Fengba Greenery

Chapter 461 The Curse That Doesn't Exist
Chapter 41 The Curse That Doesn't Exist

For the Chinese team, Qatar is regarded as the most critical opponent in Group C.

Li Qingshan did not need to return to China, but flew directly from England to Doha, Qatar.

In Group C where the Chinese team is located, the Qatar team had won four consecutive victories and accumulated [-] points. Due to a bye in the first round, the Chinese team accumulated nine points in the three rounds of the group stage.Temporarily ranked second in the group.

The two places that appear directly in this group are generally believed to be between the Chinese team and the Qatar team.

Qatar, the opponent, is the sufferer of the Chinese team.The current Chinese team has maintained a very embarrassing record against Qatar, that is, it has never won against Qatar in an away game.In the international A-level competition, the national football team did not win a single away game against Qatar, and only achieved a record of 3 draws and 2 losses. In 1997, 2001 and 2008, they drew away games with Qatar in the world preliminaries, and lost 2011-0 away in the 2 Asian Cup.

Therefore, although the Chinese team, whose strength has been greatly improved because of Li Qingshan, faced this opponent in Doha this time, the domestic sports media and fans did not dare to be too optimistic.

Li Qingshan arrived at Doha Airport in the early morning of October [-]th.Even if this time is more than five o'clock in the morning local time, there are quite a few fans picking up the plane at the airport.

When Li Qingshan walked out of the airport, he was warmly welcomed by the fans.And Li Qingshan did not directly board the car sent by the national team to pick him up because of the fatigue of the journey. Instead, he got in the car after satisfying the requirements of the fans for autographs and group photos, and headed to the training base where the national football team is located.

In order to prepare for this crucial World Cup qualifier for the top [-] matches in the Asian region, the Chinese Super League has even been suspended for two weeks, so that the international players who play in the Chinese Super League can go to the local area in advance to adapt to the local climate.

Of course, Li Qingshan does not have this kind of treatment. On non-international match days, it is impossible for Manchester United to give him a holiday - as a core player of Manchester United, if he misses two weeks of games, the Manchester United fans will probably go crazy.

The airport is not too far from the local training base of the Chinese team. After going around for more than 20 minutes, the car stopped at the gate of a training field.

At the gate of the training base, a large group of reporters had already gathered.

When Li Qingshan got out of the car, the reporters immediately surrounded him.In addition to Chinese reporters, Qatari local media reporters are also here to wait for Li Qingshan.

After all, he is the biggest star in this game.

Manchester United's influence is large enough, and as a core player of Manchester United, Li Qingshan's influence has naturally increased.

Before getting off the plane, Li Qingshan found that besides the Chinese fans, there were also local Qatari fans wearing his Manchester United No. [-] jersey, and there were quite a few of them.

This shows that Li Qingshan's influence is not limited to China. With his performance in Manchester United, Manchester United's global influence has also given Li Qingshan many more fans.

To a certain extent, Li Qingshan is the only star with world-class influence in the active Chinese sports circle.

Raiola often sighs and sighs about it.In his opinion, Li Qingshan is guarding a pile of gold and won't use it.Li Qingshan's indifference to commercial development made Raiola helpless.

After Li Qingshan got out of the car, he was not intimidated by such a scene surrounded by a large group of reporters, he was already used to it.

As he walked forward, he randomly answered the questions kicked out by the reporters.

"What is the goal of this game." A reporter asked.

Mourinho once said that the level of Chinese sports reporters is much worse than that of Chinese football.

Li Qingshan also deeply agrees after being in contact with the media for a long time.

You see what kind of idiot question this is asking.

Li Qingshan didn't turn his head back.

"Of course I won!"

"Qatar is not weak."

Li Qingshan stopped and replied very seriously: "We are the Asian champions. The question of whether we are weak or not should be considered by our opponents. We came here to win this game! And our attention will not In the top [-], the real challenge is in the top [-]. Reaching the [-] World Cup in Russia, this goal is unwavering!"

Although the outside world is very cautious about this game, the atmosphere in the Chinese team is quite optimistic.

Winning the Asian championship has greatly improved the self-confidence of the Chinese team players.

