The Chinese team won the first game of the Asian Cup, Alihan praised the team's table after the game, Qin Xiong said in an interview that the Chinese team is stronger, and it is normal to be able to win the game, but the team will have huge psychological pressure when playing at home, including himself, and he also very much hopes to dedicate a wonderful game to the compatriots of the motherland and get honor for the fans, but if they pay too much attention to these, they will not be able to play their real strength in the game.

Qin Xiong is increasingly looking like a qualified and excellent captain, and on this point, the praise of Qin Xiong in the Chinese football media, including the fan base, is highly consistent.

The victory in the first game laid a good foundation for the Chinese team to participate in the Asian Cup, and at the same time, there is also a psychological foundation.

Four days later, at nine o'clock in the evening.

The same is at the Beijing Workers' Stadium.

The Chinese team ushered in the second game of the group stage, and the opponent was Indonesia.

Playing this opponent with the strength of the Chinese team is still handy.

Moreover, the psychological state has improved significantly, and the Chinese team is more united on the field, dominating the game with a strong attack.

From start to finish, Indonesia did not get a few shots on goal, and it was a complete body that devastated Indonesia.

8:0！

In the final stage of the game, the Chinese fans in the stands have shouted the slogan "Chinese team champion" in unison!

In their eyes, with the Chinese team led by Qin Xiong, it is already the most powerful team in Asia, and it looks invincible!

The momentum of the Chinese team became more united in the victory, and Qin Xiong's unoverly excited state after the game became a barometer within the team, and no teammate dared to celebrate more carried away than the captain. Because that would provoke a very disgusted and even mocking reaction from the captain.

Nothing has been taken yet. What's there to be excited about?

Hit Indonesia. What is the Chinese team to be proud of?

The Chinese team, which won both games, was drawn by Bahrain and Qatar in the second game, which made the Chinese team qualify ahead of schedule.

In the third match against Qatar, Alihan made some rotations.

Qin Xiong was placed on the bench, and Alihan wanted to train the substitute players in case of critical moments in the future.

Qatar lost to Indonesia in the first game and drew with Bahrain in the second. There is hope for qualification, but only if they beat China, and at the same time, Bahrain are winless or even if Bahrain wins, the goal difference is behind them.

This made Qatar very aggressive in attacking after the opening, and the Chinese team got a better chance in the more dangerous battle, with Xu Yunlong scoring to help the team beat Qatar 1-0.

Although Qin Xiong did not appear.

But when the group stage was summarized by the outside media, it was unanimously agreed that Qin Xiong was the key to the Chinese team.

With him, the Chinese team easily won the first two group games, and also created the tragedy of 8:0 massacre of Indonesia, while Qatar, which lost to Indonesia, almost forced the Chinese team without Qin Xiong into a losing situation. The final score difference of 1:0 won also made the outside world unanimously agree: there is Qin Xiong and there is no Qin Xiong. The Chinese team is two teams.

This is the embodiment of Qin Xiong's central role as the captain of the Chinese national team.

July 30th.

Or at the Beijing Workers' Stadium.

The Chinese team ushered in the 1/4 finals of the Asian Cup, and the opponent was Iraq.

After coming to the knockout round, the physical advantage of the Chinese team began to emerge.

They don't need to travel all the way from Sichuan or Nanjing to Beijing or other venues during the truce, and even those teams with better fitness than the Chinese team will be able to close the gap.

Qin Xiong began to be valued by all opponents in Asia, targeting him and restricting him became the biggest headache for opponents.

The Asian Cup is held locally, and the Chinese team will have preferential treatment in the referee's penalty scale, which is an unspoken rule in the football circle, from the league home whistle between clubs to the continental national team cup or the World Cup, it is an unwritten unspoken rule that the host enjoys certain convenience and preferential treatment.

In the international context, Iraq's presence in the Asian Cup is highly respected.

Because more than a year ago, the Iraq War broke out, and their homeland was in full swing, and the Iraqi men's football team not only came to the Asian Cup, but also reached the quarterfinals!

They seem to be more bloody than the Chinese team on the field, as if they are showing the world something beyond football, national dignity!

It's a pity that football is football after all, and when Iraq's foul tactics against Qin Xiong were hit by the referee with a very severe penalty scale, they lost their minds.

