The players of the China team could understand Qin Xiong's approach. He always put the team's interests first, so at this moment, everyone stood up and gave Qin Xiong a definite response.
Zhao Xuzhi said, "Captain Qin, we all understand what you said. In fact, you are taking risks on the field a lot of times. You personally take a lot of risks. I hope you also understand that the last thing we want to see now is you get injured."
The other players nodded.
The last time Qin Xiong was injured in the national team was in the final of the Olympic Games. At that time, the media was abuzz with hype, and the China players also felt uncomfortable.
Qin Xiong smiled at everyone and then said, "Well, let's not talk about this. Let's cheer up and do a good job in the second half. Then, we will pick up the trophy that belongs to us and go home with honor!"
"Go home with honor!"
The China team shouted with determination, and then walked out of the locker room with high fighting spirit.
In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again. Although the Japanese team's mentality had recovered after the midfield adjustment, the bad situation did not allow them to immediately reverse their decline in the second half.
The China team became braver and braver as the game went on, and they were leading by three goals, so they took the initiative to slow down the pace.
The Japanese team, whose morale was in chaos in the first half, had a clear improvement in the second half.
However, the China team put more energy into defense, making it difficult for them to threaten the China team's goal.
With the overall situation basically set, Qin Xiong also began to restrain himself.
In another half a month, the Champions League knockout stage would be reignited, and he had to remind himself to avoid injury.
As the time of the match ticked away, the Japanese team was in a state of hopelessness.
Zaccheroni changed players one after another to try to turn the situation around, but it had little effect.
In his eyes, he saw a China team with a strong fighting spirit, and the most shining of all was naturally Qin Xiong.
He even had a feeling in his heart that could not be expressed. With Qin Xiong in the China team, the Japanese team will never dominate Asia!
When the whistle blew to signal the end of the game, Qin Xiong stood up from the substitutes' bench and rushed into the field with the other players. The Japanese players all collapsed to the ground!
They lost in the first 45 minutes, which was not at all what they had planned for the first half. They wanted to turn things around in the second half, but they did not have the strength!
"The competition is over! The finals of the Asian Cup had ended! China defeated Japan with a score of 3: 0 and won the AFC Asian Cup for the third time in a row! We can now say that China has created an Asian dynasty!
They had won the AFC Asian Cup for three consecutive years, tying the legend of three consecutive AFC Asian Cup titles created by the Iranian team!
And we are now the hegemon of Asia! "
His teammates celebrated wildly in the stadium. The fans jumped and cheered in the stands. Qin Xiong looked around the stadium. His eyes were unusually bright. He seemed to be full of ambition for the future.
It could be said that the China team had completed the transition well in the new phase of construction. Then, the Asian World Cup qualifiers would begin, and it would be another round of China's journey to the World Cup in Brazil!
At the beginning of the award ceremony, the royal family of Qatar was the guest of honor. Qin Xiong was the first to receive the MVP award of the AFC Asian Cup. Qin Xiong, who only played three games, won the title of the best player in each game. At the same time, his performance in the final was the best of the game. He was once again the MVP.
When it was time for the team award ceremony, the Japanese team received the runner-up medal dejectedly. Before they went on stage to receive the award, they could not help but look at Qin Xiong, who was standing with their teammates.
Their expressions were complicated. Some of their eyes were full of undisguised hatred, some were in awe, and some were in pure fear!
When Qin Xiong picked up the AFC Asian Cup trophy as the team captain, the whole stadium cheered thunderously!
The fans far away in China roared together: In the era of Team Qin, the China team dominated Asia!
After this championship, most of the Asian media cited a prefix title when reporting on Qin Xiong: the Emperor of Asian Football!
No one thought that without Qin Xiong, the China team could create the miracle of three consecutive championships. And the existence of Qin Xiong had at least raised the level of the China team.
His dominance of the game had already shocked the people.
Qin Xiong was about to leave in a hurry after receiving the award. Before he left, he accepted a post-match interview with China's CCTV Sports.
As the captain of the China team, Qin Xiong consciously cooled down the team after winning the championship and let everyone look at the AFC Asian Cup title rationally.
"In fact, I'm more concerned about the development of China's football. I hope that whether it is the AFC Asian Cup or the World Cup, the performance of the China team can bring some good influence to the development of football in China. For example, more people are willing to participate in football, give some spiritual encouragement to teenagers and even younger children, and let them participate more actively and love football. I always think that this is the best for the future development of China's football, and not what kind of championship trophy we have won today, because tomorrow, yesterday's achievements will be in the past. We will always live in the present and look at the future."
Qin Xiong's words were unanimously praised by the national sports media. People from all walks of life who loved football actively came up with suggestions to make football better in China and change it in a healthy and correct way.
Qin Xiong's own strength was insignificant, but he was constantly affecting the entire China's football world. He did not know what kind of gains he would get from his words and actions today, but he did not care about gains and losses. He just wanted to wait until one day when he looked back and thought about whether what he did was right or wrong, or whether he regretted that he did not have the ability to do it.
Qin Xiong came and went in a hurry on this trip to the AFC Asian Cup.
After a night's rest in Doha, he took a flight to England the next day. The China team would return to China with a series of celebratory banquets and summing up meetings. Qin Xiong would not be involved in these.
He had to return to the club to participate in the English Premier League and the Champions League knockout stage in half a month.
While Qin Xiong was away from the team for the AFC Asian Cup, the English Premier League played three league games.
They won two and drew one of the three games, defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers and Stoke City respectively. The opponents were not strong. Even without Qin Xiong, Liverpool's victory was nothing to be surprised about. In the Merseyside derby, Liverpool were forced into a 2: 2 draw by Everton at Anfield.
They had obtained seven points in three rounds of the league. By the end of the 25th round of the English Premier League, Liverpool was at the top with 63 points.
Manchester United also obtained seven points in three rounds of the league. The two points they lost were at White Hart Lane. Manchester United now had 51 points.
Arsenal won all three league games, so they were neck and neck with Manchester United, both with 51 points.
Manchester City won one, drew one, and lost one of the three rounds of the league. They only obtained four points, and their 47 points dropped them to fourth place in the standings.
Chelsea seemed to have finally stopped their decline. They also won three games in a row and had 45 points. They were only two points away from the fourth-place Manchester City.
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