Qatar really didn't expect that when they were leading two goals in the first half, they were caught back by the Chinese team in the second half...

A draw means little to them. In the Uzbekistan game that was completed earlier, the Central Asian team defeated Kuwait 2:1. While sending Kuwait out early, they also allowed them to qualify from the group in advance.

If Qatar eventually tied with the Chinese team and the Chinese team scored four points, they only had one point. Then in the last round of group stage, as long as the Chinese team does not lose to Uzbekistan, no matter what the game between Qatar and Kuwait looks like, they will qualify from this group, and Qatar will be eliminated with Kuwait, the West Asian brothers.

This is certainly not something Qatar can accept.

So after the game restarted, they launched a fierce offensive against the Chinese team's goal, hoping to defeat the Chinese team at the last moment.

People who are familiar with Zhou Yi know that this situation is Zhou Yi’s favorite!

In the 87th minute, Zhou Yi made a long pass in the backcourt and accurately found Hao Junmin. After receiving the ball, the latter drove the ball wildly and rushed towards Qatar's goal. Then, after entering the penalty area and attracting almost all Qatar defensive players, he passed the ball across.

Deng Zhuoxiang, who cut in from another side, was completely unmarked, and in front of him, most of the goal was empty!

He faced the football and swept the sideways, and the football rolled into Qatar's goal...

There is no dispute and impeccable, and there is absolutely no fault in textbook-like classic counterattack!

The referee Kim Dongjin could only point his finger to the middle circle, indicating that the goal was valid!

"Ahhhhh! The ball is scored! The ball is scored! This is the final kill! In the 87th minute, Deng Zhuoxiang's goal defeated Qatar!!" Liu Hong roared excitedly. Although it was already two o'clock in the morning, it did not scare anyone, because at this time, the fans yelled louder than him.

Every fan knows what this victory means - they will get the right to qualify in the group in advance!

Four years ago in 2007, when the Chinese team was eliminated in the Asian Cup group stage, I don’t know how many fans smashed their teacups and TVs and vowed not to watch the national football team again. From the runner-up in the 2004 Asian Cup to the 2007 Asian Cup, even in the group could not qualify. In just three years, this huge gap is indeed not something that everyone can accept...

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Deng Zhuoxiang ran wildly to the coach's seat, and celebrated the goal with his teammates waiting there. His hair was wet and his face was filled with an excited smile.

Behind him was a Qatari player who was sitting on the ground and stunned.

Zhou Yi also ran to the coach's seat with his teammates to attend the celebration.

He could hear the boo and curse of the Qatari fans in the stands, and he raised his fists to the stands where the booed the most, showing off his might.

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At the last moment, Qatar, who was behind, counterattacked with a desperate attempt, and the injury time was as long as six minutes.

But the Chinese team still held the advantage of one goal leading. When South Korean referee Kim Dong-jin blew the whistle to the end of the game, the Chinese substitutes who had been waiting on the sidelines screamed and rushed to the stadium, celebrating their elimination of the hosts on Qatar's territory.

Liu Hong and every Chinese audience in front of the TV have a sense of pride.

It's not just because this game was a reversal to win. It's also because during the game, Qatar's various off-set moves really made them feel unhappy.

If this were not the case before, if the Chinese team was left behind two goals in the first half and were treated unfairly, the Chinese team might have given up, because losing the game like this is really a crime of war.

But this time, everyone saw a team that they would never give up.

This is probably the happiest thing for all the fans in front of the TV. If a game is just a win, it is nothing more than a three-pointer. But if this victory has more meanings, the meaning will be very different.

Through this game, the Chinese team not only scored three points, but also qualified to qualify for early qualifying, but also showed their completely different mental outlook.

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Because both Chinese and Uzbekistan won two games, the two teams will qualify together. In the eyes of some people, the last game between Chinese team and Uzbekistan is not that important.

It would be great to be able to qualify in a group, why bother to consider more?

But Zhou Yi doesn't think so.

He still wants to win the first place in the group. He did this not to avoid Japan, because it is hard to say which group they will get in the end.

It was just because of the idea of ​​"Why do you have to win the first place in the group?"

The Japanese team defeated Syria 2-1 in the second game of the group, and both scored four points with Jordan, and the same goal difference. It is hard to say which Japanese team is in the end.

