After the game, the Japanese players did not encounter the problems they were worried about. They did not see an angry Chinese fan, nor did they see the national flag of their own country burned in front of them.

In fact, they left very smoothly.

However, the Chinese team left a little unfamiliar with each other and it went smoothly because Chinese fans all gathered near China's buses. They cut the road in half and expressed their love and support for the Chinese team in various ways.

In the end, the Chinese team's bus was able to escape under the heavy "protection" of the local police.

The fans in Changsha have no regrets about the departure of the Chinese team.

The national team has left, but their celebration has just begun.

Fans cheered and sang, and then flocked from the surrounding stadium to various restaurants, bars, food stalls in the city... and called barbecue, hot pot and beer, liquor to celebrate the qualifying and victory against the Japanese team.

Tonight in Changsha is destined to be a bustling and noisy sleepless night.

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After the match against the Chinese team, all the top ten matches of the Japanese team ended. In the end, they ranked second in the group with 12 points.

The Chinese team still has one game to play. On June 18, they will go to faraway Australia to challenge the last opponent in the top ten.

However, it doesn’t matter what the result of this game is. First, it cannot change the result of the Chinese team qualifying, second, it cannot change the result of the Chinese team being the first in the group.

The Chinese team that defeated the Japanese team now has 16 points, and the second-place Japanese team in the group has no game to play. Even if the Chinese team loses to Australia in the last game, it doesn't matter.

Gao Hongbo obviously considered this.

So he made personnel adjustments before the game against Australia.

Some players did not follow the team to Australia at all.

For example, players like Zhou Yi, Sun Pan, He Ying, Guo Nu and Yang Muge did not appear on the list of going to Australia.

Domestic media have no objection to such an arrangement - after all, the task of the top ten games has been exceeded, and there is no need to let the main players go up and fight to the death in the last irrelevant game. If someone is injured in the game, wouldn’t that be too unpaid?

Especially for those overseas returnees who have been fighting for a season in the European League and have basically not had a good rest.

Sun Pan only came to the national team two days before the match against Oman. Zhou Yi's exhaustion at the last moment of the Champions League final was also impressive. Cesena, where Guo Nu is located, plays in the Serie B League, and has 42 games in one season.

You know, they have basically not had a good rest since last summer - last summer, Zhou Yi and Sun Pan also participated in the Olympic men's football competitions at the London Olympics.

Such a high-intensity game for a consecutive year will definitely make the players very tired both physically and psychologically.

It is really unnecessary to let them play in an irrelevant game.

Gao Hongbo did not let the overseas returnees play this time, which is completely different from the feedback he received last time. The last time it caused the Chinese team to lose to Qatar, and even if the Chinese team lost to Australia away this time, fans and the media probably wouldn't say much.

Moreover, Gao Hongbo can practice more troops for the Chinese team. After all, the Chinese team cannot just rely on the five players who return from overseas. Everyone else must be teammates of pigs, so Zhou Yi and the others can't take it. It is very rare to be able to give other young players domestic opportunities to train in such games. You should know that this is the top ten match, and it is no less valuable than the top Asian event in the Asian Cup. Using such a game to practice troops is much better than finding any team to play a warm-up match, and friendly matches.

In this way, Zhou Yi and the others can start their holiday after they finished the game against the Japanese team.

This is a good thing for them.

After all, since the 2011-2012 season, they have not had a good rest, especially Zhou Yi, who has always been the core main force of Dortmund and has many games. Considering that there is a World Cup next year, this summer may be the only holiday he can rest fully, so of course it is hard to say...

Because the Chinese team has obtained the right to qualify for the World Cup, the players of the national team will be attached with a large amount of commercial value, various social activities and commercial activities are indispensable.

How much time does Zhou Yi have to stay at home... no one knows.

Not only Zhou Yi, this summer is a very busy season for other Chinese players, and of course it is also a season of "a bumper harvest" on money.

After the last time the Chinese team entered the World Cup, there were a lot of advertisements related to Chinese football players on the TV screens, from cars to air conditioners, from drinks to food, everything was available.

Among them, the head coach of the national team, Bora Milutinovic is even more popular, making money by crazily making money and making a lot of money. Sometimes some analysts believe that it is Milutinovic's practice of making money and not doing his job properly, which has led to the national team being unable to prepare for the next World Cup and eventually failing in the World Cup group stage.

This analysis actually makes sense, but not only Milutinovic's responsibility alone, but the entire Chinese team has such an inappropriate problem. From coaches to players, everyone regards "scoring to the World Cup" as their dazzling qualifications and gold signs, but if this sign cannot be used for money, what's the point?

We can't blame Chinese players for being short-sighted and ignoring the overall situation. After all, Chinese players have reached the World Cup finals for the first time in 44 years, which is of course worthy of being a big book. Merchants and consumers are following them and giving them money with them. If they don't accept it, they will inevitably have brain problems.

If the Chinese team can reach the finals in every World Cup, there may be fewer crazy actions like this...

The national team was even elevated to the height of "national heroes" that year, and Wulihe Stadium became a blessed and holy place for Chinese football.

It is also a matter of rare things. For Italy and Germany, such football powerhouses, Allianz Stadium is a holy place for Bayern Munich fans, but it may not be a holy place for Dortmund fans.

Such a story is likely to be re-staged in China this year. After all, it is still too rare for Chinese fans to reach the World Cup finals twice, and it is still rare.

Zhou Yi had some expectations for such a situation. He had already greeted his agent Shurtze in advance, not accepting any sponsorship or giving any announcements. He should still insist on brand image as the first consideration.

Shurtze's idea is the same as Zhou Yi. Now Zhou Yi does not need to occupy the market by accepting a large number of advertisements to increase popularity. He is very popular without advertising. Athletes are not like entertainment stars. The value of entertainment stars themselves is reflected by exposure, while athletes are reflected by their achievements in their respective sports. Therefore, entertainment stars must strive to increase their exposure, and hype of scandals must be missing.

Athletes are much simpler. As long as you play well, even if you don’t have an advertisement, it will not affect your popularity.

At this time, it is very important to have the image and popularity of the brand that can be linked to Zhouyi.

If Zhou Yi takes on the advertisement for the Golden Throat Torture Torture, holds a green packaging box, and grins, Zhou Yi's image will immediately fall.

It is not easy to manage the image of an athlete, and it is really unpaid to be damaged.

Shurtze will not force Zhou Yi to sign many sponsorship contracts that are not in line with his personal image, nor will he sign too many brand sponsorships in one go, avoiding too many Zhou Yi advertisements on the market, resulting in aesthetic fatigue and making consumers lose their freshness.

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In the hotel in Changsha, Zhou Yi and his teammates said goodbye to other teammates, and they were going to leave the team temporarily. The remaining national team players had to continue preparing for the game against Australia.

When it was Yan Min, Zhou Yi patted his shoulder: "Come on, intern."

He said this and turned around and shook hands with the next teammate.

But Yan Min raised her chest and raised her head, like a soldier being inspected by the general.

In the previous two games, he didn't even get a minute of playing time, but this did not prevent him from being confident and fighting spirit in his future.

He has been preparing for this, just hoping that at that time, he will not let the opportunity slip away in vain.
Chapter completed!