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At the end of May, Qin Xiong brought simple luggage to Xianghe National Men's Football Training Base to report.

The other teammates of the national team have already assembled here, only Qin Xiong is the latest to arrive, such as Sun Jihai, Liu Yi, Zhang Pengfei and other overseas players, their season ends earlier than Qin Xiong, and there is no celebration to be held, basically After playing all the games, he returned to the national team to report. Only Qin Xiong had more things to do in Europe.

Alihan was very happy with Qin Xiong's return. When his teammates went to get along with Qin Xiong in private, they would ask him about his experience at Arsenal, including what the lives of other stars in the team were like.

The teammates of the national team are naturally envious that Qin Xiong can play in the same team with famous stars such as Henry, Vieira, and Campbell.

During the preparation for the World Preliminaries Asian Quarterfinals, the team's training intensity was not high, but Qin Xiong still felt tired.

This kind of feeling is that after a difficult season has just ended, after relaxing physically and mentally, and then suddenly want to improve the state, the physical state obviously cannot keep up.

6 month 4 day.

Qin Xiong led the Chinese team to host Saudi Arabia in Tianjin.

The entire Tianjin stadium was rendered into a sea of ​​red, and Qin Xiong's portrait was passed by waves of people in the stands, which was magnificent and magnificent.

However, the Chinese team did not perform well in this game. Among them, Qin Xiong is also difficult to do. He himself will play in the national team, and his performance will be greatly reduced. In addition, his physical condition is not ideal. It is difficult for his teammates to play on the same team. Good effect on rhythm.

Saudi Arabia had 1 win, 1 draw and 4 points in the first two rounds, and the third and fourth games were back-to-back with the Chinese team.Although the Chinese team has 6 points in hand, Saudi Arabia's goal is very clear. As long as they get 1 point in the away game, they will be satisfied, and then they will clean up the Chinese team when they return home.

The Saudi team's counterattack was still very threatening, and the Chinese team looked chaotic on the scene, and the offense could not start the situation. In the end, the two teams shook hands and made peace.

At the end of the game, Qin Xiong looked a little disappointed.

He left the field with his head down, if it was a game with a clear conscience.No matter what the result is, he will leave with his head held high.

But he knew that his performance was not good and he did not bring positive help to the team, so he was very depressed.

In an interview after the game, Qin Xiong was asked if he was too tired. After all, he had just finished multi-line battles in the Premier League. He answered frankly: "The season schedules in Asia and Europe are different, and the club schedules in Asia. Now it is In the middle of the season. The players who played in Europe have just finished a full season. I am not shirking responsibility. I admit that I have not played well. I just want to face it rationally, find the reason and actively improve. A game will come on."

After the game, Alihan also made an excuse for the Chinese team. He first said that Saudi Arabia's overall strength is very strong, and secondly, the Chinese team is still at the top of the standings.Especially considering that Uzbekistan drew with the South Korean team in another game, the situation of the Chinese team in the standings is still optimistic.

The Chinese team scored 7 points.

Saudi Arabia 5 points.

Uzbekistan 2 points.

The South Korean team scored 1 points.

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After the home game in Tianjin, the Chinese team rested for two days and then the whole team took a plane to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Qin Xiong knows the reason for his poor performance, but it is really difficult to improve. Physical fitness is something that anyone who has practiced understands. After a long period of continuous consumption and relaxation, he wants to improve his state and return to it. The pinnacle is helpless and powerless.

And another situation happened that he didn't expect.

After the plane landed in Riyadh, Qin Xiong and his teammates walked out of the cabin door.Suddenly a terrible heat wave swept over!

"Damn it! It's fucking hot!"

"It's so hot!"

"Can you play football in this kind of weather?"

Qin Xiong is also complaining!blurted out.

June in northern China has not fully felt the arrival of summer.

But in Saudi Arabia, the daytime temperature in the Gulf region has soared to more than 30 degrees and close to 40 degrees.

The Chinese team is facing the difficulty of "acclimatization".

If they don't spend the days leading up to the game in a cool air-conditioned room, the Chinese team may be scorched in the scorching sun.The people who were exposed to the sun were exhausted.

Conversely, if you don't adapt to this kind of weather.Wouldn't it be more uncomfortable while waiting for the game?

The game in Riyadh was a hell of a torment and torture.

Qin Xiong still didn't perform as expected, and his teammates were even worse.

Alihan originally hoped that he would be satisfied when he came to the away game and defended a draw.

But the Saudi team is alive and well. They have lived in this environment all year round, and they have already adapted to it. With the advantage of the home court, their on-the-spot performance is much better than the Chinese team.

It's like a game of beasts predating!

The Chinese team lost by two goals in 90 minutes!

Against Saudi Arabia is a record of 1 draw and 1 loss.

The advantage established in the first two rounds of the group stage seems to have taken a sharp turn after the mid-term two rounds.

After the game, Qin Xiong, who may only have 70% of his normal consumption, was sweating profusely and was drenched in sweat. Facing the reporter, he looked a little numb. Probably this kind of useless loss reminded him of his time in Ajax It was the first time that the team encountered a fierce rain battle, but at least in the Ajax game, the team did not lose.

But now that he is the captain of the national team, he didn't set an example to help the team achieve good results. He felt guilty and bowed his head in front of the interview camera, and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry. Our performance has failed the expectations of the fans across the country. We lost an important game without any excuses, and at this moment, I can only apologize to fans across the country on behalf of the team."

After speaking, he left.

He couldn't make any promises like "we'll try to do better in the next game" or something like that.

The football game is not so simple, it can't be perfunctory with a few beautiful words.

Returning to Asia for the world preliminaries was a hundred times more difficult than he imagined.

In particular, the overall strength of Saudi Arabia has indeed exceeded expectations.

It was only during the match that he realized that he thought the South Korean team was the strongest in the group, but compared with Saudi Arabia, the South Korean team's on-the-spot performance was at least one grade lower than that of Saudi Arabia.

After the fourth round of the Asian quarter-finals, the group standings have changed, and the Chinese team has changed from a very comfortable position to a crisis-ridden one.

Saudi Arabia 8 points.

The Chinese team scored 7 points.

The South Korean team scored 4 points.

Uzbekistan 2 points.

When the Chinese team went directly from Riyadh to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, the Chinese National Youth Team ushered in their first performance in the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.

The Chinese National Youth Team made a surprising start, beating the Turkish team 2:1! (to be continued~^~)