In fact, in general, due to the unreasonable selection mechanism of the Chinese Football Association, the players of the Chinese team are generally over 180 cm tall, and the physical fitness of Chinese players is relatively good in Asia, at least as good as many West Asian teams and teams. Compared with Southeast Asian teams, Chinese players can still have some advantages in physical confrontation.

Therefore, Lippi does not think that the strength of the Chinese team will be weak in Asia.

After Li Qingshan joined the training, the coaching staff clearly felt that the players' confidence was even stronger.

This is the role of a core, a star.

However, although the Chinese team is full of confidence, Lippi does not think that Qatar can pose much threat to the Chinese team in terms of strength.But Lippi is not without worries.

That is Qatar's home stadium, the Khalifa Stadium in Doha.

The Khalifa Stadium, the venue for the match between China and Qatar, once attracted worldwide attention for hosting the Asian Games.Now, after being refurbished for the World Cup, another label is attracting attention.In an article by the Western media "Goal.com", it is called the world's first and largest open-air air-conditioned stadium.

During the adaptive training before the game, the Chinese team experienced the taste of playing in an air-conditioned stadium.This feeling is indeed different from the general stadium.

In fact, in order to prove that it is feasible to play football matches in the stadium even in the dry desert area with a summer temperature of more than 40 degrees, Qatar spent a lot of money to build several air-conditioned stadiums to cope with the World Cup held in Qatar in 2022 race.At that time, all World Cup participating teams in the world will compete in air-conditioned stadiums.

Players are also very curious about the stadium air conditioning system.

When Li Qingshan walked into the stadium, he saw two circles of big round holes for wind blowing around the stadium.The cool breeze blows out continuously, and the wind is very strong near the air outlet.If you pass here, your hair and clothes will be messed up.

At this time, the outdoor temperature in Qatar was as high as 37 octaves, but after entering the stadium, the temperature dropped sharply, and I couldn't feel the scorching heat wave outside the stadium at all.

According to the on-site staff responsible for maintaining the air-conditioning system, on the turf, the air-conditioning system can keep the temperature at most 20 degrees lower than outside the field.Even the high stands can be 15 degrees lower than the outside.In other words, the body temperature of a player playing in the center of the field will never exceed 25 degrees.

When Li Qingshan walked into the court, because he hadn't warmed up yet, he even felt a little cold.

"It seems that we need to remind the fans who come to watch the game to wear jackets." Li Qingshan joked to Zhang Linpeng next to him.

"It's really much cooler here than Tianhe Stadium." Zhang Linpeng said while doing stretching exercises.

The weather in Guangzhou is also a well-known hot stove. Many teams that come to Guangzhou to play in summer find it difficult to adapt to the hot and humid weather in Guangzhou.

The Qataris are indeed rich and still, and installed air-conditioning in the stadium, so that football games can be played when the outdoor temperature is as high as [-] degrees.

October [-], Doha, Qatar.

The fifth round of Group C of the Asian Top [-] qualifiers for the World Cup was played between the Chinese team and the Qatar team.

"There is no doubt that this is a focus battle in this group. The match between China and Qatar will determine who is the number one in the group." CCTV sent an on-site commentary team, Duan Xuan is at the Khalifa Stadium at the moment Next to him in the commentary booth was naturally his old partner Xu Yang.

"It can be said that there is no suspense for us to enter the top twelve this time. The key question is whether to be the first or the second in the group. Our signing luck is very good. Basically, except for Qatar, there is nothing to do in this group. A strong team. We must strive to be the first in the group to be safe."

"That's right, the format of the top 8 is that the No. 1 of the 4 groups and the No. 2 of the 12 groups with the best results will advance to the third round of the top 2. That is to say, for the Chinese team, we don't want to go Considering the group No.[-] with the best score, our only goal is to be number one in the group and directly advance to the top [-]!"

"That's right!! If we can break the curse of Qatar's invincibility in the away game, then we have a great chance to win the first place in the group!"

"I hope the players of the Chinese team can calm down and don't take this kind of thing to heart. In the end, the football game depends on strength to determine the outcome. We have even won the Asian championship. It is not a matter of course to reach the top [-]. Is it!"

"That's right, we still have Li Qingshan!"

