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Chapter 1174 World Cup legend, opponent in the play-offs
The Japanese team's disastrous defeat to the Chinese team is just a loss of face. They have already qualified for the group stage and got a plane ticket to Brazil. The Iranian team was really frightened by the two victories of the Chinese team. Iran is a bit slow in this World Cup qualifier , although competitors South Korea and Saudi Arabia did not fall behind, they lost points to the United Arab Emirates and North Korea. Later, it was too late for them to catch up with the points.Originally, No.3 in the group was nothing, because the strength of the third group in Group A is very average. Whether it is China, Uzbekistan or Qatar, Iran is sure to win the battle.According to FIFA's original arrangement, the winners of the third place in the two groups will compete with the Oceania champion for a World Cup ticket. The Oceania champion New Zealand is worse than the third place in Group A, and the Iranian team basically has no worries about qualifying.

However, the current situation is unpredictable. First, FIFA changed the original qualifying rules. Asia will draw lots with Oceania, South America, and Central America to determine a qualifying place.Then the Chinese Football Association accepted Li Huan's three chapters of the contract, and Li Huan, the World Footballer, returned to the national team.Under the leadership of Li Huan, the Chinese team scored 12 goals in two games and slaughtered the powerful Uzbekistan and the Asian leader Japan. How can such a crazy state keep the Iranian team from worrying about eating hard?

The three-time Asian Cup champion Iran is one of the strongest teams in Asia, and their results have basically remained among the top four over the years.Only in recent years, with the retirement of well-known stars such as Ali Dayi, Bagheri, Madavikia, and Aziz, the overall strength of Iranian football has declined, and it has been absent from the finals of the World Cup in South Africa for 10 years. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the strength of the Iranian men's football team can still make all teams dare not underestimate it.The strength of overseas players such as Nei Kenan and Shejayi who played in La Liga is not inferior to the Japanese team. In addition, they also spent 600 million US dollars to hire former Real Madrid and Portugal coach Queiroz. For a team, The head coach is also an important component of strength.

The 59-year-old Queiroz entered the Portuguese Football Association in 1978 to engage in the training of young players. In 1989 and 1991, Queiroz led the Portuguese youth team to win the World Youth Championship twice. In addition, he also discovered Figo, Rui Costa, Talented stars such as Baia and Cotto are the leaders of Portugal's golden generation.

In 1991, Queiroz became the coach of the Portuguese national team, but he was dismissed because he failed to lead the team to the 1994 World Cup finals.

After that, Queiroz began to coach the club team, leading Lisbon to win the FA Cup and the league runner-up, leading Nagoya Grampus to win the Emperor's Cup and J-League runner-up.

In 1999, Queiroz served as the head coach of the UAE team and dismissed get out of class due to poor record.

In 2002, Queiroz led South Africa to the World Cup finals in Korea and Japan, but was later dismissed due to South Africa's poor performance in the Africa Cup of Nations.

In July 2002, he was invited by Ferguson as an assistant coach of Manchester United. In the 7-2003 season, Queiroz signed a two-year contract with Real Madrid, but only 04 months later, he was terminated early due to the team's poor record and returned to Manchester United again.

After the 2008 European Cup, Queiroz succeeded Luis Scolari to coach Portugal again and led the team to the World Cup in South Africa.Then he dismissed get out of class again because of record issues, and then he began to coach the Iranian team until now.

Although Queiroz often dismissed get out of class in his coaching career, the experience of dismissing get out of class made him more tenacious and tenacious in coaching. His rich experience and deep understanding of Asian football are also one of the reasons why the Iranian Football Association chose Queiroz.

At the beginning of his tenure, Queiroz vowed to help the Iranian team enter the World Cup in Brazil again. With his coaching level and the strength of the Iranian team, this sentence was not a big deal at the time, but now that the situation has become so unfavorable, Queiroz is also a little HOLD can't live anymore.

After the Iranian team drew with the South Korean team and could only get third in the group, Queiroz was not so confident when he spoke after the game. He said that the Iranian team is now encountering unprecedented difficulties. The efforts of all Iranian team members also need some luck.

Then Queiroz explained: "The football game itself is unpredictable. The World Cup qualifiers have a long cycle and there are more unpredictable factors in the middle. Even teams like Brazil and Spain cannot guarantee that they will qualify. And this time Many unbelievable things happened in the World Cup qualifiers. First, FIFA changed the rules of the play-offs, which actually infringed on the interests of Asian teams and made half of the seats in Asia confusing. After the World Cup refused to join the Chinese team, this year they suddenly agreed to return to the national team. These two factors have a major impact on our impact on the World Cup. I am not emphasizing the objective reasons. I am just analyzing the current situation of the Iranian team to the fans and players. We cannot There is a little carelessness, we have to use all our courage and fighting spirit to complete the two games against the Chinese team, as long as we play to our full strength, I think it is not impossible to qualify."

