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Chapter two hundred and ninety nothing

It is rumored that Wan Sheng may take over the Hong Kong team in China and held a press conference at the Hong Kong Football Association to announce that Wan Sheng will become the head coach of the Hong Kong team. During this period, Wan Sheng has only just been to Hong Kong for a few days and has never seen the Hong Kong team or led the Hong Kong team to do any training. These are not secrets to the media, but now Wan Sheng says that the goal of leading the team is to win the championship?

He hasn't seen the Hong Kong team yet, right?

When many media heard this news, they subconsciously felt incredible.

The Hong Kong team won the Asian Cup? This is a bigger myth than the Greek myth in the 2014 European Cup!

But if the myth is a little bigger, it will become a joke!

Many media felt that they were disbelief. They even felt that they had heard it wrong, otherwise how could they hear the Hong Kong team related to winning the championship? After repeatedly confirming that Wan Sheng did say his goal to win the championship, the media felt that this young man must be crazy!

Hong Kong won the championship haha!

This is the best joke of the year 2oo7!

It’s a pity that April Fools’ Day has passed long ago and there is no way to explain it with jokes.

Perhaps this young man is serious. He has excellent results in leading the team in England, but he leads Manchester City. Manchester City is originally an English powerhouse. In addition, the club transfer can bring him the players he wants, so he naturally has the possibility of competing for the championship.

The Hong Kong team is different.

There are only so many professional players in Hong Kong, and there are no extra players at all. There are even part-time players in the Hong Kong team. It is difficult for them to support themselves by relying solely on playing football. How could such a semi-amateur team compete for the Asian Cup championship?

Too unrealistic!

When Wan Sheng said what he said to win the championship, even Hong Kong Football Association President Liang Huide smiled bitterly. He didn't know whether he should support Wan Sheng or something. Not to mention winning the championship, he felt that it was impossible to qualify in the group. After all, the Hong Kong team is too "amateur". It is too difficult for the last Asian team to qualify in the Asian Cup final.

Chinese media reporters have an advantage. They will not refute anything on the spot. They clearly realize that they are just a reporter. So after Wan Sheng finished talking about the goal of winning the championship, although they felt that it was unlikely, no reporter stood up to refute it.

But there will definitely be reports afterwards.

Many mainstream media in Hong Kong, such as Oriental Daily and Ta Kung Pao, have reported on the goals mentioned by Wan Sheng in the press conference and have also made some comments.

Ta Kung Pao's tone is stronger. They think Wan Sheng is 'a used to coaching big teams'. "He has no idea about the current situation of the Hong Kong team, and subconsciously feels that his goal to lead the team is to win the championship, but this is not practical at all. Perhaps after failing to coach the Hong Kong team, he will regret taking over the Hong Kong team, because the Hong Kong team has no strength to win any good results in the Asian Cup, and qualifying is already an 'unthink' good result!"

"It is undeniable that he is a world-class head coach, but he has no experience in leading a small team. The Hong Kong team should pay more attention to practicality, play against strong teams, absorb the experience of other teams, improve the quality of players in the team, and improve the overall level of Hong Kong football in the near future. This is what the Hong Kong team should do the most."

The article in Oriental Daily was written by the young Fang Yongsheng. As a young man, he praised Wan Sheng's spirit, "He is a passionate head coach. This can be heard from his words. He coached the Hong Kong team and will definitely bring some new things to Hong Kong football. Tactical concepts, game experience, etc. Hong Kong football will always make a good decision."

After affirming Wan Sheng's ability, Fang Yongsheng wrote again. "But it is unrealistic for Hong Kong to win the championship. Maybe we should remind him to be mentally prepared. Putting the goal high and putting it far is good, but putting it too high and too far is difficult to accept the result when it is easy to fail. The Hong Kong team is still aiming for the appearance of the group as the most practical."

The mainstream Oriental Daily and Ta Kung Pao in Hong Kong both think so. You can imagine how unfavorable the Hong Kong media are about Wan Sheng’s “champion slogan” put forward by Wan Sheng.

The media in mainland China have to look at the reports.

Some mainland media said, "No matter how weak the Chinese team is, it must be stronger than the Hong Kong team in China. In this Asian Cup, the 'Zhu Jiajun' dare not set his goal on winning the championship. What is the confidence of China and Hong Kong to say that they want to win the championship?"

"Three years ago, 7:o is still vivid in my mind. China and Hong Kong are the last in Asia. It is incredible that they set their goal to qualify."

"In the Asian Cup final circle, there are 16 teams participating, and qualifying in the group means entering the quarterfinals. This is a very proud result for the Hong Kong team. The Hong Kong team should be more pragmatic and take advantage of the opportunity to participate in the Asian Cup and increase their experience in the competition. This is what they should do."

The media in mainland China also analyzed the intensity of this Asian Cup from the perspective of various teams, believing that Hong Kong is "unrealistic to qualify" because the Hong Kong team was assigned to Group A.

