Chapter 375 We are qualified
After the selfless celebration, Sun Yao returned to China in time and joined the training camp of the national team.
Because of Sun Yao's return, more fans of the national team came to the Xianghe training base to appreciate the players' training.
This crucial game will be played at Tianjin Water Drop Stadium.
As for this crucial battle that could witness the Chinese national team once again reaching the World Cup finals, it was a battle worthy of being recorded in history. The attendance rate was surprisingly high.
Approximately more than 50,000 Chinese team fans poured into Shuidi Stadium, wearing red jerseys, holding flags, and cheering for the Chinese team.
The Iranian team is also full of elite troops and strong players. After all, they are also in a very dangerous situation.
If they do not defeat the Chinese team, then they will lose the opportunity to enter next year's World Cup and hand over the second place in the group to South Korea.
Now they are two points behind the South Korean team. If they can not be pulled away by South Korea in this game, they still have a chance to make amends in the final round.
And they are five points behind the Chinese team. Anyway, they feel that there is little hope of overtaking China. Of course, the last game of the Chinese team is at home, and the opponent is the South Korean team, which is currently second only to the Chinese team in the group, so
, the Chinese team cannot be careless.
If the Iranian team defeats itself, it will be tied by the Korean team. In the last round, it will be a deadlock with the Korean team.
Although a draw can help the Chinese team secure a place in the group in advance, since it is at home, victory is still the primary goal.
If Iran is eliminated, it might help the South Korean team appear earlier. The last game will be an exhibition match after the two teams appear.
Of course, even if it is an exhibition match, the two countries will still fight for dignity!
However, the situation on the field surprised the fans who came to watch the game.
After the game started, they followed Sun Yao closely, and Sun Yao himself was in a very tired state because he had just played in the Champions League final and his performance was poor.
At thirty minutes, Sun Yao suffered a slight strain. In the end, he was substituted early.
The injury is not serious, it is just caused by excessive physical fatigue. He will be able to return after recuperating for about half a month.
The leak happened overnight. As soon as Sun Yao came off the field, the Iranian team broke the Chinese team's goal with a counterattack goal!
This goal was also the only goal in the game.
At the end of the game, the Iranian team defeated the Chinese team and was only two points behind the Chinese team.
The Korean team's points have also caught up. They have tied their points with the Chinese team.
In this way, the Iranian team will face a relatively weak opponent, the Qatar team, in the final round, while the Chinese team will have a deadly fight with the South Korean team!
The situation suddenly turned in favor of the Iranian team.
If the Iranian team wins, they will also take the initiative to qualify from the group.
Of course, this is under the condition that the Chinese team and the Korean team do not want to tie.
At present, the Chinese team has one draw and one loss against Iran, and one victory against South Korea; if it ends up tied with the South Korean team, it will be a troublesome matter for the three teams to have the same points.
Therefore, the two teams don’t want to waste so much time thinking, winning is the most important thing!
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This game was played a month later. Although this was the intermission period for European leagues, all major leagues in Asia were in progress.
At this time, it's a home game again, and it's the Korean team again.
The competition venue was arranged at the Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou, which was also almost full with more than 55,000 fans.
A sea of red, the Chinese team really looks like the Asian Red Devils.
"I didn't expect that in the club, I was a Blue Moon, but in the national team, I became a Red Devil!" Sun Yao also curled his lips, looking at the somewhat exaggerated description in the newspaper.
In the locker room, the No. 10 jersey is behind him. Now he is the well-deserved No. 10 of the national team.
Although this is not his favorite number, it does symbolize that only the true king of a team can play the role.
Everyone is honored to wear the No. 10 jersey!
And the armband of the national team captain also stays on Sun Yao’s left arm!
What a supreme honor.
In the crucial battle, Sun Yao, who originally had full confidence in the national team, found that he had never expected that the team would have to wait until the last round to decide. Indeed, the World Cup qualifying competition is a very difficult event.
Every country is full of unlimited fantasies about the World Cup!
The Korean team gave its best, and the Chinese team also went all out.
Compared with this, the so-called East Asia semi-finals that will be held next are not attractive.
Because none of the Korean team’s European players will participate, and of course, Sun Yao will not participate in such an event either.
The four countries, including Japan and Australia, will send domestic players to participate in the war.
But the current World Cup qualifiers are a real battle between the main players!
All South Korean players in Europe have played because if they are not careful, they may say goodbye to next year's World Cup finals.
Even if they finish third in the group, the Korean team will play the play-offs in the third place in another group, and then there will be a more difficult play-off after finishing the play-offs.
Because the play-offs after the third play-off in the group are against the fifth place in the South American region.
Obviously, in this regard, South American teams have more advantages. Even if most of the Korean team's main players play in Europe, facing the fifth place in South America, the winning rate may not exceed 50%!
Therefore, this is indeed a fight to the death!
Of course, the Chinese team cannot lose. If they lose, they will have to participate in the play-offs.
Iran has a good record in direct confrontations with China and South Korea, so they can almost advance if they defeat Qatar in the end.
The relationship is subtle and difficult to calculate.
Finish the fight first and then talk!
Tianhe Sports Center, Chinese Dragon vs Tai Chi Tiger, the game begins!
The Chinese team seemed to be the nemesis of the Korean team. Less than a minute into the game, Sun Yao relied on a breakthrough to create a free kick.
Moreover, he took the penalty himself and took the free kick impeccably!
Indeed, now he is no longer the same person just now
The ball went in!
Then, Gao Lin made a penalty kick,
As the captain on the field, Sun Yao led by example and personally took the penalty kick, which he accomplished in one go!
Two to zero!
The Chinese team took a fantastic lead in the first half.
This put the Korean team into almost a desperate situation.
Many media began to shout "Afraid of South Korea? We have defeated him four times in a row!"
If this game is indeed won, it will indeed be four consecutive victories. South Korea should start to promote "fear of Han" right away!
After all, the South Korean team is also a tenacious team. In the second half, they got one back in the 70th minute through Son Heung-min.
However, under the leadership of Sun Yao, the Chinese team still maintained an indomitable momentum and defeated the Korean team, maintaining the score of 2-1 until the end of the game.
The Chinese team successfully entered the 2014 World Cup in Brazil!
In another game, the Iranian team also defeated Qatar and qualified for the World Cup finals as second in the group.
At this time, four Asian teams have qualified, namely Japan, China, Australia, and Iran!
As for the South Korean team, they are going to play in the play-offs, and they are likely to encounter Jordan; of course, if they pass Jordan, they are likely to encounter South American teams such as Ecuador, Colombia, and even Uruguay, whose performance in the South American qualifiers was not as expected.
A team like Chile is probably in danger!
Qualified! The whole country rejoiced, and Sun Yao was treated like a national hero. Twelve years later, the Chinese team will appear on the World Cup stage again!
Today, Sun Yao is a well-known star in the country.
Chapter completed!