376: Reluctant, noisy Scolari

July 20, 2017, China Yuezhou Tianhe Stadium!

Today there are red flags waving, crowds of people, gongs and drums, and firecrackers blasting!

What is being held here is the first game of the 2017 Crystal Palace Asia Tour, Yuezhou Hengtai vs. Crystal Palace.

It was the first time for Chinese fans to watch a Crystal Palace match at such a close distance, and they were naturally very excited. Many people arrived at the stadium very early, and the stadium had not started checking tickets at that time.

In order to enhance their sense of participation, many fans even drove behind the Crystal Palace bus and drove all the way from the Crystal Palace hotel to Tianhe Stadium.

These guys really have great ideas!

When the Crystal Palace bus arrived, the cheers reached its peak in an instant. Everyone shouted in unison, but the fans themselves were shocked.

Of course, Tong Yi is no exception.

He was also very frightened.

Facing the media reporters who came forward, Tong Yi asked the Crystal Palace players to advance to the locker room and did not allow the players to be interviewed. Because many Crystal Palace players attended the interview yesterday, there is no need for it today.

Yes, after arriving in Yuezhou, the Crystal Palace also carried out many commercial activities and charity activities.

Many Crystal Palace players participated in charity activities focusing on children with leukemia. Even De Bruyne and Kante donated 1 million pounds to charity on the spot!

To be honest, 1 million pounds is not much for them, it is just more than one month's salary.

But being able to donate shows their love and determination to engage in public welfare undertakings.

This is commendable.

Even today, many media are reporting on this matter, and the names of De Bruyne and Kanter have been mentioned many times.

Facing media reporters, Tong Yi said again, "I have said it many times, Yuezhou Evergrande is a very strong team and they are capable. I think they can give us something in this game." The only pity for causing some trouble is that the Chinese Super League is currently going on. Maybe this will have a great impact on Yuezhou Hengtai, as they are unlikely to play with all their main players!"

After all, Yuezhou Hengtai and Yunhai Athletic are competing for the league championship at a critical stage this season. There is really no need for Yuezhou Hengtai to take time off to play a commercial game at this time.

Obviously, their main goal is to be in the league.

Tong Yi understood this.

If he were the head coach of Yuezhou Hengtai, he would do the same.

The league is the most important.

To be honest, before this, many Chinese media were encouraging and even threatening Yuezhou Hengtai’s head coach Felipe Scolari to let him play

All the main players played in this game. Because such competition opportunities are really too rare for Chinese football, they should seize such opportunities.

Some media reporters from Yunhai even kidnapped Yuezhou Hengtai and Scolari.

It's a pity that Scolari doesn't care about this.

Yesterday, when Scolari was interviewed by media reporters, he said without hesitation, "To be honest, at first I was not in favor of playing such a commercial game. But the club has club considerations, and I I also know that such opportunities are indeed very rare for my players. But, to be honest, these are not important compared with the league championship! My mission is not to please some people, but to lead The team won the championship!”

Tong Yi agrees with Scolari's remarks.

For these coaches, winning the championship is the most important thing.

After all, many years later, everyone will always remember you leading the team to win several championships, rather than remembering that you defeated a certain team in a certain business game when you were leading a certain team.

For Yuezhou Hengtai, the league championship is more important!

However, this is indeed a bit bad for Crystal Palace.

After all, in such a warm-up match, Tong Yi and the Crystal Palace players still hope that their opponents can be more serious and go all out.

However, Tong Yi can't influence other people, he just needs to be himself.

Tong Yi also said, "Of course, we don't care much about our opponents. We must go all out. And now our preparations are pretty good, and my players are in very good shape. We are definitely We will face this game in our best condition.”

Regarding Tong Yi's attitude, the media reporters at the scene were really very satisfied and applauded one after another.

However, Tong Yi still said, "We didn't expect or pay much attention to the result of this game. I am more concerned about the process of this game. Such a warm-up match result is not for our Crystal Palace." What’s important, what’s important is the process!”

This is not shirk from Tong Yi, it is true.

Anyone who knows Crystal Palace knows that Crystal Palace’s warm-up match results in the past were not good!

Anyone who knows Tong Yi knows that whether he is in 1860 Munich or Crystal Palace, he really does not care about the results of the pre-season warm-up matches.

The media reporters nodded one after another and expressed their understanding.

At this time, the media reporters wanted to continue asking questions, but Tong Yi did not give them the opportunity. He directly waved his hands, said goodbye, and then walked directly into the player tunnel.

On-site water

The Crystal Palace fans immediately shouted excitedly and waved their flags for Tong Yi.

