The first leg of the third-place play-off tie was played on September 6, with the Chinese team playing their home stadium at the Golden State Stadium in the coastal city of Dalian in northern China.

It is said that there was a debate between the Chinese media and Li Huan when arranging this venue, the Chinese media believed that the home stadium should be arranged in an international metropolis such as Shanghai Yanjing, so that there would be more fans to support the scene, and Dalian Jinzhou was also a sad place for the Chinese team to be reversed by the Iranian team by 4 goals in 97, and playing in this place will bring psychological pressure to the young people of the national team.

Li Huan tried his best to disagree, he believed that not daring to face the failures and mistakes of the past was a defect in the character of the Chinese, could the Chinese team forget the shadow of the year without the Golden State game? It is better to let the players play in the place where their predecessors were in the sand, so that the shame can stimulate the fighting spirit and blood of the players, and play a high-level game.

Even the Chinese Football Association had to bow to Li Huan, and the media naturally couldn't change Li Huan's decision, and the final knockout match for the third group was arranged at Dalian Jinzhou Stadium, which can accommodate 30,000 people.

If it was half a year ago that the national team was going to arrange the home stadium in Dalian, it is estimated that the fans of this football city would complain, they don't want the Chinese team to come to their own doorstep to block themselves, but half a year later, everything has changed dramatically, Li Huan arranged the home field in Dalian to make Dalian fans extremely proud, from the mayor to the ordinary people, all regard the arrival of the national team as the top priority in Dalian, when interviewed by reporters, everyone told reporters with joy, They must make Golden State Stadium the best home stadium for the Chinese team.

The Chinese team's decision to play in Dalian Jinzhou also put pressure on the Iranians, who have already felt the aggressive momentum and determination of the Chinese team to take revenge, although the game has not yet started.

After Queiroz led the team to Dalian, he said at a press conference that most of the players in 97 and 06 years have retired, and now the Iranian team and the Chinese team are brand new teams, and the historical record may have some psychological advantages, but this advantage is very weak, blindly immersed in the past will not progress, the Chinese team has undergone a reborn change after Li Huan's joining, it is difficult to predict who will win this game, and the Iranian team does not have any advantages at all.

Madavecchia, who is now an assistant coach for Iran, said: "I scored a very beautiful goal in 1997 and it is a good memory for me, and of course I would love to recreate that scene, but unfortunately I can't play for my country now. But I don't want us to concede two goals and then pull it back, this Chinese team is very dangerous, they are very sharp in counterattack, this team is a heavy defeat under the Chinese team's counterattack, we have to remember this lesson. ”

Iranian striker Bohani, who shook the Chinese goalkeeper in 06 and made humiliating moves on the goal line before kicking the ball in, is still in the team, but Bohani, who is the same year as Li Huan, is no longer the main force, he only came to Dalian as a substitute, and many Chinese reporters maliciously speculated that Queiroz brought him in order to provoke the Chinese. After coming to Dalian, Bohani also gave an interview, he said: "I was a little young and frivolous back then, and now I still regret it, you can't humiliate your opponent just to realize one of your strange dreams, and you can't humiliate your opponent just because it looks good, it's a matter of sportsmanship, I don't think I will do it even if I have such an opportunity this time." ”

The interview between Madavecchia and Bohani was front-page headlines in El Ball, and was quoted by major online portals, hoping that Madavecchia and Bohani's words would inspire the courage and anger of the Chinese players to play a hearty game at home.

Madavecchia's two goals were very old, and the Iranian team did win the dignity at that time, leaving Chinese fans speechless, but Bohani's insulting goal was an incurable scar on the hearts of Chinese fans and even Chinese.

However, in the face of shame, different people and different nationalities are treated differently, said that the football people will never forget the death of "Doha", and finally become the boss of Asia, China's football in the face of "shame", only know that "spend all day and wine, look for flowers and ask willows", match-fixing, black whistles, black feet, clubbing, players were cut, negative news emerged in an endless stream, and finally fell out of the top ten in Asia.

Originally, Chinese fans also lost the idea of revenge, but Li Huan's birth gave fans hope, and everyone hoped that Li Huan could be ashamed of the Chinese team and kill the proud Iranians like himself.

