The Chinese team defeated Iraq 2-0 when they faced them at home, and today's Iraq is no longer the Iraq that won the Asian Cup four years ago, and the golden generation of Iraqi football is fading.

Although their leader, Younis, was excellent in his appearance, this did not change anything.

This time at home, too.

Because of the terrible political situation in Iraq, they can't even play in their own country.

They can only use Qatar's stadium as their home stadium.

It's not a tragedy for one team anymore, it's a tragedy for the whole country.

When the United States, the superpower, claimed eight years ago that Saddam's government was secretly developing and possessing weapons of mass destruction, and then sent troops to Iraq, the country's tragedy was doomed.

The entire country was plunged into endless turmoil for the next eight years.

When American combat troops withdrew from Iraq a year ago, they were left behind not the democratic, free, peaceful, and prosperous Iraq they had claimed, but devastated cities, bombings, terrorist attacks, and panic that had left the world, tens of thousands of orphans and widows.

However, football is football, and the Chinese team will not show mercy to the team because of the turmoil in Iraq.

In Doha, the capital of Qatar, the Chinese team led by Rong Guang defeated the opponent 2:1 after 90 minutes of fighting.

The top 20 matches began four times, and the Chinese team won all of them.

There is no suspense in getting a place in the top 10 from this group.

After the match against Iraq, the Chinese media and fans began to look forward to the top 10 match.

The top 10 match used to be a very familiar name for Chinese fans and media, and there were many stories in Chinese football during the top 10 match, such as the famous "Tears of Jinzhou" and "Change Li Tie......

But once upon a time, the top 10 matches became unfamiliar to Chinese fans.

Carefully calculated, since the top 10 match in 2001, Chinese football has not played the top 10 match for ten years.

In the past, the top 10 matches were taken for granted for Chinese football, and all people thought about was how to break into the World Cup finals.

And later, being able to participate in the top 10 is already a victory.

I have to say that although Chinese football has seen successful players such as Rong Guang and Gao Lin in recent years, the overall level of Chinese football is declining, far inferior to Chinese football ten years ago.

Now the media and fans who care about Chinese football hope that the emergence of Rongguang and Gao Lin can rekindle everyone's hope for football and make football popular again on the land of China.

The Asian Cup championship at the beginning of this year is a good start, but Chinese fans still value the World Cup more, and when the Chinese team can enter the World Cup finals again, China will inevitably set off a football boom again.

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After playing the match against Iraq, Gao Hongbo considered that the team is now on a four-game winning streak and is in first place with 16 points in the entire group. Jordan, which ranks second, has nine points from four games, three wins and one loss, seven points away from the Chinese team, a huge gap.

Not to mention the third-ranked Iraq, with one win and three losses, only three points.

According to the rules, the Top 10 is the top two teams of the Top 20 competition, with the top two teams from each group.

There are still two games left in the top 20, one away against Singapore and one at home against Jordan, even if the Chinese team loses these two games, it still does not affect the final result of qualifying, and it does not even affect the Chinese team to win the first place in the group.

Under such circumstances, Gao Hongbo found glory after the game, and it made no sense to tell him that under this shape, he would not have to follow the Chinese team to Singapore on the labor expedition.

The remaining two games are already garbage time, and the glory is only a few more goals to win, so there is no need. It's better to rest more, and in addition, it can also give other players of the Chinese team the opportunity to exercise, and the players of the national team can't always rely on glory, which will produce a dependency mentality.

Rongguang felt that what Gao Hongbo said also made sense. For the Chinese national team, he naturally hopes that his teammates will become stronger and stronger, and can become his good helpers, rather than a group of parasites who only know how to make leg pendants.

So he has been trying to help his teammates during the Asian Cup.

Now that Gao Hongbo said this, Rongguang did not hesitate, and directly agreed.

So after the match against Iraq, Rong Guang will not follow the team to Singapore, but will return to Manchester directly from Doha, Qatar to get plenty of rest.

Also leaving the team with him was Gao Lin.

Gao Hongbo gave up almost all the foreign players and went to Singapore with a squad composed entirely of domestic league players.

