Super Marshal

The Malaysian referee finally blew the whistle to end the game.

The scoreboard of the Shaanxi Provincial Stadium showed an exciting score of four to zero.

International practice is that the home team goes first and the visiting team goes last.

The Chinese team relied on Wu Lei's brace, Huang Bowen and Gao Lin's goals to defeat Qatar with four goals at home.

Although everyone knows that it is not the complete main force of Qatar that is going to China, they are still excited and excited for this game, because this is a team that can barely even beat the Maldives and Bhutan, and now it actually How can we not be excited about being able to beat Qatar, the first team in the group, with four goals?

More importantly, the results of several other games in the top 40 have also been released. North Korea lost to the Philippines, Iran defeated Jordan, and the Chinese team relied on the last two consecutive victories to win all the games in the top 40. The second team in the group ranked second and successfully advanced to the top 12.

Fourteen years, a full fourteen years!

The last time the Chinese team entered the second stage of World Cup qualifying was in 2001.

Since Milu led the Chinese team to successfully enter the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002, the Chinese team has never entered the second stage of the World Cup qualifying group stage, but now it has miraculously entered.

When the news came, tens of thousands of fans in the entire provincial stadium stood up from their seats and sang the national anthem in unison.

The live broadcast camera scanned the fans in the stands, and many people couldn't help crying.

They have been waiting for this day for too long.

After the team drew 0-0 with Hong Kong, China, they had completely lost the confidence and hope of advancing. But at the critical moment, Gao Han stepped forward, risked his life's honor and disgrace, turned the tide, and successfully led the national team to break out smoothly. Advance.

If there really is a savior in this world, then Gao Han is the savior of Chinese football.

Countless fans were singing at the top of their lungs. They held up the cards in their hands with all kinds of blessings written on them. The most popular ones were for the national team coach Gao Han.

From the embarrassment of the first six games to the glory of the last two games, the national football team has been on a roller coaster in the past six months. It is unbelievable. Everything that is happening in front of you seems to be a dream.

Only the tears of dissatisfaction fell down drop by drop, silently.

The international players in the stadium also hugged each other, and even some players couldn't help crying.

I'm afraid even they themselves can't imagine that they actually advanced.

Gao Han also felt very uncomfortable.

Advancing to the top 12 is just a matter of course for strong teams such as South Korea, Japan and Iran, but for the Chinese team, it has exhausted all their energy, and can even be said to have used up all their confidence. .

After these two months of coaching, Gao Han has become more deeply aware of the gap between Chinese football and the top teams in Asia, and even the top teams in the world. It is all-round and cannot be made up overnight. .

But no matter what, since he has shouldered the burden of the national team, Gao Han must go all the way to the end.

He quickly calmed down, first walked to the visiting team's coaching bench, shook hands with the Qatar coaching staff, then walked into the stadium, hugged the international players one by one, and asked captain Zheng Zhi to lead the international players to the stands. Go thank the fans.

The game is over, but the fans in the stands are still singing the national anthem, and they will not stop or leave for a long time.

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"It is a great honor that the national team can successfully advance from the first stage of the group stage. This is the first time that China has entered the second stage of the group stage in the past ten years. All of us are proud of tonight's game. .”

Captain Zheng Zhi spoke on behalf of the national team players when being interviewed by domestic media reporters in the interview area after the game.

He first expressed his gratitude to the fans for their support in the past two games. He also said that everyone in the national team worked hard to play every game well. Everyone contributed to the team's advancement.

"I think, at this moment, the person we should be most grateful to is of course our boss, head coach Gao Han. Although he has only led the team for two months, he has brought a strong ideological impact to each of us. , he made us all feel what the world's advanced football concepts are like."

"To put it simply, we can't even play at our current level."

When Zheng Zhi said these words, the look on his face was full of sadness.

He is a veteran, and this will be his last time competing in the World Cup. Gao Han's arrival has brought him hope, but at the same time it has also made him see the gap, which he will never be able to make up for in his entire life.

"I still remember, during a private chat, I asked him, are there any players in our team who can gain a foothold in the four major European leagues?"

Zheng Zhi smiled bitterly as he talked about the past, and the media reporters at the scene were also very curious.

"He said that in terms of strength, there are as few as five or six people, and as many as more than ten people."

The media reporters at the scene were a little surprised. They didn't expect Gao Han to speak so highly of the national football players.

"But he quickly told me that even if these players did reach the four major leagues, they still wouldn't be able to play. I asked him strangely, why? He told me, philosophy."

"Our players are not much worse than European players in terms of technical ability. The huge gap between them comes from our lagging behind in concepts, which extends from concepts to thinking and various details."

"Just like the pass that Hao Junmin passed to Wu Lei just now, it tore apart the defense very sharply, but what you may not know is that behind that pass, there are a lot of details. For example, Wu Lei is a right-footed player. How fast is he? After rushing up, how much lead time should be left for passing the ball to him?"

