Chapter 449 If possible, don't go on stageAfter the training on the morning of October 10, the entire Chinese national football team took the high-speed rail to BJ.
Under the organization of Li Shubin and Brown, the operation was very efficient. The players put their things in the hotel at noon, took a rest, and then went to the training ground.
根据鸟巢最新的管理规定，国足球员可以在10月9日至10月13日的任何时间进入鸟巢训练，而澳大利亚踩场训练时间只有10月14日一天，并且会被限制在2个小时以内。
This is the advantage of the home field. When the Chinese national football team was training on the field in Sydney, they even placed a huge timer around the field.
The countdown is 120 minutes, the purpose is to prevent the national football players from having peace of mind during training!
"Beep! Run!"
Brown led the players to warm up on the grass of the Bird's Nest Stadium. Mourinho was sitting in the stands below the podium, discussing some matters with the stadium staff.
"Anyway, just remember this. Before the game, sprinkle water normally, or with less water. Then at halftime, if we are leading, sprinkle more water at halftime!"
The staff learned what Mourinho said from the translator and then recorded it in a notebook.
"What if we fall behind in the second half? If we fall behind, should we use more sun exposure, or should we do nothing?"
If you fall behind...
Mourinho took a deep breath.
He doesn't want to be behind at halftime, but you have to be prepared for this possibility.
The staff quickly wrote down Mourinho's request.
1. Sprinkle less water before the game
2. If you are leading in the first half, sprinkle a lot of water in the midfield
3. If you fall behind in the first half, the sprinkler system at midfield fails
4. The court was re-marked and its width was reduced from 68 meters to 66 meters.
Among them, the re-marking is very important. The width of the grass at the home stadium of the Australian Super League team is generally 70 meters, and the width of the grass at the home stadium of the Chinese Super League team is generally 68 meters.
Mourinho asked the staff to reduce the width of the Bird's Nest Stadium to 66 meters. For the Chinese players, it was only a reduction of 2 meters, but for the Australian players, it was a reduction of 4 meters!
2 meters can be ignored, but 4 meters is definitely not negligible!
After seeing off the staff, Mourinho climbed down from the stands and walked onto the training ground.
“You look very stressed”
Brown handed Mourinho a piece of green gum: "Wrigley, this is what people eat in China"
Mourinho took the gum, put it in his mouth and put the wrapper into his shirt pocket: "You know, I have a feeling now"
"What does it feel like?"
"We are about to play in the Champions League final!"
"Fuck, hahahaha!"
Brown laughed out loud: "Jose, you know, I knew you were under a lot of pressure, but I didn't expect it to be this much"
"That can't be helped"
Mourinho shook his head and looked at the players running back and forth quickly on the grass: "Our opponent is not Australia, but a strong team in the Champions League final. This will be a very difficult game. At least judging from the result of the first round, it is professional."
As Mourinho said, Australia actually played much better than China in the first round.
Although the final score was 3:3, Australia performed better than the Chinese team in all data, including the scene. If Jiang Yuan had suddenly exploded while injured, the final score would be hard to predict.
Among them, Jiang Yuan is also a very crucial link in the second round. His calves are frequently hit, and now Jiang Yuan is probably not far from a strain.
In this case, you cannot guarantee that Jiang Yuan can play in the second round with the same effect as in the first round.
The fact is, once Jiang Yuan, the most core point, is lost, the Chinese team's disadvantage will be further magnified.
"No, no, Jose. I feel okay. Although our players' individual abilities may be average, our ceiling is still quite high if we can play well together. Australia was able to score three goals in the first round because they stole a set piece from us!"
Brown said: "It's hard to develop anything new in 10 days. Set pieces should be their trump card."
……
The front page headline of "London Football" - Chelsea's superstar faces a life-and-death battle in the World Cup in the second round of the Asian qualifiers against Australia.
The Sun - Chelsea executives are dissatisfied with Jiang Yuan's contribution to the national team and they believe this will affect the club's next games.
