With about two weeks left until the round of 12, the Chinese team will face the South Korean team at the Helong Sports Center in Changsha, Hunan Province on March 23.

In early February, Lippi coach had arranged the Chinese team's flight training, the list was finalized in mid-January, in addition to Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Gao Lin, Zheng Zhi and other veterans, the newcomer Lippi coach also promoted Gao Zhunyi, Deng Hanwen, Chi Zhongguo, Yin Hongbo through the "China Cup" competition at that time.

In the "China Cup" press conference many times, Coach Lippi repeatedly said that he would use the "China Cup" to inspect the youth players, and the results of the players lived up to expectations, and their morale and achievements were greatly appreciated.

According to the preparation plan, the new Chinese team will start training in Changsha on the 16th of this month, and then compete with the South Korean team in the first round of the second half of the top 12 on the 23rd. Then the whole team will move to Tehran, Iran, to participate in the away match against Iran on the 28th. Since the results of the two games are likely to decide the fate of the Chinese team, Lippi is also extremely cautious in the selection of personnel, and the list will not be officially announced until the end of the first stage of the Chinese Super League.

Most of the 25 players selected for the Chinese team's training team participated in the round of 12 against Qatar in mid-November last year. However, due to the full start of the AFC Champions League and the Chinese Super League in the new season, coupled with the long winter training cycle before the start of the season, some players are either injured or in poor condition, so Lippi has also made appropriate adjustments to the candidates.

After the second round of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese Team Association also announced the new Chinese team 25-man training list, and the task of the Chinese team is to prepare for the two key matches of the World Preliminary Round of 12 against the South Korean team and the Iranian team later this month. Judging from the selection of Yatai's Fan Xiaodong and Beijing Renhe's Deng Hanwen, head coach Lippi recruited players who have performed well in the league recently.

At present, Lippi is more worried that after continuous battles in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, several international players of Evergrande, Suning, and SIPG may be generally tired. The special permission of the international players to participate in the AFC Champions League can be postponed for two days and rushed to Changsha to report on the 18th.

The only exception is the heart of the Chinese team, Dai Zhiwei, who will not be able to join his team-mates until the day before the match, as Villarreal's La Liga 28 match takes place on March 20.

The highlight of this round of La Liga is a direct clash between third-placed Sevilla and fifth-placed Atletico Madrid.

At the Calderón Stadium, in the 37th minute, Griezmann crossed a free kick from the left, and the unguarded Godin scored with a header from the edge of the small penalty area, and Atletico Madrid led 1:0!

In the 61st minute, Atletico Madrid scored again, and Griezmann's free kick from 25 yards on the right side went straight into the near corner, 2:0.

In the 77th minute, Atletico Madrid sealed the win, Juanfrán's low cross from the right side of the penalty area was barely saved by Rico, and Koke shot into the empty goal, 3:0.

Sevilla saved face in the 85th minute when Bitolo's header was deflected wide and Correa burst into the left side of the box from a tight angle.

With this victory, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla are evenly divided, only behind on goal difference, and jump to fourth place in the standings with a two-point lead over Villarreal, who have one game less!

The result was a welcome outcome for Villarreal, as they only needed to beat Las Palmas in this round to move up to third place in the table by one point.

Just when the Villarreal soldiers were still looking forward to the good result of taking all three points, Las Palmas, who was considered to be the belly of the fish, gave them a slap in the face -

In the 22nd minute, Las Palmas player Boateng suddenly shot a cold arrow in the center of the penalty area, and the ball flew into the goal from the bottom right corner, and Las Palmas led Villarreal 1:0.

This goal was like pouring cold water on the faces of the excited Villarreal soldiers, making them so embarrassed!

Then, in frustration, they began to attack the opponent's goal, and finally found a killing opportunity in first-half stoppage time.

After receiving the ball from Dos Santos, Dai Zhiwei used his speed advantage to follow the defender all the way into the penalty area.

After seeing Dai Zhiwei enter the penalty area, the Las Palmas central defender hurried over to make up for it, but Dai Zhiwei decisively pushed into the middle - although he didn't see any Villarreal players there, he believed that he and Dos Santos had a tacit understanding.

On the court, the tacit understanding between teammates is really important, if all offensive passes wait until teammates run to the position before passing, it is the Chinese men's football team.

Sure enough, as soon as Dai Zhiwei plugged it, Dos Santos immediately plugged it in accurately.

