Chapter 44: A Kick in the Door

"Are we wrong, 8-0? Did South Korea meet Germany or Argentina? ”

"Even Germany and Argentina may not be able to beat South Korea 8-0!"

"What the hell! The score of 8-0 is almost a score that can only appear from teams two or three grades behind. How could the www.biquge.info appear at this stage of the World Preliminary Tournament? ”

"What the hell is going on? When did the Chinese team become so strong? If the Chinese team is really so strong, why did the first five games only have 2 draws and 3 losses? ”

"It's Zhang Guan, who scored 7 goals alone, including 5 goals in the first half, it's no wonder that the South Korean team doesn't collapse!"

"Zhang Guan? He can also play football, and he is so good, scoring 7 goals in a game, which is simply superb! ”

"Let's go and watch Zhang Guan's goal highlights, it's really exciting, all kinds of fancy skills are about to catch up with the wonderful goals of many stars in a lifetime."

"I just got the news that Ji Chengyong had a concussion and a nasal fracture, and he needs to be hospitalized for observation, and eighty percent of him will not be able to play in the next game."

"There is also Gu Zizhe, I heard that the lower half of his body is wearing protective gear, and now it is difficult to walk, it looks like he can't recover for a week, and it is impossible to play in the next game."

"The South Korean team even lost their underwear, losing the game 8-0, it's ugly enough, the two main players who play in Europe have been beaten down, and they can't play in the next game, it's really embarrassing!"

The Chinese team crushed the South Korean team 8-0, which surprised the other Asian teams in the same group, especially the Uzbek team, which has the hope of qualifying. They know that if China can score 17 points, then Uzbekistan is the most likely to be eliminated.

And after this game, almost all sports commentators have come to the conclusion that Asian football is about to change!

The next match will be held on March 28, that is, five days later, so the national football team did not rest, and rushed to Iran by plane the next day, familiarized with the local environment, and prepared to challenge the Iranian team away from home.

In the last match between the two sides, the national football team drew 0-0 with Iran at home, which was a good result for the national football team at that time. But this time, the Chinese team can no longer be satisfied with a draw, because the draw will not bring the Chinese team to qualify, they need to win.

Iran, on the other hand, have 14 points after another win over Qatar, leading Group A on record, and they only need to win one more game to reach the 17-point qualification threshold. Coupled with the fact that this time it is a home game, the Iranian team certainly does not want to lose.

There are also many players in the Iranian team who play in Europe, such as Guchanejad, Azmoun, Ansarifad, Jahanbakhsh, Dejaga, etc., whose strength is stronger than that of the South Korean team, and naturally they are also better than the Chinese team. It's just that the appearance of Zhang Guan has reversed the strength of the two sides, and it can even be said that the gap has widened.

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Azmoun of the Iranian team suddenly inserted the flank, so that the Chinese team's back line was caught off guard, Azmoun also took the opportunity to get an excellent shooting opportunity, only to see him raise his foot sharply, the football flew towards the dead corner of the upper right corner of the goal, although the goalkeeper of the Chinese team judged the right direction, but the direction of the football flying was too tricky, so that he could not save.

"The goal went in, Azmoun scored a goal for Iran! Azmoun's interspersed this time was very sudden and very fast, worthy of the player with the nickname of 'Asian Messi'! As Iran's top scorer, Azmoun scored 14 goals in 12 appearances in the round of 40. The commentator of Central Electric said, but there was no sense of disappointment in his tone, as if he didn't care about Azmon's goal at all.

After the goal, Azmoun did not have any exaggerated goal movements, just applauded himself, and his teammates did not come forward to hug, but patted his shoulders and other ways to congratulate him.

Such a calm celebration ceremony is really rare in a football game, not to mention that the Iranian team is still at home, how can there be no big celebration of the home goal!

Today's Iranian team did not celebrate, but quickly fought for a good position, as if they wanted the game to restart as soon as possible, on the other hand, the Chinese team slowly and leisurely, more like delaying time.

All this is because the Iranian team is behind, even if Azmoun scored a goal, the Iranian team still fell behind the Chinese team 1-3.

Similar to the situation in the previous game, the Iranian team was stunned by Zhang Guan as soon as he started, and Zhang Guan completed his hat-trick in just 25 minutes.

