Fox in the Penalty Area

"Xia Xiaoyu! Beautiful long pass! He accurately found the space behind the Iraqi defense line!"

Accompanied by the shout of the commentator He Feng.

The white football drew a light white track on the green turf, passing half the distance of the court.

Rolled from the backcourt of the Chinese team to the backcourt of the Iraqi team.

Behind the football, there is a red figure with full power, chasing after it.

With no Iraqi defenders around him, they were all left behind by Rokai.

"Luo Kai's speed has been completely raised! We seem to see a cheetah sprinting on the field!"

The body movement and rhythm of Luo Kai's running are indeed full of the beauty of movement.

His body posture is very good-looking. After the upper body is straightened up, every time he swings his arms, his shoulders are raised alternately, which is very similar to the movement of the forelimbs of a cheetah when it is running.

This aesthetic feeling may be related to the muscle lines all over his body.

Unlike Chen Xingyi, Luo Kai is a fast player with a strong body, so the visual impact of his running is also very strong.

While he was chasing the ball, the Iraqi centre-back slashed towards it, trying to break it out first.

But just when he was about to catch up with the football and then made a shovel, Luo Kai took the football away before him!

And he shoveled Luo Kai's foot.

However, Luo Kai was not knocked to the ground. Although his feet were a little staggered, he adjusted his center of gravity within three steps, relied on his strong core strength to stabilize his body, and continued to accelerate towards the football!

"Beautiful! It's over!!"

Countless Chinese fans cheered loudly in front of the TV.

Thirty-three minutes into the game, this is the best chance for the Chinese team!

On the other half of the field, Hu Lai, Zhou Zijing, and Chen Xingyi were all running towards the goal of Iraq.

Among them, Zhou Zijing raised his arm high while running, signaling Luo Kai to pass the ball to him.

Luo Kai did turn his head and glance at the middle while running.

But it was just a glance.

When he catches the football, he dribbles it straight into the penalty area!

Facing the Iraqi goalkeeper who abandoned the goal, he pushed and shot!

He pushed the ball to the far corner, but the Iraqi goalkeeper fell to the near corner and could only use his feet to try to block the ball...

The football goes around his feet and into the goal!

"Luo Kai! Hi! Great goal! Beautiful! In the 33rd minute, he opened the scoring for the Chinese team! He has scored goals in the last three games, and his condition is so good!"

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"Fuck, I ran away for nothing!" Chen Xingyi complained, and then followed Hu Lai, Zhou Zijing and ran towards Luo Kai.

Other teammates also rushed to prepare to celebrate the goal.

This is a top 12 match where the Chinese team challenged Iraq away.

The second half of the Top 12 match has already begun. If the Chinese team can win consecutively in Iraq, Thailand and Syria, then the Chinese team will advance to the 2030 World Cup in Spain and Portugal without having to fight against Japan and Iran.

I have calculated it before, as long as the Chinese team can win against the top three teams,

Twenty-four points will be accumulated.

The points advantage is obvious.

Japan and Iran will "snipe and clam fight" in the eighth round of the top twelve.

No matter what the final outcome is, China will be the winner.

Of course, the premise is that the Chinese team has to win all the previous games.

First is Iraq.

Iraq is playing at home in this game.

In fact, this is not the real home court of Iraq, because thanks to the "blessing" of the United States, the current situation in Iraq is turbulent, very unstable, and not safe.

Therefore, the Iraqi national team always place their home games in the surrounding Middle East countries, such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Qatar have all hosted the Iraqi national team's home games.

But don't look at Iraq wandering around, their home atmosphere is not bad at all.

The stadium was almost full, whether it was fans from Iraq or local fans, they were all cheering for Iraq.

So the Chinese team did not play as smoothly as everyone imagined in the first 30 minutes of this game.

It wasn't until Luo Kai's goal opened the situation for the Chinese team.

After scoring the goal, Luo Kai waved his fist very excitedly, and then he turned around and saw Hu Lai, who pointed at him without saying anything.

But Chen Xingyi, who was next to him, understood everything. He went up and hugged Hu Lai: "Be careful, Hu Lai, you have awakened a lion!"

"None of my business!" Hu Lai pushed Chen Xingyi who was hanging on him away.

Chen Xingyi, who was pushed away, ran to embrace Luo Kai with a smile, and posted it on Luo Kai as soon as he hugged him, and said meanly: "I know why your boy is in such a good state recently!"

