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Chapter 18 Prospects of advancing to the knockout round

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After losing the match against Brazil, the Chinese team has not completely lost hope of advancing to the knockout rounds. Whether the Chinese team can advance to the knockout rounds still rests in its own hands.

Therefore, in order to better prepare for the life-or-death battle with Turkey in five days, the Chinese team rushed to Seoul overnight.

When the match between the Chinese team and Brazil ended, it was already past 10 p.m. local time in South Korea. By the time they got on the plane and arrived in Seoul, it was already late at night.

Although everyone felt tired, no one complained about being tired.

In fact, although the players are physically tired after the game, they are mentally excited, especially after a game like the Brazilian team. If they are allowed to rest in a hotel in Seogwipo, many people may not be able to sleep.

This exciting period is used for traveling, which is actually the best use of time.

Milu is indeed an experienced coach and has a good grasp of the players' psychology.

On the flight from Jeju Island to Seoul, the players were in high spirits. Some were still talking about the jerseys they had exchanged with Brazilian players, and some were talking about the game.

Several players were envious of Yin Jun because Carlos took the initiative to exchange jerseys with Yin Jun.

For players, taking the initiative to find someone to exchange jerseys is the greatest affirmation to the other party.

As Real Madrid's main left back, Carlos is a real superstar. In this year's Champions League final, his two beautiful assists helped Real Madrid win the ninth Champions League in team history, which made him famous. His fame is compared to

Ronaldo and Rivaldo are not much inferior.

As for Ronaldinho, he is still not ranked high in the Brazilian team at this time.

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Before the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Ronaldinho was just a marginal international player for the Brazilian team. On the one hand, there are too many superstars in Samba football. Many superstars are concentrated in the midfield and frontcourt. Even the top scorer in the Bundesliga

Elber was also unable to be selected for the Brazilian national team. Ronaldinho, who was still a teenager at this time, had no qualifications in the national team. Moreover, the club he played for at the time was Paris Saint-Germain, which was not a wealthy team. The World Cup roster

It's not stable for him.

Ronaldinho won the competition with the aging superstar "lone wolf" Romario, and the reason why he was able to win was not fame and strength, but character.

In terms of fame, Romario's fame at that time was unmatched by the fledgling Ronaldinho. Fortunately, the then Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was not a coach who only valued fame.

It is worth mentioning that due to the failure of the Brazilian team in the World Cup finals in France, public opinion in Brazil pointed to "the failure of the 1998 World Cup because the Brazilian team did not bring Romario." In addition, from 1998 to 2002,

In the past few seasons, the "lone wolf" has still maintained a good condition. Before the World Cup in Korea and Japan, there was a very loud voice in Brazil for "Scolari please bring Romario."

However, Scolari is a coach with strong comprehensive thinking ability. Romario himself also really wants to participate in the World Cup in Korea and Japan, but the many shortcomings of the "lone wolf" also made Scolari decide not to use him - a team full of superstars.

The national team is prone to locker room problems. Romario, a player with a unique personality and bad temper, undoubtedly planted a "ticking time bomb" in the Brazilian team's locker room.

In contrast, Ronaldinho has a good personality and is always happy to get along with the big brothers of the Brazilian team. Ronaldo and other famous stars at the time also liked Ronaldinho very much. These became the key factors for Ronaldinho's victory.

It was during the World Cup in Korea and Japan that Ronaldinho let the world see his talent and ability, and he quickly completed the transformation process from a rookie to a world-class superstar.

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Yin Jun was also very happy to be able to get Carlos's initiative to exchange jerseys. But what made him even happier was that he got Carlos' unique skill in the game: a powerful free kick!

This is something that makes him even happier than the unique skill of Pele - the upside-down golden hook he got before. After all, for a player, the upside-down golden hook can not be used much, and the goal rate is even more

It’s hard to describe in one word. It can only produce unexpected effects in specific situations.

But the free kick trick is a real killer.

In a game, no matter how poor the team's performance is, it is not difficult to get several free kick opportunities. At this time, a good free kick technique can even really determine the outcome of the game.

As for exchanging the jersey of a superstar, in Yin Jun's opinion, it's just like that.

Of course, it is enough for you to know such thoughts in your heart, and there is no need to say them out. Firstly, it will offend others, and secondly, it may make people think that he is pretending.

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The Chinese team arrived at the station in Seoul overnight. This is a place that the staff had already found according to the team's schedule. The players went to sleep one after another, but the coaching staff headed by Milu and the Chinese staff could not yet

Rest immediately, they still have to prepare for training starting tomorrow.

Because they arrived in Seoul relatively late, the Chinese team did not arrange training the next morning. The players were resting. The coaching staff and staff continued to prepare for subsequent training.

In the afternoon, the Chinese team held its first training session in Seoul. The main content of the training was set-piece tactics.

Milu is very clear that there is a clear strength gap between the Chinese team and Turkey. If they want to draw or defeat Turkey in a head-to-head confrontation, the possibility is very small. They can only find ways to defend and set the ball.

When the Chinese team finished its afternoon training session and returned to the hotel for dinner, the match between Turkey and Costa Rica started at Munhak Stadium in Incheon.

The coaching staff organized all the players to watch the game in the conference hall of the hotel so that everyone could become familiar with the playing style of Turkey, their opponent in the next game.

In the end, at Wenhe Stadium, Costa Rica and Turkey tied 1:1 after 90 minutes of fierce battle.

This is undoubtedly excellent news for the Chinese team.

After the two rounds of the group stage, the Brazilian team has qualified early with two wins in both games. The Chinese team, which has one win and one loss, continues to rank second in the group with 3 points; Costa Rica and Turkey, which each have one draw and one loss, rank third and fourth.

In the last round of the group stage, as long as the Chinese team can draw with Turkey, they can basically lock in the qualification. Unless the Brazilian team loses to Costa Rica after qualifying early.
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