On September 1, the day after the battle between China and Ukraine, Wen Zhihao left Wuhan with the whole team and set off for Doha to prepare for the final game of the World Cup.

Although Lippi gave the players a gag order and banned any media interviews before the game, there were still a large number of media outlets at Wuhan International Airport who persevered to get some information from Wen Zhihao.

As for the reason, Wen Zhihao's fame and status in the national team are one aspect, and more importantly, in everyone's eyes, Wen Zhihao is the youngest one after all. It's much easier to talk from him than those old rivers and lakes of the national team.

Wen Zhihao was dragging behind the team, and in order to get rid of the media harassment as soon as possible, he could only say: "Don't worry, I won't let everyone down." Then under the protection of the national team staff and airport security personnel, they hurriedly followed the group, leaving a group of reporters to discuss the meaning behind the sentence in each other's ears.

At the same time, in all the post bars and news comment areas related to the national team, all kinds of histories about the national football team's "draw and qualify" have been picked up one by one. Fans began to express their opinions online.

A warm fan with a vest of "Zhihao 666" expressed full confidence in Wen Zhihao and the national team: "Isn't this just a boiled duck?" Since Zhihao joined, we have drawn Iran, and we have killed three of them. Qatar? I'm sorry, our family Zhihao really didn't look at it. ”

Immediately, some old fans expressed their objections: "Visually inspect the owner of the building to watch the game for no more than five years, give you a history of drawing with the national football team to qualify, I hope you have always been optimistic......"

Then this fan sprinkled a few large paragraphs, and the history of the national football team's "draw and qualify" came easily.

"In the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, the national football team only needed to draw with Hong Kong to qualify, but in the end they lost 1:2 and overturned in the gutter...... Even Hong Kong can lose! I'm also drunk. ”

"In the two Olympic qualifiers in 1992 and 1996, they both met the stick, and they all qualified after a draw, and the result was 1:3 at one time, and 0:3 at the second time...... The urine of the national football team's 'drawing and qualifying, but not qualifying' has basically been deeply rooted in the bones since that time. ”

"As the old saying goes, things don't go three times, but if you plant them three times, the fourth time should be a long memory, right? In the 2007 Asian Cup, I watched the last game of the group stage on the spot, and I saw with my own eyes that the gang of uncles collapsed in the last ten minutes and were killed by Uzbekistan three times. The nature of the country is easy to change, and it is difficult to change, so I advise everyone not to have too much hope. ”

Immediately, another fan replied under this long post: "This time and that time. Qatar lost to Syria and has already been eliminated. Those people are all naturalized mercenaries, and they have no motivation to qualify, so they shouldn't be able to beat the Chinese team, right? It's better to let the national football team go like the top 40. Well, it was so happily decided. Long live the friendship between China and Qatar! ”

"Agree with the point of view upstairs, everyone knows that it is very difficult after the crisis of Qatar severing diplomatic relations. It depends on the consciousness of this group of people on the field, and if they cooperate well, there will be a lot of benefits......"

In short, various opinions are emerging, and the reasons are becoming more and more outrageous, and they are no longer limited to football.

After seeing more and more of the blatant manipulation of various methods by West Asians, Chinese fans have gradually begun to understand that sports and politics are not separated.

After the Chinese team arrived in Doha, the embassy not only organized a warm welcome from local overseas Chinese and enterprise employees at the airport, but also the ambassador to Qatar even personally visited the hotel where the Chinese team was staying. It is also a well-known reason why China has been able to set off a football boom in recent years. And the high-level plan has also clearly put forward the goal of entering the World Cup. To put it bluntly, this is a political task.

Of course, there are some fans who are not satisfied with this approach. Isn't this a deliberate attempt to create tension? What's so bad about making everyone happy and traveling light?

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For the two days before the game, the Chinese team was arranged at the Khalifa Stadium, which is also one of the venues for the 2022 World Cup. The Chinese team got a feel for the World Cup stadium in advance in another way. Perhaps because of the fact that it was already out of the game ahead of schedule, the Qatari side was suddenly very generous and did not use any off-the-board moves to obstruct the normal training arrangements of the Chinese team in terms of venues.

In addition, the stadium will be air-conditioned on the night of the game. The local heat of more than 30 degrees is no longer the enemy of the Chinese team.

But that doesn't make Chinese journalists feel like they're all right. At the pre-match press conference, although Lippi firmly stated that he would not accept any result other than victory, the Chinese reporter was still not at ease and asked: "Do you understand the curse of the Chinese team in the past to qualify after a draw but be eliminated every time?" Do you follow South Korea's matches while you're playing? If South Korea loses to Uzbekistan, China may qualify even if it loses. ”

Lippi smiled at the reporter like a fool and replied: "When I took over the Chinese team, the situation was very serious. Everyone relied on the accumulation of victories to change the fate of the moment. Since you have taken your fate into your own hands, there is no reason to hand it over again. The Korean team has nothing to do with us, because I believe that my players will not give me this opportunity to worry. And, I think you should go and review the rules, as if we've at least locked in the play-off qualification, eh? ”

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and the reporter only felt a hot red on his face. Interviewing the team of your own country has to be embarrassed to show everyone, which is a big embarrassment.

After Lippi finished speaking, Wen Zhihao first made eye contact with him, and then picked up the microphone in front of him and said loudly to all the reporters at the scene: "As a member of the Chinese team, I am obliged to answer the reporter's so-called curse." When you're really focused on every win, all the spells are clouds. All spells are a tragic cycle of scaring and then crushing. It's impossible for us to be able to do it, and if we don't go for victory on the field, it's better to wash up and sleep as soon as possible. ”

Including the reporter, all the Chinese reporters were stunned for a moment, they didn't expect the curse that had plagued the national team for many years to Wen Zhihao's explanation.

It's a bit of a twist, but when you think about it, it seems like that's really the case......

The veteran reporter immediately recalled the past national team games in his mind. Often, the national team is able to match the opposition for most of the half, and sometimes it can take the lead. But as soon as the opponent scored a goal, he immediately became unable to play, and he fell into a thousand miles in a short period of time. Wen Zhihao reminded him like this, as if he really knocked himself down, and the opponent's goal was the last straw that crushed the Chinese team.

The reporters suddenly felt a lot better, and some bad things would not have happened if they had broken it. Everyone wants to be proud to celebrate after the game.

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The match between China and Qatar kicked off at 0:00 on September 5. However, on this night, all football fans and even sports fans in China did not feel sleepy at all, only the worry and worry of sharing the fate with the national team.

Most of the die-hard fans who are really heartbroken for the Chinese team choose to watch the game in dual-screen mode. TV to watch their national team, computer search for South Korea and Uzbekistan matches. If there is a result that everyone does not want to see on the Chinese team's side, then it is necessary to pray that Uzbekistan will win South Korea and assist the Chinese team to qualify.