When the two sides met for the first time in the top 20, because Gao Hongbo did not let Rongguang start, the Singapore media also complained that the Chinese team looked down on them Singapore.

I don't know if they didn't go to Singapore at all when they saw Rongguang and Gao Lin this time, will they think that the Chinese team is too bullying?

The mentality of a small country will inevitably lead to gains and losses. The Chinese team is on the glory and Gao Lin, they feel that the opponent is too strong and has no hope of victory, and if the Chinese team sends all the substitutes, they will feel that the Chinese team looks down on them......

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When the reporters found out that Rongguang and Gao Lin did not go to Singapore with the national team, they were surprised at first, thinking that the two had a conflict with the national team coaching staff and were kicked out in advance.

However, Gao Hongbo quickly explained: "After our research, we thought that under the current situation, it was most important to let Rongguang and Gao Lin get more rest and try not to affect their games in the club, so they went to the club in advance." ”

I didn't say it explicitly, but everyone could hear him. I just feel that the Chinese team has now appeared as the first in the group in advance, and the rest of the games are not so important, playing a Singapore, even if it is an away game, there is no need to let Rongguang and Gao Lin play, so they will go back to the club first.

When the news was spread to Singapore, it really stirred up a thousand waves, and the Singapore media reported the news one after another, and wrote articles to reprimand the Chinese team for disrespecting the opponent.

In this regard, after arriving at the airport in Singapore, Gao Hongbo clarified: "I did not say that the Chinese team underestimated the enemy, on the contrary, we attach great importance to every opponent, even Singapore is no exception." We'll give it our all in the game. ”

And Rongguang, who is far away in Manchester, also spoke out in support of Gao Hongbo: "It was a decision made by the coaching staff and me, of course I want to play, but I think it is more important for more teammates to get the opportunity to practice." I don't think that I will despise my opponent if I don't participate in the game, the Chinese team is a whole and will not be weakened because of who is missing. ”

Subsequently, the Chinese team had practical actions to prove Gao Hongbo and Rongguang's words.

They beat Singapore 6-0 away from home with an all-domestic lineup.

Singapore failed to score a goal at home and were conceded six goals.

The Chinese team has indeed proved that they are not underestimated, but in the hearts of Singapore fans, I am afraid that they hope that they are really underestimated, right?

At this time, many Singaporean fans complained that the media in their own country came, and it was okay to criticize the Chinese team for underestimating the enemy? So people have to use a 6:0 to prove that they are not underestimated! It's hypocritical! Make! Kill yourself!

It's a bunch of slut media!

After the game, Singaporean fans scolded the media in their own country online.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with glory.

After the game in Singapore, the Chinese team left for China directly.

Glory has been training at Manchester City's Carrington training base for a few days now.

Benitez was pleased with this, having missed the second pointless race, which cost him tens of thousands of kilometres less and reduced his chances of injury, and now that he is training at the Carrington training ground, there is nothing better than that.

City need to go further this season and the pressure on Rafael Benitez has never been greater.

Manchester City had a huge success last season and it will be very difficult for them to be more successful this season than last season, or to replicate their previous success.

Benitez is well aware that he needs a healthy glory in the process.

Glory and health, he has the bottom in his heart, and feels that there is nothing in this world that cannot be achieved.

Another thing that reassures him is that Kaka has participated in two friendlies of the Brazilian national team, he doesn't care about Kaka's performance in these two friendly matches, he only cares about whether Kaka is injured or not.

In both games, Kaka didn't play the whole game, and the table was okay, not particularly good, but not bad either.

The most important thing is that there were no injuries in the game, there was no news of injuries in training, and after playing two games, he returned to the club safely.

At Carrington's training base, Kaka saw the glory of returning four days early.

"We've already qualified from the Top 20!" Glory said triumphantly to Kaka.

Kaka said lightly: "Looking at your happy appearance, I thought you had already qualified for the finals in advance." ”

"Hmph, that's not that difficult!" Rong Guang said confidently with his head held high. "See you in Brazil!"