For the Chinese team, they must win this game, otherwise it will become very difficult to qualify in the group. Even if they have glory, they may not be able to live up to the host's advantage...

Because in the opening match of the Asian Cup last night, host Qatar lost to Uzbekistan with 02.

In this way, the host mainly wants to qualify from this group and must win the next game.

The second round of the group stage was their match against the Chinese team.

If they lose to the Chinese team, then they will be eliminated early.

So they will definitely defeat the Chinese team, even if they use some unconventional means - if the host is eliminated at the end of the group stage, it will be a huge blow to the box office of the Asian Cup.

At the same time, it is hard to get over the face of West Asian football.

Therefore, the Chinese team must be prepared to lose to Qatar in the second game, so that if they still want to qualify in the group, they must defeat Kuwait in the first game.

In this way, they still have a chance to qualify from the group stage by 3 points in two rounds of group stage and defeat Uzbekistan in the last round.

This is the roadmap that Gao Hongbo made after winning the Asian Cup group results and schedule.

First, defeating Kuwait in the first game, striving to tie Qatar in the second game, and defeating Uzbekistan in the third round, you can qualify from the group with seven points.

Before the start of the game with Kuwait, Gao Hongbo made his final speech to the team in more meaning.

"I know you all have worked hard for more than half a month of hard training. But now, the time has come to test the results of the training. If we can't even win this game, then our previous hard training will lose its meaning and all of us have become a joke. I think no one wants to be ridiculed, right? Then use the victory of this game to prove this."

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When the players on both sides appeared, the TV broadcast immediately gave the close-up shot to glory.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV also cheered, echoing the cheers of the Chinese fans in the stands.

This huge sound really makes people think that the Chinese team is fighting at home...

Gao Hongbo stood in front of the coach's seat and watched the players on both sides walk onto the court and then pick the side. He was a little nervous.

This is his high school entrance examination. Although the Chinese Football Association repeatedly emphasized to him that no matter what the Asian Cup is like, it will not affect his coaching position. He will lead the team to play the 214 Brazil World Cup qualifiers, so the Chinese Football Association will not have any requirements for the Chinese team in the Asian Cup.

But Gao Hongbo knew in his heart that if he didn't play well in the Asian Cup, his coaching position would definitely be affected. What the Chinese Football Association bureaucrats said could not be believed.

Even if they really don’t plan to change themselves now, if they are eliminated at that time, they will have to look for themselves as scapegoats in the face of the pressure of public opinion from domestic media and the pressure from leaders of the General Administration of Sports.

The reason is simple, "Glory has returned to the national team. This team has foreign players from European teams such as Manchester City, Schalke 04 and Barcelona, ​​and they even played like this, which shows that it is definitely not the team's problem, but the coach's problem, so we have to change the coach..."

Therefore, in order to really lead the team to the Brazil World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team must show some reasonable results in this Asian Cup. It is not necessarily a champion, but if they can reach the semi-finals or the finals, it can also block many people's mouths.

Of course, it would be even better if you can win the championship.

The tension comes from Gao Hongbo's expectations for his achievements.

It also comes from his concerns about this team.

Half a month of training time is still too short, he always has this kind of worry. Perhaps it is okay to deal with the weakest team in the group like Kuwait, but what should I do if I encounter a China-European powerhouse like Qatar and Uzbekistan?

Is it still possible?

Gao Hongbo always keeps asking himself this in his heart.

When Gao Hongbo was a little distracted, the referee pulled him back to the Alagarafa Stadium with a whistle.

The first game of the Chinese team in this Asian Cup, their group stage with Kuwait has begun

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Because they knew that the Chinese team had glory and played in European strong teams like Gao Lin, Kuwait put his posture very low in this game. At the beginning of the game, they shrank their defense and launched a defensive counterattack, and did not confront the Chinese team head-on.

In the stands and in the media seat, countless pairs of eyes were staring at the Chinese players.

They are scouts from Qatar and Uzbekistan and journalists from all over the world.

They want to see what the Chinese team will look like in the Asian Cup after so long closed training.

Has the problem of other Chinese players who were criticized by Chinese media that other Chinese team players could not cooperate with Rongguang to go together?

China's offense is still arbitrary rush, are other Chinese players playing soy?

Understanding this problem will help them find a way to deal with the Chinese team.

