Chapter 73 National Team Roster
"I said, the training roster for the national team competition will be announced on Friday. There are still two days left. Lao He, are you ready?"
As the door of the Chinese national team head coach's office was pushed open, the voice of the national team leader Shen Dongsheng floated in from the outside.
Then he saw He Zhenyong and assistant coach Cai Bokang turning to look at him.
“Hey, everyone is here?”
Shen Dongsheng did not expect Cai Bokang to be there, but he was not embarrassed. He nodded to Cai Bokang first, and then reached out to He Zhenyong and asked him for the list.
He came to urge He Zhenyong, but he didn’t expect that He Zhenyong actually took out a piece of paper from the table and handed it to him.
Shen Dongsheng took it over and saw that it was the national team roster for the two World Cup preliminaries.
"Huh? Have you planned it all? I thought you were going to struggle until the deadline."
He Zhenyong didn't say anything, and the assistant coach Cai Bokang next to him laughed: "That's right. What’s so confusing? Compared with the last game, there is only one more Wang Lie.”
"I just thought you were going to struggle with Wang Lie for a long time..."
This time it was He Zhenyong who answered him: "Wang Lie scored nine goals and two assists in six games. What else can be said about this performance? So confused? He couldn't even play a whole game under Heldon before, so he wasn't recruited. Now that he's doing so well in Tyne, it's unreasonable not to recruit him."
Shen Dongsheng continued. Nodding: "That's right. But have you figured out how to arrange Wang Lie and Chi Zhen?"
He Zhenyong and Cai Bokang looked at each other, and finally Cai Bokang answered the national team leader: "Yes. No..."
Shen Dongsheng frowned: "Then by recruiting Wang Lie back, doesn't it mean you have recruited a time bomb for yourself?"
"It's actually not that bad." Cai Bokang explained. "We were still talking just now. We really haven't figured out how to arrange Wang Lie and Chi Zhen at the same time, but this time we went to the UK, Lao He didn't get nothing. Wang Lie asked this question bluntly, and Lao He also said I haven't thought about it yet. Wang Lie said something at the time..."
Shen Dongsheng nodded: "I know. He said that he would use his performance to dissuade Lao He in the more than a year before the World Cup. Worry, make a decision."
"Yes. So I think Wang Lie didn't intend to let us take a stand immediately. He must also know that his performance in these games is not enough. Convince us. As long as we don't come up with a plan immediately, we can take our time and observe Wang Lie's next performance... After all, Wang Lie is already thirty-eight years old, and no one knows his performance in the past month. Is it a return to glory, or is it normality..."
Cai Bokang said a very realistic question.
Wang Lie is in good condition during this period, scoring consecutive goals, and seems to be invincible.
But in fact, he is a veteran who has passed his thirty-eighth birthday.
A true veteran.
In the football world, it is not unbelievable to have outstanding performance at this age, but it is a bit unbelievable to have sustained, stable and consistent outstanding performance.
Because it requires physical support.
The physical fitness of a thirty-eight-year-old player is definitely not comparable to that of a thirty-year-old player.
In fact, before Shen Dongsheng arrived, Cai Bokang and He Zhenyong were talking about the next round of the league. McNeil probably wouldn't let Wang Lie play the whole game. Because Wang Lie will have to return to China to participate in the national team competition. The journey is tiring and requires high physical fitness. McNeil must be worried that the thirty-eight-year-old Wang Lie cannot withstand such a torment.
If it were not for a game like the World Cup preliminaries, the club would have to release him unconditionally. Cai Bokang estimated that McNeil did not intend to let Wang Lie go back...
He must also be worried about Wang Lie going back. The status is gone.
In fact, He Zhenyong has a headache over how to arrange Wang Lie and Chi Zhen. Is it because he prefers Chi Zhen?
Of course not.
Is it true that Chi Zhen is his illegitimate son, He Zhenyong, as rumored online?
Nonsense!
