Jiang Chen was also interviewed by media reporters before the game, he said: "Iraq is a tenacious team, they also have several outstanding players in their team, they are also a very characteristic team, this team is not easy to deal with, we must go all out in this game, otherwise it will be our Chinese team that suffers, and there is a precedent in history, we must not take it lightly." ”

Jiang Chen also said: "Of course, our Chinese team is also very powerful, at this time, our Chinese team does not have to be arrogant, as long as we show our strength, I firmly believe that we can still defeat the Iraqi team." ”

On the day of the game, in fact, there were not many fans who went to the scene to watch the game, and the stadium seemed very empty.

Originally, there were fewer Iraqi fans who came to Qatar, only a few hundred, not even as many as the fans of the away Chinese team, and there were 8,000 Chinese fans who came to the scene today, and then there were some local Qatari fans, so the total added up was about 10,000 people.

There were very few fans watching the game, so the stadium looked empty.

The head coach of the Iraqi team, Katanek, with his players, had already appeared in the stadium, and Katanek was standing on the sidelines, his eyes glued to the field, not knowing what he was observing.

On the court, Jiang Chen stood in the middle circle with his hands on his hips, and stepped on the football with one foot.

At this time, the referee is looking at the watch in his hand, waiting for the game to start.

Today, the Iraqi team lined up in a four-five-one, goalkeeper position with Mohammed Hamid.

In the back four are Alaali, Mustafa, Khalaf and Athiyeh.

In the midfield five positions are Adnan, Osama, Bashar, Amjed and Ahmed.

At the top of the line is Iraq's number one striker, Ali.

The Chinese team's side today discharged a 4231 formation, and it was Yan Junling in the goalkeeper's position.

In the back four positions are Deng Hanwen, Liu Yiming, Gao Zhunyi and Yu Yang.

In the position of the double back waist are Wu Xi and He Chao.

In the position of the three avant-garde, it is Jin Jingdao, Zhang Xiuwei and Wei Shihao.

At the forefront is naturally the striker Jiang Chen of the Napoli team.

The most famous of the two teams are the players in the front line, and this game was called the confrontation between the first striker in Asia by the media reporters.

And at this time, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.

Jiang Chen put the football a little, and the football was swept back to the midfield by Zhang Xiuwei, and it was He Chao who received the ball in the midfield.

Ali, the striker of the Iraqi team, immediately rushed forward and rushed straight towards He Chao, with fast speed and full impact.

He Chao didn't dare to let the football stay under his feet for too long, so he directly passed the football to Wei Shihao on the side.

At the beginning of the game, the Iraqi team made a fierce pounce, and the action was relatively big and the kick was tough.

Moreover, the tactics of the Iraqi team were not reckless, although they were in desperate need of a victory now, but they still focused on the defense first, and the Iraqi defense was tough, rampage, and big moves.

The players of the Chinese team were a little unprepared, and they suddenly turned on their backs.

On the sidelines, Lippi, the head coach of the Chinese team, also frowned tightly when he saw this, this game was even more difficult than he imagined.

Lippi couldn't help but turn his head to look at Katanek on the other side, Katanek was standing on the sidelines with his hands on his chest at this time, his eyes were glued to the stadium, and he had been paying attention to Iraq's performance.

Iraq's defense at this time is completely destruction-oriented, they have not thought about whether they can get the football themselves after the destruction, what they want now is to cut off the football as soon as possible, and not let the Chinese team pass the football down, what they want now is to make the game chaotic, only when the game is chaotic, they can win in chaos.

During this time, the stadium was indeed chaotic enough, and the players of the Chinese team frequently went to the end, and of course, the players of the Iraqi team also had a lot of times.

The referee's whistle was also played frequently, and the game was interrupted frequently.

The game was more than intense, but not exciting, the fans at the scene were a little uncomfortable, and of course the fans of the Iraqi and Chinese teams were very nervous.

Especially the Chinese fans are even more nervous, the Iraqis played very hard in this game, their players often fall to the ground, they are worried, and they are deeply afraid that the Chinese players will be injured.

The game was really not very exciting, the first shot of both sides only appeared in the 19th minute of the first half, it was a long-range shot by Jiang Chen of the Chinese team at a distance of 35 meters from the goal, the football was full of power, but it hit the body of Iraqi central defender Khalaf and popped off the bottom line.

Immediately, the Chinese team got a corner kick opportunity.

However, the goalkeeper of the Iraqi team, Hamid, jumped up high and hugged the football in his arms, and the Chinese team still returned in vain.

During this time, Iraq attacked very little, but their defense was successful, and they could feel that the mentality of the Chinese players was getting more and more anxious, and even a little angry.

In the game, the movements of the Chinese players gradually began to get bigger, and the referee's whistle sounded more and more often.

And at this time, the referee even showed three yellow cards, two on the Iraqi team and one on the Chinese team.

The game was really intense and exciting, and even the number of shots on goal was not very much.

On the sidelines, the head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, frowned slightly, it is not okay for the game to continue to play like this, the Iraqis are simply making trouble, obviously they want the game to go on, and the game is getting more and more chaotic, and the goal of the Iraqis is about to be achieved.

It was at this time that the Iraqi team suddenly got a good chance on the pitch.

This good opportunity came from the chaos in the midfield, He Chao of the Chinese team took the ball, and the midfielder of the Iraqi team, Bashar, rushed up directly, a tackle, and even shoveled the ball together, but the referee did not blow the foul.

Iraq's midfielder Bashar then made a pass, but at the moment of his pass, China's Zhang Xiuwei pounced and committed a foul.

But before Zhang Xiuwei fouled, Bashar preemptively passed the football out, and the referee saw that the Iraqi team was attacking favorably, so he did not blow the whistle.

Ali, who caught the football in the front, directly relied on his personal ability to enter the Chinese team's penalty area, and at the same time got rid of the defense of the Chinese team's defender Liu Yiming, and then directly hit the goal with a strong kick.