In this game, they all came to support Tong Yi.

Less than ten minutes after arriving at the Crystal Palace, Yuezhou Hengtai's bus also arrived at the scene.

There were also many fans to greet them.

After all, Yuezhou Hengtai has performed very well in the past few years, and they have attracted a lot of fans. Some people even regard Yuezhou Hengtai as the pride of Chinese football. Of course, more people are crazily criticizing Yuezhou Hengtai, believing that Yuezhou Hengtai is ruining Chinese football!

However, there were still a lot of fans at the scene who applauded Yuezhou Hengtai.

After the Yuezhou Hengtai players got off the bus, they were also surrounded by media reporters.

The team’s captain Zheng Zhishi was interviewed by media reporters. He said, “Of course, for Yuezhou Hengtai, it is indeed our luck and a good opportunity to play against Crystal Palace, the team that has won the Champions League twice in a row. We will definitely cherish it and we are eager for high-intensity competition!”

The media reporters nodded one after another, that's pretty much it.

Of course, some teams also asked Zheng Zhi about his knowledge of Crystal Palace?

Zheng Zhi immediately said, "Yes, I once studied abroad and played against Crystal Palace. But obviously, the Crystal Palace at that time and the Crystal Palace now are completely different things. The Crystal Palace now is a world-renowned wealthy team. , they are very strong, and when our Yuezhou Hengtai faces them, I can only say that we will definitely try our best. As long as I play, I will show a 100% attitude!"

Indeed, of course Zheng Zhiliu has played for Charlton in both the Premier League and the Championship, and has indeed played against Crystal Palace.

It's a pity that Crystal Palace is different now and there is no comparison at all.

Zheng Zhi also doesn't have much special knowledge about this Crystal Palace team.

However, it can be seen from Zheng Zhi's attitude that they still take this game more seriously.

Originally, the media reporters wanted to ask Zheng Zhi some questions, but unfortunately Scolari directly signaled Zheng Zhi to go to the scene quickly, so Zheng Zhi did not accept any more interviews from the media reporters.

This made the media reporters very unhappy, and they also had some complaints about Scolari.

In their eyes, this guy Scolari is really a bit unhuman.

Of course, since Scolari has been coaching Yuezhou Hengtai for such a long time, they already know Scolari very well, and they are not surprised by this. This guy is just like that.

However, Scolari still accepted interviews with media reporters.

He replied, "Yes, in my opinion, the league is indeed much more important than this commercial game. In this game

, I will definitely let our home players play, but it is impossible for them to play the whole game. We still have to prepare for the league! "

Indeed, the league is more important.

Moreover, Yuezhou Hengtai has league, FA Cup and AFC Champions League games this season. This schedule is already very intensive. Now at such a critical moment, there is a so-called business competition. Scolari is really angry and unhappy!

Scolari does not reject commercial games, but he rejects the insertion of commercial games in the middle of the league, or even during critical periods of the league.

But there is no way. The Chinese Football League is like this. They are special and the season does not span the New Year.

This does not cross the New Year, so it is different from the season end time of mainstream European leagues.

This is where it gets awkward.

Although Scolari was very resistant to this commercial game, he still accepted it face-to-face as it was related to the club's operations and planning.

No, didn't he also lead the team to the scene?

Scolari also said, "Of course, playing against a strong team like Crystal Palace is a good thing for our players. It allows them to see the gap and it is also an improvement for them! If this game is postponed to the end of the season or to Before the new season, I won’t have any rejection!”

Sure enough, it’s still the wrong time for a business competition!

Of course, other than Scolari, others will be full of expectations for this game, especially the Chinese people.

Such opportunities are indeed rare for their team.

They also want to see how big the gap is between Yuezhou Hengtai and the top European clubs?

This game is crucial.

Scolari also said, "Of course, Huaxia Tong is a very good head coach, there is no doubt about it. He is the first in world football to lead a team to successfully defend the Champions League. He is the only one in the coaching field. It’s a great job. I’m very happy to be able to communicate with such a great coach.”

Of course, many media reporters saw that what Scolari said was just polite words.

Scolari is a coach who has won the World Cup, and he also has his pride.

You, Tong Yi, are indeed quite powerful now, he won't deny it, but Scolari is not bad either. And you, Tong Yi, are still a backstabber, so it’s already pretty good that he can say kind words. Do you still want Scolari to lick Tong Yi? This is impossible!

Scolari finally said, "We are quite well prepared for this game. We have to play seriously when we get on the court. Otherwise, what is the difference between this and match-fixing? We will definitely go all out of."

After saying that, Scolari immediately turned around and walked into the locker room. The game was about to start.