Since the 10-0 defeat of the Maldives, every move of the national football team has affected the hearts of the whole country.

Even a game in the first training session on arrival in Xi'an was spread by domestic fans, causing heated discussions among netizens on the Internet, and was regarded as a strong evidence of the national football team's mentality.

But for the next life-and-death battle, everyone is very worried.

Qatar is not the Maldives, which is ranked 158th in FIFA, but Qatar is ranked 80th, 16th higher than China, and the Middle Eastern side has already proven itself in the group stage of the round of 40.

You can score 10 goals against the Maldives, but what about against Qatar?

Lack of offensive strength has always been the weakness of the national football team, can it get better in the face of a team like Qatar?

As the game approached, all kinds of news were coming.

Qatar has qualified ahead of schedule and does not attach much importance to this game, and they will have a number of main players missing this game, which is good news for the Chinese team, but the Chinese people dare not be careless.

In the past few decades, a draw can qualify, a win can qualify, and so on, for Chinese football, there is not too much experience, but the final result is often painful, not to mention that like now, winning may not be able to qualify.

Every fan who cares about the national football team is worried, and they are worried about whether the national team coached by Gao Han will repeat the mistakes of that year, and whether there will be another tragedy of falling off the chain at a critical moment?

Was the 10-goal win over the Maldives just a flash in the pan?

Chinese fans don't dare to place too much hope on the national team, and they don't dare to give too much confidence because they are afraid.

Head coach Gao Han said in an interview with the media at the press conference before the game that he did not care about whether he could win or whether he could qualify.

"I would say that we always put too much calculation and energy into other side things and it makes us unfocused, so I only have one thought, one request, for this game, to try to play it well and get a win. ”

"I believe that the Chinese fans are sensible, they love this country, they love this team, as long as all of us give our best and have a clear conscience, no matter what the final result is, I believe no one will blame us. ”

"I've always believed that as long as we serve normally, we can beat our opponents. ”

Gao Han's remarks before the game have also been recognized by domestic fans, whether on the Internet or in the provincial stadium on the night of the game, all fans are responding to Gao Han's words, hoping that the national football team will do its best and leave no regrets.

On the night of the game, the provincial stadium was not only crowded and full, but also gathered countless fans who came to the scene but could not buy tickets to enter the stadium, even if even the scalpers were hard to find.

After several days of reports and attention, tonight, all parts of the country can be described as empty alleys, and the whole country is paying attention.

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Shaanxi Provincial Stadium, home team locker room.

Gao Han got the starting squad for this game in Qatar.

As expected by the coaching staff, in the last game of the wantless and wantless game, Qatar carried out a lot of rotation, especially in the backline, the rotation was not small, obviously preparing for the next round of 12 in advance.

But this is not necessarily a good thing for the Chinese team.

Relatively speaking, Qatar's mentality will be more relaxed, but the rotation players will work harder than the main players, because they have to prove themselves, in this case, once there is a situation that cannot be attacked for a long time, it will be very uncomfortable for the national football team.

'As I said before the game, Qatar rotate a lot, but they have a very aggressive defender in the midfield, a fast pace of pressing and pressing, and a lot more physical, so it's going to be a big test for us. ”

"I told everyone before the game, after the opening we have to attack, disrupt the opponent's rhythm from the beginning, the defense must be pressed, from the front to the back three lines must put enough pressure on the opponent, to press them to the death, not to give the opponent the slightest respite. ”

Everyone in the locker room looked at Gao Han with a serious face and nodded solemnly.

These are all things that Gao Han and the coaching staff repeatedly told before the game.

"Guys, tonight is the last game of the Round of 40. ”

After arranging the tactical arrangements, Gao Han began to make the final mobilization before going on the field.

"If we can't beat the opponent in tonight's game, then our pace of attacking the 2018 World Cup in Russia will stop here, and many players in the team will never have the opportunity to hit the World Cup again. ”

After hearing Gao Han's words, many players from around eight or five years ago, including captain Zheng Zhi, looked a little gloomy.

Even Zheng Zhi, a veteran of the team, has never experienced the 2002 World Cup, and no player in the team has experienced the feast of the World Cup.

Four years after that, four years after that, and four years after that.

It's as if they're in reincarnation, wasting their time again and again.

The fans scolded them, the media scolded them, everyone scolded them, and sometimes even they scolded themselves.

It's a tragedy, and neither side in it is innocent, but it's also sympathetic.

"I can't promise you, I will be able to let you get what you want, I am a human being, not a god, I can't promise my players those things that I can't guarantee at all, the only thing I can promise is that I promise you, I will fight with you until the last moment, every minute and a second, and never give up!"

