Chapter 433: The National Team's Key Battle
After Atletico Madrid won the La Liga title with a record 106 points, Zhang's 2012/2013 season at the club was over.
However, he has not been able to rest.
Because, the club game is over, but the battle of life and death for the national team is not over.
In the top 10 of the 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese team was divided into Group B, in the same group as Australia, Japan, Jordan and Oman.
There are a total of ten rounds of matches in the top 10 rounds, and after the first seven rounds, Japan is first in Group B with 13 points, China is second with 10 points, Jordan is third with 6 points, Oman is fourth with 5 points, and Australia is fifth with 4 points.
As the highest-ranked team in FIFA Asia, the top 10 matches have been played for seven rounds, but Australia is ranked first from the bottom of Group B, which can be said to have broken everyone's glasses.
Even Australia couldn't qualify, which is a good proof of the media's argument that Group B is the group of death after the draw ceremony.
However, it is not the business of the Chinese team that Australia will not qualify, the Chinese team is now ranked second, and only needs to play the remaining three rounds of the top ten, and it is very likely to qualify directly for the World Cup as the second in Group B, and there is no need to even play the play-offs.
Such a prospect naturally makes Chinese fans extremely excited!
Zhang Huasong's continuous highlight performance in Europe, the Champions League title, the quadruple crown, and more than 100 goals in the season, etc., have made many Chinese fans who once loved football and left disappointed to sit in front of the TV and computer again, and start watching football games and paying attention to football news.
Zhang Huasong's performance in Europe God blocking and killing God and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha naturally made everyone look forward to his national team performance.
Previously, Zhang Huasong participated in two national team games, scored two hat-tricks in a row, and also had an assist.
Fans have every reason to look forward to Zhang Huasong leading the Chinese team to the World Cup and achieving excellent results in the World Cup, rather than playing soy sauce like in 2002.
The last round of the league on June 1, dinner with the club's players and staff on June 2, flight to Oman on June 3, and the eighth round of the top 10 match between the Chinese team and Oman on June 4.
In the eighth round of the top 10, Oman vs China, Japan vs Australia, and Jordan had a bye.
At 10 a.m. local time on June 4, the Oman home VS Chinese team officially began.
Although Zhang Huasong has just participated in the last round of the league, in fact, Zhang Huasong played quite easily in the next two rounds of the league.
There is no pressure to win the championship, mentally and physically are much more relaxed, with Zhang Huasong's own physical strength and sports miracle doctor, god-level physiotherapy skills, even after a long flight from Spain to Oman, there is no problem in coping with the 90-minute game.
Jordan has a bye in this round of the game, and if China wins away against Oman, it will be 7 points ahead of Jordan and 8 points ahead of Oman.
With two rounds left in the game, even if the Chinese team loses the last two rounds and Jordan and Oman win, they will not be able to surpass the Chinese team's points.
This means that as long as the Chinese team wins, the Chinese team can at least secure the third place.
Australia, which is in fifth place, only has 4 points, and even if it wins against Japan in this round, it will only have 7 points, which is still 6 points behind the Chinese team.
In the last two rounds, the Chinese team will lose all and Australia will win all to chase the tie, and the second and third place rankings will be determined by goal difference.
And if Australia draws or loses simply against Japan in this round, then the Chinese team can at least lock up the second place in Group B and qualify for the World Cup in Brazil two rounds ahead of schedule.
In such a situation, plus Zhang Huasong's own physical strength, there is no problem.
Therefore, after communicating with head coach Rehhagel, Otto the Great put Zhang Huasong in the starting list for this game.
There are also countless fans, even non-fans, who are following this game, both at home and at home.
After the start of the game, under the pressure of having to defeat the Chinese team, the Oman team had to launch an active attack on the Chinese team.
It seems that they used two midfielders to defend Zhang Huasong, but Zhang Huasong's dribbling and breakthrough ability are unsolvable problems in Europe, let alone the level of Asian teams.
Therefore, in the 5th minute of the game, Zhang Huasong used a fancy bicycle to pass the first back of the Oman team, and then used a Marseille slalom to pass the second.
If the ball hadn't been wasted by the striker, the Chinese team would have scored in the opening 5 minutes.
In the 8th minute, Zhang Huasong almost scored a goal with another galloping counterattack, but Zhang Huasong's shot hit the post and popped off the bottom line.
Zhang Huasong's active performance made the head coach of the Oman team very anxious, and he shouted anxiously off the field: "Defend him, guard against him!"
As a result, another midfielder came to surround Zhang Huasong, trying to defend Zhang Huasong strictly.
However, there were only so many people on the pitch. Three people came to defend Zhang Huasong, and the other Chinese team players naturally had no one to defend.
Although the ability of Chinese players has been criticized, they are professional players after all, and they can still pass without defense, whether it is passing, dribbling, or shooting.
So, in the 17th minute, the Chinese team sent the ball into the goal of the Oman team by striker Yu Dabao through a pass that did not pass through Zhang Huasong's feet.
The players of the Oman team were nervously defending Zhang Huasong, but unexpectedly, Zhang Huasong didn't even touch the ball, and was sent into his own goal.
The players of the Oman team were dumbfounded and didn't know what to do next!
Defending Zhang Huasong, other Chinese players can also score goals when the pressure is greatly reduced. But when the troops were divided to defend other Chinese players, the strength of defending Zhang Huasong naturally decreased.
In the face of Zhang Huasong, who is known as a goal machine and has scored many goals in the European arena, what is the use of one or two people defending?
The Oman team, both the coach and the players, are in a dilemma.
In fact, this is what made Atletico Madrid puzzled last season, and now it is the turn of the Chinese team's national team opponents to "enjoy".
If the Chinese team wants to qualify on its own, it will naturally not consider the feelings of the Omanis.
At the home of the Omanis, the Chinese team continued to play defensive counter-attacking tactics. Because the Oman team was already behind, they had to attack, and the Chinese team's defensive counterattack played more smoothly.
In the counterattack, Zhang Huasong's speed was even more unguardable.
In the 31st minute, Zhang Huasong finally scored. He scored a counter-attacking goal from a long-distance run of more than 40 meters, and the Chinese team led Oman 2-0 away from home.
In the 41st minute, Zhang Huasong's free-kick hit the post, allowing the Omanis to escape and avoid the doom of ending the game in the first half.
Their good fortune didn't last long, though.
In the second minute of the second half, Zhang Huasong scored a goal again with a long-distance counterattack. Zhang Huasong scored twice, and the Chinese team took a 3-0 lead.
After falling behind 3-0, Oman lost the confidence to equalize or even win, and became listless.
None of them themselves believed they could beat the Chinese team with Zhang Huasong.
Finally, in the 76th minute, Zhang Huasong scored another free kick and scored a hat-trick.
As soon as the 90 minutes arrived, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Zhang Huasong led the Chinese team to defeat the Oman team 4-0 away.
Now, just wait for the result of the other match in Group B at the same time, Japan vs Australia.
As long as Australia does not win against Japan, the Chinese team will be able to qualify early.
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