The bottom line is that He Zhenyong doesn’t know how long Wang Lie, who will be thirty-eight this year and thirty-nine next year, can maintain this state as he is getting older.
Whether Chi Zhen is the core or Wang Lie is the core, as the head coach, his ultimate goal is to pursue victory.
No matter who is the core, as long as the team can win.
Then why were Wang Lie replaced from the core position and replaced by Chi Zhen?
Isn’t it because the Chinese team performed poorly in the 2035 Asian Cup in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand? Stopped in the top 16 and went home in one round of the knockout round.
The failure in the Asian Cup fully exposed the problem that the Chinese team urgently needs to be updated. Everyone can no longer pretend not to see it like they did after the Saudi World Cup.
If you just want to update it... you have to replace Wang Lie first.
Because he is old, he can no longer lead the national team forward. At the age of 39, he may not even be able to enter the national team in the next World Cup.
It needs to be replaced anyway. Instead of waiting until before the World Cup, it is better to replace it now. There is still time for the Chinese team to go through the painful period of upgrading.
So the Chinese Football Association took the opportunity of the coaching change to let He Zhenyong, a well-known "honest man" in Chinese football, be a villain.
There is nothing wrong with the idea and operation of the Football Association, it is normal.
The new national team built around Chi Zhen happened to be in time for the World Cup Asian qualifiers.
The schedule of the top 12 matches is currently halfway through. The Chinese team has four wins and one loss in five games, ranking first in Group A with 12 points.
Except for the 2:3 away loss to Iran, the Chinese team defeated all other opponents in the same group.
Including a 1:0 home win against Qatar, a 2:1 away win against Thailand, a 2:0 home win over North Korea, and a 1:0 home win over Australia.
Wang Lie was still on the team when they lost to Iran 2:3 away from home.
Before that game, the domestic media and fans were very dissatisfied with He Zhenyong's practice of letting Wang Lie play as a substitute, and they all called for Wang Lie to start against a strong enemy like Iran.
He Zhenyong followed the good example and really let Wang Lie start.
As a result, the Chinese team lost to Iran 2:3 in an away game, losing for the first time in the top 12 of this tournament.
After the team lost, the voices on the Internet clamoring for Wang Lie to return to the starting lineup became much quieter.
So in the fifth round of the top 12 in November, He Zhenyong did not recruit Wang Lie to the national team at all.
His reasons are also very convincing and irrefutable.
At that time, Wang Lie was suppressed by Herden in Soft United and did not have many opportunities to play. His competitive state was in a mess. This was also proved in the away game against Iran in October.
In that game, Wang Lie started and played for 70 minutes without scoring or assisting.
One of the two goals of the Chinese team was scored by Chi Zhen, and the other was assisted by Chi Zhen.
Chi Zhen of the national team and Chi Zhen of the club even have different positions on the field, and their functions are naturally different.
Chi Zhen in the club is more like an offensive participant, while Chi Zhen in the national team is a scorer and offensive terminator.
Although they lost against Iran, Chi Zhen's outstanding performance gave He Zhenyong the courage and confidence to "keep Wang Lie out".
Therefore, in the crucial battle between the Chinese team and Australia in November last year, He Zhenyong ignored the voices of the media and fans and refused to call up Wang Lie, who was unable to play at Soft United.
The Chinese team without Wang Lie relied on Chi Zhen's goal to beat Australia 1:0 at home. At the same time, Iran was upset in the away game and was tied 1:1 by Thailand.
The Chinese team took this opportunity to regain the first place in the group with twelve points.
The results of the top 12 matches proved that the Chinese team with Chi Zhen as the core is still very effective. At least the problem of qualifying for the World Cup is not a big problem - now the schedule of the top 12 matches is halfway through, and the Chinese team 10 Two points lead the way to first place, while third-placed Australia has eight points.
As long as you can get the top two, you can directly get the right to qualify.
No matter what happens, if we finish third in the group, we can still play in the play-offs.
