Chapter 45: The Situation of the Group

The final score of the game was also 4-2, and after the Chinese team scored the fourth goal, the South Koreans also tried to fight back, and Stillik used to make three substitutions to express his dissatisfaction with the situation on the field, but his substitutions did not have much effect.

There were no definite chances for either side in the rest of the game.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the players and fans of the Chinese team celebrated at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.

Under the light of the stadium lights, Ji Chengyong's face was gloomy, Sun Xingmin looked up at the sky in confusion, and Stillik turned around and walked back to the locker room very angrily.

In the round of 12 of the budget competition, the South Korean team suffered a black start.

A hint of majesty was blowing, the night on the Korean Peninsula in September was a little cool, and the South Korean fans were pale-faced, and there were even South Korean fans who spat on the players as they walked across the stadium with their heads bowed - the character of the Korean nation is always so fierce.

There were even people at the scene shouting that Stillik was out of class.

In short, after this game, what will be brought to the South Korean team is destined to be a piece of chicken feathers.

At the press conference after the game, Lippi looked very happy, and in the face of many questions from Chinese reporters, Lippi said: In the case of falling behind 0-2, our players can quickly recover the score and finally overtake, which fully demonstrates our self-confidence. I don't think it's that big of a gap at the Asian level, it's going to take a bit of an adaptation to get back to the top stage in Asia, and I'm very happy with my players, both technically and mentally. As the captain, Li Qingshan did his job well, I made him drop back very deeply in this game, although he didn't try to play like this, but he adapted well in this game, which shows that he is a player with a high ball quotient, I am very satisfied with his performance!!

The grim-faced Stielik did not say much to reporters, saying: "This game was a disaster for South Korea, and conceding four goals in a row at home is a disastrous performance, especially when the two-goal lead is overturned. The Chinese team is a strong team, especially with Li Qingshan as the core, and we have not found a good way to limit Li Qingshan's performance. We were too bad in this game and they played well. That's it. ”

Without even giving the eager South Korean reporter a chance to ask questions, Stillik walked out of the newsroom.

Of course, he knew what questions South Korean journalists would ask after a loss....

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The win over South Korea has the whole country very optimistic about the prospects of the Chinese team in the round of 12, especially after six days, when they return to their home stadium, the Chinese team will face the Persian Iron Cavalry Iran in Shenyang!

Shenyang can be said to be the blessed land of the Chinese team, in the 1989 World Preliminaries, the national football team defeated Iran and Thailand in Shenyang, and in the top 10 matches in 2001, the national football team won all 4 games in Shenyang, scoring 9 goals without conceding 1 goal. In the top 40 stages of the Asian region of this World Preliminaries, the national football team won the Maldives 3-0 in Shenyang, in Shenyang, the Chinese team maintained a winning record, this time to face Iran and put the home stadium in Shenyang, of course, there are reasons for this, but more because of the climate and flight distance - Shenyang is located in the northeast region of high latitudes, the climate is very different from Iran in the Middle East, and the northeast is not far from South Korea, which is also conducive to the preparation of the national football team.

This is also the first home game of the Chinese team in the final stage of the Asian region of the World Cup qualifiers after a lapse of 15 years, 15 years ago in the top 10 match, the national football team defeated Qatar 3-0 in the last home game, and the national football team has failed to enter the final stage of the Asian zone in the three world preliminaries. Re-entering the final stage of the Asian region, the national football team once again started its home journey of the top 12 in Shenyang after 15 years.

Therefore, this game naturally attracted the attention of fans all over the country, and for a while, the tickets for the Chinese team's home stadium can be said to be hard to find - this is a world of difference from the previous treatment of the Chinese team that no one even wanted to pay attention to the tickets.

After winning the first game, the team's plane back to Shenyang was chartered back by the Football Association directly from the civil aviation.

For the Football Association, as long as the Chinese team can enter the World Cup, the benefits that can be brought to the Football Association at that time are absolutely astronomical, so under the stimulation of money, the bureaucratic character of the Football Association seems to have converged a lot - who will not get along with money?

After a few days of repairing in Shenyang, at 19 p.m. on September 6, the Chinese team ushered in the challenge of the Iranian team!

The Shenyang Olympic Sports Center was packed, and even fans who couldn't buy tickets gathered around the Olympic Sports Center to watch the high-profile game on a large screen outside the stadium.

The 4-2 reversal against South Korea made the fans full of confidence.

The logic of the fans is very simple, since they can beat South Korea away from home, it shouldn't be a problem to return to their home stadium and defeat Iran, which is about the same strength as South Korea, right?

However, just when the fans were expecting the Chinese team to usher in a victory at home, at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center, the Chinese team and the Iranian team fought 0-0.

In the 90-minute game, both sides created a lot of chances, but neither of them achieved anything!

The two sides shook hands, and in this way, the situation in Group A of the Round of 12 became interesting after two rounds.

Before the start of the round of 12, it was widely believed that the strongest team in this group was South Korea and Iran, followed by China.

And after two rounds of matches, the team at the top of the list is not South Korea, Iran, or even China.

At the top of the list is the Uzbek team!

The Central Asian Wolves defeated Syria and Qatar in the first two rounds, winning both games and scoring six points, temporarily ranking first in Group A!

It was followed by the Chinese team and the Iranian team, the Iranian team won one win and one draw in the first two rounds, and got four points like the Chinese team!

South Korea drew 0-0 with Syria in the second round, leaving both South Korea and Syria in fourth and fifth place. And the last place is Qatar, which has lost both stops!

Since China's next round of matches will be at home to Syria in a month's time, if China wins this game, they will likely snatch the top spot in this group - Uzbekistan and Iran will face each other in the next round!

The top two teams in the last two groups will qualify for the World Cup, and the Chinese media have already begun to calculate how many points they should get after the draw with Iran.

The World Cup, it seems, is not far away from the Chinese team.