Iran's defense is arguably the best in Asia, and before this game, only one team in the top 12 had not conceded a goal, which Saudi Arabia, Japan, and even Australia could not do. So while conceding three goals in a row, Iran is also adjusting its defense, which finally hinders Zhang Guan's offense. And the Iranian team also pulled a goal back through their own efforts.

After recovering a goal, the Iranian team launched a more ferocious attack, especially after the break, when the Iranian players regained some strength.

However, instead of scoring, the Iranian team on the offensive conceded another goal. In order to recover the score, they used too many players to attack, making the backcourt defense empty, and the players of the Chinese team kicked the ball directly to the front court with a big foot, and Zhang Guan chased after chasing the ball directly into it, turning the score into 4-1.

At this time, the Iranian team realized that with the existence of Zhang Guan, this kind of large-scale oppressive attack must not be used. With Zhang Guan's speed and offensive ability, if too many personnel are spent on attacking and playing, Zhang Guan can easily stab through the Iranian team's backline.

With three points behind and most of the players assigned to the defense at the back, Iran has no hope of victory.

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The final score of the game was fixed at 4-2, and Iran scored another goal before the end, but it was already difficult to salvage the defeat.

After this battle, everyone knows that it is no coincidence that the Chinese team defeated South Korea 8-0, and Zhang Guan's strong performance also told the whole of Asia that he has the strength of the world's top football players.

Many European giants threw olive branches to Zhang Guan for the first time, asking him if he was willing to play in Europe, and some team owners were even willing to give up part of their shares to Zhang Guan in exchange for Zhang Guan's joining. However, Zhang Guan had no plans to play in Europe and declined these invitations.

The next match of the World Preliminary Tournament is on June 13, and the opponent is Syria.

Syria are a tenacious team, having drawn at home to South Korea and Iran. It is worth mentioning that because Syria is in the midst of war, Syria's home stadium is placed on a neutral venue, that is, even if it is the so-called home stadium, Syria does not have the slightest home advantage, and even there will be more away fans. Syria's ability to draw with South Korea and Iran in such a situation is enough to show that they are not a fishy team.

In the last match between the two teams, Syria defeated the Chinese team 1-0 away, I have to say that the Chinese team played really bullshit in that game, just conceded a goal, not even a goal, the whole team seemed to be waiting for the ball, and gave love to international friends in war-torn countries. Syria, on the other hand, fought all over the field and played its own style.

The second time the two sides met, the players of the Syrian team were still very tenacious and continued to fight all over the field, but this time the Chinese team had the existence of Zhang Guan, and Syria's full-court scramble was doomed to be futile.

Syrian football players are indeed full of hard work, but after all, they are not good, if they face Asian players, they can still play like that, but after meeting the world's top football players, the weakness of the Syrian team's lack of hard power is reflected. In the game, Zhang Guan faced the defense of two or even three Syrian players, and he was not timid at all, and used technique and speed to perfectly pass the Syrian defenders.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Syrian team 4-0.

Then on August 31, the Chinese team hosted Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan knew that Zhang Guan was very powerful, and it was an away game, so they simply put on a purely defensive lineup, and they didn't intend to win at all, they just hoped to take away a draw and get 1 point. After all, the South Korean team lost to the Chinese team before, and if Uzbekistan can get 1 point from the Chinese team, it will also have an advantage in competing with the South Korean team.

The Uzbek players have largely stayed in their own half of the pitch to defend, and they have even put a midfielder in the starting striker position to make the defence more solid.

This all-defensive line-up did pose a great obstacle to Zhang's attack, but Zhang Guan still used a long-range free-kick to break through the Uzbek goal just before the end of the first half.

Uzbekistan, which was behind, gave up continuing to defend and switched to an attacking lineup to equalize, but this gave Zhang Guan a chance, and in the second half, Zhang Guan scored three goals in a row to lead the Chinese team to a final victory of 4-0.

After this round of matches, there is only one last game left in the world preliminaries, and the Chinese team has already obtained 14 points because of a four-game winning streak, and is very hopeful of qualifying.

The other teams in Group A, Iran have already qualified in advance, while Syria and Qatar are already hopeless.

