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When the Thai team returned to their country, they were naturally scolded as dogs by the Thai media, fans, and netizens.

They thought it was a shame and shame to lose to the Chinese team 0:9. Today's football strength in Thailand has indeed improved a lot. Last year, they defeated the Chinese team 5:1. This year, they also defeated the Chinese Olympic team 2:0 in the Asian Games and got a good result of fourth place.

This situation has given many Thai fans a sense of confidence in their country's football strength, and they think it is natural for the Thai team to beat the Chinese team.

Even this improvised Thai team can at least draw with the Chinese team.

Unexpectedly, the completely unprepared Thai fans faced a 0:9 fiasco.

If Gao Zheng hadn't been replaced in the first half, the score in this game might have been in double digits...

For such a miserable loss, the Thai fans don't think it is a gap in strength, but because the team's lineup has been adjusted too much-this is the same as what Thailand's assistant coach Promrut said.

The Thai fans clamored for another game with the full main lineup.

As for Gao Zheng, who beat them all, the Thai fans were not very convinced, thinking that Gao Zheng would only soften the persimmons, and when the real swords and guns were played, he would definitely not be able to get the ball.

But Gao Zheng didn't care about the verbal attacks of the Thai fans, because he couldn't hear or see them at all.

After playing against Thailand, the Chinese team switched to the mode of preparing for Paraguay.

Compared with the Thailand team whose lineup is seriously uneven, although Paraguay is also dominated by young players, they did not bring only fifteen players, and the team was led by a real head coach, not an assistant coach.

From this point alone, Paraguay may not pay much attention to the match with the Chinese team, but its attitude is quite correct.

And regardless of Gao Zheng, Paraguay is stronger than the Chinese team, which can be seen from the FIFA rankings-the Chinese team is currently ranked 92nd, while Paraguay is ranked 60th.

In addition, from the perspective of transfer value, except for Gao Zheng, all the other players in the Chinese team are not enough for Paraguay. Besides Gao Zheng, the most valuable player in the Chinese team is full-back Zhang Linpeng, who is worth one million euros. Among the Paraguayan team, the most valuable is Udinese defender Ivan Piris, worth 2.5 million euros.

In addition, this Paraguayan team also has a star who is very familiar to Chinese fans-Santa Cruz.

Although there is a big difference in strength, the Chinese team's performance was very positive after the start of the game.

Perhaps encouraged by the 9:0 sweep of the Thai team in the previous game, everyone played well.

And in this game, the former national team captain Zheng Zhi, who had not participated in the national team game for seven months, also reappeared in the starting lineup.

The strength of the Chinese team in the midfield immediately improved a notch.

After Gao Zheng joined the team, Pei Lan gradually realized that Gao Zheng also needs the cooperation of the whole team, and now the midfielder of the national team can barely match Gao Zheng's rhythm and thinking, and Zheng Zhi is probably the only one.

In fact, Zheng Zhi returned to the national team when he played against Thailand last time, but he was always on the bench and did not get a chance to play.

After Gao Zheng and Zheng Zhi started this game, the Chinese team played very well.

Facing Paraguay, which is ranked more than 30 places higher than them, the Chinese team picked up the tempo at the beginning and played very fast.

In the ninth minute, the Chinese team won a penalty kick. After Gao Zheng received a pass from his teammate in the penalty area, he took advantage of the situation and moved the football forward. As a result, the most expensive Paraguayan defender Piris in the team The tackle was a bit slow, and he missed the ball, but Gao Zheng, Gao Zheng fell to the ground and won a penalty for the Chinese team.

The penalty was handed over to Zheng Zhi, who was wearing the captain's armband, and he scored with a low shot to help China lead Paraguay 1-0.

There were thunderous cheers in the stands, and the Chinese fans applauded the old captain who scored goals after his comeback.

Then the Chinese team scored again in the 18th minute, this time it was Wu Lei who shot from close range.

Although the Chinese team has already led the opponent by two goals, the Chinese fans are not satisfied with it. They are still calling Gao Zheng's name during the game.

This means hoping that Gao Zheng can also score goals.

And Gao Zheng did not disappoint them.

In the 40th minute, he finally used a low shot from the penalty area to help the Chinese team extend their lead to three goals.

After Gao Zheng scored the goal, the cheers were the loudest in the audience, and the Chinese fans seemed to have fulfilled their wish all at once. They didn't pay much attention to the next game and played the Mexican wave.

In this game, Gao Zheng was not replaced at halftime, and he continued to stay on the court.

Instead, some changes were made to the players around him.

The commentator Duan Xin saw it: "It is obvious that Peilan is now experimenting with more offensive combinations, and these offensive combinations have one thing in common, that is, no matter who is replaced, Gao Zheng is the one who cannot be shaken. So it is not so much More offensive combinations, it is better to say more offensive combinations and personnel collocations with Gao Zheng..."

After a large number of personnel changes, the Chinese team's performance was not as good as in the first half, but Paraguay's offense came up.

However, under the leadership of Gao Zheng, the Chinese team can still compete with Paraguay, so that they will not be at a disadvantage overall.

It was not until Gao Zheng was replaced in the 67th minute of the game that the Chinese team was completely suppressed by Paraguay from the scene.

And in the 82nd minute, Paraguay broke through the gate.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Paraguay 3:1 at home, ending the week-long international match day.

In these two national team matchdays, Gao Zheng scored eight goals, raising his number of goals for the national team this season to ten.

The most important thing is that the joining of Gao Zheng and Zheng Zhi made the Chinese fans see positive things, and thus they are full of hope for the Asian Cup to be held in Australia early next year.

This is the most important role of the warm-up match.

Of course, there is still a lot of work left for Perrin. After all, after solving the offensive problem, the problem of the midfield and the defense line must also be solved. After all, football is a sport of eleven people, and everything cannot be left to Gao Zheng. what.

At that time, Gao Zheng keeps scoring goals in the frontcourt, but the defense keeps losing goals, that won't work either.

But at least it's off to a good start.

In next year's Asian Cup, China will be in a group with Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and North Korea.

Every team in this group is not weak. If there must be a winner here, the Chinese team without Gao Zheng may be similar to North Korea, ranking last.

Uzbekistan is a first-tier team with strong strength. Saudi Arabia is also a traditional West Asian team, and it is difficult to play against anyone.

However, with Gao Zheng, this comparison of strength may have to be re-divided.

The goal of the Chinese team with Gao Zheng is definitely not just qualifying for the group.

After these two warm-up matches, Chinese fans and public opinion hope that this time the Chinese team can break the embarrassing record that the national team has not won the first round of knockout matches in various competitions for ten years.

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