Chapter 747 I also saw beautiful scenery
"...Last night, the Chinese national team defeated the South Korean national team 3:1 at the Jincheng Provincial Sports Center. The soldiers of the Chinese team playing at home were united and dedicated, and their performance was far better in both offense and defense. For the visiting team South Korea...it is worth mentioning that the home atmosphere of this game It was also very well received by the Jincheng fans. At the post-match press conference, the Chinese team coach Shi Wuyuan specially thanked Jincheng for his home work and the home fans. He believed that the fans’ full support was the result of the Chinese team. An important reason for being able to defeat the Korean team at home..."
"In another top-12 match that kicked off at 11 o'clock last night domestic time, there was another good news - Saudi Arabia, which played at home, lost to Qatar 1:2. So the Chinese team relied on its victory over the South Korean team. The group ranking rose from fourth to third... This means that as long as the Chinese team defeats Qatar in the final group match, they can qualify for the World Cup qualifying play-offs as the third place in the group! The hope of qualifying for the World Cup is still there!”
The announcer on the TV news sounded excited. Xie Lan sat on the sofa in front of the TV and sighed:
"I still feel like last night was a dream...especially when I opened my eyes today and found myself lying at home."
While watching the post-match analysis of the game on his mobile phone, Hu Lixin said to his wife: "Korean people hope this is a dream more than you."
"Fortunately, it's not a dream!" Xie Lan patted his heart and said happily, "I feel happy when I think about making Koreans feel embarrassed! Hey, Lao Hu, do you think we can go to the World Cup this time?"
Hu Lixin shook his head: "It's still difficult. Let's not talk about how difficult it is to play Qatar in an away game. Let's just say that we defeated Qatar and really got the third place in the group. We also need to play two extra games with the third place in another group. Game. Now, Uzbekistan is very likely to finish third. For us, this is a match. In the end, even if we really perform exceptionally well and win against Uzbekistan, we still have to play two play-offs with South American teams... and no matter who our opponent is in South America, the Chinese team will be the best. With the current strength, it is really difficult to defeat South American teams..."
Xie Lan felt dizzy when she heard her husband analyze this to him in a serious manner. She waved her hand impatiently: "Okay, okay. I understand. In short, the Chinese team is not worthy of going to the World Cup!"
Hu Lixin:? ? ?
"When did I mean this?"
"Didn't you say that this is difficult, and that is also difficult?"
"It's really difficult. The opponent's strength is far behind ours. I advise you not to think too much, be normal, be normal..."
"Hey, who had red eyes in the stands yesterday?" Xie Lan joked.
"I think it was because of yesterday's game. That game was different. Can the game against the Korean team be the same?" Hu Lixin hurriedly defended.
"Speaking of all that... just say whether you want the Chinese team to go to the World Cup!" Xie Lan asked.
"Who doesn't want to do this? But it's not that easy..."
Before Hu Lixin finished speaking, he saw his wife picking up the phone and sending a voice message to his son: "Son, your dad said he wants to see you lead the Chinese team to participate in the World Cup!"
"Hey, what are you doing?" Hu Lixin asked in surprise. "Is that what I meant?"
"Why don't you mean it this way? I just said it to my son directly after removing the language modifications... If you don't agree, you can tell your son yourself!"
Xie Lan looked at her husband triumphantly. She bet that her husband would not go and explain to Hu Lai because of this matter.
Sure enough, Hu Lixin sighed: "Forget it. You are adding pressure to him."
"Isn't he under a lot of pressure? So many fans across the country are looking forward to the Chinese team entering the World Cup, but the pressure on him is less than mine?"
Xie Lan said, and the next news appeared on the TV:
"...This morning, all the players and coaches of the Chinese team flew directly from Jincheng to Doha, the capital of Qatar, where they will prepare for the final match against Qatar in the top 12... At Dongsheng International Airport, the Chinese team It was warmly received by the fans..."
The picture shows the bustling Dongsheng International Airport terminal. A dark crowd gathers together, spreading from the security checkpoint in the terminal to outside the terminal.
When the bus carrying the Chinese team players slowly approached, a huge cheer broke out from the crowd.
“Come on Team China!!!”
“Hu Lai is awesome!!”
"I love you even when I win, and I love you even when I lose!"
These shouts clearly made Xie Lan and Hu Lixin feel like they were there...
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The aftertaste of the Chinese team's victory over the South Korean team at home has not yet dissipated. Many videos of the reactions of fans from all over the country after the Chinese team won have appeared on the Internet.
