novelweb Chapter 494 A scholar’s awareness of dying for a confidant!
Chapter 494 A scholar’s awareness of dying for a confidant!
The Dutch team defeated Denmark to lay a good foundation for promotion.
This did not produce a dramatic response in the European media.
The combination of the traditional strong team Netherlands and the white tyrants itself gives room for imagination.
So beating Denmark was expected.
And only in the words of the Chinese media it became a "historic moment"!
The Chinese team has never won a World Cup victory so far.
It's just an embarrassing record of one goal scored by Shen Guoqiang.
The Chinese team did not come to the World Cup.
The Chinese coach won a victory in the World Cup.
In this World Cup, Chinese fans pay more attention to the Netherlands than all traditional strong teams.
There is no other reason than to follow Shen Hao!
After the game, the Dutch team returned to the hotel to rest.
However, Shen Hao immediately turned on the TV to watch the match between Japan and Cameroon after returning to the hotel.
The World Cup schedule is intensive, but in the final analysis it is not like the league, which has to play 38 rounds and is interspersed with local and European cup games.
It only takes 3-7 games to fully play.
Naturally, if we continue to underestimate the enemy at this moment, it will not be negligence, but digging our own grave.
After carefully watching the match between Japan and Cameroon, Shen Hao closed his eyes and briefly reviewed the game, then relaxed and felt tired.
He then got up to wash up and prepare to rest.
Leading the team to play a game is not a physical job, it consumes mental energy.
Japan 1:0 Cameroon.
From a football perspective, Japan and South Korea can be regarded as the lights of Asia.
For example, even though Australia is participating in the competition as a team promoted from the Asian Circle, their performance, whether good or bad, is actually the success or failure of Oceania football and has little to do with Asian football.
The first round of the group stage is over.
The Netherlands and Japan lead this group with 3 points.
Cameroon and Denmark have 0 points.
The team's restorative training the next day was not intense at all. It was just a continuation of maintaining physical condition, and then summarizing and reviewing after the game.
Shen Hao was satisfied with the careful listening and reflection of the entire team.
They then set off for the next game's host city, Durban.
After arriving in Durban, the team stayed at the hotel.
After Shen Hao had dinner, he began to pay attention to the match of Group F again.
The World Cup is divided into eight groups.
The schedule and matchup situation are confirmed.
The promoted teams in groups ab, cd, ef, and gh will compete against each other in the knockout rounds.
If the Netherlands advances, their opponents will definitely be the teams that advance from Group F.
The preparations for the match with Japan have already been planned. Shen Hao only needs to perfect the targeted deployment in the next few days of training, so there is no need to focus all his energy on this aspect.
Pay proper attention to the matches in Group F, and of course prepare for a rainy day.
From a strength perspective.
Italy should be the leader in Group F.
After all, they are still the defending champions.
However, Italy drew with Paraguay in the first round.
Slovakia and New Zealand also drew.
This makes the qualifying situation of Group F extremely uncertain.
The Dutch media were naturally very dissatisfied with this result.
Almost all media around the world will predict the outcome of the game before the World Cup begins.
List the teams they predict will advance in each group, and then conduct a preview of the knockout rounds until the winner emerges.
In Group F, basically 99% of the guesses about Italy are that Italy will advance as the first place.
So as long as the Netherlands advances to the knockout rounds as the top of the same group, and the top two teams in EF compete against each other, Italy and the Netherlands can avoid it perfectly.
But after the first round of the group stage, Italy and the other three teams all had 1 point.
The suspense has soared as to whether Italy can advance to the top of the group.
It can be said that as long as they defeat Paraguay, they will be top of the group.
Because Paraguay is recognized as the second best team in this group.
Now something unexpected happened.
If Italy loses the top spot, it is very likely to meet the Netherlands in the round of 16!
This is a situation that the Dutch media certainly does not want to see.
As for Shen Hao.
He didn't care.
Paying attention to the performance of teams that may become opponents does not mean being afraid, but simply making adequate preparations.
If Italy cannot even get first place in the group.
What is there to be afraid of in Italy like this?
The first round of Group G was not very bright.
Portugal drew with Cote d'Ivoire and Brazil narrowly defeated North Korea.
The Dutch team's preparations were down-to-earth and the results were in line with expectations.