The Chinese team leads Qatar, the fourth place in the group, by six points.
He Zhenyong trusted Chi Zhen, and Chi Zhen did not disappoint the coach.
Even without Wang Lie, this national team is still a top-notch team in Asia.
But if the core of the tactics is replaced by Wang Lie... Even if Wang Lie was in excellent form during this period, he still won the direct dialogue with Chi Zhen.
But who can guarantee that Wang Lie can maintain this state in the next year and three months?
Especially when he turns thirty-nine next year.
To put it bluntly, age is Wang Lie’s biggest problem.
In the football world, thirty-eight or thirty-nine years old means no future.
It means that no one dares to put their treasure on such a veteran.
If Wang Lie was thirty-three years old now and was in such a state, then maybe the Chinese team's coaching staff wouldn't be so entangled - they would definitely straighten Wang Lie and let Chi Zhen assist him!
After listening to Cai Bokang's explanation, Shen Dongsheng felt that there was really no good solution at the moment and could only leave it to time.
He said: "Fortunately, the two World Cup preliminaries this time are not against Iran and Australia... We still have time and opportunity to continue to observe."
What Shen Dongsheng said is true. Very helpless.
In the two top-12 matches in March, the Chinese team first challenged Qatar away from home, and then returned to home to face Thailand.
Although it is not Iran and Australia, Qatar's strength is not weak, and it is also home, so it cannot be underestimated.
But there is no way. If he didn't say that, do you want the national team coaching staff to come up with a solution immediately?
After sighing, Shen Dongsheng asked again: "Will Wang Lie start this time?"
Since Wang Lie was put on the bench, the starting lineup of the Chinese team has gone through After several adjustments, it is now relatively stable.
Today's Chinese team is playing 442. In the frontcourt attacking lineup, Chi Zhen and center Tan Xingchang are the starters.
Tan Xingchang is currently the main center of the Chinese national team and Chi Zhen's regular partner.
Of course, before Chi Zhen took over, he also partnered with Wang Lie. As a center, Tan Xingchang's scoring ability is average, but his ball-making ability is good.
In the Bundesliga team Forsfield, Tan Xingchang is used as the tactical fulcrum center.
The same is true for the Chinese national team.
In He Zhenyong's tactics, Tan Xingchang is the one who makes the green leaves for Chi Zhen.
Chi Zhen is a left midfielder in the Scorsese, but in the national team, he plays the forward position.
Having the ball and firing rights in the frontcourt, his position is relatively flexible and does not require him to be fixed at the front.
After all, Chi Zhen’s ability with the ball is excellent.
In this way, the Chinese team needs a real center like Tan Xingchang at the front.
Tan Xingchang can suppress the opponent's defense in the front, and the center who will not compete with Chi Zhen for shooting opportunities but can also create opportunities for him is simply Chi Zhen's golden partner.
Facing the problem of Shen Dongsheng, Cai Bokang said: "He will not be allowed to start in the first game against Qatar. He has just returned to the team and his physical fitness is also an issue."
Hear this Answering, Shen Dongsheng was a little surprised: "You really dare not to let him start?"
Cai Bokang said: "I will tell Wang Lie."
Cai Bokang and Wang Lie have a better relationship , it can even be said that Wang Lie respected Cai Bokang very much.
So when He Zhenyong knew what he was going to do when the Football Association asked him to coach the national team, he immediately contacted Cai Bokang, who was the head coach of the Chinese Super League team, hoping that he could be his assistant coach.
Cai Bokang didn't want to come at that time, until he heard He Zhenyong's real purpose of looking for him, and after thinking about it for a few days, he agreed to help He Zhenyong.
He Zhenyong wanted to use Cai Bokang's good relationship with Wang Lie to let Cai Bokang restrain Wang Lie and make him less resistant and opposed to his replacement plan...
Cai Bokang started from Personally, he didn't like doing this emotionally, but from a rational point of view, he knew that He Zhenyong had to do this.
