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Chapter 1175 World Cup Legends, Enemies Gather in Golden State
The first round of the third play-off match of the group was held on September 9. The Chinese team set their home court at the Jinzhou Stadium in Dalian, a coastal city in northern China.

It is said that there was a dispute between the Chinese media and Li Huan when arranging this venue. The Chinese media believed that the home court should be arranged in an international metropolis like Shanghai BJ, so that more fans would come to support the venue. In 97, the Chinese team was reversed by the Iranian team with 4 goals. Playing in this place will bring psychological pressure to the young people of the national team.

However, Li Huan resisted all opinions. He believed that not being able to face the failures and mistakes of the past was a flaw in the Chinese character. Could it be that the Chinese team could forget the shadow of the past if they didn't compete in Jinzhou?It's better to let the players play in the place where their predecessors fell into the sand, so that the shame can stimulate the players' fighting spirit and blood, and play a high-level game.

Even the Chinese Football Association had to bow to Li Huan, and the media naturally couldn't change Li Huan's decision. In the end, the home court for the third knockout match in the group was arranged at Dalian Jinzhou Stadium, which can accommodate 3 people.

If it was half a year ago that the national team planned to arrange their home court in Dalian, the fans in this football city would probably complain. They don’t want the Chinese team to come to their doorstep to make things difficult for them, but after half a year, everything has changed dramatically. Li Huan arranged his home game in Dalian, which made Dalian fans extremely proud. From the mayor to ordinary people, they all regarded the arrival of the national team as the top priority of Dalian. When interviewed by reporters, everyone told reporters beamingly, They must make Jinzhou Stadium the best home stadium for the Chinese team.

The Chinese team's decision to play in Dalian Jinzhou also made the Iranians feel the pressure. Although the game has not yet started, the Iranians have already felt the Chinese team's aggressive momentum and determination to revenge.

After Queiroz led the team to Dalian, he said at the press conference that most of the players from 97 and 06 have retired. Now the Iranian team and the Chinese team are brand new teams. The historical record may be a bit psychological. However, this advantage is very weak. Blindly immersing in the past will not make progress. The Chinese team has undergone a radical change after Li Huan joined. It is hard to predict who will win this game. The Iranian team has no There are advantages to speak of.

Madavikia, who is now an assistant coach of the Iran team, said: "I scored a very beautiful goal in that game in 1997. This is a good memory for me. Of course, I would like to reproduce the scene of that year. It's a pity that I can't play for my country now. But I don't want us to concede two goals first and then come back. This Chinese team is very dangerous. Their counterattack is very sharp. The Japanese team was defeated by the counterattack of the Chinese team Next, we must remember this lesson."

In 06, the Iranian striker Bohani, who passed the goalkeeper of the Chinese team and made a humiliating move on the goal line, is still in the team. However, Bohani, who is the same year as Li Huan, is no longer the main force. He only came to Dalian as a substitute. Many Chinese reporters maliciously speculated that Queiroz brought him in order to anger the Chinese.After coming to Dalian, Bohani also accepted an interview. He said: "I was a little young and frivolous at the time, and I still regret it now. You can't humiliate your opponent just to realize a strange dream of yours, let alone because of your opponent. It's a matter of sportsmanship to humiliate when it looks good, and I don't think I would do it this time even if I had the opportunity."

The interview between Madavikia and Bohani was put on the front page of the "Ball News", and the major portals on the Internet have also quoted it. They hope that the words of Madavikia and Bohani will arouse the courage and anger of the Chinese players. Played a hearty game at home.

Madavikia's two goals that year are very old, and the Iranian team did win in an upright manner at that time, leaving Chinese fans speechless, but Bohani's insulting goal was a difficult thing in the hearts of Chinese fans and even Chinese people. Healed scars.

However, in the face of shame, different people and different nationalities treat it in different ways. Japanese football players never forget the "Doha" death, worked hard to become stronger, and finally became the boss of Asia. Chinese football players only know "the shame" in the face of "shame". Spoiling and drinking, looking for flowers and asking willows”, match-fixing, black whistle, black feet, clubbing, players being cut, negative news emerged endlessly, and finally fell out of the top ten in Asia.

Originally, the Chinese fans also lost the idea of ​​revenge, but Li Huan's turning out gave the fans hope again. Everyone hoped that Li Huan could avenge the shame of the Chinese team and kill the proud Iranians like they killed the Japanese.

