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After the match between the Chinese team and Qatar, Gao Zheng was interviewed by the media. In the interview, he defended the performance of his teammates: "The field is too cold. At the beginning, my body was a little stiff and I didn’t enter the state. But then it got better, especially in the second half, we played very hard..."

He euphemistically mentioned the air conditioner, but he was actually accusing the Chinese Football Association of not doing enough preparations for the game, and he didn't even know that the opponent's home court had an air conditioner.

If we had known that there was an air conditioner and everyone had brought enough thick clothes, how could they have been caught off guard?

However, I am afraid that only Gao Zheng can say this kind of thing in the whole team. Others dare not publicly express their dissatisfaction with the Football Association.

On the one hand, they are all playing football in China, and they still need to deal with the Chinese Football Association in many cases. What if they complain about the Football Association and are wearing small shoes? On the other hand, their skills are not as good as others. If they talk about the air-conditioning problem, it is easy for the public opinion to think that they are making excuses for their own failures. They obviously blame the venue for their poor football.

Didn't there used to be a joke saying that Chinese players are especially good at finding faults and making excuses?

If you lose the game, blame the weather, blame the turf, blame the jet lag, blame the diet... you can blame everything, but don't blame yourself for being inferior.

So there are some things that domestic players can't say, their identity is the original sin.

But Gao Zheng is different. First of all, he plays in Spain, so he can completely ignore the Football Association's attitude towards him. Can the Football Association control the world and manage Atletico Madrid? Last year, because of whether Gao Zheng could come back early to prepare for the Asian Cup, the Football Association was severely beaten by Atletico Madrid. Isn't there nothing to do with him?

For domestic clubs, they can use administrative means to punish disobedient clubs, but for foreign clubs, they have nothing to do.

Secondly, Gao Zheng has nothing to say about his personal level. He saved the team with two goals in this game, and then he came out to complain about the field and the lack of meticulous preparation. Makes sense.

This world is so cruel. If you have big fists, what you say makes sense. You are handsome, and people will listen to what you say.

As for Gao Zheng, who has big fists and is also handsome, people will naturally listen to what he says, and some people think what he says makes sense.

The preparations of the Chinese Football Association are indeed like shit. They played Hong Kong at home and arranged the home game in Shenzhen, which is across the river from Hong Kong. It really makes people wonder whether the Chinese Football Association has been mixed with the undercover agents of the Hong Kong Football Association. Who's home?

Then the venue arrangement for the Maldives was also nonsense.

Although it is easy to arrange the venue in Shenyang, which is so far away from Shenzhen, the Chinese team still needs a long-distance flight in their own country, which requires a long-distance expedition. Why can't you just choose to wait for work in Shenzhen?

Originally in the Asian Cup, media reports also praised the logistics work of the Chinese team, but the World Cup qualifiers showed their true colors. It really made many Chinese fans not know what to say, and they could only call "the football association is stupid".

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After the match against Qatar, Gao Zheng flew back to Madrid directly from Doha.

It was supposed to be two international games, but because the Asian Cup qualifiers for the top 40 are five teams in each group, there will definitely be a team with a bye. This time it was the turn of the Chinese team.

They only have to play the game against Qatar.

The Chinese team does not need to participate in the game on October 13. Their next World Cup qualifier will be on November 12. At that time, the Chinese team will face Bhutan at home. Good chance to win.

Although Gao Zheng only needs to participate in one game, it makes Atletico Madrid fans very happy. But this has become a reason for Chinese fans to criticize the Football Association's preparations. Although the qualifiers have a bye, it does not mean that the Chinese team can be disbanded directly after the Qatar game. There is still a chance for a game. Why not arrange a meaningful warm-up match?

It's better to let the Chinese team train and train than to go their own way like this?

Doesn't this mean that a national team match day was wasted in vain?

When preparing for the Asian Cup last year, it was obviously not an international match day. The Chinese Football Association insisted on letting Gao Zheng come back to participate in the warm-up match long in advance, and there was a lot of trouble because of this.

As a result, there is now an international match day recognized by FIFA in front of the Chinese team, but the Chinese Football Association does not know how to cherish it, so it just gave up in vain. Isn't this insane what is it?

Therefore, although the Chinese team defeated Qatar 2:1 in the away game, in domestic public opinion, the focus has become an attack on the logistics work of the Chinese Football Association.

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Gao Zheng returning to Madrid is like returning to another world. The voices and speeches in China cannot enter his ears, and he doesn't care what is going on in the country now.

Gao Zheng is not worried about whether Chinese football will hate him because of his oblique criticism.

He still saved face for the Football Association by speaking, and if the Football Association wants to complete the achievement of reaching the World Cup in Russia, it is impossible not to recruit him into the team.

In other words, Gao Zheng is confident now.

Simeone is very happy that Gao Zheng can come back early. As the current core of the team, it is a good thing to have an extra day of rest, let alone an extra half a week.

Next, Atletico Madrid will challenge Real Sociedad away in the league, followed by the third round of the Champions League group stage.

Atletico Madrid will host Ascana, the weakest opponent in this group, and if Simeone wants to rotate, this is a good opportunity.

On the other side, on October 18th, another round of the top 40 was played.

Hong Kong challenged Bhutan in the away game, and the result was only a 1:0 victory over the opponent. It can be seen how terrible the plateau home game in Bhutan is.

After losing to the Chinese team 1:2 at home, Qatar defeated the Maldives 4:0 at home, and finally tied the points of the Chinese team in the case of one more game.

In this way, as long as they can beat the Chinese team away in the last round of the top 40, they can surpass the Chinese team with the advantage of goal difference, get the first place in the group, and directly advance to the top 12.

Qatar currently ranks first in the standings because of its superior goal difference, while the Chinese team ranks second with 12 points. Hong Kong ranks third with three points, Maldives ranks fifth with three points, and Bhutan, which has lost all five games, ranks last with zero points.

After the end of this round of international matches, footballers from various countries also bid farewell to their national teams and returned to their respective clubs.

Atletico Madrid finally ushered in the time when the staff is complete.

Everyone's focus has shifted to club events, including those Chinese fans. After scolding the Football Association, they should also pay attention to Gao Zheng's performance in Atletico Madrid.