After the failure of the Asian Cup, the Chinese national team must change its blood.
To exchange blood, Wang Lie must be taken down.
For the benefit of the national team, he can only hope that Wang Lie can still recognize his face...
Shen Dongsheng did not ask "Why can't we call 433 and let Wang Lie and Chi Zhen do it at the same time?" Come out and live separately" is a question because he himself knows the answer.
The reason is simple. Neither Wang Lie nor Chi Zhen are used to playing on the right side.
Wang Lie was a right-footed player when he was young. He started out as a left winger. As he got older, he gradually moved from the wing to the center. His position on the field also gradually transitioned from the left winger to the forward. In the end, he was almost fixed. At the center position. Although he no longer has an obvious inverse foot and can use both left and right feet, he is still not used to playing on the right side.
He only occasionally switches positions on the right wing and does not stay there often.
Chi Zhen rarely even makes guest appearances on the right side.
Even if we have to play 433, Wang Lie still has to be in the middle.
In this way, Tan Xingchang will be sacrificed.
Although he received Cai Bokang's promise, Shen Dongsheng was still a little worried: "Your arrangement... is Wang Lie really willing to do it? You know his recent state is very good..."
Cai Bokang answered him: "The status of the club is the status of the club, and the national team is the same as the national team. I will make it clear to him."
But Shen Dongsheng's frowning brows still did not relax, obviously Not convinced.
Cai Bokang was a little impatient when he saw this, and asked very straightforwardly:
"Old Shen, what are you worried about? Are you worried that Wang Lie will play passively because he does not accept the coaching staff's arrangements? Are you worried about Wang Lie? Will Lie and Chi Zhen have a conflict and cause internal strife?"
Shen Dongsheng quickly waved his hands to deny: "Uh, no. I don't have such an idea... I'm just worried that Wang Lie will have something in his mind..."
Cai Bokang doesn't care about him. He knows that the national team leader doesn't dare to do anything to him, because his role is very important - as long as the problem between Wang Lie and the national team is not resolved, his role as "Wang Lie's emotional stabilizer" It is still indispensable.
So he doesn’t have to worry about offending the national team leader. There are things that others dare not say, but he dares.
So he interrupted Shen Dongsheng:
"Wang Lie must have thoughts in his heart. He is a human being, not a machine that can only execute programs. I can tell you even now , he will 100% not like the arrangement of letting him be a substitute. I can also tell you that he will 100% accept this arrangement.
"Have you forgotten? No matter what, Wang Lie always puts the interests of the national team first. Otherwise, would he have been able to sit on the bench obediently? You don’t really think he’s looking out for me, do you? There are many rumors about his dissatisfaction with this arrangement, but he has never criticized Guidance He in public. ”
"Uh..." Shen Dongsheng was speechless. His worries just now seemed like he was "judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart"...
But I have to say that Cai Bokang was right. .
Wang Lie was deprived of his core position and was not even guaranteed his main position, which indeed caused a great storm of public opinion and caused undercurrents in the national team locker room.
But Wang Lie has never been passive in training and competition because of this.
Although he had his unhappiness written on his face, when He Zhenyong asked him to come on the bench, he just sat on the bench and never criticized the head coach's arrangement in front of reporters, nor did he On his personal social media account, he criticized Sang and Huai in a strange way.
It's just that Wang Lie's personal influence is too great. Even if he doesn't say anything, there will naturally be many people who speak up for him and speak for him.
So it seems that he and Chi Zhen are incompatible with each other in the national team, and there is no peace anymore.
After the exchange with Wang Lie in Taien, He Zhenyong also supported his assistant coach’s statement:
“Actually, after I went to Taien and talked with Wang Lie this time, I felt that He still has some changes... His resistance to letting him play as a substitute may not be that big. The competition between him and Chi Zhen will not affect our next two games.