When Qin Xiong entered the penalty area and was pulled to the ground by an Iraqi defender and awarded a penalty, the Iraqi player's feelings completely lost control.

The Chinese team opened the goal account with Qin Xiong's penalty.

When the Chinese team scored the third goal by Zhang Pengfei, Iraq seemed to count the humiliation of the US military against the artillery ravages of their motherland on the head of the Chinese team, and the two teams clashed, which became a disgraceful scene in the Asian Cup.

Even if Qin Xiong was pushed on the head by the opponent, he still calmly restrained the players of the Chinese team, especially when he was punched in the back by the opponent, he was still holding Li Weifeng, so that the big head could not be impatient.

Qin Xiong doesn't like conflicts, he doesn't care if he can really comfort himself with a big fist and be a winner, that's very naïve.

Especially when you wear the national team jersey, every behavior you do is related to the image and dignity of a country in the field of sports!

As the captain, he did not let the situation develop in the direction of complete loss of control, which won the favor of the referee team even more.

The general trend of Iraq has gone, and Qin Xiong also died down, and let the game come to an end in the form of a game.

"The Chinese team has reached the semifinals of the Asian Cup! We are only two races away from the championship! ”

By this time in the Asian Cup, Chinese fans were already crazy and unabashedly enthusiastic about the Chinese team.

After the game, although other teams questioned that the Chinese team was being taken care of too much at home, no Chinese media reported the news, and everyone took it for granted.

On August 3, the semifinals of the Asian Cup, the real test of the Chinese team came!

The opponent is the Asian powerhouse Iran.

The overall strength of the Iranian team is far greater than that of Qatar.

At the same time, two key players are playing in Germany.

Madavecchia, a player on the right wing, plays for Hamburg.

Striker Hashmien, who plays for Bochum.

They are the number one combination for the Iranian team to attack the city.

Coupled with the toughness of the Iranian team's body and courageous style of play, this is a game that tests the spirit and will of the Chinese team.

However, from a technical and tactical point of view, the Iranian team does not appear to be better than the Chinese team.

In addition, the Chinese team has the advantage of being at home, and most of the tens of thousands of fans in the stands are painted with the Chinese flag on their faces, and the home atmosphere has exploded to the peak!

The Iranian team restricted Qin Xiong from the beginning, and it was also a cutting tactic, but they were stronger than Iraq, so they were not so clumsy in terms of cutting methods, and they would not let everyone think it was a foul at a glance.

Qin Xiong was brought down three times in less than 20 minutes after the opening game, all of which were lost in the state of being caught between the opponent and the two.

This cost Iran two yellow cards.

Qin Xiong's legs didn't know how many times he had been kicked, and blood had oozed from his socks, but he still ran on the court without changing his face.

He deeply understands that as long as he does not fall, the Iranian team will not end the focus restrictions on himself.

That's good, he's able to contribute more containment and firepower to his teammates.

In the 31st minute of the first half, he sent the ball to the front line under the front and back three of the opponent in the midfield, Hao Haidong and Li Jinyu also suffered from the cutting tactics of the Iranian team, and they relied on this method of what appeared to be a physical confrontation but actually challenged the foul scale to contain the Chinese team's attack.

Hao Haidong gave an assist to Shao Jiayi, who cut into the penalty area, to help the Chinese team open the scoring!

The subsequent game became more brutal, Liu Yi knocked the other party to the ground in a direct dialogue with Hashmian, carrying a yellow card, Sun Xiang put a shovel that caused a strong protest from Madavecchia, Li Weifeng intercepted Madavecchia's side cut several times, even after the center of gravity of the body was shaken down, he still used his body to block the opponent's shooting line, Zheng Zhi decisively made up for the position and tried to ensure that the Chinese team did not lose the goal.

The Chinese team's attack is also ferocious, Qin Xiong wants to ensure that the front and back attacks are in tandem, so he often stays in the middle area, in the 39th minute of the game, he sent a through ball to Sun Jihai at the bottom, Sun Jihai's cross is close to the goalkeeper position, Hao Haidong fell to the ground after struggling to the top, his head was scraped by the opponent's goalkeeper spikes, and blood spilled on the pitch, and he was sent to the hospital for further treatment after playing.

Countless Chinese fans in the stands were moved, and almost all of them no longer laughed and shouted, but roared wildly!

They saw a Chinese team that was determined to follow! (To be continued......)