There is a dream called football

Chapter 282 Preliminary Playoffs

At this time, the coach of the national football team is Zhu Guanghu, and at this time the national football team's protection of Li Qiao is like South Korea's attitude towards Sun Xingmin later, basically as a treasure.

And this treasure needs to play for the national team at this time.

In the Asian quarter-finals, the Chinese team ended up third in Group A and had to play a play-off against Uzbekistan.

For Uzbekistan, the Chinese team won the opponent 1-0 in two rounds. In this way, the Chinese team can compete with Trinidad and Tobago, who participated in the play-offs of Central America and North America. The winning side will participate in the World Cup in Germany next year.

Can you qualify for the World Cup for the second time?The whole country is looking forward to it. On November 11, the Chinese team first went to Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, to play an away game, and then played at home in the capital 12 days later.

The national team asked Li Qiao and Lei Wen to fly directly from Europe to the United States, and then the team assembled in the United States and went to Tedo together.

The plane was flying on the Atlantic Ocean, and the first-class cabins of Lei Wen and Li Qiao were adjacent to each other. This is an Air France flight, and the first-class cabin is very luxurious, which is also for better rest.

Lei Wen fell asleep and slowly lowered the electric partition in the middle, so that he could see Li Qiao who was leading the seat.

"Are you not sleeping?"

"I'm not sleepy, I'm a little excited. As long as we win against Trinity, we can go to Germany next year."

"Ah."

"But Teduo is not a fish belly." Lei Wen said.

Indeed, even though this small Caribbean country only has a population of 100 million, their captain is the famous former Manchester United striker and Yorke who is currently playing for the Sydney United team.

It is the one who formed the Black Wind Shuangsha with Andy Cole, and is also one of the biggest contributors to helping Manchester United win the 1999 Champions League.

In this world preliminaries, the North American region really relied on this veteran. In the end, Tedo finished fourth and won a place in the play-offs.

They also have Sturm John (Derby County) playing in the English lower leagues and Paul Birchall of Port Vale.

It is really hard to say that Asian teams will win against them, especially after flying such a long distance and coming to the other side of the world to play games.

"I've read about Tedo's information, and it's not what I'm worried about. What I'm worried about is the stadium and the referees."

How dark are the CONCACAF qualifiers?
As a time traveler, Li Qiao knew very well that during the World Cup qualifiers in Russia, Panama entered the World Cup just like a rogue. First, a non-existent ghost goal, and then during stoppage time, a Panamanian aunt rushed into the stadium and threw herself into the street, delaying the game. No one cares about it.

That's it, Panama hacked the United States and qualified for the World Cup in Russia, which...

Li Qiao was thinking, what if Tedo also rushes in with an aunt?
"Except for the United States and Canada, other countries in this region are too chaotic. This is what worries me. I heard that there is a lot of violence in the stadium."

Lei Wen was taken aback, "No way, they should protect us well, we are the Chinese team."

"Will these countries take care of that much? I still want to remind the head coach that 0-0 and 1-0 away games are better, just accept it as soon as it is good, don't provoke them, return to our site in 4 days, and we will clean them up."

"Haha, what a domineering statement."

Li Qiao also laughed. As a player who plays for Arsenal, he should be so domineering.

The location where the national football team gathers in the United States is in Florida, which is the Caribbean coast.

Zhu Guanghu arranged a half-day rest to relax completely, but he couldn't leave the hotel, and then chartered a flight to Port of Spain that night.

The National Football Team also consulted the staff of the embassy in the United States, whether there is anything to pay attention to.

First of all, we must pay attention to infectious diseases. This country is in the tropics. Many diseases that have disappeared in China and the United States may still exist in this country, so don’t eat in places other than hotels.

Director Zhu also knew that he had issued a death order. Anyone who left the hotel without permission would never be allowed to join the national team.

In addition, people in this country are still very fanatical about football. There may be many fans present at that time. I hope the Chinese team will be mentally prepared.

After resting for half a day, in the early morning, the Chinese team boarded a chartered flight. Li Qiao was still with Lei Wen. They were Li Weifeng, Feng Xiaoting, Liu Yunfei, Li Jinyu, Yang Chen, Li Yi, Zhang Yaokun, Sun Xiang, etc. They were basically the team of the 2004 Asian Cup and the good seedlings of the Dutch World Youth Championship.

In mid-November, Europe may usher in the first snow, but in Tortoise, it is very hot, which is also uncomfortable for many players.

Sure enough, some people had diarrhea in the hotel and were slightly dehydrated. This is the difficulty of football.

Basketball games are similar anywhere in the world. Modern gymnasiums have roofs and air-conditioning, but football cannot. This is the same as fighting. Terrain is a very important factor.

Although the players were not used to it, Director Zhu still asked to turn on the temperature of the air conditioner a little higher. The reason for this is self-evident, in order to adapt to the environment of the game.

When the Chinese team was still struggling to adapt, the 63-year-old Dutchman Binhak, who is the current head coach of Tortoise, was already talking nonsense. He predicted that the result of the game would be 1-0.

"In Asia, we may be afraid of South Korea, Japan, but China... I think we can beat it."

"I know they have such excellent players as Li Qiao, but I have coached in Real Madrid and Ajax. I know that football cannot be played by individuals, but Trinidad and Tobago is a team."

Binhak said that he has been studying the Chinese team for a long time, and he is fully confident of winning at home. In addition, he thanked the fans, who are the 12th man of the team.

I have to say that Tedo is a team worthy of respect. The qualifiers of this team in the North American region were really PUBG survival. This is similar to that of the Chinese team in the Asian region. They all encountered great difficulties.

A reporter asked, "Will Yorke definitely play?"

The former Black Wind Shuangsha is now old, which is of course not a good thing for Toddler. If York is 10 years younger, then Toddler’s striker will be very scary. This is like Cahill’s feeling in Australia at the end. The spiritual leader is Dinghaishenzhen.

Binhak still said, "Whoever plays and who can't play depends on the final state. I think our goal is not to let anyone stand out, but to go to Germany next year, right?"

Soon, Yorke himself said that he completely obeyed the arrangement of the head coach, because there were media rumors that the head coach was likely to keep Yorke at home, and use him as a secret weapon to take him to China for a game in 4 days.

For the 34-year-old Yorke, this seems like an entirely possible option.

(End of this chapter)