At this moment, Wang Xiong's cell phone rang. When Wang Xiong saw it, it turned out to be Li Zhiming's. Because of his outstanding performance in leading the team in recent years, Li Zhiming is now the head coach of the national team.
Wang Xiong pressed the answer button.
"Minister Wang. I'm Li Zhiming, do you remember me?" Wang Xiong and Li Zhiming haven't contacted each other for a long time, so Li Zhiming asked like this.
"Coach Li, you are so proud now. Why do you have time to contact me?" Wang Xiong asked with a smile.
"Minister Wang, have you seen the latest national team roster?" Li Zhiming chuckled.
"I just saw it. It's not bad. I think these people are very good. There are still a dozen in the top ten. The key is to have confidence. Although they are divided into a group with the Japanese team and the Korean team, it doesn't matter.
"We will not lose to them in terms of physical condition and technical condition. As long as we have confidence." Wang Xiong replied with a smile.
"Minister Wang thinks the same as me. The key is confidence. This is what I am worried about. Our national team members just lack confidence. They played well in friendly matches. But it won't work when encountering such a big competition. So I asked Wang
Minister, you are in charge. This will probably give them confidence." Li Zhiming said with a smile.
"No. Did you really recruit me into the national team?" Wang Xiong was shocked. For him, this was really unbelievable.
"Can I joke about this? I always feel that Minister Wang, you are playing very well. Maybe you can play the role of Dinghai Shenzhen. These young players all lack confidence. But if you sit next to them, they may have more confidence.
A lot." Li Zhiming explained with a smile. He recruited Wang Xiong
Entering the national team is something only he can think of. But he has this feeling. Although Wang Xiong is a little older, his speed is still there, although he can't keep up with the training. But Wang Xiong's consciousness is what he sees.
He has never seen this kind of consciousness among the current young players.
"This?" Wang Xiong was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Wang Xiong on the list was really himself. This was something he never thought of. But he didn't object. After all, it was his dream to enter the national team.
.However, in his opinion, this dream is difficult to realize. He didn't expect that it would come true today. He didn't even know what to say.
"Minister Wang, do you have the heart to reject me? Whether you can qualify this time may depend on Minister Wang." Li Zhiming quickly gave Wang Xiong a high hat. In fact, he had already guessed that Wang Xiong
Xiong's answer, but saying it like this can obviously arouse Wang Xiong's favor and make Wang Xiong happily agree.
"Coach Li, you are too flattering to me. But you have said so. I have to agree. You have to tell me about the training and games. I will definitely go." Wang Xiong said happily.
Wang Xiong was joining the national team and was going to play in the competition. The news spread quickly, and soon there was a lot of doubt. Many people thought this was nonsense. Many people also laughed.
"A person like Wang Xiong should be severely punished. How can this be the case? Just let him play football? Isn't that just nonsense? It's grandstanding. Maybe it's because he disturbed the morale of the military. Then it's over. Prime Minister, you can't let Wang Xiong do it.
Xiong is acting nonsense. He needs to be reprimanded. Wang Xiong is becoming more and more outrageous now." Huang Zhigang said to Vice Premier Liu in an office of the State Council.
Obviously he is very dissatisfied with Wang Xiong's behavior. In fact, Huang Zhigang's attitude towards Wang Xiong has never been good. He feels that Wang Xiong has no ability and is just lucky. Some time ago, Wang Xiong was a world hero and his influence was too great.
, he did not dare to cause trouble to Wang Xiong or speak ill of Wang Xiong, but as time went by, Wang Xiong's popularity continued to decrease. Huang Zhigang naturally had no scruples.
"Zhigang, it's the coach's business to arrange who plays. We'd better not interfere. Besides, who are we? Do we need to care about that?" Vice Premier Liu shook his head and said. He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: "This
What are you talking about? Wang Xiong's playing football is a bit outrageous, but it's not like this reaction. Besides, Wang Xiong's football is indeed good. That is recognized.
"Prime Minister, I feel this is a slap in the face of our State Council. The Ministry of Education is also part of the State Council. Such nonsense. People in other units are laughing at us. The impact is very bad. I think Wang Xiong cannot be allowed to continue to act like this.
"Yes." Huang Zhigang said with a frown. He also understood what Vice Premier Liu meant, that is, Vice Premier Liu did not want to pursue this matter.
"Zhigang. What other people say is other people's business. Their mouths are open to other people. People can say whatever they want. We should just do our own thing." Vice Premier Liu said with a wry smile, regarding Huang Zhigang's purpose.
He knew that Huang Zhigang's ability was very good. But there was one disadvantage, that was, he didn't like other people's good deeds and always complained behind their backs.
