"...In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals that just ended, Atletico Madrid scored 0:0 with Leverkusen at home. However, although Gao Zheng entered the roster in this game, he did not get a chance to play. This is his first time since he was seriously injured. Before the game, everyone was looking forward to his return in the game, but now it seems that his comeback may still be postponed..."

Sports news in China is broadcasting the latest situation about Gao Zheng.

As the game against the South Korean team approaches, Chinese fans are now paying great attention to this point when will Gao Zheng be able to play? Will he be able to catch up with the South Korean team?

Although Gao Zheng has resumed training since late January, he has been training alone for a long time.

It was not until the end of February that we started training with the team.

And he has played in team games.

But he didn't even play for a minute in the official game.

In the meantime, even though Atletico Madrid lost 1-2 to Barcelona at home, Simeone did not allow Gao Zheng to be included in the lineup.

After losing Gao Zheng, Atletico Madrid's league ranking has dropped to fourth place this season. Although this ranking can also allow them to participate in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers next season, compared with the results of winning the championship for three consecutive seasons, this fourth place is not enough.

The results are like this, and Simeone still didn't let Gao Zheng play, which made many Chinese fans worry.

They were worried that Gao Zheng's recovery was not as good as the outside world said. Simeone was worried that letting Gao Zheng play would cause a recurrence of his old injury, so she was reluctant to let Gao Zheng play.

Some people believe that the root cause of Gao Zheng's inability to play in the game lies in Gao Zheng himself. Gao Zheng's health may be fine, but Gao Zheng's psychology has had a big problem. After two serious injuries in his career, Gao Zheng has lost confidence and is afraid of being injured again, so he is so resistant to the re-appearance.

Thinking about the German genius Deisler who retired early due to injuries, this statement does not seem to be completely unreasonable.

Frequent injuries will affect the player's psychology and may even cause the player to suffer from depression.

So Gao Zheng is probably not a physical problem now, but a psychological problem.

There are still eight days left before the Sino-Korea battle, more than one day in a week, and there is another league game next.

Atletico Madrid faces Sevilla at home.

If Gao Zheng can't play in this game, then it's probably because he will participate in the Korean team.

It can be said that Gao Zheng’s ability to participate in the match against the South Korean team is the greatest force that supports Chinese fans to pay attention to the national team competition.

If Gao Zheng cannot participate in this game, revenge will naturally be impossible.

Not only can Gao Zheng not take revenge, the Chinese team may also add new shame.

After losing to the South Korean team, the qualification to qualify for the World Cup will completely say goodbye to the Chinese team.

Even if the Chinese team has Lippi coached, it will be ineffective.

The draw with Qatar at home has fully demonstrated this issue.

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"Gao, the Chinese Football Association has sent us a letter to recruit you to return to China to participate in the competition. I want to hear your opinions." Diego Simeone said to Gao Zheng.

"Then I'll go back." Gao Zheng answered decisively and very straightforwardly.

This surprised Simeone.

He always thought that Gao Zheng was a very calm and rational person. With his current physical condition, there was no need to go back to participate in the World Cup qualifiers.

Of course he knows what the match against the South Korean team means to Chinese football.

But the problem is that the Chinese team has basically lost hope of advancing to the World Cup. So what if the Chinese team wins the South Korean team at home?

Can they still maintain a complete victory in all the next qualifiers?

Even if they can maintain a complete victory, they have to expect their opponents to lose other games.

This kind of hope is too slim.

Last time the Chinese team hoped to call Gao Zheng in advance to prepare for the Asian Cup, Gao Zheng stood with the club and said that he followed the head coach's arrangements and would do whatever Simeone said.

So Simeone always believed that Gao Zheng was very clear and powerful.

Unexpectedly, Gao Zheng gave them such a clean and neat answer today.

"Your body is not ready, tall," Simeone advised.

"Maybe there is still a little bit unprepared, but I have to go back to this game, boss."

"Why? Forgive me for being straightforward. I think even if you win South Korea, you will never be able to qualify for the World Cup."

"There is still hopeful, boss. As long as we can win the South Korean team."

"You haven't played in nearly seven months. Even if your physical condition is good, your game condition may not work... Don't look at me, I can't decide whether you can play in the game against Sevilla. That's the responsibility of the medical team."

For injured players, if they want to return to the court again, the most important thing is that they must obtain the consent of the medical team. If the team doctors think that Gao Zheng's health does not meet the standards, he will not be able to play.

Before the last game against Leverkusen, the team doctors examined Gao Zheng's body and believed that his physical condition had not returned to his best condition and that if he was allowed to play, there was a risk of continuing injury.

But Simeone insisted on putting Gao Zheng on the roster, and he just wanted to add insurance to the team.

In the last ten minutes, Atletico Madrid and Leverkusen were still 0:0, but Leverkusen's offensive was very fierce. During that period, Simeone was always fighting against heaven and man, hesitating whether to let Gao Zheng play, but in the end he decided not to take the risk to let Gao Zheng appear.

After all, in the first leg, Atletico Madrid defeated Leverkusen 4:2 away. In the last ten minutes, even if Leverkusen exploded in form and scored two goals in a row to tie the total score, Atletico Madrid can still use the away goal to advance to the quarterfinals.

There is no need to take risks for this quarterfinals that are sure to win.

Gao Zheng was silent for a few seconds and said, "If I were not included in the roster, I hope you, boss, agree to me to leave early and return to China to prepare for the game, so that I can rest for a few more days and the burden on my body will be smaller."

Simeone looked at Gao Zheng in amazement. He didn't expect Gao Zheng to be so determined.

Before, the Chinese team wanted him to return home early to prepare for the Asian Cup, but he didn't cooperate. Today, he actually offered to go back early...

He sighed: "If you can get approval from the team doctor team, I will let you play in the game against Sevilla. It won't take too long, but it will help you get some of the game state."

He knew that once Gao Zheng decided on something, it would be useless for anyone to persuade him. So at this time it would be better to sell personal favors to Gao Zheng so that he could remember his own good.
Chapter completed!