After the training that day, the media blocked every Chinese player at the entrance of the training ground. They wanted to find out through all channels whether the result of Zhou Yi and the team's joint training was good or bad?

Although they can speculate by laughter coming from the training ground, this is always their speculation and lacks solid evidence.

They hope to know the correct answer from the player or coach.

"Zhou Yi? Practice together? Of course, he practiced with us... I feel it's pretty good, I can't tell at all that this is his first time practicing together..."

"We were all shocked. Zhou Yi showed such adaptability that was amazing..."

“Today’s training was very successful…”

...

The answers given by every interviewee made Chinese journalists ecstatic.

They had no hope for the effect of Zhou Yi's training in the team before, and they felt that Zhou Yi and the team had a symbolic significance greater than actual significance.

But now after hearing what the players who have participated in the training say, I was surprised and happy - Zhou Yi's return turned out to be more than just a symbolic meaning...

Later, when Lippi was interviewed, this was confirmed by him as the head coach.

"... Today, as we all know, Zhou Yi participated in the team's training and practiced with us. Happily, the training effect was good. We all were very happy to see that after nearly a month of absence, Zhou Yi and the team's first joint training achieved good results..."

Lippi's words confirmed the previous statements of the players, and completely confirmed that Zhou Yi's first practice effect after returning from injury was good.

Although Lippi could also lied that the effect was not good and released smoke bombs to the Spanish side, he did not do so.

On the one hand, it is such a highly concerned issue that is difficult to fake, and he cannot control everyone's mouth. On the other hand, it is also the main reason. Lippi feels that there is no need to be such a clever little clever. Even if he lets the Spaniard know this, he is confident that he will lead the Chinese team to defeat Spain.

Perhaps he had experienced the humiliating group elimination of the defending champion Italy four years ago, so he can guess what Spain is thinking now, and knows that Spain is just a "paper tiger" that looks very intimidating. He looks like the defending champion of the World Cup, but in fact, this team is completely different from the world champion four years ago.

After two consecutive losses in the group stage, there are many articles in the media analyzing the team.

There is a very right point of view - there is no invincible tactic, it is just that a group of suitable players encounter the right tactics at their best age.

In Lippi's view, neither Barcelona nor the Spanish national team's Tiki-taka is considered the greatest tactic in the world. Tiki-taka is far from being the most popular tactic in the world football world, nor can it lead to a popular trend.

It's very simple. This set of tactics has high requirements for players. Not all teams can be like Barcelona in the 2008-2009 season, like Spain in the 2010 World Cup, with a group of players who are at the golden age and are just right for this set of tactics.

At that time, Gao Hongbo wanted to promote Tiki-taka in the Chinese team and imitate Barcelona, ​​but the effect was not particularly good. Why?

Although the Chinese team has a midfield core like Zhou Yi, which is comparable to Xavi, the Chinese team still lacks many suitable players in other positions.

The Spanish team is now in decline and the Spanish team is at its peak. In fact, the reason is the same - time.

From 2008 to 2012, the Spanish national team won two European Cup championships and one World Cup championship, because these players are in their year of playing. What about now?

The main center Villa is already thirty-two years old, Torres is thirty, Iniesta is thirty, Xavi is thirty-four, Xavi Alonso is thirty-two, and Casillas is thirty-three.

Among them, the aging of Xavi has the greatest impact on the team.

In addition, after winning all three competitions, this team's desire to win is no longer as good as before.

They can no longer run around the field and cover the entire court like before.

No one can defeat time, and the Invincible Armada will be defeated by British pirate ships. The collapse of the Spanish dynasty is also very consistent with objective laws.

Spain is already declining, while Lippi's Chinese team is aging from the core players of Spain. The core members of this Chinese team are only about 22 or 3 years old, which is the time when they are full of youthful vitality.

The so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

If Spain is a tiger, it is also an elderly tiger.

The Chinese team is a newborn calf, and no one is afraid of it.