Betway：亚洲预选附加赛次回合欧洲指数，，，。另外，。
Skysports - Asian superstars' national team life-and-death battle. According to a reporter's survey, at the beginning of the third round of the Asian qualifiers, 75% of Chelsea fans did not want Jiang to qualify for the World Cup, but after the Chinese national team entered the play-offs, 92% of Chelsea fans wanted to see Jiang in the World Cup.
Australian Sports: A home counterattack? When the Australian players were training on the field, there was a 2-hour timer. The Australian players completed the training calmly and left the stadium with 14 minutes left on the timer.
……
At 10 . on October 15, the roads around the Bird's Nest Stadium were closed, and there have been no cars on the road since noon.
There were fans everywhere, and the road was all red.
The singing has begun!
"The five-star red flag flutters in the wind!"
"What a loud victory song!"
"Sing our beloved motherland!"
“From now on we will be prosperous and strong!”
"hey! hey hey hey!"
Bang bang bang!
The man in the lead was wearing Jiang Yuan’s No. 7 jersey and holding a super large loudspeaker in his hand.
"Brothers, today is the last match. This match will directly determine our qualification for the World Cup next year!"
"We can't force the players to do well, because they are all great to have come this far!"
The man gave a thumbs up.
"Today is a long-awaited home game. As fans of the home team, we must show our momentum and overwhelm our opponents with our momentum!"
“Olé Olé Olé Olé…”
"Olé Olé..."
Boom!
Bang bang bang!
According to regulations, fans are not allowed to bring drums, whistles or other items that can make loud noises into the stadium, but this only applies to ordinary fans, the so-called "individual visitors".
Well-known fan organizations are not subject to this restriction. Take the Dragons fan club for example. They will have a few of the loudest people standing in the first row beating drums and leading the fans in the stands in shouting.
"The bus is coming!"
Someone shouted and all the fans on the road looked back. A large red bus was slowly approaching, escorted by two mounted policemen and three police cars. At the end of the team was an armored vehicle of the armed police.
"Wow!"
"Come on! Come on, Chinese national football team!"
"Jiang Yuan, will you kick? Jiang Yuan, will you kick today?"
"Brother Yuan! Are you going to play today!?"
The fans were very enthusiastic and soon blocked the bus, forcing it to stop.
The security in the stadium reacted quickly. A team of people came out immediately, surrounded the bus, and escorted it to the innermost part. "Jiang Yuan, do you want to play?"
"Jiang Yuan! Can you still play today?"
The fans are eager.
There are still 5 hours before the game starts, and the Chinese national football team has only announced the match roster.
It is not yet known whether Jiang Yuan will be the starter or the substitute!
Fans are very concerned about this matter because Jiang Yuan’s injury will greatly affect the course of the game.
The fans kept asking questions, but the players on the bus just waved to the fans and no one stood up to answer the questions.
However, before the bus disappeared around the corner of the parking lot, Jiang Yuan stretched his left hand out of the window.
"Woww!!"
"Brilliant!"
The fans started cheering because they saw Jiang Yuan giving him a thumbs up.
……
In the press conference room of the Bird's Nest Stadium, Mourinho sat on the stage with countless reporters below.
The press room at the Bird's Nest is very large, much larger than the one at Stamford Bridge, but even so, it was still full of reporters.
“How many people are here today?”
Mourinho asked a question to staff through an interpreter.
"721"
"Wow!"
Mourinho nodded continuously.
There were 721 reporters during one pre-match interview.
The popularity of this scene has exceeded that of the Champions League final, right?
"Mr. Jose, can I ask you a question? You announced the game roster three hours ago, but we don't know yet whether Jiang Yuan will be the starter or the substitute. Can you answer this question? Or, can you tell us whether Jiang Yuan will play?"
Just as Mourinho expected, the reporter started by asking Jiang Yuan questions.
"Jiang's injury is not particularly serious, he will play, but as for whether he will be the starter or the substitute, I cannot make any comment before the starting lineup is announced because it is against the rules, but I can guarantee that Jiang will play in this game and he is ready."