Not only is Li Huan not forgiving on the court, but he is definitely not forgiving in the war of words. Even people with sharp teeth like Mourinho are in awe of Li Huan.Li Huan unceremoniously pointed out Bohani's hypocrisy before the game. Li Huan said: "Bohani's apology is very hypocritical, and we don't need such an apology. As long as he does not foul on the court and do things that are not allowed by the rules, he Can score goals in any way, if we can't stop him from doing it, it is our incompetence. Now I can boldly say that he will not have such a chance again, and if I want to do it, my chance is better than his A hundred times bigger."

Li Huan's words made the Iranians feel as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly, but the Chinese fans shouted happily. Li Huan's words said what the vast majority of Chinese people want to say but dare not say, or have no chance to say. Li Huan in China The status of fans, even non-fans, has suddenly risen to a new level.

The famous reporter Jia Lei commented after this interview: "Although a nation that pins its hopes on heroes is sad, a nation without heroes is even more tragic. Heroes can at least give the suffering people some reasons to live. Li Huan is A hero in football."

Because the atmosphere before the game was extremely hot created by the media and players, on the day of the game, nearly 15 fans flocked around Dalian Jinzhou Stadium, and the capacity of Jinzhou Stadium was only 3 people. The DL city government, which had already made full preparations, felt nervous. They immediately dispatched another thousand police officers to the scene to maintain law and order and prevent some mass incidents.Although Li Huan is a hero who will never fail in the eyes of Chinese fans, Dalian government leaders don't think so. They are worried that if the Chinese team fails, there will be an incident like 5.19.

Two hours before the start of the game, all [-] fans had entered the stadium. Small national flags were waving everywhere around the stands, and banners such as "The Chinese team must win", "Kill Iran", and "Li Huan scored a goal" were everywhere. Taking aerial photos from the plane, the Golden State Stadium seems to be covered with flags and banners.

An hour before the game, there was a fiery scene on the field.First, a Northeast fan somehow slipped off the heavily guarded runway and unfurled a huge banner saying "Kill Iran 6:1" for a circle; The flag also ran around the field.It was not until they approached the rostrum that they were surrounded by a large number of military police and "escorted" back to the stand.

When the players from both sides came out of the locker room, the Iranian team was taken aback by the neat Arabic words "Kill Iran". If they didn't see the yellow faces of the Chinese clearly, they would have thought that American soldiers had invaded Iran. Woolen cloth.

At this time, Duan Xuan, the live commentator in the news broadcast area, shouted in an extremely excited voice: "The match between the Chinese team and the Iranian team is about to begin. We won very little. In the last 20 years, we have not defeated Iran in 90 minutes. It is not an exaggeration to say that China has Islamophobia. Before the game, the Iranian team even uncovered our scars to humiliate us. This game may not happen at all, even if it does, maybe we will continue to be humiliated, but now we can say boldly: the Iranian team will come here, and we will make you pay with blood... . . ”

Duan Xuan's commentary has always given people the feeling of being wrong, and his lyricism is always somewhat CCTV-like, lacking in passion and sincerity, but today he seemed to express his true feelings, and the fans cheered thunderously. At the end of Duan Xuan's words, More than ten thousand people shouted in unison: Li Huan is invincible!Get rid of Iran.

Yao Xiangyang, who was sitting in the stands at the moment, also felt a little excited. He smiled and cursed to Ren Feng beside him, "Why do I sound a bit like the "Swordsman" shouting that he will rule the world forever."

Ren Feng laughed and said: "Li Huan is not the leader, he is the principal."

Yao Xiangyang said: "Chinese fans are fanatical and don't have much sense. If Li Huan really slaughtered Iran, he would really become the leader of the fans."

At this time, the announcer has already started to announce the starting players of the game loudly. Every player of the Chinese team received uniform applause from the fans, while every player of the Iranian team was booed wildly, but it made the Chinese fans feel sorry What is surprising is that Iranian striker Bohani did not start the game and sat on the bench.

The Chinese team has changed a lot from the starting lineup when they played against Japan three months ago. The formation has also changed from a defensive 541 to an offensive and defensive balance of 442.
The goalkeeper is still No. 1 Zong Cheng, and the defenders have become four, namely, No. 20 Fan Yang, No. 3 Wang Chunlei, No. 19 Xu Bin, and No. 13 captain Li Huan; the four midfielders are No. 6 midfielder Wu Han and No. 10 midfielder Yu Tong, No. 15 Chen Teng in the right midfield, and No. 18 Liu Chao in the left midfield.The two forwards are No. 11 Zhang Dong and No. 9 Xu Yang.

The Chinese team dared to form such a formation when facing the strong enemy Iran, which shows that the Chinese team has more confidence in itself after half a year of running-in, and believes that they can defeat the Iranian team without relying on the defense of the iron barrel formation.

(End of this chapter)