Before the game started, Duan Xuan and Xu Yang started to encourage each other, and they must be very nervous at the moment.

The game has not yet officially started, and players from both sides are still warming up on the court.But CCTV's live broadcast signal has already been connected.

In front of the TV, I don't know how many viewers are nervously watching this focus battle.

The tactics of the Chinese team are actually no secret.Anyway, it revolves around Li Qingshan.

In Asia, Lippi didn't think there was a team whose defense could defend Li Qingshan. Therefore, the Chinese team would never be conservative when facing various Asian teams in the qualifiers.

The same is true for this game.

Lippi formed a 451 formation.

The goalkeeper is Zeng Cheng, and the defensive center back combination is Mei Fang and Feng Xiaoting.The right back is Zhang Linpeng, and the left back is Li Xuepeng.The combination of the two defensive midfielders is Zhao Ritian and Hao Junmin, Yu Hanchao is on the right in the front line, Zhang Xize is on the left, Li Qingshan is at the front, and there is a guerrilla forward Wu Lei behind him.

Qatar, which is playing at home, also sent its entire main lineup.In order to defend Li Qingshan, Qatar sent a lineup of three central defenders, while the midfielder has four defensive midfielders.At the top is their No. [-] player Hydos.

This is a 541 formation.

Judging from this formation, Qatar is still quite afraid of the Chinese team, after all, the opponent is the new Asian champion.Even at their own home court, the Qataris chose a conservative defensive counterattack strategy.

But the facts proved that the Qataris really couldn't defend against Li Qingshan if they wanted to defend.

In the 8th minute of the game, the Chinese team took the lead.

Li Qingshan leaned on the opponent's defender after receiving a pass from Hao Junmin in the middle.

No matter how hard Qatar's central defender Cazorla tried, he couldn't effectively interfere with Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan easily passed the ball to Wu Lei who advanced forward.

As soon as Wu Lei took the ball, he went straight to the point.

"Wu Lei single-handedly!!!"

"Do you have this ball!!!"

Duan Xuan stood up from his seat.

"Oops!!! Oops!!! This one-handed ball hit the goalkeeper, push it at an angle"

Just when Duan Xuan hugged his head in regret, the football that hit the goalkeeper bounced back, Li Qingshan stretched his long legs, hooked the ball back firmly, and stopped in front of him.

He proved at the moment that he was facing Qatar's goal, and two central defenders came up to grab the ball from him.

After Li Qingshan made a fake move, he quickly flicked the ball, swung his right leg and hit it.

The goalkeeper has no choice but to watch the football hit the net!
"The goal was scored!! Although Wu Lei missed a single goal, but fortunately the football bounced back and was caught by Li Qingshan. Li Qingshan has more and more shooting methods in the penalty area. He played this kick with confidence. With a flick of the right foot, he raised his leg and shot, the football passed between the two centre-backs, and the goalkeeper didn't react!"

"The Chinese team scored a goal first and led Qatar [-]-[-] in the away game!"

After losing a goal, the Qatari once wanted to press the offense to get back a goal.

But soon, they lost the second ball.

No. In the 16th minute, Hao Junmin hit the defensive player with a long shot from the outside and went out of the baseline.

The Chinese team won the corner kick.

Hao Junmin sent a corner kick, Li Qingshan overwhelmed the defense of the two central defenders, leaped high, shook his head and hit the goal!
"Li Qingshan!!! The goal is scored!!! The iconic header, no one in Asia can defend against him!! The number one star in Asia!!" Duan Xuan boasted excitedly.

Conceding two goals early left the Qataris completely discouraged.

They didn't have the heart to recover the score. For Qatar's mercenaries, they just hoped not to continue conceding goals at home.

But they failed to realize this wish. Before the end of the first half, Wu Lei finally received a pass from Li Qingshan and scored the ball into the empty goal.

Three to zero, the Chinese team sealed the victory.

In the end, the score of the game was five to zero, and the Chinese team beat Qatar in the away game.

Li Qingshan scored another goal in the second half to complete the hat-trick, and central defender Feng Xiaoting also scored a goal with a header from a free kick in the frontcourt.

The curse of Qatar's away win?

nonexistent!

(End of this chapter)