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Chapter 1181 World Cup legends, promotion and intercontinental knockout opponents

Li's national team defeated Iran at home. Li Huan staged four big goals for the first time in the national team. After only three games, Li Huan has scored 9 goals and became the top scorer in the Asian region of the World Cup qualifiers. In the battle against Iran, Li Huan Facing an empty goal in the penalty area, passing the Iranian defender and scoring a goal also caused an uproar, but Li Huan did not foul, and the accusation against Li Huan can only be from the level of sportsmanship. It is a pity that Iran also did this before. And it was much more than Li Huan, so in the end this matter was left alone.

The Iranians were humiliated in the away game. They wanted to avenge their revenge at home. Li Huan also became a thorn in the side of the Iranian team.This made the Chinese media and fans very disturbed. While condemning the threat of violence from the Iranian team through newspapers, television and the Internet, they advised Li Huan that there is no need to go to Tehran. Now that the Chinese team has led by 6 goals, even if Li Huan does not go, the Chinese team will advance. There is no doubt about it.Zhang Long, the chairman of the AFC, also warned Iran not to do such stupid things that both people and gods are angry with. Li Huan is not only the pride of Chinese football, but also the pride of Asian football. He is the wealth of the entire Asia. The AFC will punish Li Huan severely, and may even ban him for life.

However, Li Huan was fearless in the face of the threat from the Iranians. He resolutely rejected the good intentions of the fans, and stated in the media that he must go to Tehran and play the game to see if the Iranians can tackle his legs.

Because he was worried about Li Huan's safety, besides his own personal bodyguard, Chu Fu also invited four Chinese special forces experts for Li Huan. The number of Chinese fans who accompanied the national team was as high as 3, and the Iranian side gave the Chinese team The tickets offered were actually only five thousand.The media joked that this is a Chinese expeditionary force, and there is hope for the capture of Tehran.

Iran coach Queiroz made changes to the lineup of the last disastrous defeat. The "442" remained unchanged, but the right side became his main means of attack--Nekonan pushed forward to the right midfielder, Shejay served as the right winger, and the left side The midfielders are all defensive players.Although the Iranians put on a left-defense and right-attack formation.

The Chinese team has almost changed into a team. They began to train their substitutes. Most of the main players in the previous game rested, but Li Huan still appeared in the starting lineup.

But what the Iranians didn't expect was that the 6-goal leading Chinese team was even more aggressive than them in the away game.

Only 22 seconds into the opening, Li Huan made a long pass, and Liu Chao threw a barb in the penalty area of ​​the Iranian team, and the ball slid out of the goal.This difficult shot opened the prelude to the "Li Jiajun" attack in the first 15 minutes.In the 2nd minute, Yu Tong took a long-range shot from the midfielder and slid out of the goal; in the 4th minute, Li Huan shot in the middle, and the defender bravely blocked the ball.In the 7th minute, Nei Kenan of the Iranian team kicked Yu Tong down and received a yellow card.Li Huan took the direct free kick. He kicked a high-quality curve ball with his left foot and hit the top left corner of Iran's goal, opening the scoring for the Chinese team.

The Iranians, who had just woken up from a dream, began to counterattack aggressively from the 10th minute.
Amidst the cheers of the home fans, the Iranian team's counterattack momentum was very scary, and the midfielder Cheng Fei quickly received a yellow card.Until the 28th minute, the Chinese team was overwhelmed.In the 28th minute, the referee whistled Fan Yang for delaying time and gave him a yellow card.

However, at this time, the Chinese team scored again. Li Huan went down to the left, and Fan Yang dunked the Iranian defender with a curved ball to rewrite the score to 2:0, and the total score became 8:0.
In the first half, the Iranian team was rushed. No.308 minutes, Queiroz did not hesitate to make a substitution, and there were two people in one substitution. No. 14 midfielder Mobali replaced the big name Shejayi who was sleepwalking in the first half.Bohani was replaced with Kemian.

The Chinese team, which led by 8 goals, also began to make substitutions. Li Huan, who was frequently black-footed by opponents, was replaced, and the captain's armband was worn on Fan Yang's arm.

Although Li Huan was off the field, the Chinese team's confidence remained unabated. They did not collapse because Li Huan transformed himself into the head coach after sitting on the coach's bench.Under the command of Li Huan, the Chinese team was turbulent in front of the goal but always as stable as Mount Tai. They blocked the crazy attack of the Iranian team with fouls and intensive defense, and finally defeated the Iranian team 2:1 in an away game, with a total score of 8:1. Intercontinental playoffs.

The amazing performance of the Chinese team in the four games in the Asian region has attracted the attention of the whole world. Originally, the play-off teams in Asia were the dream opponents of Central America and South America, but after these four games, whether it is the No. 4. Costa Rica and South America’s No.4 Chile are a bit frightened. Although the Chinese team slaughtered all Asian teams, it is fair to say that the strength of the Japanese and Iranian teams is not much worse than that of Costa Rica and Chile. The Chinese team can be crazy. Sweeping Japan, Iran, Costa Rica and Chile have little hope of winning.

