The Chinese men's football team plans to play a European training match from the end of July to the beginning of August, in order to prepare for the upcoming group stage of the Asian Cup qualifiers.

In the group stage of the Asian Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team was divided into Group E, staggering the strong teams Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and other teams, and Iraq, Palestine and Singapore.

This is the analysis of the Chinese team's qualifying situation by domestic and foreign media.

But just like the fans think, the Chinese team is always 'unexpected', in February and March this year, the Chinese team defeated Palestine, but lost to the domestic turmoil Iraq, resulting in the current Chinese group qualifiers are not very optimistic.

If the Chinese team can't pass the Asian Cup qualifiers, it will be really a 'shame and a big shame', so the Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to the achievements of the national team and organizes this European training match, the purpose of which is to let the national football team play a dozen with the European strong team before playing with Singapore, and experience the feeling of playing against a strong team.

The Chinese Football Association really attaches great importance to this training match, and they also set aside tens of millions of dollars just to play against European teams.

The warm-up match agreement reached between the Chinese team and Manchester City also has a money in the name of sponsorship, the sponsorship fee is 2 million yuan, and Manchester City can also get 2 million yuan for a warm-up game at their own home, that is, nearly 20 euros of income, this kind of good thing is really like pie in the sky.

So Manchester City FC and Wan Sheng, there is no reason to refuse.

After the agreement was reached, the domestic media did a lot of publicity because the match was very interesting. The Chinese team's reputation in China is not very good. But Chinese fans actually support the Chinese team in their hearts, many fans scold the Chinese team, but they still watch the Chinese team's games again and again, after all, it is their own country's football team, who else can they support if they don't support them?

Manchester City are also very popular.

In contrast, Manchester City's popularity is positive. Because Manchester City hates strength, and last season's Premier League champion, more importantly, Manchester City's head coach Wan Sheng is Chinese, Manchester City also has Sun Jihai, Wang Xiaolei two Chinese players, because of this, many domestic fans like to call Manchester City 'Chinese overseas team', even the report of Xinlang Sports also marked the title of 'Chinese overseas team VS Chinese team' to report the game.

The center of the natural coverage is the players.

Sun Jihai, Wang Xiaolei. They are all very key players.

Sun Jihai and Wang Xiaolei are going to participate in the national team's collective training, and they are a little late to return to Manchester City for preparation training, Wan Sheng feels very annoyed by this, but he can also understand Sun Jihai, after all, there is no way to call the national team, and he can't quit the national team for club training.

However, after confirming the warm-up match with the Chinese team, Sun Jihai and the two returned to the team to train together, because they will represent Manchester City at that time.

Domestic reporters interviewed Zhu Guanghu to confirm the news. 'They're all good players, but it's a warm-up game against Manchester City. They are first a professional player playing for a European club and then a member of the national team, so they will represent Manchester City. ”

This makes a lot of sense, at least Wan Sheng is very satisfied.

He is not unpatriotic, but it is hard to imagine that the training of national team players will take away from the club's training time. This will directly affect his pre-season preparation, and naturally, it will also affect the player's preparation at the club, and it is difficult to say the correctness of the Chinese team's approach.

The most important thing is that the training camp of the Chinese team is really difficult to have any effect. That kind of training is too far from Manchester City's preparation.

In any case, after this warm-up match was decided, Sun Jihai and Wang Xiaolei became the center of domestic media attention.

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Sun Jihai has long been accustomed to being the focus, he is already a famous star, Manchester City has his place, the national team also has his place, when he joined Manchester City, he became the focus of domestic media reports, and after Manchester City played a stable role, it was frequently concerned by domestic media.

In contrast, Wang Xiaolei is different.

In fact, since he came to Europe, he has not received much attention, when he was at Derby County, he was loaned out to play in the lower leagues, after coming to Manchester City, he played as the second goalkeeper and did not play much, despite this, he still entered Zhu Guanghu's squad and became the No. 3 goalkeeper of the Chinese team, but as the No. 3 goalkeeper, he will not receive much attention, and even if he returns to the national team to train, not many people care, after all, he belongs to the kind of player who rarely plays.

