Just by knowing his opponent, Yun Sheng would be much better than Gao Bo.
After sorting out the opponent's information, Yun Sheng also privately submitted a personal tactical proposal to Gao Bo.
The reason why they did not say this in a public meeting was to save face for Gao Bo and also provide Gao Bo with the possibility of rejection.
After all, as the world's top coach, if Gao Bo rashly rejects his suggestion and fails to win the game, then Gao Bo will become the target of thousands of people.
In Gao Bo's room, Yun Sheng took out the proposal, and Gao Bo was extremely grateful.
"Coach Yunsheng, no matter what suggestions you make, if you can give them to me in private, I understand what you mean. Thank you."
Yun Sheng smiled slightly and said nothing.
Two days later, Gao Bo called Yun Sheng into the room alone again to talk about the proposal.
"Coach Yun Sheng, I read your tactical suggestions for the group stage, and I think... it seems a bit too risky."
"Oh? Why do you think it's risky?"
"The order of our three games was against the Netherlands, Cote d'Ivoire and England respectively. You chose to attack with the Netherlands, attack with Cote d'Ivoire, and balance the offense and defense with England. Let's not talk about the personnel selection suggestions. Just this guiding ideology, I will It felt too risky.”
"You must know that the Dutch team is far stronger than the Chinese team, and they have rich experience in competitions. They were the runner-up in the last World Cup. We are going to fight against the runner-up? I think we will lose and there is no possibility of winning."
"And then against Cote d'Ivoire and England, I also think it needs to be discussed. I would rather hold firm against the Netherlands and get a point, which is also good, and then become more and more aggressive in the next two games, which will be better."
Yun Sheng nodded: "Since you have determined the tactics like this, I fully support you. Next, I will analyze the opponent's tactics according to your ideas."
Yun Sheng did not refute this time, but thinking from the bottom of his heart, he absolutely disagreed.
This Dutch team is strong in offense and weak in defense, and is in the period of transition from old to new, while the Chinese team is also more offensive. In this game, they can defend and press out, and they can concede goals, but they must strive for more goals. This That's Yun Sheng's idea.
It's a bit risky, but it's much better than boiling a frog in warm water.
For example, in the Champions League final that just passed, Yunsheng boldly pressed forward when his morale was at its peak, and Depor defeated Real Madrid at the last moment, achieving the feat of four crowns.
Yun Sheng understood Gao Bo's thoughts, but he was still relatively conservative and not that confident.
To be fair, isn't it normal for a Chinese team to play defensive counterattack against a Dutch team ranked in single digits in the world?
But Yunsheng's mentality is different. He is a world-class coach who has conquered countless top football coaches from Europe's powerful players. He is not afraid of any opponent!
What's more, the current Chinese team is full of stars and has outstanding personal abilities. As long as everything is combined properly, the combat effectiveness will definitely not be weak!
Even with the Dutch team, we should have the confidence to go head-to-head with them!