Luo Kai glanced at him and shook his head: "You guessed wrong."

"I understand, I understand, just treat my guess wrong!" Chen Xingyi shook his head, seeing that Luo Kai wanted to give him a kick...

But he still didn't explain to Chen Xingyi.

Does he still have trouble letting go of Li Qingqing?

Actually let it go.

He really didn't work so hard to show Li Qingqing the kick.

He just wanted to make himself one of the team's main lineup for the Champions League, so he stood upright in front of Hu Lai.

Really fight him once.

Whether it was the audience in front of the TV or the excited commentator He Feng, no one could see the meaning of the small interaction between Luo Kai and Hu Lai.

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After conceding the goal, Iraq does not intend to sit still, although the hope is very slim, they still have to fight for the World Cup.

After five rounds of the top 12 match, Iraq had one win, one draw and three losses, with only four points.

Currently ranked fifth, there is a big gap between the top three—compared with Iran, which is third, there is a full six-point difference.

However, as the highest-level football event in Asia, the Top 12 is naturally full of surprises and upsets.

In the just-concluded game, the Iranian team was tied 0:0 by Thailand, the weakest team in this group.

It can be regarded as an unpopular exposure.

With the example of the Thai team, no one dares to say that Iraq will not be able to pull down the Iranian or Japanese teams in the second half of the next top 12 match.

If they can draw at home first...or even beat the Chinese team, they will be one step closer to their goal.

So after the game restarted, they launched a desperate attack on the Chinese team's goal.

Did regain possession before the end of the first half.

But after the start of the second half, the smug they were quickly hit on the head.

First their shots were saved by Lin Zhiyuan, and then Lin Zhiyuan got up from the ground and quickly threw the football forward.

At this time, because of Iraq's massive pressure, the backcourt was empty!

Just after Chen Xingyi crossed the halfway line, he received a throw from Lin Zhiyuan.

He didn't stop the ball, but directly pushed the football forward with his head, kept stepping, and accelerated to catch up.

Relying on his own speed, he got rid of Iraq's defensive players here.

The Iraqi players were really miserable...in the first half they ate Luo Kai's exhaust fumes, and in the second half they watched Chen Xingyi's taillights.

But this time Chen Xingyi didn't bring the football straight to Huanglong like Luo Kai did.

Just when he dribbled the ball to the 30-meter area, the opponent's central defender pressed forward and there was an empty space in the middle.

Chen Xingyi didn't say anything else, he started to pass the ball.

Zhou Zijing rushed to the front and took away the last remaining central defender in Iraq.

Hu Lai, who had just run to the penalty spot, leaped high into the flying football and gave a lion head shake!

The football flies into the goal before the Iraqi goalkeeper's ten fingers!

"Hu Lai! Beautiful! Beautiful header! In the 52nd minute of the game, the Chinese team played a sharp counterattack. In the end, Chen Xingyi assisted Hu Lai to expand the score! The Chinese team led Iraq 2-0 away! "

He Feng was very excited. Although the second half of the game had just started, Luo Kai and Hu Lai were both in such good condition, which made him full of confidence in the Chinese team winning the away game against Iraq.

The Chinese team is getting closer and closer to the World Cup a year later!

What kind of drama can this group of players who are more mature than four years ago perform on that stage?

It really made him look forward to it...

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After Hou Lai's goal, the morale of the Iraqi players was hit hard.

Although they worked very hard and fought hard in the next game, they had no rules, and the team's thinking was not unified, and they couldn't cooperate together.

Many Chinese fans who watched this scene sighed:

This was only seen in the national football team before... Now we can also appreciate the struggle of others!

In the end, with the two goals of Hu Lai and Luo Kai, the Chinese team defeated Iraq 2-0 in the away game.

At the end of the sixth round of the Top 12, the Chinese team continued to lead the standings with 18 points.

Because Syria was defeated by the Japanese team 3:1 at home, the point difference between them and the Chinese team as the fourth place widened to 14 points, with four rounds left in the top twelve. Whether it is Syria or Iraq, it is impossible to overtake the Chinese team.

So it can be said that the Chinese team has won the top three in the group in advance, at least ensuring the qualification to participate in the play-offs.

As for whether he can finally win two places for direct promotion...

Judging from this trend, there is no suspense.