With seven consecutive wins in the Premier League, Arsenal went to Northern Europe to challenge Rosenborg in the second round of the Champions League group stage.

It was a difficult game, and the score was still 1:1 until the 80th minute of the game, and five minutes before the end of the game, Qin Xiong took a free kick to make a save from the Rosenborg goalkeeper before Vieira sent the ball into the net from inside the penalty area.

Arsenal won their second Champions League group stage and led the group.

Ahead of the FIFA matchday in October, Arsenal returned to England to get their eighth league win, and they once again welcomed the London derby at home, but the opponent was tepid Charlton, who was beaten by Arsenal with a score of 5-0, and Qin Xiong scored twice in the game, showing his good competitive form.

When the FIFA match day arrived, Qin Xiong flew back to China, and Freddie walked with him.

On the plane, Freddie arranged Qin Xiong's schedule for the month.

"You can only go back to London on the 15th, in that case, you should not be able to play in the ninth round of the Premier League, or be arranged as a substitute by the manager, after all, you still have to go back to jet lag, I think it is time for you to take a driver's license test in the second half of the month, in the meantime, have you ever thought about what kind of car to buy?"

Qin Xiong shook his head calmly and said, "I don't know how to drive, and I usually only use a car to go to and from the club, go out to eat or party with friends. There are no special requirements for what car to buy. ”

After living in London for two months, he also noticed that there are many beautiful young people in the international city of London, maybe they have a successful career, or maybe they have a good family background, and they drive a cool car to hook up with girls. It's a bit of a stretch.

But I don't envy it. After all, he didn't have the time or leisure to drive around in a luxury car.

Freddie nodded knowingly. He was thinking about getting in touch with some European high-end car distributors, and maybe he could develop new business cooperation.

Qin Xiong did not make much noise when he returned to China this time, after all, he just routinely returned to China to represent the national team in the World Preliminary Tournament.

He took a day off at his hotel in Beijing to adjust to the jet lag, then reported to the Xianghe National Football Training Base, where he met with his teammates for a three-day training camp before the national team boarded a plane to Kuwait.

Because the Chinese team defeated Kuwait in the first leg of the group stage of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese team has won 4 consecutive victories in a total of 6 games. Kuwait is 3-1, so as long as the Chinese team does not lose to Kuwait in the fifth game, the Chinese team will basically lock in the group qualifiers, the only qualifying places.

After all, the last game of the group stage of the Chinese team is facing Hong Kong, China, and it is still at home, even if it draws with Kuwait, the last game will definitely qualify if it does not lose to Hong Kong at home.

The Chinese media has played the slogan of "a tie is a qualification"!

Kuwait's overall strength is not strong, and the Chinese team is inspired by the great spirit of winning the Asian Cup, coupled with Qin Xiong's leadership role in the team as the captain. When preparing for this match, he was strict and serious. It is a good way to motivate his teammates, so that they are confident but not conceited, calm but not pessimistic.

Alihan changed the style of play of the two strikers in this game, Hao Haidong was taken down, Zhao Junzhe joined the midfield to participate in the defense, and the Chinese team will respond to the inevitable onslaught of Kuwait with the tactics of defensive counterattack.

In Kuwait City, the Chinese team led by Qin Xiong faced Kuwait with a defensive attitude.

Kuwait knew they had to win to qualify, and they went on the offensive from the start.

There were several dangerous situations in the Chinese team's penalty area, but driven by Qin Xiong's steady control of the field after switching from defense to attack several times, not only gave his teammates more time to relieve tension, but also made his teammates' mentality more and more calm.

It wasn't until the 56th minute of the second half of the game that Qin Xiong staged a long-distance run with the ball from the backfield, and after shaking three Kuwaiti players who were chasing and intercepting in a row, he assisted Shao Jiayi, who had been following him forward on the side, to score a goal, and the game became even better after the Chinese team opened the goal account away from home.

Kuwait continued to increase troops on the offensive line, making their defenses more and more empty, and Qin Xiong continued to instigate threatening counterattacks.

In the 74th and 86th minutes, Zhang Pengfei and Li Jinyu scored goals respectively, and it was not until the end of the game that Kuwait pulled one back through a corner kick.

