mtl008 Chapter 138
Chapter 138
On 1 February, the city of Manchester was shining in the sun.
Chen Huan received a call from the Dragon Kingdom in the afternoon.
"Chen Huan? I am Zhang Hao, the new manager of this national football team. A breathy male voice came over the other end of the phone.
Zhang Hao, 45 years old this year, former Dragon Country national team international, famous football training mobilization in Dragon Country, entered the Dragon Country Football Association after retiring, rumored to be an amiable and enthusiastic person.
Chen Huan had heard of Zhang Hao, but he was not familiar with it, and when he heard that the other party claimed to be the new manager of the national football team, he probably understood the other party's intentions.
"Director Zhang, hello."
"Chen Huan, Ya. The Continental Cup is about to kick off and is expected to be drawn a week later, with the national team and the head coach taking into account the Asian Cup. Some of the Continental Cup matches may coincide with the Premier League, don't know if it's inconvenient for your side? Zhang Hao asked.
"It's convenient, I will focus everything on the national team." Chen Huan did not have the slightest hesitation and replied directly.
"Okay, I see, then we will add the official squad of the national team. You go. Please keep up your form in the Premier League and strive for our availability in Asia this year. A breakthrough result was achieved in the Continental Cup.
"Okay, I understand, see you in Director Zhang." After Chen Huan finished the call, he sat in the dressing room and was stunned for a moment.
"A. The continental cup is finally here.
At this moment, the system that had been silent sounded again.
"Ding—The system has detected that the host is about to perform sub. Continental Cup competition, release task - host leads the Dragon Country national team to hold Kia. Continental Cup Trophy! "
Mission Reward - Star Stunt Draw Chance once!"
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February 4, afternoon.
In the fourth round of the FA Cup replay, Manchester United host the lower divisions Cambridge United.
"Ha-"
Chen Huan on the bench lightly played Hache, and then looked up at the score, it is now 73 minutes into the second half, Manchester United has a 4-0 lead over Cambridge United.
Chen Huan also entered the squad in this game, but was replaced by the head coach after playing half the game.
The reason for replacing Chen Huan was not because Chen Huan did not play well, but for the reason of protecting Chen Huan's physical fitness.
And this squad Van Gaal only sent a semi-main squad, after all, it is only against a team in a lower league, Manchester United's main team is a little too important.
As Van Gaal expected, even if the main players were replaced one after another, Cambridge United still had no way to face the semi-main Manchester United, and after three minutes of stoppage time, the referee did not pause and directly whistled to end the game.
The score at the end of the match was 5:0.
In this game, Fellaini, who had not been given a stable opportunity in this game, was placed in the center forward position by Van Gaal, and the other party actually came to a hat-trick with his physical advantage, which can be said to be the first hero of the victory over Cambridge United.
Manchester United made it to the next round of the FA Cup without any surprises.
A few days after the FA Cup match, we finally came to Asia. This round of the continental cup group draw.
That afternoon, Chen Huan specially took a few hours off from the club and returned home to watch the live broadcast of the draw.
This year's Asia. The Continental Cup will be in Australia. It was held in Dalia, so the venue for the draw at the moment was the Sydney Opera House.
At this moment, the live lottery has begun, but before the official draw, there is also an Australian . Local dance performances in Dalia.
Chen Huan and the players of the Dragon Country National Team did not watch the performance at all, and at this moment, the WeChat group of the "Dragon Country Winning Team" in WeChat became more and more lively as the draw time got closer and closer.
Liang Dai: I hope we can be in a group with Uzbekistan, Jordan, Oman, Bahrain.
Seeing this, the other people in the group let out one smile after another.
According to Ya. Grouping rules of the Continental Cup, sub. The Continental Football Federation divided the competitive strength of the 16 national teams through the qualifiers into first, second, third and fourth gears from high to low.
The four teams in the first bracket were the most competitive of the sixteen participating teams and were called the "seeded teams".
The teams in the fourth gear will be divided into four groups according to the principle of the four seeded teams avoiding each other.
Among them, the teams in the first bracket are: Australia. Great Asia, Fuso country, stick country, Uzbekistan.
The teams in the second gear are: Yi. Lang, UAE, Jordan, Shah. Teara.
The teams in the third tier are: Oman, Dragon Country, Qatar, Iraq. Rucker.
The teams in the fourth tier are: Bahrain, Kuwait, North Korea. Fresh, Palestine.
Therefore, the grouping situation that Liang Dai "wanted" just now was actually to put the Dragon Country national team into the group that was easiest to qualify from the group.
Everyone had a meeting and joke in the WeChat group, and the lottery ceremony on the TV screen had begun.
Group A was drawn first, and after a round of draws, Group A was drawn as follows: Australia. Dalia, I. Lang, Oman, Kuwait.
The results of the Group B draw were also released quickly, they are Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia. Teria, Dragon Kingdom, Bahrain.
When the dragon country was drawn on the TV, the WeChat group was like a frying pot.
Even the most calm Zheng Jun couldn't help but speak: Although this kid of Liang Dai didn't guess all of them correctly, he still guessed two correctly, which is worthy of praise!
Everyone gave a thumbs up.
And the reason why everyone is so excited is because Uzbekistan is the weakest team in the first gear, and Uzbekistan is drawn in a group, and they have a great chance of appearing in the group stage!
While Chen Huan and others were discussing the situation of the group stage, the draw of lots for Group C and Group D had also come out.
Group C: Stick Country, UAE, Qatar, North Korea. Fresh.
Group D: Day. Ben, Jordan, Iraq. Laq, Palestine.
After the group stage draw is over, the draw for the playoff match begins.
The winner of Group A will face Group C in the quarterfinals.
The winner of Group B naturally fights the winner of Group D, and in the end, the two teams that reach the final will play a single leg to determine the final winner.
"Good signing!"
"Xiao Liang, your mouth is really open today, hope ya. When you play in the Continental Cup, you can also open up under your feet! "
Brother Huan, Team Zheng, I'll go to training first, bye."
"Gone, O. See you in Dalia!
After the group stage draw, the group chat that was still active just now quickly became cold again, and Chen Huan also put away his mobile phone and got up to go to the Carrington training base.
This time, he must hold Kia for the Dragon Kingdom. Continental Cup!
Four years later, he will also lead the Dragon National Team to the World Cup.