Chapter 1 The Ambition of the Bird?
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This game doesn't mean much to China anymore. But for Australia, it's important.
They are fighting for a third-place place in their group in order to have a chance to play in the play-offs, which are home and away between the third-placed teams of the two groups. The winner will play two more play-offs against the fifth-placed South American team to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil.
It's not an easy road for Australia, but it's the only one they can take.
The good news is that Oman, who were third in the group, lost at home to China, which leaves Australia not yet left Oman behind.
At that time, Australia drew 1-1 away to Japan, accumulating four points, only one point away from Oman.
There are two rounds of qualifiers to go, with Australia having both games and Oman having just one game left. It also gives Australia a chance to overtake Oman.
But first, they have to beat another rival, Qatar.
In the round in which China beat Japan, Australia beat Qatar 4-0 at their home stadium to accumulate seven points, surpassing Oman and becoming third in the group.
In the final round of the group stage, Australia can qualify for the group as long as they draw with China and Oman does not beat Qatar away from home.
However, to be on the safe side, Australia's goal is to beat China at home.
The absence of five returnees from the Chinese team gave Australia hope of winning.
If the Chinese team uses all the main force to come away, Australia may not be confident of beating the Chinese team, and now the strength of this Chinese team, they have seen it when they challenged the Chinese team away.
Fortunately, God helped Australia, because the Chinese team completed the goal ahead of schedule, the team lineup was rotated, and the returnee players led by Zhou Yi did not even come to Australia.
Although some Australian media reported on the Chinese team's approach, thinking that the Chinese team looked down on Australia, but after this report was put on the Internet, countless Australian fans immediately left messages in the comment area below the report, saying: "We just hope that the Chinese team looks down on us!"
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Yan Min, an intern for the national team, finally got a chance to play in China's match against Australia, albeit as a substitute and with ten minutes left in the game.
But for him, it's also a milestone of ten minutes.
His appearance meant that he was an 'international' because he had a record of playing for his country.
When Yan Min played, the score was 1:0, and Australia, which was playing at home, was ahead.
So in fact, Yan Min is not a mixed experience. Gao Hongbo really hopes that he can use his dribbling and breakthrough to create an equaliser for the Chinese team.
Yan Min was very active after he came on the field, but his activity alone could not lead the whole team.
In the end, the Chinese team lost 0:1 to Australia away.
This is an inconsequential game, and it is an away game, plus the Chinese team is a "remnant" - Zhou Yi and others did not come, but many young people came.
In the eyes of many people, such a game can be described as a "training team".
So if you lose, you lose, and the important thing is to train the team and accumulate experience.
Chinese fans and media have been exceptionally tolerant and empathetic since the team has already won the right to participate in the World Cup.
Even the Chinese players themselves don't think it's a big deal to lose the game.
Only Yan Min was very unhappy and felt that if everyone worked harder, there was still hope for an equalizer.
He was not satisfied with the result.
When they just lost the game, the players of the national team were still a little depressed. But after returning to the locker room, everyone's mood is different, and I don't know if it's because it took a while to digest the failure, or because there is no way to have a camera in the locker room, so you don't have to hide your thoughts and expressions anymore.
In short, everyone was talking and laughing in the locker room, and some people were excited about what kind of treatment they would enjoy when they returned to China, which aroused everyone's interest, and there was a big discussion in the locker room about this theme.
Everyone was enthusiastically discussing whether there would be any merchants coming to them to shoot advertisements after returning to China, and whether they could renegotiate the contract with the club, after all, some of them can already be regarded as "international players", their identities are different, their values are naturally different, and their annual salaries and bonuses will rise.
There are also people who care about the official 23-man roster of the national team to participate in the World Cup in a year's time, and whether they will be able to occupy a place. This has become a "stage" for the younger generation of players to praise the older generation of players.
In the bustling dressing room like a vegetable market, there is a person who is silent, and he is constantly accumulating his anger.
In the end, he finally couldn't hold back anymore.
Yan Min yelled at his teammates who were in full swing of discussion: "What are you thinking!"
Everyone was already talking about the excitement, and they were in high spirits, but they were all in a daze when Yan Min yelled at them like this, and they didn't understand what was going on.
Looking at his bewildered teammates, Yan Min said angrily: "How can you do this? We lost the ball, but we didn't win the ball!"
Some people were confused, feeling that Yan Min's anger was simply inexplicable, they spread their hands and said to Yan Min: "What's the matter, Yan Min? This is just an inconsequential game, we all qualified, and the coach doesn't pay attention to it, otherwise why would Zhou Yi and they all leave the team early......
Yan Min interrupted the other party loudly: "For Zhou Yi and them, this may indeed be an inconsequential game! But for us, no!"
Yan Min's tough attitude caused dissatisfaction among others in the locker room - what qualifications do you have as an "intern" of the national team to teach us a lesson?
Someone said: "This is an away game, half of the main players didn't come, we only lost one goal, it's already very good, what are you dissatisfied with, Yan Min?"
"Of course we were dissatisfied, because we had a hope of winning!"
Yan Min's words were shocked, and as soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly looked at Yan Min like idiots.
"Poof!" one of them couldn't help but laugh.
"Even if Zhou Yi and them come, they don't dare to say that they will definitely win against Australia away from home, our 'interns' actually open their mouths and close their mouths to win, the tone is really not small!"
"Why can't we win? We only lost by one goal, and if we can score two goals in the game, we can win 2:1!" Yan Min said in a natural tone.
Someone rolled his eyes: "A soccer game is not a simple game of one plus one equals two! How do you know that if we score two, people can't score three?"
Yan Min's eyes widened and he looked at his teammates who said this: "Isn't it? Li Yang, how can you help our opponent speak? Don't you want us to win?"
Li Yang was a little stunned by Yan Min and didn't know what to say, he was stunned for a moment and said angrily: "What am I talking about with you!"
Then he turned around and went to do his own thing, and no longer paid attention to Yan Min.
Others also felt that it was unreasonable to talk to Yan Min, who was famous in the national team as "two", and simply ignored him. Otherwise, the more you ignore him, the more energetic you get, and everyone doesn't want to quarrel at this time.
And who knows if there will be Yan Min as a second commodity when the next national team training camp will be?
He was lucky to be in the national team this time.
After three games in the national team, and only the last ten minutes, there is no justifiable performance, maybe there will be no next time.
Can't you be entangled with a second cargo that you won't see in the future......
With such thoughts, everyone no longer quarreled with Yan Min, but treated him as air.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Yan Min really couldn't understand the reaction of his teammates.
Why don't these people understand? For Zhou Yi and them, this may be an inconsequential game. But Yan Min thinks that for the youngsters, this game should be a must-win game. They don't have many opportunities to play for the national team, any game is very crucial and important for them, and of course they have to take the opportunity to show themselves.
As a result, such opportunities are squandered.
Yan Min only hated himself for being a substitute, and he only had ten minutes to perform. If he can be given a full 90 minutes, let alone a draw against Australia, even if he beats Australia, he is confident. That's why he said there was hope to win.
As a result, no one can understand his good intentions.
He scolded in his heart: "The erector is not enough and the plan!"