When the Chinese Football Association carried out reforms in the new year, Qiu Suhui got married, and Yang Pan found his favorite in his life, another big thing gradually approached.

At the draw ceremony of the quarterfinals of the Asian qualifiers in Germany in December last year, CCTV5 broadcast the entire broadcast because it was related to whether the Chinese team could appear in Germany in 2006. Everyone still remembers what a wonderful grouping situation we had in 2001.

Before this draw, the eight teams were divided into four levels according to the results of the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. The seed teams were South Korea and Japan, China and Saudi Arabia were the second-level teams, Iran and Bahrain were the third-level teams, and Uzbekistan and North Korea were the fourth-level teams.

The Korean team is the seed team of A, and the B group is Japan.

When Villapan held a small note of "China" in his hand to show everyone, the expressions on Chen Wei and Qiu Suhui's faces were not very natural.

After the Asian Cup final, the Chinese team met Japan again in important events.

"It's not that enemies don't get together!" Chen Wei whispered to Qiu Suhui, and Qiu Suhui nodded in agreement.

As soon as Ali Han saw that it was Japan, he immediately remembered the unpleasant scene half a year ago, and his originally smiling face suddenly pulled down.

When they looked at Villapan's smile, they all thought of "smile".

In the end, China, Japan, Bahrain and North Korea were divided into Group B.

This grouping has also caused quite a response in China. Being with the Japanese team is a topic of hype in itself.

In fact, compared with Group A, the situation in Group B is relatively clear. In this German World Cup, Asia has 4.5 seats, and the first two players in each group directly enter Germany, leaving the third-place team with the best results to compete with Oceania for another seat.

From a calm analysis, the current environment of Chinese football is developing in a positive direction, but the strength of the national team is still not satisfactory. Bahrain and North Korea are not easy to deal with, and let alone Japan, the gap is not a day or two. Therefore, the most ideal situation for the Chinese team to qualify behind Japan, qualifying in the second place in the group, fighting for the four games between Bahrain and North Korea, and not losing to Japan is the biggest.

But on the other hand, the reform of the Football Association has just been carried out, and it is urgent to win to let everyone see hope and give people optimism. Therefore, the match against Japan is absolutely not to be missed.

In view of this pressure, Ali Han recalled all overseas legions, and the match with the Japanese team did not start until March 20. These returnees rushed back as soon as they ended their respective leagues.

Yang Pan, Zhang Jun, An Ke, Wang Hui, Shao Jiaying, Li Yi, and even young soldiers like Li Yongle were summoned back. Ali Han wanted to be more secure in personnel configuration, while Qiu Suhui was trying to make Li Yongle and An Ke receive training. At the same time, it also played a certain role in helping them in the competition of their respective clubs. After all, they are members of the national team!

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In the match against the Japanese team, Zhang Jun has been selected for the national team for the second time. His first game was February 9, on the first day of the Lunar New Year. In the match against North Korea, he wanted to use his outstanding performance to give Sophie and his family a Spring Festival gift. As a result, he sat on the bench for a full ninety minutes and watched Yang Pan assist him help the Chinese team defeat North Korea 1:0 at home.

The weakest victory over North Korea in the group and Zhang Jun, who was very popular, didn't even play for a minute, which aroused great dissatisfaction among domestic media and fans.

The game was won, but the process did not reflect the gap in strength between the two teams. If it weren't for Yang Pan's almost brutal force breakthrough on the right, the game would have been a draw.

In this game, Ali Han's national team once again exposed the problem that the forward would not score goals. In addition, facing North Korea's intensive defense, the Chinese team had no good idea except for Shao Jiaying and Yang Pan's cross from the left and right side.

Some media questioned why Ali Han did not allow Zhang Jun to play after the forward could not score the goal. Ali Han explained that it was because Zhang Jun was not in the best state in his physical condition. But this explanation was too far-fetched, because Zhang Jun scored a goal in the game before he came back, helping Warren Dam win at home, and also showed good form in his training back.

Qiu Suhui knows why. Ali Han doesn't like Zhang Jun's "lazy" playing style on the court. He can't stand the team's other than "demon sword" Hao Haidong, there are people who don't go back to defend. Zhang Jun never goes back to defend at Warren Dam. After three years, he has long been used to playing like this, and it is impossible for him to make a change suddenly.

This is the contradiction.

It was under pressure from the Football Association to let Zhang Jun join the national team, but whether he was allowed to play was the head coach.

For this reason, Qiu Suhui had once quarreled with Ali Han, but this stubborn old Dutch man did not accept his opinion at all. Qiu Suhui himself is just an assistant coach now and has no right to decide who will go to or who will not go to.

