At this time, the Chinese Football Association also came out to refute the rumors, saying that the suits of the Chinese men's football team are not so expensive, and the Chinese men's football team is not so luxurious.

Then, the Chinese Football Association also listed the bonus system of the Chinese men's football team in the Asian Cup, if the Chinese men's football team wins the championship, the reward will be 2 million yuan, the runner-up will be 1.5 million yuan, the third place will be 1.2 million yuan, and the top four will be 800,000 yuan.

The bonus is not very high, and of course it is not a lot.

However, many Chinese fans are not optimistic about the Chinese men's football team winning the award, and some Chinese fans even joked about the Chinese Football Association on the Internet, saying that the officials of the Chinese Football Association must know that the Chinese men's football team will not get the bonus at all, so they dare to set the prize so high. Otherwise, they won't have to bleed profusely.

After getting these things out of the past, Gao Hongbo finally got a good news, that is, Iraq agreed to play a warm-up match with the Chinese men's football team, and Gao Hongbo's hanging heart was relieved.

However, at this time, a local reporter in Qatar came to Gao Hongbo and wanted to interview Gao Hongbo. Gao Hongbo thought about it and did not refuse the Qatari reporter, but the Qatari reporter's question startled him.

The Qatari reporter asked: "May I ask Coach Gao, what do you think is the biggest suffering of the Chinese men's football team winning the championship?" ”

Shrimp? Win?

This is a problem that Comrade Gao Hongbo and the officials of the Chinese Football Association have not considered. Gao Hongbo really didn't expect that a reporter in Qatar would ask such a question? Do the Qataris think that the Chinese team can win the championship? Or is this guy sarcastically mocking the Chinese team?

Gao Hongbo looked at the Qatari reporter carefully, until the reporter in Qatar was embarrassed, and Gao Hongbo didn't see any sarcasm on his face, Gao Hongbo was sure that this guy really thought so.

Gao Hongbo smiled bitterly, he said: "The current strength of our Chinese team is not particularly strong, and it is only a third-rate team in Asia. Our goal for this Asian Cup is to develop the team and prepare for the World Cup, but of course we want to qualify from the group. ”

The Qatari reporter was surprised by Gao Hongbo's answer, he didn't expect Gao Hongbo to say that the Asian Cup is just a training team? This Chinese team is too extravagant!

However, Qatari reporters have learned that the Chinese team is indeed very young now.

In the 23-member roster of the Chinese team, there are as many as 16 players born after 1985, many of whom are the main players of the national youth team in the 1987 age group that year, including Zhen Chen, Hao Junming and other 9 people. In addition, there are two members of the 1989 National Olympic team, Zhang Ningpeng and Li Jianbing. On average, the age of the Chinese team is not even 24 years old. With such a young lineup participating in international competitions, Gao Jiajun undoubtedly set a new record.

However, Qatari reporters do not think that the current Chinese team is the third rate in Asia, he feels that Gao Hongbo is modest, because the Chinese have always been more modest.

Kuwait's head coach Golan laughed and said: "It's incredible! How can the strength of the Chinese team be the third rate in Asia? Have you ever seen a third-tier Asian team that you can beat France? Have you ever seen a third-rate East Asian semi-final champion? Hehe, this is the smoke of the Chinese . Fog. Play. ”

And the head coach of Uzbekistan, Abramov, who is in the same group as the Chinese team, also said: "This is a joke at all, I don't think the Chinese team is the third rate in Asia." They are very strong and will be the biggest threat to our team. I don't take the Chinese coach lightly because of their words, they are a very good team and we have to give it our all. ”

And the official of the AFC also believes that this is the humility of the Chinese, and they used this sentence in the section that introduced China: "Gao Hongbo helps the Chinese team rebuild its glory!" ”

Obviously, the AFC also believes that the Chinese team is a very strong team, and they are also a strong contender for the Asian Cup title.

Of course, in Bo. In terms of the odds of winning the championship, the Chinese men's football team is behind the Japanese team, the South Korean team, the Australian team and the Iraqi team. However, the odds of the Chinese men's football team to win the championship are still in front of the host Qatar, Uzbekistan and other teams, ranking in the forefront.

And many people think that the Chinese men's football team is very strong, especially if they have a super striker who plays for the Premier League giants Arsenal, such a Chinese team is definitely not to be underestimated.

At this time, the Chinese men's football team is so low-key, it is naturally considered modest by foreign media, and even many people use "the sleeping Oriental sleeping lion has woken up" to describe the current Chinese team.

At this time, the players of the Chinese men's football team did not have the heart to think about these issues, and now, they are preparing for the final warm-up match before the upcoming Asian Cup.

In this warm-up match, the opponent of the Chinese men's football team is the Middle East powerhouse Iraq team, the strength of the Iraqi team is very strong, they are the defending champions of this Asian Cup, and their strength is very strong.

The Iraqi Football Federation was founded in 1948 and joined the AFC Association in 1971, becoming a member of the AFC.

