The green devil

On the evening of the 11th local time for the Spaniard, the 32nd round of La Liga was over.

Barcelona unexpectedly lost 0:1 to Real Sociedad in the away game. The points were chased by the second-ranked Atletico Madrid with only 3 points left, and only 5 minutes away from the third-ranked Real Madrid.

The competition for the La Liga championship suddenly became fierce.

Originally, there was no suspense about the Champions League seat.

Before the game, the Spaniard led Villarreal by 10 points, as stable as an old dog.

But with the Spaniard losing at home and Villarreal beating Getafe at home, the point gap between the two sides became 7 points.The competition for the Champions League seat also caused a wave of waves.

After the game, the Villarreal coach said, "Villarreal has never given up. There are still 6 rounds in the league. Everything is possible."

The Spaniards also realized that the Champions League seats are unstable.

During the post-match interview, the boss Chen Yansheng told reporters that he was not under any pressure. The team's original goal was just to avoid relegation. Even if they won the Europa League seat, it would be a surprise.

Head coach Sergio believes that the biggest advantage of the Spaniard is that there are still six rounds left. As long as he wins four games, he will be guaranteed No.4. Moreover, Villarreal may not be able to win all six rounds.

The Spanish supernova Zhao Yang expressed his views on the current situation with a sentence in ancient Chinese, "A journey of a hundred miles will take half to ninety, the more we get to the end, the more cautious we must be, and we must not fall short for the mountain."

After the Spaniard's match, what Zhao Yang cared most about was not the results of other teams' games, but the draw of the top 12 in the Asian region for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.

The draw will take place the day after the round.

This draw is related to Huaguo football's dream of breaking out of Asia and going global.

According to the FIFA rankings, after a lot of hard work, the Hua Guo team ranked 96 in the world, ranked eighth in Asia, and ranked fourth in the top [-] Asian World Preliminaries, a proper Asian second-rate.

Pot [-] teams are Iran and Australia; Pot [-]: South Korea and Japan; Pot [-]: Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan; Pot [-]: United Arab Emirates and China; Pot [-]: Qatar and Iraq; Pot [-] : Syria, Thailand.

This also means that the Chinese team must be in the same group as Iran, Australia, South Korea, and Japan.

According to the rules, the top 12 are divided into two groups, with 6 teams in each group. The top two in each group will directly advance to the World Cup in Russia. No.3 in the two groups will play a play-off first, and the winner will play against No.4 in Central and North America. The winner will advance to the World Cup Finals.

This No.3 is basically playing a few more games, and it is impossible to win against the Central and North American teams.

If you want to qualify for the Russian World Cup finals, you can only get the top two in the group.

Iran, Australia, South Korea, and Japan are none of the four teams that are easy to play, but football is not like basketball, and the style of play is comparable.

Just like these four teams, the Huaguo team has never won against the South Korean team, and their Korean-phobia is very severe.

Although Japan is also suffering, but against Japan, the Huaguo team can always perform well. Not only the scene is not too bad, but occasionally they can win once or twice.

Iran is also the nemesis of the Chinese team. The time of Iranphobia is not long, but the condition is not serious.

Australia is basically considered a European and American team, and its strength is considered top-notch in Asia, but the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the Chinese team would rather play Australia than Iran.

For the next few rounds of opponents, the Hua Guo team wanted to avoid the powerful Saudi Arabia, of course, and the strange but stronger Iraq wanted Qatar and Thailand.

After the game, the Spaniard took a day off to rest.

On this day, Zhao Yang also had no time to rest. He participated in the commercial promotion activities of the Espanyol Club in the morning and participated in the shooting of Nike commercials in the afternoon.

In the evening, like fans all over China, Zhao Yang stood in front of the computer, waiting for the draw ceremony for the World Preliminaries Asian Top 12 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

After an uncomplicated process, the six teams in Group A and Group B were in their positions.The Hua Guo team is in Group A.The opponents in the same group as the Hua Guo team are Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Qatar, and Syria.

The six teams in Group B are Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, and Thailand.

This is a group that disappointed Zhao Yang and fans all over the country.

In the first and second tiers, South Korea and Iran, the team that the Hua Guo team wanted to avoid the most, were all drawn.

The third and fourth pots were lucky, and Uzbekistan and Qatar were drawn; but in the fifth pot, Syria was drawn instead of Thailand. This is also an opponent that the Hua Guo team does not want to meet.

The Hua Guo team's schedule is not friendly either.

In these 10 rounds, the schedule of the Chinese men's football team has been set by the AFC as guest, host, host, guest, host, host, guest, guest, host, guest.On the surface, it seems that they have the advantage of consecutive home games, but in fact, the two groups of consecutive home games are separated by one month or even four months. The number is also at a disadvantage, especially in the last four games, the Huaguo team even has to face 1 away games.

In addition, the Hua Guo team will challenge the second-tier team South Korea in the first round, and the first-tier team, Iran, in the second round.

Such an opening schedule is simply hell for the national football team.

Everything is difficult at the beginning. If the two games are not good, with the psychological quality of the Hua Guo team, I am afraid that they will not have the confidence to play in the following games.

After watching the lottery ceremony, the players of the Hua Guo team sent messages in the WeChat group of the national team one after another, expressing their disappointment with the lottery.

Although Zhao Yang was also very disappointed, he did not show it. He still expressed confidence in the group that for the Hua Guo team, there was nothing to sign. If they can't beat them, all they have to do is fight their opponents. If they are lucky, they may be cured of their Korean-phobia and Islamophobia.

Zhao Yang's confidence and enthusiasm encouraged the players of the Huaguo team. When everyone was discussing, they felt less frustrated and more fighting spirit.

Team leader Li Gang also said that the national football team has been away from the Asian finals of the world preliminaries for 15 years.Of all the other 11 teams, only Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Australia have competed with the Chinese men's football team with their main lineup in the past two years.Those three games all took place in the Asian Cup more than a year ago.

So everyone can't figure out the details of the opponent. When they meet for the first time, if they give it a go, it's hard to say who will win or lose.Besides, there are still 5 months before the first round, and the team has enough time to adjust. If Zhao Yang can fully integrate into the team, he may not be able to wrestle with South Korea and Iran.

In the top 40 match, Zhao Yang's performance was really eye-catching, and the Hua Guo team's victory was also overwhelming, which gave the players great confidence.

After the team leader Li Gang said this, the confidence and enthusiasm of the players also rose, and they all offered advice and analyzed the enemy's situation. In the end, they wished that the top 12 match would start soon.