Soon after the game, Qin Gude received a text message from the national team manager, and Gao Hongbo's concern for his injury was far greater than that of Dortmund FC.

After recovering that the coach's injury would not affect his participation in the upcoming World Preliminaries, Qin Gude began to recover from his ankle.

The Borussia Dortmund players returned to their home stadium three days later, venting their fury with a 4-0 thrashing over newly promoted Augsburg.

Robert Lewandowski scored his first Bundesliga hat-trick and set up Götze's goal, and the Polish striker, who scored three goals and one pass, was undisputedly named Man of the Match, while his rival Barrios sat on the bench for a full 80 minutes, only getting a few minutes to warm up when the big picture was decided.

When the team doctor and physiotherapist determined that Qin Goode had recovered from his injury, he did not participate in the team's next training and took the plane directly to Shenzhen.

For this core within ten years, the national team did not dare to slack off, and the Football Association contacted the best hospital in Shenzhen early to send experts to make a detailed diagnosis for him, and the diagnosis results made leaders at all levels breathe a sigh of relief.

But even so, Gao Hongbo did not put him in the squad for the warm-up match against the United Arab Emirates on October 6, and the Chinese coach did not give him even a minute to fully recover.

On October 11, Qin Gude appeared at the Shenzhen Stadium as scheduled.

The Pearl River Delta has always been a hot ball market, with only 32,000 seats in the stadium full, which made the organizers regret a little, why not arrange the home stadium in Guangzhou, which has a larger capacity......

The fans here are even more enthusiastic, no matter which stand is fluttering colorful banners and flags - of course the main color is always red - huge waves of red people with flags and rousing drums, Shenzhen fans have created the most suitable atmosphere for the Chinese team.

After nearly a year of running-in, this lineup has cultivated a basic tacit understanding - the only exception is Qin Goode, the offensive core melancholy has missed many warm-up games and training camps, and the cooperation between his teammates is still insufficient, so Gao Hongbo needs to use Shao Jiayi, who is most familiar with his playing style, to be responsible for organizing the series.

From a certain point of view, one can even say ...... Shao Jiayi has a great deal of luck because of Qin Gude's survival to remain in the national team, and still wears the captain's armband - of course, his own strength and experience are indeed needed by this national team.

In this game, the former Cottbus's Chinese twin stars started together, coupled with Hao Jun on the left side, the midfield attack group formed by the "Liude trio" was enough to terrify the Iraqi defense.

As the MVP of the Asian Cup, Qin Gude has been the focus of the entire Iraqi team, just 15 minutes ago, he was overturned by the opponent three times, and he did not even get a chance to shoot with his feet.

"The Iraqi team is really terribly tenacious," Liu Jianhong, who was in charge of the live broadcast commentary, sighed behind the screen, "In the past few years, they have experienced a war that almost wiped out the country, the domestic economy has declined, the football environment has deteriorated extremely, and the Iraqi Football Federation has suffered a crisis of disbandment, and their players cannot even get one-tenth of the salary of Chinese Super League players, and they often encounter life-threatening conditions." However, it is in this situation that their national team has repeatedly made breakthroughs, and in 2007 they won the Asian Cup in one fell swoop, which made the world look ......"

"Hehe," the commentator Zhang Lu opened his mouth, "Iraq has obviously conducted a very in-depth study of us, and has also made careful arrangements, judging from the 20 minutes of the table, they successfully froze the Chinese team's frontcourt attack, especially their midfielder Akram almost stuck to Qin Good's body inch by inch, as long as Qin Goode has signs of raising his leg to shoot, he immediately did not hesitate to get down, which led Qin Goode to play very uncomfortable." ”

Standing in front of him is Iraqi midfielder Nasat Akram, a 27-year-old who is a tall man who can play both offensively and defensively, and in addition to his strong defensive interceptions, he also has the ability to break through with the ball, score with a shot, and even have a good free-kick...... But such an all-round player was sent to guard Qin Goode, almost abolishing his ability to organize and attack, which undoubtedly shows the importance that Iraq attaches to him.

Iraq, with one win and one loss, are clearly more hungry for victory, while the Chinese team, who have six points in hand, look a little cringe, especially ...... Hao Jun and Shao Jiayi, members of the attacking team, failed to pose much threat to Iraq's goal in the opponent's tough scramble.

On the other hand, Zhao Xuyang and Zheng Zhi also played their role, and they spared no effort in the midfield, intercepting and sweeping again and again to ensure that their own backline did not encounter too many problems.

The first half ended in a back-and-forth strangulation between the two sides.

Qin Gude, who took off his shirt, looked at the abrasions and bruises all over his body, and swallowed all a banana in some depression.

"Goode, you're paying too much attention to your long-range shots." The manager's voice rang out in the dressing room.

He couldn't help but look up.

