Although the fans of the Dragon Kingdom have some regrets about the result of this game, they still recognize the performance of the players.

Especially Shen Feng, although he hit the post twice and missed a good chance to score, his efforts on the field are obvious to everyone.

The data can't deceive people, Shen Feng, as a striker who doesn't need to participate in defense, turned out to be the player with the longest running distance of the two teams combined in this game, which shows how hard he worked on the field.

In this game, although the Dragon Country team only held a draw at home, it was of great significance to the Dragon Country team, because this draw made the Dragon Country team re-realize the quality of the Australian team.

Two years ago in the Asian Cup, the Dragons reached the quarterfinals with a record of three wins in the group stage, and when facing the host Australian team, they lost 2:0 cleanly, making the Dragons aware of the gap between them and the Australian team.

Now, although this gap has not been completely erased, the Australian team may still be the Australian team two years ago, but the Dragon Team is no longer the Dragon Team of two years ago, and the Dragon Team now has the strength to compete with the Australian team and is confident of winning.

After the first leg of the Asian play-off match with the Australian team in the World Cup qualifiers, the Dragon Country team did not stop in Yangcheng for long, took a charter flight, and arrived in Australia with the Australian team returning to China, and immediately devoted itself to the preparation for the second leg of the two teams a few days later.

In Australia, in October, it is the end of winter and the beginning of spring, but the dimension of Australia is also very high, and the temperature in early spring is not very low, with more than 20 degrees during the day and more than 10 degrees after nightfall, which is very suitable for competitions.

Playing in such weather conditions, the players don't have a problem adapting and are able to perform at their best is fair to both Australia and Dragons.

The time difference between the Dragon Country and Australia is only two hours, and the Australian time is two hours ahead of the Dragon Country Beijing time.

This is a good thing for the preparation of the Dragon Country team.

The preparation of the Dragon Country team in Australia has been completely closed in the true sense, not only the fans cannot watch, but even the reporters from all walks of life who accompany the team to Australia, except for a few well-connected and big-faced, can go to the infield of the training ground to take a look, and it is not allowed to bring camera equipment, including reporters from the National Television Sports Channel, are not allowed to shoot in the infield of the training ground.

Therefore, before the official start of the game, fans did not know anything about the tactical arrangement, personnel arrangement, and player status of the Dragon Country team.

During the preparation for this competition, the players of the Dragon Country team consciously and voluntarily handed over their communication equipment, including computers, tablets, and mobile phones, cut off all contact with the outside world, and devoted themselves to the preparation.

During this period, the attention to the Dragon Country team has been maintained at a fairly high level, and it has not cooled down because of a draw with the opponent at home and the scene is also passive.

In the preparation time of the front reporters in the past few days, although there are no valuable reports sent back, they still can't stop the heads of all kinds of self-media from opening their heads, and new jokes related to the Dragon Country team are emerging in endlessly.

True fans of the Dragon Country, although they realized the difference in strength between the Dragon Team and the Australian team through the situation of the last game, still firmly stood on the side of the Dragon Team and supported the Dragon Team to win the second leg!

The official fan organization of the Dragons team, the "Dragons", organized a team of thousands of people who traveled thousands of miles to Australia with the team to express their support for the Dragons at the away game.

Australia's local Dragon Country expatriates and international students were also organized to support the Dragon Country team at the competition site.

According to incomplete statistics, by the beginning of the game, there will be no less than 5,000 Dragon Country fans who will come to the game site to support the Dragon Country team!

Make a simple comparison, everyone knows the enthusiasm of the fans of the Dragon Kingdom - in the first leg at the Tianhe Stadium of the Dragon Country, there were less than 500 Australian fans who came to the game site!

Of course, that is mainly because the Dragon fans are too enthusiastic and do not leave too many tickets for the away fans at all, and if it were not for the hard and fast rules of the AFC, even the five hundred tickets would not have been bought by Australian fans.

The number of fans of 5,000 people, although it cannot be compared with the number of home fans in Australia, can also create a good away atmosphere for the Dragon Country team in the game.

Before the first leg of the match between the two teams, the predecessors of the Dragon Country football team jumped out one after another to support and cheer for the Dragon Country team, but their suggestions, Lippi completely denied them, completely according to their own tactical ideas.

Before the second round of the competition, some media wanted to continue to let those seniors and celebrities offer advice to the Dragon Country Team, but except for a few thick-skinned ones who still pointed fingers at themselves, most of the others were silent, just expressing their blessings and support for the Dragon Country Team.

These seniors actually know that at this time, what is really beneficial to the Dragon Country Team is not their self-talking fingers and putting extra pressure on the players of the Dragon Country Team, but trying to help the Dragon Country Team relieve pressure and not let the players carry too much burden on the field.

This time, the Dragon Football Association did a better job in this regard, and Cai Zhenhua, the chairman of the Football Association who personally led the team, did not mention the victory or defeat in the face of reporters, and only asked the players of the Dragon Country team to play at their due level in the game.

Although Cai Zhenhua is not from a professional football background, he has been in charge of football in recent years, responsible for the process of the reform of the Football Association, and his understanding of the Dragon Country team is already quite profound, and he cannot be said to be a complete layman.

Zheng Zhi and Feng Xiaoting, although they are gradually aging, and at the end of this World Cup cycle, they are very likely to bid farewell to the Dragon Country Team, but with the rise of Shen Feng, Deng Hanwen, and Zhang Yuning, the inheritance of the Dragon Country Team has been continued, updated and iterative, and can be successfully completed.

By the beginning of the next World Cup cycle, Shen Feng and Deng Hanwen, a group of young players in their twenties, have grown up and can provoke the pillars of the Dragon Country team, Cai Zhenhua believes that by that time, the overall strength of the Dragon Country team, compared with now, will not decrease, but will only improve.

Even in this World Cup, after working hard, the Dragon Team still failed to qualify, and in the next World Cup, the Dragon Team will definitely be able to qualify!

Not to mention, in the next World Cup, that is, by 2026, the World Cup finals are likely to be expanded, from the current 32 teams to 48 teams, and at that time, as long as the Dragon Team can maintain its current position in Asia, it will also be able to become a regular visitor to the World Cup.