Chapter 51 Heading for the World Cup

Old Trafford, 2 October.

The fans were jubilant.

Just now, substitute Jesse Lingard scored Manchester United's fifth goal of the game!!

On the bench, Li Qingshan and others, who came off the bench, applauded the team's performance.

It's now the ninetieth minute of the game, and the score is.... 5-0！

Stoke City manager Mark Hughes is grim-faced. At Old Trafford, his side suffered a humiliating defeat.

Five goals conceded and not a single goal scored!

However, Carlo Ancelotti did not care about the bad mood of his peers, and entering the October matchday, Manchester United seemed to have regained their form all of a sudden, and a big win gave Manchester United confidence in the league again.

It's just a pity that after this game, it's another damn international break.

Carlo Ancelotti was happy, but he also gritted his teeth at the international break, because the international team competition was really too much of a burden for the club. Four of United's main players have been injured since the last international break, with Angel Di Maria and Hummels still unpaid – but the good news is that neither Angel Di Maria nor Hummels have been called up to the national team during the international break, which has somewhat balanced Ancelotti.

However, after the international break, Manchester United will travel to Anfield to take on Liverpool.

The importance of the double red games cannot be overstated, and Carlo Ancelotti is now praying to God that the United players will be able to return healthy after the international break.

In the seventh round of the Premier League, Manchester United beat Stoke City 5-0 at home, and after the game, the team was disbanded again, and the players will go to their respective national teams to play the national team game.

The 2018 World Cup qualifiers on all continents have entered the final stage of competition, and by this time, all the matches are real official competitions, and all the national teams are trying their best to compete for the World Cup tickets, and the players are also desperate, and the rhythm and intensity of the game are not the same as friendly matches such as warm-up matches, so the chance of injury is naturally high.

After completing the seventh round of the Premier League, Li Qingshan also quickly set off for China.

During this round of international break, the Chinese team has two game tasks.

First of all, on October 6, the Chinese team will face Syria at the Shaanxi Provincial Stadium in Xi'an, followed by Tashkent on October 11, and will travel to Uzbekistan on October 11.

According to the analysis of the Chinese media, these two games will be key points games, and if these two games are won, then the next group format will be clear.

After all, if the first four games can get ten points with three wins and one loss, then after these two rounds, the Chinese team may seize the first place in the group.

South Korea and Iran will face each other on matchday at this stage, while Uzbekistan will face Iran and China in succession.

As long as the Chinese team gets six points on this match day, then the remaining three competitors will always lose points!

Before the start of the game, there was an optimistic atmosphere in China, and in the first two rounds against the two strongest opponents in the group, the Chinese team won one win and one draw to get four points, which made Chinese fans full of confidence in the next game.

October 6, Xi'an, Shaanxi Provincial Stadium!

The men of the Great Northwest created a huge momentum at home.

The Chinese team has played six games at the Shaanxi Provincial Stadium in Xi'an, with an unbeaten record of three wins and three draws. The Shaanxi Provincial Stadium, which once again ushered in the national football event, had a warm atmosphere, and fans wore red jerseys printed with the word "to win", creating a sea of red.

When the players from both sides lined up in the tunnel, in the stands directly opposite the tunnel, the fans held up a huge tifo!

Above it is a map of China and Russia, with the location of Moscow, and on the Chinese side, red arrows pointing to Moscow.

Such a picture without any words, but it clearly expresses the wishes of the fans!

We're going to Moscow with the team!

We're going to the World Cup with the team!!!

At the Shaanxi Provincial Stadium, the Chinese team launched an onslaught against the Syrian team under the huge momentum created by the fans.

In the eighteenth minute of the game, Li Qingshan knocked on the goal of Syrian goalkeeper Alema with a long shot outside the penalty area!

In the face of Li Qingshan's powerful and tricky shot, Alema didn't react at all!

This goal also knocked on the door of victory for the Chinese team!

At the end of the first half, through a corner kick opportunity, Li Qingshan returned the ball to the middle and accurately found the vacant Yu Hanchao, Yu Hanchao did not waste this opportunity, he scored a header from close range!

Two to zero!

In the sixty-third minute of the second half, Li Qingshan got rid of the central defender's defense in the penalty area and turned around and volleyed, 3-0!

The game was completely out of suspense.

In the third game of the top 12 of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese team won very easily at home!!

After winning this precious three points, the Chinese team immediately rushed to Tashkent to challenge Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan will have to play an away game in Iran before facing the challenge of China.

Away from home, Uzbekistan were unable to keep their innocence, as they were beaten 0-1 in the Middle East by the Persian Knights at the end of the game.

After losing this game, Uzbekistan handed over their top position, they won two and lost one of the three games, got six points, and ranked third behind China and Iran.

This match is also seen by Uzbekistan as a good opportunity to regain the top spot in the group, because on the other side, South Korea will face Iran at home, and if Iran cannot win and Uzbekistan can beat China, Uzbekistan can retain their top spot in the group after this stage of the competition.

Therefore, at the beginning of the game, Uzbekistan played actively, Uzbekistan's football style was inherited from the Soviet Union, played fast and direct, and liked to make long passes.

But Uzbekistan's act of passing the ball into the air was exactly what Li Qingshan wanted.

In the first and second halves, Li Qingshan scored three headers with headers one after another.

However, the Chinese team also conceded two goals.

In a big offensive battle, the Chinese team had a slight advantage in the end, and with Li Qingshan's hat trick, the Chinese team defeated the Uzbekistan team 3-2 away!

On the other hand, South Korea lost 0-1 at home to Iran.

As a result, the Chinese team and the Iranian team have won three games and drawn one in four games, and they are ranked first in the group with 10 points, while Uzbekistan is second in the group with 6 points.

As for the South Korean team, their performance after four games was greatly beyond expectations, with one win, one draw and two losses in four games, and only four points ranked fourth in the group!

After these two games, the Chinese fans were boiling.

Let South Korea play in the play-offs!

We're going to grab the top two and go straight to the World Cup!!

The 2018 World Cup is lifting her beautiful veil on the Chinese team.