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Chapter 339: The Legendary Man

In the hotel where the Chinese team stayed, Fu Bo met Gao Zheng.

He was very happy: "I couldn't cooperate with you when I was u22, I didn't expect to meet you in the national team."

Fu Bo once coached u22 in 2011, but at that time Gao Zheng had just played again in Sampdoria's reserve team. U22 didn't even know that the talented forward of the former national youth team had returned to the football field.

Fu Bo's u22 was originally intended to participate in the first U22 Asian Youth Championship, but later because the Football Association had to prepare for the Rio Olympics in advance, the u22 was disbanded. Last year, u19 replaced u22 to participate in the U22 Asian Youth Championship.

If u22 continues to exist, Fu Bo will definitely recruit Gao Zheng into the team.

In the end, he became Camacho's assistant coach.

Originally, Fu Bo's tenure was only eight days, and he resigned after leading the Chinese team to the East Asian Cup.

But because he led the team to perform well in the East Asian Cup, the Football Association extended his acting coach contract.

Now his task is to lead the Chinese team through the remaining four Asian Cup qualifiers.

For this decision, some domestic media expressed concern and dissatisfaction. They think that it is too difficult for someone like Fu Bo to be the head coach of the national team and give him the task of qualifying for the Asian Cup.

They are not optimistic about Fu Bo, who is neither capable nor famous.

As for Fu Bo's team's results in the East Asian Cup, they also thought it was not good, but after the 1:5 loss to Thailand, the team's performance requirements dropped to the lowest level in history, which is why they felt Fu Bo Leading the team to the East Asian Cup runner-up is a very good result.

Is there any pressure on Fu Bo?

there must be,

And not small.

Domestic doubts about him have never stopped. The most important thing is that if under his leadership, the Chinese team misses the Asian Cup, then his life will be difficult.

Since participating in the Asian Cup for the first time in 1976, China has not missed nine consecutive Asian Cups. If this tradition is broken by Fu Bo, he will really be difficult to explain to the Football Association and Chinese fans.

At this moment, Gao Zheng's ability to return to China to compete is of course a good thing for him.

So he looked very happy after seeing Gao Zheng.

"I also heard what you said in the interview at the airport, and I think what you said is quite right. In fact, I am a little worried that our players will underestimate the enemy..."

Gao Zheng was a little surprised: "You still underestimate the enemy? Don't you? I think at the level of the national team, I'm afraid I'm not qualified to underestimate the enemy."

Fu Bo smiled bitterly and said: "I just have this kind of worry. After all, Indonesia is the weakest team in the group. If everyone thinks this way, it may be dangerous. That's why I think what you said at the airport is very good. It was a wake-up call for everyone. There is no room for loss in this game, and if we don’t beat Indonesia away, we will be very passive in the next game against Saudi Arabia and Iraq.”

"I will do my best." Gao Zheng nodded. Of course, there is no reason to preserve his strength to play for the country, and he also really wants to participate in the Asian Cup.

"Then I arrange for you to start? Your physical fitness..."

"No problem at all." Gao Zheng shook his head. "I'm well rested, and such a little distance doesn't affect me."

Fu Bo was very happy: "You can meet up with your teammates when you have lunch later. Everyone is easy to get along with. There is no such thing as forming gangs in our team. So don't worry about it."

Gao Zheng nodded: "I'm not worried, coach, I can get along with anyone."

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During lunch, Gao Zheng appeared in front of the national team teammates for the first time.

For this national team, he is very unfamiliar, whether it is for himself or for the teammates of the national team.

It's not that he hasn't participated in the national team's game, but that was all in the distant 2007, when he performed well in the AC Milan youth team, he was naturally selected for the u17 national youth team and participated in several friendly matches. Well done.

If all goes well, he will transition from u17 to u19, enter the u19 National Youth Team led by Song Maozhen, and prepare for the Asian Youth Championship. If he can get the top four in the Asian Youth Championship, he can participate in the World Youth Championship. At that time, Gao Zheng will appear on the stage of the World Series for the first time.

At that time, many people in China were also full of expectations for Gao Zheng, hoping that he could lead the youth team to accomplish what the predecessors had failed to accomplish.

Just when the fans and the media had high hopes for him, everyone knew what happened next.

Because of the injury, Gao Zheng didn't even play a few games for the u17s. When Song Maozhen formed the u19s, he wasn't in the selection range at all.

When the national youth team fell into the sand in Zibo, Shandong and missed the World Youth Championship, Gao Zheng was dawdling in the old man's football training class.

What a trick.

Although Gao Zheng had returned to the national team, there was no one he knew in the national team.

