The Chinese national team became the first team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and the outside world did not feel too much surprise, after all, at the beginning of this year, it had played the former Asian hegemon Japan 4:0 away, so it is normal to beat North Korea away in the sixth round of the group stage, plus the strength of the current Chinese team has indeed reached the European level, and a number of starters and some substitutes can play in the European League, and their skills and awareness are obviously higher than other Asian teams.

Therefore, the official website of the AFC, the official website of FIFA and the official website of the World Cup in South Africa all published in a conspicuous position for the first time that the sleeping dragon had awakened and advanced to the main competition.

It is worth mentioning that in the newly released world rankings, the Chinese team's ranking reached a new high, reaching 46th in the world, second in Asia, second only to Australia, but many people know that this is not the real level of the Chinese team......

Although the Chinese team has advanced to the World Cup to be held in South Africa next year, the group stage of the seventh round of the Asian top 10 match at the Beijing Workers Stadium is still full of seats.

Key players like Iro, Feng Xiaoting and Gao Lin were all on the bench.

Originally, Iro's desire to fight was very strong, but head coach Gao Hongbo thought that Iroh had just participated in a high-intensity Champions League final and returned to China for training to participate in the World Cup qualifiers non-stop, so there was no need to play in an inconsequential situation.

But what really convinced Iroh to rest was another reason - to disgust the Japanese team at home in the final round of the group stage!

Japan, who are now second in the group, are five points ahead of North Korea and will face each other in the next group stage.

Many media believe that North Korea's direct qualification for the finals is extremely slim, but there is still a theoretical hope of qualifying.

If North Korea can beat Japan in the next home group stage, the gap between them will be reduced to two points, and the final round of the group will decide the fate of both teams, with North Korea away to Uzbekistan and Japan away to China.

Everyone knows the historical grievances between China and Japan, and the Chinese team fighting at home will definitely not let go of the Japanese team, that is to say, the Chinese team will be very likely to beat Japan by taking advantage of the home field, then the Japanese team will not change the points and rankings between each other in the first game, and North Korea happens to defeat Uzbekistan, the weakest group in the last round of the group stage, so one positive and one negative, North Korea will reverse Japan to become the second in the group!

At that time, Japan will be squeezed into third place in the group, and will have to compete with the third place in Group B for half of the World Cup finals.

And this result will also slap the Japanese Football Association in the face, what about the good decision to leave Asia and enter Europe?

Thinking of this possibility, countless Asian media outlets are full of anticipation.

It seems that there are many media that hate the Japanese team over the years......

Even the president of the AFC, Ben Hamann, has a very cool feeling, when Japan ignored the face of the AFC and wanted to leave Asia and join Europe to participate in the UEFA competition, the subconscious meaning was that the AFC could not do it!

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"Since our national team has directly qualified for the finals of next year's World Cup in South Africa after the last round of group stage, it is very reasonable for Gao Hongbo to choose a set of semi-main lineups in the case of consecutive games, we all know that captain Iroh just participated in the Champions League final on the 28th of last month, and then returned to China non-stop to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers, both physically and mentally, has reached a personal tipping point, And the outside world is also rumored that Iroh has not been given enough rest for two consecutive summers, and it would be too selfish to use Iroh even if he still uses it in the case of promotion? ”

When the fans who watched the live TV broadcast played the starting lineup on the big screen, they blurted out and scolded tacitly, which is completely equivalent to taking off their pants, and what they saw was a gourd baby! However, with the comments given by the commentator He Wei at the scene, the fans who felt complained gradually understood.

Of course, in this case, there will always be those incomprehensible marginal fans who scold on social networks such as penguins, post bars, forums, etc., but under the bombardment of united high-quality fans, they are slowly calmed down, and they dare not speak out.

Although the Chinese team is a set of semi-main lineup at the Beijing Workers Stadium, it still relies on the home advantage to beat Bahrain 2:1, and the U20 World Youth Championship held in Egypt in September this year Wu Xi and 18-year-old Wu Lei each scored a goal, including Sun Ke, Zhang Chengdong, Zhang Xizhe, these substitutes are eye-catching.

In the later game, the Japanese team that challenged North Korea away really capsized in the gutter and lost 0:1 to the home team North Korea after 90 minutes of fierce attack!

You must know that Japan can advance directly as long as it draws, but I didn't expect to lose away from home......

