Chapter 455: Winning streaks
The Dragon Country team, which is in high spirits, will certainly not be afraid of the North Korean team.
North Korea is the little brother of the Dragon Country, but this little brother has not been very obedient in recent years, and the Dragon Country team has never let go of water in recent years in the game with the North Korean team.
In this game, which is related to the qualification of the World Cup, the Dragon Country team will naturally not show mercy.
In this game, Shen Feng was full of firepower and scored the first hat trick of this round of 12, helping the Dragon Country team defeat the North Korean team 4:0 at home.
After three consecutive wins, the Dragons are in first place in the group rankings, leading the second place by as many as 5 points, with a clear advantage.
Now, in Group A, where the Dragon Country team is located, the promotion situation is more complicated, except for the Dragon Country team, which is outstanding, the remaining teams are not strong.
Although the North Korean team lost to the Dragon Country team in this game, it still ranked third in the group with a record of three games, one win, one draw and one loss, and the Japanese team ranked second in the same number of points, but the goal difference was two less.
In the fourth round of the World Cup qualifiers in the Asian round of 12, the Dragon team continued to sit at home and face Saudi Arabia.
Shen Feng scored twice again in this game, helping the Dragon Country team defeat the opponent 3:0 and winning four consecutive victories for the Dragon Country team.
In these four games, Shen Feng scored a total of 8 goals for the Dragon Country team, with an average of 2 goals per game, not only ranking first in the Asian scorer list of the World Cup qualifiers, but also having no rivals in the world.
Shen Feng's goal efficiency has become his signature in today's international football, which is impressive.
In the face of real data, you have to accept it if you are not convinced!
Returning to the Inter Milan team, Shen Feng is still in hot form, scoring in the next few rounds of Serie A and the Champions League, scoring in many consecutive games, helping the Inter Milan team win consecutive games.
This season, due to the World Cup qualifiers on all continents, the Inter Milan team, which has many international players, has been greatly affected.
Although the winning streak in Serie A and the Champions League continues, the process of winning is much more difficult than last season.
In order to ensure the team's combat effectiveness, the Inter Milan team had to rotate the main squad just over two months after the start of the new season.
Fortunately, the club had long anticipated the difficulties of this season, and in the summer transfer window, a number of quality players were introduced, and Lautaro Martinez, who was supposed to be loaned out, was also retained in the team.
The depth of the bench of the Inter Milan team now has the quality of a giant team, and the substitute lineup is no worse than the main lineup of the mid-range teams in Serie A.
The rotation of the Inter Milan team is mainly aimed at older players like Modric and Perisic, so that they can have enough rest time and ensure good condition under the heavy game tasks.
Like Shen Feng, an indispensable, physical fitness, young player, has not been rotated many times.
It's just that the team also took into account the pressure on Shen Feng, reduced the number of times he started, and chose to replace him on the field when the team couldn't open the situation for a long time.
In the first ten rounds of Serie A, Shen Feng only started six times, and the other four were substitutes, but this did not affect Shen Feng's status in the Inter Milan team at all.
Now Shen Feng has become a veritable king of the Meazza Stadium!
On November 12, the World Cup qualifiers were rekindled, and the Dragon Country team challenged the last opponent in the group, Oman, in the fifth round of the Asian round of 12.
The Oman team is the weakest of the six teams in this group, with one draw and three losses in the first four rounds, without a win, and advancing to the World Cup finals, leaving only the theoretical possibility.
In this game with the Dragon Country Team, although they were at home, in the game, they took the initiative on the field, but they were completely controlled by the Dragon Country Team.
Shen Feng once again scored a hat trick in this game, helping the Dragon team defeat the Oman team 5:1 and win five consecutive victories in the top 12.
After this round of matches, the standings of Group A look like this:
The Dragon Country team won all five games, scored 17 goals, conceded 3 goals, won 14 goals, accumulated 15 points, and ranked first in the group!
With an average of 3.4 goals per game, he topped the entire World Cup qualifiers.
After five rounds of battles, the Japanese team achieved a good record of two wins, two draws and one loss, scoring 6 goals, conceding 4 goals, and winning 2 goals, accumulating 8 points and temporarily ranking second in the group.
In the first five rounds of the North Korean team, two wins, one draw and two losses, scored 6 goals and conceded 9 goals, won -3 goals on a goal difference, accumulated 7 points, and temporarily ranked third in the group.
In the first five games of the Australian team, one win, three draws and one loss, scored 5 goals and conceded 6 goals, the goal difference was -1 goal, and the cumulative score was 6 points, temporarily ranking fourth in the group.
In the first five rounds of the Saudi Arabian team, one win, one draw and three losses, scored 4 goals and conceded 8 goals, the goal difference was -4 goals, and the cumulative score was 4 points, temporarily ranking fifth in the group.
Oman has five games, one draw and four losses, scored 3 goals and conceded 11 goals, with a goal difference of -8, 1 point, and is at the bottom of the group.
With only seven points separating Oman and group runners-up Japan with five rounds remaining, Oman still have a chance of coming from behind.
However, based on the performance of the Oman team in the previous five games, it can be clearly seen that there is a clear gap between them and the other five teams.
Unless there is also a player like Shen Feng in the Oman team who is favored by God, otherwise in the face of a more dangerous situation than the last World Cup qualifiers in the Asian round of 12 of the Dragon Country team, the possibility of the Oman team reversing is almost zero.
Not every team can have a protagonist like Shen Feng.
On November 18, the second half of the World Cup Qualifiers Asian Top 12 began, and in the sixth round, the opponent of the Dragon Country team was the Australian team.
Australia were only fourth in Group A ahead of this game, and although there is only a two-point gap between them and second-placed Japan, they will have to work hard in the remaining five games if they want to turn the tables around.
This game is the home of the Australian team.
The Dragons have just experienced an away match with the Oman team, and in just five days, they have crossed half the world, from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere, and have been playing away games in a row, which is a big test for the Dragons team.
Moreover, in the current Dragon Country team, the players who play in the Dragon Super League have just ended a long season, especially in the final stage of the season, the competition for the Dragon Super League championship and the AFC Champions League seat is extremely fierce, and everyone is unwilling to relax at this time and bury the efforts of the whole season.
Players who have spent too much energy in the club, coming to the national team, and having a long journey away from home, are bound to suffer their form.
A few days ago, during the trip to West Asia, the Oman team was defeated 5:1 away, firstly, Shen Feng played well, secondly, the Oman team was too weak, and thirdly, everyone knew that the game with the Oman team was the key to grabbing points, so in the game, they all gritted their teeth and insisted.