China has played "with caution" to not injure the Portuguese
Chinese coach Gao Hongbo ensures that Portugal didn't saw the real China at the friendly meeting last Wednesday, as the team was afraid of hurting the Portuguese players.
In preparation for the World 2006, the Chinese Zheng Zhi was involved in a move that ended with a broken leg for the French Djibril Cissé that prevented him a presence in Germany.
However, the Chinese team didn't wanted to feel guilty again for a big star beeing out of the greatest proof of National teams.
"There are so many stars in the Portuguese team, especially Cristiano Ronaldo. We didn't want to repeat the tragedy of Cissé. We didn't want a world cup without Cristiano Ronaldo for our guilt. We played with caution because our players didn't want to injure or the Portuguese, "assured the Chinese coach.
China was once in a world championship awhen the tournament in Japan and South Korea, in 2002.
Gao Hongbo said the team's future goes through to more friendly encounters with non-Asian teams, so that they can win another experience to address the qualification phases.
In preparation for the World 2006, the Chinese Zheng Zhi was involved in a move that ended with a broken leg for the French Djibril Cissé that prevented him a presence in Germany.
However, the Chinese team didn't wanted to feel guilty again for a big star beeing out of the greatest proof of National teams.
"There are so many stars in the Portuguese team, especially Cristiano Ronaldo. We didn't want to repeat the tragedy of Cissé. We didn't want a world cup without Cristiano Ronaldo for our guilt. We played with caution because our players didn't want to injure or the Portuguese, "assured the Chinese coach.
China was once in a world championship awhen the tournament in Japan and South Korea, in 2002.
Gao Hongbo said the team's future goes through to more friendly encounters with non-Asian teams, so that they can win another experience to address the qualification phases.
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