In fact, Uzbekistan has the same idea. He wants to win the first place in the group, but does not want to win the second place in the group. Their reason is just to avoid Japan, which may become the first place in the group.

As the most successful team in the history of the Asian Cup, Japan has a great deterrence in Asian football and is an opponent that no one wants to meet.

So the Chinese team and Uzbekistan actually played very fiercely in the third round of group stage.

The forward who replaced Gao Lin's starting lineup in this game was Yu Hai. He received Zhou Yi's pass six minutes into the game, setting a first record for the Chinese team.

However, in the next 30th minute, Uzbekistan's Ahmaidov equalized the score for the team.

Just one minute into the second half, Heinrich overtook Uzbekistan and took a 2:1 lead.

Ten minutes later, in the 56th minute, the Chinese team won a free kick in the right rib in front of the penalty area. Hao Junmin took the free kick. The football bypassed the wall and hung it straight to the dead corner. The Uzbekistan goalkeeper could only sigh at the ball and watched the football fly into the goal.

The Chinese team equalized the score!

Then the two sides fell into a stalemate.

However, this score is beneficial to the Chinese team. If the score of 2:2 is maintained until the midfield, the two sides will be tied. Then, with both teams accumulating seven points, this is the requirement for this Asian Cup - first compare the winning and losing relationship between the two teams with the same points. This is because the two teams tied, so there is no way to compare.

Secondly, let’s look at the goal difference between teams with the same points. Because of the draw, both teams in this item were zero and they also tied.

Let’s look at the number of goals scored by teams with the same points. Both are two goals, and they are still tied, and it is difficult to decide the winner.

The fourth step is to look at the total number of goals in the group stage of the team with the same points. In this regard, the Chinese team has an advantage, and this advantage comes from Zhou Yi's persistence after the Chinese team led Kuwait by two goals in the first group stage. In that game alone, the Chinese team had four goals, and the 3:2 against Qatar gave the Chinese team another goal difference, with a total of five goals. What about Uzbekistan? The first game defeated Qatar 2:0, with two goals difference, and the second game defeated Kuwait by only 2:1, which combined only three goals difference. In terms of goal difference, they lost two goals to the Chinese team.

Unless they defeat the Chinese team in this game, they will never win the first place in the group anyway.

And the Chinese team has more tactical choices.

When the situation was stalemate, they were not in a hurry to attack, but patiently dealt with Uzbekistan.

If Uzbekistan is unwilling to give up such a draw and wants to strengthen the offense to win the game, Zhou Yi can directly pass it in the backcourt and threaten their goal.

Just like the one missing goal in the last game of Qatar.

However, Uzbekistan has no choice. If he doesn't attack and doesn't score a goal, the draw will be the second in the group. If he pushes out the attack, of course, the Chinese team may score another goal and lose the game. However, losing the game is also the second in the group. Therefore, draws and losses are of no significance to Uzbekistan, they only need to win.

If you attack with all your might, you still have a chance to score a goal, eventually defeat the Chinese team and win in the reverse.

So this is not a multiple-choice question that is difficult to make a choice.

In the following time, the Chinese team was under tremendous pressure, but at the same time, these pressures also contained opportunities.

But the Chinese team was not sure... Of course, Uzbekistan did not score either.

Finally, the two teams shook hands and made peace with a score of 2:2.

The Chinese team won the first place in the group with the advantage of goal difference, while Uzbekistan could only second in the group.

The next day, the final ranking of Group B was also confirmed.

The Japanese team evaluated the score of the last game, which was 5-0 in the victory over Saudi Arabia, and also relied on the goal difference to squeeze out Jordan and became the first in Group B.

In this way, if the Chinese team and the Japanese team want to meet, they can only wait until the final - they were hit by Zhou Yi.

Uzbekistan unfortunately faces the powerful Japan in the first round of the knockout round.

The Chinese team's opponent is Jordan.

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It is naturally very happy that Chinese fans are able to qualify from the group.

However, many people also feel that with the strength of the Chinese team, they should have qualified from the group stage, which is not worth celebrating and happy.

The two sides also quarreled on the Internet.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the Chinese team. Most people are already very satisfied with the Chinese team's performance in this Asian Cup.
Chapter completed!