Chapter 1,165 Mobilization and Starting

The game will be held at 8 o'clock in the evening, and the Chinese team will still have most of a day of training on September 6.

In the morning, the Chinese team conducted a simple technical and tactical training for the whole team. Because there were still fans and reporters in the stands, Camacho also scrambled the players' jersey numbers and asked them to review the tactical arrangements during the game.

Because the players were tired after traveling thousands of miles, Camacho did not arrange formal training in the afternoon. Instead, he took the players to play some football games such as finding someone and walking the monkey to keep the players warm.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the atmosphere of the game in Amman became lively. Jordanian fans wearing white jerseys were wandering in the streets and alleys. At around six o'clock, the fans began to rush to the Amman International Stadium, waiting for the game to start.

At 7:20, the Chinese national team players arrived at the Amman International Stadium by bus. At this moment, the stadium, which can accommodate 25,000 people, was almost full.

Although the game was in far away West Asia, thousands of Chinese fans still came to Amman to watch the game. In the white stands, a thousand Chinese fans wearing red jerseys were particularly conspicuous.

When the Chinese team players came out to warm up, the Chinese fans in the stands stood up and cheered and applauded them.

Hearing the familiar and cordial Chinese language, the Chinese team players were very moved. They waved to the Chinese fans and thanked them for their support.

After the warm-up, the Chinese players returned to the locker room. Camacho once again led the players to familiarize themselves with his tactical deployment. After explaining the tactics, Camacho said: "So far, I have done nine-tenths of what the coach has done. The remaining point is to make on-the-spot adjustments based on everyone's performance. It's up to everyone later. The opponent is very strong and it's a home game. It must be very difficult to win, but fortunately this is an away game and the opponent wins. The pressure is definitely greater. What we have to do is to defend well, prevent the opponent from scoring, and wait for opportunities to break the opponent's goal. We have a player like Gao. As long as he seizes a chance, he can kill the opponent... Remember me The requirement is that the counterattack must be fast, the full-backs must boldly intervene, the full-backs must wait for opportunities to intervene, and pass the ball to Gao's feet as quickly as possible..."

In the home team's locker room, Iraq head coach Adnan was also giving final mobilization to the players.

Adnan Hamad is a famous Iraqi football coach. He has been in charge of the Iraqi national team five times and is a famous "firefighting coach" in Iraqi football. He had previously led the Iraqi national team to participate in the 2004 World Cup in China. Asian Cup and reached the quarter-finals, but lost to the host Chinese team led by Ali Khan in the quarter-finals; then, he led the Iraqi Olympic team to a shocking quarter-final at the Athens Olympics that year. Strong, making the world look at him with admiration.

Although the Chinese national team swept Singapore 6:1 at home and there are superstars like Gao Xiaodong in the team, Adnan is not afraid. He believes that the Chinese national team lacks integration.

Camacho has just taken office and is not familiar with the players or opponents. These objective circumstances indicate that this Chinese team cannot exert its full combat effectiveness.

Moreover, Adnan believes that the longer it takes for the Chinese team to adjust, the harder it will be to beat. Therefore, the only way to win the Chinese team is this game, so he also issued a kill order to the Jordanian players. .

"In the past 10 years, we have played 8 games with the Chinese team, losing five and drawing three, without winning a single game. The Chinese team is ranked 69th in the world, Jordan is 92nd, and our opponent has the superstar Gao Xiaodong. We are not famous. Star, our opponent beat Singapore with 6 goals in the first game, and their offensive power was amazing. However, we only defeated Iraq 2:0. From these comparisons, it seems that we have no hope of winning.

But let’s not be fooled by the appearance. Let me tell you, we have a good chance of winning. We were only “separated” by China in the world rankings because we performed worse than China in the warm-up matches during the same period. The level of Singapore they defeated was very low. , Iraq we defeated is the favorite to qualify. They have superstar Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong has only been running in with the team for a week. He cannot play a big role against a strong team. Therefore, today is the best time for us to defeat them. We missed it. If we miss this opportunity, it may be difficult for us to defeat them next time. Therefore, this game is also a key battle that determines whether we can qualify. I hope everyone can unite and win this war! "

Adnan's words were very contagious and convincing. After he finished speaking, the players' confidence increased greatly. They all applauded Adnan and shouted that they would win.

At 7:50, the home and away teams came out of the locker room. Everyone looked at each other and looked at the opponents who were about to compete on the court.

Although I watched the video many times, except for Gao Xiaodong, it was difficult for the players on both sides to tell which opponent they were, and they just took this opportunity to put a little pressure on their opponents.

One minute later, Uzbekistan referee Irmatov came out of the lounge with two linesmen.

Irmatov is the three-time "Asian Golden Whistle" winner, the best referee in Asia, and can be called a banner figure in the Asian refereeing community. He obviously understood the mood of the players at this moment. He smiled at the players on both sides and shouted: "Relax Kids, it’s not time to fight yet, come with me, I will take you to the battlefield now.”

After Irmatov finished speaking, he led the way, leading the starting players of the Jordanian and Chinese teams towards the court.

When the players walked out of the mixed tunnel, the Jordanian fans at the scene immediately stood up excitedly, gave their players warm applause, and shouted: Defeat the Chinese team and enter the World Cup.

The Chinese fans also tried their best to stand up and welcome the players of the Chinese team, but their number was too small and they were directly submerged in the sea of ​​Jordanian fans.

China commentator He Hui also came to the scene. Seeing this scene, He Hui joked: "This may be the first time that our country in China feels that we are alone, but at such a long distance, there can be more than a thousand fans. That's very good. I hope our Chinese team can comfort them with a victory. The players are on the field. Now let's take a look at our starting lineup:

Goalkeeper 22-Yang Zhi; the four defenders are 3-Sun Xiang, 5-Li Feng, 6-Feng Xiao, 13-Liu Jian; the four midfielders: 7-Zhao Xu, 16-Huang Bowen, 23-Zheng Hua, 10 -Gao Xiaodong; 11-Qu Bo, 9-Yang Xu. This lineup has made several adjustments compared to the previous game. Feng Xiao came on because Du Wei injured his toe in the last game, otherwise maybe Li Feng would be the substitute. Yu Hai did not perform well in the last game and is now on the bench. Zheng Hua replaced Chen Tao probably because of his defense. There is no suspense about Xiaodong starting, and now the captain's armband is worn on him. Judging from this starting , it seems to be 442, but Xiaodong reported forward, could it be 433? Xiaodong and Zheng Hua are both very versatile players. It is difficult for us to understand Camacho's arrangement before the game starts. Let us take a look at Jordan's starting lineup.

Jordan goalkeeper 1-Shafi; four backs: 8-Bashar Yassin, 13-Baniadia, 16-Basim Fatah, 19-Anas Yassin; four midfielders: 4-Baha Abrad Rahman, 7-Amir Dib, 15-Abu Hashhash, 18-Hassan Abdel-Fattah; double forward: 10-Ahmad , 14-Allah Dib; in this starting lineup, the captain is defender Bashar, and the core is goalkeeper Shafi. Let’s see if this Jordanian goalkeeper can block Xiaodong’s thunderous blow..."

During He Hui's commentary, Chinese team captain Gao Xiaodong and Jordanian captain Bashar had already exchanged team flags and emblems, and each returned to their own half, waiting for the game to begin.