On the afternoon of July 23, Kunming Stadium.

In the first leg of the second round of the World Cup Asian qualifiers, China played against Laos.

This is the first qualifying match for the Chinese team to hit the 2014 Brazil World Cup, which can be described as a good start, and it happens to be late July, so although the opponent is not strong, Queiroz still recalled all the internationals.

In this game, the Chinese team still sacrificed a four-three-three formation, the goalkeeper is Wang Dalei, Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Zheng Zhi and Zhang Linpeng on the back line, Zhou Haibin in the midfield, Hao Junmin and Chen Tao partnered, and the front trident is Yang Yang, Gao Lin and Wu Lei.

After joining Borussia Dortmund, Chen Tao's position was not secure, and he had to drop back in order to compete for more appearances, and now looks more like a player in the middle of midfield, as Klopp feels he lacks pace and impact on the wing.

Queiroz obviously thinks so too, especially after Wu Lei's excellent performance at Ajax, he decisively made adjustments, pulled Chen Tao back to the midfield, partnered with Hao Junmin, pushed Wu Lei out, and reorganized the trident.

And letting Zhou Haibin play a single back, this also proves Queiroz's determination in this game, that is, to attack with all his might.

The first shot of the game came from Laos but failed to threaten.

The visiting team opened the attack, obviously hoping to disrupt the rhythm of the Chinese team, but the risk is also very high, especially when the gap between strength and weakness is obvious.

In the fourth minute, the Chinese team's frontcourt pressing worked, Chen Tao quickly moved to the right side after breaking the ball, the Chinese team quickly instigated a counterattack, Wu Lei passed low to the back point on the right side, Yang Yang followed up and directly volleyed, penetrating the goal of the Lao team.

Then the Chinese team began a furious attack, constantly creating threats, but it was not until the thirtieth minute that the Chinese team scored again, Yang Yang won the ball on the left side, attracted the attention of the defense, forced the ball to cut in, and picked up the pass with his right foot in front of the goal, Gao Lin followed up with a header to attack the goal, 2-0.

In stoppage time near the end of the first half, Zhang Linpeng crossed from the right, Gao Lin shook his head with a lion, and scored again, 3-0, and the Chinese team basically won the game.

In the second half, after the rematch, in the 51st minute, the Chinese team played a beautiful offensive cooperation, a continuous pass, sent to the feet of Gao Lin in the penalty area, Gao Lin knocked back, Chen Tao followed up and calmly pushed and hit, 4-0.

Two minutes later, the right side of the Chinese team once again played a beautiful match, Hao Junmin sent a wonderful pass, Chen Tao got rid of the defender and plugged the bottom line, Wu Lei quickly rushed to the bottom line and knocked back, Gao Lin easily followed up and hit, 5-0.

Gao Lin scored a hat-trick!

In the seventy-second minute, Yang Yang and Hao Junmin played a two-to-three continuous wonderful cooperation, Yang Yang burst into the penalty area and calmly hit the goal, 6-0.

In the 81st minute, Sun Xiang crossed on the left side, and Hao Junmin volleyed and scored again, 7-0.

In the 87th minute, Zhang Linpeng made a long pass to the penalty area on the right side, Gao Lin's header was ferried, and Chen Tao followed up and hit the shovel, 8-0.

A minute later, Hao Junmin fired a volley from the left rib and once again broke through the Lao team's goal, 9-0.

In the end, the Chinese team relied on the outstanding performance of the offensive players in the front court to defeat Laos by nine goals.

But after the game, including Yang Yang, many internationals and head coach Queiroz repeatedly said that the opponent was not strong, and this big victory could not prove anything.

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On the evening of the 28th, the second leg of the match between the two sides was held in Vientiane, Laos.

Queiroz made changes to his starting line-up this time around, starting to put on a large number of substitutes when the first leg was largely secure.

Goalkeeper Yan Junling, who just transferred to Ajax in the Eredivisie this season, got the start, and players such as Wu Xi, Cui Peng, Zhang Chengdong, Zhang Xizhe, and Zhao Xuri all appeared in the starting lineup.

After several years of development, the Chinese team's overseas army has become larger, although there are also precedents for Sun Xiang to return to China, but Chinese players staying abroad has formed a trend, and even many players would rather play in low-level leagues abroad than return to China easily.

For example, Mei Fang, the central defender who was recruited into the national team for the first time by Queiroz this time, also started this game and partnered with Du Wei as a central defender.

Mei Fang stayed in Strasbourg in the French second league in 08, and then went to the youth team of Club Brugge in the first division to try, and he was only 18 years old at the time.

Influenced by Chen Tao's excellent performance at Anderlecht, Brugge also received a lot of acceptance of Chinese players, so Mei Fang was given the opportunity to stay in Brugge, and the centre-back began his journey to Europe.

Excellent positional sense, strong defensive ability, cool head, fast speed, good overall view and ability to read the game, and a certain ability to pass long balls, these are Mei Fang's advantages.

