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But this does not mean that Zhou Yi can enjoy more vacations, in fact, his vacation may only be a dozen days, because on June 3, the top ten of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup in Brazil will be in full swing.

The Chinese team that reached the top 10 were placed in Group B, along with Japan, Australia, Oman and Qatar.

At the beginning, after the results of the group came out, some Chinese media exclaimed that the Chinese team was divided into the group of death. Then it was mercilessly ridiculed by fans on the Internet - for the Chinese team, is there a group that is not the group of death?

The first round of 10 matches started on June 3, and the Chinese team challenged Qatar away.

The second round of 10 matches was played on the evening of June 12, when the Chinese team hosted Oman.

If the Chinese team wants to qualify from the top 10, they will have to finish third in the group at worst, and then go to the third place in Group A, and then the winner will compete with the fifth place in South America for the final qualifier.

If you are preparing for the goal of finishing third in the group, the two games against Qatar and Oman will be crucial and must be won, home and away.

There are a total of five teams in a group, and in addition to the Chinese team itself, there are four teams. All four of these teams are opponents of the Chinese team, Japan and Australia are very tough to bite, and it is difficult to win against them, in this case, if the Chinese team does not get points against Oman and Qatar, it is almost impossible to finish third in the group.

The first opponent the Chinese team faced in the top 10 was Qatar, which is also a very interesting thing.

Especially those reporters who have participated in the coverage of the top 20 matches of the Chinese team, they must still remember the grudge between a Qatari reporter and Zhou Yi.

So just after the results of this grouping were released, some Chinese media exposed the behavior of the bearded Qatari reporter, which caused a heated discussion among domestic fans.

Many netizens commented that they had never seen such a brazen person.

But this is not the point, the point is that when the Chinese reporter and the other side clashed, they once asked the other party to pray that Iraq or Qatar would not meet the Chinese team in the top 10 again.

It sounded like an angry remark at the time.

I didn't expect it to be such an angry sentence, and it turned out to be a prophecy!

The Chinese team was really divided with Qatar in the top 10 matches!

Chinese fans who know the cause are angrily clamoring for revenge against Qatar, and they must teach sluts a lesson!

Now here's that opportunity.

When Zhou Yi went to the national team for training, he was asked this question by reporters.

He asked suspiciously, "Is there anything else?"

The story that happened in the media booth, of course, he could not have known as a player.

But now he knows.

"What a coincidence. After listening to the reporter tell the whole story, Zhou Yi touched his chin and groaned.

Then he laughed, "What did you say about that?"

Without waiting for the reporter to think about it, he said it again: "Don't be unpredictable!

In this way, Zhou Yi said goodbye to the reporters with a smile, leaving a group of reporters who looked at each other, not quite understanding what Zhou Yi meant by this sentence and this smile.

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The match was played at the home stadium in Qatar, and the Chinese team played away. Since it's an away game, it's about accommodation.

The Chinese team chose to stay at the same hotel they stayed in their last away win against Iraq.

This time, the Qatari side did not refuse to allow the Chinese team to stay under the pretext of hotel decoration. Perhaps they themselves feel that it is unreasonable to use the same excuse again.

After arriving in Takar, Zhou Yi was surrounded at the airport by Chinese and Qatari journalists, who said: "I am very happy that our first top 10 match was played in Qatar, as we all know, this is our blessed place. We have very good memories here. ”

It's not the first time Zhou Yi has said this, since the Asian Cup, he will say these words every time he comes to Qatar, and everyone knows what these words mean.

The Chinese reporters who interviewed him let out a low laugh.

"I also have a very good impression of Qatar as a country, and what I am most satisfied with is the work they have done in the reception of this tournament. This time, the hotel we stayed in was finally not renovated, which is great!Thank you Qatar Football Association for the preparation of this competition, thank you!"

After speaking, Zhou Yi waved his hand and walked away.

Leaving behind a group of Chinese reporters with irrepressible laughter and somewhat embarrassed Qatari reporters.

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It is said that in the program of the local TV station in Qatar that night, some guests criticized Zhou Yi for not being polite and not graceful.

However, Zhou Yi did not watch TV in the hotel, and even if he did, he could not understand the Arabic spoken by the Qataris. Therefore, these criticisms mean nothing to him.

