Yun Sheng is usually very friendly to everyone and rarely gets angry. Even if a player performs poorly in training, Li Tie is the bad guy.
But this time on the topic of unity, Yun Sheng reprimanded everyone very seriously.
It is still very scary for a good-tempered person to suddenly become sullen.
Regarding the small groups within the Chinese national team, the situation is actually more serious than what Yun Sheng said.
Not cliques, but factions.
Within the Chinese national team, there are three factions.
The one with the largest number of people and the greatest influence is the "World Youth Faction".
This faction is represented by stars such as Chen Tao, Dong Fangzhuo, Yu Dabao, and Wang Dalei. They have participated in the World Youth Championship and achieved good results, and are known as the golden generation of Chinese football. These players are generally extremely talented and are veterans of national teams of all echelons.
Second is the "grassroots faction".
This faction is represented by players such as Zhang Linpeng, Wu Lei, Zeng Cheng, Huang Bowen, and Wu Xi. Most of these players come from domestic youth training camps and were not famous talented players before moving to Europe. However, they are generally diligent and hard-working and are representatives of China's young generation.
The number of people is small, but the ones that cannot be underestimated are the "powerful faction".
These players are headed by Zheng Zhi, and Zhou Haibing, Wang Chuhe and other players are closer.
These players are not involved in the competition of a certain faction, but no one dares to underestimate them, and they are very popular with everyone. Zheng Zhi is the representative of Serie A players, Zhou Haibing has been involved in the Bundesliga for many years, and Wang Chuhe has a good relationship with Chinese players in the Premier League. These players serve as catalysts, neutralizing both sides, and easing conflicts when conflicts arise.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
Yun Sheng can understand this. Everyone has friends they like. These small groups and factions are human nature, and they can even produce some kind of healthy competition, which is good. But as long as it doesn't affect the game, don't have conflicts in the locker room, let alone don't pass the ball to each other on the field. If that happens, even if Yunsheng likes a player, he will kill him.
In private, Yun Sheng curiously asked Li Tie: "Are there any factional disputes in the national team of your generation?"
Li Tie waved his hand.
Yun Sheng: "No?"
Li Tie: "No, it's much more serious than them. At least they have never fought in the national team."
Yun Sheng: "It seems that what the media reported before is true..."
Li Tie: "It's half true and half false. After all, Chinese people are smart and no one is willing to bow their heads, especially athletes."
Yun Sheng: "It's not just Chinese players. If you look at foreign teams, not to mention the clubs, the national team is even more exaggerated. Those factional disputes such as the 'Dutch Three-stick Course' and the 'French Four Taibao', It’s much more exaggerated than us.”
Although the current situation is good, Yunsheng took precautions and called Zheng Zhi and Hao Junmin aside alone, telling them to balance the team's situation.
Zheng Zhi is the captain. He has a high prestige in the team and is easy to talk to.
Although Hao Junmin is neutral, he is still a rising star in the World Youth Championship and has a good relationship with everyone in the "World Youth Faction". Yun Sheng asked him to control the emotions of the "World Youth Faction" and not let them intensify.
However, due to the mentor-disciple relationship between players such as Chen Tao, Dong Fangzhuo and Yu Dabao and Yun Sheng, they will not cause trouble in the team, let alone disobey Yun Sheng.
As for the "grassroots faction", Yun Sheng personally controls it.
When they were coaching at Juventus, Zhang Linpeng and Yu Dabao once had a conflict in the Champions League and almost had a fight. Although they gave up afterwards, there was still a rift in their hearts.
As Zhang Linpeng, who has been following Yun Sheng from the Monaco period to the Deportivo period, this leader of the "grassroots faction" obeys Yun Sheng's words and advice. There is also China's top scorer Wu Lei, who was also trained by Yun Sheng. I am grateful to Yunsheng. , Zeng Cheng, Huang Bowen and other players were also brought to Europe by Yunsheng, so Yunsheng has better control over these players.
During this period, Yunsheng adjusted the team's training mode and added a five-a-side football match within the team every day.
On the one hand, this is to increase the tacit understanding between players, and on the other hand, it is to increase the degree of cooperation between various factions.
Yun Sheng deliberately arranged players from different factions together to let them cooperate.
For example, Chen Tao and Wu Lei, and Dong Fangzhuo and Wu Xi.
The ones who have been arranged the most by Yun Sheng are Zhang Linpeng and Yu Dabao - the two form a defense partner.
Zhang Linpeng was extremely unhappy: "I won't cooperate with him!"
Yun Sheng's face darkened: "What do you mean? Is it difficult for me to speak?"
Even though he was a muscular man in the team, Zhang Linpeng was still frightened by Yun Sheng's dark face: "Boss, that's not what I meant. I meant that Yu Dabao is a forward. It doesn't make much sense for me to play central defender with him..." "
"Stop talking!" Yun Sheng scolded Zhang Linpeng, "Yu Dabao played as a central defender when he was at Juventus. He is also Cannavaro's apprentice, and his defense is no worse than you! If you don't cooperate well in a while, you two can go to the playground by yourself. Run laps! Also, don’t ask for the starting position!”
Zhang Linpeng didn't dare to speak anymore. He could only stand next to Yu Dabao with his head lowered and unhappy, not even bothering to look at him.
Yu Dabao didn't even say anything to Zhang Linpeng, annoying him.
With a big chest and no brains, do you really think you are a world-class defender? I have seen so many world-class defenders in Serie A, scoring more than 20 goals in a season. If you met me like this, you would have been penetrated long ago!
The five-a-side football field is not large and requires players to have sufficient skills and be good at offense and defense. Everyone has the ability to advance and retreat. This suits Yu Dabao very well.
As one of the most comprehensive players in the team, Yu Dabao performed very well. Easily scored a hat trick and won the opponent.
Zhang Linpeng snorted and said nothing.
This guy is okay.
Facing players such as Wu Lei, Wu Xi, and Sun Ke who have less outstanding talents, Chen Tao and Dong Fangzhuo also admire them more and more.
Although these guys may not necessarily have outstanding talents, their professionalism and diligence on the training field definitely deserve a thumbs up.
Continuous training has made the tacit understanding among the Chinese players higher and higher, and the relationship between the several factions has become increasingly relaxed. Yun Sheng is very satisfied.
In this state, Yun Sheng feels more confident about winning the Asian Cup.
However, the only thing that worries him is that the Premier League players represented by Chen Tao and Dong Fangzhuo are not in good physical condition due to continuous fighting during the Christmas devil schedule. Although they have undergone recovery training with the national team, their overall condition is still not too good.
The game time is getting closer and closer, and it seems that the strongest starting lineup that Yun Sheng expected has to be put on hold for the time being.
However, Yunsheng has great confidence in several group stage opponents.
Even as a substitute player for the Chinese national team, qualifying for the group stage is a piece of cake!
