The Chinese team won all three games in the group stage and reached the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup as the group leader, but now it seems that winning the first place in the group is not a 'good thing'.

Previously, they won the group with a 1-0 victory over Australia in the final round of Group A of the 2015 Asian Cup at Brisbane Roar Stadium. Australia, who finished second in the group, will face Group B winners China in the quarter-finals.

Meeting the host country Australia in the quarterfinals is something the Chinese team did not expect before.

In the first two rounds of the Group A group stage, Australia and South Korea won both games, of which South Korea won Oman 1-0 and Kuwait 1-0 respectively, while Australia beat Oman 4-1 Kuwait and 4-0 Oman, and the host showed strong strength.

At that time, the Chinese team judged that Australia would finish first in Group A, while South Korea would finish second, so that China would face South Korea in the quarterfinals.

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When it comes to the South Korean team, Chinese fans and media naturally think of the word 'Koreanophobia'.

Chinese football and Korean football, both at the national team level and at the club level, we are at a disadvantage. On the national team, China and South Korea have played almost 50 football games, and we only won them once in 2010. As for the club level, in 2010, the four clubs of the Chinese Super League lost to South Korean teams home and away, an embarrassing 0:8!

Koreans often ridicule the Chinese team, so much so that the Chinese team beat them several times, and they are not convinced, and they are not convinced! In 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande defeated Jeonbuk Hyundai 5:1. After the game, the modern players knelt en en masse in the locker room, vowing revenge. At the same time, the Jeonbuk players did not forget to tease: You are all foreign aides who score goals, we did not lose to Evergrande, but only to foreigners.

For the possibility of meeting South Koreans in the quarterfinals, the Chinese team is ready to face the South Korean team head-on in the continental competition to smash the haze of 'Koreanphobia', and the new world footballer Jiang Chenxi is the biggest confidence of the Chinese team now.

At the same time, both the national team and the media believe that it is better to meet South Korea in the quarterfinals than to meet the host Australia, and in any continental competition, it will be a very difficult game to meet the host in the knockout round, not to mention, Australia is now the strongest team in Asian football, and the Australians in this Asian Cup bluntly said that they are coming for the championship.

No one could have imagined that Australia would be defeated by South Korea in the final round of the group stage, so that the Chinese team would have to meet the host Australia in the quarterfinals.

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"Watch out for host Australia!" - After the quarterfinals came out, the Chinese media made such headlines.

Four years ago, in the Qatar Asian Cup, the decisive match in Doha, Australia fought hard until the 109th minute but was defeated by the Japanese team, and the Asian Cup was relegated to the runner-up. Now, four years later, the Kangaroos are back in action, and this time, the Australians have vowed to win the title.

On 22 February 2006, Australia made their debut in a regional competition after joining the AFC, beating Bahrain 3-1 in the Asian Cup qualifiers to achieve their first victory, beginning the Kangaroos' journey of rampaging in Asia.

On the one hand, Australia has welcomed more challenging opponents, and on the other hand, football in Asia has also improved its overall strength because of Australia's accession, so as to be more competitive in international football.

Of course, this is the official statement, in fact, for Asian teams, Australia is here to grab food, the kangaroos are too strong, after they come, it is equivalent to booking a World Cup place in advance every time. At present, there are different discussions within the AFC, especially among the Middle East countries, who believe that Australia's entry into the AFC has not brought more World Cup places to Asia, but has squeezed out the original Asian World Cup places, so Australia should be expelled from the AFC.

In such a situation, the Australians are even more looking forward to lifting the Asian Cup trophy for the first time at home soil.

Therefore, meeting Australia in the quarterfinals is indeed a very big challenge for the Chinese team.

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"Oops, I didn't expect it to be Australia, it's all ready to fight South Korea."

"Yes, host."

The players of the Chinese team are also talking about it, although the South Korean team is strong and has 'Koreanophobia', but, very strangely, in fact, if you study carefully, you will find that although the Chinese team will lose to South Korea, however, playing South Korea never needs to be mobilized, at least it is more combative.

It can even be said that in every national team, the players hope to win against Koreans once in their national team and completely crush 'Koreanphobia'.

As for the encounter with Australia in advance, it was indeed an encounter, considering that the opponent is the host and is recognized as the strongest team in Asia, the Chinese team is actually a little lacking in confidence.

Even the head coach of the national team, Perrin's face became more and more solemn.

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The Chinese team was a little jealous of Australia and felt that it was bad luck to meet the host.

They didn't know that the Australian side was also on fire, and they were not satisfied with the team and the Chinese team meeting in the quarterfinals in advance.

The Canberra Evening News, a local media outlet in Australia, fiercely criticized Australia for losing to South Korea in the final round of the group stage, handing away the top spot in the group: We may have lost the most important game of this Asian Cup, we could have won the group and avoided Jiang Chenxi, but now, we have to meet the team with the World Footballer of the Year in advance, and if Australia ends up out, Poscotglu (the head coach of the Australian national team) and all the players of the national team will pay for their mistakes.

Australia's "Vanguard Guardian" analyzed the matchup of the quarterfinals, now, Australia fell into the lower half of the zone, the other three teams in the lower half of the zone are the Chinese team, the Japanese team and the United Arab Emirates, of which Australia has to fight with the Chinese team with Jiang Chenxi, and the Japanese team is strong as the defending champion, and there is no accident will eliminate the United Arab Emirates to reach the semifinals, in this way, even if Australia can cross the Chinese team, it will also meet the defending champion Japan in the semifinals, you know, the last Asian Cup, Australia lost to Japan in the final.

So, in the opinion of the "Vanguard Guardian", Australia died on its own, and the host could have won the group and went to the top half of the group with Uzbekistan, Iraq and Iran, especially against the Chinese team with the new World Footballer of the Year, is Australia really confident that it will win?

This is interesting, it can be seen from the Australian media that Australia does not want to touch the Chinese team, or to put it bluntly, they are a little afraid of the Chinese team, or more bluntly, afraid of Jiang Chenxi.

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On the Internet, compared to the somewhat oppressive atmosphere within the national team, some fans are optimistic about meeting Australia.

A Chinese fan surnamed Zhang, who studied in Australia, also quarreled with his kangaroo classmate Jerry.

Jerry: "We've got Matthew. Ryan (goalkeeper for Belgian giants Club Brugge). ”

Student Zhang: "We have Jiang Chenxi!" ”

"We have Davidson [West Bromwich Albion defender in the Premier League]!"

"We have Jiang Chenxi!"

'We have Jedinak [in the Premier League midfielder].

"We have Jiang Chenxi!"

"We have Kreuzer (Bundesliga Bayer Leverkusen striker)"

"We have Jiang Chenxi!"

"We've got Cahill!"

"We have Jiang Chenxi!" After Zhang finished speaking, he didn't forget to make up for it, "Mr. World Footballer!" ”

Jerry:......