In fact, just after the match between Dortmund and Hoffenheim, Guangzhou Hengyuan started their first Club World Cup match at the Agadir Stadium in Morocco.

Facing the African champion, Asian champion Guangzhou Hengyuan won the opponent 2:0 and successfully entered the semi-finals.

After the game, CCTV commentator He Ping excitedly shouted: "The Chinese team has entered the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, and they have created history. In the semi-finals, they will meet Dortmund, which also creates history - the 'China Derby' in the Club World Cup!"

What the Chinese fans and media people have been looking forward to for a long time is finally going to happen!

During the post-match news interview, the captain of Guangzhou Hengyuan, Zheng Zhi, of course, was asked questions about this game by reporters.

"We are very happy to reach the semi-finals. Now it's too far to talk about how the finals are. All I can say is that we will try our best to play this semi-final. Dortmund is a team that has always been very strong, and we will also show our best form to face them..."

A reporter asked: "You only fought in the summer. Will this help you?"

Zheng Zhi shook his head: "I think... it shouldn't be like this. Dortmund at that time is very different from Dortmund now, whether it is the lineup or mentality. So that game will not help us any more. On the contrary, if we use that game as a reference, we will probably lose a lot..."

Another reporter mentioned Zhou Yi.

Since Zhou Yi played in the Chinese team, Zheng Zhi has gradually become marginalized in the national team. Later, even the national team could not even enter the national team roster. Now, under the leadership of Zhou Yi and others, the Chinese national team has reached the Brazil World Cup. Zhou Yi's personal reputation has reached its peak, which also means that it is not so easy for Zheng Zhi to return to the national team. There is a phenomenon that no one has discussed the issue of Zheng Zhi and the national team anymore. When Zhou Yi was just selected for the national team, this issue was frequently mentioned by the media and fans. But Zhou Yi quickly gave up this idea. His performance in the national team is dominant. With such outstanding players, where can Zheng Zhi have a position?

Zheng Zhi now seems to be at ease in Hengyuan, Guangzhou, focusing on club games, and spending his twilight years in his career. However, after he helped the club win the AFC Champions League, new changes have taken place. Some voices have emerged in China, believing that when the Chinese national team competes in the Brazil World Cup, they should consider re-recruiting Zheng Zhi. On the one hand, there is a veteran who can add stability and experience to the team, and on the other hand, they should also use this method to reward veterans who have served the national team and Chinese football for more than ten years.

There is another saying that if the purpose of the national team is to recruit outstanding Chinese players, why can't Zheng Zhi be recruited? In the past year, the young players who have studied abroad have performed well, but Zheng Zhi is definitely the best player among domestic players. Why can't he be selected for the national team?

If you are worried that Zheng Zhi will compete with Zhou Yi to be the core of the team after being selected, which will cause the team's heart to fluctuate... Can Zheng Zhi shake Zhou Yi now? Such a reason is nonsense.

Worrying that after Zheng Zhi, a veteran international player, would form cliques in the locker room and build up a mountain? The biggest mountain in the national team is Zhou Yi and Sun Pan. What tricks can Zheng Zhi do when he enters?

The media and fans analyzed a lot, and they all believed that recruiting Zheng Zhi to prepare for the World Cup at this time will not harm the national team, but only benefit.

Zheng Zhi himself also expressed his willingness to win glory for the country and do his best to the Chinese national team during an interview.

However, until now, there has been no rumor about the national team that they want to re-enlist Zheng Zhi.

This inevitably made Zheng Zhi's fans and Guangzhou Hengyuan fans feel unfair for Zheng Zhi.

Zheng Zhi and Zhou Yi have also become a somewhat subtle topic.

They are not competitors now, but Zheng Zhi did lose his position in the national team because of Zhou Yi. Does Zheng Zhi himself complain about Zhou Yi? At least there has never been any news on the surface that the two have been in disagreement. But no one knows what Zheng Zhi thinks in his heart.

"Zhou Yi?" Zheng Zhi was stunned for a moment when facing this question, and then said generously: "He is a very excellent player. I am also happy that we can produce such a player. He is the core of Dortmund and is also our trouble. We will do our best to deal with him."

"National Team..." As soon as a reporter spoke, Zheng Zhi waved his hand: "It's the Club World Cup now, not the World Cup."

He refused to answer the question.

But judging from this rejection action, he really cares about the national team.

Being able to represent the Chinese team in a World Cup is also the wish of this old man in football.

When the Chinese team played in the World Cup in 2002, Zheng Zhicai was 22 years old and had just made his mark in Chinese football. He could not have a place in that national team. Although he helped Shenzhen win the A-A championship after the national team failed from the World Cup, he was elected as the Chinese footballer, becoming the youngest footballer in Chinese football history.