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Zhou Yi practiced with the team on the first day, and news of outstanding results soon appeared on major media and the Internet.

Chinese fans were cheering and inspired.

Although I only practiced together now and was a little late, the training effect was good, which was quite happy.

Spanish media are also paying attention to the situation of Zhou Yi.

This news is of course bad news for them.

But there is a part of the Spanish media who are always good at discovering the highlights of bad news.

For example, some media claimed that Zhou Yi's joint training was outstanding, which was hard to say. Because no one saw it, they all heard the Chinese players and coaches saying it. They could lie, in order to create tension for Spain's preparations. They advised the Spanish national team not to be too nervous. If they focus on Zhou Yi, wouldn't Spain be in vain if Zhou Yi doesn't play at that time? It also disrupted the Spanish team's own preparation rhythm.

This Spanish media also blew up China, saying that China has a tradition of making counterfeit goods, and they are good at making counterfeit goods. Many famous European brands have suffered a lot. In order to conceal their fraudulent behavior, the Chinese also invented a slightly better word called "counterfeit". In addition, at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there was a little girl singing session, which was later proved to be lip-synced. This Spanish media used this incident to explain to everyone that at such an important opening ceremony of the Olympics, Chinese people dared to fake it, so what is the collective lying during the World Cup group stage?

Of course, this Spanish media probably forgot that their famous Spanish garment manufacturer ZARA makes money by counterfeiting other well-known brands of clothing styles... They lose a lot of compensation every year when they sue, and of course they make more money by plagiarism, which is cost-effective for them. However, such a brand can appear in prominent positions in major high-end shopping malls in China. It has to be said that foreign monks can recite scriptures, and plagiarism can be copied more fresh and refined...

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The next day, Zhou Yi practiced with the team for the second time, and the effect was still significant.

On the third day, Lippi mainly conducted set pieces training on the last day before the game.

In the critical life-and-death battle, set pieces have always been an important scoring method.

During the training interval, Zhou Yi chatted with his teammates. He had a sudden idea and wanted to design several set pieces of set pieces for the team.

Zhou Yi's proposal received a warm response from everyone.

Then everyone got together to think, work together, and give full play to their imagination.

They really designed several sets.

Then everyone went to the training ground and began to practice several set pieces of set pieces they designed.

The coaching staff did not stop them, but watched from the side.

"It's great..." Lippi's assistant coach Madaloni murmured.

"The feeling after Zhou Yi returned to the team is different." National team scout Pezoti also nodded.

"He has a natural leader temperament, and he doesn't have to have loud voices or exaggerated physical movements to make people listen to him." The team's physical coach Gordinau also commented.

Lippi did not participate in the discussion, but listened quietly beside her, keeping a smile on her face.

He believed from the bottom of his heart that the Chinese team could definitely make a historic breakthrough in his hands, qualify from the group, and even go further...

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After the last day of training, Zhou Yi was blocked by reporters on the side of the training ground. They wanted to hear what Zhou Yi thinks and prospects for tomorrow's game.

Of course, what they are most concerned about is whether Zhou Yi will definitely be able to play in tomorrow's game.

Faced with this question, Zhou Yi did not give a positive answer: "I don't know, I train hard and do everything I can do. As for whether I can play, it is the question of whether the head coach can consider it. If he lets me play, I will play well. If he doesn't let me play, it must be his consideration. I will not express any opinions on this."

Zhou Yi said this without any loss, but it was not what the reporters wanted to listen to.

So the reporters asked him what he thought about Spain becoming the first team to be eliminated in this World Cup.

"It was surprising that no one would have thought that this would happen before the World Cup began. But this is football, on the court, anything could happen. The defending champion could also be out of the group, nothing is impossible."

"So the Chinese team may also defeat Spain?" asked a Chinese reporter.

Zhou Yi smiled without saying a word, but everyone understood what he meant.

"But Spain is fighting for honor, and teams fighting for honor are difficult to deal with..." said a Spanish reporter.
Chapter completed!