At 8 pm on June 10, the opening match between Italy and Qatar officially started at the "Olympic Stadium in Rome".

There were no surprises in the outcome of this matchup, a 3:1 score that kept the hosts entertained all night, but also made Qatar happy to accept it. After all, they also scored a goal, right?

But for the media from various countries, the process of this victory was not smooth sailing, because the two sides actually tied at 1:1 in the first half.

In this game, Qatar wisely adopted defensive counterattack tactics against the powerful host Italy.

Italy was embarrassed to play defensive football at home against the opponent that was probably the weakest of all teams. As a result, in the first half, Qatar, who had been trained in China for a long time, created several dangerous situations through defensive counterattack tactics.

If Zenga hadn't made several wonderful saves in front of the goal, Italy might even have ended the first half with a score behind.

This Qatari team has four players who have played in the A-League. Among them, Mishal is one of the starting forwards of the Chongqing team. He played 24 times in the A-League last season and scored 12 goals; Abu, who is in the midfield,

Durrahman is the main rotation player in the midfield of the Sichuan team. He also had 3 goals and 9 assists last season.

The two men posed several threats to Italy's goal in the first half, and Mishal eventually scored a goal on counterattack.

But unfortunately in the second half, the Italian team's defensive strength and physical confrontation intensity increased significantly. However, because the Qatar team played too hard in the first half, many players were a little weak in the second half, and the strength of the bench was far behind the main force.

, as a result, the Italian team scored two goals in succession in the 70th and 80th minutes.

"The physical strength of Middle Eastern players is still not good!"

"The bench was not deep enough. Mishal suffered from cramps in the second half, and we asked him to stay on the court. In the end, he could only take a walk, otherwise Qatar would have a chance to score another goal."

Naturally, the small group of the Chinese team watched this game. In this game, Abdulrahman was actually the most threatening point in the Qatar team. Although he failed to become the main force in the Sichuan team, it was because of his talent.

The more prominent Carlos Jose overwhelmed him.

In fact, Abdulrahman's sorting and conduct in the midfield was quite like a general's, and he also gave several opportunities to his forward teammates in the second half.

However, Mishal, who is not physically strong, failed to seize these opportunities in the second half, otherwise Qatar would really be able to surprise the Italians, who are always slow to start and are embarrassed to play defensive football at home!

But even so, media from various countries still take a high look at Qatar's strength.

At the same time, everyone is more optimistic about the level of League A.

The two most outstanding players in Qatar in this game are not even considered star players in League A. They are just starting players.

But soon, the whole world saw what level the stars of League A were!

On June 11, the battle of Group B also kicked off.

That night, there was a big battle between Portugal, who was in the third tier, and Iran, who was in the fourth tier.

However, Portugal's strength during this period may not be considered to be in the third level. They did not reach this World Cup at all in their original position. Now they can thank China for expanding the World Cup in advance.

However, Iran is about to enter its peak period in this position. In their team, they not only have last season's A-A silver boot Alidai, but also midfielder Hodadad Ah who is firmly in the starting lineup at BJ Montenegro Club.

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In addition, there are four players in the Iranian national team who have entered the starting rotation in the A-League. It is unknown whether it is related to the war. This group of Iranian players train harder and are much stronger than the Qatar team in physical fitness.

This makes the overall strength of the Iranian team firmly occupy the top spot in the Middle East, and even vaguely ranks second in Asia.

Portugal was hit three times in the head by Asia's second-strongest team in this game. Among them, Alidai scored a goal in each half and used a brace to help Iran defeat Iran, which is far behind itself in the world rankings, 3:1.

Portugal.

This result also became the biggest upset of the day, and Asian countries were even more stunned!

Five years ago, Portugal was the only team in Asia that other than the Chinese team did not dare to win!

"Hehe, Madavecchia is still holding back his energy at the Alien Football School, hoping to enter the lottery area of ​​the draft next year. I really don't know how far the Iranian team will improve in three or four years!"

Lin Yaodong is not surprised by Portugal's attack. This Iranian team has a semi-A star (Aziz has not yet reached his peak) and four players at the starting rotation level. The Portuguese will suffer a lot if they are not careful.

Lost the battle.

Of course Wu Jie knows that the real strength of the Iranian team is not as good as Portugal, but the uncertainty of football matches is much higher than that of basketball. As long as the weak team can score a goal first, unless the lagging team has the absolute strength to crush it, it will really

You may make one wrong move and lose everything!

This is the case for Portugal. After being attacked by Ali Daei at the beginning, they made a crazy counterattack to equalize the score.

But at this time, Iran decisively launched a defensive counterattack, relying on several arrow figures of the team to constantly threaten the Portuguese goal. In the end, not only did Portugal fail to counterattack, but it also scored two more goals to create a game that shocked the entire country of Iran.

A shocking victory!

The Iranian team shocked the European continent after their upset victory over Portugal.

All of Europe admits that the Chinese team is almost invincible, but Asian football outside of China should still be in a desert state.

But the performance of the Iranian team made European football a little bit uneasy, because in this World Cup, including Australia, there are six Asian teams!

If half of these teams reach the knockout rounds and the Chinese team successfully defends the title, won’t the next World Cup have to add more places to the Asian region?

Now that the World Cup has just expanded for the second time, it is impossible to increase the number of places in a short time.

Therefore, the better the results in Asia, the more quotas must be reduced in other regions.

To put it bluntly, the quota for the World Cup finals is like cutting a cake. If you cut more pieces, others will have to cut one less.

