January 18th.

The third round of the Asian Cup group stage.

30 minutes before the match between China and India.

In the locker room of the Chinese team, Gao Hongbo re-emphasized the technical and tactical requirements formulated at yesterday's pre-match preparation meeting, and then cheered for the players.

He's a bit upright, and there's nothing wrong with him, but he lacks tactfulness in interpersonal relationships.

So it's always unpleasant to treat the media, and it's hard to make everyone happy in the team.

Qin Xiong thinks that as a captain, he should say something.

He stood up, and everyone turned their eyes to him, whether he played or not, Qin Xiong's own aura was extremely strong, and even some young players couldn't help but hold their heads high and pose as if they were listening carefully.

Qin Xiong said solemnly to everyone: "Today is a key game, I have communicated with the head coach, I will sit on the bench, when will I play?" For example, in the 60th minute of the game, if we haven't taken the lead, then I'll come on, and if we're behind, maybe I'll come early. ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, and they had a rough idea in their hearts.

Gao Hongbo didn't say anything to death, saying that Qin Xiong would definitely not play, if that was the case, why would he still put him on the bench and waste a substitute spot?

Qin Xiong continued: "I don't want you to put too much pressure when I say this, of course, if I were you, I wouldn't have pressure, what level of team is India? You beat Bahrain in the first game, and Bahrain swept India 5-2 in their last game, so you can easily beat India according to common sense.

But football can never be reasoned like this, and the state, the pressure, the environment, and a thousand possible surprises in the game can make a game very different from what people previously envisioned.

But I have faith in you, and if I were you, I would work harder to play this game!

It's been almost seven years since I came to the national team. Since 2004, people talk about the Chinese team the most and talk about me, please forgive me for being immodest, we are all men. Especially we are men who play football, men who want to fight, fight, sweat, and sometimes bleed!

So we don't have to hide it. The outside world often attributes the Chinese team's victory, progress, and achievements to me alone.

Wrong! I knew in my heart that this was not right.

In my memory, just Yang Zhi has at least 5 wonderful saves to keep the goal intact, Sun Xiang also has three saves in the penalty area, Zheng Zhi has created an offensive for the team in the midfield, and Peng Fei has also scored a lot of key goals, all of which means that we are a team!

But the outside world has held me too high, and I apologize to you here. I deprive you of your contributions! ”

As soon as Qin Xiong's voice fell, many players subconsciously shook their heads.

Qin Xiong's contribution to the national team is too great, and it is natural that he will receive any kind of praise.

Not only in the hearts of fans, but also in the hearts of the vast majority of Chinese team players, Qin Xiong is also the god on the green field!

He led the Chinese team forward, shouldered the national mission and honor with his own strength, and let his teammates face the world proudly with their heads held high!

So there is no need for Qin Xiong to apologize at all!

Everyone should be thanking him!

Qin Xiong continued with a serious expression: "So, it's time for you to fight back against the outside world and tell everyone that this team is not only Qin Xiong. And you guys! There's you, there's you, there's you, there's you. There you are! ”

Every time Qin Xiong said "with you", his hand pointed to his teammates who would start today.

The teammate couldn't help but nod.

"Tell the world that the Chinese team is not great because of Qin Xiong, but because this team is extremely united, everyone is silently contributing to the national team, and we put team honor first. We will not bow our heads in the face of any difficulties, we will fight to the end, and we will burn our lives in the arena! So, we're amazing! ”

Qin Xiong's words were loud, and after he finished speaking, Zhang Pengfei yelled, and immediately some people followed suit, and the momentum of the Chinese team completely exploded before he played.

After the players walked out of the locker room and entered the players' tunnel, Qin Xiong followed behind them, cheering for each teammate, and then he walked into the stadium, countless reporters on the sidelines and fans in the stands immediately picked up their cameras to take pictures of Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong naturally walked to the bench and sat down, calmly waiting for the game to start.

Gao Hongbo completely looked at Qin Xiong differently.

He has not had deep contact with Qin Xiong in the past six months, and Qin Xiong's speech in the locker room today can be regarded as a real performance of the style that a captain should have.

That's something he can't bring to the team as a manager.

He is glad that this captain is not only a world-class superstar, but also a leader!

He has stronger confidence and expectations for the future cooperation between the two.

The comparison between the Chinese team and the Indian team, it is obvious that the Chinese team is superior, there is a gap in physical fitness between the Chinese team and the Australian team in the last game, and the Chinese team is obviously weak.

But today's match with the Indian team, the Chinese team is obviously stronger than the Indian team in terms of overall physical fitness!

Coupled with the team's technical and tactical maturity is also higher than that of the opponent, it is not difficult for the Chinese team to win the game.

But the Chinese always make one mistake: scare themselves!

Especially the media, they are always soldiers, and if Qin Xiong doesn't play, it seems that the sky will fall!

Maybe the Chinese players themselves also have this problem, but after Qin Xiong's speech today, everyone has unloaded the last burden.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team dominated the field and relied on fast and fluid team cooperation to take the lead in the 16th minute.

Zhang Linpeng assisted on the side and assisted Han Peng with a cross!

The Indian team, which was at a disadvantage in the physical confrontation, could not withstand the impact of the Chinese team at all.

As weak as they were in the loss to Bahrain, and with no hope of qualifying, the Indian team was not stubborn in their will to resist.

Before the end of the first half, Huang Bowen scored the second goal for China with a long-range shot from the edge of the box.

After the Chinese team took a two-goal lead, the Indian team had no motivation to reverse in the second half.

The Chinese team scored another goal in the second half with Zhang Pengfei's penalty area.

3:0 to seal the win.

Qin Xiong, who was sitting on the bench, stood up to applaud his teammates after every goal.

He didn't play a minute in this game, but he didn't think there was a problem at all.

On the contrary, he is happy for the team, if the Chinese team wants to move forward, in addition to Qin Xiong himself to maintain his peak condition and not decline, other teammates will naturally have to be more powerful. (To be continued.) )