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Iran's goal was sudden, and it was basically given to them by the Chinese team.

Iran is not the strongest team in Asia today, the Chinese team with Zhuo Yang is, but Iran is indeed the best defensive team in Asia. In the first six rounds of the top 12, Iran had 4 wins, 2 draws and 14 points without conceding a goal. They even haven't conceded a goal at home for almost two years.

In the seventh round of the top 12, the Chinese team visited Tehran's Azadi Stadium to challenge Iran, currently ranked first in Group A.

After defeating South Korea 5:1 five days ago, the Chinese team has accumulated 1 points, and because Uzbekistan lost to Syria inexplicably, the Chinese team ranked second in the group, followed by Iran with 14 points. Iran defeated Qatar 1:0 in the last round.

Although Iran's players in Europe are concentrated in their midfield and frontcourt, and there are no famous players in the defense, Iran's defense is really strong. This is due to two people, coach Queiroz and goalkeeper Bey. Lanwand.

The old Portuguese coach Queiroz assisted Ferguson at Manchester United and was mainly responsible for analyzing opponents and the team's defensive organization. He was first-rate in this regard, and Sir Alex Ferguson was full of praise.

Queiroz failed to coach Real Madrid because Galacticos was not a team that focused on defense in the first period. Iran's victory over Asian opponents in recent years has basically been one or two goals, but it is really harder for them to concede a goal than to eat shit.

The 25-year-old Alireza Beiranvande was also discovered and trained by Queiroz in the Iranian league.

Currently, there is no conclusion on who is the number one goalkeeper in Asia, but the controversy only exists between Australian goalkeeper Matthew Ryan and Iran Beiranvand, and nothing else.

Combining AFC technical statistics and German turnover prices, Yan Junlin is currently ranked ninth in the Asian goalkeeper rankings, and Wang Dalei is ranked 27th. Zeng Chengtai did not remember that there are only three of them among the top 100 Chinese goalkeepers.

In this game, Sforza did not change the formation, but made slight adjustments to individual positions. Wu Lei and Hao Junmin, who were in poor condition, sat on the bench. Old Zhengzhi had a bit of an awkward thigh and did not play.

Forward Zhuo Yang led Yu Dabao and Zhang Yuning, midfielders Li Ke, Zhang Xizhe, Wu Xie, defense Zhang Chendong guested as a central defender to partner with Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Tiedan on the right, Jiang Zhipeng on the left, and goalkeeper Yan Heya.

In the Azadi Stadium, which was filled with 100,000 people, the Chinese team had a certain advantage in the first half, but the Iranians' extremely sophisticated defense, coupled with Beiranvand's usual outstanding saves, kept the score at 0:0. Of course, the Iranians also tested Yan Junlin twice.

Iran's ruthless players are concentrated on their offensive line. Shojai, who has played for Osasuna for many years, has now gone to Greece. The Eredivisie double stars Guqiannejad and Jahanbakhsh are the absolute main players of their respective clubs, known as 'Iranian Zhuoyang' and 'Iranian Ronaldo'.

But Azmoun, who played for Kazan Ruby ‘Iranian Messi’, did not start today. Queiroz arranged for the little-known Mehdi Taremi to play as a right winger.

The 25-year-old Taremi only started to come into Queiroz's attention last year, but he is already a two-time Iranian Footballer of the Year, 2015-1, and is nicknamed "Ibrahimovic of Iran".

Five days ago, Iran defeated Qatar 1:0 in an away game, and it was Taremi who scored the winning goal.

In the first half, the Chinese team and Iran drew a goalless draw. After the break, they played again in another location, but the situation suddenly changed.

The Iranian team made several moves after the kickoff. Captain Shojai hoisted the ball into the penalty area. Feng Xiaoting made a header to clear the ball, but it failed to go far. The straight up and down point was still a little inside the penalty area line.

Taremi rushed into the penalty area and pounced on the target. Wu Xi, who was more active than him, was not the backbone of the national team after all. He needed to seize every opportunity to perform and did not dare to be lazy at all.

Wu Xi made a tackle from the side and Jahanbakhsh stepped forward to meet him. The football went up and down again.

In the process, Jahanbakhsh's knee hit Wu Xi hard on the bridge of his nose, but the penalty area was so chaotic that he didn't even have time to deal with the blow.

The defensive players of the Chinese team were inexplicably gathered together at this time.

Four or five people surrounded Guqiannejad, and he shouldn't have any chance at all.

Indeed, the spot where the football landed was snatched away by Jiang Zhipeng, but he incredibly tipped the football to Taremi, right in the small penalty area.

Taremi volleyed without waiting for the football to hit the ground. Yan Junlin tried his best and almost had the football under his body. It's a pity that it was almost, but after the football was blocked, it still rolled slowly into the goal, Iran 1:0.

Only then did everyone see Wu Xi lying on the ground with his face in his hands, blood pouring out of his palms.

Unable to care about losing the ball, Zhuo Yang quickly called the team doctor to come up. Help Wu Xi sit up, don't choke to death, let him raise his head, don't let the nose bleed to death.

The team doctor took over, and Zhuo Yang went to find trouble with Jahanbakhsh.

"You fucking hit someone and didn't you see it?"

For a moment, Jahanbakhsh thought there was a traffic accident while driving on the highway.

"It's a normal fight, I didn't mean it." Jahanbakhsh shrugged with a 'what' expression.

"You knew you got hit in the face, why didn't you stop?"

Jahanbakhsh's knee was actually aching slightly, which showed how hard the impact was. "This is a game, Mr. Zhuoyang. The referee did not blow the whistle to stop it."

"Okay, I understand." Zhuo Yang said.

Iranian captain Shojai has played for Osasuna in La Liga for many years. At that time, he had more or less contact with Zhuoyang. He came over and asked: "Zhuoyang, what's going on?"

Zhuo Yang ignored him and turned to look for Sri Lankan referee Pereira.

"Mr. Referee, I formally lodge a protest with you against the Iranian team's rejection of the principle of fair play."

"Mr. Zhuoyang... you know... there is no rule..."

"I know, but it is the referee's responsibility to protect players from malicious harm, and fair play is also the spirit advocated by modern football."

"Yes, Mr. Zhuo Yang... I will record all this and also record your protest in the post-match report."

"OK, thanks."

In fact, the Iranians did nothing wrong, but Zhuoyang took the opportunity to put pressure on the referee and try to offset the bravery bonus brought by the Iranians' home games, which is also the right thing to do.

Iran is the toughest team in Asia, especially at home. Their aggressiveness in fighting often frightens their opponents. The Chinese team has suffered this kind of disadvantage before.

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Wu Xi was replaced by Hao Junmin. The team doctor estimated that the bridge of his nose was probably broken, which was quite unlucky.

Excluding Wu Xi, let's analyze the goal conceded just now. The chaos in the back line is not to blame. This is also a chronic problem of the Chinese team. With the defensive numerical advantage, he failed to kick the ball out during two consecutive clearances. Instead, he personally assisted the opponent with an own goal.

The 28-year-old Jiang Zhipeng is already one of the best defenders in the Chinese Super League, but he has not yet broken out of Asia, but he has mastered the "trap skills" of Manchester City's defense.

The game continued. In the first half, under the pressure of 100,000 Iranian fans, Pereira's whistle was obviously soft. He changed his mind and gave the Iranian team Ezzatolahi and Shojai yellow cards consecutively. He looked very decisive and assertive.

Zhuo Yang's psychological deterrence was effective, but as the captain of the Chinese team, he had to pay blood for blood.