After dos Santos got the ball, he did not continue to choose to break in, and when his body was not dominant, he quickly found a way to handle the ball, lightly totoed, picked the ball, and flew accurately behind the Las Palmas defender, where the man in the yellow No. 10 shirt had already sped from behind, and the Las Palmas player behind him could only eat ashes.

After Dai Zhiwei got the ball from Dos Santos, he quickly stepped forward, but the Las Palmas central defender in the back dragged him tightly and delayed his speed.

Dai Zhiwei was in a hurry, and tried his best to open his legs and move forward. Because he was pulled by the Las Palmas central defender, coupled with the fierce force, his body was a little unstable, and the ball was about to fly past him, he stared at the ball angrily, kicked his support foot violently, and flew out with all his might, making a flying kick posture with his left foot in the air, and his toes were just drawn in the middle of the ball, changing the trajectory of the ball's flight, and stabbing straight at the goal.

1:1！

Seeing the ball fly into the goal, Dai Zhiwei jumped up from the ground, instantly let out a huge shout, fluttering his arms, and howling with extreme excitement.

As the number of goals climbs, his goal celebration is not limited to blowing the gun to celebrate, otherwise it will inevitably look a little monotonous.

With the referee's whistle, the first half of the game was over, and the Villarreal players surrounded Dai Zhiwei into the locker room.

Escriva saw his disciples come in the locker room and patted Dai Zhiwei on the back.

Originally, according to the verbal agreement, in order to save his strength for Dai Zhiwei, who was about to play in the top 12, he only played in the first half of this game, but at present, the two sides are tied 1:1, and Escriva does not dare to replace Dai Zhiwei easily.

Dai Zhiwei didn't say anything, at this moment he asked the team to replace himself for the national team game, he couldn't do this kind of thing.

After all, no matter what, his salary is still paid by the club, and he can only seal the win for the team as soon as possible in the second half and strive to be replaced early.

The fifteen-minute hiatus passed quickly, and the players of both teams exchanged venues and the game resumed.

Las Palmas adjusted their midfield tactics to focus on stability and reduced the tempo of the game, but in fact it turned out to be just wishful thinking on their part.

In the 52nd minute, Dai Zhiwei passed the ball from the edge of the penalty area, and Castillejo's left-footed shot from 25 yards on the left side missed the near corner.

In the 58th minute, Las Palmas lost the ball in the midfield, Villarreal immediately set off a counterattack, dos Santos won a free kick on the right side of the outside of the penalty area for the team, and Dai Zhiwei's free kick hit the wall and jumped out of the bottom line.

"Don't be in a hurry! I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry! Dai Zhiwei kept talking to himself to calm himself down.

The free-kick just now was a good opportunity, but it was a pity that his hasty curved shot failed to get around the wall, and it was a rare big disappointment.

Six minutes later, Dai Zhiwei made a comeback, bursting into the left side of the penalty area and curling a shot over the crossbar again.

Dai Zhiwei kicked more and more urgently, and in the 75th minute, after receiving a through ball from Trigueros at the edge of the penalty area, he took a step sideways and then pulled out his foot and shot angrily, which was too straight and was saved by the Las Palmas goalkeeper.

However, even if Dai Zhiwei's tiger shot was average, due to too much strength, the Las Palmas goalkeeper only barely saved, and the follow-up Bakambu shot into the empty goal from the left side of the small penalty area for the team to overtake the score, 2:1.

When the team finally overtook the score, it was seen that Dai Zhiwei was in an average state in the second half because of his mentality, and Escriva did not have the heart to say goodbye to the team's number one star.

In the subsequent game, Las Palmas was also unable to fight back, and in the end, Villarreal got 3 points as he wished, and successfully sat in the third place in the standings with a 1-point advantage!

After the match, Dai Zhiwei was once again voted Man of the Match, and a smug Escriva still brought him to the press conference.

Naturally, Dai Zhiwei became a "big meal" in the eyes of reporters, and they flocked to ask Dai Zhiwei questions, among which of course domestic reporters' inquiries about the Sino-Korean war were indispensable.

"Zhiwei, what do you think of the Korean media's comment that Son Heung-min is Asia's number one star?"

In this season's Premier League, Son has scored seven goals and is the third-highest scorer in Tottenham's squad.

