When the Thai team returned to their country, they were naturally scolded as dogs by the Thai media, fans, and netizens.

They think it's a shame to lose 0:9 to the Chinese team. Today's Thai football strength has really improved a lot, beating the Chinese team 5:1 last year, and this year in the Asian Games also defeated the Chinese Olympic team 2:0, and won the fourth place.

This situation has given many Thai fans a kind of confidence in their country's football strength, and they take it for granted that the Thai team will beat the Chinese team.

Even this improvised Thai team can at least draw with the Chinese team.

Unexpectedly, the completely unprepared Thai fans faced a 0:9 defeat.

If Gao Zheng hadn't been replaced in the first half, the score of this game would have been double digits......

Thai fans don't think it's a difference in quality, but because the team's lineup has been adjusted too much – the same as Thailand's assistant coach Plomrut said.

Thai fans are clamoring for a full lineup for another one.

As for Gao Zheng, who beat them all, Thai fans are not very convinced, thinking that Gao Zheng will only pinch soft persimmons, and when the real knife and gun are compared, he will definitely not be able to get the ball.

However, Gao Zheng didn't care about the mouth cannon attacks of Thai fans, because he couldn't hear or see them at all.

After playing Thailand, the whole Chinese team turned to the mode of preparing for Paraguay.

Compared with the Thai team, which has a seriously uneven squad, although Paraguay is also dominated by young players, they don't only bring 15 people, and the team is led by a real head coach, not an assistant coach.

From this point alone, Paraguay may not attach much importance to the game against the Chinese team, but the attitude is still relatively correct.

And aside from Gao Zheng, Paraguay's strength is stronger than the Chinese team, which can be seen from the FIFA rankings - the Chinese team is currently ranked 92nd, while Paraguay is ranked 60th.

In addition, judging from the transfer value, except for Gao Zheng, all the players of the other Chinese teams are not enough for Paraguay to play. In addition to Gao Zheng, the most valuable player in the Chinese team is fullback Zhang Linpeng, who is worth one million euros. The most expensive player in this Paraguayan team is defender Iván Piris, who plays for Udinese, with a value of 2.5 million euros.

In addition, the Paraguayan team also has a star who is very familiar to Chinese fans - Santa Cruz.

Although there was a big difference in strength, the Chinese team was very positive after the start of the game.

Perhaps inspired by the 9-0 sweep of Thailand in the last game, everyone played well.

And in this game, Zheng Zhi, the former captain of the national team who has not played in the national team for seven months, also reappeared in the starting lineup.

The strength of the Chinese team in the midfield suddenly improved by one notch.

After Gao Zheng joined the team, Pei Lan gradually realized that Gao Zheng also needed the cooperation of the whole team, and now the national team midfielder can barely match Gao Zheng's rhythm and thinking, I'm afraid only Zheng Zhi.

In fact, Zheng Zhi returned to the national team when he played Thailand in the last game, but he was always on the bench at that time and did not get the opportunity to play.

After Gao Zheng and Zheng Zhi started this game, the Chinese team played very well.

Facing Paraguay, which is ranked more than 30 places higher than them, the Chinese team raised the rhythm at the beginning and played very fast.

In the ninth minute, the Chinese team got a penalty opportunity, when Gao Zheng received a pass from his teammates in the penalty area, and took the football forward, but the team's most valuable Paraguayan defender Piris was a little slower when he tackled, did not touch the ball, but touched Gao Zheng, Gao Zheng fell to the ground, and won a penalty for the Chinese team.

The penalty was given to Zheng Zhi, who wore the captain's armband, and he scored with a low shot to give China a 1-0 lead over Paraguay.

There was thunderous cheer in the stands, and the Chinese fans applauded the veteran captain who scored the goal when he returned.

China then scored again in the 18th minute, this time with Wu Lei's close-range shot at the back post.

Although the Chinese team has a two-goal lead over the opponent, the Chinese fans are not satisfied, and they continue to shout Gao Zheng's name during the game.

This is the hope that Gao Zheng can also score goals.

And Gao Zheng did not disappoint them.

In the 40th minute, he finally extended China's lead to three goals with a low shot from the penalty area.

After Gao Zheng scored, the cheers at the scene were the loudest, and the Chinese fans seemed to have fulfilled their wishes all at once, and they didn't pay much attention to the next games, and they also played the Mexican wave.

In this game, Gao Zheng was not replaced at halftime, he continued to stay on the court.

Instead, there were some changes to the players around him.

Commentator Duan Xin saw it: "It's obvious that Peilan is now experimenting with more offensive combinations, and these offensive combinations all have one thing in common, that is, no matter who replaces, Gao Zheng is the one who can't be beaten." So it's not so much more offensive combinations, but more offensive combinations and personnel combinations with Gao Zheng......"

After a large number of personnel changes, the Chinese team's performance was not as good as in the first half, but Paraguay's attack came up.

However, under the leadership of Gao Zheng, the Chinese team can still compete with Paraguay and will not be at a comprehensive disadvantage.

It was not until the 67th minute of the game that Gao Zheng was substituted that the Chinese team was completely suppressed by Paraguay from the field.

And in the 82nd minute, it was breached by Paraguay.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Paraguay 3-1 at home, ending the week-long international break.

In those two international breaks, Gao Zheng scored eight goals, taking his tally for the national team this season to ten.

The most important thing is that the addition of Gao Zheng and Zheng Zhi has allowed Chinese fans to see something positive, thus full of hope for the Asian Cup in Australia early next year.

This is the most important role of the warm-up game.

Of course, there is still a lot of work left for Perrin, after all, after solving the offensive problem, he also has to solve the problems in the midfield and the backline, after all, football is the sport of eleven people, and everything cannot be left to Gao Zheng to solve.

When Gao Zheng keeps scoring goals in the front court, and the back line keeps losing goals, that's not good.

But at least this situation is off to a good start.

At next year's Asian Cup, China was drawn into a group with Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and North Korea.

The strength of each team in this group is not weak, and if you have to divide the victory or defeat in this, the Chinese team without Gao Zheng may be similar to North Korea and rank last.

Uzbekistan is a first-tier team with strong strength, and Saudi Arabia is also a traditional West Asian powerhouse, and it is difficult to play anyone.

However, after having Gao Zheng, I am afraid that this strength comparison will have to be redivided.

The goal of the Chinese team with Gao Zheng is definitely not just to qualify from the group.

After these two warm-up matches, Chinese fans and public opinion hope that the Chinese team can break the embarrassing record of the first round of the knockout round of all competitions for the national team in ten years.