At the end of the game, the players of the Chinese team cheered with great excitement.

"After winning Kuwait 3:1 away, the Chinese team has determined the qualification for the group stage of the world preliminaries, and the next thing waiting for them will be the quarterfinals next year, the World Cup Asian qualifiers have 4.5 places, that is to say, the Chinese team in the top 8 grouping, if you want to qualify for the World Cup, you must get the top two in the group, if you just get that half of the place, I am afraid it will be more than lucky, we hope that the Chinese team can draw a good draw in the top 8, and can also directly qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany!"

Qin Xiong is not too excited about the victory over Kuwait, which is equivalent to qualifying for the Champions League group stage, which does not mean anything.

On the plane back to Beijing, he took the initiative to talk to Alihan and told him that he hoped not to return to China to compete in the next World Preliminary Tournament against Hong Kong.

Alihan expressed his understanding and agreed to Qin Xiong's request.

When walking out of the airport with a shoulder bag, Qin Xiong saw many Chinese fans waiting outside the airport for a long time, welcoming the triumph of the Chinese team, even if they have not yet confirmed their qualification for the World Cup, the result of qualifying from the group ahead of schedule is also gratifying.

Qin Xiong was used to this scene, and he was also used to having bodyguards who would escort him out of the airport one step ahead of him.

Just as he stepped out of the exit, he heard a familiar voice, he stopped and scanned back and forth at the crowd on both sides of the crowd blocked by the yellow line pulled up by the security guards, and suddenly, he froze in place, looking at the blonde girl who kept waving at him.

He couldn't help but walk over and reach out to pull her out of the crowd, and his bodyguard saw Qin Xiong's movements and realized that it was Qin Xiong's acquaintance, so he didn't stop him.

Qin Xiong took off his sunglasses and asked with a surprised smile, "Why are you here?" ”

In front of him was Sylvia.

Sylvia smiled and said, "I'm waiting for you." ”

Qin Xiong's expression was even more stunned.

She spoke in Chinese, and although the emphasis was a little odd, it was really Chinese.

There was a brief silence around him, and Qin Xiong looked around to see the Chinese fans staring at him and Sylvia with curious eyes, while his teammates behind him also stopped, looking at Qin Xiong with a smile on their faces.

Qin Xiong said to Sylvia: "Change places, follow me." ”

He took Sylvia's hand and got into the car under the escort of the bodyguards.

As soon as he sat in the back of the car and closed the door, Qin Xiong turned around and held her face with both hands and kissed her passionately.

After a while, when both of them were red-faced, Qin Xiong touched her forehead and said, "Could it be a dream?" Why are you in China? I was going to see you in Amsterdam next month. ”

Sylvia smiled and said, "Because I've been in China." ”

"Huh? What do you mean? Wait, why do you keep talking to me in Chinese? ”

Qin Xiong felt ridiculous.

He was speaking English, but Sylvia was speaking Chinese.

Sylvia smiled even more and said, "I said, I have been in China, I am learning Chinese every day, Chinese is so difficult, but my classmates praise me for learning well!" ”

Qin Xiong's expression became solemn and said, "Are you in China?" Going to school here? ”

Sylvia nodded, and then told Qin Xiong about her coming to China to study as an exchange student at the University of Amsterdam, although it was a mixed elaboration of Chinese + English, Qin Xiong never laughed at her.

Qin Xiong held her hand, kissed the back of her hand gently, shook his head slightly, and said: "Sylvia, don't be like this, I know what it's like to live in a strange environment, there will be loneliness in a foreign land, and there will be longing for relatives, you don't have to make such a sacrifice for me, wronged yourself." ”

Sylvia also shook her head with a smile and said, "No, you don't understand, just like now, I speak to you in simple Chinese, I know a little more about Chinese culture than before, the happiness in my heart, you can't experience, this is my happiness, happier and happier than ever." ”

Qin Xiong closed his eyes for a few seconds, and then he didn't know what to say, so moved that he couldn't help but turn around and hug Sylvia's delicate body again and kiss her. (To be continued......)