Because there is still their own game, the Chinese team did not finish the game. After the first half, they also left the conference room and prepared to take a car to the competition venue.

The hotel entrance was crowded with reporters and fans. When the Chinese team players came out, the fans waved the national flag and scarves to cheer for them.

Although Zhou Yi cannot play, everyone supports the national team as a whole, not a certain player.

Even if Zhou Yi is not allowed to win, everyone still hopes to win in the Chinese team.

After all, Chile may be the weakest in this group...

Everyone hopes that the Chinese team can defeat Chile and make a good start for the second World Cup in history.

This is quite similar to the situation when the Chinese team participated in the World Cup last time.

At that time, the first match between the Chinese team was Costa Rica, the weakest in the group stage. Before the game, many Chinese fans and media expected the Chinese team to defeat Costa Rica and win the first point and first goal in the history of the World Cup for Chinese football, as well as the first victory.

Zhou Yi waved to everyone before getting on the car.

Although he cannot play, he will still go out with the team and sit on the bench, in this way, indicating that he and the team are always together.

Zhou Yi is not among the starting list just announced by the Chinese team. Everyone knows that Zhou Yi can't play in this game...

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When the Chinese team set off for the stadium, the second half of the game between the Netherlands and Spain also began.

The process and scores of the first half made everyone think that this was a close match, but they didn't expect that in the second half, the situation suddenly changed.

In the 53rd minute, Robben received a pass from Brinde, dunked Pique, and then shot with his left foot before Casillas blocked. The football passed Casillas' ten fingers and rushed into the goal, 2:1!

In the 65th minute, the Dutch team's free kick was hung into the penalty area from the left. Van Persie headed the ball and collided with Casillas, allowing Dutch player Devre, who was ambushed at the far post, to seize the opportunity. He pushed the ball into the goal at the back post. For this goal, he even hit the goal post. The Dutch team also led Spain 3:1.

In the 73rd minute, the Netherlands scored another goal. This time it was Casillas' own mistake. He accidentally stopped the football when he stopped the ball. Van Persie rushed up and intercepted the ball and scored a single shot. The Netherlands team 4:1!

In the 80th minute, the Dutch team made a classic counterattack. Robben received the pass from the backcourt and rushed to the right side of the penalty area with a full speed of 60 meters. He first used a turn to lightly shake Casillas' center of gravity, and then used several pauses to get rid of Casillas' tenacious blockade. He shot with his left foot near the penalty spot. The football flew into the goal. The Netherlands led Spain 5:1.

The game has ended at this point.

The news soon reached the Chinese team. At this time, everyone had arrived at the stadium and rested in the locker room.

After learning the news, the locker room was silent.

This is their opponent in the same group. They thought Spain was the most difficult to deal with, but now it seems that the Netherlands is the big boss.

It's really worthy of being the death group. Even Spain, the champion of the last World Cup, was beaten so miserably...

In the midst of silence, Zhou Yi's voice was the first to break the dead silence: "Okay, a bad news, a good news."

Everyone looked up at him in confusion, not understanding why he said that.

Zhou Yi raised a finger: "Bad news, the Netherlands is more powerful than imagined." Then he raised another finger. "Good news, the defending champion is a paper tiger. In our last match against Spain, we have a great chance to win."

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Zhou Yi had already thought of the last game, but the rest of the national team could not have thought that they would go so far. The game against Chile in front of them was what they valued the most.

They are about to usher in this World Cup, and this is all their first World Cup match.

Zheng Zhi, the oldest in this team, also participated in the World Cup for the first time. This is a very young and inexperienced team.

This grouping situation, coupled with Zhou Yi's absence, really makes many Chinese fans look forward to and worry.

The expectation is because in addition to Zhou Yi, there are five players who performed well during their European studies in Europe. Whether they can make up for the impact of Zhou Yi’s absence on the national team is very curious.

When the national team players went out to warm up, Zhou Yi also went out, but he did not play football, but watched from the sidelines.

Next to him, head coach Lippi stood.

Like him, Lippi was closely watching the Chinese players warming up on the court.

Then suddenly, he didn't even turn his eyes away and asked, "How do you think we can qualify from this group?"

