Chapter 837: Everyone Gets Smarter Together: Deschamps' French Team Wins

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No. 1: Qatar World Cup.

No. 2: Qatar World Cup Chinese National Team.

No. 3: Qatar World Cup Countdown.

No. 4: Cristiano Ronaldo states that Tang Ye will achieve greater success after leaving Ten Hag.

No. 5: Germany plans to seek revenge against the Chinese National Team.

The grudge between China and Germany is naturally one of the focal points of this World Cup; after all, many people back then said that "Tang Ye destroyed Germany's unity."

Because of that match, when the German team first arrived in Qatar, head coach Sitting Like was asked questions related to the Chinese National Team, such as whether they would be "conquered again" by Tang Ye in this World Cup.

Sitting Like was naturally very dismissive of such questions from reporters.

During the Russia World Cup, the German team was in their low point, or even their greatest low point; therefore, their strength at that time could not represent their current strength.

It is a fact that Germany lost to China four years ago; it is also a fact that the current German team is stronger than four years ago, so they will seize this opportunity to seek revenge against China.

"Although we are in the same group as Argentina, I believe this draw is satisfactory for the German team; God has granted us the opportunity to seek revenge against China, and we have waited four years for this match."

Click-click!

During the interview, Sitting Like stated that the German team's mission in this World Cup is to wash away the humiliations of four years ago.

The Chinese National Team naturally bears the greatest hatred, but the German team's biggest opponent is actually still Argentina.

"We have studied Argentina; we are confident in defeating the team with Messi," Sitting Like said thus.

Portugal, Argentina, and then there is China; the number of fans supporting these three teams is very large, where the star effect naturally plays the biggest role.

If you set up a poll on a certain website asking fans to choose their preferred World Cup champion, you will find that many people will place Portugal or Argentina in their first voting slot, and some will even choose China.

But if you look at the World Cup championship odds list, you will find that the odds for these three teams are all very high, meaning few people favor them.

This is the so-called "star effect": fans hope the stars they support will win the World Cup, but in football betting markets where rationality prevails, teams with stronger overall strength are often the favored side.

Take Portugal in 2018 as an example; no matter how powerful Cristiano Ronaldo was, what use was it? They still ended up drawing 3:3 against Spain, whose overall ability was outstanding, and ultimately failed to even advance to the knockout stage.

As the saying goes, football is a game of eleven people; one person being strong is useless.

Here, we must specifically name one team.

What else is there to look at? We are talking about you, the Chinese National Team!

This red team, which has taken the star effect to the extreme, is, like Portugal and Argentina, one of the focal points of this World Cup.

Portuguese Media: Due to Cristiano Ronaldo's obvious tendency to take sides and being in the same group as Argentina, Portuguese fans are highly likely to join the Chinese National Team's camp during the Qatar World Cup.

"Although the Chinese National Team finds it difficult to defeat Argentina, Portuguese fans and Chinese fans will make the Chinese players feel as though they are playing at home."

Editor-in-Chief of "Mundo Deportivo": The Chinese National Team still wants to replicate the individual heroism of 2018, but this is clearly unfeasible; TY also needs teammates with certain abilities to assist him, and the Chinese team's forwards cannot meet the requirements of this King of Asia.

During the World Cup, national teams imposed similar "lockdown" requirements on players; everyone was unable to go out shopping or drinking during rest time, so these few days preparing for the warm-up matches were quite boring.

Coupled with the pressure, these few days gave the players a feeling of torment.

"Hiss!"

On the 20th floor of the hotel, Tang Ye and Wu Lei were soaking in an ice bath: "Qatar is truly awesome; it's nearly December and still this hot. Hmm, but the ice in this hotel is indeed good."

"Qatar has put a lot of effort into hosting; it seems several hotels in Doha have been renovated."

"Too much money with nowhere to spend it, huh? Haha."

Tang Ye sat down in the pool, leaving only half his head above the water surface; after holding his breath for a while, he suddenly stood up.

Splash!

"But it's good nonetheless; this is indeed convenient, no need to go to the kitchen to find ice cubes."