In Group A, the seed team is Australia, and the strength of this team is completely higher than that of Asia. In addition, Iraq and Thailand are also in the group. Iraq is also a strong team and is a popular qualifying team in Group A. In comparison, Thailand's strength is a little worse, but compared with the Hong Kong team, Thailand is also a strong team.

Therefore, it is very impractical for Hong Kong, China to appear from Group A.

"If he wants to say the 'champion', he should also be after qualifying in the group." Football Weekly said.

At the same time, some netizens on the Internet also commented on this, but almost everyone was not optimistic about the Hong Kong team having the chance to win the championship, or even the Hong Kong team having the chance to qualify. Even the supporters of Wansheng were not optimistic about it. Their explanation for this was, "Wansheng was just shouting a slogan to boost morale. He actually did not really want to win the championship. The slogan of the championship would make the Hong Kong team full of fighting spirit and more likely to achieve good results."

This statement has been unanimously recognized.

Wan Sheng is still very popular in China. He is the most accomplished head coach in China. Therefore, even if the media and fans question his words, they will not slander him himself. They just have some doubts about the slogans. These doubts are mainly concentrated on the strength of the Hong Kong team.

In short, strength is everything, and it is meaningless to call for a championship without the strength.

After Wan Sheng shouted the 'Champion slogan', almost no one responded to him, including the Hong Kong Football Association, and everyone felt that it was impossible to achieve.

In the atmosphere of public opinion that is completely denied by the whole world, Wan Sheng doesn't care at all. He doesn't need any media or fans' recognition. All he needs to do is work hard towards the goal.

On the second day of the press conference, Wan Sheng officially took over the Hong Kong team.

He came to Mong Kok Stadium to prepare to meet the players and conduct the first day of training.

Mong Kok Stadium, commonly known as Mong Kok Stadium for Hong Kong citizens, was originally named Huaxu Municipal Stadium. It was formerly the 6th Army Stadium. It is located in Huaxu Road, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is an outdoor multi-purpose health venue in Hong Kong. It mainly holds football events and has a capacity of 8,500 people.

Compared with the large stadiums in England, this stadium is much smaller, but it is enough for Hong Kong to prepare for the Asian Cup, so Hong Kong football will always choose here for team training and preparation.

The Hong Kong team had already gathered yesterday, and today was their first day to start training. Every player came early, perhaps because they all wanted to meet Wan Sheng, the "legendary China's best coach".

After Wan Sheng arrived at the stadium, he met Fan Zhiyi.

At the welcome banquet, Wan Sheng asked about Fan Zhiyi's situation. After learning that he was only staying in Hong Kong and had no job at the moment, he invited Fan Zhiyi to be the assistant coach of his team in Hong Kong. Fan Zhiyi only considered it for a moment and agreed. He actually always wanted to become a football coach, but he was not successful in leading the team before. It is very difficult to be an assistant to a world-class coach like Wan Sheng, so he cheered up early this morning and came to Mong Kok Stadium to do some work before training preparation.

On the training ground, Fan Zhiyi gathered the team, and Wan Sheng also met the members of the Hong Kong team.

He stood seriously in front of all the team members.

There are several famous players in Hong Kong players. The best one is Wu Wei who plays for Shanghai Shenhua. All other players play in Hong Kong clubs, most of which come from the two teams, Yuyuan, Hong Kong and Chenxi.

These players are not very famous. Some players with a bit of fame in the world are all big stars in their eyes. First-class coaches like Wansheng are definitely superior in their eyes. They never thought they could play under a coach of this level one day, so many players were very excited and excited.

At the same time, many people also thought that they must perform well. If they are attracted by Wan Sheng and brought to the English arena, they can become a big star.

There are more than one player who thinks this way. In fact, almost everyone, including those veterans, thinks this more or less, so they are very much looking forward to seeing Wan Sheng.

But it is a bit different to seeing and expecting.

They have seen Wan Sheng look in TV reports, but after seeing him, many people felt that he was really a young man, and even looked smaller than some of them.

age?

I guess I'm less than thirty years old!

How did he achieve such great achievements in the UK at such a young age? Especially when he is still a football coach, he feels incredible just thinking about it.

So some people's ideas also changed.

Is it just that I want to win the appreciation of this peer? It feels strange that the other party is too young!

Wansheng doesn’t matter what they think.

He stood in front of the team seriously, his eyes swept across everyone, and then he suddenly sighed and said, "I said in front of the reporter that my goal of leading the team is to win the championship. Almost no one believes me. Some people think I am crazy, but I ignore them because I think nothing is difficult in the world. But now, I see that I am wrong. Because the Hong Kong team I see is useless!"

Wan Sheng pointed hard at everyone and emphasized loudly, "Yes, I'm just talking about you, you are simply useless!" (To be continued.)

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