The current 5.5 participating places in Asia have already made these established football powers very unhappy. If it becomes 6.5...7.5...or even more participating places in the future, it would really make me shudder to think about it!

Fortunately, when the war broke out in Group D the next day, West Germany beat Saudi Arabia with a hearty 6:1, finally allowing the European gentlemen to sit down again.

They are really a little scared. If there is another accident in this game, even if it is just a draw, it will soon become a disaster for European football.

"It's really useless. Why would you be beaten to death if you touch West Germany? Are you suffering from Germanophobia?" Yan

Small groups are very dissatisfied with the disastrous defeat of Saudi Arabia. Now Chinese football has risen, but Asian football is far from strong enough. This also makes China, the leader of Asian football, very embarrassed.

Therefore, improving the competitiveness of Asian football as a whole has become the task that everyone wants to complete in the next stage.

As the disciple with the highest tuition fees in recent years, Saudi Arabia’s conditions are far stronger than those of Iran, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

But it doesn’t matter that Saudi Arabia is not as good as Iran in terms of actual combat capabilities. It is still defeated by Iraq and often overturns when encountering Qatar, so it can surely dominate the UAE.

What makes the small group most dissatisfied is in foreign wars. Whenever Saudi Arabia encounters teams from outside Asia, especially European teams, it is always beaten.

West Germany is the ultimate nemesis of Saudi Arabia. They only score five or six goals every time they meet, so West Germany is in a good mood and shows mercy.

The Saudis themselves are also very depressed, especially with the Iranians in front of them. Although their opponent West Germany is much stronger than Portugal, this miserable score is really unjustifiable! Yan

After much deliberation, the Saudi princes felt that there were not enough players in the brigade, especially not a single A-League star!

This is very important in the minds of the princes. Although Saudi Arabia also has three or four players playing in the League A, the one who can really be the main force is Saeed Oveland, who plays for the Montenegrin club. He scored in the league last season.

He scored a total of 15 goals, and the only goal today was contributed by the Montenegro forward.

At this time, a statistic from the European and American mainstream media made the Saudi royal family more determined to send more players to the A-League for training. The five goals scored by Asian teams in this World Cup were all played in the A-A league.

Players from the league entered!

This data is very telling. In the past, it was difficult for Asian teams to score a goal in the World Cup, let alone win a victory.

But this time, whether the goal is scored or the win is won, it all relies on these players who play in the A League.

The personal performance of these A-League players on the field is indeed very similar to that of players from top European leagues.

So even the European media quickly concluded a fact - the strength of these Asian teams other than China is directly proportional to the number of stars and players they have in League A! Yan

If there are one or two A-League stars like the Iranian team, and a few outside players who can start in the A-League, they can even compete with second-tier European teams like Portugal.

Taking a step back, if there are a few players like Qatar who can start in League A, they can at least lose with dignity against strong European teams.

So the Saudi princes are now thinking that if their players are really not good enough to play in the game, then even if they spend some money to let them train with the A team, it will be better than spending a lot of money to let them go to a bullshit third-rate league.

Much more.

Japan and South Korea have also become more convinced that the plan to send local elites to the Eastern Land to learn from the Tang Dynasty is correct. If two years ago they only sent two or three people a year to test the waters, then starting from this year they will

They spare no effort to encourage domestic players to go to League A for training, and even try to give their country's players as many playing opportunities as possible by sponsoring advertisements from large companies in their own country.

The Japan Football Association is preparing a very bold plan: if it can take ten years to form a Japanese national team composed of all players from the brigade, it would be best to naturalize one or two players who cannot enter the national team, but

Can strong Chinese players help the Japanese team break out of Asia and enter the World Cup in history?

This idea has actually appeared in Japan's major mainstream media for a long time, especially after the much-anticipated June 14th, when people all over Japan watched that the luxurious and dazzling Chinese team was about to officially participate in this World Cup.

After the battle stage, the gold content of League A is about to be mythical by Japanese fans!

At the pre-match press conference, which was much busier than when Juventus played the UEFA Cup final, everyone's eyes were focused on that man from the beginning.

"After many years, I'm back!"

This was the first sentence Wu Jie said after standing up and bowing at the pre-game press conference. Many reporters at the scene immediately screamed!

This is the influence of an alien, a living ball king! The greatest being in the history of basketball!

His significance to football is just as he himself said at the time: If Wu Jie was not born, the greenery would be like a long night!

But this time he doesn’t have to say it himself, and no one will put him in jail, because this is already a recognized fact. Even Pele has publicly admitted more than once: If there can only be one champion in the history of football, then this person

It can only be Wu Jie!

So if a few reporters really fainted today, they must not have been the shills they found in advance!

Wu Jie is the football god who single-handedly made many fans in Europe stay up late to watch League A. Yan

"Yes! He is back again and will bring new victims."

Lin Yaodong still had the same taste when he opened his mouth, and reporters from all walks of life who were immersed in happiness couldn't help but roll their eyes!

"Don't look at me like that. I will also say nice things. You think this is okay!" Lin Yaodong saw a group of people rolling their eyes at him. He immediately snorted coldly and said in a clipped voice: "Ah! I

You never panic when you step over all things in the world. Only when you step through mountains and rivers, the moment you come back, I am in complete chaos!"

Group F, before the match between China and Bolivia, all the reporters knew at this moment - that familiar Chinese team, that terrifying and hateful, yet somewhat lovely Chinese football team, is back!

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