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Tang Zheng came out of the bathroom after taking a shower. At this moment, only Wu Xi and Li Zhichao, who had missed a penalty kick, were left in the locker room, sitting there blankly.

"We lost at the starting line again, do you want to lose on the road again? Wake up, both of you!"

Tang Zheng sighed, adjusted his mentality, and then roared towards the dazed two.

Speaking of this, Tang Zheng changed his voice: "Actually, what Liu said is correct, you are the future of Chinese football, you are the best young players under the age of 19 in the country, the Olympic Games in 2012 will be up to you... ..."

Wu Xi and Li Zhichao were stunned for a while, they didn't hear Tang Zheng's hidden meaning, but at least they understood the superficial meaning.

When they raised their heads to regain their fighting spirit, Tang Zheng was no longer in the locker room, only the sound of a door closing.

Tang Zheng met the team leader Zhu Heyuan at the corner of the inner passage leading from the locker room to the outside of the stadium. The two looked at each other and were stunned for a moment.

It was the old Jianghu Zhu Heyuan who reacted quickly. He glanced at the fully equipped Tang Zheng, frowned, and asked, "Are you going back to the hotel?"

"Yeah." Tang Zheng nodded without hiding anything.

In fact, Zhu Heyuan had a pretty good impression in Tang Zheng's heart. He heard from Tan Yang and the others that he had something to do with being selected for this year's Asian Youth Championship.

Zhu Heyuan thought that Tang Zheng would find an excuse, but he didn't expect this young man to be so honest, so he smiled, looked up at Tang Zheng who was a whole head taller than himself: "Okay, you go back first."

The national youth team was eliminated, Tang Zheng was not in a good mood, but he still glanced at Zhu Heyuan gratefully: "Anyway, thank you!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Zhu Heyuan to reply, and walked past him rubbing his left shoulder until he disappeared from Zhu Heyuan's eyes.

As Tang Zheng disappeared from sight, Zhu Heyuan smiled wryly.

To be honest, Liu Chunming, the head coach of today's game, has to bear a lot of responsibility. Tang Zheng is a very talented young player. Being able to become the main player of the Argentine giants River Plate at this age proves that his psychological quality is extraordinary. , fully competent for the crucial penalty shootout.

This is great now, Liu Chunming's stubbornness has conflicts with Tang Zheng, what will happen to the London Olympics four years later?

However, things developed far beyond Zhu Heyuan's expectations.

Because Liu Chunming was ready to completely shift the responsibility for the team's loss to Tang Zheng...

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On the way back to the hotel, Tang Zheng made a phone call to the airline, booked a ticket back to Buenos Aires at the earliest, and flew to Buenos Aires from Riyadh International Airport via Istanbul and Sao Paulo at one o'clock in the morning. North Aires.

So he bought a ticket without hesitation, he didn't want to stay in this city for a minute.

At the same time, the regular press conference after the game was held as scheduled.

Head coach Liu Chunming and captain Zhang Linpeng were interviewed by media from various countries.

Liu Chunming shamelessly shirked responsibility for the Chinese media's reasons for being out of the game. He said: "The result of the game was not what we wanted to see, but the players worked hard. The reason for losing to the opponent in the penalty shoot-out is luck and also has its own reasons. How... if you lose, you lose, but..."

Having said this, Liu Chunming stopped, hesitant to speak.

At this time, a middle-aged reporter who had been in trouble with him many times in the crowd of reporters stood up and asked: "Director Liu, before the end of the extra time, we saw that there seemed to be some disputes between Tang Zheng and Captain Zhang next to you. After the end of the game, I had a dispute with you on the sidelines... May I ask if this has some impact on the penalty shootout?"

Liu Chunming is an old fritter. He did not answer this question directly, but deliberately changed the subject: "No matter what happens to the team, it is my responsibility..."

The Chinese style of speaking is broad and profound, and his implication is to show that the failure of the penalty shootout has everything to do with Tang Zheng.

Xu Wei, the editor in charge of the "Sports Weekly" visit, frowned, stood up and asked, "Director Liu, do you mean that you are shirking responsibility by saying that? Also... I really want to know why the penalty shootout is not arranged. Tang Zheng? As far as I know, his technique, awareness and physical fitness are all the best in the National Youth Team."

Suddenly, Liu Chunming's face turned dark.

Xu Wei not only exposed his strength and blamed him, but also questioned him in front of so many media.

Seeing that Liu Chunming didn't reply, "New Wolf Sports" asked another question: "From our information, Tang Zheng's personal ability is very strong in the team. Why did Zhang Linpeng, who is good at defense, replace Tang Zheng in the second half of the game?" Location?"

"Did the dispute before the penalty shootout mean that Tang Zheng questioned your tactical arrangements and penalty kick arrangements?"

"According to the various statistics given after the game, Tang Zheng is ranked first in the team. Why didn't this kind of player become a key penalty shooter?"

"According to reliable information, a verbal conflict broke out in the locker room just now. Is it true?"

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One problem after another, the development of the situation has seriously exceeded Liu Chunming's expectations.

At this time, in China, even in the early hours of the morning, fans are scolding the Football Association and the coach.

