The strongest winger

Chapter 903 Victory over Jordan, semi-finals!
The Chinese team scored 10 goals and conceded no goals in the three rounds of the group stage and became the most dazzling team in the No.0 Qatar Asian Cup. Therefore, it is logical to become the most champion-like team in the eyes of the major media.

However, Zaccheroni, the head coach who led Japan to a 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in the last round of the group, did not think so. He told Japan's "Asahi Shimbun": "The Chinese team is the team with the most championship temperament? Don't forget, Japan has won three championships in the past five Asian Cups!"

The Japanese reporters were very excited about this. While the Chinese team has become the favorite to win the championship, they should overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum!
The Chinese media were very dissatisfied with Zaccheroni's words, so they mentioned the two contests in the World Cup qualifiers in South Africa. At that time, the Chinese team beat the Japanese team at home and away, and even sent the home team Japan a 0:4 at the Yokohama International Arena!Swallowing four bombs at home can be said to be an unacceptable result for any team, especially the Japanese team, which has always claimed to be the number one brother in Asia.

Their slogan at that time was to leave Asia and enter Europe, but the Japanese team, which shouted to leave Asia and enter Europe, lost 0:4 at home to the Chinese team. The Japanese Football Association immediately dropped this slogan to avoid continuing to become the laughing stock of other Asian countries.

Now the Chinese media is bringing up the old story again, just to tell Zaccheroni that he knows how good the Chinese team is.

However, Zaccheroni snorted indifferently: "That's what I took office. In short, the team I coached is impossible to have such a score, and now this Japanese team is also the strongest Japanese team in history. Two days ago, they beat Saudi Arabia with five goals at the Al Rein Stadium. We are in good shape. If the Chinese team meets the Japanese team in the knockout round, I dare to bet that even the Chinese team with Ai will be eliminated by us!"

"Really? Are you sure?" Zaccheroni just finished speaking, when a sharp voice came into his ears, which immediately made him feel very uncomfortable.

The reporters on the scene were very surprised. Normally, under such circumstances, Zaccheroni would be allowed to sing a one-man show, increasing the public opinion of the Asian Cup knockout rounds, and making the future games more interesting. So everyone turned their heads and looked at the past. It was a familiar face. Qi Liuhai, a reporter who has been stationed in Valencia for a long time, can be said to be Ai Luo's queen reporter. Hearing Zaccheroni ignore Ai Luo at this time, it seemed very normal to fight back.

After the translation by the Japanese translator, Zaccheroni's complexion instantly turned ugly, and he looked at Qi Liuhai and said word by word: "Very sure!"

"Oh?" Qi Liuhai smiled instead of anger: "Okay, what if you meet the Chinese team and get eliminated?"

"Do whatever you say!"

When the reporters saw that Zaccheroni and the Chinese reporter Qi Liuhai actually had a bet, all of them were full of energy, because they knew that no matter who won the final victory in the next bet, it would be a good selling point. Like this kind of news, you don’t need to think about it yourself. Where can you find interesting news?
So everyone pays close attention to this and has not hindered it.

"That's enough man, since you have said so... If our Chinese team eliminates the Japanese team you coach, then...you have to say as the head coach of Japan...Long live the Chinese team! How about it?"

Just after Qi Liuhai finished speaking, the entire face of the Japanese translator turned black instantly. This game has already risen to the level of national honor, so he was very hesitant to translate it to the national team coach Zaccheroni. If the former Chinese reporter dared to say that, he would 100% not hesitate, but now the Chinese team is strong...

Seeing the hesitation of the Japanese translator, a reporter immediately cameo as an interpreter, directly expressing Qi Liuhai's meaning to Zaccheroni.

How could the angry Zaccheroni think so much about this?
Nodding and agreeing without hesitation, what is surprising is that he even forgot that Qi Liuhai might lose...

In the end, it was only after the press conference that they realized it, but it was too late.

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The quarter-finals between the Chinese team and the Jordanian team will be held at 1:4pm on January 1st, after the quarter-finals between Japan and Uzbekistan. The venue is the Khalifa Stadium in Doha. The Chinese team once had a thrilling contest with the host Qatar in the second round of the group stage. With the help of the referee Doki, the host team drew 21:1 with the Chinese team 4 minutes before the game.
Fortunately, Ai Luo's two impeccable goals at the last moment successfully slapped the referee Doki and the Qatar national team in the face and defeated the opponent 2:0.

Before the quarter-finals of the Qatar Asian Cup between the Chinese team and the Jordan team, Valencia won all the matches in the domestic league and the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.