The possibility predicted by the media is unthinkable that it will really happen, and the probability is very high!

Because Japan's opponent in the final round of the group stage is China!

If you put it in the past, you wouldn't be worried, but now it's different from the past, the Chinese team composed of almost a substitute lineup and young players can beat Bahrain at home, think about the historical grievances between each other, and the well-rested Ailuo, Feng Xiaoting, Gao Lin and others will appear 100% in the final round of the group stage.

In other words, Japan will be more than lucky!

The North Korean media, which is not good at Argentine and Italian cooperation, also sang the praises of the Chinese team at this time, playing all kinds of family cards and wearing high hats, hoping that China could beat Japan at home and indirectly help them get a place to directly qualify for the World Cup.

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A week is fleeting, and the final round of Group A of the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers in South Africa will be played at the Beijing Workers Stadium when the Chinese national team hosts the Japanese national team.

This field is very familiar to many die-hard Chinese fans, but it is always a little sad to think about it.

Five years ago, the Asian Cup final was held at the Beijing Workers Stadium, and the Chinese team at that time lost 1:3 to the Japanese team at home because of the repeated misjudgments of the Kuwaiti referees, thus relegating to the runner-up, thus starting a black history of Chinese football......

So no matter what, Iroh will have to stop Japan in the final group game.

Before the game, Japanese head coach Takeshi Okada fully showed weakness in an interview with reporters, saying how strong the Chinese team is, how weak the Japanese team is, in the final analysis, he hopes that the Chinese team will let them go, but now it is different from the past, and the level of the two teams has been rapidly opened because of the full growth and rise of China's golden generation of young players.

The Workers' Stadium, which can accommodate 64,000 fans, was already full an hour before the start of the game, with more than 90% of Chinese fans wearing red jerseys and less than 5,000 Japanese fans in blue...... This is the home of the Chinese team!

Thinking that Japan will not be able to directly qualify for the main event, Japanese fans can only be anxious.

The main lineup led by Ailo took a 2:0 lead over Japan in the first half, and in the other group stage at the same time, the North Korean team led Uzbekistan 1:0 at halftime, which means that if the game ends according to this result, then North Korea will magically reverse Japan and directly advance to next year's World Cup!

In the end, China defeated Japan 3:0 at home, while North Korea also defeated Uzbekistan 2:1 away in the other game!

When the two matches were over, the entire Asian media was embarrassed that the Asian hegemon had been reduced to participating in the play-offs......

It is worth mentioning that at the moment of the end of the game, countless fans from North Korea shouted Long live China after shouting Long Live North Korea!

The players of the Chinese team who ended the game also celebrated wildly on the spot when they learned that North Korea, which was on the other field, defeated Uzbekistan and beat Japan to become the second in the group.

After learning of the results, the members of the Dragon Team Fan Club at the scene took out the huge slogans and banners that had been prepared: "Congratulations to Japan on bidding farewell to the World Cup in South Africa", "What about leaving Asia and joining Europe?" "Who is the sick man of East Asia?" ”……

Many Japanese fans at the scene were international students in China, so you could see at a glance what the Chinese fans meant, but they dared not speak out.

After the 2010 South Africa World Cup Asian qualifiers are all over, the four national teams that directly qualified are: China, Australia, South Korea and North Korea, and the teams competing for another 0.5 qualifiers have also come out, Saudi Arabia beat Iran to become the third in the group, and will compete with Japan, the third place in Group A, for half of the qualifying places.

When the results came out, in addition to the Japanese Football Association, he was very disappointed and uncomfortable, and so was the president of the AFC, Ben Hamann, who made the four teams that directly qualified for next year's World Cup finals all from East Asia, which made him, the president of the AFC representing West Asian football, very depressed.

But these have nothing to do with Iro, and they have nothing to do with the Chinese team.

At this time, there are already countless die-hard fans with financial foundation who have begun to plan to go to South Africa to watch the Chinese team play next year, and many companies are also studying relevant detailed plans to cope with the situation when employees take time off to watch the game......

China qualified directly for the World Cup finals, and Iroh let out a long breath, but he didn't have an easy time going forward, and after returning to Changsha to enjoy the family with his family, he had to quickly devote himself to business activities, while also taking care of the construction of a professional football club, in short, he could not be comfortable this summer.