The media said that this national Olympic team is "the strongest national Olympic team in history" is not blindly praising it. Because this national Olympic team is actually very strong in terms of player strength.

Look at the players, they have five outstanding overseas players, which is the key to why they are "the strongest in history".

Zhou Yi, who plays for Dortmund and is the absolute core of the team.

Atletico Madrid performed well and secured Sun Pan, who was the main goalkeeper of Atletico Madrid.

Schalke 04's midfielder Yang Muge.

Siena's back-defense back-defense Guo Fu.

Valladolid's main striker, the silver boot scorer in the Spanish Second Division, He Ying, the hero who helped Valladolid succeed in the final promotion.

These five people are absolute main players in their respective clubs, which is very rare among the players who have been abroad. In the past, Chinese players who have been abroad were able to play rotation players in their clubs, even if they were the highest achievement, it would be good to play as a substitute. However, these five people are all the main players, and the five of them accounted for half of the national Olympic team.

In addition, the National Olympic Team also has outstanding young players in China, such as Wang Dalei, Wu Lei and Zhang Linpeng. They are also main players in their respective clubs and have been honed in the professional league early on.

Before this national Olympic team, the strongest national Olympic team in history was the team led by Xu Genbao in 1992. Although that team ended up missing the Barcelona Olympics in three minutes in the black, many stars emerged in that team. Hao Dong and Fan Zhiyi were well-deserved Asian bests in their respective positions at that time. In addition to them, Li Bin, Peng Weiguo, Xu Hong, Jiang Jing and Hu Zhijun were also stars in the early days of the establishment of the A-League.

But even that team at that time, no one could play as a main player in the teams in the top five European leagues, or even become the core.

So it is not an exaggeration to say that this national Olympic team is the strongest national Olympic team in history, it is really worthy of it.

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The Chinese National Olympic Team took the time to go to the Great Hall of the People on July 10th. This was also the first time that Zhou Yi and his friends entered the Great Hall of the People in order to attend the founding meeting of the Chinese Olympic Sports Delegation.

Except in 1988 and 2008, the establishment ceremony of previous Olympic delegations has nothing to do with the Chinese men's football team. Compared with the famous players who have participated in many Olympic Games, Zhou Yi and others are complete newcomers.

At the meeting, they saw many sports stars who could only be seen on TV. Although they themselves are stars, many players are still star chasers in front of Olympic stars. Zhou Yi got the autograph and photo of the badminton world champion Lin Dan, and then ran back to show off to his teammates.

Others also gained something, but Sun Pan looked around, frowned and did not take action.

"What are you looking at?" Zhou Yi asked.

"I'm looking for Ai Fukuhara..."

"Ai Fukuhara?" Zhou Yi was very strange.

"Yes, why didn't she come?"

"That's a big deal! They're Japanese!"

Sun Pan was stunned when he heard Zhou Yi's words. After a long time of reaction, he patted his forehead: "Damn! I always thought she was a standard Northeastern person!"

"So you like girls like Ai Fukuhara..." Zhou Yi looked at Sun Pan with thoughtful eyes.

"No, no!" Sun Pan waved his hand quickly. "I like any type of girl!"

"..." Facing such a shameless Sun Pan, Zhou Yi was speechless.

Yang Muge squeezed through the crowd and returned to them.

"How is the harvest?" Zhou Yi asked.

Yang Muge picked up a photo and said, "I'm going to get the photo of Director Liu."

Zhou Yi took the photo and looked at it: "Liu Guoliang?"

Yang Muge nodded: "It's a little bit of a pity. I actually want Zhang Yining's signature, but she has retired..."

Many players of the National Olympic Team went to find stars from other sports to ask for autographs and take photos. Compared with that, the National Olympic Team is relatively deserted, and no one came to ask them for any autographs and take photos. After all, compared to the image of Chinese football is too far from those Olympic stars.

There are exceptions for any one.

While Zhou Yi was chatting with his friends, a tall figure suddenly appeared in the National Olympic Team. He was so eye-catching that everyone stopped chatting and turned their attention to him - the young player Sun Yang, who won the championship in the Shanghai World Swimming Championships last year and broke the world record.

"Hi." Sun Yang raised his hand to everyone and greeted everyone, then went straight to Zhou Yi. "Zhou Yi, come and have a photo?"

Zhou Yi pointed at himself unexpectedly: "Me? and me?"

"Yes." Sun Yang smiled with a big mouth. "I am your fan!"

After saying that, he took out his cell phone.

"I'll help you." Yang Muge said on his own initiative. Sun Yang handed him the phone.

Then he bent down slightly, hugged Zhou Yi's shoulder, and the two stood together and completed a group photo.

After the photo, Sun Yang took the phone and gave Zhou Yi a thumbs up: "I watched your game in Dortmund, it's really super amazing! I used to think that only Xavi and Pirlo could play soccer, but I didn't expect that China also has it! Come on at the Olympics, as long as I have time, I will watch your game!"

After saying that, he waved to other national Olympic team players and said goodbye.

