Qatar, Doha, the day before the match between China and Jordan.

"Here, I would like to remind you that you are proud of the fact that we have just beaten Uzbekistan 5-0. Tomorrow's opponent is the Jordan team, maybe you will think that this opponent's strength is average, and think that we have won, but I want to remind you: you must not underestimate the enemy!" Gao Hongbo explained tomorrow's arrangements to the players in a serious manner.

**Peng is an activist in the Chinese team, he shouted: "Gao Gui, if we are still a little scared to fight Japan, we are really not afraid of Jordan, we have lost to Jordan!"

"Yes, yes, yes, we have never been afraid of Jordan. Someone down there chimed in.

Although the Chinese team does not have a good record in the face of Iran, Qatar and other West Asian teams, even if there is no Yang Fan in the national team, the Chinese team faces Jordan, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern teams, and it really has a good record.

Of course, the players did not pay much attention to Jordan at this time, and there were no factors in the Chinese team's 5-0 victory over Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is a strong team in Central Asia, ranking much higher than Jordan, and we have won by five goals, let alone Jordan.

Gao Hongbo looked at these players who didn't care, he wanted to be angry, and he couldn't cry or laugh a little. The 5-0 win over Uzbekistan was a good thing, it boosted the team's confidence, but it was also a bad thing, it seemed to make the team a little too conceited.

In fact, later Gao Hongbo and his assistant Fu Bo chatted about the five-goal victory over Uzbekistan, and they agreed that the five-goal gap is definitely not a reflection of the real strength of the two teams. Five-goal victory, this is the case. This has a lot to do with Yang Fan's goal at the beginning of the game, and then, under the leadership of Yang Fan, the Chinese team players attacked Uzbekistan's goal, Uzbekistan was completely stunned, and was hit by the Chinese team with three goals at halftime, and the team had no fighting spirit.

If it weren't for Yang Fan scoring in less than a minute of the opening game, the Chinese team would not have had much problem winning this game with Yang Fan, but it would be more difficult to win a big victory. Therefore, there is a certain element of surprise in the five-goal victory.

Gao Hongbo still feels that the team's arrogance should be suppressed, in his opinion, the Chinese team now has no proud capital, there is a sentence that he is not the head coach to say: if there is no Yang Fan, the strength of the Chinese team will drop at least one notch, and there is really no capital for pride.

"Okay, Peng. Gao Hongbo looked at ** Peng and said, "If tomorrow's game with Jordan, the Jordanian scores from the right side where you are, see how I clean you up!"

**Peng was stunned for a moment, and quickly waved his hand and said: "No, Director Gao, I am expressing our confidence in the game, I don't have ......"

"Nothing?" Gao Hongbo interrupted ** Peng's words, "You dare to say that you don't mean to underestimate the enemy?" As he spoke, he looked at the others, "And you, do you dare to say that you don't mean to underestimate the enemy?"

Peng didn't dare to speak.

The people who were seen by Gao Hongbo also avoided his eyes.

Yang Fan was happy in his heart, after this Asian Cup, Gao Hongbo should be able to erect a higher prestige within the team, and now the players have a deeper fear of the head coach.

"I repeat, if we want to win this game, we have to be up to 12 points. Gao Hongbo said solemnly.

To be honest, these players of the Chinese team are not unaware of Jordan's current strength, after all, Jordan is now the most famous dark horse team in this Asian Cup. However, they do have a certain contempt for the Jordanian team psychologically, on the one hand, because of the sequelae of the five-goal victory over Uzbekistan, and on the other hand, the Chinese team has a good record against Jordan, and even won relatively easily, which makes them feel psychologically proud.

In fact, the current Jordanian team is very different from the previous Jordanian team.

In the group stage of the Asian Cup, Jordan drew with Japan and then defeated Saudi Arabia and Syria in succession to advance to the quarterfinals, becoming a force to be reckoned with in Asian football. It is worth mentioning that the head coach of the Jordanian team is Iraqi Adnan, who also served as the coach of the Iraqi national team, and led Iraq to play against the Chinese team twice in the 2oo4 Asian Cup and the 2oo8 2O round of 2O, especially the last time he defeated the Chinese team in Tianjin, which can be said to be the bitter master of the national football team.

