Chapter 575: Dead Knock Host (I)
This round of matches is a complete life-and-death battle for the Qatar team, and if they lose this game, they will also bid farewell to this Asian Cup in advance.
Obviously, the Qatari team does not want to leave the Asian Cup just like that, and this game, they will play in front of the final.
However, the strength of the Uzbekistan team is still very strong, and if the Qatar team wants to defeat the Uzbekistan team, it can only expect to play at a super level.
In this game, the Qatar team played very hard, they attacked aggressively, hoping to win against their opponents, and they performed very well in the game, and once equalized.
But in the end, they still lost to Uzbekistan with a score of 1-2, becoming the first team to be eliminated in this Asian Cup.
Qatar was eliminated, which worries the UAE team, because they are now in a similar situation to Qatar, and if they lose this game, they will also follow in the footsteps of Qatar and go straight out of the Asian Cup.
The UAE team still has some strength, and they are favored by many celebrities, who believe that the UAE team has the ability to qualify from the group.
Ahead of the Asian Cup, many predicted that China and the UAE would advance from Group 1, believing that the UAE team was outstanding.
The players of the Chinese team naturally know what the strength of the UAE is, and at this time, they will naturally not underestimate the UAE team, and the players of the Chinese team will naturally go all out for this game.
Now the head coaches of the whole Asian Cup team are almost all paying attention to this game and the performance of the Chinese team, and they want to see the strength of the Chinese team in the first game, whether they should have the strength or play at a super level.
In the first game of the Chinese team, the combat power shown really scared many people, if this is really the strength of the Chinese team, then the Chinese team will be a terrible team, and it will be the strongest opponent on their way to the championship.
At this time, the players and coaches of the UAE team are also very nervous, if the Chinese team is really so strong, their game is very suspenseful.
However, they came with the determination to win this game, no matter what the strength of the Chinese team is, they have to fight to the death and must win this game, because they don't want to be eliminated.
In terms of the Chinese team, the UAE also attaches great importance to it, and in order to ensure its qualification, the Chinese team is obviously going to defeat the UAE team.
Through the observation of the first two games, the players of the Chinese team already know that the strength of the Uzbekistan team is the strongest of the three opponents, and the players of the Chinese team definitely do not want to fight with the Uzbekistan team in the last game, and they can qualify as early as possible, so as not to have any unexpected accidents in the last game.
Before the game, the head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, repeatedly emphasized that the players of the Chinese team must go all out to win the game in this game, and the Chinese team has only one goal in this game, that is, to win and win three points.
The players of the Chinese team also know their current situation, and they are all fully prepared for this game, and they are here to beat the UAE team.
This match, again at Zayed Stadium, where there are already a lot of fans, and this time it is even full.
But the fans of the Chinese team seem to have as many fans as the UAE fans of the home team, which surprised the foreign media, and the enthusiasm of the fans of the Chinese team surprised them.
This campaign is the Chinese team and the United Arab Emirates team, the fourteenth official match of the two national teams, the Chinese team previously had an advantage with six wins, four draws and three losses, including four matches in the Asian Cup, the Chinese team maintained a winning record, but in the last two matches between the two sides, the United Arab Emirates won one and drew one, undefeated and completed a clean sheet against the Chinese team.
Therefore, in the matter of playing the Chinese team, the UAE is still relatively confident.
But the only thing that worries them is that this Chinese team is very different from what they have encountered before, and the most important thing is that this Chinese team has a star like Jiang Chen.
The players of the UAE team know that it will be a very difficult game to handle, and the Chinese team is very strong.
But they still have to fight the Chinese team, this is their home field, they must beat the Chinese team, get the victory, and qualify for the group.
The UAE team is still quite confident in this, and they are looking forward to winning against the Chinese team.
The UAE team fielded a four-four-two formation, with Issa in the goalkeeper position and Ahmed, Faqi, Salem and Khamis in the back four. The midfield four is Barman, Tariq, Ismail and Omar, while the two strikers are Halim and Hashmi.
The lineup of the UAE team is still very good, and the Chinese team must not take this game lightly, otherwise the Chinese team will inevitably suffer.
On the Chinese team's side, it is a 4231 formation, and the position of the goalkeeper has been unexpectedly adjusted, Zeng Cheng, who performed well in the first game, actually sat on the bench, and Yan Junling appeared in the starting list.
Seeing the change in this position, all the Chinese fans instantly understood that the original media reporters did not lie in this matter, and sure enough, Lippi liked Yan Junling very much, and this was the rhythm of helping Yan Junling to take the position.
To tell the truth, Zeng Cheng's performance in the first round was very good, he tried his best to ensure that the Chinese team's goal was not lost, and there were no mistakes.
In such a situation, he was still replaced, which naturally saw the ambiguity between Lippi and Yan Junling.
In the back four positions are Deng Hanwen, Feng Xiaoting, He Guan and Li Xuepeng, this position has not changed, and the two on the back waist line are Zhao Xuri and Wu Xi, and the two continue to start together.
In the position of the third midfielder, Zhang Xizhe, Hao Junmin and Yu Hanchao have also made a change here, that is, Yin Hongbo, who started the first game, was replaced and sat on the bench.
Yin Hongbo's performance in the first round was really bad, he was completely stared at by the Qatar team, and it was difficult to even turn around.
Lippi knows that if Yin Hongbo continues to start, the UAE team will definitely seize this point and let Yin Hongbo continue to have nothing to play.
On the front line, the Chinese team naturally sent Jiang Chen, who is the main force of the Chinese team.
In fact, before the Chinese team came to the game, some media reporters put forward a conclusion that under the Chinese team's single-striker system, Jiang Chen's status is simply unshakeable.
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