In the Middle East, Iraqi football is a traditional powerhouse, known as the "Lion of Mesopotamia". They won the Arab Cup four times in 1964, 1966, 1985 and 1988 and three Gulf Cups in 1979, 1984 and 1988. In addition, Iraq won a miraculous and historic bronze medal in Olympic football at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. At the 2006 Asian Games, Iraq also won the runner-up.

In 2007, the last Asian Cup, they went out as mourners, but they surprisingly made it all the way to the final, and finally defeated Saudi Arabia to win the Asian Cup.

Prior to the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar, Iraq had played in six finals in their history, and this will be their seventh Asian Cup final.

In addition, Iraq also reached the World Cup in Mexico in 1986, but they lost one goal and conceded four goals in all three group games. In the end, they finished second from bottom at that year's World Cup, with Canada at the bottom of the table with zero goals.

The strength of the Iraqi team is very strong, and the Iraqi team and China naturally have endless stories.

In the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team lost 1-2 at home to Iraq in the group stage and drew 1-1 with Iraq away, and finally lost the right to qualify. In the 2004 Asian Cup, the Chinese team eliminated Iraq 3-0. In the 2006 Asian Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team in the same group as Iraq suffered a lot, and barely qualified as the second in the group with one loss and one draw in two legs.

Therefore, for the Chinese men's football team, the Iraqi team is no stranger at all, and there are many grievances between the two sides.

For this game, many people are paying attention, they all want to see the current state and state of the Chinese team and the Iraqi team, and they also ask for some news, especially the teams in the same group as the Chinese team and the Iraqi team, and they very much hope to get the news of the two teams.

This game, of course, the two teams will not be public, they don't want their opponents to collect information, so this game will be played in a closed state, and no reporters and bystanders are allowed to enter.

For this game, the head coach of the Chinese team and the head coach of the Iraqi team will not take it very seriously, this game, they will definitely not die, they just use this game to find the state of their players, let their players adjust their state to the mode of the game, and prepare for the upcoming Asian Cup.

In this game, the Chinese men's football team and the Iraqi team are obviously not going to release their absolute main force, and they will definitely confuse their opponents, after all, the opponent is also a team in the Asian Cup, who knows if they will meet in the knockout round? At this time, it is necessary to keep each other's hand.

The day before the game, Gao Hongbo, the head coach of the Chinese team, told his players that this game should be played as much as possible, let go of the kick, and do not have the pressure of results, this is a warm-up game, let them find their own form.

Sure enough, in the game on the second day, the head coach of the Chinese men's football team, Gao Hongbo, did not discharge his absolute main force at all, and the goalkeeper position was the young player Zhen Chen, and the back four Liu Jianye, Wang Qiang, Li Jianbing and Zhang Ningpeng.

In the midfield were Deng Zhuoxiang, Zhao Xuri, Yu Tao and Hao Junming. On the front line, it is a combination of Gao Lin and Yang Xu.

Dongfang Chen did not appear in the starting lineup, and after the head coach of the Iraqi team saw the lineup of the men's football team, he naturally knew what the head coach of the Chinese men's football team, Gao Hongbo, was playing. They also did not field their main squad for Iraq, and their number one star Younis did not start and sat on the bench.

After the start of the game, the players of the Chinese men's football team were very relaxed and played very well, and they actually suppressed the Iraqi team, which made Gao Hongbo very satisfied. Rather, it was a bit of a surprise to the head coach of the Iraqi team.

At this time, the head coach of the Iraqi team felt that what the previous media said was very right, how could such a Chinese men's football team be the third-rate in Asia? The strength of the Chinese men's football team is still very strong, and it seems that the Chinese men's football team will be a very important opponent for Iraq.

The Iraqi team came to the Asian Cup this time, they naturally hoped to achieve good results, and even defend the Asian Cup championship, and now seeing the strength of the Chinese men's football team, they naturally attach great importance to the Chinese men's football team.

In the fifteenth minute of the first half of the game, the Chinese men's football team finally broke the deadlock, Hao Junming on the side of the continuous breakthrough, and then crossed directly, Yang Xu in the middle jumped high, directly headed the goal, Hong opened the goal of Iraq, leading 1-0.

After taking the lead, the players of the Chinese men's football team played more confidently, more proactive and relaxed, and they were able to play a fine ground match, which made the Iraqi team very difficult.

Finally, in the 40th minute of the first half of the game, the Chinese men's football team played a wonderful match in the front of the Iraqi penalty area, and finally scored a goal by Deng Zhuoxiang, and the Chinese men's football team led 2-0.

After taking a two-goal lead, the Chinese men's football team relaxed a little. And at the beginning of the second half of the game, the Chinese team made a large number of substitutions, which affected the chemistry of the Chinese men's football team and gave Iraq a chance. Iraq's second-half Younis scored twice to equalise the score.

However, at the last moment, Dongfang Chen, who had just come on as a substitute, shot directly at the front of the Iraqi penalty area, and the football penetrated the Iraqi goal, and finally the Chinese men's football team defeated the Iraqi team 3-2 with Dongfang Chen's killer goal.