"Tomorrow we play against the Netherlands. Hey, why did you schedule a match against the Netherlands? Couldn't we have scheduled one against Costa Rica or others? I feel Costa Rica would be better."

"It absolutely cannot be Costa Rica; I haven't even heard much about that team."

While speaking, Tang Ye got splashed with icy water by Feng Feng Xiaoting opposite him; he decisively counterattacked, and even managed to answer Wu Lei's question in the meantime: "If we play against Costa Rica, we truly have no hope in the main tournament; we definitely need to play against stronger opponents. Which of the three teams in our group isn't stronger than Costa Rica? Let's adapt in advance."

"That's true as well."

Tang Ye looked left and right, confirming there were no outsiders around, then leaned his head over and spoke quietly to Wu Lei: "Between us, Brother Lei, I actually think we still have a chance to take down Argentina."

"Hmm?"

"For real?"

"Really. When I was at the club, whenever I had time, I watched match recordings of Argentina, Germany, and that Wales team, the one with Bale. Hmm... actually, I feel our chances of beating Argentina are slightly higher; I mean compared to Wales. We couldn't handle Wales' style of play. But as for Argentina..."

Tang Ye lowered his head and gave the conclusion he reached after careful thought: "Although the chances aren't great, we should still be able to give it a shot."

"Their starting forwards will most likely be Messi and Di Maria, along with Martinez. Then for the midfield... it should be De Paul, Paredes, and those guys."

"I feel that even if you combine their three midfielders, they still can't handle me. Hey, don't laugh, damn it; I'm not lying to you. Watching the videos, I feel De Paul and Enzo are very manageable. If they relax slightly in the first round of the group stage, I feel I can lock down all three of them."

Noticing that Wu Lei was about to laugh, Tang Ye quickly added: "Hey, I'm not bragging; I'm really not lying to you; there is a chance. At a time like this, I definitely wouldn't brag."

"This... alright."

Wu Lei shook his head: "Actually, I often watch your matches, but there must be a difference between watching on video and playing in reality, right?"

"It would be good if we could have more time for warm-up matches; we could polish our coordination a bit more."

What Wu Lei said was correct; the schedule arrangement for this World Cup was indeed too unfriendly.

For the Chinese National Team, where player strength is extremely polarized, what they need most is time for coordination.

But Qatar's move of holding a winter World Cup directly swallowed up the original nearly one month of warm-up time; it feels just like they are targeting the Chinese National Team!

Tang Ye sank his body down, leaving only one eye floating above the water surface.

Damn, why does it feel like everyone is bullying the Chinese team? I'm truly speechless.

His body floated up slightly; Tang Ye blew bubbles in the pool.

【Stamina: 86→87】

【Overall Rating: 97→98】

Wow?

If he could, Tang Ye would give this hotel a thumbs-up; the staff provided attentive service, and the ice bath's recovery effect was excellent.

Tang Ye (23 years old)

【Ball Control: 94; Passing: 98】

【Shooting: 94; Heading: 62; Set Pieces: 95】

【Speed: 87; Stamina: 87; Physicality: 92】

【Defense: 85; Vision: 100】

Overall Rating: 98

The overall rating rising from 97 to 98 remained a level unparalleled in history.

Grinding out some stamina before the group stage proper began could only mean the system understood Tang Ye's needs all too well.

If only Tang Ye possessed the point-allocation ability of a novel protagonist; in that case, he would dump all his attribute points into stamina, because national team matches relied heavily on endurance!

But ggboy was pitiful; he lacked the formidable system possessed by novel protagonists.

He could rely only on himself.

【Wang Ding: He who unites the feudal lords shall be the supreme figure of his generation; the majesty of a king protects and blesses the bordering nation!】

【Wang Ding Layer One · Wang Wei: When you start as captain, your teammates on the field enter a continuous state of "Grace," directly boosting all attribute values by 5% (though not exceeding their own career data caps); when you leave the field, the "Grace" state disappears】

【Wang Ding Layer Two · Heavenly Blessing】

【Minimum Required Overall Attributes: 98】