"We invited Jiang Yuan to attend the pre-match press conference, but you refused. Can I ask why?"
"There is no reason for this, I take this game seriously enough"
Mourinho briefly explained: "Because I attach great importance to this game, I don't want my players to be distracted by reporters before the game. There is no rule requiring players to be interviewed by reporters before the game starts."
"Ok"
The reporter was a little hurried. After asking Jiang Yuan's question, he immediately returned to the tactics: "In the first round, we tied with Australia with a score of 3:3, but we were actually quite passive at the time. Australia's set-piece tactics made us uncomfortable. Jose, what do you think is going on?"
"Well, their set-pieces did surprise me, which was something I didn't expect, but we have already dealt with it."
The Chinese reporter sat down, and the Australian reporter stood up: "Mr. Mourinho, when the Australian team was training at the stadium yesterday afternoon, we saw a timer that lasted for 2 hours. It seems that you are urging our players to leave the field?"
"Oh, I know that timer"
Mourinho directly admitted: "The visiting team has at least 2 hours of training time on the field. This is the regulation of the Asian Football Confederation. Our staff are very considerate. They are reminding you not to exceed the time limit. I think this is reasonable. You should thank China for its help."
In fact, Mourinho would not have set up this timer originally, but the problem was that Australia did the same thing to China before, and he would feel like he was losing out if he didn't get it back this time.
……
There is still 1 hour left before the game starts.
Football Emperor: China announces the starting lineup, Jiang Yuan leads, Wu Lei and Hao Junmin start, Zheng Zhi is on the bench (10 comments in minutes)
[Fans: I don’t think he can play anymore; Mourinho: He can still be used]
[Damn, I thought that thumbs up meant substitute, it’s a bit cruel to start directly]
[Didn’t they say that after 17 fouls, it would take 10 days to recover? ]
[Although Jiang Yuan himself is not easily injured, I feel that playing like this is still too risky]
[Chelsea fans are already in tears, but it will definitely be worth it if they can win this game]
[I give up. I still have to go to evening self-study. But it doesn’t matter, brothers. Let’s support the national football team! ]
[From what I see, your IP address is from Henan. Can you tell me which middle school you are from? ]
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The home team's locker room was very quiet. Apart from the sound of Brown pulling the tactical board, the only sound was the cheers of the fans outside.
The sound insulation in the Bird's Nest locker room is a bit poor!
"Ok, today is our last game. The opponent's starting lineup has been announced. My guess is, well, it's about like this."
Mourinho laid out his predicted Australian formation on the tactical board: "The opponent's starting lineup has not changed much. The only difference is that Goodwin starts. This player has long-range shooting ability. The central defender needs to pay attention. If blocking, don't block in the same direction. Try to expand the defensive area as much as possible. Liao can pay attention to interception."
Looking at Zhang Linpeng and Feng Xiaoting, they both nodded quickly.
"Then there's the midfield. If nothing unexpected happens, the opponent will probably come and pinch our midfield..."
Mourinho was talking in the middle, while Jiang Yuan was thinking with his head down.
At this moment, the mobile phone he placed in the cabinet suddenly vibrated, and Jiang Yuan took the phone to look at it.
This is a text message from the UK.
Thomas Tuchel
If you can, don't play.
"..."
【Are you sure you want to delete this message? 】
【delete】
Wu Lei on the side noticed the movement.
"Brother Yuan, what's wrong?"
"fine"
Jiang Yuan turned off his cell phone and stuffed it into his backpack.
He won't receive any messages until the end of today's game, and he won't take out his phone to check it.
Mourinho spoke for more than 20 minutes and then let the players rest.
"You can chat and relax, and think about what I told you. I know you are under a lot of pressure, and I am under a lot of pressure too. But you have to know that our opponents are playing away, and they are under more pressure than us."
"We've already played one game, there's nothing to be afraid of, we can win, we will definitely win"
……
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(End of this chapter)
