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Zhuo Yang was still a little reluctant to leave Ain.

A small oasis in the vast desert is like a small island in the ocean. The strong contrast of the environment creates a sense of security and even happiness. It is a bit like hiding in a cabin with orange and red warm lights through the glass window. Look at the pouring rain outside.

Because of Zhuo Yang, the Chinese team enjoyed the full treatment of the home team in Al Ain, and the Chinese team won two games here, which is obviously worthy of Al Ain's favor.

The elimination of South Korea was expected, and scoring six goals was a bit exaggerated but not too much. After all, the world's number one star and the number one favorite to win the Asian Cup were enough to make everyone no longer surprised.

However, it is quite surprising that South Korea, which is not weak in offensive ability, can keep a clean sheet. After all, as the team that conceded the most goals in the 2018 World Cup, the Chinese team’s defense is not top-notch in Asia, not to mention the four main players in the defense this time. Three were absent.

In the knockout group stage, three teams kept clean sheets, Jordan, Qatar and Iran. Eight games 1/1 went to the Golden Body, and they were eliminated by dark horse Vietnam.

In fact, Jordan is also a dark horse. Among the three dark horses selected by the AFC official media in the group stage, Jordan is in a sense darker than Thailand and Vietnam.

Thailand and Vietnam were able to reach the knockout rounds historically, mostly thanks to the expansion of their armies. The first round knockout round has also changed from the top 8 to 1.

Jordan was able to defeat the defending champion Australia in Group B and Syria, the top 12 Asian preliminaries, to win the first place in the group without conceding a goal, which is truly a shame.

However, as Tal was eliminated in 1/1, Vietnam, which defeated Jordan 1:1 in the 120th minute and entered the top 8 on penalty kicks, secured its title as the only dark horse.

This is not the first time Vietnam has reached the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup. In 2007, when India, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam jointly hosted the tournament, they defeated the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and advanced to second place in the group. Of course, there is the factor of playing at home.

Vietnamese football has made great progress in recent years. In 2001, Vietnam's number one star Le Xuande transferred to Chongqing, the old league A. At that time, it caused a sensation in Vietnam like the impact of Yang Chen's entry into the Bundesliga in China.

But Li Xuande, who was the same age as Zidane and was in his prime at the time, only stayed for half a season before withdrawing. Sitting on the bench caused pain in his lumbar spine and he really couldn't play.

Time flies, more than ten years have passed. In the men's football match of the 2018 Indonesian Asian Games last year, Vietnam advanced to the semi-finals after ranking first in the U23 group. So it would not be surprising if they easily beat the Chinese team of the same age in a certain time and space a few years later, even on the first day of the new year.

The Vietnamese team that made it to the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup this time is basically the original U23 team. In the match against Jordan, ‘Vietnamese Messi’ Nguyen Cong Phong equalized the score. Deng Wenlin, a naturalized goalkeeper of Russian descent, faced Jordan with 8 corner kicks and 1 and saved two in the penalty shootout.

Except for the Chinese team's hearty /1 goal, the other three games were all won by one or two goals, which made the Chinese team look quite Versailles.

With 4 wins and 1 goal in 4 games, the team can’t help but regret the previous two goals they conceded. He did not lose against Saudi Arabia and South Korea, but lost here in Kyrgyzstan. The young Chunlei regretted and blamed himself.

However, after Kyrgyzstan performed well in the match against the Chinese team, although they lost in the knockout round, they were not criticized for being unlucky. They only lost 2:3 in overtime to the host United Arab Emirates.

Except for Vietnam's intrusion, the Asian Cup quarter-finals have basically returned to the old powers, and everything that should come has come. The ambitious Saudi Arabia was defeated by Japan 0:1, and the 20-year-old central defender Takeyo Tomiyasu scored a header.

Iraq eliminated Bahrain 2:1 in overtime, defending champion Australia defeated Uzbekistan on penalties, and Iran defeated Oman 2:0. Qatar and Iran continue to concede zero goals, and Iran is the next opponent of the Chinese team.

1/8 The competition venue is in the ancient city of Sharjah, which is very different from the luxurious Dubai and the international Abu Dhabi. Sharjah is the most conservative city in the entire United Arab Emirates, and it is also the place with the strongest traditional religious atmosphere. It comes from a different world. The Chinese team cannot be more popular in Sharjah than Iran.

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Zhuo Yang led the Chinese team from Al Ain to Sharjah, while Guardiola led a group of second-team children back from the Pirelli Stadium on the banks of the Trent in victory.

After ending their losing streak with a 2:2 draw against Liverpool at the beginning of the new year, Manchester City won big victories in the next two games. In the first round of the FA Cup, they defeated the 'Millers', Rotherham from the English Championship, 7-0, and in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals, they defeated Burton in the English League.

Finally regaining their strength, the players gradually woke up from the habit of "gnawing at the old". So, in the 22nd round of the Premier League a few days later, Manchester City easily defeated Wolves 3:0 at home.

In the third round five months ago, the Wolves made Manchester City very angry. It was only thanks to Zhuo Yang's performance that they narrowly won 4:3. The 3:0 score at this moment shows that Manchester City without Zhuo Yang finally looks like Manchester City again.

The first French centre-back of the Wolves was sent off with a red card for his ankle. After that, Jesus scored twice and Wolves captain Connor Coady made an accidental clearance in the 78th minute and scored an own goal.

Chinese midfielder Li Zi replaced Belgian Leander Dendoncker in the second half, and his performance was as mediocre as the whole team.

After the game, Lao Gua finally kept his word and ended the month-long closed training camp for New Year's Eve. The Blue Moon soldiers were reunited. Many people were crying while scrolling through their mobile phones, feeling aggrieved like bastards.

Guardiola is not a man's son, but he is kind and does not control the army. He finally cured the team's two terminal diseases of "gnawing at the old" and "lying flat".

Manchester City, who were fools to look back, defeated Southampton 3:1 and Huazhen 3:0 in the following two rounds of the Premier League, winning three consecutive league victories. However, because Liverpool and Tottenham have also won three consecutive games, Manchester City can still only rank third in the standings.

People always misunderstand Lao Gua, but in fact, most of the time he keeps his word. After Clough cried in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals, he promised that he would be a pure substitute when he went to Burton's home court in the second leg, which was quite true to his word.

At the Pirelli Stadium, the oldest player in Manchester City's starting lineup is the 27-year-old Brazilian right back Danilo, and the captain is Foden, who is not yet 19 years old.

The U21 center back pairing Peng Mingzhi and Eric Garcia, who are the same age as Foden, started and played the entire game. This was the first time that 'Guangxi Peng Kanchuang' played for the Manchester City first team.

Just like the Chinese youth team fought hard against Kyrgyzstan, the Manchester City youth team also fought a hard battle against Burton, the League One powerhouse. Relying on superb ball control, passing and stable defense, and Foden's one-shot attack, Manchester City won again 1:0 in the away game and advanced to 2018-1 with a total score of 10:0.

This is very important. He will leave Manchester City in the summer, and Zhuo Yang does not want to miss any championship.

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