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Chapter 18 Is Wan Sheng really going to appear?(1/2)

It is indeed worth celebrating that the Chinese team can beat Wales and reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Every Chinese fan is proud of the team's achievements, but the Chinese team is in tension.

They must face their next opponent - Germany!

This is one of the oldest and most brilliant teams in world football. They reached the World Cup finals in a total of 8 times in history, won the championship 4 times, advanced to the semi-finals 13 times, and their record points were only slightly second to Brazil, ranking second in the world.

The German team was the champion of the 2014 Brazil World Cup. In this Russian World Cup, they are naturally the defending champions!

They are the most popular team to win this World Cup!

In this World Cup, they ranked first among all 32 teams with a total player value of 579 million euros, while the Chinese team is only 201 million euros, of which Wang Qiuming's personal value is 80 million euros, and Wang Xiaolei's personal value is 45 million euros. The combined value of more than 20 other players is only 56 million euros.

With the same data, you can see that the overall strength of the Chinese team is comparable to that of the German team. It is a bit overestimated when discussing it together.

When the Chinese team entered the quarterfinals and encountered the strong German team, almost all media believed that "the Chinese team's World Cup ended here!"

"The Chinese team has always performed well, but they are not lucky. Since the 2002 World Cup, the German team has never fallen to the quarterfinals. They are able to enter the quarterfinals every time!"

"This time is no exception. Compared with the Chinese team, the German team performed much stronger. They almost never encountered any opponents. They won all three games in the group stage and defeated Côte d'Ivoire 3-0 in the quarterfinals. They entered the quarterfinals without any suspense."

"In advance, we couldn't help but think of the German team's massacre of Brazil in the semi-finals of the last World Cup, and it seemed that the Brazilians had no way to do it..."

"Maybe what the Chinese team should consider is how to lose with a good face, rather than how to defeat the German team!"

Almost all media think this way about the match between the German team and the Chinese team, including the Chinese media. Although the Chinese team has always performed well, Germany is different from its previous opponents. It is a truly strong team.

How many opportunities does the Chinese team have to beat Germany?

In the odds data given by European bookmakers, the odds of the Chinese team defeating the German team within 90 minutes were as high as 14.6, and they have closed the German team's victory. In other words, almost no one will be optimistic about the Chinese team, even if this Chinese team is led by Wan Sheng, who is good at creating miracles.

Of course, there are also some gamblers who saw the opportunity, and they put their chips on the Chinese team just to gain a chance.

There are still very few people doing this, and the gap between the Chinese and German teams is too big.

After the match against Wales, Wan Sheng began to organize the team to prepare for the quarterfinals.

The outside world is full of celebration voices, and many arguments are also saying that the Chinese team's World Cup is over, but Wan Sheng will not give up. No player in the entire Chinese team chooses to give up directly.

Although they know that the team has few opportunities, they still have to work hard to win.

What if there is hope?

They have created miracles and cannot give up when they encounter strong opponents.

Wan Sheng is very pleased with the team's positive atmosphere. He doesn't want to see that the team gives up when they meet strong opponents. That is not a normal team should have.

Everyone trains very seriously, and there is no need for Wansheng to supervise anything.

But it is really unrealistic to just try hard to win opportunities in the match against the German team. Wan Sheng knew very well that the German team was more difficult than the Brazil team because this opponent was very calm and that their style of machine-like rigorousness would almost be impossible to make any big mistakes.

It is hard to say what kind of performance a team can perform against opponents of the same level, but when they compete with weak teams, their winning rate is estimated to reach more than 95%, which is also the reason for their stable performance - in major competitions, they will hardly lose points on weak teams.

How should I fight against an opponent who is much stronger than me and has almost no weaknesses? Apart from repeatedly emphasizing defense, it is difficult for Wan Sheng to come up with other solutions.

He felt powerless for the first time.

In the 2012 European Cup, Wan Sheng led England to defeat Germany, but it was England, not China. England had many stars, and with the core Morris, the game against Germany was also very difficult.

Now I am under my command of the Chinese team...

Although many people say that the English team is the Chinese team in Europe, can that be the same? The highly professional English team is at least two levels better than the Chinese team!

Wan Sheng has a feeling of "a skillful woman cannot cook without rice".

He thought about it and then thought about it, but he didn't think of a way to make the Chinese team restrain the German team.

In the end, Wan Sheng can only hope that the players will perform well and use stable defense and quick counterattack to win that glimmer of hope.

Hope, there is only one line.

Whether you can catch it depends on the team's performance on the spot.

Before playing against the German team, Wan Sheng accepted an interview with Chinese media.

Media reporters entered the training ground for filming, and then conducted a brief interview with Wan Sheng, "Wan Sheng, how much do you think the Chinese team has the hope of defeating Germany?"

"Thirty percent? Twenty percent? I don't know, but I believe we have hope!" said Wan Sheng. "Every player trains very seriously. We are ready to face Germany. I am proud of this positive mentality of the whole team."

"Tactical, is there anything to target against the German team?"

Wan Shengdao, "The German team is a team with no shortcomings. They are perfect. This German team is very strong. If you want to defeat them, you need the players' on-the-spot performance. Luck is also a very important part. I urge the players to defend well. The core players will become very important. Wang Qiuming is our ace. I believe he is the best shooter on the earth!"

"How is Wang Qiuming's condition recently?"