What kind of team is Real Madrid?

In the summer of 2010, nearly 2010 million euros were spent to fill the lineup. In the first half of the 2011-[-] La Liga season, Real Madrid played at home against Valencia.

Therefore, Valencia drew to Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey during Aiello's Asian Cup with the Chinese team. It is definitely a draw...

But then again, the other two teams that advanced to the semi-finals are not easy to deal with, namely Barcelona and Sevilla.

Carlo Ancelotti has a bit of a headache about Valencia's draw to Real Madrid, but only a bit of a headache.

The two Copa del Rey semi-finals between Valencia and Real Madrid will be held on January 1 and February 27 respectively. If the Chinese team enters the semi-finals, according to the schedule, Aiello will not be able to participate in the first round of the Copa del Rey semi-final. However, the most critical second round of the semi-final should be in time, but it is not known whether Ai Luo's physical condition will be ideal by then.

Thinking of this, Ancelotti really hopes that China will be eliminated by Jordan. The early return of Ai Luo and Wang Xiaolei can definitely directly enhance Valencia's combat effectiveness.

Especially the second captain Ai Luo, he can give people an indescribable sense of security, as if he doesn't have to worry about losing the game when he is on the court.

Fortunately, Ancelotti is a rational head coach. According to his understanding of the current overall strength of the Chinese team, it is not surprising to win the Asian Cup, so he is also ready to wait until the end of the Asian Cup.

During this period, Aiello also paid attention to Valencia's results. He was gratified that the team maintained a complete victory in the league and entered the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey. It was a little helpless that the opponent in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey was Cristiano Ronaldo's Real Madrid, which was a difficult opponent.

So Aiello is more worried that Valencia, without his own support, will find it difficult to withstand the mighty Real Madrid at home.

However, after David Villa and David Silva learned about his concerns, he was immediately scolded by his two friends as a "bloody head", because they said that Valencia is not Aiello's Valencia, the team is a strong whole, and will not become chaotic without Aiello.

Of course, this is just scolding among good friends, not for real.

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The first quarter-final of the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar was between Japan and Uzbekistan. The game time was 1:4 p.m. local time in Qatar. After 10 minutes of fierce fighting, the Japanese team relied on Shinji Kagawa's lore goal at the last moment to narrowly beat Uzbekistan 3:2.

The result of this game did not surprise many people. After all, the strength of the Japanese team is obviously stronger than that of Uzbekistan, but what is surprising is that Uzbekistan was able to play against Japan in the first 85 minutes. If it were not for the explosion of Shinji Kagawa who played for Dortmund at the last moment, whether Japan could advance to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup would be a big question mark.

The second spot to advance to the semi-finals will be between the Chinese team and the Jordanian team.

Two days before the game, the media likes to present the historical record, and this time the Chinese media is the same, because the historical record of the Chinese team and the Jordan team has an absolute advantage, unbeaten with five wins and three draws.

Now this Chinese team is all the main force, and it is the biggest favorite of this year's Asian Cup champion. The two sides are not at the same level at all.

So the head coach of the Jordanian team, Adnan, fully showed his weakness in the regular press conference before the game. He said: "The Chinese team is the favorite to win the championship. Our goal is to qualify for the group. It is enough to enter the quarterfinals. It is very difficult to go further..."

When these words were passed on to the Chinese players, how could they not understand that this was Jordan's head coach Adnan showing weakness?

The head coach Gao Hongbo also heard the general meaning, and said at the regular press conference before the match: "Jordan is the top Asian team. It is a bit troublesome for us to beat Jordan to advance to the semi-finals, but it is not impossible, because we have the best player in the world, Ai Luo."

Ai Luo, who followed the regular press conference before the game, said immediately: "We respect every opponent, so we will show 100% strength!"

After listening to the words of Gao Hongbo and Ai Luo, the domestic media in Jordan burst into tears...

Jordan's head coach Adnan showed weakness before, but they were fully recognized by them. With the strength obviously inferior to the Chinese team, only by surprise can they have a chance to advance unexpectedly, but...the Chinese team was not blinded by the weakness in front of them at all.

This completely cut off the Jordan team's back, and in the end they had no choice but to fight against the Chinese team.

But the gap in strength cannot be made up by their fighting spirit. At the end of the game, the score was 4:0
China is at the front and Jordan is at the back.

That is to say, the Chinese team defeated Jordan and advanced to the semi-finals of the No.15 Asian Cup.

(End of this chapter)