And for Adnan, he has a full understanding of the Chinese team, which can be said to be the most beneficial point for the Jordanian team.

Jordanians' success is certainly not just about hard work, and there are multiple reasons for their rapid progress. First, there is the support from the royal family. Prince Ali, who is currently the president of the Jordanian Football Federation, is a member of the Jordanian royal family and is also the vice president of FIFA. Prince Ali is very fond of football and will definitely go to watch the Jordan team play as long as time permits. Secondly, it is impossible not to mention Iraqi Adnan, the meritorious coach who led the Iraqi team to win the Asian Cup, and became the head coach of the Jordan team in early 2oo9.

Previously, the Jordanian team originally had a serious aging squad, but after Adnan took office, at least 8 members of the national youth team who participated in the 2oo7 World Youth Championships in Canada such as Anas and Salim were promoted to the national team, and several of these players have quickly grown into the indispensable core of the national team.

After a successful transition between the old and the new, the Jordanian team began to make great strides. Thirdly, it comes from the Jordanian love of football. Jordan has a population of just over 6 million, but everyone is crazy about football.

That's it, under the action of multiple reasons, the legend of the Jordanian team has been achieved.

"Coach Gao, rest assured, we will go all out in the game!" Yang Fan should play the role of captain at this time, and he said on behalf of the whole team.

Gao Hongbo nodded, however, he also saw that there were still a few players who were a little absent-minded, and he didn't have much to say, when it was time to play, these proud guys would know how difficult the opponent was.

If it was in the past, Gao Hongbo would be very worried about the player's attitude, and the history of the Chinese team capsizing in the gutter is too much. The history of the national football team's impact on the World Cup is, to some extent, a history of "overturning the boat in the gutter", when the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Hong Kong, China and other teams that were not outstanding and not amazing have made the national football team swallow the bitter fruit, especially the top ten ten ten years ago were not so much planted at the feet of Iran, but rather crushed by Qatar The dream of qualifying, it was Qatar that we did not regard as an opponent that made us suffer a big loss.

In addition, in the 2oo4 Olympic qualifiers, the Chinese team also overturned in the gutter in Malaysia, and now in the Chinese team, Du Wei, Qu Bo and others have experienced that game.

Therefore, Gao Hongbo is also reminding players to pay attention. However, he didn't worry too much, why? Because Yang Fan is here, this is where the last insurance for the Chinese team lies.

Even if the team is passive because of the mentality of the players, he believes that Yang Fan can lead the Chinese team out of the predicament, and if there is such an experience, it is not an experience for the team.

"Yang Fan, this game is the time to test you. Gao Hongbo continued.

Yang Fan looked up at Gao Hongbo.

Gao Hongbo then drew a circle on top of Jordan's goalkeeper Shafi on the tactical board to show the key figures.

Yang Fan nodded, indicating that he understood what the head coach meant. At the same time, his eyes were condensed, which was the excitement of meeting his opponent. The world's top goalkeepers, Chelsea's Cech, Inter Milan's Cesar, Real Madrid's Casillas, Barcelona's Valdés, Juventus's Buffon, etc., etc., these top goalkeepers have all been broken by Yang Fan. Yang Fan was not stunned when facing those opponents, and Yang Fan naturally would not be stunned by Shafi, who became famous in the Asian Cup, in fact, this opponent would arouse his interest.

Who is the biggest scout in this Asian Cup, many people may name Jordanian goalkeeper Shafi. Jordanian goalkeeper Shafi, who made miraculous saves in the first two games, was the biggest contributor to Jordan's draw with defending champions Japan and victory over Saudi Arabia, and then in the final game of the group stage against Syria, Shafi not only continued his outstanding form in defense, but also directly staged an assist.