Zhang Jun himself was helpless. If he hadn't been working for the country, he wouldn't want to take a plane worth more than ten hours, and he would have been on the bench and used as a spectator for half a day. He hated being a spectator the most in his life. From high school to the National Olympic Team, he had enough to be a spectator at critical moments.

If Qiu Suhui hadn't been stuck in the middle as a buffer, he might have had a long time ago. In terms of goal-scoring ability, he would have been much better than the Li Anming who would only waste opportunities on the court. Why is he the main substitute and himself the third-tier substitute?

Because there was a Milu for reference in the previous article, Zhang Jun never liked Ali Han very much, and felt that this coach was very uncharming. Now he doesn't like it even more.

But this time the national team summoned him again, and he agreed without saying a word. No matter how Ali Han treats him, being able to wear the national team's jersey and playing for the country is always a dream he can't let go. As long as it is the call of the Chinese team, he cannot refuse.

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The returnees did not return home, but flew directly to Japan, where they met with the national team, and then prepared for the qualifiers held at the Tokyo National Arena on the 25th.

After finishing training, Zhang Jun was blocked by reporters in the hotel lobby. As he appeared in the national team, the conflicts surrounding him and Ali Han were raised by people again.

"Zhang Jun, can you play this game?"

"You have to ask the coach."

"Zhang Jun, let's talk about Ali Han!"

“Nothing to talk about.”

"So talk about the game, how sure do you think the Chinese team is to win?"

Zhang Jun stopped in front of the elevator. He was waiting for the elevator. The reporters took the opportunity to surround him.

"Win? I don't know that Japan is home court and has a greater advantage. I only know that this game will be very difficult." Zhang Jun was angry because he learned from today's training again that he would not be the starter.

With a "ding!", the elevator opened and head coach Ali Han came out from inside! Zhang Jun immediately lowered his head and drilled in, and Han walked out as if he didn't see him.

When the reporters saw that the protagonist two had arrived, they immediately rushed towards Ali Han.

"Ali Han, can Zhang Jun play in this game?"

“…”

"Mr. Ali Han, talk about Zhang Jun! Do you have any opinions about him?"

“…”

"So talk about this game?"

“…”

...

Zhang Jun stood alone in the elevator, watching the door slowly close, and Ali Han's figure gradually disappeared from his sight. Just as the door was closed, he reached in with one hand and stopped it.

Li Yongle watched the elevator door close again and breathed a long sigh. "I finally caught up, hug!"

Zhang Jun looked at him panting: "What are you doing? You have to go to the elevator at the last moment, sneaking."

"Ah, you don't know, those reporters. I am a supporting role, they all want to block me and ask this and that..." Li Yongle found that Zhang Jun looked wrong, "I'm still worried about not being able to play?"

Zhang Jun did not nod, but did not shake his head either.

Li Yongle smiled and said, "I'm much better. I'm just a visitor and I never thought I'd be on the stage. And what about you... Actually, I don't know what to say... Ali Han doesn't like you, so there's nothing I can do!" He sighed again. Now, there's no way to make trouble, so he can only endure it himself.

Zhang Jun laughed a little. Seeing Li Yongle worrying about himself, he was a little moved. He didn't want to make others worry as he used to. "Maybe I have a wrong mentality, no one said that I can play when I come back. The main player in the club does not mean that I am sure to be a member of the national team. I am very content to be able to come back as a member of the national team. I just need to be prepared if the coach asks me to go on. As for what I don't want me to go on, it's their own business. He gently knocked the elevator with his feet. He has experienced too much in the past six months, and the national team just gave him another training. Forget it, he used "God will give great responsibilities to this person" to mock him in his heart.

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"Zhang Jun, will you play tomorrow?"

"Well, I don't know, I'm sure I won't start anyway."

"That's right. Maybe that coach is biased against you, but don't worry, find an opportunity to prove yourself. I believe in you!"

"Hehe, just say no to practice! If you believe me, just take some practical actions. For example..."

"Pop!"

"For example, kiss me..."

"I believe in you, Zhang Jun!"

Zhang Jun touched his cheek and felt that he and Sophie were becoming more and more tacit. Before he could say anything in his heart, Sophie knew what he wanted. It was so happy to have such an "understand" girlfriend.

After Yang Pan came out of the shower, he saw Zhang Jun constantly touching his cheeks, so he kept laughing strangely from beside him.

Zhang Jun glanced at him and said nothing. After a while, Yang Pan's cell phone rang.

"Hey, Yilan, I'm in Japan, everything is fine. OK, OK, I miss you, I think about you every day..."

"Wow haha!" Zhang Jun laughed wildly this time. Although he couldn't understand what Yang Pan was saying, he could definitely guess the lines he said from Yang Pan's expression, because he also said those words to Sophie. Yang Pan always joked about him, but now the feng shui has changed, and it's his turn to watch Yang Pan joke.