"Very good." Wan Sheng looked at the training ground and smiled with relief. "Wang Qiuming has grown very fast in the past two years. He is at the peak of his career. I believe he can perform well in the match against the German team."

After a brief interview, some reporters also noticed that Wan Sheng was not as confident as before. Their understanding was that "When facing the German team, Wan Sheng felt pressure."

That's true.

The football training master only assists the team in winning, rather than directly modifying the results. Faced with the strong German team, Wan Sheng can only do his best.

He hopes that the team will perform well and will try his best to let the team beat Germany and enter the semi-finals.

For this World Cup, Wan Sheng still hopes that the team can go further. If he only stops in the quarterfinals, it is not what he wants to see.

If it is at the most dangerous time, he has already made the best and worst plans.

Time passes quickly.

As the game progresses one after another, the match between the Chinese and German teams is approaching.

Various media are conducting interviews separately. The Chinese team performed very low-key before the game, and the German coach Lov also avoided talking about the Chinese team, but only talked about the German team's preparations.

Both sides are a little low-key, and there is no highlight before the game, but the competition will definitely not be lacking in big news. Just two hours before the game, the big news was revealed by the media. "FIFA's World Cup committee made a mistake in the Chinese team's roster. They actually put Wan Sheng's name on the Chinese team's roster, so that the Chinese team's roster will be one less than the German team..."

This revelation starts before the World Cup starts.

At that time, the name Wan Sheng appeared on the roster of the Chinese team reported to the World Cup committee. This has always been a "joke" that the media has been constantly reporting. Unexpectedly, Wan Sheng really entered the roster this time.

World Cup quarterfinals!

"The Chinese team will definitely not win. Does Wan Sheng want to play and try it?" Many netizens joked.

Even Chinese fans like to hear this. Although this is a "miss" of the Chinese team, it would be good if Wan Sheng really played, so it would be considered an "entertainment" game for the Chinese team. Anyway, the difficulty of the Chinese team wanting to defeat the German team is really difficult to even imagine.

This incident became the biggest gossip news before the game.

In fact, one less person on the roster will not have much impact on the Chinese team. If 11 players appear in the World Cup, 12 players can be arranged as substitutes. Of course, there are only three substitutes. The total number of 23 players on the roster is enough for any team to use. Even if one less person is missing, it will have no impact at all.

Just as the hot reports were made, the match between the Chinese and German teams began.

For the Chinese team, this may be the beginning of a tragedy.

In the 6th minute of the game, German striker Thomas Mueller helped the German team score the first goal in the game.

When the Chinese team was about to regroup and continue the game, the German team soon scored another goal. This time it was Ozil. He drifted past two defenders in a row and almost sent the ball into the goal guarded by Wang Xiaolei.

Seeing Ozil's performance, Wan Sheng could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

After Ozil scored, he looked at the coach's seat of the Chinese team, as if he wanted to thank Wan Sheng for his "cultivation". He hesitated for a moment but still didn't come, but just waved to say hello to him.

Many reporters captured this scene, "Ozil seems to be saying hello to Wan Sheng. He is a star trained by Wan Sheng. If the German team has such an outstanding core, Mueller should also thank Wan Sheng..."

"The goal just now was completely Ozil's personal improvisation. He drifted past two Chinese defenders in a row. In such a small space in front of the penalty area, Ozil fully demonstrated his superb footwork..."

"The Chinese team has no good idea about this, and the strength of their defenders is too big."

This is the most helpless thing about Wansheng!

If it were a normal tactical competition, even if Germany was much stronger overall, he would not be able to do so. However, the gap between the Chinese team and the German team was no longer just the overall strength, but the gap in the ability of the star was even bigger. The Chinese team's defense line could not defend Ozil at all, and there was no good way for stars such as Schweinsteiger and Muller.

These stars don't need to cooperate at all. If you have a good chance to break through on your own, you can directly complete the shot.

How to make up for this gap?

Wan Sheng couldn't think of it.

After the game started again, Wan Sheng could only allow the team to continue to shrink its defense line, "The defense must be placed in the penalty area line!" Using the human-sea tactics to pile up, the German team cannot score another goal.

This kind of playing style is still very effective.

The human sea tactics are the toughest defense. No matter how outstanding the star is, there will be no good way without room for performance.

The German team cannot cooperate near the penalty area, and the personal dribbling space has been maximized and reduced. It doesn’t matter if the Chinese team can’t defend, because they don’t have to run too much and will have a second chance to defend.

The Chinese team was dragged down like this until the end of the first half, and the German team did not score any more goals.

Time is coming soon.

Wan Sheng emphasized defense during the halftime break. The team's playing style is to use intensive defense to drag the German team, and the forward relied on Wang Qiuming's personal performance to find opportunities to score goals.

This is almost the only option.

As long as the Chinese team sets up, the German team will give them a chance. The German team will not show mercy. They find an opportunity and it is equivalent to scoring a goal, so the Chinese team can only continue to defend intensively.

After the start of the second half, the Chinese team's defensive performance became much more stable and not so anxious, but it was extremely passive in the scene.

The German team played very easily, and every player performed well, but it was not easy to break through the Chinese team's defense line.

But they were not in a hurry because they were two goals ahead.

German coach Loeve even reminded the team to pay attention to defense, "Don't be too far ahead, we don't need so many goals, be careful not to let them get opportunities, especially the opponent's king, you should know that he is very outstanding!"

Lov wants the German team to fill up the road and leave the Chinese team with no way out!
To be continued...
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