"Prime Minister, you are really partial to Wang Xiong. This is not good. We can't always remember Wang Xiong's contribution. We should also give Wang Xiong a beating. As the saying goes, a jade cannot be polished, and it will not make a weapon. This is also good for Comrade Wang Xiong.
This is the only way to truly help him. If you help him blindly, it will harm him instead." Huang Zhigang said without giving up. He hated Wang Xiong indescribably.
Evil, it is a completely indescribable feeling. Anyway, Wang Xiong will be happy if he is unhappy. This is his mentality now. Originally, when he returned to the capital, he thought that he would be prosperous. As a result, Wang Xiong
Both Wang Xiong and Zhang Yunjie actually performed better than him. This made him always unconvinced. Therefore, his resentment towards Wang Xiong became even heavier. How could he give up so easily now that he had seized an opportunity?
"Zhigang, please stop making trouble about this matter. Whether Wang Xiong is useful depends on the process and results. If a cadre always suppresses, there will be problems in the end. So, I don't agree with your statement. Go ahead.
Just be busy with your work. If you always pay attention to such things, then you are more boring than Wang Xiong.
." Vice Premier Liu shook his head as he spoke, and he was also dissatisfied with Huang Zhigang. After all, he expressed his attitude in one sentence, and Huang Zhigang said this again and again. In his opinion, that
Even Huang Zhigang didn't listen to him. Even though he had a very good character, he couldn't help but feel a little angry.
"Yes. I'll leave now." Seeing that Vice Premier Liu was angry, Huang Zhigang also knew that his words had aroused resentment. Naturally, he did not dare to say any more. That would undoubtedly give a very bad impression.
.This will definitely not have good results in the end.
This time the top ten games happened to be held at home in Beijing, which also saved Wang Xiong a lot of time. Wang Xiong also participated in training on time at four or five o'clock every afternoon. As for what the outside world said, Wang Xiong
I don't care. My performance will explain everything by then. It's useless to explain now. The more you explain, the more doubts you will have. Instead, it's better to train seriously.
The arrival of Wang Xiong really shocked the other players. But they were very happy. They had also heard various legends about Wang Xiong. They admired Wang Xiong very much. When Wang Xiong came here, they were indeed
It increased my confidence. At the same time, I was very serious in my daily training. After all, I didn’t want to give Wang Xiong a bad impression.
Wang Xiong also feels that his condition is getting better and better during training, and he can always play well in daily practice, which often attracts applause.
Before you know it, the top ten games have begun.
The first opponent is the Japanese team. Japanese football is very powerful and dominates Asia. It can be said to be the strongest team in Asia. It has entered the top 16 of the World Cup several times in a row. It also has some very famous stars emerging to play in Europe.
The Chinese team has not defeated this opponent for a long time. This makes the Chinese people also
It’s very frustrating. I think back then, even if I couldn’t break out of Asia, it would be very easy to abuse Japan. I always had an advantage over Japan. But now it has become a situation where everyone is very scared when they see the Japanese team. Although those young players
They were all shouting anti-Japanese banners. But Wang Xiong felt that they were all worried and a little scared.
This is a question of confidence. In the case of equal strength, if you lack confidence, you are likely to lose miserably. And at this time, you cannot tell these people not to be nervous, otherwise they may become even more nervous.
Wang Xiong also knows what Li Zhiming is worried about. The most critical point is the issue of confidence. For this problem, good results must be achieved. Only by using results can they increase their confidence.
The stadium in Beijing was packed. After all, this was the first time in sixteen years that the top ten games were played. Wang Xiong was sitting on the bench. He was still recovering and could not play the whole game. Compared with playing football, playing basketball
That's even more tiring. After all, football is played for ninety minutes, while basketball is only played for ninety minutes.
It takes more than forty minutes, and there are many pauses in the middle, so you can get a rest and constantly make substitutions. Football cannot do that. It is very tiring. Wang Xiong cannot play the whole game now and can only come on as a substitute. But this is not good for Wang Xiong.
It's pretty good. He won't ask for anything deliberately.
After the game started, the cheers were very loud. After all, this was a home game. Everyone hoped to take advantage of the situation to win this game, otherwise, they would not be able to play in the future. Most of them had this view.
If you win a game, there is still hope, but if you lose, it basically means that this dream has come to nothing again.
However, the situation on the court was worrying. The Japanese team had completely taken the initiative. It was not about how strong the Japanese team was, but mainly because their own people were scared. Wang Xiong saw that many people's legs were trembling. It was only three minutes into the game.
Just a goal was lost. The whole stadium was silent. Everyone's face was ugly.