As Jorge Dillon said, with a player like Hulay who can be considered a monster in European football, it would be damned if the Chinese team still has to stumble in the top 40.
Although Syria is the strongest opponent of the Chinese team in this group.
But that's all.
Just like some people are hexagonal warriors because they are very strong, and some people are hexagonal warriors because they only have hexagons.
Syria is the strongest opponent of the Chinese team in the top 40, not because of how strong they are, but because there are no real strong opponents such as South Korea, Japan, Australia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia in this group.
Hulay's goal not only broke the deadlock for the Chinese team, but also made the Syrian players very afraid of him and focused all their attention on him.
This creates opportunities for other Chinese team players.
Zhang Qinghuan scored a goal at the end of the first half, and the Chinese team led Syria 2:0.
During the halftime break, although Syria made personnel adjustments and tactical changes, it had no effect.
In the 61st minute, Luo Kai scored the third goal for the Chinese team with a long shot.
The game has reached this point, and victory is no longer in suspense.
The Chinese team will defeat Syria at home and take three points.
A victory against direct competitors can help the Chinese team get first place in this group and thus qualify for the top 12 tournament.
But the Chinese team's attack is not over yet.
In the 74th minute, Hu Lai grabbed the ball in front of the goal and completely sealed the victory for the Chinese team.
4:0!
At the home court of the Chinese team, Syria did not create any waves, and they lost without any suspense.
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At the post-match press conference, Jorge Dillon was asked in an interview with reporters about Xia Xiaoyu and Zhou Zijing who had left the team. He said that although he missed these two players very much, the national team had its own rhythm and would not
Because two people were missing, we stopped moving forward.
He hopes that Xia Xiaoyu and Zhou Zijing can also perform well in the National Olympic team and help the National Olympic team reach the 34th Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles, USA next year.
No one thought Dillon was talking about the situation, because the Chinese national team, which lacked midfielder Xia Xiaoyu and center Zhou Zijing, easily defeated Syria at home. This is the best proof.
After playing this top 40 game, all overseas players returned to their respective clubs.
Because the Chinese team has a bye in the next round of the top 40.
Although the national team still has training camps and warm-up matches, because Dillon wants to inspect new players, he does not plan to keep overseas players in the team.
In the next warm-up match between the Chinese team and Macau, China, Dillon plans to use all players who play domestically.
The Macau, China team is very weak and did not even participate in the top 40. However, the purpose of this warm-up match for the Chinese team is just to test newcomers and examine players, so the strength of the opponent does not matter.
The outside world did not express any objection to the national team's decision, and even thought it was reasonable.
In fact, Yu Jintao also knew something that the outside world didn't know - not only this warm-up match, but also the next top 40 matches, Dillon planned to use it for training.
Although it is not as extreme as this warm-up match against Macau, which only uses domestic players, it will indeed reduce the playing time of overseas players in the game.
On the one hand, it is to ensure that they still have sufficient physical fitness when they return to the club, and to reduce the probability of injuries in the national team. On the other hand, it is also to give domestic players more opportunities to exercise, and to select suitable players through the top forty games.
Players are added to future lineups.
Compared with warm-up matches, there are still some risks involved in using it in official World Cup qualifying matches.
Therefore, Dillon did not announce it to the public because he was afraid of causing controversy.
He planned to wait until the raw rice was cooked.
And all the confidence that allowed Dillon to do this was because of the Chinese national team's performance in the previous top 40 games and its current ranking.
The top 40 is already halfway through. Except for a bye in the first round, the Chinese team has won all four games in the group stage, accumulating 12 points, scoring 17 goals and conceding only one.
Because from the top 40 to the top 12, the top two teams in each group will be selected.
So as long as the Chinese team can get the top two in this group, it will be able to participate in the top 12.
The third place in this group, Turkmenistan, currently has six points and a goal difference of six, which is far behind the Chinese team.
In the remaining four rounds of the group stage, the Chinese team only needs to win two more games to ensure advancement from the group.
Because the Chinese team's opponent in the second game was Turkmenistan. Even if Turkmenistan maintained a complete victory after the second half of the top 40, as long as the Chinese team defeated Turkmenistan, the Chinese team would still be six points ahead of its opponent.
However, because Turkmenistan received a bye in the last group match, they will only have one group match left. With two points behind the Chinese team, it is no longer possible to threaten the Chinese team's status.
With such a huge advantage, the chance of the Chinese team capsizing in the gutter in the second half of the top 40 is very small.
Dillon planned to wait until the Chinese team qualified for the top 12 tournament in advance, and then simply not recall the overseas players. The remaining top 40 games would all be played with domestic players.
This really made Yu Jintao, who knew the inside story, extremely emotional - although the Chinese team reached the finals of the last World Cup, it was definitely not so easy in the top 40. They tried their best and had some luck.
, only then qualified for the top 12 competition.