"It seems easy, but in fact, we have practiced it repeatedly in training and games, and the coaching staff has given a lot of reference data, but there are still many mistakes. The pass was good, and it was Hao Junmin's assist just now, which was very Exquisite, Wu Lei took advantage of the situation and hit the goal, but the pass was not good. Wu Lei had difficulty handling the ball after getting it, which may eventually turn into a mistake and miss the opportunity."

"There are also many details in the past two games. I can't list them all here, but what I want to say is that the most correct decision made by Chinese football in the past ten years is to hire Gao Han as the national coach. The team’s head coach.”

"I am the captain of the national team. I want to say that Gao Han has brought an unprecedented huge conceptual impact to our whole team. I hope that all fans who love Chinese football can be more patient, give him better space, and give him With more time, I believe he will pay off for us."

Zheng Zhi's words made the surrounding media reporters fall into silence.

Everyone can hear that Zheng Zhi is not optimistic about the prospects of the national team in the top 12. It is not because Gao Han's coaching ability is not good, but because the current level of the national team is like this and cannot reach that level.

On this good day when the national team has entered the top 12, it is not appropriate to say such words, but Zheng Zhi said that this represents his attitude. He is afraid that he will not be able to win the game until the top 12. After the team's unsatisfactory performance, national media reporters and fans lost their minds again and targeted Gao Han.

This kind of case has happened countless times in the past. The national team's head coach has changed one after another. Isn't this worth waking up to? He really doesn't want the Chinese team to miss such an excellent head coach.

If he fails to compete in the World Cup this time, he will also retire from the national team. Whether Gao Han stays will have nothing to do with him. But at this moment, as the captain of the national team, he still said what was in his heart.

This is his responsibility as captain of the national team.

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Gao Han is also not optimistic about the prospects of the national team's top 12 competition.

At the post-match press conference, Gao Han praised the players for their outstanding performance in the past two games. He believed that everyone deserves the greatest credit for the team's smooth advancement, but he also warned everyone that the Chinese team is a good partner. For those who only entered the top 12 on the last train, the real test has just begun.

When the media reporters conveyed Zheng Zhi's post-game interview to Gao Han in summary, Gao Han solemnly expressed that he was very grateful for Zheng Zhi's support and recognition, and also said that Zheng Zhi is currently the most important member of the national team. member.

"In fact, I feel that not only our national team, but also our league, are still trying to learn how to play football at this stage, such as running without the ball."

"As we all know, football is a team sport composed of eleven people. When a player is on the court, he only has a very small amount of time with the ball, and most of the time he is without the ball. So, without the ball, The movement of the players determines the overall performance of this team."

"Let me give you a simple example. The fourth goal in this game is beautiful, isn't it?"

All the media reporters present nodded. That goal was a team effort and it was scored very beautifully.

"But think about it, what actually led to the goal?"

Without waiting for the reporters to answer, Gao Han took the initiative to reveal the answer.

"It's running without the ball. When a player takes the ball, the surrounding teammates quickly disperse. This not only opens up the defense for teammates and creates space to get the ball, but also provides teammates with more receiving points for the ball. Just imagine, If Gao Lin had not retreated, if Zhang Xizhe had not run over to meet Gao Lin after passing the ball, would this ball still have happened?"

"This is our biggest shortcoming right now, and it's also the biggest gap between us and South Korea, Japan, and the world's top teams."

Gao Han's words made everyone present suddenly realize.

In fact, anyone who is familiar with domestic leagues can easily find that domestic players do not know how to run.

In February, when the national team was training in Guangzhou, the Chinatown players, led by Gao Ren and Yang Xin, were able to give such a strong shock to the national team on the indoor football field, not only because of their superb passing and receiving. Technology, but lies in their outstanding movement without the ball.

On the other hand, for the national football team, when the ball reaches their feet, the teammates around them don't know how to run. After the ball is passed, they don't know how to run. The entire running system without the ball can be said to be chaotic.

The national team has never instilled this kind of concept and systematic training into the national team. On the contrary, it was during the training camp after Gao Han took office. The most practiced thing was to let the players move. For this reason, they were also divided on the training ground. area, teach step by step.

But it was also at this moment, from Gao Han's mouth, that media reporters clearly realized that the backwardness of Chinese football is all-round and cannot be solved overnight. What is needed is unswerving reform and long-term development. accumulation.

"Today is a good day. After waiting for more than ten years, we finally made it back to the top 12, but this is not the final result we want. We are still on the road, and we should not do this. Feel satisfied.”

Gao Han looked at all the media reporters candidly, "Advancing to the top 12 is our real start. Our real test is how to compete in the top 12 half a year later, because there is not much time left for us. .”

"As the head coach of the team, my mission is to do my best to improve the team's strength and lead the team to the top 12 games to the best of my ability. I also sincerely hope that everyone can continue to do what they have done in the past two years. Supporting me every game creates a better and more relaxed environment for us."

Gao Han knew that what he said tonight was bound to cause huge repercussions in the country.

But that's what he wanted.