With two consecutive wins without conceding a goal, everyone is very satisfied with the performance of this 'National Second Team', both inside and outside.
Admittedly, the Chunlei players were not as amazing as the first game. After all, Saudi Arabia is much stronger than the Philippines, and they also play intensive ball-control defense. This thing is quite difficult. But the children still stood up and won the game.
The results speak for themselves.
The most dazzling among the Xiao Chunlei is the defensive center back Wang Poxiao. He made several key predictions throughout the game, which are definitely excellent in the eyes of experts.
Saudi Arabia only had one shot in the whole game, and it was a very reluctant long-range shot. 'Saudi Messi' Al Mouwalad could hardly get the ball. The first defensive effort must be made by Wang Poupo. He looks ugly but behaves well. As expected, a person cannot be judged by his appearance.
The 0:3 score was unacceptable to Saudi Arabia. They had not lost so much in Asia in some years. Two hours after the game ended, Spanish head coach Juan Pizzi was fired, becoming the third coach to be fired in the Asian Cup.
Pizzi used 58% of the ball possession rate to argue with Prince Halbi, chairman of the Saudi Arabian Football Association, but he was ignored. In fact, Pizzi's contract ends at the end of the Asian Cup. Unless he wins the championship, Halbi has no intention of renewing his contract. Now he only
But it's just half a month ahead of schedule.
The 46-year-old assistant coach Farhad Ghashyan became the interim coach of Saudi Arabia. If there are old fans with good memories, they should still remember this person. In the magical Saudi team in 1994, this guy wore the No. 7 jersey and played as a forward.
Dayayaya, Owilan, Amin, Zubrow Mawi and others are all members of Saudi Arabia's golden generation.
Gaishyan has never served as a head coach and was only an assistant coach to Hilal before. However, whether he can complete the task of leading the team to win the Asian Cup is not within the prince's consideration. The prince has never thought of going that far and it is a waste of brains.
However, Saudi Arabia has no problem qualifying for the group. The 24 teams in the Asian Cup are divided into 6 groups, 2x64=16 (strong). Excluding the top two in each group, the four third-placed teams with better results can also advance to 1/8.
Saudi Arabia defeated Kyrgyzstan 4:0 in the first game, and faced the Philippines, the weakest team in the group, in the last game, which was no big deal.
Not to mention Saudi Arabia, even Kyrgyzstan has hope of qualifying. They defeated the Philippines 3:1 in the second round. With 3 points in hand, they may even theoretically compete for first place in the group. For example, if they beat the Chinese team by 7 goals in the last round,
Saudi Arabia 1:0 Philippines or not winning at all.
Jokes aside, the Chinese team is certain to qualify. Even if there is a theoretical possibility of falling to third place in the group, 6 points in the third place is enough to guarantee the top 16.
As for the matchup after first or third, is there any difference?
So after moving to Al Ain, Zhuoyang and Sforza made the decision to train the new players in the third game.
Newcomer, this is a term that can make Chinese football shed tears. Since the 1985 generation, which is the same age as Zhuo Yang, the national football team has not had a real newcomer class until Zhuo Yang turned 34 years old, until Hope Chunlei.
There are constantly new people to train with, which is the greatest happiness for the development of football.
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Chinese football has truly entered a virtuous cycle of sustainable development. The rectification movement in Manchester City, thousands of miles away, has also seen good results with the full support of veteran players, which is reflected in the record, that is, the three fronts are singing together.
In principle, Manchester City has nine games throughout January, which is only one less than the busy month of December.
A 2:2 draw with Liverpool in the opening game of the new year stopped the team's decline in a crucial battle. Less than 72 hours later, Manchester City welcomed the first game of the 2018-19 FA Cup at home, facing Rotherham on 1/32
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In the first few rounds of the FA Cup, there were many matches with disparity between strengths and weaknesses, but Rotherham were not really weak chickens. After all, they were nicknamed the "Millers" and they came from the English Championship.
So the score of 7:0 seems a bit fantasy. It is reasonable for Manchester City to win, but shouldn't Zhuoyang's absence be more serious?
Da Clever, Prince, Shunliu, Debich, Otamendi, Sane, six players scored one goal, and another was an own goal by Rotherham's Nigerian center back Ajayi.
Teacher Jing, who did not score a goal in this game, contributed four assists and his performance was perfect.
Guardiola is a stubborn ass. The team’s closed training camp since Christmas is still in progress. Except for the two major injuries, Bravo and Mendy, and Zhuo Yang, who is competing in the Asian Cup, everyone is still there during this period.
The Etihad training center is isolated from the rest of the world.
With veteran players such as Kompany, Debich and Aguero mellowing the situation, others are no longer as passively resistant to the training as they were at the beginning. They are used to accepting the situation and can actually find fun in it.
Three days later, Manchester City ushered in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals at home. Their opponent was Burton from League One, who had just been relegated from the English Championship last season.
Burton, nicknamed "Brewers", was a rookie in English football when it was founded in 1950. The coach Nigel Clough is not well-known, but he is the legendary Nottingham Forest head coach Brian Clough.
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Little Clough is not an unknown person. He was also a winger in England when he was young. In the old English League 1 in the 1987-88 season, Little Clough, who played for Queens Park Rangers, played four minutes against Nottingham Forest.
A hat-trick, a feat that remains an English top-flight record.
Chapter completed!