Vol 4 Chapter 1: 1 Prophecy

Because of the European Cup, this season’s European League ended quite early, ending in mid-May.
But this does not mean that Zhou Yi can enjoy some more holidays. In fact, his vacation is probably only a dozen days, because on June 3, the top ten of the Asian World Cup qualifier in Brazil will be fully launched.
The Chinese team that entered the top ten is divided into Group B, and they are in the same group with Japan, Australia, Oman and Qatar.
After the grouping results came out, some Chinese media exclaimed that the Chinese team was assigned to the death group. Then it was laughed at mercilessly by online fans-for the Chinese team, is there a group that is not a death group?
The first top ten match started on June 3, the Chinese team challenged Qatar away.
On the evening of June 12, the second round of the top ten, the Chinese team played against Oman.
If the Chinese team wants to qualify for the top ten, they will also get the third place in the worst and worst, and then decide the victory with the third in group a, and the winner will go to fifth place in South America. Scramble for the final qualifying right.
If you are prepared according to the third goal of the group, the two games with Qatar and Oman are crucial and must be won, regardless of home and away.
There are five teams in a group, in addition to the Chinese team itself, there are four teams. These four teams are all opponents of the Chinese team. Japan and Australia are very hard to chew against. It is difficult to win the game with them. In such a situation, if the Chinese team can not get in Oman and Qatar Points, it is almost impossible to want the group third.
The first opponent the Chinese team encountered in the top ten is Qatar, which is also very interesting.
Especially those reporters who participated in the report of the Chinese team's top 20 must remember the grudge between a Qatar reporter and Zhou Yi.
So just after the result of this grouping was released, the Chinese media exposed the behavior of the Qatar bearded reporter, which caused a lot of discussion among domestic fans.
Many netizens commented that they had never seen such a brazen person.
But this is not the point. The point is that when the Chinese reporters confronted each other, it was best to let the other party pray that Iraq or Qatar would not meet the Chinese team in the top ten.
At that time, all these words sounded like an angry word.
Unexpectedly, it was just such a maddening sentence, and it turned out to be a fortune!
The Chinese team was really separated from Qatar in the top ten!
Chinese fans who know the antecedents are clamoring angrily for revenge on Qatar, and they must learn a lesson!
Now this opportunity comes.
Zhou Yi was asked this question by reporters when he went to the national team for training.
He asked questioningly: "What else?"
Of course, the story that happened in the media, as a player, is of course impossible to know.
But now he knows.
"What a coincidence." Zhou Yi groaned after touching the chin after listening to the reporter who told the whole story.
Then he laughed: "What did that say?"
Without waiting for the reporter to think about it, he said it again: "Don't be unpredictable! Haha!"
In this way, Zhou Yi laughed and said goodbye to the reporters, leaving a group of reporters looking at each other, not quite understanding what Zhou Yi and this smile mean.
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The game was played at Qatar's home court, and the Chinese team played away. Since it is an away game, it is related to accommodation.
The Chinese team chose to stay at the hotel they stayed in when they last defeated Iraq.
This time, Qatar did not use the hotel decoration as an excuse to refuse the Chinese team. Perhaps they themselves felt that it would be unreasonable to use the same excuse again.
After arriving in Takal, Zhou Yi was surrounded by reporters from China and Qatar at the airport. Facing these reporters, Zhou Yi said: "I am very happy that our first top ten game was played in Qatar. It is our blessed land. We have very good memories here."
Zhou Yi did not say this for the first time. Since the Asian Cup, he has said these words every time he comes to Qatar. Everyone knows what these words mean.
The Chinese journalists who interviewed him gave a low laugh.
"I am also very fond of the country of Qatar. What I am most satisfied with is the work they did at the reception of this tournament. This time, the hotel we stayed in was not renovated, which is really great Thank you Qatar Football Association for the preparations for this match, thank you!"
After talking, Zhou Yi waved his hand and walked away.
A group of Chinese journalists left unrestrained laughter, and some awkward Qatar journalists.
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It is said that in the program on the local TV station in Qatar that evening, some guests criticized Zhou Yi for being impolite and lacking manners.
However, Zhou Yi did not watch TV in the hotel, and even if he did, he could not understand the Arabic spoken by the Qatari people. So these criticisms are meaningless to him.
