After the match between China and Qatar, Gao Zheng spoke to the media, in which he defended the performance of his teammates: "It was too cold in the field, which we really didn't expect, everyone was a little stiff at the beginning and didn't get into the state. But then it got better, especially in the second half, and we played hard......"

He euphemistically pointed out the air conditioning, in fact, he was accusing the Chinese Football Association of not being meticulous enough in its preparations, and he didn't even know that the opponent's home stadium had installed air conditioning.

If you had known that there was air conditioning, and everyone came with enough thick clothes, how could you be caught off guard?

However, I am afraid that only Gao Zheng can say this kind of thing in the whole team, and others dare not openly express their dissatisfaction with the Football Association.

On the one hand, they all play in China, and many times they still need to deal with the Chinese Football Association. On the other hand, their skills are not as good as others, if they talk about the problem of air conditioning, it is easy to be thought by public opinion to be an excuse for their failure, and they are obviously not playing well, so they blame the venue.

Didn't there be a joke in the past that Chinese players are especially good at finding faults and making excuses?

Lost the game, blamed the weather, blamed the turf, blamed the jet lag, blamed the diet...... You can blame everything, but you don't blame yourself for being inferior to others.

So there are some things that domestic players can't say, and their identity is the original sin.

But Gao Zheng is different, first of all, he plays in Spain, he can not care about the attitude of the Football Association towards him, can the Football Association still manage Atletico Madrid? Last year, in order to see if Gao Zheng could come back early to prepare for the Asian Cup, the Football Association was also severely beaten by Atletico Madrid.

For domestic clubs, they can punish disobedient clubs through administrative means, and for foreign clubs, they have no choice.

Secondly, Gao Zheng's personal level did not say that he saved the team with two goals in this game, and then came out to complain about the venue and complained about the lack of meticulous preparation, and everyone would not think that he was hateful, but would only think that he was reasonable.

The world is so cruel, you have a big fist, and what you say makes sense. If you are handsome, your words will be listened to.

And Gao Zheng has a big fist, and he is also handsome, so naturally some people listen to what he says, and some people think that what he says makes sense.

The preparations of the Chinese Football Association are indeed like, playing Hong Kong at home, and arranging the home stadium in Shenzhen, which is across the river from Hong Kong, which really makes people wonder if the Chinese Football Association is mixed into the undercover agent of the Hong Kong Football Association, whose home stadium is this?

Later, the venue arrangement for playing the Maldives was also very nonsense, arranging Shenyang, which is so far away from Shenzhen, although the venue is trouble-free, but the Chinese team still needs to fly long distances in their own country. Why can't you just choose to work in Shenzhen?

Originally, during the Asian Cup, media reports also praised the logistics of the Chinese team, but the World Cup qualifiers were revealed, which really made many Chinese fans not know what to say, and could only scold the "Football Association stupid".

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After playing the match with Qatar, Gao Zheng flew directly from Doha back to Madrid.

It was supposed to be two international matches, but because the Asian Cup qualifiers round of 40 are five teams from each group, there will definitely be a situation where one team has a bye. This time, it was the turn of the Chinese team to have a bye.

They only have to play this match against Qatar.

China will not be involved in the match on October 13, and their next World Cup qualifier is on November 12, when they will host Bhutan, which is a good opportunity for China to make a big clean sheet for the Chinese team.

Although Gao Zheng only had to participate in one game, Atletico Madrid fans were very happy. But this has become a reason for Chinese fans to criticize the Football Association's preparation arrangements - although there are byes in the qualifiers, this does not mean that the Chinese team can be disbanded directly after playing the Qatar game, obviously there is still a chance to play, why not arrange a meaningful warm-up game?

Let the Chinese team train and train again, and it will be better than going their own way, right?

Isn't this a wasted day of a national team match?

When preparing for the Asian Cup last year, it was obviously not an international break, and the Chinese Football Association had to let Gao Zheng come back long in advance to participate in the warm-up match, which made a lot of noise.

As a result, there is now an international break recognized by FIFA in front of the Chinese team, but the Chinese Football Association does not know how to cherish it, and it gives up in vain. What is this not brain-dead?

As a result, although the Chinese team defeated Qatar 2:1 away, in domestic public opinion, the focus has become a criticism of the logistics of the Chinese Football Association.

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Gao Zheng's return to Madrid is like returning to another world, where China's voices and remarks can't reach his ears, and he doesn't care what is happening in China.

As for whether Chinese football will hate him because of his roundabout criticism, Gao Zheng is not worried.

He still saved face for the Football Association, and if the Football Association wants to complete the political achievement of reaching the World Cup in Russia, it is impossible not to recruit him into the team.

In other words, Gao Zheng is now fearless.

Simeone is very happy that Gao Zheng can come back early, as the current core of the team, even if he can rest for one more day, let alone half a week more.

Atletico Madrid will next face Real Sociedad away in the league, followed by the third round of the Champions League group stage.

Atletico Madrid will host Azcana, the weakest opponent in the group, and if Simeone is to rotate, this is a good opportunity.

On the other side, on October 18, the round of 40 was played again.

Hong Kong played Bhutan away and only won 1-0. It can be seen how terrible Bhutan's highland home field is.

After losing 1-2 at home to China, Qatar defeated Maldives 4-0 at home, finally equalizing the Chinese team's points with one more game.

In this way, as long as they can defeat the Chinese team away in the final round of the top 40, they can surpass the Chinese team by virtue of goal difference, win the first place in the group, and directly advance to the round of 12.

Now in the standings, Qatar is temporarily ranked first because of the superior goal difference, while the Chinese team is second with 12 points. Hong Kong is third with three points, Maldives is fifth with three points, and Bhutan, who have lost all five games, are at the bottom with zero points.

After the international break, the players from all over the world said goodbye to their national teams and returned to their respective clubs.

Atletico Madrid finally had a full crew.

Everyone's focus has shifted to club events, including those Chinese fans, who have scolded the Football Association and paid attention to Gao Zheng's performance at Atletico Madrid.