The situation is complicated between South Korea and Uzbekistan, who have won back-to-back victories over Syria and Qatar to come from behind and currently sit second in the group with 15 points. Due to injuries and other reasons, the South Korean team only achieved 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in four games, but only 14 points, the same as the Chinese team, but the South Korean team lagged behind the Chinese team in goal difference, so it ranked fourth in the group.

China, South Korea and Uzbekistan will compete for the last place to qualify, while China will play Qatar away and South Korea will play Uzbekistan away.

In the current situation, if the Chinese team wins the last game, it will get 17 points, and it can get a third place, as for whether it can win the second place, it depends on the results of Uzbekistan and South Korea.

Uzbekistan will qualify directly with 18 points if they beat South Korea, while China will be third in the group on goal difference and will have to play the play-offs against American teams for a place regardless of whether they win or lose.

If South Korea wins against Uzbekistan and China wins, China will qualify, and South Korea will play the third play-off. If the Chinese team draws with Qatar, the Chinese team will go to the play-offs third.

If South Korea draws with Uzbekistan, the Chinese team will directly qualify if it defeats Qatar, and if it draws, it will go to the play-offs, and if it loses, it will also be eliminated directly.

But both Uzbekistan and South Korea know that the current Chinese team meets Qatar, a draw and a loss are unlikely, and the back line of the Asian team is only a matter of time before they lose the ball in the face of Zhang Guan, and Qatar will definitely not be able to stop Zhang Guan's goal, so the Chinese team has earned 17 points.

If China gets 17 points, South Korea, even if they beat Uzbekistan, will finish third in the group and play in the play-offs. As for Uzbekistan, as long as they don't lose, they won't be eliminated. If you win, the South Korean team can advance directly, and if you draw, you will also go to the play-offs.

In general, as long as the Chinese team and Uzbekistan do not lose, they will not be eliminated immediately, at least have the opportunity to play in the play-offs, while the South Korean team needs to look at the faces of other teams.

South Korea is also a regular participant in the World Cup, but now they are the most likely to be eliminated outright.

However, at this moment, a news came out that Zhang Guan injured the meniscus in his left leg during training and may miss the last game of the World Preliminaries!

This news immediately caused a sensation across the country, the Chinese team was still one step away from the World Cup, but Zhang Guan was injured, and the fans could not accept the bad news.

A lot of reporters gathered in front of the hospital, they wanted to know if Zhang Guan's injury was real, and in addition, many fans spontaneously rushed here. There were so many people gathered that the hospital had to call the police and let the police come to the scene to maintain law and order. The building where Zhang Guan was recuperating from his injuries was also sealed, and the front and back doors were guarded by police, so ordinary people could not enter at all.

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Lin Wei was wearing a white coat, a mask, and a stack of medical records in his hand. He looked back at the policeman guarding the door, and smiled slightly.

Lin Wei is known as the No. 1 paparazzi in China, and it is said that there is no celebrity he can't photograph. As the No. 1 paparazzi in China, his methods are naturally different, other reporters can't get in, but Lin Wei disguised himself as a doctor, deceived the police, and walked into this building.

"I don't know what Zhang Guan's injury is, if I take a few casual photos in a while, it will definitely be another big exclusive!" Lin Wei thought as he walked upstairs.

There is a big room upstairs, which is the rehabilitation treatment room, Lin Wei heard movement inside, and couldn't help but lean up, through the crack in the door, he saw that someone was sitting on a fitness equipment, sweating like rain.

"It's Zhang Guan!" Lin Wei didn't expect him to find the target so quickly, and then he looked at the knee of Zhang Guan's left leg.

Zhang Guan was wearing shorts, and Lin Wei could see at a glance that Zhang Guan's left leg and knee did not have any traces of injury.

"Isn't it the left leg, it's the right leg?" Lin Wei looked at Zhang Guan's right leg again, but still didn't find it.

"What's going on? Didn't you say that the meniscus was torn? Why can't you see it at all! Could it be that Zhang Guan is cheating! ”

Coming to this conclusion, Lin Wei was suddenly shocked.

"Who's there!" A voice sounded, and Lin Wei knew that he had been discovered.

The next moment, a strong man rushed over with a few arrow steps and held down Lin Wei......