Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 391 I'll bet 1000 million on China to win! The US-China battle is about to erupt in the Blue Arena.

[China's national football team: Play against Germany? Me?]

This is outrageous! With a total squad value of 8 million euros, what chance does the Chinese national football team have?

I can't stand watching Chinese football; I don't understand what you're persisting in.

[Would it be embarrassing for the Chinese national football team to play with such poor skills?]

Because of the poor performance of the Chinese national football team in recent years, the atmosphere in the comment sections of Douyin and Weibo is not very good now.

Most importantly, the national football team's record in warm-up matches is currently 3 losses and 1 win, which looks terrible.

Such results inevitably drew criticism.

Just as everyone was criticizing the Chinese national football team for two consecutive losses in warm-up matches, the players began their journey to Italy to prepare for their final warm-up match before the World Cup.

Their opponents are the US men's soccer team!
"Oops, I got scolded."

Wu Lei whispered, and the curious Tang Ye leaned closer: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Wu Lei then showed his phone screen to Tang Ye.

This is the Weibo interface, with the keyword being #China's national football team suffers two consecutive defeats in warm-up matches.

The comments section was filled with criticism of the Chinese national football team players.

"Forehead……"

Taking a sip of orange juice through a straw, Tang Ye's eyes widened: "There aren't many countries that can beat Brazil and France, are there...?"

They don't care about that.

Wu Lei shook his head and placed his phone on the table in front of him.

It's clear he's gotten used to being scolded.

"Um……"

Tang Ye pursed his lips, not in a good mood.

He felt that his teammates were always under some kind of inexplicable pressure, and now it seemed that public opinion played a large part in it.

Of course, there's nothing that can be done about it; even the most capable person will feel overwhelmed by cyberbullying.

Tang Ye put the new gum in his mouth, returned to his seat, and decided to stop thinking about these upsetting things.

The players chose to ignore it, but some people's personalities just make it impossible for them to ignore such things.

GG Masao, the father of GGBond!

Ever since the Chinese national football team lost to Brazil, Tang Zhengxiong has been using his Douyin and Weibo accounts to argue with netizens.

Tang Zhengxiong's Weibo account was verified with a "V" mark, and the controversy eventually attracted a lot of attention. Tang Zhengxiong eventually gave another interview to reporters.

"Yeah, I'm going to criticize, so what?"

Facing the camera, Tang Zhengxiong remained completely calm: "Some people are just unreasonable. Shouldn't we be cheering for the national team to qualify for the World Cup? What's with all the booing?"

"My Weibo account has been suspended, but I don't care."

Tang Zhengxiong displayed a nonchalant attitude: "I'm not going to do it anymore. Let them have their fun on Weibo."

The reporter seemed intimidated by Tang Zhengxiong's attitude and involuntarily took two steps back: "Mainly because the Chinese national team was drawn into a group with Germany and Senegal, it will be extremely difficult for them to advance."

"It's not that only advancing from the group stage counts as a success. As I said before, a draw would be great."

"but!"

Tang Zhengxiong then changed the subject: "Since so many people don't support the national football team, I have to go against them."

Reaching out, I took the microphone directly from the reporter's hand: "For the third match against Sweden, I..."

The more Tang Zhengxiong thought about it, the angrier he became, and he lost his temper.

"The first match is against Germany"

Tang Zhengxiong extended one finger of his right hand.

"I'll bet 1000 million, China wins!"

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Dongqiudi (a Chinese sports betting platform) pinned post: Tang Ye's father says he'll spend 1000 million yuan to buy tickets for the Chinese team in the China-Germany match. (72315 comments)

I must say, my brother Xiong really does a lot of work.

Tang Ye doesn't show off because his dad does, so he has nothing to show off.

【Hahaha】

[Thanks to the father of the football king for setting the odds! Thank you!]

[Brother Zhengxiong is still too abstract, but his genes are undeniably flawed]

……

Cicerano, Italy.

Atalanta's training base in Serie A.

With less than 10 days until the start of the first round of the World Cup group stage, the atmosphere within the Chinese national football team gradually became tense.

For this reason, the Chinese national football team organized a barbecue, with the players gathering on the training field after training.

"huhu"

Tang Ye took the beef skewer out of his mouth and blew on it repeatedly: "Although I haven't started eating it yet, judging from the steam coming out, it must be very hot right now, so I can't eat it."

After finishing the analysis, Tang Ye put the beef back on the grill.

"But……"

Zhang Yuning pointed to the beef skewers that Tang Ye had put back: "If you leave them here, they won't be able to cool down."

"Hmm, that seems to be true."

Yu Ning was right, so Tang Ye could only reach out and pick up the beef skewers again, holding them in his hand for the time being.

"Haha, here, Tang Ye, this skewer is for you, you can eat it directly."

