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"Opportunity! Gao Zheng...a good shot!!! Beautiful!"

He Ping raised his arms and shouted in the commentary booth.

Countless Chinese fans jumped up in front of the TV and cheered for the goal.

Although it was just an equalizer, not a go-ahead, equalization is the first step in a go-ahead. If you can't even equalize the score, then what's the talk of a go-ahead?

This is definitely a happy thing, but after Gao Zheng scored the goal, he didn't celebrate, but turned and ran towards Zheng Zhi.

The last thing he saw of the captain before he caught the ball was the captain colliding with the opposing player and falling to the ground clutching his ankle.

After he scored, Zheng Zhi hadn't gotten up yet, he was still lying on the ground clutching his ankle.

Gao Zheng's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, knowing it was broken.

So he didn't even care about celebrating, and ran to see Zheng Zhi's situation.

And the other Chinese team players who wanted to come up and celebrate with him also turned their attention to their captain at this time.

After seeing the situation of the captain, he was also shocked.

Gao Zheng was the first to rush to Zheng Zhi's side, and asked anxiously, "How is the captain?"

Zheng Zhi gasped and said, "It's nothing..."

"Can you stand up?"

Gao Zheng tried to help Zheng Zhi up, but tried several times, but couldn't do it. Zheng Zhi's right foot couldn't exert any strength at all.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to play this match..." Seeing this, Zheng Zhi smiled apologetically at Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng froze for a moment, he knew that the captain was telling the truth, his ankle was already swollen up to the naked eye...

He gritted his teeth, got up and made a gesture for a substitution off the field.

"Gao Zheng reminded the sidelines to change players... Could it be that Zheng Zhi can't hold on anymore?" He Ping exclaimed. The good mood before because of the Chinese team's goal has long since disappeared.

He remembered that before passing the ball to Gao Zheng,

Zheng Zhi met two Qatari players consecutively.

With a body of thirty-seven years old, this is indeed a burden for him...

Zheng Zhi is the core of the team's midfield and the metronome of the midfield. If he can't keep playing, it will be worse for the current Chinese team!

Can the Chinese midfielder be stable without Zheng Zhi?

Although Zheng Zhi is thirty-seven years old, judging from this game, whether it is offense or defense, his role is very important, and almost no one can replace him.

This is why until this age, he is still the main player in the national team.

I really can't find a successor...

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Zheng Zhi was carried down on a stretcher, and when he was leaving the field, he specifically waved to Gao Zheng to come over.

Then he took off the captain's armband on his arm and handed it to Gao Zheng: "Put it on."

Gao Zheng didn't refuse, took the captain's armband and put it on his left arm.

Seeing him put on the armband, Zheng Zhi heaved a sigh of relief: "Then I'll leave it to you."

He pinned his hopes on Gao Zheng.

He didn't show regret or resignation, he didn't even cry, even though this might be his last game in the national team...

"Don't worry, captain." Gao Zheng smiled at Zheng Zhi. "Recover well, let's go to the World Cup together."

He patted Zheng Zhi on the shoulder lightly, and then watched with other teammates as their captain was carried off the field on a stretcher.

Then he said to his teammates around him: "The game is not over yet, it's just that winning is not guaranteed. We must strive to win a few more goals and not give Syria any chance."

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"The Chinese team equalized the score, but Zheng was injured..." On the coaching bench of Syria, the news was quickly spread to the ears of Syrian coach Ayman Hakim.

Hakim frowned and said, "Why wasn't Gao injured?"

His first reaction was not that the Chinese team equalized the score, but why Gao Zheng was not injured. It can be seen that he really attaches great importance to Gao Zheng.

"Of course we also hope that Gao gets injured, but this is not bad. Zheng is also an indispensable figure for the Chinese team. Without him, the Chinese team can't control the midfield at all..." said the assistant coach.

"You're right. No matter what, Zheng's injury must have been a blow to the Chinese team. It disrupted Lippi's tactics and probably affected the morale and confidence of other Chinese players..." Hakim nodded . It is indeed unrealistic to expect Gao Zheng to be injured again. Under such circumstances, the injury of Zheng Zhi, the captain of the Chinese national team, is considered a relatively good result.

Thinking of this, he stood up from the coach's bench, intending to cheer up the players on the field.

Now the score is still 1:1, and the two sides are deadlocked.

Now that the Chinese team has received good news, I must seize it on my side.

They have to win this game.

It's 63 minutes now, and the score is still 1:1. If you don't hurry up, how can you win against Iran?

But just when Hakim got up and left the seat and walked to the edge of the command area, the Iranian team launched an attack on the field.

After their striker Azmoun ran wildly with the ball, he scored the football into the goal of Syria!

The thunderous cheers at the Azadi Stadium, Hakim's body shook, as if he had been hammered by the cheers...

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"The Iranian team has taken the lead!!" He Ping couldn't wait to spread the news to the Chinese audience in front of the TV.

Whether the Chinese team can qualify for the play-offs as the third place in the group, at present, the direct competitor is not Uzbekistan, but Syria.

If the Chinese team can't win the game against Qatar and Syria wins, regardless of whether Syria can gain the upper hand in the competition with South Korea and Uzbekistan, at least the Chinese team will miss the play-offs.

Only when Syria cannot win the ball, the Chinese team needs to consider the results of the Uzbekistan-South Korea match.

Now the Iranian team is very strong and has not deliberately released water.

Now that the opponent has reached this point, shouldn't the Chinese team do their own thing well?

There are still 26 minutes left for the Chinese team. If the injury time is counted, it may be nearly half an hour.

In this half an hour, the Chinese team only needs one goal.

But what is worrying is whether Zheng Zhi's end will have a negative impact on the Chinese team...

The TV broadcast focused the camera on Gao Zheng, who was arranging the captain's armband on his arm. He didn't seem to be very used to wearing this thing, and he collapsed a little after running.

After Zheng Zhi left the field, the eyes of all Chinese fans were like this close-up shot, focusing on Gao Zheng.

In the Chinese team, there are still a few people who are more qualified to wear the captain's armband than Gao Zheng. Gao Zheng is not the team's first captain, nor is it the second or third captain.

But at this critical moment, Zheng Zhi personally handed over the captain's armband to Gao Zheng, and it was clear what it meant.

This is not the captain's armband, but the expectation of this team to enter the World Cup. It is everyone's expectation, entrustment, and heavy burden.