Chapter 233: The Battle for Qualification
On March 14, Cheng Hai and others finally stepped on the plane back to Europe.
Also on this day, all the Champions League round of 16 matches are over, and the 2012/2013 Champions League quarterfinals are all released, namely Bundesliga Dortmund, La Liga Real Madrid, Serie A Juventus, French Paris Saint-Germain, Bundesliga Bayern Munich, La Liga Malaga, Turkish Premier League Galatasaray, La Liga Barcelona, the Premier League is all wiped out.
With the exception of Galatasaray and Malaga, the other six teams are all giants, and each team is full of apprehension about the upcoming quarter-final draw.
However, the draw is also on March 26, and the game in front of me is still in front of us.
On March 16, in the 26th round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund hosted Freiburg, who was in the middle of the standings.
Such a body and recovery ability simply make people crazy with jealousy, but there is nothing they can do, so they can only be jealous and jealous.
However, the continuous long-distance flight across the northern and southern hemispheres still greatly affected Cheng Hai's on-the-spot state.
However, even though Cheng Hai was indeed not in the usual state in the game, and it could even be said that it was much worse, he still enviably scored two assists.
Even if he didn't score, it would be a bit of a shame to interrupt his scoring streak, but no one would say that he was in bad shape.
In such a back-and-forth journey across most of the world, after scoring 18 goals in an exhibition match and causing a wave of global heated discussions, he was able to complete two assists in an official Bundesliga match the next day, which is already quite a good performance.
Moreover, even if Cheng Hai did not score, his tactical role was not comparable to others.
Just standing on the field can put a lot of pressure on the opponent, so that he does not dare to attack easily, reducing the pressure on his own defense in disguise and protecting Dortmund's goal.
The final score of this game was 6-1, Dortmund won by five goals at home, it is difficult to say that it was not the reason why Cheng Hai was present and suppressed Freiburg's offensive ability, even if he did not score a single goal.
Of course, there is no shortage of mavericks and media in this world, relying on unusual statements to attract traffic and attention.
For example, now, some media have pointed out that Cheng Hai has played poorly in two consecutive games, and only scored one goal in total in the two games, which is definitely a slump for Cheng Hai, whose career average goal rate has reached 2.5 per game.
They deliberately ignored the fact that Cheng Hai still had 3 assists. If you just look at the goal data, Cheng Hai has only scored one goal in two games, which is indeed considered a sluggish state.
Of course, with Cheng Hai's current popularity, such reports and news basically won't have any impact on him, just a very small number of people entertain themselves, and Cheng Hai's fans won't pay attention to it.
Cheng Hai himself would not pay attention to it, he didn't know that there was such a media that reported him negatively and generated strange traffic, and he stepped on the plane to Asia again.
After the Bundesliga match against Freiburg, the world of football entered the FIFA break, and those who had national team tasks had to return to the national team to play.
Huaguo is going to participate in the seventh round of the top 10 matches in the Asian region of the World Cup qualifiers South Korea vs Huaguo.
For the sworn enemies of East Asia, China and South Korea, this is a game where both sides must give it their all.
Winning this game, the Chinese team will emerge from the Asian zone ahead of schedule and become the first team in the world to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil after the host Brazil.
As for South Korea, they were only ranked 4th in Group A in terms of points, not to mention the top two direct qualifiers, and they did not even have a place in the play-offs, and now any game is a bloody battle, no matter who the opponent is.
Fans on both sides were equally watchful.
Because it is possible to qualify in advance, and there is a Chenghai field, even if it is an away game, the probability of qualifying is very high, so tens of thousands of Chinese fans from China poured over to Seoul, South Korea to cheer for the national football team.
You must know that this is South Korea, not an ordinary away stadium in China, and it can go to so many Chinese fans, which shows everyone's confidence in Cheng Hai and their desire to qualify for the World Cup.
Of course, if you don't make it to the scene, there are even more fans who choose to watch the game live.
Although the match day, March 26, was not a weekend, and although Peking time was an hour behind South Korea, the game was played at 18:00 local time at 19:00 local time in South Korea, and some fans had not even left work yet.
But on this day, the number of Chinese fans watching this crucial world preliminary match still easily reached tens of millions.
Everyone is excitedly waiting for the moment when the Chinese team will qualify.