Li Huan is not only unforgiving on the court, but also by no means the master of forgiveness in the war of words, even if Mourinho's sharp-toothed people are in awe of Li Huan. Before the game, Li Huan unceremoniously pointed out Bohani's hypocrisy, Li Huan said: "Bohani's apology is very hypocritical, and we don't need such an apology, as long as he doesn't foul on the field and doesn't do what the rules don't allow, he can score goals in any way, if we can't stop him from doing so, it's our incompetence." Now I can boldly say that he will not have such a chance again, and if I want to, I have a hundred times better chance than he does. ”

Li Huan's words made the Iranians uncomfortable like swallowing a fly, while the Chinese fans shouted bitterly, Li Huan's words said what the vast majority of Chinese want to say but dare not say, or have no opportunity to say, Li Huan's status in the hearts of Chinese fans, and even non-fans, has suddenly risen to a new level.

Jia Lei, a well-known journalist, commented after the interview: "Although it is sad for a nation to hope for heroes, it is even more tragic for a nation without heroes, and heroes can at least give the suffering people some reason to live." Li Huan is a hero in the football circle. ”

On the day of the game, nearly 150,000 fans poured around the Dalian Golden State Stadium, while the capacity of the Golden State Stadium was only 30,000. Although Li Huan is a hero who will never fail in the eyes of Chinese fans, the political axe leaders in Dalian do not think so, they are worried that if the Chinese team fails, there will be an incident like 5.19.

Two hours before the start of the game, all 30,000 fans had entered the stadium, and the stands were full of small national flags waving, and banners such as "The Chinese team will win", "Kill Iran", and "Li Huan scored" were everywhere.

An hour before the game, there was a scene of fire on the field. First, a Northeast fan somehow slipped off the heavily guarded runway and unfurled a huge banner of "6:1 to kill Iran" around the field; Then a group of men with the national flag painted on their faces unfurled, and a national flag as huge as a grandstand also ran around the field. It was not until they approached the rostrum that they were surrounded by a large number of military police and "escorted" back to the stands.

When the players from both sides came out of the locker room, the Iranian team was startled by the neat Arabic words "Kill Iran", and if it weren't for the clear yellow faces of the Chinese, they would have thought that the American GIs had invaded Iran.

At this time, Duan Xuan, the on-site commentator in the news broadcast area, shouted in an excited voice: "The game between the Chinese team and the Iranian team is about to start, the Iranian team is our bitter master, we lose more and win less in the game between China and Iran, we have not defeated Iran in 90 minutes in the past 20 years, it is not an exaggeration to say that China has Iranophobia, before the game, the Iranian team also uncovered our scars to humiliate us, if there is no Li Huan, we may not have this game at all, even if there is, Maybe we will continue to be humiliated, but now we can be bold and say: the Iranian team will let the horses come, and we will make you ......pay for your blood debts."

Duan Xuan's commentary has always given people the feeling of expressing wrong feelings, and the lyricism is always a bit of a CCTV body, lacking passion and sincerity, but today he seems to have said his true feelings, and the fans in the audience cheered thunderously, and more than 30,000 people shouted in unison at the end of Duan Xuan's words: Li Huan is invincible! Take out Iran.

Yao Xiangyang, who was sitting in the stands at the moment, also felt a little enthusiastic, he smiled and scolded Ren Feng beside him: "How do I listen to it, it's a bit similar to shouting in "Smiling Proud Jianghu" that you will dominate the rivers and lakes for thousands of years. ”

Ren Feng laughed and said, "Li Huan is not the sect leader, he is the principal. ”

Yao Xiangyang said: "Chinese fans are fanatical and don't have much reason, if Li Huan really slaughters Iran, he will really become the leader of the fans." ”

At this time, the announcer has begun to read out loudly the starters of the game, every player of the Chinese team has been applauded by the fans on the spot, and every player of the Iranian team has been booed, but it is a pity that the Chinese fans have regretted that Iran's striker Bohani did not start and sat on the bench.

The Chinese team has changed a lot from the starter against Yuben three months ago, and the formation has changed from a defense-oriented 541 to a balanced 442.

The goalkeeper is still No. 1 Zong Cheng, and the defenders have become four, namely No. 20 Fan Yang, No. 3 Wang Chunlei, No. 19 Xu Bin, and No. 13 captain Li Huan; The four midfielders are No. 6 midfielder Wu Han, No. 10 forward Yu Tong, right midfielder No. 15 Chen Teng, and left midfielder No. 18 Liu Chao. The two forwards are No. 11 Zhang Dong and No. 9 Xu Yang.

The Chinese team dared to discharge such a formation in the face of a strong opponent Iran, which shows that the Chinese team has more confidence in itself after half a year of running-in, and believes that it can defeat the Iranian team without relying on the defense of the iron bucket formation.

(To be continued)