The two big wins showed excellent form and easily entered the second stage of the group stage, which completely made the Chinese climax.

The 1998 Asian Games season was a bit complicated, and it was the last one that required two stages of group stages.

Now everyone is looking forward to the second phase of grouping.

Japan, South Korea, and Iran did not capsize in the first stage, which means that China will encounter at least one of them. However, the problem is not big. Without Saudi Arabia's team to participate, the Chinese team also lacks a potential competitor...

"Oman,"

“Tajikistan,”

"Iran."

When AFC officials were grouped at the beginning of the year, the scene was in an uproar.

Iran and China are in the same group! The two teams most favored by Spinach Company meet in the group stage in advance.

"Is this a preheating for the final?"

"But it seems that there is no impact on the season progress, because China will play against Tajikistan in the first game, Oman in the second game, and Iran in the third game. As long as there are two consecutive victories in the front, the result of the game against Iran is not important, and we can advance to the quarterfinals anyway."

A reporter from Football News said at the draw.

"nonsense,"

"Why doesn't it matter?"

"The impact of qualifying in the first group and qualifying in the second group is still very big. You have to consider the group of South Korea, South Korea, Japan, the UAE and Kuwait in the same group. If they are paired up with South Korea..." Wang Qinbo of the Sports Weekly did not agree with this guy's statement.

"Although the Korean team is not strong this time, I always feel unsure of playing against South Korea."

"..." The reporter of Football News rolled his eyes and sneered at Wang Qinbo's fear of South Korea. He did not think that the current Chinese team would lose to the South Korean team.

"This South Korea cannot win China. Besides, the rematch system is a bit complicated. It is not that the first and second in the AB group fight each other, which makes it a headache to analyze. In fact, if China's goal is the champion, then who is the opponent? Is it really important? By hiding, you can't escape the champion!"

Wang Qinbo's old face turned red and he couldn't speak. The truth is that everyone is Dong, but who doesn't want to go smoother in the road to winning the championship. If the opponent in the championship encounters various accidents on the road and finally wins the championship easily, wouldn't that be better?

You don't understand!

...

Fans were hotly discussing, but the head coaches of both countries were very calm. After all, they were in the third round and did not affect the overall situation of the group.

The only thing that made the team surged was the battle between the two teams' head scorers. Iran's Ali Daiyi and China's Yang Chen were originally the number one scorer of the Chinese team, but because Hao Haixi only scored one goal at present and Yang Chen scored three goals, Yang Chen became the first person to fight against Ali Daiyi.

Everyone really wanted Yang Chen to suppress Ali Daiyi and become the number one striker in Asia with justification.

However, Ali Dai played one more game in the preliminary round, and later scored another goal in the second game, and now he tied for the first place in the scorer list with three goals.

I don’t know if Horton was in order to take care of Hao Haixi’s face. In the first round of the fight against Tajikistan, Horton put Hao Haixi back into the lineup and formed a forward partner with Yang Chen.

The younger Zhang Yuming can only sit on the bench. There is no way. If he simply follows his strength, he has the ability to compete for a position. If he only cares about qualifications, he has no hope. One is the best scorer in the history of the national team, Crazy Domineer, and the other is the most popular scorer in the Bundesliga in foreign countries...

As for Zheng Zhi's personal opinion, he felt that Zhang Yuming was better than Hao Haidong. He felt that Zhang Yuming was in a better state and was more capable of fighting, but he could not point fingers at Horton's personnel arrangements. Moreover, Hao Haixi's personal ability is excellent. Although he is a little lazy, his victory is stable. Anyway, everyone thinks it is reliable when he stands on the court.

When the lineup came out, the fans didn't care much, and their eyes fell on Yang Chen.

"Brother Yang, you have seen it all. The domestic expectations for you are very high."

"Strive to score more goals and bring Ali Deii to the next level."

"Western Europe has a little less running, so you have to run more."

Before a game, Zheng Zhi and Yang Chen had a private exchange, "Tajikistan's defense is just like that. As long as we run more, the opportunity will be easy."

These words can only be said to Yang Chen. He could not say this to Hao Haixi. He is not qualified yet.

"Understand!"

Yang Chen was holding back his energy. Although he didn't say anything, he was looking forward to a victory or defeat with Ali Dai. Who doesn't want to be the most glorious Asian striker?

After the game against Tajikistan began, Yang Chen quickly got a good shot, but his shot missed slightly. I wonder if he felt pressured to play with Hao Haixi? He didn't make the first shot.

On the contrary, Hao Haidong received a diagonal pass from Ma Mingyu in the 15th minute and broke into the left side of the penalty area. He completed the goal with his first shot.

Of course, Hao Haixi was very happy. His total number of goals reached 2, and he only had one goal short of Yang Chen and the others.

The eldest brother is still the eldest brother! Although he didn't say anything in his heart, he was also unhappy when everyone ignored him and chose to let Yang Chen compete with Ali Dai.

However, Yang Chen quickly adjusted his condition. In the 35th minute, Zheng Zhi and Li Jinyu cooperated continuously in the midfield. Li Jinyu used his heels to assist Yang Chen, and Yang Chen increased the number of goals to 4.

The first half ended 2:0, and Horton did not make any substitutions in the second half. Zheng Zhi made a series of straight passes in the middle, and Yang Chen missed two consecutive opportunities! However, Zheng Zhi gave a straight pass to Hao Haixi in the 67th minute, Hao Haixi seized the opportunity and scored twice.

As everyone judged, although Hao Haixi lacked running, he was stable! His number of goals also reached 3, and he bit Yang Chen and Ali Daiyi tightly.

At the end of the game, the Chinese team defeated Tajikistan 3-0 and won the first victory in the second stage of the group stage. The Iranian team also won. Ali Daiyi did not score a goal in the match against the UAE, which was unexpected. He played 5 times on the top of his head, but the UAE goalkeeper cheated and refused Ali Daiyi's goal.

However, after the game, the Iranian media still found strong comparative data. Iran's "Mission" gave a set of data that made Yang Chen very embarrassed:

Yang Chen: 6 shots, 3 hits, 1 goal, and misses 3 times.

Hao Haixi: 3 shots, 3 hits the target, 2 goals, and 2 missed.

Ali Dei: 5 shots, 5 hits the target, 0 goals, and 0 misses.

Conclusion: Ali Daiyi lost to luck, not that Daiyi was not good enough, but that the goalkeeper was crazy. It seems that Hao Haixi is Ali Daiyi's biggest competitor.
Chapter completed!