"Sweden is a very strong opponent. They have a large number of talented fans. Even without Zlatan (Ibrahimovic), they are also top teams... Do you really want me to say that?"

At the pre-match press conference on June 17, the Chinese captain made a joke openly.

As the number one football king throughout history, Long Shute himself is the focus of attention. Even if their opponent tomorrow is the Vatican, which has only 800 players and cannot even get a football team, there will be more than 100 media around him.

After hearing Long Shute's previous clichés, everyone laughed.

Because these reporters all know: the main topic is coming soon!

Sure enough, Long Shute immediately made his signature remarks:

"Zlatan did not participate in this World Cup, which was definitely a wise decision, because I would be enough with the World Cup!

If he forcibly participates, he will just come to hell to experience it once.

He will recall once again the fear of being ruled by the Chinese, and then unable to sleep all night!"

Long Shute's cell phone suddenly rang.

A text message jumped out:

"Hey, big brother, I'm also an old man who's about to retire. Can you give me some face?!"

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In fact, after Sweden officially won the World Cup ticket, Ibrahimovic, who had previously announced his withdrawal from the national team, did have the idea of ​​returning for a while.

He has been hesitating, tangled, struggled, and announced in a high profile:

"Your God is back!"

But an embarrassing fact is:

Since 2006, the Swedish team, which owns "God Ibrahimovic", missed the World Cup stage for two consecutive times. He just retired for a year and Sweden returned to the World Cup, which is a bit ironic for his existence.

He struggled for several months, and then finally made a decision at the beginning of 2018:

Give up returning.

His external explanation is:

"I am indeed no longer young and have missed the national team competition for nearly two years. If I return at this time, it will definitely bring changes to the overall tactics. I hope my teammates can step onto the battlefield with my blessings. Zlatan will always be their spiritual pillar!"

But for those fans who don't like him, a more convincing reason is found:

Because of the Swedish team and Germany, China is divided into a group!

They can neither defeat the united German chariot nor the Chinese team with top emperor superstars!

Ibrahimovic is not a fool. Since he can't abuse food and score points, he must of course keep his reputation for life!

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June 18.

"call……"

Chinese team head coach Gao Hongbo took a deep breath and walked into the player channel.

He seemed to be able to vaguely hear the sound in the locker room behind him:

"The Swedish team without Ibrahimovic may have lost the most powerful offensive weapon, but their overall strength has not declined but increased. If someone despises them, they will definitely be punished..."

Gao Hongbo smiled and shook his head:

Damn, despise the Swedish team?

If you weren't talking, I must smear your face and then ask you... Where did you get the confidence?

Following the player's passage, I slowly climbed the steps and finally stepped on the turf on the edge of the field.

This is not a magnificent stadium that can accommodate 70,000 to 80,000 people. It is located in Nizhny Novgorod, the north of Volga. Even in June in summer, the average temperature does not exceed 20 degrees.

After the evening, the temperature was only in the early 10 degrees. Although Gao Hongbo was wearing a suit jacket, he felt a hint of chill.

But... this chill just turned outside the body and was dispelled by the hot breath inside the body.

He even unbuttoned the two buttons on the top of his shirt, leaving his not-wide chest exposed in the evening breeze.

As the head coach who first stepped onto the World Cup, his mood is hot at this moment!

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"drop!"

The referee from the United States blew the whistle to the start of the game.

He Wei from CCTV also officially started his work:

"CCTV, CCTV, audience friends, what you are watching now is the first round of the 2018 Russia World Cup group stage, the two sides of the game were the Chinese team against the Swedish team..."

"This is the second consecutive World Cup competition in the Chinese team, and it is also the third World Cup in history. In the interview before the game, Chinese captain Long Shute said with confidence that this time they will make a greater breakthrough in Russia's land. This statement made 1.5 billion Chinese people feel hopeful. We sincerely hope that the young men of this national team can bring us refreshing performances in the vast Russian land!

He paused for a moment, then looked down at the printing paper in his hand:

"First of all, let me introduce the starting lineups of both sides.

For the Chinese team, the formation that is still oriented towards 451:

Goalkeeper Qin Lang.

The four defenders are Li Huan, Wang Zhen, Zhang Linpeng, and Qin Gude in turn."

Captain Long Shute led Chu Zhongtian, Qin Xiong, and three all-round midfielders in the middle, while Rong Guang and Li Kado swam on both sides, and could serve as wingers or return to the middle to act as shadow strikers.

On the forward line, Chen Yingxiong was the one who stood in front. This tall center forward would not be inferior even when facing the strong men from Eastern and Northern Europe.

On the bench were also sitting with talented young men such as Chu Jiang, Zhou Yi, Tang Zheng, Gao Xiaodong, Qin Tian, ​​Lu Wenbin, Li Qingshan... Zhang Zhi, what do you think of this lineup?"

"Ah, this set of starters is indeed very strong, and it is very young overall. They are young players who have only emerged in the past one or two years, but..."

Guest Zhang Lu hesitated for a moment and finally expressed his confusion:

"Do you think this lineup has more offense and insufficient defense? Even among the seven people on the bench, except for one goalkeeper, the other six are all midfielders!"

"Ah, haha... that's true."

He Wei also laughed:

"Among the four defenders, Wang Zhen is said to prefer to play forward, but he can't rob Chen Yingxiong.

Qin Gude is a full-fledged ward, but he and Wang Zhen both face the same problems...

Li Huan is Zhengyin's left back, but he prefers to attack forward. In terms of interception and defense, he is not as good as Qin Gude, who plays a guest defender...

Only Zhang Linpeng is considered a real defensive player. For events like the World Cup, this kind of defense is probably too weak.

It seems that if the Chinese team wants to win, the interception and control of the midfield will play a crucial role!”

Before he finished speaking, the situation on the field changed suddenly!

This was the third minute of the opening game. The Swedish team's first shot was broken by Zhang Linpeng and they got a corner kick opportunity.

But the corner kick they made was easily headed out of the penalty area by Wang Zhen. Chu Zhongtian, who grabbed the second landing point, seemed to have eyes on the back of his head and headed towards the right side!

A white lightning bolt pierced the court along the sideline!

That's not Longshen!

That is glory!

But in just a moment, another lightning caught up from the middle!

The dragon is unique!

His start was two seconds later than Glory, but he reached his peak speed faster than Glory!

He is faster than anyone else!

Rongguang suddenly passed by before breaking into the penalty area!

Longshute is not offside!

He shook his legs! He hit the ball!

Nothing, no, hanging, thought!

1-0!

Please tell me:

Facing such a Chinese team, can this ball be played?!

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Chapter completed!