" My headache is actually from the future... I still have to find a way out, I can't just make do with it all the time. It's okay if Wang Lie doesn't perform well in the future. If he can really continue his performance in the past month or so, then I think his patience should have a limit. ”
"Where are the dual cores?" Shen Dongsheng wisely did not continue to talk about Wang Lie's attitude, but raised a new question.
After He Zhenyong and Cai Bokang looked at each other, the latter explained to the national team leader: "Double cores also have primary and secondary points. And dual cores are usually one in the frontcourt and one in the backcourt. I have never seen two forwards. If the two cores are too close and have similar playing styles, there will be disputes over the ball. When attacking, teammates don’t know who to pass the ball to and who to play around..."
"Oh..." Shen Dongsheng suddenly realized, and then frowned: "So, it is indeed a difficult problem."
Cai Bokang suddenly said: "Actually...it is not that there is no solution."
Shen Dongsheng and He Zhenyong looked at him at the same time.
Cai Bokang said: "If Wang Lie can really maintain this performance, then give him the core again and let Chi Zhen assist him."
"Chi Zhen may not be willing, right?" Shen Dongsheng asked.
“You have to be willing if you don’t want to. Who made Wang Lie in a better state? When Wang Lie was in bad form, he was the core, and Wang Lie accepted it even if he didn’t want to. In the future, if Wang Lie always With this performance, why can't he accept the arrangement of supporting Wang Lie? You have to accept it whether you like it or not. This is the Chinese national team, and everything must be based on the interests of the national team. Wang Lie can do the best for the national team. Think about it, of course Chi Zhen can do it." Cai Bokang said firmly.
Shen Dongsheng said: "But you also said that Wang Lie must always behave like this. He is already thirty-eight years old, and I think it is difficult to maintain such a performance, right?"< br>
Cai Bokang sighed: "Yes, he is already thirty-eight years old... He told Lao He that he would prove himself with his next performance. Even I can't figure out where he came from. So confident..."
Shen Dongsheng said: "But in other words, if he can't give a convincing performance next, then of course he won't be able to compete with Chi Zhen. Our tactics, staffing, etc. will not change. Then It seems that we don’t need to worry about it anymore?”
He Zhenyong said: “So, let’s wait and see. This time we can take advantage of the national team competition to observe his training status up close. Discovered. "
Cai Bokang and Shen Dongsheng both nodded and agreed with He Zhenyong's statement.
Let’s wait and see.
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"...News. At 5:30 this afternoon, the Chinese national team announced the roster for the two top 12 matches in March on the official website and official Weibo. Wang Lie, who was not included in the squad for the last game, returned... ”
After Zhao Zhou saw the news, he pumped his fist excitedly.
Then he quickly took a screenshot of the news and posted it to his PiLiPiLi news:
"Brothers, did I say this during the live broadcast before? I said it. With this performance, if He Zhenyong still wants to be the head coach of the Chinese team, I will definitely recruit him! Look! The king is back!"
Not even ten minutes after he posted this post, a large number of excited Wang Lie fans flooded in, and everyone filled his comment area with enthusiastic messages.
Not only PiLi PiLi, but also many topics related to Wang Lie's return to the Chinese team roster on Weibo, which also appeared on the hot topic list.
Of course, it will be accompanied by the "cyber war" between Wang Lie's extreme fans and Chi Zhen's brain-dead fans.
After all, Wang Lie has returned to the national team in his recent form. Anyone who is not a fool knows what impact this will have on Chi Zhen...
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“… ...Wang Lie’s return to the national team is not surprising. Since his transfer to Tyne, he has scored nine goals and two assists in six games. Such an outstanding performance has naturally impressed the national team. Coach He Zhenyong. He Zhenyong once said that in the national team, no one has special privileges, so now Wang Lie is the 'capable'."
Chi Zhen read this article analyzing Wang Lie's return to the national team, and his eyes finally fell on the word "capable".
Able people...
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PS, sorry, I forgot to set automatic updates...
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