Volume IV World Cup Legends, Chapter 47 Play-off Opponents

The Japanese team's fiasco to the Chinese team is just losing face, they have already qualified for the group, got a plane ticket to Brazil, and was really scared by the two wild wins of the Chinese team is the Iranian team, Iran is a little slow to heat up in this World Cup qualifiers, although the competitors South Korea and Saudi Arabia in front of the qualifiers did not fall behind, but lost points on the United Arab Emirates and North Korea. Originally, the third place in the xiǎ group was nothing, because the third strength of the xiǎ group in group a was very average, whether it was China, Uzbekistan or Qatar, Iran was sure to win. According to FIFA's original arrangement, the two winners of the third group will compete with the Oceania champions for a World Cup ticket, with the Oceania champions New Zealand worse than the third place in Group A, and the Iranian team basically qualifying without worry.

However, the situation is unpredictable, first FIFA changed the original qualifying rules, and Asia will play against Oceania, South America, and Central America to determine a qualifying place. Then the Chinese Football Association accepted Li Huan's three chapters, and Li Huan, the World Footballer, returned to the national team. Under the leadership of Li Huan, the Chinese team scored 12 goals in two games to slaughter the powerful Uzbekistan and the Asian boss Japan.

Three-time Asian Cup champions Iran are one of the strongest teams in Asia, and their results have remained largely in the top four over the years. It's just that in recent years, with Ali? With the retirement of well-known stars such as Daii, Bagheri, Madavecchia, and Aziz, the comprehensive strength of Iranian football has declined, and it has been absent from the finals of the World Cup in South Africa for 10 years. Overseas players such as Nekonan and Shejay, who play in La Liga, are not inferior to Japan, and in addition, they have also spent $6 million to hire former Real Madrid and Portugal coach Queiroz, and the head coach is also an important part of a team.

The 59-year-old joined the Portuguese Football Federation in 1978 to develop young players, and in 1989 and 1991, he led the Portuguese youth team to the World Youth Championship twice, and he also discovered the talents of Figo, Rui Costa, Baia, Couto and other talents, and was the leader of Portugal's golden generation.

In 1991, Queiroz became the coach of the Portuguese national team, but was disgraced after failing to lead the team to the 1994 World Cup finals.

Since then, Queiroz has taken charge of the club's team, leading Lisbon to FA Cup title and league runner-up, and Nagoya Whale Eight to Japan's Emperor's Cup title and J-League runner-up.

In 1999, Queiroz was the head coach of the UAE team, but was sacked due to poor results.

In 2002, Queiroz led South Africa to the World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan, but was dismissed due to South Africa's poor results at the Africa Cup of Nations.

In July 2002, he was invited by Alex Ferguson to be an assistant coach at Manchester United. In the 2003/04 season, Queiroz signed a two-year contract with Real Madrid, but after only 10 months, he was released early due to poor results and returned to Manchester United.

After Euro 2008, Queiroz took over from Luis Scolari in charge of Portugal and led the team to the World Cup in South Africa. Then he was sacked again because of the results of the class, and then he started coaching the Iranian team until now.

Although Queiroz often leaves his coaching career, the experience of leaving the class has made his coaching more tenacious and tenacious, and his experience and deep understanding of Asian football are also one of the reasons why the Iranian Football Federation chose Queiroz.

At the beginning of his tenure, Queiroz vowed to help the Iranian team enter the World Cup in Brazil again, with his coaching level and the strength of the Iranian team, this sentence was not a big word at the time, but now the situation has become so unfavorable that Queiroz is also a little unbearable.

After Iran's draw with South Korea to finish third in the group, Queiroz was less confident in his post-match speech, saying that Iran is now facing unprecedented difficulties and that reaching the World Cup finals will require not only the hard work of all the Iranian players, but also some luck.

Queiroz then explained: "Football is unpredictable, World Cup qualifiers are long, there are more unpredictable factors in between, and even teams like Brazil and Spain are not guaranteed to qualify. And a lot of incredible things have happened in this World Cup qualifiers, first of all, FIFA changed the rules of the play-offs, which actually infringed on the interests of Asian teams and made half of Asia's seats confusing; The second is that after Li Huan refused to join the Chinese team in two consecutive World Cups, this time he suddenly agreed to return to the national team. These two factors have a great impact on our impact on the World Cup, I am not emphasizing objective reasons, I am just analyzing the current situation of the Iranian team to the ball and the players, we must not be careless, we must show all our courage and fighting spirit to complete the two games with the Chinese team, as long as we play our full strength, I think it is not impossible to qualify. ”

When the Iranian midfielder who plays for Osasuna in La Liga learns that their opponent is China, Nekonan warns his teammates to pay attention to Li Huan, who is the kind of bull who can knock out a team by himself. Although Nekonan has some fame in Asia, but in Europe and La Liga, he can't be compared with Li Huan at all, he knows Li Huan's strength very well, this is his own experience, not from TV and video.

