So far, South America and Europe won 11 games each in the Toyota Cup since 1980 and evenly matched.

After the game, the Italian media praised Inter Milan's performance, saying it was a great victory:

"Milan Sports" said: European Champions League winner Inter Milan has an absolute advantage on the court. After 90 minutes, Inter Milan defeated his opponent 6-0 to win the championship. This result is reasonable. Inter Milan won a great victory. Inter Milan is the most powerful team in the world. They finally realized their dreams. The first time they won the Toyota Cup, and it is also the fifth time this year that they stood on the championship podium. They have achieved five championships, which is a height that AC Milan could not reach before!

"Roman Sports" said: Zheng Zhi is a hero in the Tokyo Athletic Stadium, long live Inter Milan! Now you have become the best team in the world, and Zheng Zhi's goal brings Inter Milan to the top of the world football world. For Mourinho, another problem lies in front of him: Zheng Zhi's syndrome. Just imagine without Zheng Zhi, Inter Milan will gain nothing this season.

The Republic said: Thanks to Zheng Zhi, his bravery helped Inter Milan win the Toyota Cup for the first time. This was a confrontation between the highest-level clubs in the world. Bayern finally won and reached the peak of world football. The Boca Youth Team lost the opportunity to win the third time in this event. Their first two cups won were in 1977 and 2000, but unfortunately they lost everything 0:6 this time.

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With his excellent performance in the game, Zheng Zhili beat his teammate Ronaldo to win the best player and received a generous prize, a red Toyota.

After the game, I was interviewed by CCBV5. When the reporter asked him how he planned to deal with his Toyota, Zheng Zhi's answer was shocking: "I asked the organizing committee if I could exchange the prize for US dollars. I think the US dollar is more real. I can't take the Toyota back to Italy, right? As a result, the organizing committee said that it could not be exchanged for US dollars, and they could send it to Italy for me."

"I thought, there are too many cars, and I can't drive it even if I ship it to Italy, so I just check it back to China."

"Auction will be auctioned at the charity party..."

Toyota was originally thinking of asking Zheng Zhi to help advertise, but who knew that Zheng Zhi was not interested in Toyota cars at all and wanted to exchange them directly, but there was no cash. As a result, Zheng Zhi simply sent it to auction.

Anyway, he won't drive Toyota.

He wanted to drive a supercar, and he had been in his previous life and in this life...

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After the Toyota Cup, the team rushed back to Milan, Italy. The game was so close that there was no time to rest. Because of one less game, the league standings were widened by AC Milan to 5 points and Juventus to 4 points.

If you can't win the make-up match, that's bad.

After returning home, Zheng Zhi immediately turned on the TV in the living room. Because something big was about to happen, the group draw of lottery for the 2002 Korean and Japanese World Cup was determined, but the past two days were in vain.

How to divide the top 32 levels? Which draw position will China appear in? The biggest suspense of the lottery is still full of fog.

Judging from the grading principles of previous sessions, FIFA generally adopts the following two grouping methods: one, grouped by strength; the other, grouped by region.

If FIFA chooses to group by strength, the Chinese team will be more troublesome. Among the weakest teams, Japan and South Korea will still have to draw out as seed teams. As a result, the 10th-last team is actually ranked in the fourth level. In that case, the weakest opponent the Chinese team can meet is at least 22nd, and maybe 15th place if it is not done well...

If FIFA chooses to group by region and strictly implement the principle of different groups in the same continent, then the Chinese team may be promoted to the third level. If it appears in the third level, the Chinese team may have good luck.

Chinese media have long calculated various destinies for the Chinese team, such as the best sign-up:

China, France, Sweden, Costa Rica

In this group, although the French team was the last champion, it is the only team among the eight seed teams that can give the Chinese team an opportunity to take advantage of. Because every last champion in history did not perform well at the opening ceremony of the next session, such as Argentina's encounter with Uncle Mira. More importantly, wasn't the Chinese team lucky to defeat the French team in the Federation Cup this summer?

In the second game, Costa Rica team, due to the team's full amateur characteristics, the Chinese team won Costa Rica and earned 4 points, which was not a dream.

In the last game, against the Swedish team with zero points in two games, perhaps the winner or lose is no longer important?

Sign up: China, Brazil, England, Cameroon

Competing with Brazil is no longer a dream of Chinese football, because the Chinese National Olympic team has defeated Brazilian National Olympic Team, and the national team has also defeated them in the Federation Cup. But if you really want to play with the strongest Brazil team, it is not optimistic at all.

Similarly, the same is true for playing England. Although the Chinese team defeated England 4-3 in the friendly match, the friendly match was ultimately just a friendly match, not a World Cup. In addition, the Cameroonian national team wants to take revenge, such a grouping is undoubtedly the most unfavorable for the Chinese team.

After all, it is the first time participating in the World Cup finals, and no one in China doesn't care about it.

When FIFA announced the lottery rules, China was full of joy because the final lottery method was grouped by region!

Zheng Zhi thought of it all at once.

"Is it like that?"

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At 7:05 pm local time on December 1, Seoul, the World Cup group draw ceremony was held at the Busan Sports Center.

Before the draw, there were a series of literary and artistic programs that showed Korean culture. Chinese fans had no interest at all. They just wanted to know which group the Chinese team was drawn to! As a result, the Koreans were so good that they had been playing the show for nearly an hour.

Chinese fans can only give them one word!

Fortunately, before the draw began, FIFA President Mr. Blatt gave the Chinese team face a lot, because his first sentence was: "Welcome to the Chinese team to the World Cup for the first time!"

Finally, Chinese fans and Chinese football have a sense of presence...