Wu Lei handed a skewer of grilled beef to Tang Ye, and Feng Xiaoting and Deng Hanwen did the same.

Children eat first, that's the rule.

"Oh, no need, no need."

Tang Ye took a step back: "I want to eat what I grill myself; it tastes better when I grill it myself."

"Haha, I'll eat first then."

Wu Lei forcefully bit off the beef from the bamboo skewer: "By the way, Tang Ye, have you seen the news?"

"You've been watching a lot lately, haven't you? What's wrong?"

Tang Ye sat on the grass, carefully holding the beef skewers in both hands to prevent them from falling onto the grass.

"Your dad bet 1000 million on us beating Germany, is that true?"

After Wu Lei finished speaking, his teammates nearby gathered around.

In order to argue with netizens, Tang Zhengxiong spent 1000 million yuan to support the Chinese team, which he believed had no chance of winning. This is truly an exaggeration.

"Oh, I know about that, haha."

Tang Ye laughed: "I don't know if he actually bought it or not, I think he was just bragging. Before, when I was training in Shandong, my dad said he was coming to visit me, but do you know where he went? He went to America to watch football, damn it!"

Tang Ye shook the beef skewers in his hand: "I don't really believe what he said. There are more than 20 players from other places in our training base, and my dad visits me the least, but he always says he wants to come over."

"No, no."

Realizing he'd gone off-topic, Tang Ye quickly steered the conversation back on track: "He probably won't buy 1000 million worth of stuff, but if he does, there's nothing I can do. Just consider it a donation."

"Ha ha"

His teammates laughed. At that moment, Tang Ye felt that the skewer of beef in his hand had cooled down enough, so he gently touched it with his mouth and said, "Mmm, just right!"

"By the way, Tang Ye, so you always hide in your dorm playing games when your parents come to pick you up, is it because your dad didn't come?"

Wei Shihao suddenly spoke up, and Wu Lei was taken aback for a moment before realizing what he meant: "Oh, right, you're all from Shandong Luneng."

"Not entirely, is it?"

While eating beef, Tang Ye said, "The games were really fun. Back then, I played CF and LOL, and I made a lot of friends online. Actually, I kind of regret going to Shandong; I didn't expect my dad to refuse to come."

"Why don't you come over? Your parents shouldn't be too busy, right?"

"My dad thinks boys should be more independent, and he thinks that's good for me. I think my mom was also stopped by him."

Tang Ye shrugged.

"But it doesn't matter, I have lots of teammates at the base to play with, so I don't feel bad."

Tang Ye quickly finished eating the beef.

"By the way, I was able to buy my own plane ticket and fly when I was 10 years old. I was a little embarrassed back then. I had a friend in my class who was from Fujian, so I would buy him a business class ticket and have him come back to Guangdong with me first, and then go to Fujian, so that I would have someone to travel with."

At this point, Tang Ye took out his cell phone from his pocket.

"Hiss... But he's not online on QQ anymore, I can't contact him, we used to hang out together for so long."

While the players chatted on the training field, Lippi and Madaloni were discussing tactics in their office.

"Yes, we must win against the US; it will greatly boost our morale."

"But the US definitely wants to win too."

Lippi replied, pointing to the 23-man roster of the US team on the table in front of him. Madaloni confidently stated, "No, no, no, sir, the United States cannot be our match."

Be more humble.

Lippi reminded him, and Madaloni immediately behaved.

"Um... I'm sorry, sir."

After adjusting his glasses, Lippi and Madaloni briefly discussed the arrangements for the warm-up match against the United States.

First, give it your all and see how things go in the first half. If you have a chance to win, then keep Tang Ye on the field and win the game to boost the morale of the national team players.

If you find that you can't beat them, then just substitute Tang Ye.

The reason is very simple.

Tang Ye didn't play the entire match, so the Chinese national football team can always find an excuse to lose.

You didn't use your full strength!
……

Dongqiudi Match Preview: The last warm-up match before the World Cup, China vs. the United States at the Blue Arena.

Baidu's No. 1 trending search: A major war between China and the United States is about to break out.

【no? 】

Holy crap, my heart skipped a beat when I saw the words "US-China war".

[This gave me a fright! Does anyone know how to watch the games? I just realized the Chinese national football team qualified for the World Cup!]

With less than 24 hours to go before the friendly match between the Chinese and American men's national football teams, fans flocked to comment on Tang Zhengxiong's Douyin videos.

[Brother Xiong, a 1000 million-dollar China-Germany war is less desirable than a 1000 million-dollar China-US war.]

The fan made an abstract comment, but to their surprise, Tang Zhengxiong himself replied in less than a minute.

[Tang Zhengxiong (author): The US is nothing; we must win against Germany for 1000 million.]