But it still makes a lot of sense to the Qatari media.

Since the 2011 Asian Cup, Zhou Yi and Qatar seem to be on the bar, in the Asian Cup, in the World Cup qualifiers, Zhou Yi and Qatar can always have some sparks.

It's all about controversial topics.

For example, the last time the Chinese team played with Iraq in the hotel problem here, Zhou Yi sneered at Qatar.

Much upset the media in Qatar. This time, Zhou Yi scolded Qatar's cautious eyes in front of Qatari reporters, which did not save face for the host......

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In fact, in the history of the confrontation between China and Qatar, the Chinese team has an advantage in the overall record. From the perspective of the national team, before this game, the Chinese team and the Qatar national team had played 14 times, with a record of six wins, four draws and four losses, gaining the upper hand.

However, at the level of the World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team is at an absolute disadvantage with one win, three draws and three losses. It can be said that the Chinese team and Qatar have given birth to many wonderful classic stories in the World Cup qualifiers.

For example, the famous "Black Three Minutes" has the shadow of Qatar. In the 1989 World Cup qualifiers, China and five other teams played a single round-robin match in Singapore, and the top two teams in the points won the World Cup ticket. Moreover, the World Preliminary Tournament at that time also adopted the "two-point system", which means that two points were awarded for winning, not three. Teams with the same score first compare goal difference, goals scored, and then compare the win-loss relationship.

After four rounds of matches, South Korea qualified early with seven points, the United Arab Emirates ranked second with five points, China ranked third with four points, North Korea and Qatar tied with three points, and Saudi Arabia, which only had two points, was out of the tournament early. In the penultimate round, the Chinese team encountered the "black three minutes" for the first time against the United Arab Emirates, leading 1:0 and with five minutes left in the game, head coach Gao Fengwen replaced Dong Liqiang, but after the game, Dong Liqiang, who was too excited, made two consecutive mistakes with the ball, and was cut off by the opponent and counterattacked, conceding two goals in three minutes, and lost the game.

If the Chinese team can win the UAE at that time, the points will surpass the UAE by two points, and the final round will only need to draw to qualify, and the match with Qatar will not be so important.

But now the Chinese team has to fight Qatar to the death, and it depends on the results of the match between the United Arab Emirates and South Korea.

In the match with Qatar, the Chinese team was still the first to score, leading 1:0. But in the last three minutes of the game, the Chinese team once again encountered the "black three minutes", and was scored two goals by Qatar and was reversed. And you must know that in the other match played at the same time, South Korea and the UAE drew 1:1. If the Chinese team can hold the last three minutes, it will be the Chinese team that will enter Italy, and it can be said that the Chinese team is only three minutes away from the World Cup. That may be the closest the Chinese team has come to the World Cup before the World Cup in Japan and South Korea......

This is the first time that the Chinese team has tasted the bitterness of Qatar.

The second time was at the Golden State Stadium in Dalian in 1997, when the Chinese team lost the game by Qatar after leading by one goal at home. This game was a turning point for the Chinese team to miss the World Cup in France, and the Chinese team finally ranked third in the group, and the phrase "Golden State doesn't believe in tears" also spread throughout China and became one of the black memories of Chinese football.

In 2002, the Chinese team finally tasted the joy of victory in Qatar, and they welcomed Qatar at home after advancing to the World Cup finals one round ahead of schedule. In that game, the Chinese team defeated Qatar 3-0, which was also the first time and the only victory for the Chinese team in the history of World Cup qualifying.

In the 2010 South Africa World Cup qualifiers, in the top 20 matches, the Chinese team and Qatar met again, drawing 0:0 with Qatar away, and losing 0:1 to Qatar at home. In the end, the Chinese team was at the bottom of the group stage and was eliminated without even entering the top ten.

It can be said that in the process of Chinese football impacting the World Cup, Qatar's "accompaniment" is always indispensable. At the same time, it can also be said that Qatar is the "touchstone" of the Chinese team. In 2001, the only time they defeated Qatar, the Chinese team successfully reached the World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea. In the other qualifiers that did not win against Qatar, they did not qualify for the World Cup finals.

From a superstitious point of view, if the Chinese team can beat Qatar this time, it may be able to successfully swipe the card to enter the World Cup finals.