Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 249 The Strongest Bigamist in History

After staying at home for more than half a month, in mid-July, Shan Yongzhuo flew to Kunming to report to the national team.

The Chinese national football team is here preparing for the first leg of the second round of the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2014 Brazil World Cup against Laos. Shan Yongzhuo went to report with his luggage, accompanied only by a few bodyguards.

This is the Chinese national football team's 10th attempt to qualify for the World Cup finals. In the past, they only made it to the finals in 2002, and then suffered three consecutive defeats.

In the previous World Cup in South Africa, the Chinese national football team was eliminated early in the qualifiers.

However, Gao Hongbo is full of confidence for this World Cup qualifier in Brazil, but at the same time, he is under tremendous pressure.

As the newly crowned Asian Cup champions, and having won the Asian Cup with an almost invincible momentum, Gao Hongbo has high expectations for the national team with Shan Yongzhuo. This team is indeed one of the strongest in Asia.

However, he also felt a lot of pressure. After all, the national team's past performance was what it was. If they still failed to qualify for the World Cup despite having Shan Yongzhuo, Gao Hongbo would definitely be held responsible.

Therefore, in this match against Laos, although the opponent was incredibly weak, Gao Hongbo still dared not let his guard down. He knew the importance of a good start, which would not only give the players confidence, but also give confidence to the management and fans.

After arriving at the base, Shan Yongzhuo changed his clothes and went to participate in training.

After experiencing the Asian Cup once, most of the people in front of me are familiar faces: Yang Zhi, Du Wei, Zheng Zhi, Hao Junmin, and others. They are all people who went through the Asian Cup together.

At least a dozen of them are young players who went through the Asian Cup together.

After becoming the national team head coach, Gao Hongbo began to promote young players extensively. His approach was widely recognized after winning the Asian Cup, and this group of players has been dubbed the "Golden Generation."

After all, the group of outstanding players from 02, although they made it to the World Cup finals, never won the Asian Cup.

Deng Zhuoxiang was the happiest to see Shan Yongzhuo arrive.

Under Kroos's management, Deng Zhuoxiang went to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the German second division for half a season. Although he is still a substitute player and has limited opportunities to play, he has been playing better and better. In the second half of the season, he played more and more.

Upon seeing Shan Yongzhuo, Deng Zhuoxiang couldn't wait to report on his achievements over the past half-season.

Of course, what impressed the other players the most was that Shan Yongzhuo won the mini treble again, which made a lot of players on the national team envious.

Those are Premier League and Europa League titles, and even the FA Cup is something these players can only dream of.

"Ah Zhuo, have you counted how many championships you've won?"

"I know, eight titles, two Europa League titles, as well as Serie A and Coppa Italia titles, Premier League and FA Cup titles, as well as Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup titles."

"I would be satisfied if I could win just one of the eight championships."

"You want one more? I'd be happy if I could play in Serie A or the Premier League."

"Me too."

"..."

His teammates were buzzing with excitement, and Shan Yongzhuo was grinning from ear to ear as he listened to their praise.

That's a great teammate!
Unlike those shady friends at Manchester City, who never bother to genuinely praise themselves.

Time flew by during the training sessions, and before we knew it, it was July 22nd. The next afternoon was the home game against Laos.

The match will be held at Tuodong Stadium in Kunming, a stadium that holds many fond memories for the Chinese national football team and can be considered a lucky place for them.

The first match of the World Cup qualifiers was chosen here in the hope of getting off to a good start.

China's playing style remained the simplest routine devised by Gao Hongbo: find a way to pass the ball to Shan Yongzhuo. Every teammate nodded in agreement; regardless of their own thoughts, they had to admit that Shan Yongzhuo was the national team's nuclear weapon, even more important than Shevchenko was to the Ukrainian team.

In the afternoon, the national team set off.

The Kunming Tuodong Stadium was packed to capacity, mostly with Chinese football fans; there were practically no Lao fans at all.

After all, Laos is not only a football wasteland, but also a poor country, and there are not many Lao fans who can afford to travel all the way to Kunming to watch the game.

Even before the match started, deafening cheers erupted from the crowd.

Since winning the Asian Cup, the Chinese national football team's reputation in China has completely changed.

Especially Shan Yongzhuo, whose popularity in China is now unmatched. Even people who don't watch football know Shan Yongzhuo.

Especially among domestic women, many female football novices were attracted by Shan Yongzhuo's good looks and joined the ranks of fans. Online, Shan Yongzhuo has won the title of "National Husband" and is known as the strongest bigamist criminal in history.

At this moment, this was the situation at Tuodong Stadium. A large number of female fans were the loudest, chanting Shan Yongzhuo's name in unison, creating a spectacular scene.

The cheers made the Chinese players feel very relaxed. They joked with each other, "Brother Shan, this is your exhibition match. We'll do our best to help you score goals."

"If we try to steal the spotlight, we might get beaten to death by those female fans."

"That's right, hahaha..."

Dan Yongzhuo smiled happily. This is truly a great teammate, fully cooperating with him to score goals. This is what makes him happiest.

However, something even more embarrassing was yet to come.

During the warm-up, many Lao players came over to ask Shan Yongzhuo for autographs.

"..."

This is a World Cup qualifier!
Dan Yongzhuo didn't know what to say. He looked at the fourth official at the door, then at head coach Gao Hongbo and Lao team head coach Hans Peter, and found that they didn't say anything.

Hans Peter pretended not to see it and tacitly approved of his player's actions.

In fact, Laos had no hope of defeating the Chinese team. This team, composed of amateur players with an average height of less than 170cm, did not think they could beat the Chinese team in the first place, especially after hearing that the opposing team's star player, Shan Yongzhuo, was also in the team, which made them even less hopeful.

Since there's no hope, what's the point? Just become a fan.

After all, Shan Yongzhuo is currently recognized as the world's number one striker. Even if we lose the game, it would still be good to get his autograph.

Hans Peter was still somewhat unwilling, but what could he do?

Laos is really too unprofessional.

He still has some fighting spirit and hopes to lead the Lao team to create a miracle and reach the top 20. What he needs to do now is to at least draw or narrowly lose to the Chinese team in the first leg away game, so that there is still hope when they return to the home game.

But now, the opposing team has Shan Yongzhuo as their nuclear weapon, and even their own players are asking for his autograph.

Hans Peter then gave up hope.

I'll take it or leave it, since I'm going to lose anyway.

If it weren't for his position as head coach, he would have even wanted to ask for one himself.

(End of this chapter)