The teammates who played once in the national youth team of the national youth team were not selected for this national team.

And those players who are in the same age group as him in this national team have never fought side by side with him.

If Gao Zheng is not injured and Song Maozhen's u19 is not missed, then Wu Lei, Zhang Xizhe, and Jin Jidao will all be his teammates in Fu Bo's national team.

In the restaurant, in front of the team players, Gao Zheng bowed to everyone: "Hello everyone, I am Gao Zheng, and I was selected for the national team for the first time. Please take care of me!"

His actions startled everyone in the restaurant.

Although they had no contact with Gao Zheng before, it didn't mean they didn't know Gao Zheng.

With the news of Gao Zheng's tossing in Italian football, who in China may not know him if he has anything to do with football?

In the media reports, Gao Zheng gave people the impression of arrogance. After all, he was the one who said in front of the Italian media: "I, Gao Zheng, am a dick" and "the mountain is right there".

Therefore, people who are not familiar with Gao Zheng will take it for granted that Gao Zheng is a very difficult person to get along with, and he has attracted 250,000 to 80,000 people.

Before Gao Zheng came, everyone in the national team knew that Gao Zheng was coming this time, and they murmured in private.

It's not good to worry about being with this super genius who became famous at a young age and is now in full swing.

At that time, what if he is a thorn in the head and causes trouble everywhere?

Yes, these domestic players may not be as good as Gao Zheng in terms of ability, and they may not be as good as the Serie A Golden Boot shooter in terms of performance. But China is a society where qualifications are considered. After all, some of them are old international footballers for many years. If such a newcomer is let down, where is the face?

They thought about many possibilities, worried about this and that.

As a result, the first thing Gao Zheng did after he arrived was to bow to them!

This really surprised a group of international footballers.

Some people stood up from their seats in shock.

The captain of the team, Zheng Zhi, quickly waved his hands: "We don't do that. We are all comrades-in-arms when we enter the national team, and we are all our own people. We have heard about you. You can still return to the football field, everyone. All happy for you."

"Yes, yes, it's amazing, to have such an achievement after suffering such a serious injury!" Feng Xiaoting stepped forward to pat Gao Zheng on the shoulder, and praised him very kindly.

Others stepped forward to greet Gao Zheng and shook hands with him.

This made the head coach Fu Bo, who was watching this scene, heaved a sigh of relief. This outside legend is so crazy that even Buffon dared not give face to the super genius who started a war with half of the Italian media. so scary...

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During training in the afternoon, a large number of media gathered beside the training field of the Chinese team. In addition to the Chinese media, there are also a large number of Indonesian media.

The other Chinese team players knew who they were coming to see - they had been in Indonesia for two days, and there was not so much media in the previous training. The number of Chinese media has not changed, but now the number of Indonesian media is much larger.

Everyone's long guns and short cannons were aimed at Gao Zheng on the training ground.

Since the public shooting time is only 15 minutes, the reporters are very focused on their work.

In front of the reporters, Fu Bo's Chinese team is doing simple warm-up training, and there is no need to worry about being seen by Indonesian reporters about the Chinese team's tactical arrangements.

If they wanted to see Gao Zheng, let them watch.

Gao Zheng was playing a warm-up game with his teammates during training.

In the shots of the reporters, Gao Zheng played a trick and passed the football from the teammate who came up to intercept him.

The teammate who was pierced in the crotch pretended to chase Gao Zheng, but Gao Zheng had already run away.

There was a burst of cheers and laughter from the teammates.

Seeing this scene, I believe no one will feel that Gao Zheng and his new teammates have a bad relationship.

The Chinese reporters breathed a sigh of relief—Gao Zheng and the other international players seemed to be getting along pretty well, at least they could joke around.

This is good news. If the national team can unite as one, they can look forward to Gao Zheng's normal performance. If Gao Zheng was involved in the factional struggles within the national team, then no genius would be finished.

Indonesian journalists, on the other hand, were disappointed.

They originally hoped that Gao Zheng's sudden arrival would break the balance within the Chinese team and intensify the conflict. Isn't it said that the Chinese are best at fighting in the nest? Didn't it mean that the Chinese national team has always had a tradition of infighting?

Then when Gao Zheng, such an arrogant person, suddenly appeared in the national team, with his strong strength and shallow qualifications, colliding with those teammates who are not strong but all of them are veterans, what kind of sparks will be created? ?

Is it enough to ignite this powder keg?

But looking at this scene, the powder kegs in the Chinese team are obviously safe and sound.

Either everyone in the Chinese team can act, and they joined hands to deceive all Indonesian media reporters.

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