But Wang Xiaolei is still very satisfied with the current situation, because he is only under 19 years old!

When he first came to Europe and joined the youth team of Derby, Wang Xiaolei was only a little over 16 years old, he trained in Derby County for half a year, and then was loaned to a lower league team, and then his life was training, loaning, training, loaning, and his strength and experience also grew.

After nearly three years in Europe, Wang Xiaolei has grown from a child to a real professional player, but in fact, he is not yet 19 years old.

At this age, most of Europe's 'football talents' are still waiting for their chances in various youths, and he has become the second goalkeeper of the defending champions of the English Premier League, Manchester City, and the third goalkeeper of the Chinese national football team.

The position of goalkeeper requires a lot of experience, and if a goalkeeper wants to really become the main force of a strong team, he must go through a long wait, and many goalkeepers need to be twenty-five years old before they can sit in the main position in a top league team.

Wang Xiaolei is not yet 19 years old, and he still has a lot of time.

During these times, Wang Xiaolei also set goals for himself, first of all, to maintain his condition, strive to improve himself, and strive to successfully take over David James's main position.

David James is almost 37 years old, and the goalkeeper can always play longer than other position players, but at the age of 37, he is also a veteran, and James's form is still there, but everyone knows that it is difficult for him to hold on for too long, so Wang Xiaolei still has a lot of opportunities.

As long as he can be trusted by the manager, Wang Xiaolei can become the No. 1 goalkeeper of the Premier League's top teams. At that time, it will be much easier to fight for the main position in the national team, and when the time comes, it will be like Sun Jihai, and domestic public opinion will support him to become the No. 1 goalkeeper - the main goalkeeper of a Premier League top league team, can't he still be qualified as the No. 1 goalkeeper of the Chinese national team?

This is Wang Xiaolei's goal.

So he doesn't care at all about not having much fame for the time being.

But when attention comes. Wang Xiaolei still feels different, and when he becomes the focus of everyone's attention, there will always be a sense of great achievement and honor. When Manchester City and the Chinese team were about to play, the domestic media rushed to interview Wang Xiaolei.

After training every day, when Wang Xiaolei walked out of the club, a large group of reporters gathered around, most of them were domestic reporters, and a small number of local reporters also wanted to have a brief interview with Wang Xiaolei.

This feeling of being in the spotlight. Wang Xiaolei is really not excited.

He enjoyed it.

Wang Xiaolei experienced this feeling for the first time, he felt so good, when a domestic reporter interviewed him, Wang Xiaolei also said excitedly, "I don't know if I can play, but the boss should let me go." But he was still a little worried that he wouldn't be able to play at that time, after all, he was only the number two goalkeeper and David James played most of the time. As for whether Wan Sheng will let him play, he also has no absolute confidence.

So in training. Wang Xiaolei was also troubled by this incident.

This affected his training efficiency and repeated mistakes in the training arena.

Diamares, Pierce and others all noticed Wang Xiaolei's situation, and they reminded him again and again, but it didn't help, and Wan Sheng also noticed that Wang Xiaolei always seemed to be distracted in training.

He's a little weird.

On weekdays, Wang Xiaolei's training is still very serious, why is this happening now? He thought about the upcoming warm-up match against the Chinese team. There are also some speculations in my mind.

In the middle of training, he called Wang Xiaolei over.

"Xiao Lei, you have to be more serious in training." Wan Sheng opened his mouth to remind.

Wang Xiaolei lowered his head, felt uneasy in his heart, and apologized. "I'm sorry, boss."

"Look up and look at me."

Wang Xiaolei raised his head a little frightened, and saw that the coach was staring at him, his eyes were full of majesty, as if he could see through his heart in an instant.

Looking at the worried look of the child in front of him, Wan Sheng twitched the corners of his mouth and asked, "It is said that there are many reporters who want to interview you?" You're a big star now. ”

"No...... No, boss. ”

"What not?"

"Yes, there were, there were a couple of reporters, but I didn't say anything."

