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If Australia wins against Croatia, it will be the most disadvantageous for the Chinese team, because then the Chinese team must beat the Brazilian team to qualify, which is too difficult, after all, the World Cup is not a warm-up game, and judging from the first two games, the Brazilian team is gradually finding the state of the game, and the next game will be even more terrifying.

What worries the national football coach Alihan even more is that the possibility of the Australian team beating the Croatian team is really not small, and the two teams are not much different in strength, but the morale of the Australian team is obviously higher now. What's more, Croatia will have to beat Australia to have a chance of survival, and it's easy to lose their balance in the game, and if they can't take the lead in the final stages, Croatia will suddenly collapse because of a loss of hope

Even if Australia is forced to draw by Croatia, China will have to draw Brazil to qualify, which is also not easy, but it is at least worth fighting for. Alihan also aimed to prepare for the final group game, for which he even temporarily abandoned his obsession with attacking football and decided to use an anti-counter-formation like 541 against Brazil.

The most favorable situation for the Chinese team to qualify is the Croatian team to beat the Australian team in the final game. In that case, even if the Chinese team loses to Brazil in the last game, as long as the goal difference lost + the number of goals won by the Croatian team in the last game is 6, we can also qualify; And if the match between the Chinese team and the Brazilian team achieves a draw or more. Then you can ensure the qualification no matter what.

The above is the qualifying shape of the Chinese team, which looks good at first glance, but because the possibility of the Australian team beating the Croatian team is not small, and the national football team will not be too easy even if it wants to draw with the Brazilian team, so domestic media fans are generally pessimistic about the prospects of the national football team, and the probability of the Chinese team qualifying for the group predicted before the game is basically about 30%. But even so, Alihan still commanded the national football team to start meticulous preparations, focusing on counter-attacking routines and set-pieces.

Among them, the latter is particularly important because the two direct free kick masters of the Chinese team will not play. As for the counterattack routine, it must be based on Gao Jun. Therefore, the focus was on the practice of playing with Gao Jun as the center. Although Hao Junmin's injury in the last game was a big loss for the national football team, if the last game is determined to play against the defense, the faster Qu Bo may be easier to play well

In between training, Gao Jun and others also went to the hospital to visit Hao Junmin, who had bid farewell to this World Cup in advance. I got a piece of news that wasn't too bad at least. Doctors said that Hao Junmin's foot injury could take up to three months before he could return to the field. However, because the foul Croatian player did not speed up before putting the shovel, the force of the shovel was not too great, so it did not lead to a comminuted fracture. Therefore, as long as the recovery is good, it will not leave any hidden dangers in the future career.

And everyone also knows that with the professional habits of doctors, the condition always likes to say badly, he said that it is three months later, or "the most", it is estimated that Artemisia Junmin should be able to play again in 2 months, or even shorter, so that he will not miss the Bundesliga at the beginning of next season, which is really a blessing in misfortune. Although the absence of pre-season training will definitely have some impact, it is also something that cannot be helped

It is worth mentioning that shortly after China's big win over Croatia, South Korea, who won their first game, released a surprising satellite in the second round, and they actually drew 1:1 with former world champions France, and finished second in the group behind Switzerland with only one goal difference. And unlike the Chinese team who had to play the strongest team in the group in the final round, their opponent in the final round was the lesser-known Swiss team, and the latter only needed a draw to ensure qualification, so the South Korean team was far better than the Chinese team, and they are also the team that looks to have the best chance of qualifying among the Asian teams at present.

This made the South Korean media even more shaken, originally the Chinese team defeated the Croatian team 6:3 made them very depressed for a while, but the excellent performance of the South Korean team made them quickly recover their morale, no matter how big the score is, they can only get 3 points after all, a big victory is actually far less affordable than the 4 points obtained by the Korean team, let alone compared with the group qualification.

