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Eager to score an equalizer, the Jordanian team began to fight back desperately, and in the 77th minute, it took advantage of a mistake in the back of the Chinese team to pull a goal back.

Since then, Cannavaro has also adjusted his team's tactics to shrink the defense.

Fight to hold on to the one-goal lead.

Because in the first leg, the Chinese team lost to Jordan 2:3 away. They have two away goals. As long as this game can be won 2-1, it will have an advantage in the group standings with an away goal advantage, ahead of Jordan and top the group.

In the end, the Chinese team successfully held on.

After this game, the Chinese team and the Jordan team were on the same point, but because of the away goal advantage, they ranked first in the group.

As long as the Chinese team can beat the United Arab Emirates away from home in the final round of the group stage, they will complete Cannavaro's goal of "qualifying as the top of the group".

And Chen Long played a crucial role in accomplishing this goal.

His return to China this time can even be said to be "fighting fires". Without him, the Chinese team may be able to defeat the Jordan team with its strong overall strength, but the process will not be as easy as it is now. Of course, to a certain extent, this is also related to the absolute strength of this national team, after all, this national team is the product of the alternation of the old and new era of Chinese football, and there is still a certain gap compared with the strength or potential of Chen Long and their age.

After the game, Chen Long did not go back to the hotel with the players, but rushed directly to the airport by car, and he will take a flight directly back to Italy.

After returning to Milan, Chen Long did not return to the team for training immediately. Mourinho gave Chen Long a day off to rest well, but at the same time, he also suffered jet lag.

So a day later, Chen Long returned to the team for training.

During training, Mourinho found that Chen Long was not showing any signs of jerkiness in his cooperation with the team, except for being a little tired, and he was very satisfied with this.

Before Chen Long participated in the national team competition, Mourinho was most worried about Chen Long's health. He is most afraid of Chen Long's injury, after all, the current Milan cannot afford the absence of any players. For Milan now, the biggest enemy is not other teams, but injuries, injuries are fiercer than tigers, this sentence is very applicable in football, many talented teams, or talented players, in the end not lose to the opponent, but to the injury.

Fortunately, though, what he feared didn't happen.

At 0:30 a.m. Beijing time on October 3. In the seventh round of Serie A, Milan's away challenge to Lazio began.

Chen Long, who participated in the national team competition, still started the game.

Because of his participation in the national team competition, Chen Long only played half of the game this time and was replaced at halftime.

He had neither a goal nor an assist in the first half.

However, Milan was able to lead Lazio by two goals in the first half, and Chen Long's contribution was not small.

He didn't have a direct assist, but he helped Milan to take control. Or rather, it was his, the impact that kept the Lazio players on the lookout for him, and in this way, he attracted the defensive attention of many Lazio players and created opportunities for his teammates, especially for Gross, the "CG combination"

It did not decrease because of Chen Long's absence from several games, but it became better, and finally Milan defeated Lazio 3-2 away.

A few hours before this match, China also beat the United Arab Emirates 2-1 away. In the end, it was determined that they won the group and advanced to the World Cup finals.

For the current national football team, it is no longer difficult to break through from the Asian region, and the World Cup finals have become a matter of course. But despite this, when the national football team successfully advanced to the World Cup finals, it also caused a huge repercussion in domestic football and caused a certain sensation.

A week later, in the eighth round of Serie A, Milan hosted Torino.

After sufficient rest and training, Chen Long's physical strength has recovered. So this time he played seventy minutes before being substituted.

And he had an assist before being substituted to help Milan beat Torino 2-0 at home.

During this period, the group stage of the Champions League was in full swing, and the Serie A champion Milan won four games and four wins in the absence of the leading scorer Chen Long, showing strong strength, and one foot has stepped into the threshold of the top 16.

Milan's strength has attracted a lot of media attention, and everyone is hotly discussing what the final result of this Milan team in the Champions League this season will be?

Or are they the biggest favourites to win the Champions League this season?

Of course, the topic of Milan being the favourites to win the Champions League has been widely discussed at the beginning of the season, and the reason why the old story is brought up again now is because this Milan team is menacing, making it difficult for fans to imagine, especially Milan fans, they are imagining, or looking forward to, is the Nerazzurri who once dominated the Champions League back? Or rather, the day of their return is not too far away.

Of course, in addition to discussing whether Milan is the favorite to win the championship, the media and fans are also discussing another topic, that is, which team Milan will face in the 1/8 finals, because judging from the current performance of the teams in each group, Milan is likely to meet Barcelona in the 1/8 finals this season, and once it will be Barcelona in the end, then it will be an old story.

Everyone knows the grievances between Milan and Barcelona last season, Milan last season could have reached the Champions League final to a certain extent, but what happened later made all this possible, and now Milan's leading scorer Chen Long was also banned for four games because of some unpleasant or "premeditated" things that happened in the game with Barcelona last season, which also led to Chen Long not even playing a minute in the Champions League so far this season, This is unacceptable to Milan fans, so naturally, in the minds of Milan fans, Barcelona is already the enemy of all Milan cities, so once this season, finally Milan meets Barcelona again in the 1/8 finals, to a certain extent, it will be a revenge battle.

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In the ninth round of the league, Milan challenged Fiorentina away.

In this game, Chen Long continued to start. And scored a goal in the 60th minute.

In the end, Milan drew 1-1 away at Fiorentina in the game. Continue to be at the top of the standings.

After nine league games, Milan not only remain at the top of the standings, but also lead by a huge margin of seven points.