Of course, some fans scolded Wu Xi and Li Zhichao for losing the chain at critical moments, and even Tang Zheng, who has been outstanding in the past four games, is no exception...

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At one o'clock in the morning local time in Saudi Arabia, Tang Zheng boarded the flight to Buenos Aires. Before that, he sent text messages to Tan Yang, Wu Xi and several other teammates to bid them farewell.

At this time, BJ's time happened to be six o'clock in the morning, and the sports classification and sports newspapers of major provincial newspapers had already been printed, and they were delivered to various business outlets through their respective sales channels.

Compared with virtual reports on the Internet, physical newspapers feel more real and authoritative.

Their headlines are not much different, and they basically revolve around the elimination of the National Youth League.

Among them, the most interesting one is undoubtedly the headline of "Sports Weekly": National Football, National Olympics, National Junior and National Youth four-tier defeat, hitting a record low.

And while Tang Zheng was still flying to Buenos Aires, the domestic media was also divided into two factions because of the National Youth's accidental loss to Uzbekistan.

Some people think that the National Youth Team's exit is due to the coach and the Football Association, while others think that the National Youth Team's exit is because Tang Zheng played a big game at the last minute, affecting the team's normal preparations for the penalty shootout.

Both online reports and physical newspapers work together, but the one that has the upper hand is still to attribute the responsibility to the Football Association and the coach.

After all, Tang Zheng's contribution can be seen by everyone, and Liu Chunming chose to replace the experienced Tang Zheng with an inexperienced player in the crucial penalty shootout, which was not an ideal choice in the first place.

So the voices calling for Xie Yalong to dismiss get out of class, Yang Yiming to dismiss get out of class and head coach Liu Chunming to take responsibility are getting louder...

As this voice grew louder, the Football Association decided to find someone to take the blame.

That's right, they were going to blame Tang Zheng for it.

Because before and after the quarter-finals, Tang Zheng had enough reasons to take the blame.

During the preparation period, he beat his teammate Park Cheng and was hospitalized. In key games, he fought with the captain for the right to take the penalty, and asked the coach for the right to take the penalty. After the game, he contradicted the head coach. flight.

These reasons are enough reasons.

2008 was undoubtedly a disastrous year for Chinese football.

In the afternoon, two consecutive messages appeared on the official website of the Chinese Football Association.

"About the work summary of the 2008 Saudi Arabia Asian Youth Championship."

"Regarding Tang Zheng's punishment for returning to Argentina after missing the 2008 Saudi Arabia Asian Youth Championship."

The content of the first message is more pertinent. It can be regarded as the Football Association voluntarily admitting that it has a certain responsibility for being out of the Asian Youth Championship.

But the second message is unbelievable. The text says this: "On November 8, 2008, in the quarter-final match between the Chinese National Youth Team and the Uzbekistan National Youth Team of the 13th Asian Football Youth Championship, After the game, according to the pictures, the parties involved, and the statements of the relevant football association staff, etc., the player Tang Zheng had a behavior that seriously affected the team's preparations and influence, which caused adverse social effects. According to the relevant rules of the "Chinese Football Association" for national teams at all levels As follows, Tang Zheng is prohibited from participating in the National Olympics, senior team and other competitions for the next five years..."

If the first message is to admit a mistake, then the second message is purely to divert everyone's attention, which is what netizens say is to throw the pot away.

Of course, Tang Zheng didn't know all this, he was still on the flight to Buenos Aires.

Arriving in Buenos Aires was at 1:30 am on the 10th local time in Argentina. As if nothing had happened, he got into his manager Rodrigo's new BMW 3-series and went home and fell asleep.

The next day, Tang Zheng returned to the River Plate training base and followed the team to prepare for the weekend league match.

The current situation of River Plate is not good. After Tang Zheng went to Saudi Arabia to prepare for the Asian Youth Championship, River Plate's four round league record was very poor, with one win, two draws and one loss. The total record of 14 league games was seven wins, six draws and one loss. Twenty-seven points, currently ranked third in the league, three points behind San Lorenzo at the top of the list, and two points behind Boca Juniors at second.

Many players knew that the reason why the team fell from the top to the third place was fundamentally related to Tang Zheng's sudden departure from the team to participate in the Asian Youth Championship. Everyone was used to Tang Zheng's way of playing football and had a sense of dependence. When Tang Zheng was not present, he always felt that something was missing.

So when Tang Zheng returned to the locker room of the first team, everyone was very happy, especially Tiger Falcao, who was sitting by the side and put on his socks. He is one of the culprits of the team's failure to secure the top spot.

"You're finally back." Falcao jumped on Tang Zheng's back, ignoring the sock hanging on his leg and dragging on the ground: "I can score goals again, woo hoo."

Sanchez, who had just arrived in the locker room, slapped Falcao's firm butt hard, and said with a smile: "You guys know how to make excuses."

Originally, Tang Zheng was in a bad mood because the national youth team missed the World Youth Championship, but now seeing the funny Falcao and Sanchez, his mood inexplicably improved a lot...

(To be continued.) Mobile phone users please browse and read for a better reading experience.