Nei Kenan, the core Iranian midfielder who played for La Liga Osasuna, learned that their opponent was the Chinese team. Nei Kenan warned his teammates to pay attention to Li Huan. Li Huan is the kind of bull who can challenge a team by himself. Force characters.Although Nei Kenan has some reputation in Asia, but in Europe and La Liga, he can't compare with Li Huan at all. He knows how powerful Li Huan is. This is from personal experience, not from TV and videos.

The Iranian team is nervous about the Chinese team, and the Chinese team is also nervous about the Iranian team. In Asia, the Chinese team is most afraid of the South Korean team, followed by the Iranian team, and the Japanese team will be ranked third.The Iranian team has a fierce style of play, a tough body, and excellent personal abilities. Compared with the original Chinese team, there is really nothing that can be compared with the Iranian team.Although there is Li Huan, the treasure of the mountain, the psychological pressure that the Iranian team has caused the Chinese team has not disappeared for a long time.

After learning that the opponent in the play-offs was Iran, the Chinese media began to look through the old calendar. From Golden State back then to Tehran later, the conclusion of the media was that the Chinese team must be careful about Iran. They are our sufferers. Don’t look. We slaughtered the Japanese team by a big score, which was the pressure of the Japanese team not qualifying, and the knockout match with the Iranian team was the real life-and-death contest.

But Li Huan, the core of the Chinese team, doesn't bother with the mentality of the Chinese media to frighten himself. Li Huan confidently told reporters and fans that there is no doubt that the Chinese team beat the Iranian team. If there is any doubt, it is only a matter of the score, because The strength of the Iranian team is not as good as that of the Japanese team, and after half a year of running-in, the Chinese team will cooperate more tacitly, and their tactics will be more reasonable. The improved Chinese team is not as strong as Japan's Iranian team. Own.

If Li Huan's words were told by other people, the Iranians would definitely be in a hurry. The Persian fighters were very proud. When they played against the Chinese team, they always held up four fingers, indicating that Iran could win the Chinese team by four goals.However, Li Huan, as the world's number one star, said such words, and there was a bloodbath between Uzbekistan and the Japanese team first. The Iranians could only keep silent and go back home to practice their internal skills hard, preparing to give them back at the start of the play-offs in September. Let the Chinese team show some color.

Although Li Huan said that he was full of confidence, he was not as leisurely as he was in previous years. After returning from Shizuoka, Japan, Li Huan lived in the Venus Football School and trained with the national team players of the Venus Football School. Li Huan had to take the coaching certification exam during the break, so his schedule was full.

The previous period of training was to prepare for the game, and it was completely for the battle. Li Huan did not integrate his tactical ideas into the team. Now that the five major European leagues are over, the national team has another three months of rest. Of course, Li Huan will not let go of this great opportunity. His eyes are not only on the play-offs. From now on, Li Huan is already preparing for the World Cup.

In fact, Li Huan's training is also very easy. The national team players he chooses are mainly from the Venus Football Academy, and there are also a small number of players from the second-tier European leagues and former national teams. The students of the Venus Football Academy have no holidays. Li Huan can do it Use this time period to communicate with the players with great concentration. As for the players other than Venus, in addition to the collective training, they come when they like, and they don’t come if they don’t like it.These people cannot affect the overall situation of the team.However, after Li Huan's order was issued, the players who played in the second-tier European leagues and the former national team players all gave up their vacations and came to Venus Star School to practice with the team. They wanted to sacrifice a little rest time to accept Li Huan's guidance Woolen cloth.

Time flies, and three months have passed. The five major European leagues have rekindled their battles. After Li Huan returned to La Liga, he won three games in a row and held the top spot in the standings.At this time, the day of the national team's game is getting closer and closer, Chinese fans and Iranian fans are getting nervous again, and the media has changed from reporting the five major leagues to broadcasting the national team's preparations.

The World Cup qualifying Asian play-offs are divided into home and away games. The winner will compete with one of the Americas, Central America and Oceania for a ticket to the World Cup finals.The Chinese team starts at home and then plays away. This schedule is a bit unfavorable for the Chinese team, because the home and away game system is often the most cost-effective for the team that plays away first, because even if they lose, they will still have the opportunity to come back. Home equalizer.

Li Huan also doesn't care about such a schedule. During training, Li Huan also told the players: The advantage of home and away games is very small, and the important thing is strength. The Iranians should be taught a lesson.

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