And now the Chinese team actually has the capital to train in the top 40 games...
Dillon is right, we have indeed...become stronger.
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When Athletic Amsterdam's head coach Jopp Munster saw Chen Xingyi at the training base, his eyes widened: "Damn it, Xing, why are you back?"
Chen Xingyi was also surprised: "Didn't the club receive a notice from the national team, sir?"
"What notification?"
"Notice that I will only play one national team game..."
Munster frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "There should be, but I didn't care. Forget it, you are back anyway, tell me what happened? Don't tell me you were injured.
"
Facing such a head coach, Chen Xingyi was also speechless: "No. It's just that our national team has a bye in the next round of qualifiers, so Mr. Dillon asked all overseas players to return to the club first. The remaining games are warm-up matches.
, there is no need for overseas players to participate..."
After Munster understood the whole story, he was relieved and then laughed: "Yes, Jorge is a coach who has coached in Europe, so he knows very well what we coaches of European teams are thinking. Every time you go back to China to play
The ball is a huge damage to your physical fitness."
Chen Xingyi didn't say anything. Of course he knew what the head coach said.
But can he refuse to return to China to compete because of this?
Absolutely impossible.
From the bottom of his heart, Chen Xingyi couldn't do such a thing.
He is a Chinese player, and he has a big goal in playing professional football, which is to represent the Chinese team in the World Cup. So how could he not go back to a game like the World Cup qualifiers?
Did he train hard for so many years just to make a lot of money playing in a professional football club in Europe?
If a Chinese or a Chinese player cannot contribute to his country's football and only makes money in Europe, what is the difference between him and a Gypsy without a country and a home?
Not to mention that the Chinese football environment is now good, even when the Chinese football environment was not good in the past, he would not have the slightest idea.
But he also understands the head coach's difficulties.
Because the problem exists objectively, it does not automatically disappear just because his patriotic enthusiasm rises.
Every time he returned to the club after playing for the national team, he would either become a substitute or not make the squad at all.
Physical fitness will be greatly affected.
"This is good news for you. You have a few more days to rest than others. I think maybe we will be a little more relaxed in the next game against the Rotterdam Elite."
Munster said this, which means that if nothing unexpected happens, Chen Xingyi will start in this "El Clasico" in the Netherlands.
This is indeed good news.
Chen Xingyi has already contributed two assists in the Eredivisie this season. Although he cannot be said to be completely firmly established as the main force, as long as his condition does not fluctuate too much and his physical fitness is OK, he can basically start.
Now he needs to perform better in heavyweight matches to consolidate his position in the team.
The Dutch National Derby against the Rotterdam Elite is such a good opportunity.
If he can perform well in this game, he will have a chance to start in the Champions League next week.
Since the new season, although his popularity is far less than that of Hu Lai, his statistics are not as good as Huan Ge's.
But Chen Xingyi also took it one step at a time in Amsterdam Athletics, taking every step in a down-to-earth manner.
He knows that he will not stay in the Eredivisie forever, and sooner or later he will play in the five major European leagues.
In order to achieve his goals, the experience at Sporting Amsterdam is valuable, and he must lay a good foundation here.
"Since you came back early, I will ask the coaching staff to develop a special training plan for you. You will train according to this plan in the past few days..." Munster said. "There are not many people left in our first team.
We need to train together with the youth team.”
Chen Xingyi nodded: "I will listen to you, sir."
Munster was very satisfied with Chen Xingyi's attitude. He patted Chen Xingyi on the shoulder: "Let's warm up now."
Looking at the back of Chen Xingyi running onto the training ground, Munster smiled and nodded.
It seems that the teacher is having a great time in China...
They even drove back all the players who had studied abroad.
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Although there were no overseas players, the Chinese team composed of players from across the country still defeated the Macau team of China 6:0 in the following warm-up match.
Dillon used different formations in the first and second half of this game.
352 in the first half and 442 in the second half.
Because it is a warm-up match, the two sides negotiated before the game that each team can make up to six substitutions in this game.
Dillon used up all six substitutions and fully examined the abilities and performance of his players.
Overall, he was satisfied with the results.
The Chinese Olympic team played three warm-up matches in the same period. Zhou Zijing, who was a little frustrated in Leeds City, went on a killing spree in the Chinese Olympic team.
He scored six goals and provided two assists in three games, helping the Olympic team achieve an unbeaten record of two wins and one draw.
Xia Xiaoyu, as the core of the midfield, also performed stably, contributing one goal and three assists.
In addition, the media also discovered a coach from Dillon's coaching staff at the Olympic team's warm-up match - he obviously didn't want to watch the game on a whim.
Instead, he was entrusted by Dillon to come to the scene to observe the performance of the Olympic team players.
This scene can't help but make people think-maybe after the Olympic Games, the Chinese national team will welcome a new group of players...
(End of chapter)
Please remember the first domain name of this book: ._