"But the responsibility lies with me," Gao Hongbo's face did not have a sense of blame, but a trace of indescribable shame, "we are a little underestimated, Iraq is not a team that can be beaten casually, we need some changes." ”

"Jiayi, you rest in the second half, Gao Feilin, we play double strikers," the coach's voice raised slightly, "Zheng Zhi's position is a little prerequisite, I need you to cover the entire middle, and at the same time, Zheng Zhi, Hao Jun, and Qin Gude can make appropriate changes when attacking...... On the defensive line, the two central defenders were adamantly not allowed to plug in. He looked at the tactical board that had been drawn by himself, simply threw away the pen, and looked at the players in front of him, "I know, some people are thinking that we have six points in hand, even if we don't win this game, we still have an advantage, I tell you, people who have such thoughts should stand up as soon as possible!" If you can't win this game at home, is there another reason to lose if you go away? ”

More than a dozen players didn't dare to say anything, only Shao Jiayi, who was the captain, slowly spoke: "Everyone, no one likes to think of any battle of life and death and honor in the last two rounds, I will cheer for you on the bench, don't disappoint the fans who came to watch the game today!" He took the captain's armband off his arm and handed it to Sun Jihai, the oldest player in the team.

After glancing at the head coach and getting tacit approval, Sun Jihai cherished the armband around his right arm: "Brothers, let them see how you won the Asian Cup!" ”

He patted his cheek vigorously and walked out of the locker room first-

In the second half, the Chinese team suddenly changed their style of play: Yang Xuri and Gao Feilin, two strong forwards, inserted into the back of Iraq like nails, and two defenders with delicate skills and excellent dribbling, Hao Jun and Qin Good, attacked Iraq's flanks in turn, and the two often swapped left and right, making the defenders tired of marking.

On the defensive line, the two central defenders are firmly in their own half, the left full-back Rong Ritian is frequently involved in the attack, and the right full-back Sun Jihai stays in the back, but he often attacks through guò long passes, and he and the two central defenders form a solid defensive line to ensure that the opponent cannot play a quick counterattack lightly.

Time passed quickly in the attack and defense of both sides, and when it entered the last 30 minutes, whether it was Iraq or China, the bodies of players on both sides fell to a critical point, but fortunately, Gao Hongbo made arrangements in advance, so that the three defenders reduced their assists and saved more of their bodies, otherwise the home team, which has always had average endurance, may be the first to collapse.

In the 65th minute, the situation on the field changed abruptly, Iraqi fullback Abbas was determined by the referee to delay time, received the second yellow card and was sent off with a red card, and the Chinese team faced a favorable situation of playing more and less.

Gao Hongbo immediately made adjustments, he replaced the already tired Artemisia Jun with the new force Yu Hanchao, and activated Yang Xuri on a certain period of time on the field, and the two Liaoning teammates also gradually played some cooperation on the left side, and Iraq's defense became clumsy with one less man.

In the 78th minute, the Chinese team finally broke the deadlock: Sun Jihai made a direct pass on the right, Qin Gude shook off the defense and hung the pass to the penalty area, Gao Feilin forcibly leaned on the Iraqi central defender to give the football point to Zheng Zhi in the middle, who almost completed a strong shot near the penalty spot, due to the obstruction of vision, the Iraqi goalkeeper did not see the moment he shot at all, and could only hear a whistling wind.

Qin Goode gave a full score to the old-timer's powerful shot: after all, the opponent is a star-level player who has scored 20 goals in a single season in the league - which is almost unimaginable in the Chinese Super League where foreign strikers are rampant 10 years later.

Five minutes later, the left side of the Chinese team also reaped results: Qin Gude used the ball to attract the opponent's defense line to the right and then suddenly turned to the left side in a large area, Yu Hanchao received the ball and then hung the ball in front of the goal, Yang Xuri rushed to complete the header before the goalkeeper attacked, and the score was expanded to 2-0!

Gao Hongbo, who had already received three points, was relieved to boldly play the last card: Yang Xuri, the hero of the goal, was rested, and Huang Bowen, the defender, went into battle to further stabilize the team's defense.

The substitution proved to be a necessity: Iraq, who were two goals down, launched a desperate attack in the final eight minutes - and their goalkeeper even burst into the Chinese penalty area!

In addition to Gao Feilin, the remaining ten members of the Chinese team also shrank in the 30-meter area to participate in the defense, and even Qin Gude was given a yellow card for fighting too much.

When the three-minute stoppage time was over, three short whistles sounded on the pitch, and the sky above the Shenzhen Stadium burst into thunderous cheers in an instant.

Gao Hongbo looked at the stadium, which could only accommodate 32,000 people, and suddenly said with a smile to the leader of the national team:

"Sue sù above, in the future, our home field, we have to choose a bigger one! I'm confident that every show will be full! ”