Amid heated discussions and anticipation, the day of the race came. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The game kicks off at 9pm GMT, and before this game, there is a game left when Japan hosts Australia.

That game was also of great concern to everyone.

If Australia beat Japan away, they will jump to third place in the group with six points, pushing Oman over, which will put Oman under more pressure and work harder at home to beat China.

However, if Australia beat Japan, then China can regain top of the group as long as they can beat Oman, which is also a good thing.

If Japan beat Australia, they will qualify two rounds early. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing for the Chinese team - will the Japanese team, which qualified early, not work so hard in the next match against the Chinese team?

But it's hard to say, although they qualified ahead of schedule, the Japanese team probably won't be willing to lose to the Chinese team, and then let the Chinese team finally win the first place in the group, right?

The game kicks off at half past six p.m. Beijing time.

It was also broadcast live in China.

The opponent's game is also worth watching.

In the end, the two teams did not split the winner, but played to a 1:1 draw.

The result made the Chinese fans happy.

The Japanese team did not open up the points gap with the Chinese team.

If the Chinese team can beat Oman away, it will not only advance to qualify, but also become the top of the group again.

Although the first and second groups can qualify for the World Cup, but the competitor is the Japanese team, then the Chinese hope that their national team can overtake Japan and advance to the World Cup finals as the group leader.

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Not long after the match between Japan and Australia, China's away game against Oman is about to kick off.

The game, which started at 9 o'clock Beijing time, was a "prime time" in terms of broadcast time, and it was better than the one that started at half past six, because many people probably hadn't gone home at half past six -- today was not a rest day, but a Tuesday, a weekday, and if it was a kick-off at half past six, many people would still be on their way home from work, and it would be impossible to see it.

But it was fine at half-past nine, everyone had gone home, dinner had been eaten, and it was a good time to sit in front of the TV and watch the game.

But for the players of the Chinese team, this is not a very good arrangement.

Muscat, the capital of Oman, is in the East 4th District, while Beijing is the East 8th District, Beijing time is 9 o'clock in the evening, and in Muscat it is 5 o'clock in the afternoon. You must know that Muscat, as a Middle Eastern city, has very hot summers every year.

Here, the average temperature in June is between 30 and 40 degrees.

Generally speaking, if the Chinese team has a game in the Middle East, it is basically broadcast in the early hours of the morning, when the local time is often night, and the climate is slightly cooler.

Muscat, on the other hand, scheduled the game for 5 p.m., so you can imagine what they want to do, which can be regarded as a performance of maximizing the "home advantage".

The hot and dry climate is one of Oman's "home advantage".

If it weren't for the fact that the temperature was too high at noon, it is estimated that they would dare to arrange the game at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and the Chinese team players might run for a few minutes and be sunburned...... How can there be combat effectiveness at all?

But even the game that kicks off at five o'clock now is a severe test for the Chinese players.

Before the start of the game, He Ping, who went to the front to explain the game, kept wiping his sweat with a tissue on the commentary seat, and then introduced the temperature to the audience in front of the TV......

At five o'clock, the sun was still high, shining on the pitch, and the green turf was white.

But such a hot weather still can't resist the enthusiasm of Chinese fans. Although it was a distant away game, more than 1,000 Chinese fans still came to watch the game, including employees of Chinese-funded institutions in Oman and nearby Middle Eastern countries, as well as fans who came from China.

They all hope to be able to witness the historic moment when the Chinese team reaches the World Cup finals for the second time.

In addition to the 1,000 Chinese fans, all of them are Omani fans, and there are many men in traditional Arabic costumes in the stands, and there are only a handful of female fans.

It is a country with a strong religious tradition.

The Chinese fans in the stands were placed in the worst stands - facing the sun, unobstructed and exposed to the scorching sun.

This is, of course, one of Oman's "home advantage".

Before the game started, many Chinese fans were listless. They shielded their eyes with everything they could and put their clothes over their heads to prevent sunburn. At this time, they all understood why the traditional clothing of the Arabs in the desert had a turban, that is, to prevent sunburn......

Someone was discussing in a low voice: "This is the hell weather, the weather forecast says that the maximum temperature today is 43 degrees!"

"Yes, I looked it up on the Internet, and it seems that there are very few such hot weather in the local area in early June......"

"It's so bad luck that we met it. I hope the national team won't be affected by anything......"

"How can it not be affected? I now feel that our national team can be satisfied with a draw away from home. When you return to the home field, it is not bad to use the little Japanese sacrifice flag and step on the corpse of the little devil to qualify! The most important thing is not to get any players injured in this game......

The time and temperature of this game are also being discussed on the Internet.

It is well known that the high temperature is not conducive to outdoor sports, and the players of the Chinese team are not known for their good physical fitness, coupled with the guarantee of combat effectiveness, the returnees are very tired, and it is unknown how much strength they can exert in this weather......

Many people suddenly became pessimistic, thinking that the Chinese team could draw Oman in this game, even if it was a narrow escape.

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Fans of the Chinese team are worried about the fate of the national team.

But in the dressing room, the Chinese players were relatively calm, although the temperature was indeed a bit more than they imagined. But they also trained in Oman for ten days, and they have somewhat adapted to the temperature here. If you don't fit in, you can just come here and compete, and then you may be overwhelmed by this problem.

Gao Hongbo took off his suit jacket, revealing the shirt inside, the back of the shirt and both armpits were wet with sweat, you must know that he just stood outside for a while when the players were warming up......

The players also changed out of their clothes when they went out to warm up, and some players simply didn't rush to wear them, and they were naked and let the sweat run down their bodies, which was a little more comfortable.

Gao Hongbo is giving the players a final advice.

"Today's temperature is higher than usual, so everyone should pay attention to the reasonable distribution of physical energy when they play for a while, and don't rush up and hit hard, and then lose energy. Remember, the game is ninety minutes, not nineteen. Think about it holistically. ”

During the warm-up, many players were already able to anticipate how difficult the game would be today - those who went out to warm up were almost knocked to the ground by the boiling heat, and the temperature gave them a disadvantage.

It's not like everyone feels bored after the warm-up......

This game is going to be tough to play indeed.

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Meanwhile, in the Omani dressing room, their head coach Le Guin is encouraging his players: "I've heard that today's heat is extremely rare in the country, what does that mean? God is looking after us! This is our perfect chance to beat them at home - if this kind of weather is rare even for us, wouldn't it be even more uncomfortable for the Chinese team? And their returnees are still very tired! So don't be afraid of them! What about the European champions? It's not the Champions League, it's the World Cup qualifiers! It's not Germany with a nice climate, it's in Muscat, on our home turf!"

Legon uses contagious language to motivate the players.

Oman's players are really encouraged as well.

Today's unexpectedly high temperatures are rare, but why did they appear on the day of their match against the Chinese team? It cannot but be thought that it is the will of Allah, which is a divine revelation, indicating that they can definitely defeat the powerful Chinese team at home!

The Omani players were very excited at the thought of this.

They are basically devout believers, and they trust this unexplained mystery the most.