As the first group game draws closer, everyone is paying more and more attention to the game itself, and no one cares about any other gossip.

The Chinese team's opponent in the first round of the group stage was Saudi Arabia.

This is the old rival of Chinese football, and it can also be said to be the bitter master of Chinese football. Of course, there are quite a few bitter masters of Chinese football in Asia, and Saudi Arabia is only one of them, not the most bitter one......

In the qualifiers for this Asian Cup, the Chinese team was in a group with Saudi Arabia.

In the first game, the Chinese team lost 1:2 away to Saudi Arabia, and the head coach of the Chinese team at that time was still the Spaniard Camacho, and Gao Zheng had not yet been selected for the national team.

Later, when the two teams met again, Gao Zheng was already a member of the Chinese team, and the Chinese team faced Saudi Arabia at home, and that game was related to whether the Chinese team could successfully qualify for the Asian Cup.

In this game, Saudi Arabia caused some trouble for Gao Zheng and defended Gao Zheng very tightly, so for a while, Gao Zheng could only pass the football to his teammates after attracting Saudi Arabian defensive players, but his teammates were not very neat and wasted the opportunities he created.

In the end, Gao Zheng personally shot to solve this problem.

This scene is very similar to the previous warm-up match between the Chinese team and the Palestinians.

This kind of experience has also made everyone a little worried about the future of the Chinese team.

At that time, Saudi Arabia had basically qualified in advance, so it was not at all its best.

But in the group stage of the Asian Cup this time, Saudi Arabia has absolutely no reason to release water again. Although they lost 0:4 to South Korea in the previous internal warm-up match, who knows if they deliberately released smoke bombs for the Chinese team?

You must know that in that warm-up game, the Chinese side found the media to record the whole game, and Saudi Arabia did not deliberately avoid the Chinese media, is there any conspiracy?

If the Chinese team thinks that Saudi Arabia is a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch, I am afraid that it will be unlucky.

In fact, if the Chinese team does not have Gao Zheng, even if they can get lucky to enter this Asian Cup, they will not be favored at all, and they can even be said to be the weakest team in this group, after all, in the history of the Asian Cup, the Chinese team has never won against the other three opponents in this group - twice against Uzbekistan, both in the group stage, and the result was a 0:3 defeat and a 2:2 draw; Against Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup four times, the Chinese team drew one and lost three; There was also a meeting between the Chinese team against North Korea and the result was a 1:2 defeat.

Even if you have Gao Zheng, I'm afraid the situation won't get much better because of this. Because intellectually, Gao Zheng is like a huge torch burning in the dark night, and he can be seen from any angle.

As the opponents of the Chinese team, they will definitely study Gao Zheng carefully and make targeted tactical arrangements. Everyone knows that as long as Gao Zheng is restricted, the Chinese team is no threat, so why not do it?

In fact, before the first round of the group stage, Saudi Arabia's head coach Kosmin Olaroyo said in an interview with Saudi Arabia's local media "Middle East News" that if you want to beat the Chinese team, you only need to freeze Zheng Zhi and Gao Zheng.

As long as the Chinese team's attack can be contained, in Olaroyo's opinion, there will be no suspense in defeating the Chinese team, because the Chinese team's defense is really not very good. After all, they have a "Chinese team nemesis" Hazzaz, who has broken China's defense before, whether against Guangzhou or against China.

However, in the pre-match press conference, Olaroyo said something different: "...... We had to face a strong Chinese team in the first game, who were very strong and well organised, and the manager was very good. We will try our best to solve some problems in the warm-up matches and meet the Chinese team in the best condition...... We will try to win the right to qualify from the group......"

Listening to this, how low the posture is and how wild the Chinese team is blowing, it makes people wonder if the previous interview is true.

But perhaps when he only faced the domestic media, what he said had a little credibility.

Because in the same way, what the head coach of the Chinese team, Perran, said at the press conference was completely different from what he said to the domestic media, he did not emphasize the first place in the group, but blew Saudi Arabia as well.

Both sides are desperately blowing their opponents, and when it comes to their teams, they say they will give it their all.

Both managers are giving each other poisoned milk and hopefully it will do something......

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When Gao Zheng walked out of the aisle wearing the red jersey of the Chinese team and walked into the stadium with his teammates, they were warmly welcomed by the Chinese fans who were present.

He looked up and looked around, the Brisbane Stadium, which can accommodate 50,000 fans, was still quite empty, and it was completely incomparable to the home atmosphere of Atletico Madrid.

However, if you have watched another North Korea vs Uzbekistan match in the same group, you will feel that the atmosphere of this Chinese team is already very warm.

The ears were full of shouts of "come on the Chinese team".

It makes every Chinese fan feel as if they have come to their home stadium, not like they are playing in a foreign country.

It is said that 14,000 Chinese fans and local Chinese fans came to watch the game.

As far as the eye can see, red is the dominant color in crowded places, and green or white is rare in Saudi Arabia.

This is not Gao Zheng's first game, nor is it his first national team game. But I don't know why, looking at these Chinese fans who have an absolute advantage, he is still a little nervous.

Joining Sampdoria doesn't feel like his dream has come true, and playing for Atletico Madrid doesn't feel like it's a dream come true. But today, at this moment, he feels that his dream has come true.

Wearing the jersey of the Chinese team, he stood on the stage of the continental competition on behalf of the Chinese team.

Calm down, Gao Zheng, this is just the Asian Cup. And your real goal should be the World Cup!

Thinking of this, Gao Zheng took a few deep breaths and calmed down his emotions.

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"After a series of pre-match ceremonies, the players on both sides are now standing in their respective positions, and the game is about to start......" said He Ping, the on-site commentator. In fact, in terms of historical head-to-head records, we and Saudi Arabia should be between them, with six wins, four draws and seven losses. But the problem is that it's been a long time since we last beat Saudi Arabia, the last time we beat Saudi Arabia was in the last 10 in 1997, and we haven't had a British opponent since. I hope that the boys of the Chinese team can muster up fighting spirit and courage to defeat Saudi Arabia and win the first prize for the Chinese team's Asian Cup journey! ”

"The good news is that last year's Asian Footballer of the Year, Saudi Arabia's Shamrani was out due to injury......," said guest commentator Xu Yang. Of course, I believe that even if Shamrani is not injured, the boys of the Chinese team should not be afraid......"

"Saudi Arabia has Shamrani, we have Gao Zheng!"

He Ping and Xu Yang both laughed.

After the joke, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.

"Okay, it's game on! Cctv! Cctv! Audience friends, welcome to the first round of the 2015 Asian Cup Group B group stage in Australia, the match between the Chinese team and Saudi Arabia! ”

After the standard opening statement, the game began.

The scene resounded with the huge cheers of the Chinese fans.