It was not until the next day when Aurelia knocked on the door that Jiang Ning woke up.
" Good morning, referee Jiangning."
"According to the results of the second round of drawing lots, there will be a match in the afternoon where you will be the referee.”
" Cherry Blossom Country versus Gotha Country."
Jiang Ning nodded and didn't say anything.
Which match he would referee was decided by drawing lots.
To him, it did not matter which team was the referee for the match between the two teams. He would treat them equally.
In the afternoon, Jiang Ning finished packing up and headed to Shaoha Stadium under Aurelia's lead.
Jiang Ning would also be here to referee the third World Cup match.
The drawing of lots this time was also very interesting because it was a competition for the Cherry Blossom Country.
The relationship between the Cherry Blossom Kingdom and China had a long history. This was a fact that everyone knew.
Therefore, when the organizers announced that Jiang Ning would be the referee for this game, it immediately attracted the attention of the fans!
It was not just the fans of both sides and the Chinese fans. The eyes of the rest of the world were focused on this place.
After all, Jiangning's referees in the previous two games were very professional and impeccable.
They also wanted to see if Jiang Ning's decision was still fair against the Cherry Blossom Kingdom.
This match attracted a lot of attention, and there were many fans who wanted to watch Jiang Ning.
Today, the two teams were also very interesting.
First was the Cherry Blossom Country team.
The head coach of the Sakura national team was called Sen Baoyi. He was an extremely conceited person and was very good at using tactics.
In the previous match of the Cherry Blossom Country, they had faced the King's Legion War Chariot Country.
In a situation where they thought the Cherry Blossom Country would lose, Sen Baoyi used his tactics to defeat the Tank Country and caused a huge upset!
In that game, the head coach, Sen Baoyi, had hidden the three shooters of the Sakura national team and adopted a defensive method of 'setting up a bus', which forcefully consumed a lot of the national team's physical strength.
Therefore, in the first half, the Cherry Blossom National team only had one record of scoring.
What did he mean by 'setting up a bus'?
Other than the two strikers, all the players were concentrated in front of their own goal to defend.
Therefore, even in the face of the bombardment of the national team, they still managed to maintain a draw.
However, in the second half, Sen Baoyi made a substitution adjustment.
As the Chariot Country's physical strength was greatly depleted, they replaced it with three Sakura Country shooters.
The five strikers rushed to the front, putting a lot of pressure on the four defenders of Chariot Nation.
This was the so-called '5v4' tactic of Sen Baoyi.
In the end, the Sakura Country team used this tactic to break the big upset. With a one-goal advantage, they obtained three points.
For this, everyone in the Cherry Blossom Nation celebrated. Sen Baoyi also proudly said in the post-match interview that he had put in a lot of effort to research this strategy for many years before finally completing it.
Therefore, in the group stage, the Cherry Blossom Country had a huge advantage and the situation was clear.
The members of the Cherry Blossom Country were very relaxed. After all, their opponent today was the Kingdom of Gotha.
In their eyes, the country of Gotha was nothing but a fish belly!
" Fish belly " was a jargon in the football world. It was generally used to collectively refer to weaker teams.
The so-called 'fish belly' naturally meant that he was at the mercy of others.
In the eyes of the players from the Cherry Blossom Country, it was a piece of cake for them to defeat the country of Gotha!
As long as they could win this match, the Cherry Blossom Country would be able to ensure that they would advance from the group stage and enter the top 16 of this World Cup!
Therefore, before the competition even started, everyone in the Cherry Blossom Country had already started celebrating.
They thought that this was a match without suspense.
Why?
This was because there were a total of 32 participating teams in this World Cup, and the country of Gotha was ranked 31st, second from the bottom!
If they could still lose, why would the Cherry Blossom Country still play?
On the other hand, the Gotham national team.
In their last match, they lost 0:7 to the Western Peninsula.
As the " fish belly " of this World Cup, it was only natural that they lost this game!
However, the score of 0:7 was really a bit eye-catching.
When the Cherry Blossom National Team heard this news, they were even more delighted.
This kind of weak team had no pressure to win.
Sen Baoyi wore a black suit and arrived at the court with his hands on his hips.
He came early to feel the cheers of the fans.
He believed that at least half of the cheers were directed at him.
He was the hero and savior of the Sakura National Team, becoming a god-like existence in the hearts of countless Sakura fans.
For this World Cup, the Sakura Kingdom had the strongest lineup in history.
Of the 26-man squad announced, 20 of them would play in the major European leagues.
They were good at playing 4 - 3 - 3 and 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 formations, with a four-back system and a solid defensive line.
Especially the few main defenders, they all had good footwork skills, dribbling and positioning awareness.
On the front line, they had Maeda Daran, Soma Yongji, and Minano Takumi, the three strikers, and their lethality was very strong.
However, the biggest problem for the Cherry Blossom National Team was that they were generally short.
For example, Maeda Daran and Nanno Takumi were only 173cm tall, and Soma Yongji was only 165cm!
This was a fatal flaw compared to the tall and powerful Costa Kingdom.
On the other hand, even though they were the " fish belly " in this World Cup, this " fish belly "
After all, the Chinese men's soccer team did not even qualify for the World Cup.
There were only five million people in the country, but there were more than 200,000 registered players.
The domestic football atmosphere was excellent, which was why such a small country could enter the World Cup.
Their advantage lay in their physical fitness and their defense was relatively stable.
Especially the defenders!
Among them, there were those with extremely fast speed and good footwork who were responsible for fighting and defense, while there were also those with tall figures who were mainly responsible for air defense.
Their forwards were Gerson, the right winger, Brian, the left winger, and Antony, the striker.
"Humph! A referee from China? Ridiculous!"
"Our Cherry Blossom Country can easily win this match!”
"Don't even think about finding anything wrong with us!”
"If you dare to target my Sakura Country team, I will definitely file a complaint against you and have the World Football Association expel you from your referee qualifications!”
Sen Baoyi looked at Jiang Ning, who was already prepared, and sneered.
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