But Club Brugge is a well-known Belgian strong team, a regular in Belgium's European competition, the competition in the team is extraordinary, Mei Fang is not well-known in China, and it is not easy to make a name for himself in a team like Club Brugge, he played in the youth team from 08 to 10.

It wasn't until the second half of last season that there was a defensive crisis in the first team of Club Brugge, and Mei Fang seized the opportunity, rushed into the first team in one fell swoop, and began to get opportunities, gradually gaining a foothold, but the new season is still facing cruel competition.

Yang Yang recognized Mei Fang when he joined the team, although he was not familiar with Mei Fang before, but they all played in Europe, he naturally heard about Mei Fang, and asked about his situation with concern, at that time Mei Fang had a sentence that made him feel very touched.

"There is still a big gap between me and the first team players in Brugge, but I will not give up easily, and even if I can't establish myself in Brugge, I will continue to try to stay in Europe and play football."

Yang Yang was very sure of Mei Fang's thoughts, and promised to give him help as much as he could, and also encouraged him.

Club Brugge is a regular in Europe, and the overall strength is also the best in Belgium, and it is also a strong team in European football.

"Competitive sports is all about being competitive, no matter how strong a team encounters an opponent, it must dare to fight to the death with the opponent, and no matter how difficult the environment is, a player must strive for self-improvement, as long as he continues to challenge and break through himself, he will be able to succeed in the end."

Yang Yang's words of encouragement to Mei Fang were also unanimously approved by his teammates in the national team, but all players who have stayed abroad know that it is very, very difficult for Chinese players to succeed in the European League, and everyone must work hard beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

In the whole process, as long as there is the slightest slackness, it will be thrown down immediately.

Subsequently, the Chinese team beat Laos 7-0 in Vientiane, Deng Zhuoxiang and Yu Han Dynasty both scored twice, and Mei Fang also took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to score the first national team goal of her career.

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The Chinese team defeated Laos with an aggregate score of 16-0 over two legs and successfully reached the round of 20, and Queiroz's team showed strong offensive firepower, especially in the second round, which was achieved without Yang Yang, Gao Lin, Chen Tao and Wu Lei and other foreign internationals, proving Queiroz's ability to adjust in this regard.

The domestic media also unanimously praised it, firmly believing that this time the national team will still be able to rush into the World Cup in Brazil, and even have the opportunity to go further and perform better in the World Cup in Brazil.

In the subsequent draw for the top 20, the Chinese team was also lucky, drawing Iraq, Jordan and Singapore.

Domestic public opinion was in an uproar again, and the media and fans celebrated this draw, believing that the Chinese team had basically entered the top ten in advance, and with a world-class superstar like Yang Yang, it would not be a problem for the Chinese team to rush into the World Cup again, and public opinion began to become a little overly optimistic and even arrogant.

After playing Laos, other foreign international players have left the national team and returned to the club to report that a warm-up match against Jamaica on August 10 will basically be composed of domestic players, and only Yang Yang will remain in China, waiting to meet Real Madrid.

After the lottery results came out, Yang Yang repeatedly warned everyone not to repeat the mistakes of the past when he was interviewed by domestic authoritative media.

"I think we shouldn't be overly optimistic at this stage, of course, we should be confident that we have the quality to qualify for the World Cup, but we shouldn't underestimate each of our opponents, we need to pay attention to every game, every opponent, so that we can have a chance to enter the top 10 and enter the World Cup in Brazil."

Yang Yang also mentioned Queiroz, he said that Queiroz's coaching time is not short, and the transformation of the national team is also very successful, this time playing Laos, he clearly felt the changes in the national team, and he firmly believes that under the coaching of Queiroz, the overall strength of the Chinese team can be further improved.

In addition, Yang Yang also affirmed Queiroz's achievements in promoting young players, because many young players have emerged in this national team, and Queiroz is also bold to reuse.

Just like Wu Lei, he is still young, but in the World Cup in Brazil three years later, he should be able to enter the teams of the four major leagues, and he will definitely be able to provide great help to the team.

The head coach of the national team, Queiroz, also affirmed Yang Yang's remarks, saying that everyone must have a clear enough understanding, and he himself firmly believes that he can lead the Chinese team to the World Cup in Brazil.

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When Yang Yang was playing in the national team, Real Madrid returned to Europe from the United States and played a warm-up match against Bundesliga team Hertha Berlin in Berlin, Germany, and reversed Hertha Berlin 3-1 with a brace from Ibrahimovic.

Real Madrid then challenged Leicester City in the Championship, and Ibrahimovic made a pass and a shot to help the team beat Leicester City 2-1.

Since then, Real Madrid has played a total of five warm-up games and maintained a winning record, and Ancelotti's coaching has been very smooth, especially the scenes presented in these five warm-up games, which makes people see Ancelotti's transformation of this Real Madrid team.

After beating Leicester City, Real Madrid immediately drove and took a special plane to China.

Yang Yang also immediately flew from his home in Beijing to Guangzhou to join the team.

At this time, Real Madrid's transfer to introduce Neymar also has the latest development.