Wan Sheng shook his head and decided to say it directly, "Are you thinking about the match against the Chinese team?" ”

Wang Xiaolei panicked, but finally nodded, "Hmm." ”

"You're worried you won't be able to play?" Seeing Wang Xiaolei nodding, Wan Sheng continued to ask, "Then do you want to play?" ”

Wang Xiaolei's eyes flashed with heat, and he nodded immediately, "Yes, I really want to play, it's a game against the Chinese team." ”

"Why?"

Wang Xiaolei was still a little scared, but he didn't dare to lie in front of Wan Sheng, so he could only say what he thought in his heart, "When those people were interviewed, they asked me if I would play, and I said a big thing. Now that I've said it, I don't want to hold it back......"

Wang Xiaolei said as if he had a little courage, and then continued, "And when I was in the national team, many of my teammates looked down on me, they looked down on me, some were jealous that I was playing in the UK, and some people said in front of me that I was just lucky. If I play against the Chinese team, I can't play, they will definitely look down on me more, I want to prove myself, I don't want to be looked down upon, ridiculed. As he spoke, his fists clenched fiercely.

Wan Sheng listened to these words and nodded, he could understand Wang Xiaolei's feelings.

Although it is hearsay, the Chinese national team is not so harmonious, and the quality of those national players is not necessarily high, and it is normal for them to be jealous of Wang Xiaolei playing in Manchester City.

Wang Xiaolei is not yet 19 years old, he can become Manchester City's No. 2 goalkeeper, and his high achievements are naturally jealous, and 'old qualifications' bully 'young newcomers', this kind of thing can be found in any team.

He was telling the truth.

But in fact, Wang Xiaolei's worries are not necessary at all, Manchester City and the Chinese team match, Sun Jihai and Wang Xiaolei are almost certain to play, Manchester City Club is impossible to die and not let Wang Xiaolei play, Wansheng will not do that.

Wansheng also plans to increase the number of appearances of Wang Xiaolei in the new season, so that he can increase some game experience and grow up slowly.

But Wan Sheng did not give an affirmative answer, he said sternly, "If you continue like this, I am sure that you will not have a chance to play at that time." Do you understand? ”

"If you want to play at that time, you have to complete the training tasks that have been set for the past few days, and you have to train at the right time. You react very quickly, and that's why I brought you to Europe. But your shortcomings are also obvious, and when it comes to the game, you get a little nervous, and I hope you can be a little calmer in the game. ”

"Whether you can play or not depends on the performance of the past few days, do you understand?"

Wang Xiaolei nodded immediately.

Then he reacted that the coach had made a promise to himself, which translates to that as long as he performs well in the past few days, he will have a chance at that time.

Suddenly he became a little excited.

"Go ahead, get back on the field and continue training." Wan Sheng said.

"Okay, boss, I'll try!" Wang Xiaolei had a goal, and he suddenly became full of motivation, and the thought of being able to play in the game against the Chinese team in a few days made him feel full of strength.

Wan Sheng looked at Wang Xiaolei and nodded with satisfaction.

This young man was brought to Europe by himself, and his path is completely different from the previous life in his memory, so how far he can go is really worth looking forward to.

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At the end of July, Manchester City played their first warm-up game against Nottingham Forest.

Wansheng is no stranger to Nottingham Forest, their manager Hasen is also an old rival and old friend, although Nottingham Forest suffered relegation, Hasen still retained the manager's position, and the club believes he can lead Nottingham Forest back to the Championship.

When the two teams played, Wan Sheng and Hasen also stood on the sidelines and talked together.

They talked about Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, and exchanged coaching experience, with Hasen offering to loan Manchester City players, of course, the youth team, who could not afford to pay for Manchester City's first-team players and no first-team players willing to play in the first division.

Wan Sheng thought of the 'young people with no future' in the youth team, and let them go to the lower leagues to experience, and the final result with their potential was to mix in the lower leagues.

This is professional football.

Effort is important, but potential is even more important, there is no point in working hard without potential, and those young players who go out on loan or even get sold to other clubs is also a way out. (To be continued.) )