One day after the Chinese team advanced, the head coach of Costa Rica, Lavolpe, said: "The situation has changed. Now the two places in the World Cup in Brazil are more difficult because there are three very strong teams competing. The Chinese team With strong strength, Li Huan is the strongest player in the world. When Li Huan finds inspiration, no one can do anything, and no tactics can stop him, just like Maradona and Pele back then. Once they show their power, they are unstoppable. We I would rather draw Chile than China in the knockout round."

The head coach of the Chilean team, Crazy Borghi, also said that due to the emergence of the Chinese team, the knockout round has become more difficult. The only opponent he hopes to draw is New Zealand.

The acting coach of the Chinese team, Chu Fu, said very easily: No one is easy to play. It doesn’t matter to us which of the three teams is drawn. We are confident that we will enter the World Cup. Of course, New Zealand will be better.

The choice between too weak and too strong is the same. New Zealand has become a big fish in the eyes of all three teams. Although they defeated Bahrain in the last World Cup and entered the World Cup, New Zealand's head coach Herbert laughed at himself. Said: "Since Costa Rica and Chile do not want to draw the Chinese team, then leave the Chinese team to us, anyway, it is the same for us to draw anyone."

In mid-September, the draw ceremony for the intercontinental knockout round of the World Cup qualifiers was held at the Zurich Opera House in Switzerland. Oceania champion New Zealand, Central North America and the Caribbean No. 4 Costa Rica, and South America No. 5 Chile gathered together. The draw was conducted under the auspices of the .

In the end, the Chinese team drew a not-so-bad lottery. They did not draw the most powerful Chile, nor did they draw the weakest New Zealand. Their opponent was Costa Rica, the old opponent of the Chinese team in the 02 World Cup.

After the lottery result came out, Costa Rica sighed and was very dissatisfied with the result of the lottery. The Costa Rican media even thought it was a FIFA conspiracy, because in this way, Chile, which is very strong and has a good style of play, and Li Huan, the most charismatic star in the world, can participate in the World Cup.

A Costa Rican reporter said: Although the Chinese team is weak, everyone knows Li Huan's appeal. The German evaluation company "Transfer Market" estimates that Li Huan's commercial value is about 10 million euros per year, and the number of Li Huan's fans in the world exceeds [-] million. [-] million, such a large market value has not been developed, which makes FIFA often heartbroken. Now that Li Huan is participating in the World Cup, FIFA must of course take care of it.

However, Costa Rica Lavolpe still encouraged his players to say that they still have a chance, and the Chinese team is not without flaws. It turned out that the Chinese team won consecutive big scores because their style of play was unknown, but now the strength of the Chinese team has been exposed. Come out, the characteristics of the Chinese team's players are no longer a secret, and Costa Rica, which also plays anti-counterfeiting, has the opportunity to fight the Chinese team.

After the Chinese team drew Costa Rica, the domestic media was jubilant. They believed that the strength of Costa Rica was at the same level as that of Japan and Iran. It was not a big problem for the Chinese team to win the battle. Many media have already made preparations in advance to celebrate the Chinese team's second World Cup. get ready.

The players of the Chinese team are also a little smug after winning consecutive games by a large score. Yu Tong, a midfielder who performed well in the first four games, said proudly: "In the 02 Korea-Japan World Cup, we lost 0:2 to Costa Rica, now the opportunity is here, we have drawn them, it must be a great feeling to go to the World Cup over the dead body of the enemy."

Forward Chen Teng also said that the greatest moment is coming soon, and the Chinese team is two games away from entering the World Cup in Brazil. However, Chen Teng also pretended to be modest and said that the Chinese team could not be like the Iranian team. In such a game, the qualifying places will be locked in one game. Although Costa Rica's strength is similar to that of Iran, they have more experience and stronger overall strength.

For the pride of his teammates and subordinates, Li Huan unceremoniously gave a slap in the face. Li Huan said in an exclusive interview with the official website of the AFC: "We just won three Asian teams, and we are only the fifth in Asia. , We haven’t made any achievements yet. At this time, being too optimistic and underestimating the enemy is the most dangerous. Even if we draw New Zealand, we dare not say that we will definitely qualify. Back then, New Zealand once blocked the Chinese team from the World Cup, and the Hong Kong team also After accomplishing such a feat, we must learn from it and regard the game against Costa Rica as a final, and I will suggest to the coach that any player who dares to underestimate the enemy will sit on the bench."

To reporters on the AFC official website, saying that Asia is just waiting for the Chinese team to compete in the World Cup, Li Huan said: "Our goal now is to enter the World Cup, not to compete for Asia. Only when we are sure of getting tickets for the World Cup can we We will consider our next steps.”

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