"Hehe, of course Son Xingmin is a good player." At first, Dai Zhiwei just answered reporters' questions very normally, but after a pause, he spoke again: "But...... Whether he's in South Korea or at Tottenham, he's been a loser for me and I'm sure this one will be no different! ”

However, Dai Zhiwei didn't know that this time, Sun Xingmin had no chance to compete with him at all.

In the round of 12 in this round, Son Heung-min was suspended due to the accumulation of yellow cards, and in the first leg of the match between the two teams, it was Son Heung-min who frequently instigated on the side to help the South Korean team open the door to victory.

His suspension also helped the Chinese team's defense relieve a lot of pressure.

It's just that in addition to Son Heung-min, the other two attacking line players in the South Korean team, Ji Seong-yong and Gu Zi-cheol, are now qualified to participate.

Ji Chengyong was originally injured in the Premier League at the end of January, but in this round of the Premier League, the South Korean returned and showed a good performance, as the core of the team's offensive line, Ji Chengyong's return is very helpful to the "Taiji Tigers".

In addition, Gu Zizhe, who was injured on the training ground in the middle of this month, is now basically recovering, and the return of the two attacking midfielders is also very unfavorable to the Chinese team.

In contrast, the South Korean team's back line has encountered some troubles this time, Evergrande central defender Kim Yingquan is exempted from the game due to injury, generals Guo Taihui and Kim Min-woo have also withdrawn from the national team due to injury, and subject to the new policy of the Chinese Super League, R&F player Zhang Xianxiu has not participated in any tournament this season, and Suning player Hong Zheng's performance is not very stable. With such a state of defense in the back, it is no wonder that the South Korean media is generally worried.

It should be noted that the South Korean team previously proposed that the whole team would charter a flight to Changsha, but this idea ultimately failed to happen, and the whole team had no choice but to arrive in batches, which is also a major impact on the physical fitness of the Korean players.

This Sino-Korean war has received the most top-level attention from all over the country.

The tickets for the battle between China and South Korea are divided into 6 grades: 180 yuan, 380 yuan, 480 yuan, 580 yuan, 880 yuan and VIP1280 yuan, compared with the "battle of China and South Korea" in November last year 160 yuan-1260 yuan, the ticket price of this game can be described as advancing by leaps and bounds.

According to the regulations, fans need to submit ID card information to purchase tickets, and each person is limited to two tickets. Even so, the tickets are still very popular on sale, and there are no tickets for all grades sold 5 days in advance.

At the same time, in some shopping websites, there is information about the sale of tickets for this game, and the tickets have greatly exceeded their due face value, and a ticket of 380 yuan can only be purchased for at least 1,000 yuan, and the price of similar tickets of other face values has also increased several times.

In the hotel lobby near the stadium, there are many "scalpers" who hold a lot of cash to recycle tickets for this game, according to one of the middle-aged men: "Although it has been raining in Changsha in the past two days, there are still a large number of fans who choose to watch the game on the spot, and the price of the tickets has been speculated to a very high level, and it is difficult for us to recover the tickets even with cash."

Previously, the Chinese team was hard to find a ticket in the top 12 matches in Shenyang, Xi'an, and Kunming, and the popularity and box office were as high as ever.

In addition to the support of fans, Cai Zhenhua, chairman of the Football Association, Zhang Jian, vice chairman, and Lin Xiaohua, executive committee member of the Football Association, will watch the battle between China and South Korea and cheer for the Chinese team.

At the regular press conference hosted by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on March 23, the war between China and South Korea has also become a topic!

Two days before the match day, Dai Zhiwei was finally late, and before he had even overcome the jet lag, he was taken by Lippi to attend the pre-match press conference.

Originally, Dai Zhiwei, who was very tired, wanted to refuse, but Lippi's words moved him-

"You are the soul of this team, and only you can bring hope to the fans of this country!"

Lippi said a lot at the pre-match press conference, one of the most interesting ——— someone asked how he thought of Changsha as the blessed land of the Chinese team, Lippi replied: "I didn't know if Changsha was a blessed land before, I hope Changsha can give me a proof tomorrow." ”

Domestic reporters could see that Dai Zhiwei was tired, but he still answered two questions: "All of our players have a deep understanding of this South Korean team. We will let go of all the pressure and fear, because we are defending the dignity of the 1.4 billion people, once we put on the national team jersey, we will do our best on the field, as long as we can play our true level, we are no worse than anyone else in Asia! ”

"We have to win, there's no other idea!"

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