Yang Pan didn't care at all and walked towards the balcony while talking.

Zhang Jun looked at Yang Pan outside the curtains and sighed boredly.

The competition is going to be held tomorrow, why can’t I get excited?

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Japan also attaches great importance to this game. Jiko even recalled all Japanese overseas players who can be recalled. Hidetoshi Nakata, Shinji Ono, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yoshito Okubo, Atsushi Yanagisawa and others will all play.

On the Chinese side, Wang Hui is still a bench player, Zhang Jun is also with him, An Ke and Li Yongle are thorough spectators, and among the overseas returnees, only Yang Pan, Shao Jiaying and Li Yi play the main role.

Compared with the Asian Cup, the starting lineup of the Chinese team has one more Li Yi, and there is no change in the others. After the game started, the Chinese team's performance was normal. The "normal" here means that it is the same as the previous poor performance.

On the back line, there are players like Li Suisheng and Liu Peng, who are the best among young players in China, but trust the frigid old defense line. Not to mention the forward, Dao Dao is 35 years old and has to bear heavy responsibilities. Li Dayu, who is partnered with him, is a shooter who often performs wonderfully in the league but becomes silent as soon as he arrives at the national team.

Qiu Suhui only watched the first half for fifteen minutes and kept sighing in his heart. Ali Han has been taking over the Chinese team for almost three years, and his playing style has not been unified, nor has a fixed style to allow players to adapt, and his vision of selecting people is often problematic. With his own level, Qiu Suhui feels a little embarrassed to attack Ali Han.

The Japanese team's home advantage is very obvious. Not only the referee will slightly be biased towards the Japanese team. Nearly 60,000 Japanese fans at the scene wore unified Japanese home uniforms, turning the National Arena into a turbulent blue ocean. They must still remember the various "experiences" of their national team in China during the Asian Cup, so they should take revenge in this game.

It is said that Korean fans are terrible, but in fact, Japanese fans are not bad at all.

The Chinese team is under great pressure on the away game. In fact, many Chinese players in the National Arena in Tokyo are familiar with them. They played here two years ago. But they performed the same every time they came - being pushed and beaten.

It's also quite sad to say.

Several years ago, Japanese football was only trained in front of China, but they often asked their Chinese colleagues to communicate in a low manner, and they were not discouraged even though they won less than their wins. Later, relying on the "century-year plan", relying on the promotion of professionalism, and relying on the offensive to attract many balloon stars to join the J League to play. Relying on the national quintessence of Japan, they drove the progress of the entire Japanese football level. Later, after winning two Asian Cup championships, Japan has become a well-deserved overlord of Asia. Their eyes have already turned to Europe, and the humble little brother no longer despises the "poor brothers" in Asia.

What about Chinese football? It has long been trapped in endless civil strife due to counterfeiting, black whistle, factional struggle, and entanglement of interests, and has been left far behind by Japan and South Korea.

Every time Qiu Suhui thinks of this history, he feels very distressed. Basically, he witnessed most of this history as a player, audience, coach and other identities. I remember when their national teams and old seniors were playing against the Japanese team, they were so excited that they could say a sudden surprise and shoot at the same time. Now? Tsk tsk!

While thinking about it, the Chinese team was more frivolous and had a serious mistake in its calm and insecure defense line. As a result, the ball was not kicked far, and the number one dangerous actor, Eiju Nakada, got the ball. He did not pass the ball like the Chinese players thought, and just shot a long shot from 25 meters away!

The football rotates very quickly and has a very clever angle! Although goalkeeper Liu Fei tried hard to save the game, he was not tall enough and could not stop the football. The ball penetrated into the far corner!

In the 31st minute of the first half, the Japanese team led at home!

Ali Han threw the Aquarius in his hand angrily, but Qiu Suhui didn't show any expression, as if it had nothing to do with him. He had long known that it would be a matter of time before Ali Han's plan was used to concede the ball against Japan. The Japanese team has always been strong in the midfield and can be used as a striker at critical moments. How can the four Chinese people's midfielders deal with it?

Shao Jiaying is not good at defending, and Yang Pan's defense range is limited to the right side. In the middle defense, Li Yi was injured and could not find his state, and he was no longer as brave as the "Iron Man" in the past. Another midfielder who performed well in China also showed his "Rough Brother" in the footwork of Nakata and others.

If it were me, I would have sent a few returnees sitting down there, which would definitely be more effective than some people on the field now. Qiu Suhui was simulating in his heart.

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Yang Pan kicked the rolling ball angrily and kicked it back to the goal.

After three games, he always felt uncomfortable and uncomfortable playing in this national team. He felt that he couldn't use his strength.

He looked at Zhang Jun and others off the field. Zhang Jun's face was also good.
To be continued...