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Chapter 9 The most important one

The match between China and the Netherlands was the first match in Group E.

Many group stages are held at the same time, with the matches between China and the Netherlands being played in Spain and Costa Rica.

Spain is a strong European team, and Costa Rica is also a strong American team. The battle between the two sides is still very attractive, so most foreign fans are paying attention to Spain's games. As for China and the Netherlands, they think there will be basically no suspense.

But what they didn't expect was that the Chinese team was very tenacious!

Until the second half, when the commentator of another game talked about this game, he kept saying "0-0". "The Chinese team did a good job in defense, and the Netherlands never scored a goal."

Some foreign fans are gloating about the Netherlands not scoring goals.

But most people don’t think that the Chinese team has hope of winning. After all, the Chinese team has almost no offense, and the Chinese team beats the Netherlands?

Too fantasy!

Next, it became even more fantastic. I only heard the host who commented on the Spanish game suddenly said during the game interval, "Just just now, in another e-group match, Chinese forward Wang Qiuming scored his first goal in the game, and the Chinese team led the Netherlands 1-0!"

How is that possible!

After hearing this news, a bunch of fans immediately turned to the stage and began to watch the match between China and the Netherlands.

Compared to the ordinary Spanish victory, a big upset is really attractive!

"Did the Chinese team win in the end?"

"It's really a win! China won! How could it be..."

"Just that football desert country? I know a king, he is Atletico Madrid's core striker! But the Chinese team with the king will definitely not be bad!"

"Do you all know that this Chinese team is led by Wan Sheng?"

"Wan Sheng? It is the legendary coach who established the Atletico Madrid dynasty? Oh my God! He actually led China!"

"He was originally a Chinese, so what's so strange about leading his own parent team!"

"Then it's not surprising that China won. Wansheng is a coach who is good at creating miracles!"

“…………”

Many people are on the wheel. Their first reaction is to ask who the Chinese team is. The most famous player is undoubtedly Wang Qiuming. But it is difficult for a star to decide a game, just like the Portuguese team of C-Ronaldo. Portugal has many stars, but if you leave out C-Ronaldo, other players are still much worse than European strong teams, so it is difficult for the Portuguese team to achieve good results.

There is Wang Qiuming in the Chinese team, which is far worse than Portugal!

China beats the Netherlands?

How could it be?

So the reason came to Wansheng. Wansheng is a legendary coach. The whole world knows that he is good at creating miracles.

It is also a miracle to lead China to defeat the Netherlands now!

In these discussions, the results of the game were spreading at an extremely fast speed, and various TV stations also began to broadcast the results of the two teams' matchup. Various media participated and began to analyze the reasons for the Dutch team's loss, but no matter how they analyzed it, the result was frozen - the Chinese team defeated the Netherlands in an upset!

Chinese media and fans are about to explode!

I remember that in 2010 and 2017, the Chinese team defeated South Korea twice, which triggered the enthusiasm of Chinese fans.

Chinese fans are the cutest group of people!

They can bravely accept that the Chinese team has performed poorly in various competitions, and bravely accept that the Chinese team "creates all kinds of unpopularity" and loses to the weak team. But as long as the Chinese team can play a wonderful game, they will come and support it. I still remember that in 2017, when the Chinese team defeated South Korea in an international A-level event after 7 years, the news of the Chinese team has been flooded with news and forums for three consecutive days. Just netizens' "God Comments" can be watched all day. It is conceivable how many fans are involved in the discussion.

Now that the Chinese team is participating in the World Cup, they defeated the Netherlands in the first game of the group stage, and the Chinese domestic media and fans are crazy!

Everyone began to discuss the Chinese team in full swing, discuss every player of the Chinese team, discuss how much Chinese team hopes to qualify in the group, etc. Some fans also began to look forward to the Chinese team entering the semi-finals.

"If China can really qualify in a group, it would be perfect!"

"That's so extravagant! I feel it's worth winning this game by the Chinese team!"

"If I can enter the quarterfinals, I will never play the Chinese team game every day in the future!"

"I also hope to see China create history!"

“…………”

During the discussion between the media and fans, the Chinese team has ended the celebration and the players have returned to the locker room respectively.

Wansheng headed straight to the press conference.

The press conference became much more lively. Before the game started, almost half of the reporters came from China, with a relatively small number of Dutch media, while most media in other countries did not matter to the game.

It's different now.

Many journalists from other countries came to the scene, and they were discussing the victory of the Chinese team.

Dutch coach Brander entered the venue one step earlier than Wan Sheng. When he walked in, the venue became much quieter. Everyone looked at Brand. Today, he was a loser.

No one expected that the Netherlands would lose, including the Dutch media and fans. So at the end of the game, the Dutch fans at the scene shouted, "Bland was dismissed!" This made Brand feel very stressed, especially when he thought about what he said before the game, he didn't want to stay for a minute.