The most eye-catching thing is that after the game, the Chinese fans in Jincheng formed a square formation, holding the huge national flag that appeared in the stands, and walked from the Provincial Sports Center to the center of Jincheng People's Square.
Along the way, excited fans continued to join in.
The crowd grew bigger and bigger as they walked.
By the time they finally arrived at their destination, they had almost filled up the entire People's Square.
The traffic police dispatched multiple police cars to clear the way for them, protect them, and implement traffic control. When meeting drivers along the way, no one complained about these enthusiastic fans blocking their way, but instead honked their horns in greeting. There were even fans who drove behind the team and followed them to the People's Square.
They walked for three hours for the nine kilometers. It was already late at night when we arrived at People's Square, but the excited people still didn't disperse.
Under the watchful eyes of the people's leaders, they sang the famous songs they had sung in the competition again.
There is a circular sunken area with a Tai Chi pattern in the middle of People's Square, which was once jokingly called the Mandarin Duck Hot Pot by the people of Jincheng.
But now, this place has really turned into a hot pot of enthusiasm - the Chinese national fans in red are the boiling red oil.
The carnival of Jincheng fans lasted until nearly three o'clock in the morning.
People gradually dispersed and consciously took away the garbage around them.
When they evacuated, the huge People's Square was not in a mess.
Only the founding leader still silently watched the city's quiet night, just as he had watched countless times before.
Occasionally, people in cars passing by the square can’t even tell that more than 10,000 people have just gathered here...
But those exciting scenes still remain in the hearts of countless people and have been uploaded to the Internet. As rare and beautiful memories of Chinese football, they will be treasured forever.
No matter how many years have passed, someone will find videos and photos on the Internet that record these scenes, telling how Chinese fans saw beautiful scenery and had moments of joy during their arduous journey.
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The match between Saudi Arabia and Qatar took place an hour after the match between China and South Korea.
I don’t know if it was affected by the Chinese team’s home defeat of the South Korean team, but the performance of Saudi Arabia at home in this game was not satisfactory.
At the same time, the victory of the Chinese team also pushed Qatar to a dead end - if they still want to qualify for the play-offs, they have no other way but to defeat Saudi Arabia.
Therefore, the civil war in West Asia was very fierce.
In the end, Qatar successfully defeated Saudi Arabia 2:1. While pulling Saudi Arabia from the third position in the group, it also allowed them to have the same points as Saudi Arabia, both with 11 points.
In this way, the situation becomes simpler.
In the final round of the group stage, all three teams must strive for victory. Whoever loses will be eliminated completely.
The Chinese team, which has 12 points, has surpassed Saudi Arabia and Qatar in points, so the situation they face is the simplest. If you win against Qatar, you will be third in the group - Australia, second in the group, defeated the United Arab Emirates 3-0 away from home in this round and accumulated 15 points. Even if Australia loses in the last round and the Chinese team wins, and the two teams have the same score, based on the goal difference between the two teams, the Chinese team will not be able to surpass Australia and become second in the group. The current goal difference of the Chinese team is minus one, which is not too bad, but Australia's goal difference is plus five, and the difference between the two teams is six. Unless Australia loses to the South Korean team by a big score at home in the last round, and the Chinese team beats Qatar by a big score on the road, but this condition is too harsh, and many people do not consider this possibility.
Saudi Arabia challenges the United Arab Emirates in an away game. The former Asian football hegemon who was forced to a dead end should not be let down again. But even if they win, it depends on the result of the match between the Chinese team and Qatar. As long as the Chinese team and Qatar are tied, or the Chinese team loses to Qatar, Saudi Arabia can still regain the third place in the group.
While Qatar will defeat the Chinese team at home, it hopes that Saudi Arabia will lose to the United Arab Emirates away from home - this is the lowest possibility. Therefore, Qatar's journey to qualify for the World Cup is also the most dangerous.
But this by no means means that the Chinese team's last group match will be relatively easy.
In fact, this may be the most difficult game to play, even more difficult than the last game against the Korean team.
First of all, the Chinese team is playing away from home this time, playing a West Asian team away from home. Everyone understands this.
Secondly, there are many stories of grudges and hatred between Qatar and Chinese football.
Third and most importantly, there is some... old grudge between Kattar and Hulay.
So one can imagine what kind of treatment the Chinese team and Hulay will encounter at home in Qatar. (End of chapter)