Later he was selected into the national team and quickly became the main force of the national team. The Asian Cup held in the local area in 2004 was the closest he had to the Intercontinental Championship. He helped the national team reach the final, but lost to Japan in the final and only won the silver medal.

Later, rushing into the World Cup became his goal. Unfortunately, when his personal skills were becoming more and more mature, he encountered the darkest trough of Chinese football. He was affected by the overall strength of the national team and had not even participated in the top ten games of the World Cup qualifiers, and it was even more out of reach to participate in the World Cup.

What is even more sad is that with the emergence of young players like Zhou Yi and Sun Pan, the overall strength of the Chinese team has been qualitatively improved and has the ability to qualify for the World Cup. However, Zheng Zhi himself was excluded from the national team. Compared with young people like Zhou Yi and Yang Muge, Zheng Zhi no longer has any advantages.

Before this Chinese team played in the top ten matches, there were voices asking Gao Hongbo to recall Li Weifeng and Zheng Zhi, an experienced veteran, to escort the top ten matches of the Chinese team. At that time, Yang Muge and Sun Pan had not yet entered the national team, so it was normal for everyone to have such an idea.

Later, Li Weifeng was recalled to the national team, while Zheng Zhi was ignored at all.

Now the Chinese team has entered the World Cup finals again, and the whole country is celebrating, but it has nothing to do with Zheng Zhi.

But does he want to participate in the World Cup? Of course, he still wants to.

This can be seen from his loyalty to the national team after winning the AFC Champions League.

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"Zheng Zhi?" Zhou Yi turned his head and looked at Yan Min sitting next to him.

"Yeah." Yan Min nodded repeatedly. "I played football in Chongming and had not yet entered the national team. I heard them gossip about the national team. Some people said that Zheng Zhi was fighting for the core of you in the national team, but he was driven out by coach Gao. They also said that this was killing chickens for the monkeys..."

When Zhou Yi heard Yan Min say this, he showed a laughing and crying expression on his face.

On the flight from Dortmund to Morocco, Yan Min sat next to him. The two of them were chatting without saying a word, but they didn't expect the topic to be so gossipy.

"Do you think I am a person like you?" Zhou Yi pointed at him and asked Yan Min. "Be a ball boss?"

"Of course I believe you are not. But in order to establish your core prestige, it is not impossible to do this..." Yan Min curled his lips.

Zhou Yi spoke up and said it was like a rebuttal, but suddenly he thought that when he first joined the national team, he had not achieved such brilliant achievements at Dortmund. He was just a newcomer who played several good games in Europe. In the football ecology with many domestic factions, whether he could integrate into the national team was indeed a very realistic question. When he first joined the national team, how did the media and public opinion view this matter, Zhou Yi still had some impression...

Therefore, it is not unimaginable if Gao Hongbo wants to take some high-pressure measures.

If Gao Hongbo doesn't say anything about the motivation behind doing this, many people will indeed regard themselves as the culprit for Zheng Zhi's inability to be selected into the national team.

But I am now in the limelight. This kind of doubt and speculation will naturally not be on the surface, and there will be no public opinion...

Zhou Yi thought about it so much that he was even more amused and laughed. He did nothing, but instead got shot and became a ball-dominated.

Yan Min didn't seem to notice Zhou Yi's silence and the expression on his face, but continued: "...I watched it online. Since Guangzhou won the AFC Champions League, many people have asked the national team to let Zheng Zhi rejoin the team. But I'm worried..."

When Zhou Yi heard this, he asked back: "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried about the locker room." Yan Min said. "The atmosphere in the locker room is actually quite good now. I'm worried that Zheng Zhi will have conflicts when he comes back..."

Yan Min said it a bit tactful, but Zhou Yi still heard what he meant: "Are you worried that Zheng Zhi and I won't deal with it?"

Yan Min nodded: "That's about it..."

Zhou Yi smiled: "I'm not that kind of person, and I think Zheng Zhi shouldn't be that kind of person either."

Then he patted Yan Min's arm: "Have you watched too many palace fighting scenes? How could there be so many messy factional struggles? I don't know if Zheng Zhi will join the national team, that's not something I can decide. But I think even if he really comes in one day, there will be no change. Don't think so much. The World Cup will be half a year, but the Club World Cup is in front of you."

Yan Min was a little surprised: "At least there is no suspense to reach the finals? Actually, I don't think the championship is also suspense..."

Zhou Yi glanced at him: "When you feel there is no suspense, there is often suspense. Whether the suspense exists depends on your attitude towards it. Before you decide on your attitude, it may or may not exist, or it may be between 'has' and 'no'. Only when you make your own decisions will the answer be finally revealed. This is... 'Schrödinger'."

Yan Min opened his mouth wide and looked at Zhou Yi with a solid expression. After a long time, he said, "What did you say?"
Chapter completed!