But this is still very meaningful to Qatar media.
Since the Asian Cup in 2011, Zhou Yi and Qatar have seemed to be on the bar. In the Asian Cup, in the World Cup qualifiers, Zhou Yi and Qatar have always been able to make some sparks.
What is said is still a controversial topic.
For example, the hotel problem during the last game between the Chinese team and Iraq here, Zhou Yi sneered at Qatar.
Qatar's media is very unhappy. This time Zhou Yi was in front of Qatar reporters again, pointing out that Sang cursed Huai Di for satire of Qatar's careful eyes. This was a bit of a face that was not reserved for the host...
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In fact, in the history of the confrontation between China and Qatar, the Chinese team has an advantage in the overall record. From the national team level, before this game, the Chinese team and the Qatar national team played 14 times, the record is six wins, four draws and four losses, prevailing.
However, at the level of the World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team is in an absolute disadvantage with one win, three draws and three losses. It can be said that the Chinese team and Qatar have produced many wonderful classic stories in the World Cup qualifiers.
For example, the famous "Black Three Minutes" has the shadow of Qatar. In the 1989 World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team and five other teams played in a single round-robin match in Singapore, and the top two teams received World Cup tickets. Moreover, the World Preliminaries at that time also adopted a "two-point system", which means that they won two points instead of three points. Teams with the same score first compare the goal difference, the number of goals, and then compare the win-loss relationship.
After four rounds, the South Korean team scored seven points ahead of the qualifying period, the UAE ranked second with five points, the Chinese team ranked third with four points, North Korea and Qatar scored three points together, and Saudi Arabia with only two points left early. In the penultimate round, the Chinese team encountered the "Black Three Minutes" for the first time against the UAE. With a lead of 1:0 and five minutes left in the game, head coach Gao Fengwen replaced Dong Liqiang and was excited after playing. Dong Liqiang, who passed the ball, made two consecutive mistakes and was counterattacked by the opponent. After losing two goals in three minutes, he lost the game.
If the Chinese team can win the UAE at that time, the points will overtake the UAE by two points, and the final round can be qualified as long as it is tied. The game with Qatar is not so important.
But now the Chinese team is going to die with Qatar, and it depends on the results of the UAE and South Korea teams.
In the game against Qatar, the Chinese team is still leading the ball, leading 1:0. But in the last three minutes of the game, the Chinese team once again encountered a "black three minutes", Qatar scored two goals and was reversed. But be aware that at the same time in another game, South Korea and the UAE were tied 1:1. If the Chinese team can defend the last three minutes, it will be the Chinese team to enter Italy. It can be said that the Chinese team is only three minutes away from the World Cup. That may be the Chinese team's closest time to the World Cup before the Japan-Korea World Cup...
This is the first time that the Chinese team has suffered in Qatar.
The second time was Dalian Jinzhou Stadium in 1997. After the Chinese team led by one goal at home ~EbookFREE.me~ Qatar scored three goals and lost the game. This game was a turning point for the Chinese team to miss the French World Cup. In the end, the Chinese team ranked third in the group, and the phrase "Golden State does not believe in tears" also spread throughout China, becoming one of the black memories of Chinese football.
In 2002, the Chinese team finally tasted the joy of victory in Qatar. When they advanced to the World Cup final round in advance, they welcomed Qatar at home. In that game, the Chinese team defeated Qatar 3-0. It was also the first time that the Chinese team defeated Qatar in the history of the World Cup qualifiers. It was also the only victory.
In the 2010 South Africa World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team and Qatar met again in the quarter-finals. They scored 0-0 with Qatar at home, but lost to Qatar 0-1 at home. In the end, the Chinese team was at the bottom of the group stage, and even the top ten games were eliminated.
It can be said that Qatar's "accompaniment" is always indispensable in the course of Chinese football's impact on the World Cup. It can also be said that Qatar is the "touchstone" of the Chinese team. In 2001, the only time they defeated Qatar, the Chinese team successfully reached the World Cup finals of Japan and South Korea. In other qualifiers that did not win Qatar, they missed the World Cup finals.
From a superstitious point of view, if the Chinese team can beat Qatar this time, it may be possible to successfully swipe into the World Cup finals. (~^~)