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Chapter 370 The Big Hit's First Performance
Although Ding Yu said that he was only training with the Asian Cup, he still valued his debut in the international competition this time.If the World Cup four years later is the college entrance examination in his coaching career, then this Asian Cup competition can at least be regarded as a primary school graduation examination, which will also have an impact on the future.

So when the members of the national team gathered in Haigeng, Ding Yu only let them practice together for three days, and then flew to Qatar half a month in advance. In addition to jet lag, he had to adapt to the local climate in advance.From this aspect, it can be seen that Ding Yu is not so indifferent to the results of this Asian Cup.

It wasn’t until after arriving in Qatar that Long Bisheng felt that Ding Yu had thought carefully about this Asian Cup. The players on the list were basically players under the age of 25 with excellent physical fitness. Otherwise, if they were replaced by a few weaker ones, they might suffer from heat stroke every day after arriving in Qatar. Messi, for example, would definitely not be able to adapt to the current weather.

Hot, really hot.

Although it is located on the Qatar Peninsula and has a coastline of more than 500 kilometers, Qatar's climate is a typical tropical desert climate. The hottest summer may reach 46 degrees Celsius, and their summer is also the longest. July is the hottest time in Qatar. Walking on the street is enough to make people in poor health faint directly from the sun.

So after arriving in Qatar, the players of the Chinese team hid in air-conditioned hotels other than going to the stadium for training. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to go to the streets to play, but that in Qatar, a Christian country, men who wore vests and shorts in public would be despised by others!No one has the courage to wear undershirts and trousers to go out in the scorching sun. Fortunately, the hotel they stayed in is relatively high-level and has a lot of entertainment facilities. What makes them even more happy is that the chef of the hotel is Chinese, so that they can feel satisfied when eating.

There are many entertainment facilities in the hotel, but Long Bisheng is not that interested in him. Apart from training and going to the gym, he spends most of his time hiding in his room, using his laptop to surf the Internet, and chatting with Ning Xi and Lu Xiaoshan who are online.

Lu Xiaoshan's graduation defense went very well, and working as a team doctor in a professional club made her the envy of her classmates. After receiving her diploma, Ning Xi accompanied Lu Xiaoshan to sign a two-year work contract with Hoffenheim.

After getting the news, Long Bisheng heaved a sigh of relief. Although he still had a headache about how he should face Lu Xiaoshan and Ning Xi in the next two years, deep down in his heart, he couldn't help being a little bit elated—men are good-faced, and a girl as good as Lu Xiaoshan can show her pride and chase him after him, which also satisfies Long Bisheng's vanity to the greatest extent.

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The grouping of the Chinese team this time is neither good nor bad. As the runners-up of the last Asian Cup, they joined the defending champion Australia, No.3 South Korea, and host Qatar as the first-tier team. They were also in the same group as Iran in West Asia, Uzbekistan in Central Asia, and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. The grouping of the Asian Cup is becoming more and more scientific now. It is rare for teams from the same region to be in the same group.

For this grouping, Ding Yu thinks it’s not bad. Vietnam is an absolute big team. In this group, they are probably abused. Their only hope is to lose a few goals or even get a draw. Uzbekistan’s strength can only be regarded as mediocre, although they are the leaders in Central Asia. As for Iran, their performance in recent years has been mediocre. The year-old Hashmian, you know, they are former teammates of the Iranian national team coach Bagheri...

The players of the Chinese team and Madavikia have basically all withdrawn from the national team, but Iran still has to rely on these veterans to support the national team. This may be the current gap between the two national footballs.

Although this Iranian team is considered to be an elite team, such as Temurian who played for Barnsley in England, and overseas players such as Nei Konan and Sogayi who played for Osasuna in La Liga, all returned to the team, but compared with the Chinese team's lineup, it still looks much thinner.

Time passed quickly, and half a month passed quickly. During this half month, the players of the Chinese team gradually began to adapt to the hot weather. After all, they were still young and quickly adapted to the weather. As the game was basically scheduled to be held at night, the weather should not cause them too much trouble. After all, the temperature difference between day and night in the desert area is relatively large.

