What's more, Qiu Suhui's substitution was almost overwhelmingly supported, and Li Dayu didn't even have anything to say. Why should he, the "main substitute" make the lead?

The subsequent game against North Korea proved the correctness of this substitution. Under the pressure of not losing another game, the Chinese team defeated their opponent 3:1 away.

The Chinese team had a great start in this game. They scored a goal in just four minutes of the game. At that time, Yang Pan forced a cross from the right and Zhang Jun followed up from the middle, but did not hit the ball because the North Korean defender who was stuck in front of him was in panic and pushed the incoming ball into his own goal.

Own goal!

The scene was in chaos at that time. Liu Hongmin and Wang Jianxiang, who were commenting on the game, thought Zhang Jun had scored a goal, so they shouted excitedly: "This is Zhang Jun's first national team goal!" Then the two began to praise Zhang Jun's efficiency. As long as he was trusted, he would use the goal as a reward.

But the TV replay immediately made the two of them feel embarrassed: it was not the goal that Zhang Jun scored at all.

The two of them reacted quickly and said that Yang Pan passed the ball well, but Zhang Jun, who followed up in the middle, made a great contribution. If it weren't for his threat, the opponent wouldn't have made a mistake in the midfield and scored an own goal. In short, Zhang Jun was indeed extraordinary.

But the North Koreans' tenacity is not inferior to that country in the south of the 38th parallel. They equalized the score with a corner kick before the end of the first half.

This conceding also once again exposed the bad headers of the Chinese team on the defense line. Two central defenders, one is 1.84 meters tall and the other is 1.83 meters tall, and coupled with unreasonable use of technology, it is always worrying to defend against high-altitude balls. The "Chinese header team" can only scare the Southeast Asian team, and now even the West Asians can't help but be fooled.

During the break, Qiu Suhui did not make any adjustments to the defense, but only demanded to increase the offensive strength. Now the Chinese team is not the defense compared to North Korea, but to see who can score better. Qiu Suhui knew that with the current lineup, the Chinese team's defense is obviously weaker than the offense, and he has no time to catch defense. He can only try to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses and make up for it with offense.

It was still Zhang Jun in the second half. After a forced breakthrough in the middle, he did not choose to divide the side, but passed it to Hao Haidong. Unexpectedly, the North Korean defenders were all deceived, but Hao Haidong, an old man with rich experience, appeared there correctly, and then pushed the ball into the near corner with one shot, helping the Chinese team lead 2:1 again.

Hao Haidong thanked Zhang Jun for his selfless assistance and celebrated with him.

Yang Pan then assisted Hao Haidong and scored a header, and the Chinese team defeated North Korea 3:1 away.

On the other hand, the Japanese team defeated Bahrain and remained unbeaten until now, ranking first in the group, while the Chinese team accumulated ten second in the group. Since Bahrain still only had six points, the Chinese team and the Japanese team have already advanced ahead of schedule.

The Chinese team reached the World Cup finals for the second time! This once again made the Chinese infatuated fans crazy. They took to the streets to celebrate, five-star red flag, firecrackers, laughter... Everything is like a replica of the top ten matches in 2001. No, people are much more rational than that time, and they will not attribute the reason for qualifying to the good luck of the lottery, because we have a group of promising players, a truly capable head coach, and a pragmatic Football Association leadership team. It is natural to be able to enter the German World Cup.

After the game, the Chinese team did not hold a big celebration, after all, it was on their territory. They just celebrated in the locker room. Everyone was still trying to celebrate at their home court after the final battle with the Japanese team on August 17th.

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Two months later, on August 17, the Chinese, who had been ready to play against the Japanese team for a long time, were on their own home court.

In the quarterfinals, the Chinese Football Association still chose the home court at the top ten in 2001 - Shenyang Wulihe Stadium. On the one hand, he wanted to continue the good luck in 2001; on the other hand, Chen Wei also wanted to commemorate: if there hadn't been the strike incident here last year, many problems in Chinese football would not have been exposed, and they were widely recognized by many people, and he would not have come to power so smoothly.

This game is still attracting much attention when the two teams have confirmed their qualifying. Both Chinese and Japanese teams have also sent out the strongest lineup they can send.

The Japanese team wants to maintain an unbeaten record against the Chinese team, while the Chinese team wants to take revenge. This game was very hot amid the crazy shouts of home fans. Some movements seemed to be rushing to people.

This forced the head coaches of both sides to replace many main players in the second half. After all, they didn't want to hurt important players for a game, which would affect the World Cup so that they couldn't pay.

Zhang Jun was replaced by Qiu Suhui after playing for 60 minutes because he was the person who had been violated by the Chinese team the most. As an arrow figure, he and Hao Haidong were given special care, but his reputation was not small internationally. The Japanese have always been afraid of the strong, so they will naturally deal with the most powerful one first.

Zhang Jun was let down by them ten times within 60 minutes, an average of every six minutes. What a terrible frequency. Moreover, the Japanese team has many tricks, many moves are hard to defend against, so you can't even say that you suffer a loss.