It is FIFA's rule that he must remain calm and cannot do anything wrong on impulse.

After walking to the rostrum, Brand admitted, "We were careless! I always thought that the only opponent in Group E was Brazil, but I didn't expect the team to lose the first game! The Chinese team performed very well, especially in defense. We were too anxious to score goals, but we didn't score in 90 minutes."

“We’re not doing well!”

"Some players just now kept saying that the weather was not good, but that was the reason. The Chinese team is not Russia, and they are not adapting to the weather here. We must admit that there are only two reasons for losing, one is that we are a freshman, and the other is that our opponents performed very well."

"We have two group matches next, and I will think about the game with the players. This failure may be good news. It reminds us that the World Cup is not allowed to be careless."

After saying this, Brand got up and left the venue. It can be seen from his back that this failure had a great blow to him.

But Wan Sheng did not have any sympathy for the "old man".

"I remember hearing a quote before the game, saying 'There is not much challenge except Brazil', and then they lost, and I think it was a very late April Fool's Day gift, but this gift was a surprise enough!"

"Yes, I admit that winning is a surprise for us, for the whole of Chinese football! I'm very happy to see the team win, but it's in my plan."

Wan Sheng clenched his single fist, "Yes, in my plan, I said before that the Chinese team is the most promising team in the group to qualify. Now I still say that, we prove this with victory."

"Winning the Netherlands is just the beginning, we have to continue working hard. It is not easy to qualify in e. I think the team should pay more attention to Mexico, which is an opponent that is not easy to deal with. We will also prepare for the second game with all our hearts!"

Wansheng's words make Chinese media very proud!

See it or not!

This is the head coach of the Chinese team, and what he said is imposing!

“Winning is in my plan!”

"We are the team that has the most hope of qualifying!"

"Winning the Netherlands is just the beginning!"

Looking at the speechless foreign media colleagues around, Chinese media reporters all felt very proud!

Before the competition, Wan Sheng expressed this meaning, but it was more interpreted as "improving morale", or "Wan Sheng's own personality".

Many foreign journalists are speechless now because the Chinese team used a victory to prove what Wan Sheng said, almost no one is optimistic about the Chinese team being able to defeat the Netherlands, but in the end the Chinese team did it. Now they can only listen and have no power to refute.

This is a crucial victory!

This is not only for Chinese media and fans, but also for the entire Chinese team. Most of the players in the team actually do not recognize the team's strength. They believe that the Chinese team ranks at the bottom of the 32 teams in the World Cup, and is definitely the weakest team in the e-group.

This idea is very dangerous, especially when the team is in an unfavorable situation, players may think, "Anyway, we are also weak teams, and it is normal to lose." The idea also affects the players' performance, and the performance of the entire team in the near future.

But for the Chinese team, it is not enough to overcorrect it. The Chinese team is not a world-class team, and there is still a gap between strength and first-class teams. The most important thing about this victory is to make all players realize that "we still have the strength to compete with the strong team!"

"If you can perform well, even a world-class team may lose to us!"

After Wan Sheng returned to the locker room, he emphasized this to everyone, "We won! This is not surprising. I said before the game that as long as everyone puts 100% effort, we have a chance to win!"

"The Netherlands is not invincible, Brazil is the same, and other world-class teams are the same. They are not unbeaten. No matter how they face any opponent, we will not lose. The result depends on the performance of both sides. But what we have to do is to work hard to persevere until the last minute in every game in the future! As long as there is a little hope, catch it, so that we are the strongest!"

"We won the first game, which is very happy, but now is not the time to celebrate. Tomorrow we will start preparing for the second game. Mexico, they are not easy to deal with, but you should know that this is the most important game for us to qualify in the group!"

Many players nodded.

At the press conference, Wan Sheng said the same thing. In line with his previous words, the media interpreted it as 'Wan Sheng is full of confidence in future games, and the Chinese team will work hard for every game', but in fact, Wan Sheng is just emphasizing, "Mexico is easy to play..."

The Netherlands has won the three opponents in Group E. The Chinese team successfully scored three points, so there are only two opponents left. If the Chinese team wants to qualify firmly, they will at least win one game. The game against Brazil is full of uncertainty. After all, Brazil is the world's first-class strong team and one of the biggest favorites to win the World Cup. They are very strong. It is no easier for the Chinese team to defeat Brazil than to defeat the Netherlands.

That depends on performance on the spot and a great component of luck.

Even if Wan Sheng leads the team, it is impossible to change this. After all, there is a huge gap in ability between the two sides.

So if you want to qualify in the group, you must seize this game against Mexico. As long as you win Mexico and the Chinese team scores six points, it is very likely that you will qualify.
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