The Iranian team is nervous about the Chinese team, the Chinese team is also nervous about the Iranian team, and the Chinese team in Asia is most afraid of the South Korean team, followed by the Iranian team, and the Japanese team is ranked third. The Iranian team plays fiercely, has a tough body, and is also very good at personal ability. Although there is Li Huan as the treasure of the town, the psychological pressure caused by the Iranian team to the Chinese team has not disappeared for a long time.

After learning that the opponent of the play-offs was Iran, the Chinese media began to turn over the old yellow calendar, from the Golden State to Tehran later, the media's conclusion was that the Chinese team must be Xiǎ Iran, they are our bitter masters, don't look at our slaughter of the Japanese team, that is the Japanese team has no pressure to qualify, and the knockout match with the Iranian team is the real life and death competition.

But the core of the Chinese team Li Huan does not disdain the Chinese media to scare themselves mentality, Li Huan is very confident to tell reporters and the ball, the Chinese team defeated the Iranian team without any doubt, if there is a doubt, it is only a matter of how much the score is, because the strength of the Iranian team is not as good as the Japanese team, and the Chinese team after half a year of running-in, the cooperation will be more tacit, the tactics will be more reasonable, the Chinese team with improved strength is not as strong as the Japanese Iranian team does not need to scare themselves at all.

If Li Huan's words were said by others, the Iranians would definitely be in a hurry, and the Bōs fighters were very proud, and when they were with the Chinese team, they always stretched out four fingers, indicating that Iran could win the Chinese team by four goals. And Li Huan, as the world's No. 1 star, said such a thing, and there was a bloody match between Uzbekistan and Japan, and the Iranians could only remain silent, returning home to practice their internal skills, and preparing to give the Chinese team a little shame at the beginning of the September play-offs.

After returning from Shizuoka, Japan, Li Huan lived in Daystar Football School, trained with the national team players of Daystar Football School, and prepared for the next fierce battle.

The previous period of training was to prepare for the game, completely for the sake of fighting, Li Huan did not integrate his tactical ideas into the team, now that the five major European leagues are over, the national team has another three-month rest, Li Huan will certainly not let go of this great opportunity, his eyes are not just on the play-offs, from now on Li Huan is already preparing for the World Cup.

In fact, Li Huan's training is also very easy to carry out, the national team players he chooses are mainly from Daystar Football School, and a small number of players from the second-rate league and the original national team in Europe, the students of Daystar Football School have no holidays, Li Huan can use this time period to concentrate on Jiā with the players, as for the players other than Daystar, in addition to the collective training camp, if you love to come, you will come, and if you don't love to come, you will not come. These people can't affect the overall situation of the team. However, after Li Huan's order was issued, the players who played in the second-rate league in Europe and the former national team players gave up their vacations and came to Daystar School to train with the team, they wanted to sacrifice a little rest time to accept Li Huan's guidance.

Time flies, three months have passed soon, and the five major European leagues have rekindled the fire, and Li Huan has won three games in a row after returning to La Liga, holding the top of the standings. At this time, the day of the national team competition is getting closer and closer, and both the Chinese and Iranian players are nervous again, and the media has changed from reporting on the five major leagues to broadcasting the preparation of the national team.

The Asian play-offs for World Cup qualifying are played home and away, with the winner going to compete for a ticket to the World Cup finals against one of the Americas, Central and North America and Oceania. The Chinese team starts at home and then plays away, and this schedule is a bit unfavorable for the Chinese team, because the home-and-away format is often the most cost-effective for the side that plays away first, because even if they lose, they will have the opportunity to return to the home court to equalize.

Li Huan also didn't care about such a schedule, and during training, Li Huan also told the players: The advantage of home and away is very xiǎ, the important thing is the strength, if you have the ability to advance in Tehran, it will be even more happy, and we have been humiliated by Iran for many years, and we should also teach the Iranians a lesson.

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