On June 25, 2014, the Chinese national team reached the top 16 of the World Cup for the first time in history.
This night, China had no sleep.
Returning to the hotel, the Chinese team held a small celebration. Gao Bo also expressed his gratitude to all the players on behalf of the coaching staff for their hard work and struggle.
The celebration did not last long, and the players of the Chinese team went back to their rooms to rest, because the next game was still going on and the struggle had not stopped.
And the miracle of the Chinese national team may continue.
The group stage is all over. In the last round of the game, Cote d'Ivoire also scored a tie goal at the last moment of injury time, almost overturning the Dutch team. Drogba's brace and Gervinho's assist hat trick helped Côte d'Ivoire win the respect of the world despite not qualifying for the group stage.
And they are only one goal away from qualifying. The promotion of the Chinese team is really in danger.
The top 16 of the World Cup are freshly released, basically similar to the previous one, and the opponents of the Chinese team have also been determined.
German team!
Seeing this opponent, Yun Sheng felt a little sick...
In the 2002 World Cup, the Chinese team met Brazil and Turkey. One finally won the Hercules Cup and the other became the third runner-up.
In this 2014 World Cup, the Netherlands, the strongest team in the group, was the third runner-up in the cup in the parallel world, while the German team was the 2014 World Cup champion in the parallel world.
Why is the Chinese team so unlucky...
In the three games in the group stage, the German team swept Portugal 4-0, drew 2-2 with Ghana, and defeated the United States 1-0, easily advancing to the top 16. In the parallel world of later generations, the German team continued to be unstoppable, sweeping super strong teams such as France and Brazil, and finally defeated Argentina, led by Messi, to win the championship. And in the semi-finals, there was the 7-1 that shocked the world and disgraced Brazilian football.
Now the Chinese team has met Germany in the quarter-finals, which is really a disaster.
Despite this, Yunsheng still brings confidence to the players every day.
As players from the Bundesliga giants, Hao Junmin and Zhou Haibing have been Yunsheng's assistants for the past two days and have been telling their teammates about the technical characteristics of German players they know. Especially Zhou Haibing, whose Bayern team is the main framework of the German national team.
The day after the group stage ended, the Chinese team set off for the next stop. They would next play the quarter-finals at Bellario Stadium. After these days of intense training, the Chinese team has also improved its condition to its best.
Regrettably, although Wu Lei created a penalty kick in the last game, he was pulled down and sprained his ankle. He needed to rest for half a month and had no choice but to bid farewell to this World Cup in advance.
Dong Fangzhuo and Zhang Chengdong were also unable to play in this game. Dong Fangzhuo had some leg cramps in the last game and had just recovered and was in poor condition. Gao Bo did not let him start in this game.
Zhang Chengdong was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards and lost the opportunity to play the German team.
As a result, the starting lineup of the Chinese team has once again undergone major changes.
This time Gao Bo listened to most of Yun Sheng's suggestions.
For example, let Zhang Linpeng play as a right back, leaving the central defenders to Zheng Zhi and Feng Xiaoting.
Another example is to let Zhou Haibing, Hao Junmin, and Yu Hai start, giving these players who are familiar with the German team more opportunities.
The starting lineup for this game was finalized the day before the game.
4-4-2 formation: goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, four defenders Jiang Zhipeng, Zheng Zhi, Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Linpeng, four midfielders Chen Tao, Wang Chuhe, Zhou Haibing and Hao Junmin, two forwards Yu Hai and Yu Dabao.
On the German team's side, they arranged a 4-1-2-2-1 formation: goalkeeper Neuer, four defenders Boateng, Hummels, Mertesacker and Mustafi. Midfielder Lahm, in front of him are Khedira and Toni Kroos, the two shadow forwards are Gotze and Schweinsteiger, and forward Thomas Muller. Also sitting on the bench are Schurrle, Podolski, Klose, Draxler and other stars.
This German team is full of talents and top quality.
It is worth mentioning that Ozil is also included.
In the parallel world of later generations, Ozil performed well this season and eventually became one of the main players in this World Cup.
However, in this life, he was injured and stopped at Manchester City, and his performance was pretty good, but not as good as several Bayern stars. In the end, Loew chose an attack line that was almost entirely Bayern. The only outsider, Khedira, was also the core of Real Madrid's midfield and was very strong. .
The star of this team is captain Lahm. Since Guardiola coached Bayern, Lahm has been pushed to the midfielder position by him.
At first, many people didn't quite understand, saying that Guardiola wasted Lahm's full-back talent, but it turns out that Lahm is also world-class in the defensive midfielder position!
"The reason why I let Lahm play as a defensive midfielder is to give other full-backs a chance to enter the best team in the world. Otherwise, the only consideration for the candidate of the best full-back in the world is which side Lahm plays now."
The biggest regret of the German team and Bayern fans now is why the team can't have three Rams?
Time flies, and everyone feels that they are not fully prepared yet. This important quarter-finals has arrived.
In the Bellario Stadium, the Chinese team and the German team finally met and the battle was about to begin.
Like other rival coaches, after greeting Gao Bo, Depor went straight to Yunsheng to greet the most popular coach in international football today.
"Hello, coach Yunsheng, we meet again."
"Coach Loew, we are really destined to meet again in the competition."
"I'm lucky that you didn't become the coach of the Chinese national team, otherwise I wouldn't have that much confidence in this game."
The so-called "meeting again in a big competition" refers to the 2012 European Cup.
In the European Cup semi-finals, the Italian team led by Yun Sheng met the German team led by Loew. In that game, Italy defeated the German team 3-2. Yun Sheng also worked hard to the end, miraculously leading the team to the top. European Cup.
Meeting again, the main lineup of the German team has changed a lot. The young Bayern goalkeeper Neuer has taken over, and young people such as Toni Kroos and Gotze have also begun to take the lead. They performed very well in the group stage.
Looking at the direction of the stadium, Yun Sheng recalled the European Cup semi-finals two years ago with great emotion.
As the technical advisor of the Chinese national team this time, Yun Sheng did his best. However, Yun Sheng didn't like this feeling of finding problems on the sidelines but having no control over the team, but he had to position himself correctly and couldn't. Intervene too much, otherwise it will look like Gao Bo seizing power, which will affect the unity of the team.
Thinking back on what it was like to coach at the club, it was great.
Just as Yun Sheng was thinking, someone behind him greeted Yun Sheng in German.
"Coach Yunsheng!"
"Boss!"
"gentlemen!"
Yun Sheng turned around, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