As a result, when Zhang Jun was substituted in the 60th minute, he did not score a single goal, but the Chinese team did lead the Japanese team 1:0 on the field. The penalty kick was scored, and the Japanese defender had a fever in his brain and knocked down Zhang Jun in the penalty area. Shao Jiaying took the penalty and easily scored the penalty kick. At that time, there was a crazy cheer in Wulihe Stadium at that time. It was probably possible to hear it ten miles away.

Unfortunately, just when Qiu Suhui replaced Shao Jiaying and gave Zhao Pengyu a chance, the Chinese team's defense made another low-level mistake, and the captain missed the defense, which actually allowed the Japanese forward Kato Okubo to easily hit the ball.

Liu Fei had no choice but to stand there, turned his head and saw the football into the upper corner of the goal.

This goal immediately made the originally joyful Wulihe Stadium silent, and then the booed sound soon. It was hard to say whether they were booing the happy Japanese team or the poor defense of the Chinese team.

This concealed goal made Qiu Suhui very angry. He shouted and jumped below, looking furious and disappointed with the Chinese team's defense. In fact, he is far from as angry as he showed. As a coach, he is very clear about the true strength of the Japanese team. It is difficult for a Chinese team like the current one to defeat them, and maybe there will be some price. Anyway, both sides have qualified, so the draw is an acceptable and good result.

But the act he just performed was to let everyone see through TV broadcasts that he was very dissatisfied with the defense. Qiu Zhi was very angry, and the consequences were very serious... to build momentum for future major operations. He could even think of what the newspaper published tomorrow would say. "Qiu Suhui was dissatisfied with the defense, and the Chinese team cherished the draw of Japan."

Because of this conceding, Yang Pan was able to continue to stay on the court. Qiu Suhui replaced the older Hao Haidong. He now needs Yang Pan to restrain the Japanese team's strength alone. In the remaining ten minutes, the Japanese team and the Chinese team had offensive and defense, but no one scored a goal. The last qualifier ended with a tie with the booed by the fans.

For Chinese fans, they will feel extremely regretful. But for Qiu Suhui, it is not the time to compete with Japan, so he must focus all his energy on rectifying the national team. After he finishes the rectification, he will eliminate some parasites, introduce fresh blood, and give this team a period of time to run in. After the World Cup in Germany, he will be confident that he will challenge Asia and Japan and compete for the Asian overlord.

Although he was tied by the Japanese team at home, this would not hinder everyone's good mood. After all, China entered the World Cup finals for the second time in a row, which was definitely a major event in the Chinese sports world in 2005.

It undoubtedly added a glorious report card to Chen Wei's Football Association.

Qiu Suhui also proved his ability with practical actions and established authority in front of everyone.

Everyone was very happy.

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The national team achieved great success, and the players naturally benefited from it, and commercial contracts flew into their hands one by one. Zhang Jun and Yang Pan received the most contracts, even An Ke, a substitute who had never been on the bench in a game, also got several copies.

Among these contracts, the most worth mentioning is not a world-class contract endorsed by Gillette Razor or Mercedes-Benz, but a public welfare contract that does not collect any penny: the two served as image spokespersons of the China Youth Foundation. The foundation believes that two healthy and uplifting images can definitely imitate the growth of teenagers. The two were also very interested in this job without paying and agreed happily.

Chen Wei is also a smart person. After hearing this news, he immediately told the foundation that the Football Association is also willing to cooperate with the Youth Foundation and become the foundation's sponsor, on the condition that the foundation helps them jointly promote the "Youth Campus Football Promotion Plan" that the Football Association will soon implement.

Such a plan that is very beneficial to the physical and mental health of young people, coupled with the Chinese team entering the World Cup finals, has greatly increased the public's favorability. The foundation naturally has no objection.

Zhang Jun, Yang Pan and the Chinese Football Association have all improved their image in the public, and good things have come together.

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On the fourth day after the game with the Japanese team, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan handled various commercial activities and participated in several celebrations. Before they could have time to rest at home with their families, they had to say goodbye to them and board the flight to Milan. After two years of separation, the two got together again. In addition to Kaka who had been waiting in AC Milan, what kind of big career will the three of them do together? Can they recreate the style of the Three Dutch Musketeers back then?

Now, these are still unknown.

Zhang Junyuan didn't think so much. He was still thinking about his parents' smiling faces and Sophie's somewhat lonely eyes.

There are too many activities this summer, and he still has no time to be with his parents and Sophie. This time he separated and goodbye, it was probably another year.

Sophie graduated successfully from school and got her degree certificate. Now she should start looking for a job. He had already told Li Yan that if she could arrange Sophie to be a photojournalist, Li Yan promised that there was no problem, and he felt relieved.

As for parents, he sometimes feels that he owes them more and more. Not bad, his son has a promising future, has become famous, and has made a lot of money, but he has fewer and fewer opportunities to chat with them. Seeing them pretending to smile and give him, he asked himself in his heart: Is this considered unfilial?

But soon, he would use another idea to help him.

Anyway, I am still young, if I don’t take advantage of this time to do something, make some achievements, and realize my dreams. Are you still waiting to get old in the future?

The relationship between me and my parents is back once a year, and I often call me and it’s nothing. I’ll be there to accompany them when I retire.

There is still a lot of time! The night is long, enough to light up the street lights...yawn!
Chapter completed!