Chinese reporters were a little worried, afraid that Gao Hongbo would not solve the problems they mentioned before. Once this problem was exposed to so many pairs of eyes, the Chinese team would not be easy to play in this Asian Cup...

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More than ten minutes after the competition began, many Chinese reporters said "huh" and were a little surprised.

Because they saw that the shortcomings reflected in the warm-up matches were greatly improved

Other Chinese players and Rongguang still have coordination errors, but there are very few. Their offense is very smooth, which makes people see the style that Gao Hongbo's national team is best at.

And Glory has been integrated into it. In the frontcourt, he can serve as the fulcrum of the team and support the entire team's offense. He can also serve as the offensive finisher and complete the shot himself.

His and Gao Lin's partner on the front line is even more tacit.

As the center, Gao Lin can be in the front, but can also pull the edge. When he is in the front, Rong Guang ambushed behind him. When he is in the front, Rong Guang decisively inserts into the penalty area and becomes the terminator.

This series of offensive cooperation made Kuwait unable to raise his head at all.

In the 37th minute, the Chinese team took the lead.

Of course the goal is glory

After receiving Gao Lin's pass in the penalty area, he turned around and shot. The football got in from the lower right corner of the goal. The Kuwait goalkeeper couldn't save it... he could only watch the football roll into his goal.

"Glory Good Ball China team leads Kuwait by 0"

While Liu Hong was shouting loudly, the Chinese fans in front of the TV also cheered.

Fortunately, it was around 9:40 in the evening in Beijing time, not midnight. Otherwise, the cheers just now would be enough to wake up many sleeping neighbors...

"This is Rongguang's first goal in the Asian Cup, and he has made a good start for himself and the Chinese team."

After scoring the goal, Chinese players rushed towards glory and celebrated the goal with him.

The Chinese fans in the stands were also cheering and embracing.

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Glory's goal was a heavy blow to the morale of Kuwait players. After Glory's goal, the game started again, but Kuwait did not show their fighting spirit and confidence to counterattack.

This is not unusual, it is the thought that many players who are opponents of Rongguang have.

When you play against an opponent that is so powerful that you can't beat yourself, you will feel that whatever you do is futile and meaningless.

Because even if you can equalize the score, what if it’s better? Glory can still score another goal

As long as he is on the court, he will always be able to threaten your goal.

Without Kuwait's counterattack, the Chinese team took the opportunity to firmly control the situation.

Next, the Chinese team fully utilized the results of their training during this period, as if it was a report performance.

With glory as the core of the offense, all offenses revolve around him, giving full play to his role.

In the 57th minute, Rongguang suddenly retreated outside the penalty area, and then sent the football into the penalty area with his heel. Gao Linxin understood the ability to run into the empty space, swung his foot and shot. The football flew into the goal for the second time.

The Chinese team expands its lead

Although Gao Lin scored the goal by "Gongguang", the commentator Liu Hong called out the name of Rongguang at the first time, because this goal was assisted by Rongguang.

"As the core of Chinese team's offense, Glory can not only score by himself, but also assist teammates in scoring in the warm-up match, but also have less situations when he fights alone."

When the game reached the 70th minute, the Kuwaiti fans in the stands had already begun to leave the court early.

They knew that their team would definitely not win in this game, so it would be better to leave early if they continued to watch the Chinese rage on the court.

No matter how high the level of glory is or how famous it is, no one will be willing to continue watching when the team of his motherland is ravaged by him.

It is correct for them to exit early. In the 86th minute, Rong Guang suddenly made a cold arrow outside the penalty area, scored a long shot, and scored twice.

"The glory ball comes in, goes in, goes in, goes in, goes in, goes in, goes in, goes in, goes in, goes in," Liu Hong excitedly used his signature shout.

The Chinese team performed so well in the first group stage, which really gave Chinese fans endless confidence and made people full of longing for their next game.

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In the end, the Chinese team B0 defeated Kuwait and won a good start in the group stage.

They also continue the tradition of winning the first game of the group stage since the start of the Asian Cup in 26, and their last first loss in the group stage is still dating back to the 193 Asian Cup, where they lost to Uzbekistan in the first round of the group stage 202.

Coincidentally, in this Asian Cup, these two teams were assigned to the same group again.
Chapter completed!