[The boss is generous!]

[Could Xiong Ge give away a house in the comments? I've been a Tang Ye fan for 20 years.]

"Tom! Tom!"

The bus drove toward the side gate of the stadium, where many local fans had gathered.

Aside from playing Juventus in the Champions League, Tang Ye has never been to Italy.

I never expected to have so many of my own fans here.

Tom has not yet entered the world of Serie A.

But his legend is still widely known in the martial arts world!

"3, 2, 1!"

Go China!

United States (5-3-2)

Goalkeeper: Steffen
……

The United States is slightly weaker than China, so they will play more conservatively in this game.

The match had just begun, and the Chinese national team players, remembering Madaloni's instructions, immediately increased the pace of the game.

Tang Ye played a key role, successfully gaining possession advantage through his continuous passing and receiving with his teammates.

"Wow, guys, this is the first time the Chinese national team has had a possession advantage in recent warm-up matches!"

Wang Chao and the fans in the live broadcast room were very happy to see the data.

Do I feel like China has a chance to win today?

Unlike standing still, Tang Ye pushed the ball to Wu Lei in front, and then pulled it to the right.

Wu Lei returns the ball to Tang Ye!

Tang Ye stopped the ball and began to observe.

The player in front is the American team's defensive midfielder...

"Come!"

Call Zheng Zhi up, pretend to pass to the middle, but actually send a straight through ball that just grazed the sideline and flew in.

To Zhang Yuning at the very front!

The attack down the flanks has finally paid off, with the Chinese team pressing forward aggressively.

Faced with a tight marking, Zhang Yuning chose to pass the ball to Wu Lei first.

Wu Lei's inverted triangle formation!
The target is Zhang Xizhe!
"Come!"

Tang Ye reached out to Zhang Xizhe for the ball, and without stopping the ball, he made a long pass to transfer it directly to the left baseline.

The one who got the ball was Wang Shenchao, who made a run from behind!

Wang Shenchao slowed down!
Slowly approaching the restricted area...

Snapped!
The cross is delivered, and Wu Lei is positioned at the far post of the penalty area!

Break down the door!

The ball went in!
but……

"Holy crap, that ball was offside!"

Wang Chao clutched his head.

When Wang Shenchao made the cross, Wu Lei was half-offside, so the goal did not count.

"It's alright, it's alright, good! good!"

Lippi gave the players on the field a thumbs up.

It doesn't matter if a goal is disallowed.

The most important thing is that the Chinese team just executed a very smooth attack.

After 20 days and 4 warm-up matches, China should be playing this kind of attacking style!
Cough!

Pooh!
Tang Ye spat on the grass and slowly retreated.

The game has been going on for almost 20 minutes now, and he has pretty much figured out the characteristics of the 11 players on the American team.

The Chinese team's attack needs to be even more intense!
Find an opportunity! Find an opportunity!

Tang Ye dribbled the ball 20 meters down the middle, using his rhythm to overpower two American defenders.

We've arrived near the top of the arc.

Facing the American defender emerging from the penalty area, Tang Ye made a rather unusual choice.

Turn around and dribble the ball backwards!
Create distance between yourself and the defender!

Just as the goalkeeper relaxed his guard, Tang Ye suddenly jumped up and flicked the ball into the penalty area with his right heel.

The ball was given to Wu Lei in the penalty area!
Snapped!
Break down the door!

The ball went in!
There was no offside this time!

Dongqiudi live match report: Tang Ye's backheel pass assists Wu Lei's calm finish and goal, China leads 1-0.

"Well!"

Tang Ye gave Wu Lei a high five and then began to retreat.

After facing Brazil and France in succession, the Chinese national football team suddenly felt much more comfortable playing against the relatively weaker USA team.

Tang Ye could tell that both forwards, Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning, were in excellent form in this match.

He needs to find more ways to coordinate with the forwards!

"Maintain this state, maintain this state!"

The translator's voice came from the bench as Lippi emphasized the upcoming tactical tasks.

Keep creating more goals!

The main purpose of warm-up matches is to gradually adjust the team's tactics and improve the team's fighting power in official matches.

This match against the United States was the Chinese national football team's last warm-up game before the World Cup.

The final warm-up match usually involves additional tasks.

This extra task is to boost the team's morale!
Only confident teams can go far in the World Cup!

"Go ahead, go ahead, you go ahead!"

With a pull-back and turn, a simple feint and a change of rhythm, Tang Ye easily got rid of the defender.

The Zidane tempo control template is incredibly effective against relatively average defensive players.

Snapped!
Pass the ball directly through!

Wow!!!

Italian fans in the stands stood up as Tang Ye's through ball accurately found Wu Lei, who had made a run into the penalty area.

This is a one-on-one situation!
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(End of this chapter)