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Chapter 372 The Dusk of West Asia

Using two sets of almost completely different lineups to defeat Uzbekistan, which is not bad, and Iran, which is an absolute powerhouse in Asia, the newly formed Chinese national team immediately shocked the whole of Europe. The strength of the Chinese national team in Asia is known to all Asian fans. It has entered the top eight in the past three World Cups. In 02, it also won the No. After that, other Asian teams thought that the strength of the Chinese team would decline, but in these two games, the Chinese team proved to the whole of Asia that even if the generation of players headed by Nie Fei quit the national team, even if the two iconic players Messi and Adriano did not come to Qatar, this Chinese team is also capable of having an overwhelming advantage in Asia!

In fact, since the 98 World Cup, the Chinese team has not been relying on a group of players to win the world. In the 2002 World Cup, Adriano born in 82 became the fresh blood of the team. In the 2006 World Cup, Messi born in 87 became the new blood of the national team. Gao Junmin, Chu Ran and other old players who have not yet reached the age of 2010, the overall framework of the Chinese team has always been there, and there is no need to pay too much for the metabolism!

After the country already has more than [-] regular football schools and hundreds of regular clubs with at least four to five echelons, Chinese football doesn’t need to feel powerless because there are no successors. China has the largest population in the world. Even if only one thousandth of the people are interested in football, it will be a huge treasure trove of talents!

Of course, Ding Yu also had his own intentions in using two almost different lineups in the two group matches. The first match against Uzbekistan was a must-win match. In the case of Vietnam being absolutely weak, no matter whether they win Uzbekistan or Iran, they can at least get a chance to qualify for the group stage. Therefore, Ding Yu sent a combination mainly composed of World Youth Championship players in the frontcourt. The cooperation between them is more tacit. solid foundation.

In the second game, Ding Yu consciously started to train. Long Bisheng, Dai Guangming and Li Jie were the core figures in the three lines of the middle and young team. It is obviously the most important thing to have a tacit understanding between them and the old players. Therefore, even though Iran is the strongest opponent in the group match, Ding Yu took the risk of sending most of the old international players to cooperate with the three of them. The result made Ding Yu very satisfied. Dai Guangming, Long Bisheng and Li Jie all showed outstanding abilities.

For a national team, it is enough for players of one age group to provide the national team with three or four players who can play the main force. From now on, this group of players in the 89-year-old group is fully capable of doing this, and even more.

In the third round of the group, the opponent of the Chinese team was the Vietnam team, which was at the bottom of the group. Ding Yu made a huge adjustment to the lineup again. The forwards were partnered by Long Bisheng and Fan Pengfei.

Due to the hot weather, the players of the Chinese team did not perform too actively in this meaningless game. After all, it will be the top eight in three days. However, when facing the small Vietnamese defenders, Long Bisheng’s performance was radiant. The shooters of other countries are far behind.

Gao Junmin and Fan Pengfei also scored a goal each. The Chinese team swept Vietnam [-]-[-]. They scored [-] goals in three group matches without conceding a goal. After the match, some media lamented that the Chinese team was no longer at the same level as other Asian teams. In fact, if he hadn’t seen that the Asian Cup was a good training opportunity, Ding Yu would probably have prepared to recruit players from the youth team to the Asian Cup to gain experience.

The Chinese team won the first place in Group C, which made Saudi Arabia and South Korea, the top two in Group D, have a tragic fight in the last game-no one is willing to face the terrifyingly powerful Chinese team as the No.In the end, the South Korean team was superior. Relying on Park Zhouyong's supplementary shot, they defeated the Saudi team and avoided the Chinese team.

There are no surprising names for the quarter-finals of this year’s Asian Cup. Japan and Iraq in Group A, Australia and Qatar in Group B, China and Iran in Group C, South Korea and Saudi Arabia in Group D, these eight teams can be regarded as the strongest teams in Asia.

Four West Asia, three East Asia, and one Australia—this is the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup. In the quarter-finals, Japan will meet Qatar, Australia will meet Iraq, China will face Saudi Arabia, South Korea will face Iran. After seeing this matchup, people in West Asia are worried—won’t all West Asian teams be blocked from the quarterfinals...

To say that this kind of thing is really possible, since the top three of East Asia won the top three in the 2000 Asian Cup, the top four of the Asian Cup in 2004 were China, Japan, South Korea and Iran. If Iraq hadn’t helped West Asia knock out the two-time Asian Cup in 07, the trend of West Asia being suppressed by East Asia would still be obvious.

But the general trend in Asia is like this now. Although the number of executive committee members from West Asia still has an absolute advantage in the AFC, East Asia has an absolute upper hand in FIFA. The four FIFA executive committee members from Asia account for three in East Asia. easy to develop.

The Chinese Super League, the J-League, and the K-League, the three most mature and standardized leagues in Asia, have made East Asian football ahead of West Asia. Although the countries in West Asia used the gold dollar policy to lure many world-class stars to West Asia to seek gold a few years ago, it also gave them a certain advantage in the Asian Champions League. It is no longer restricted by foreign aid, similar to the unlimited circulation of players between the EU, which can make the exchanges between countries closer. It is conceivable that if this policy is implemented, the football level of China, Japan and South Korea will also have a leap.

Among the leagues of the three countries, China has the highest league level and the most outstanding players, Japan's J-League is the wealthiest, and South Korea's K-League has the longest history. All three countries have their own advantages. In the case of resource sharing, the league level in East Asia can completely surpass the league in West Asia.

The East Asian Triple-A League launched in 2001 has become a competition that can compete with the Asian Champions League. It has even surpassed the Asian Champions League. Now the East Asian Champions League is also preparing to start expanding. The Football Federation will also have more say.

It is precisely because of this situation that the countries in West Asia have such worries, and the results of the quarter-finals three days later proved that their concerns are not groundless.

Although the venue of the game is in Qatar in West Asia, although the West Asia team occupies the time-they are more adaptable to the hot weather; the location-the stadium in Qatar has more West Asia teams;

But in the face of absolute strength, these factors are important, but they are not enough to turn the situation around!

Shunsuke Nakamura's two beautiful direct free kicks helped Japan beat the hosts Qatar. With the Japanese team's strong midfielder in control of the situation, although Qatar played very hard, they still could not break through the gate of the Japanese team!
Cahill's goal helped Australia lead Iraq in the first half. Although the tenacious Iraqis launched a fierce counterattack, the seasoned Australia still kept the score until the end.

The top scorer, Long Bisheng, showed his ability in assists. First, he created a penalty kick in the penalty area for Dai Guangming to score, and then the header ferryed Sun Bing to help Sun Bing make another victory. Although Saudi Arabia recovered a point in the second half, Zhang Yi, who came off the bench, scored a beautiful direct free kick. [-]-[-], the Chinese team advanced to the semi-finals!

The same updated South Korean team set off a youth storm. They used tireless running to make the old Iranians feel tired. Shin Yonglu and Xu Dongxuan, the young striker partners, each scored a goal and helped the team eliminate Iran [-]-[-]!

Asian Shock!Sia was shocked!For the first time in the history of the Asian Cup, there is no West Asian team in the semi-finals!
"The dusk of West Asian football has come!" The commentator of Qatar National Television lamented!
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