Of course, for Gao Jun, who scored 5 goals in two games, South Koreans can only "envy, envy and hate", and even some South Korean media accuse the Korean Football Association of having problems with the youth training work, 'Why can't my country cultivate a super genius like Gao Jun?' However, Gao Jun's identity as an orphan has given them a lot of room for reverie, and it is said that the Korean media have recently broken the news that Gao Jun is actually Korean

Gao Jun didn't know these at this time, but the result of the battle between South Korea and France had a great psychological impact on the Chinese team's internationals, before in the warm-up match, everyone tried their best to defeat the French team after they were very proud, but now the South Korean team was able to draw the French team in the World Cup, this significance is no less than winning the French team in the warm-up match A goal difference, everyone will inevitably subconsciously produce "It turns out that winning the French team is not a big deal", and then it is born again" Then we didn't really have a big deal to beat the French team."

In addition, the Chinese team, which once thought that it was the No. 1 team in Asia, inevitably had fluctuations in its mentality after discovering that what they could do turned out to be the same for Koreans, and there were thoughts such as "it turns out that we are actually only a strong team in Asia".

These distractions inevitably affected the preparation and training of the national football team, so that Alihan frequently stopped that day and was very dissatisfied with the state of the players. Gao Jun, who vaguely guessed what affected everyone, decided to talk openly and honestly with everyone, otherwise it would be absolutely death to play the Brazilian team in such a state

"In fact, as early as last year, when we qualified for the World Preliminary Tournament, I was already convinced that our Chinese team has truly become the first-class team in Asia, and now we are undoubtedly stronger than then. But even so, I don't think we've reached the point where we're invincible in Asia. But unfortunately, not everyone has such a sober understanding as I do. After winning the pre-World Cup warm-up match against the French team, I kept saying that it was just a warm-up game, and winning or losing does not fully reflect the strength of the two sides, but there are still many people in the team who have the illusion that they can even win the world championship. Playing with such a mentality, it is easy to capsize in the gutter, so I am actually very happy to hear that the Korean team drew with the French team, because it helps us to re-understand ourselves", Gao Jun said slowly with a smile, "Now we should be the strongest team in Asia as a whole, but we have not opened up the gap with the other top four, except for the Japanese team and the Saudi team, which may be a little easier to play, the Korean team and the Iranian team whose style of play restrains us are far from being sure of winning." South Korea's ability to draw with France at the World Cup shows that the continuous progress of Asian football has given us, the top Asian teams, the possibility of upsetting the world's top teams. Our team is only better than South Korea, yes, I just think so, if South Korea can draw with France, then we should also have a chance to draw and even win against Brazil. Of course, as with South Korea's draw with France, it is only possible to adopt targeted tactics and meticulous preparations in advance, otherwise it will be just the babble of a madman. Therefore, I hope that everyone can do their best to eliminate distractions, train hard according to the coach's requirements, and resolutely implement the tactical strategy formulated before the game during the game."

Gao Jun's words helped the international players unify their thoughts, eliminate distractions, and devote themselves to the intense pre-match preparations. The head coach of the national football team, Ali Han, saw the rapid recovery of the players' condition, and the originally gloomy face also showed a smile again

Shortly after the South Korean team's game, the Saudi team, which had not reached the knockout stage of the World Cup for a long time, was swept by Ukraine by four goals in the second round, which made Saudi fans who felt okay after the first draw fall into hell. While there is still a theoretical chance of qualifying, as long as you know that Saudi Arabia's final group opponent is Spain, who are now the best team in the world, and that the Saudis must win to have any hope of qualifying, you can understand that they can actually book a ticket home in advance

In the third round of the group stage of the World Cup, Japan, the first Asian team to play, fought tenaciously for the theoretical hope of qualifying, but was still eliminated without any suspense. Although Japan drew 0-0 with South American powerhouse Paraguay, only two points from three games were clearly not enough to advance to the knockout rounds.

Speaking of which, Japan's performance in this World Cup actually has some bright spots, Takeshi Okada's carefully crafted overall defense has shown good results in this World Cup, although they were accused of "dull and boring" games by domestic "artistic" fans, they only conceded one goal in three group games, the fewest goals conceded by any Asian team, and even the official FIFA website has given it a high evaluation. It's just that the Japanese team's offensive line is really unsatisfactory, with a total of more than 20 shots on goal in three games, and only one goal has been scored. As a result, the Japanese team boarded the plane back to China early (to be continued......