"Tonight's game, the most terrible thing is not the opponent on the other side of the stadium, but ourselves, how much belief you are eager for the World Cup, eager to win, whether you can wash away the doubts of the fans in the past ten years, you need to prove it yourself in tonight's game. ”

"I don't want to say a lot of high-sounding things, I'm here, I just want to say to you, tonight, you have to fight for yourself, fight for your name, fight for the World Cup!"

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"Audience friends, welcome to China TV. ”

"We are now broadcasting live from the Shaanxi Provincial Stadium in Xi'an. ”

"It's 20 o'clock in the evening, and in 15 minutes, the world-renowned group stage of the top 40 match between China and Qatar will kick off here, which will also be the last group stage of the Chinese team, and determine whether they can successfully advance from the top 40. ”

"Five days ago, we beat the Maldives 10-0 in Wuhan to set the stage for our national team to qualify and rekindle our hopes of qualifying, but if we want to qualify for the round of 12, we need to beat Qatar in tonight's game and get the three points. ”

"The game was originally scheduled to kick off at 19:35, but after the efforts of the Chinese Football Association, the kick-off time was delayed by 40 minutes. ”

"Don't underestimate those 40 minutes, which will give us more time to play later than the two games between Australia against Jordan and the Philippines against North Korea, and it will give us more time to adjust our strategy at the last minute. ”

"We have got the starting lineup for this game of the Chinese team. ”

Gao Han adjusted the starting lineup, but still adopted a four-three-three formation. ”

The goalkeeper is still Zeng Cheng, the back line is Jiang Zhipeng, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linfan and Zhao Mingjian, the midfielder is the captain Zheng Zhituo, Hao Junmin and Huang Baiwen partner in the midfield, and the forward line is Wu Lei, Gao Lin and Zhang Xizhe. ”

"Zhao Jun, a young central defender who performed well in the last game, did not start, but entered the substitute squad, and what is somewhat surprising is that Gao Han arranged Wu Lei, Gao Lin and Zhang Xizhe to partner in the front trident, which has to be said to be very surprising. ”

As for the midfielder Huang Baiwen's start, it was not surprising that it was revealed as early as February during the training camp that Gao Han admired Huang Baiwen very much, so the midfield was adjusted in this game, and it is estimated that he also intended to try different combinations. ”

Gao Lin, Wu Lei, Hao Junmin and Zheng Zhi continued to start, which can see Gao Han's reliance and trust in these four players, and I believe that these four players will take on the task of attacking the national team in this game. ”

"Qatar still adopts a single-striker formation of 4141, but compared with the previous first leg, there are enough eight positions that have changed, and it can be seen that they have not gone all out, which is also in line with their early group qualification, no desire and no demand, after all, at this time, the Chinese team is still dead, and some gains outweigh the losses. ”

"But this does not mean that the national football team can be careless, after all, Qatar's strength is not weak. ”

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The players of the two teams, led by the Malaysian referee, walked out of the players' tunnel one after another.

The entire provincial stadium burst into wild cheers.

Tens of thousands of fans shouted and cheered hoarsely in the stands, forming an overwhelming momentum.

Especially when the head coach of the Chinese national team, Gao Han, walked out of the players' tunnel, the call on the scene reached its peak.

Gao Han walked to the away team's coach's box and shook hands with the Qatari coaching staff one by one, showing the demeanor of a world-famous coach.

In the players' tunnel just now, he had already met with the referee team one by one and greeted them.

After the players of the two teams stood in a row at the exit of the players' tunnel, the national anthem of the away team Qatar was first sung on the spot, and then the national anthem of the home team China.

When the loud March of the Volunteers sounded in the stadium, all the fans in the stadium stood up, and all the coaches and benches of the home team, including Gao Han, also stood up and sang the Chinese national anthem along with the singing.

The inspiring singing voice floated over the stadium, and everyone felt a force from this song, as if this song was singing the current national football team, which has sunk for too long, and domestic fans have been looking forward to the rise of the national football team, hoping that they can move forward as sung in the national anthem!

In this game, the national football team has reached the most dangerous time, and everyone, whether they are coming to the scene or the fans sitting in front of the TV, are making their final roars.

They are all eager to see a national football team with one heart and one mind, and see an attacking national football team!

When the national song was anthemated, Gao Han turned around and looked at the fans in the stands behind him, although it was a little far away, he could still clearly see that many people were reaching out to wipe their tears.

After the captain Zheng Zhi finished guessing the side, he called all his teammates around him, and the group formed a circle, each of them folded their hands together, shouting in unison, "Forward! !!Forward!!"

With the shouts of the national football team, thunderous applause sounded in the stands again.

The national anthem sounded again.

Tens of thousands of fans are inspiring the players in the stadium in this way.

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