FIFA divided the 32 teams participating in this World Cup into four levels. They are:

First grade: France, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany and Spain.

The second gear consists of 11 European teams, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Portugal, Denmark, Croatia, England, Slovenia, Turkey, Belgium, and Ireland.

The third team includes: Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, China, Saudi Arabia;

The fourth level includes: Cameroon, South Africa, Tunisia, Senegal, Nigeria, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States.

The Chinese team has indeed entered the third level.

The lottery will also be composed of 13 lottery ambassadors, namely South Korea: Jung Mengjun, Hong Mingfu, Park Yongxiu, Cho Hung-hyun, Song Hye Kyo. FIFA: Bailey, Cruyff, Platini, Mira, Sun Yat-sen, Park Eun-joo. Japan: Junichiro Kono, Masashi Ihara.

That's right, Sun Yat-sen, the core figure of the Chinese women's football team, was also among the ambassadors.

The specific lottery ceremony is as follows: FIFA prepares four glass cylinders, the first glass cylinder houses five seed teams, the second glass cylinder houses 11 European teams, the third glass cylinder includes three teams in China, Saudi Arabia and South America, and the fourth glass cylinder will house five African teams and teams in Central, North America and the Caribbean.

There are eight glass cylinders not far from the four glass cylinders, each representing a group and three teams are placed. For example, the first glass cylinder, i.e., group a, will be placed a2, a3 and a4, until h2, h3 and h4 are placed in the eighth glass cylinder.

There is also a special small glass cylinder next to it. The note inside says Brazil, Argentina, South Korea and Japan are the third-level teams that need to draw lots in group. According to FIFA regulations, each group can only have two European teams at most. After the 11 teams in the second glass cylinder are drawn, there are three European teams left after eight teams are drawn. Then these three teams can only compete in the groups in Brazil, Argentina, Japan and South Korea, so that they can meet the regulations that FIFA's regulations that no more than two European teams will be allowed in one group.

In this way, there are a total of 13 glass cylinders on the rostrum.

After a piece of music is shown, the exciting lottery ceremony will begin.

The lottery VIPs came up, and Zheng Mengjun and Junichiro Kawano walked onto the stage. Mira of Cameroon and Hong Mingfu of South Korea, Cruyff of the Netherlands, Masaki of Ihara of Japan, Sun Yatana of China, South Korean female referee Park Eun-joo, Garcia of Mexico, Bailey of Brazil, Platini of France, Cho Hung-hyun of South Korea, Song Hye Kyo and Park Yong-seok came on the stage in turn.

Since FIFA has already appointed the world champion France in the first position in the first group, South Korea in the first group, and Japan in the first group, so there are only five other seed teams in the first glass cylinder.

Under the auspices of FIFA Secretary-General Lu Feinan, the lottery ceremony was carried out in two processes. First, the five seed teams were arranged in the group, the Spanish team was the first to be divided into group b1, and then the Brazil team was the seed team in group c. The other three seed teams, Germany, Argentina and Italy, belong to each of the respective groups, are e1, f1 and g1.

"Why do you think I'm dizzy? Why do you make it so complicated? Oh my God."

"Can you follow the normal procedures?"

Many Chinese fans can't understand this lottery method. How come they follow the order of a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h, and then draw them one by one, won't it be over?

But, isn't this just to avoid cheating...

Although this still makes you cheat, it's just that it doesn't seem...

Anyway, I was so dizzy that I just watched the lottery continue. As long as it was not the name of the Chinese team, no one could make any noise.

Even after the second-level teams entered each group one by one, everyone was not nervous, because the Chinese team was in the third level, and they knew which group they would eventually enter.

Eight European teams in the second grade, Denmark, Slovenia, Turkey, Portugal, Ireland, Sweden, Croatia, and Russia, were successively divided into the AH group.

But the second-level team has not finished drawing yet.

The remaining Belgium, England and Poland teams in the second grade will continue to draw! This means that at least three groups are quite dangerous.

As a result, Belgium entered the group in Japan, and England met his enemy Argentina again!

As for Poland, it entered the group of South Korea.

"My grass!"

“There is definitely a trick to this lottery draw,”

"Damn it, isn't this a guide to the South Korean team to advance to the quarterfinals? South Korea, Poland, Portugal? Is there a better-lucked sign? There is definitely a problem!"

Many Chinese fans immediately started to complain in front of the TV.

"The Japanese visa is also good, Japan, Belgium, Ireland, I'm fucking..."

The scene was filled with cheers from both Japanese and Koreans, and they did get the lottery.

"After all, the host is the host, and you can take advantage of it all! Poor England, hey~ we won't be drawn into that group, right? Don't."

While Chinese fans are jealous of Japan and South Korea, they are worried about the future of the Chinese team.

But the draw was suspended at this time. After the famous American singer Annastasia sang the World Cup song "boom", the draw of lottery only began in the third level where the Chinese team was located.

The hearts of Chinese fans began to rise to their throats. Of course, it was not just Chinese fans, the leaders of the Football Association, coaching staff, players, and even Zheng Zhi, who were not present, wanted to get into the TV screen...

South Korean national team defender Hong Mingfu walked to the glass ball and pulled out a glass ball quickly.

“hina!c3!”

“Alas~”

"In the same group as Brazil!"

"The Korean guy is so lucky, ahhahahaha, ahhahaha, I thought he drew us into the Argentina and England group, woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo

"I'm scared, I'm scared."

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Although I drew a Brazilian group, the whole country was still joking at this moment.

Because, everyone seemed to have directly despised another opponent, Türkiye, and habitually forgot the fourth opponent...

Zheng Zhi, who was far away in Milan City, smiled.

"Grass!"
To be continued...