"Of course, we won the first two group matches." Zhou Yi also stared at the stadium and said. "Just kidding, if anyone can win, I think about it. But if we look calmly and rationally, it will be difficult for us to win the Dutch team. Our only advantage is that we hope that the Dutch team will look down on us and underestimate us."

Zhou Yi covered his mouth and told Lippi what he thought.

"So the first game against Chile is very important. We must win, so the chance of qualifying will be higher. But Chile must think so too..." Zhou Yi continued. "Both of our teams want to qualify, so we must win in the first game. Whoever loses will be difficult to play in the next game..."

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The players on both sides were warming up on the court, and Chile's head coach Sang Pauli also stood on the sidelines, but he did not pay much attention to his players, but kept turning his attention to the Chinese team.

He saw Zhou Yi standing on the sidelines and watching.

Before the game, all the news was saying that Zhou Yi would be sure to miss the first two games of the group stage. Now it seems that this is not a smoke bomb from the Chinese, but a fact.

He is very glad that when Chile was arranged, he met the Chinese team in the first group match, not the last one. If Zhou Yijian was healthy, Sang Baoli was not sure whether his team could defeat the Chinese team.

But without Zhou Yi, the Chinese team was simply a mess.

Sang Baoli is very sure of this. In his opinion, Zhou Yi's injury and absence have a great impact on the Chinese team's tactical, but the biggest one is psychological. He carefully studied this Chinese team and knew that Zhou Yi plays an important role in this Chinese team, not only on the court, but also in the locker room.

His existence is the Chinese team's stabilization needle. He can make other Chinese players perform better on the court.

On the other hand, when he is away, many Chinese players may lose confidence and perform worse than before.

Especially when they encounter difficulties in the game, the team will definitely collapse soon. If Zhou Yi is there, it should be able to stabilize the situation.

Therefore, Zhou Yi's absence will have a greater impact on the Chinese team than their own people think...

There are many different opinions about Zhou Yi's injury in the Champions League final. Some people accused Kavajal, but some people criticized Zhou Yi for being too sticky at the last moment. If he kicked the football out in time, nothing would happen.

San Pauli didn't want to get involved in this argument. He just wanted to thank God for hurting the most important player in his opponent before the World Cup.

Chile is not the dominant team in this group.

But now his mind is becoming more and more active.

In another game of this group that just ended, the defending champion lost to the Netherlands with a score of 1:5, and also exposed the weak physique under the seemingly powerful appearance of the defending champion.

Coupled with Zhou Yi's injury and absence, this gave Chile a chance. First of all, Chile will defeat the Chinese team in the first group stage and defeat Spain in the second game, then the last game against the Netherlands will be insignificant, and they will obtain the right to qualify in the group.

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"...I don't know if Chile will underestimate us, but they definitely want to defeat us. They may attack more actively in the game and hope to score goals as soon as possible. After all, if we deal with us slowly, it is actually beneficial to us - there have been many media saying that in the game between China and Chile, should we strive for a draw? So Chile will take the initiative to attack, so we can fight their counterattack. We have the ability to fight back... That's what I think."

After listening to Zhou Yi's story quietly, Lippi nodded without interrupting him, and said to Zhou Yi: "Do you know, Zhou Yi. After the news of my takeover coaching the Chinese team was revealed, I received a call from Klopp."

Zhou Yi turned his head in surprise and looked at Lippi: "Jurgen Klopp?"

"Who else besides him? Dortmund's head coach." Lippi smiled. "He gave me a suggestion. He said that if I want to coach the Chinese team twice the result with half the effort, it is best to talk to you more and ask your opinions and opinions. He also said that this is the secret of why he was able to coach Dortmund and win so many championships. Now it seems that it is indeed his secret..."

Zhou Yi scratched his head. He did often communicate his views on the game with Klopp, and he didn't need to be modest in this regard.

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Both teams that ended the warm-up returned to their respective locker rooms.

Lippi showed a serious expression when facing the Chinese players wearing white jerseys: "This is our first World Cup group match. Putting aside the messy 'meaning'. This game is very simple, and we only have one goal - that is victory. Defensive counterattack is our winning magic weapon. You must be patient when defending, don't panic, and the defender must be more decisive in handling the ball..."
Chapter completed!