The first round of Group H was a bit surprising.
Chile's victory over Honduras was expected.
European Cup champion Spain suffered an upset when it lost to Switzerland.
In the past four years, only Germany won the first round of the European Cup and the World Cup.
It directly gives the outside world an intuitive impression: a strong team is not strong!
The first round of the group stage is over.
The second round started seamlessly.
Starting from the second round, some teams will inevitably go home one round early, and some teams will advance to the top 16 one round early.
As soon as the second round of the group stage started, Group A was shocked.
It is not surprising that South Africa was swept by Uruguay. The host country's lack of strength is obvious to all.
Uruguay's striker combination is Suarez and Diego Forlan, who play for Leeds United, and their firepower is absolutely guaranteed.
France's 0:2 loss to Mexico put the runner-up in the last World Cup in danger of returning home after the group stage!
The heat in South Africa is unbearable, but the cold is raging in the green world!
The results of Group B are basically not too surprising.
The Pampas Eagles led by football king Maradona swept South Korea, winning two games and basically securing their ticket to the top 16.
Greece defeated Nigeria and Nigeria, which had lost two consecutive games, was on the verge of elimination.
The result of Group C made Fleet Street almost cry.
Slovenia draws with the United States.
England drew with Algeria.
Who would have thought that after two games in this group, England would only have 2 points, while Slovenia would lead with 4 points.
The United States also has 2 points and Algeria 1 point.
Four teams, obviously four levels.
But it was a stalemate situation where novices were pecking each other.
They all have the possibility of advancing. The final round is a life and death battle!
Maybe it's because the overturning of a strong team isn't exciting enough.
In the second round of Group D, the German team, the runner-up of the last European Cup, also came to join in the fun.
Sweeping Australia in the first round and losing to Serbia in the second round!
Ghana drew with Australia.
Good guys, Ghana has 4 points, Germany has 3 points, Serbia has 3 points, and Australia has 1 point.
Everyone has a chance to advance again, and we will compete together in the final round to decide life and death!
It’s as if the World Cup has turned into an unpopular cup.
South Africa is like a graveyard of strong teams, making all insiders, professional and non-professional, stunned.
At the pre-match press conference between the Netherlands and Japan.
Japanese coach Takeshi Okada expressed his full respect for the Dutch team and his admiration for Shen Hao.
He claimed that Shen Hao is a beacon in the Asian football coaching circle.
Shen Hao has changed the world's view of Asian coaches and will have a huge and far-reaching impact.
Perhaps in the future, more Asian coaches will land in European football, and European national teams will be allowed to hire coaches from Asia.
This contribution to Asian football is inestimable.
Takeshi Okada naturally also said that playing against Shen Hao will be stressful. No matter how he faces the pressure, the pressure is definitely there.
The Japanese team needs to rise to the challenge and face a strong enemy!
Shen Hao once led Leeds United to Japan to play commercial games, and was invited by the Japanese Football Association to give a lecture.
He has countless coaching fans in Japan.
Perhaps only true love can understand how amazing Shen Hao's achievements are.
They regard Shen Hao's speech as the Bible!
Because this is fundamentally different from the famous European coaches.
The famous European coach himself has unique innate advantages, and Shen Hao's success requires breaking the secular prejudice against race, color and nationality.
That's why he is even more highly regarded by Japanese coaches.
For those coaches who really want to succeed with their true abilities, facing Shen Hao is like undergoing a test and baptism where a disciple faces a master.
Takeshi Okada's "humbleness" naturally made many Japanese fans dissatisfied.
But it makes Chinese fans feel it is natural and they are proud of it.
Shen Hao felt a little complicated.
Japanese football does have big dreams. It is not difficult to have dreams. What is difficult is to lower your body and implement the plan to hit the dreams in a down-to-earth manner.
He has no pride and will not look down on Takeshi Okada.
What they are doing deserves respect only in the field of football.
Outside of football, Shen Hao is dismissive of Japan.
So so far, the cooperation between Leeds United and Japanese sponsors is limited to Japan. It is more like Leeds United harvesting the Japanese market. As for how Japanese companies can use the cooperation with Leeds United to become stronger and bigger locally or gamble and fail. That has nothing to do with him or Leeds United.
Shen Hao fell silent when faced with questions from Japanese reporters at the pre-match press conference.