"Oh! It's amazing!" As soon as Sun Yang left, some players from the National Olympic Team exclaimed. When Sun Yang broke the world record at the World Swimming Championships last year, it was incredible. Even athletes from other events have heard of his name a lot. He is known as a genius boy in the world swimming world.

Unexpectedly, he was actually a fan of Zhou Yi?

Before everyone's surprise was over, someone came over to take a photo with Zhou Yi. This time, Ma Long, a player from the Chinese men's table tennis team.

Next, people came to Zhou Yi to take a photo and sign his own.

The teammates next to him were dazzled. At this time, many of them suddenly realized that there were actually big stars in their national Olympic team with influence that exceeded that of this sport!

This makes the players of the National Olympic Team a little proud.

Zhou Yi is indeed the number one star of the National Olympic Team. Although there are five overseas players, the most dazzling one is obviously Zhou Yi. Even in the media interview after the founding conference, Zhou Yi was interviewed by national TV stations as a representative of the National Olympic Team.

When asked about his feelings about participating in the Olympics for the first time, he said: "I was very excited and excited. I used to be able to watch the Olympics on the TV. I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to participate in the Olympics in person."

This answer is actually quite appropriate.

However, his answer to the next question surprised the reporters and teammates present.

When the reporter asked Zhou Yi what goals or prospects he would have for the first time participating in the Olympics, Zhou Yi smiled and said: "Fight against outstanding teams and players from all over the world and then win the championship."

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, the reporter who interviewed him was stunned, and the teammates behind him were also stunned.

Except for the Five Little Dragons, they were all stunned.

They heard right, Zhou Yi just mentioned the "champion"?

"This...sorry, I can repeat it again..." The reporter was also a little confused, and she confirmed to Zhou Yi.

"Well, champion, I hope we can win the championship in the Olympics. This is my personal outlook for the Olympics." Zhou Yi repeated it, and this time he said it more clearly. Everyone heard him say "I hope we can win the championship in the Olympics."

Is Zhou Yi crazy?

The reporter was shocked and suddenly realized that it might be a big news, so she quickly asked: "Why did he propose such, such... such a high goal?" She was so scared that she stuttered.

Zhou Yi continued to answer the reporter's question with a smile: "I think this is a goal that conforms to the spirit of the Olympics, right? It's higher, faster and stronger. If the gold medal is the highest goal, then you should work towards the highest goal. The four-year Olympics, for us who play football, we only have one chance to participate in this life, and of course we must strive to be the best."

"So... this goal of gold medals is a kind of self-motivation?" asked the reporter.

Zhou Yi nodded.

She nodded when she saw Zhou Yi and breathed a sigh of relief - this explanation is normal, not that Zhou Yi really wants to win the championship, but regards the championship as a driving force for struggle. This is much easier to accept.

The interview with Zhou Yi ends here. Zhou Yi and his teammates will leave the Great Hall of the People and return to the training base in Xiangshan to continue the training.

His teammates surrounded Zhou Yi on the way back: "Zhou Yi, the goal of that champion is to make fun of the reporters, right?"

This situation is actually quite common. When faced with media footage, everyone will involuntarily or try their best to say some beautiful words.

"No." Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi shook his head.

"Hey?!" Everyone was shocked-Is Zhou Yi serious? "Are you serious?!"

"Or what do you think?" Sun Pan, next to him, couldn't help but ask.

For a moment, everyone looked at each other and couldn't accept it.

Olympic gold medal!

Although everyone likes that thing, everyone knows how far away it is from them. It is never easy to win a gold medal in the Olympics. Even if it is a traditional Chinese advantageous event, table tennis often makes everyone nervous.

Not to mention that football is a traditional weak event in China...

"Don't look at me with that expression. It's not impossible to win a gold medal. As long as we maintain good shape and perform well, I think there is still a chance." Zhou Yi told everyone. "We are not the first Chinese team to participate in the Olympics, but we can be the first Chinese team to win a gold medal. Isn't that a good idea?"

"It's so good, but Zhou Yi is too difficult, right?"

"Will it be boring if it's not difficult? I think that's the case. First of all, we have to believe in ourselves, and secondly, we can really accomplish things that others think we cannot accomplish. If even we ourselves think that is an impossible thing, how can we really achieve it? If our goal is to qualify in the group, then will everyone think that it's OK after qualifying in the group?"

Someone said: "How can it end here? Who is unwilling to go further?"

"Yes!" Zhou Yi slapped his face. "Will you want to go further after you go further?"

Now everyone looked at each other and roughly understood what Zhou Yi meant.

Zhou Yi continued: "The knockout stage is the quarterfinals, and it is the quarterfinals, and it is the quarterfinals... Damn, isn't this the final? Since it's all the way to the finals, why don't you strive to win a championship?"

The carriage where this reverse question was silent.

Everyone seemed to be in deep thought.

Zhou Yi did not continue to explain. He sat down, and Sun Pan next to him came over and asked him: "Doesn't the Olympic spirit focus on participating?"
Chapter completed!