The Chinese team soon ushered in their first match. On July [-], the first match of Group C began. The Chinese team's opponent was Uzbekistan.

This team did not perform particularly well after taking away the honor of the Chinese team winning the championship in Asia for the first time in the 92 Asian Games. Although they are still one of the strong teams in Asia, they are still a level behind Japan, South Korea and other teams.

This game is no exception. In this game, Ding Yu did not send out all the main lineup in his mind. The goalkeeper is Wu Bufan, the right back is Xu Liang, the captain of the Chinese Super League team Guangzhou, the left back is the main defender Huang Zhenghong of Qingdao, the two center backs are partnered by Li Jie and Dalian team captain Feng Xiao, the midfielder is Hu Gandang, the right midfielder is Zhang Yi, the left midfielder is around, and the front midfielder is Pei Wei. The two forwards are Long Bisheng and Fan Pengfei. Except for Xu Liang and Feng Xiao, the other players are all The main players of the Chinese youth team in the World Youth Championship, such as Zhang Yiming, Du Zhenyu, Sun Bing, Gao Junmin and other famous players, all sat on the bench.

Even so, the World Youth Championship players let Uzbekistan players have a good understanding of the difference between European football and Asian football. The Chinese team's frontcourt offensive combination is all composed of players who play for Europe, and there is no lack of tacit cooperation between them...

The impact of Long Bisheng in the penalty area made the tall Uzbekistan defenders feel great pressure. In the midfield, Dai Guangming used his skills to firmly control the midfield.

Only 6 minutes into the game, the surrounding defenders made a wonderful breakthrough on the wing. When the opponent's central defenders focused on Long Bisheng and Fan Pengfei in the penalty area, he cleverly distributed the ball to the front of the penalty area. Dai Guangming, who was unguarded, received his pass, and then shot a powerful long-range shot. The ball went straight into the dead corner and entered the net.

This goal excited hundreds of Chinese fans at the scene. You must know that there are many Chinese working in West Asian countries such as Qatar, and their income is quite good, so there are also many fans who came to support the Chinese team at the scene. They sang the national anthem and turned this stadium into the home of the Chinese team.

Amidst the cheers of Chinese fans—there were not many fans at the scene, the attendance rate of the Asian Cup group stage can only be said to be average, and Qatar’s population is not large, so the hundreds of Chinese fans were the most in the field—the Chinese team became more and more courageous as they fought.

Before the end of the first half, the Chinese team completed a wonderful attack. The three players in the midfield played a series of dizzying short passes. Finally, Dai Guangming passed a beautiful through ball. Long Bisheng received the ball in the penalty area, blocked the defender and then shot vigorously. The ball quickly flew into the dead corner of the goal.

After gaining a two-goal lead in the first half, Ding Yu began to adopt appropriate substitution tactics in the second half to save the players' physical strength. After 10 minutes of the second half, Dai Guangming and the two people around him were replaced by Zhang Yiming and Du Zhenyu respectively.

Long Bisheng scored his second goal of the game in the second half - he was more and more like a striker now, a powerful high-altitude bombing, the Uzbekistan goalkeeper surrendered again - and with the strong support of the Chinese national team midfielder, Long Bisheng alone was enough to make the opponent's defense suffer.

Before the end of the game, Fan Pengfei also scored his first goal in the national team - this goal is thanks to Long Bisheng's selfless dedication - when he could head the ball directly from behind, Long Bisheng cleverly headed the ball into the middle of the penalty area, and Fan Pengfei, who was unguarded, faced only an empty goal.

After scoring the goal, Fan Pengfei hugged Long Bisheng gratefully. For a striker, the first goal in the national team is very important.

Four to zero!A brilliant victory, the Chinese national team showed great strength from the first game, although in another game, the Iranian team slaughtered Vietnam with a score of [-]-[-], the Chinese team did not rank first in the group, but everyone knows that opponents like Uzbekistan are not at the same level as Vietnam!

The performance of the Chinese team seems to be announcing to all opponents-don't look at us losing the final four years ago, but four years later, we are still the most popular candidates for the Asian Cup championship!
This game is just the first performance of the biggest favorite in the Asian Cup!

(End of this chapter)