"What do you think is the strength gap between the Japanese team and the Dutch team?"
The scene fell into silence.
Everyone seems to have a hard time understanding why the man on the throne of European football would be stumped by such a common question.
Everyone's minds were racing.
The CPU is almost dry and smoking.
Shen Hao replied calmly after a while: "The gap cannot be quantified because football is round.
But I see the route they want to take from the technical and tactical style of Japanese football.
If they can break through the Dutch team's defense head-on in the way they are pursuing, it means they have become strong enough to dream of winning the World Cup. "
The Japanese reporter was not discouraged, but rather pleased.
At least Shen Hao thought about their problems seriously.
On the other hand, reporters in China kept raising their hands, but they didn't even get a chance to ask questions.
When the Japanese reporter continued to ask: "Do you have any suggestions for the Japanese team?"
In fact, the gap in strength between the two teams is clear at a glance.
The Netherlands' performance in the past two years is enough to be regarded as a team in the European t1 ranks.
At least until they failed, their impeccable record was enough to support this basic plan.
The Japanese team will occasionally play exciting games against some European and South American teams, so their strength will be viewed highly.
Of course, Asia's top teams are capable of reaching the top 16 of the World Cup.
The top 16 are considered the qualifying line, and the top 8 are the ones that exceed expectations.
Therefore, the competition between the Netherlands and Japan is still considered by the European media to be a strong match against a weak one, but if you have to predict the outcome, it is not uncommon for strong teams to overturn in this World Cup, and no one dares to say it to death.
The humbleness of the Japanese team is also reflected at the media level.
When the two teams were about to face off, Japanese reporters expected Shen Hao to give the Japanese team some advice.
It seems that the Japanese team came to the World Cup to learn.
Of course, when they set the goal of winning the World Cup in 50 years, they themselves realized that it is impossible for the Japanese team to win the World Cup in the short term at this stage.
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that we are here to learn and accumulate experience.
Shen Hao thought for a while and said: "I can't talk about suggestions, just some personal opinions. The development of Japanese football is moving toward prosperity, and the technical and tactical styles chosen are relatively mainstream, but the Japanese team was unable to stick to what they advocated in the World Cup. technical and tactical play, because there is a strength gap here.
From a development perspective, the path is right.
From a performance perspective, it is contradictory.
Recently I saw some media commenting on the performance of the Dutch team.
They ridiculed the conservativeness of the Dutch team and believed that even if the Dutch team won the World Cup, no one would love and respect the Dutch team.
What I want to say is that the gap between ideals and reality will always exist.
Dutch football has pursued offensive football for forty years and has indeed won the love and support of many fans.
But let me put it bluntly, if we fight in the way that the outside world likes, even we ourselves know that it is impossible to win the championship. What should we do?
We will only become the backdrop for strong teams and the green leaves that set off the winners.
The media can express their thoughts and positions without any burden.
Yes, the Dutch team's game was boring, dull, and far from exciting.
Even Dutch celebrities, those hall-level legends, will make the same sound.
But when you are so convincing, have you ever thought about what every player in the Dutch team has done? What is the meaning of their efforts?
Is it to become a loser in the way you admire and aspire to?
Or will you win with resistance, disgust, and unscrupulous ridicule and criticism?
I can imagine that even if the team fights in the way that all of you like, as long as it does not win a victory or a championship in the end, there will be harsh voices blaming me and blaming the players, because there is always someone responsible for the disappointment of the fans. , becoming the target of venting.
But as the head coach of the Dutch team, what I think about is that I want my players to be rewarded for all their efforts. What do they want?
Is it a moment of applause and praise, or is it a gamble on youth and time in exchange for substantial success.
The green field is very cruel. The realization of self-worth and achievement are only related to one result, that is victory.
In my eyes, all the good things that don't aim at pursuing victory are bubbles that can burst in a flash, and will be shattered under the negative impact of failure, which is terrible.
This message is also sent to the Japanese team. "
The scene fell silent again.
Japanese reporters fell into deep thought, and the Japanese media who may have paid attention to this press conference will remember it nationwide.
The Dutch team generals who were watching the live broadcast in the hotel had solemn expressions and their eyes shone with a strange light.
That is the realization that a scholar will die for his bosom friend!