Vol 3 Chapter 267: First battle

　　 Sixteen participating teams gathered in Doha, which meant that the Asian Cup entered the final time. The bookmaker has also updated the odds for each team.
　　 Japan and South Korea ranked top two. Putting aside prejudices, these two teams are indeed the strongest Asian team in terms of overall strength. Last year's World Cup both reached the top 16. The South Korean team lost 1:2 to the World Cup fourth place Uruguay. The Japanese team even scored a penalty shootout with Paraguay, and ended up losing with a penalty.
　　 rushed to this strength, can become the first two to win the championship without problems.
　　 ranked third in Oceania’s
foreign households
Australia, West Asia’s Tieqi Iran ranked fourth, the previous runner-up Saudi Arabia ranked fifth, and the defending champion Iraq was seriously declining, only in sixth. The West Asian team as a whole was seriously disappointed. The change of the Asian Cup from summer to winter is detrimental to the West Asian team as a whole. The collision with the Gulf Cup, a traditional event in the Gulf region, greatly reduced the fighting power of the West Asian team.
　　Ironically, even then, the top six still have nothing to do with the Chinese team. The Chinese team and the host Qatar are tied for eighth, lower than their opponents in the same group Uzbekistan. The odds are as high as 1 to 52... That is to say, from the perspective of the bookmaker, it simply vetoes any possibility of winning the Chinese team. And the obscure news is that the Chinese team will be eliminated by the direct group.
　　Although the Chinese team has several overseas players, the betting company's odds ranking is based on the performance of each team in major events in recent years. In this regard, the Chinese team really can't take the shot, whether it is the Asian Cup or the World Preliminaries are out early. Despite the existence of Zhou Tiancheng and a number of gangs in Europe, before giving real strength, don’t expect gaming companies to take a look at them. They can’t dare to mess around without thinking. That’s the real benefits. !
　　 But compared to the bookmakers dare to tell the truth, the AFC is very face-saving. Among the top ten rising stars in Asia that their official website looked forward to, Jiang Hao, Ming Tao, Chen Pengfei and Gao Hongbo's young right-back Zhang Linpeng took four seats!
　　 This list is actually very controversial, because the four players are ranked two to five respectively, the first is Dortmund's Japanese midfielder Kagawa Shinji. Even the Japanese media felt that they were lucky, but the Chinese media felt unbearable: even the defeated men were selected, what about Zhou Tiancheng? The AFC really is selective blindness.
　　Although they generally sing the Chinese team, Zhou Tiancheng's personal achievements are two different things. Even his men's defeat will be able to qualify for Kagawa Shinji. Why should Zhou Tiancheng not be among them?
　　 But soon an article was updated on the AFC official website: The Asian Cup's top five hotspots are completely different from the bookmakers. Among the popular teams in the AFC version, there is a place for the Chinese team.
In their outlook, they wrote:
Although the Chinese team coached by Gao Hongbo is one of the youngest teams, they are sufficiently competitive in Asia. Schalke’s midfielder’s core Zhou Tian achievement is that they and the Asian team The team's greatest strength to contend... Although Zhou Tiancheng is under the age of 22, he is no longer at the level of a new star in Asia, and he has won the Champions League championship by himself. His height is enough to compare with Park Zhixing. The Chinese team His performance will depend on his play. His recent state can make the Chinese team have top competitiveness in the Asian arena."
　　……
The first round of the Asian Cup Group A, the pre-match press conference between China and Kuwait, basically all the Chinese reporters who arrived in Qatar arrived at the scene. The national team closed for so long, and finally got the first-hand news materials, they all wanted to come and see Whether Gao Hongbo's attitude will change before the game. Generally speaking, the head coach will not soften even if he is weak before the game. In fact, journalists are like listening to this. Even the AFC has rarely given such a big face, why should we always keep ostrich ourselves?
But Gao Hongbo is such a character. Even in front of a large number of foreign reporters, he is still very humble, saying: "Kuwait is the Gulf Cup runner-up and a strong opponent. And we are a young team, participating in this In the big game, we are here to train the team and learn to grow experience."
　　As soon as Gao Hongbo said this, the Chinese reporters on the scene were so angry that they wanted to drop the camera on the spot. We don’t know the strength, but in front of so many foreigners, it’s so difficult to say a few words to raise your breath?
　　 has almost lost his face, you still represent the country, and humiliate the national authority!
　　 Many reporters from other countries whispered at the scene, they have already crossed out the Chinese team from the list of potential threats in their hearts.
Originally they also thought that Zhou Tiancheng was there, they might need to be alert for two points when they meet the Chinese team. Now they have returned to their usual mentality. They are eager to match up with the Chinese team. Even if the player is stronger, the head coach is a counselor. Not at all afraid.
　　Gao Hongbo hurriedly left the seat after answering a few questions, giving people a feeling of lack of confidence, and even a burst of laughter was heard on the scene.
　　……
　　 But actually looking at the situation on the face of the Chinese team players is completely different from what the reporters imagined.
　　 There will be a trace of tension on the face of individual international players who are still relatively shallow, but the common expression written on everyone's face is excited.
Gao Hongbo looked at the players~EbookFREE.me~ and said to everyone: "This training has not let everyone turn in the mobile phone. You must know what our image is in the eyes of the media. I think you can all think of it. I did this deliberately. Now that the image has deteriorated to such an extent, I don’t think you can be as bad as you can. But, you are all leaders, you guys, don’t you have to face it? If you want to show up in front of the media and don’t want to suffer from being scolded as trash every day, just go up and do it with him! Let the courage let me go! Anyway, with Zhou Tiancheng in, should you trust him?"
　　 Zhou Tiancheng twitched his lips, and suddenly felt that Gao Hongbo threw himself a big thunder, but this time he must go on, the captain is carrying the thunder and leading the team forward. So he stood up and said, "Yes, what is Kuwait's team? Just turn him over! Our task now is to step on every opponent we meet!"
　　……
When the Chinese queue team walked onto the stadium, the broadcast signal stayed on Zhou Tiancheng's face for a long time, and then it was given to the stands. Today the protagonist in the stands is red. Thousands of local students from Doha came to the scene for the Chinese team. Cheer.
　　 Australian referee Williams blew the whistle at the start of the game on time. Zhou Tiancheng received the kick-off from the middle circle. Although he had seen many big scenes, his heart fluctuated at the moment.
　　 The first intercontinental competition of the national team!
Start!
　　Https://
　　Genius site address:. Mobile version reading URL: