When the Chinese team faced Iraq at home, they once defeated them 2-0. Now Iraq is no longer Iraq that won the Asian Cup four years ago. The golden generation of Iraqi football is fading.

Although their leader, Younis, performed well, that doesn't change anything.

This time, the same is true for the home game.

Due to the poor political situation in Iraq, they were unable to even compete in their own country.

They can only borrow the Qatar stadium as their home court.

This is no longer a tragedy for a team, it is a tragedy for the entire country.

When eight years ago, the superpower of the United States claimed that the Saddam government was secretly developing and possessing weapons of mass destruction and then sending troops to Iraq, the country's tragedy was doomed.

The entire country fell into endless unrest in the following eight years.

A year ago, when the American combat forces withdrew from Iraq, they left behind not the democracy, freedom, peace and prosperity that they claimed, but the devastated city, the explosion, terrorist attacks and panic after losing order, and tens of thousands of orphans and widows.

However, football is football, and the Chinese team will not show mercy to the team because of the turbulent situation in Iraq.

In Doha, the capital of Qatar, the Chinese team led by Rongguang defeated the opponent 2:1 after 90 minutes of battle.

Four games began in the top 20 matches, and the Chinese team won all the games.

There is no doubt that you can get the quota for the top ten competitions from this group.

After the game against Iraq, Chinese media and fans began to look forward to the top ten games.

The top ten games were once very familiar names for Chinese fans and media. Many stories happened in Chinese football during the top ten games, such as the famous "Golden State Tears" and "Swap Li Tie"...

But once upon a time, the top ten games became unfamiliar to Chinese fans.

After careful calculation, since the top ten matches in 2001, Chinese football has not played in the top ten matches in ten years.

The previous top ten games were taken for granted for Chinese football, and what people thought about was how to enter the World Cup finals.

Later, it was already a victory to be able to participate in the top ten matches.

It has to be said that although Chinese football has seen successful overseas players such as Rongguang and Gao Lin in recent years, the overall level of Chinese football is declining, far inferior to Chinese football ten years ago.

The media and fans who care about Chinese football now hope that the appearance of Rongguang and Gao Lin can rekindle hope for everyone's football and make football popular in China again.

The Asian Cup championship at the beginning of this year was a good start, but Chinese fans valued more the World Cup. If the Chinese team can enter the World Cup finals again, a football craze will inevitably set off again in China.

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After playing against Iraq, Gao Hongbo considered that the team now had four consecutive victories, and he ranked first in the entire group with 16 points. Jordan, ranked second, won three wins and one loss in four games, and he scored nine points, which was seven points away from the Chinese team, which was huge.

Not to mention that Iraq, which ranked third, only scored three points with one win and three losses.

According to the rules, the top ten matches are five groups in the top twenty matches, and the top two in each group are composed of.

There are two games left in the top 20 games, one away challenge to Singapore and one home match against Jordan. Even if the Chinese team loses all of these two games, it will not affect the final result of qualifying, nor will it even affect the Chinese team's first place in the group.

Under such circumstances, Gao Hongbo found glory after the game and told him that under such circumstances, he would not have to follow the Chinese team to Singapore on the expedition to the country, which was meaningless.

The remaining two games are already garbage time, and if Rong Guang goes, you just win a few more goals, and there is no need. It is better to have more rest. In addition, you can also give other Chinese players the opportunity to exercise. You cannot let the players of the national team always rely on Rong Guang, which will create a dependence mentality.

Rongguang thought what Gao Hongbo said was also reasonable. For the Chinese national team, he naturally hoped that his teammates would become stronger and stronger and be his good helper, rather than a group of parasites who only know how to make leg pendants.

So he has been working hard to help his teammates during the Asian Cup.

Now that Gao Hongbo said this, Rongguang agreed without any hesitation.

So after the game against Iraq, Rongguang will not follow the team to Singapore, but will return to Manchester directly from Doha, Qatar, to get enough rest time.

Gao Lin also left the team with him.

Gao Hongbo almost gave up all overseas players and went to Singapore with a lineup composed of domestic league players.

When the two sides first met in the top 20 matches, because Gao Hongbo did not let Rongguang start, the Singapore media also complained that the Chinese team looked down on them in Singapore.

I wonder if they didn’t go to Singapore when they saw Rongguang and Gao Lin at all. Do they think that the Chinese team is bullying too much?

The mentality of a small country is inevitable to worry about gains and losses. The Chinese team has Rongguang and Gao Lin. They feel that their opponents are too strong and there is no hope of victory at all. If the Chinese team sends all substitutes, they will feel that the Chinese team looks down on them...

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When the reporters found out that Rong Guang and Gao Lin did not follow the national team to Singapore, they were surprised at first and thought that the two had a conflict with the national team coaching team and were kicked out in advance.

However, Gao Hongbo quickly explained: "After researching, we believe that under the current situation, it is the most important to allow Rongguang and Gao Lin to get more rest and try not to affect their game in the club, so they went to the club in advance."

This was not clear, but everyone could hear his implicit meaning. It was because they felt that the Chinese team had appeared in advance as the first in the group, and the remaining games were not so important. Even if they played in Singapore, there was no need to let Rong Guang and Gao Lin play away, so they went back to the club first.

When the news was spread to Singapore, it really caused a thousand waves. Singapore media reported the news one after another and wrote articles to criticize the Chinese team for disrespecting their opponents.

In response, after arriving at the Singapore airport, Gao Hongbo clarified: "I have never said that the Chinese team underestimated the enemy. On the contrary, we attach great importance to every opponent, even Singapore is no exception. We will do our best in the game."

Rong Guang, who is far away in Manchester, also expressed his support for Gao Hongbo: "This is a decision made by the coaching team and me. Of course, I hope to participate in the game, but I think it is more important to give more teammates the opportunity to exercise. I don't think that if I don't participate in the game, it is a contempt for my opponent. The Chinese team is a whole and will not become weak because of missing anyone."

The Chinese team then took practical actions to prove Gao Hongbo and Rongguang's words.

They defeated Singapore 6-0 with a lineup of all domestic players away.

Singapore failed to score a goal at his home court and was also fed six goals.

The Chinese team has indeed proved that they did not underestimate the enemy, but in the hearts of Singapore fans, I am afraid that they really underestimate the enemy?

At this time, many Singapore fans complained that the media of their country had come. They criticized the Chinese team for underestimating the enemy if they had nothing to do. They insisted on using a 6:0 game to prove that they did not underestimate the enemy! It was really pretentious! It turned out to be a desperate person!

It's a bunch of bitch media!

After the game, Singapore fans scolded the media of their own country online.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with glory.

After the Singapore game, the Chinese team set off directly back home.

Rongguang has been training at Manchester City's Carrington Training Base for several days.

Benitez was very satisfied with this. He did not participate in the second meaningless game, which made him fly tens of thousands of kilometers less and reduced the chance of injury. Now he is training in the Carrington training base healthy and nothing is better than this.

This season, Manchester City needs to go further, and Benitez is under unprecedented pressure.

Manchester City has achieved great success last season, and this season they will be more successful than last season, or replicate the previous success, which is very difficult.

Benitez knew very well that in the process, he needed a healthy glory.

Rongguang is healthy, and he feels that there is nothing in this world that can’t achieve anything.

Another thing that reassured him was that Kaka participated in two friendly matches of the Brazilian national team. He didn't care about how Kaka performed in these two friendly matches, he only cared about whether Kaka was injured.

In both games, Kaka did not play the whole game, and her performance was acceptable. She was not particularly outstanding, but she was not bad either.

The most important thing is that there was no injury during the game and no news of injury during training. After playing two games, I returned to the club safely.

At the Carrington Training Base, Kaka saw the glory coming back four days in advance.

"We have already advanced from the top 20!" Rong Guang said to Kaka proudly.

Kaka said lightly: "Looking at your happy look, I thought you had already qualified for the finals in advance."
Chapter completed!