As Jordan's on-field captain, the 29-year-old Shafi's performance in the Asian Cup was magical: against Asian giants Japan, he repeatedly made high and low blocks in front of goal, saved Japan's many close balls, and tried to ensure Jordan's 1-1 draw. In the second game, after Jordan took the lead in the second game against a strong Saudi Arabian team, the Saudi Arabian team, which was behind in the last moments, led by Asian footballer Al-Qahtani, attacked the Jordanian goal. However, under Shafi's calm command and miraculous saves, the Jordan team snatched the tiger from the Saudi team and won the game, and at the same time made the Saudi Arabian team, the favorite to become the first team to exit the Asian Cup.

In the match with Syria, in the face of the Syrian team's attack, Shafi desperately pounced on the opponent's striker's feet several times, which left a deep impression on the fans. Even CCTV's commentary had to praise Shafi as the core of the Jordanian team, and Liu Jianhong commented on him as "Kahn of the Jordanian team".

However, Jordan's Kahn also showed the fans another side in the Jordan and Syria match: in the 59th minute of that game, when the Jordanian team and the Syrian team were deadlocked, Shafi won the ball in his own half, but just when people thought he would pass the ball to his own defender to organize the attack, the Jordanian goalkeeper suddenly turned forward and drove a long pass across the field, the ball ran directly to the Syrian team's penalty area, the Syrian goalkeeper was caught off guard, trying to attack to resolve the danger, and the Jordanian teammates who were inserted high were obviously prepared, and completed the cushion shot before the goalkeeper and completed the stunner。

In the gunpowder match between England and Germany at the World Cup in South Africa, German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer provided an assist shortly after the opening kick-off to help Klose score a goal, which was also the most impressive goalkeeper assist in recent times. In addition, in the 1998 World Cup in France, French goalkeeper Barthes also staged a big kick-off assist, and it was the 2o-year-old Henry who scored the goal.

In fact, Syria are also a dark horse in this Asian Cup, they did not make it out of the group, and it can only be said that they were unlucky, playing in a group with defending champions Japan and meeting the bigger dark horse Jordan. Syria is very strong, so to speak, the Syrian team was almost defeated at the feet of the Jordanian door god Shafi alone.

The official AFC website praised Shafi's performance, "...... With the dark horses Jordan advancing from the group with an unbeaten record, they will face more and stronger opponents in the upcoming matches. Perhaps whoever can step past Shafi will be the biggest winner of this Asian Cup. ”

The meeting between the Chinese team and the Jordanian team in the quarterfinals was not only described by the media as a meeting between the Chinese team with the first-class star Yang Fan and the grassroots team Jordan, but also as a showdown between the first-class superstar Yang Fan and the 'Asian Kahn' Shafi.

The night before the game, Gao Hongbo and the coaching staff had an exchange after studying the video of the Jordanian team's game again.

"Lao Gao, we're in the knockout round, and the pressure on your shoulders is a little less. Fu Bo said.

"I can only say that it is not as stressful as before. Gao Hongbo nodded, "However, to be honest, I don't think I think anything too much, you must know that breaking into the knockout stage should be a traditional ...... of Chinese football."

Gao Hongbo didn't lie, before the 2oo7 Asian Cup, the Chinese team ranked third in the overall record ranking of the Asian Cup, which is a result in the absence of the first five Asian Cups, which can be said to be a very good result.

For the national football team, which rarely has the opportunity to appear in the World Cup, a history of participating in the Asian Cup almost encompasses most of the laughter and tears, glory and humiliation of Chinese men's football on the international stage.

Although there have been times when the record is very bad, overall, the Chinese team's performance in the Asian Cup is still very good.

Since the 1976 Asian Cup in Iran, the Chinese team has participated in the Asian Cup for the first time. As of the end of the 2oo4 Asian Cup, the Chinese team has participated in a total of eight Asian Cups, and in these eight Asian Cups, the Chinese team has reached the semi-finals six times, including two runners-up.

It can be said that in the Asian Cup, the Chinese team is confident.

In the match with the Jordan team, if the Chinese team can get past this opponent, it will be able to reach the semi-finals! This is a hurdle, and after passing it, the Chinese team is qualified to make history: to attack the championship trophy!