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Chapter 49: Crimson light fills the sky as dragons roar!

In Changsha, the Chinese national football team held a closed training camp for five days.

During those five days, nobody knew what the new national football team was doing.

In domestic online forums and communities, there are still posts mocking the Chinese national football team for being humiliated by Thailand.

There are even claims that Thailand beat China 5-1, and Iraq, the Asian champion, might even beat China 10-0!

Of course, with Su Hao already participating in the national team training camp, many Evergrande fans are still looking forward to seeing if this 16-year-old, the youngest member of the national team in history, will bring them some surprises.

Even their own fans are mocking and humiliating them in various ways.

The Iraqi team, having traveled a long way, naturally had little to say about praising the Chinese national football team.

Especially the current head coach of the Iraqi national team, Furado.

This guy was fired without any mercy by the Chinese Football Association!

Already harboring resentment towards China, and now facing another humiliating 5-1 defeat, Furado, without any hesitation, stated in an interview that he and his Iraqi team came to China to take away victory.

Even in front of Chinese reporters, Forrado praised the Thai U23 players.

"Forrado's praise of Thailand's U23 team is laced with sarcasm!"

"Furado: We came to Changsha to take away victory!"

"Forrado vs. Fu Bo: Ex vs. Current Partner!"

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6 p.m. on May 22.

The Chinese national men's football team, which had disappeared from the public eye for six days, finally arrived in their own red Dragon Team bus and slowly entered the inner passage of Changsha Longzhi Stadium.

During those six days, at Zheng Zhi's suggestion, Fu Bo even confiscated the players' cell phones.

Therefore, including Su Hao, no one knew how the fans outside the fan base would react.

After such a crushing defeat, the players felt the fans were still furious.

Another attack on a bus?

Or is it a furious scolding born of disappointment and frustration?

Su Hao even prepared himself for the possibility of being booed by the fans!

however!
As soon as they approached the pitch, the anxious Chinese national football team players were immediately struck by the endless expanse of bright red!

"Go China!"

"Go China!"

"Go China!!!"

No mockery!

No angry shouting!

All that remains are those shouts that send a tingling sensation through your very bones!

Sitting in the front row, Su Hao stared blankly out the car window at the faces covered with red flags.

In his previous life, he had seen a video of Zheng Zhi crying and saying he was sorry to Chinese fans.

At that time, he secretly wondered if Zheng Zhi's tears were fake, if he was faking it!
But now!

Look at the scene before me!
Look at the Chinese football fans who, despite being severely humiliated by Thailand just now, still raise that bright red flag again without complaint!
Su Hao knows!
Why was that man, who was called a ball hog, covered in tears at that moment?
Pre-match press conference!
Fu Bo, lacking experience, was naturally no match for Furado.

Whether in terms of temperament or speech, Fu Bo was completely overshadowed by Furado from beginning to end.

Moreover, after returning to the locker room.

Fu Bo, who had little experience, didn't even prepare a motivational pep talk after making the tactical arrangements!

The head coach is inexperienced, the national team has just been humiliated, Iraq is riding high on their victory over Malaysia, and Furado is extremely familiar with the current national team.
Everything seemed to be foreshadowing the imminent demise of Chinese football.

but!

When it's 7 o'clock!

When the DJ at the He Long Stadium, which can hold 50,000 fans, shouted, "Everyone, please stand up and play the national anthem!"
After more than 50,000 people sang in unison, "Arise!"
All the previous mockery, anger, and resentment vanished in an instant!

On the field!
Covering his hand with that bright red stain, Su Hao truly felt for the first time that his blood was about to boil.

"Ding! Main quest triggered!"

"National Team Debut!"

"Task rewards will be distributed based on completion rate!"

Under that feeling of his blood boiling, Su Hao didn't even notice the system notification sound.

He was just singing at the top of his lungs!

"Zhuang Dian'er Tai!" "Zhuang Dian'er Tai!!!"

"This is a live broadcast of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers Group C match between China and Iraq!"

"Both players are now in their respective halves of the field!"

"The referee is checking his watch too!"

"Beep!!!"

"With the referee's whistle!"

"The competition has officially begun!"

"First, let's look at the starting lineups for both sides!"

"China's starting goalkeeper, wearing a traditional red jersey and attacking from left to right: Zeng Cheng!"

"Defenders: Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Du Wei, Zhang Linpeng!"

Midfielders: Sun Ke, Zheng Zhi, Su Hao, Hao Junmin!

"Two strikers: Gao Lin and Yu Dabao!"

"Facing former Asian champions Iraq, Fu Bo deployed a 4-4-2 formation!"

"On the other side, wearing a traditional white jersey, Iraq's starting goalkeeper, attacking from right to left, is: Noor Sabri!"

"Defensive line: Saad Abdul-Amir, Bassim Abbas, Salam Shakir, Ali Adnan!"

"Double defensive midfield pairing: Karal Jassim and Sahr Hassan!"

"Attacking midfielder: Havar Mulla Mohamed!"

"Three forwards: Nassat Akram, captain Younis Mahmoud, and Ala Abdulzahra!"

Huang Jianxiang, the commentator, introduced the names of the starting players.

And on the field!

Having gained possession, the Chinese team immediately began pressing towards the Iraqi backfield as soon as the whistle blew.

With nearly half of the players being their own Evergrande players.

Having controlled the pace of the game, Su Hao naturally had no intention of taking the initiative to defend.

The instant Younis Mahmoud lunged at him, Su Hao easily bypassed the excited Younis with a simple yet efficient left-right dodge and cut.

"coax!!!"

Although it's just the simplest way to get past someone.

But the 50,000 Chinese fans in the stands of the Dragon Stadium got excited as if they had never seen anything like it before.

And it was amidst this frenzied shouting.

Su Hao immediately made another diagonal pass!
Just before Iraqi striker Nashat Akram and attacking midfielder Hawar Mullah Mohammed could double-team him, the ball was passed out.

Zheng Zhi!

Zheng Zhi, who already had a perfect understanding with Su Hao, had already guessed Su Hao's thoughts before even receiving the ball.

Without any hesitation, Zheng Zhi controlled the ball with his left foot and quickly sent it diagonally forward in the opposite direction!

And this time!
Su Hao, who had already activated his acceleration mode, rushed to the ball before Iraq's key player, Karal Jassim, could get close!
The right leg is raised high.

In a very short time, he swung the ball down with all his might, veins bulging!
"boom!!!"

This was the roar of a dragon that had been silent for who knows how long!
This was the ultimate roar from the more than 50,000 fans in the stands who had been humiliated for days!

Accompanied by this terrifying explosion!

After undergoing a terrifying transformation, the football at Su Hao's feet turned into a white light and shot towards Iraq's goal!

33 meters from the goal!
Su Hao had practiced this position countless times during his daily training!

And this time!
As always, the football crossed the goal line and nestled into the corner of the net the instant the goalkeeper had no chance to react!
"Beep!!!"

The referee blew his whistle!
At the same time, the entire Helong Stadium exploded!
"pretty!!!"

"pretty!!!!"

Goal!

Goal!!!!

"The game has just started, less than 10 seconds in!"

"China has scored!!!"

"China has scored!!!!"

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