There is no difference between Chinese media and English media. When Long Shute's press conference just ended, his three sentences were already on the homepages of major websites and platforms.

As Longshute’s partner, QQ has popped up related news on hundreds of millions of computers and mobile phones:

"That man, he's back!"

"The domineering declaration of Chinese captain!"

"Long Shute: I'm here to play in the World Cup!"

"After two years, he is still so crazy!"

"Maldives, are you trembling?"

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The coaches and players in the Maldives have been trembling long ago.

They were even considering whether it would be more cost-effective to directly abstain from the right...

If FIFA hadn't been ruthless against teams that played negatively, they might have really abstained.

After all, abstention will only be regarded as a 0-3 defeat, and once they are on the court, their results will definitely be much more tragic than 0-3...

Winning is impossible, and 420,000 people across the Maldives have reached a consensus.

Their assistant coach even gave players psychological stress this way on the plane:

"Listen, don't be too nervous. The biggest task we are to go to China this time is to taste the mutton soup buns in the old city of Xi'an!"

This assistant coach's job is...what is the head chef of which hotel?

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"CCTV, CCTV, audience friends, what you are watching now is the seventh round of the top 40 of the 2018 Russian World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese team faced the challenge of the Maldives at the Shaanxi Provincial Stadium in Xi'an..."

March 24 finally arrived.

Since several famous commentators from CCTV, Duan Yixuan, Liu Jianhong, Shen Fangjian and others have resigned one after another, the person in charge of the explanation today is He Wei, known as the poet.

I heard him slowly say in his deep, emotional voice:

"The Chinese team has reached a critical moment of life and death. In the first six games, 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, 11 points, ranking third in the group, while the Hong Kong team in China, which had one game early, ranked second by 3 points. Therefore, we must not only strive to win in this game, but also try our best to achieve more goal difference, because only the second place in the 4 best-scoring groups can have hope of advancing..."

The one he partnered with is former professional player Xu Yang:

"This is the first game after Gao Hongbo took over, and it is also the first game where Long Shute returns to the national team after two years. Therefore, it is touching. However, as long as Long Shute is present, there is almost no problem with the victory of this game. The only suspense is probably just how many goals we can get?"

He Wei is not optimistic:

"But we also need to consider that Long Shute has not played the national team for nearly two years. During this period, both the tactical style and personnel composition of the national team have changed greatly from before. I am afraid that Long Shute can adapt to the new system 100% to the question? This should be the reason why Gao Hongbo did not rank him in the starting lineup, right?"

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"Damn it, what new system should Long Ritian adapt to?"

"The national football team is out of salvation! Long Ritian gave up the club's game and had to travel thousands of miles to join the competition, but was actually pressed on the bench?!"

"If I had known that I could not play... I would have been better off playing in Liverpool!"

"If the Football Association fails to eliminate it for a day, Chinese football will never have peace!"

"Gao Hongbo was dismissed! Cai Zhonghua was dismissed! Xi... goose, geese, roosters, songs towards the sky..."

Excited domestic netizens have already blamed countless related people one after another.

But Long Shute was still sitting on the bench very calmly.

Gao Hongbo stood in the command area not far away.

The time is the 30th minute, and the score has long become 2-0. The Chinese team has firmly controlled the rhythm at its own feet. Although the Maldives occasionally counterattacks, it will not pose a threat to the home team's goal.

"In the first 30 minutes, our ball possession rate was as high as 73%, and the number of shots exceeded 10 times, but except for the two headers from Jiang Ning and Yang Xu, the shooting efficiency of other players is not satisfactory..."

"If Wu Lei and Gao Lin's shooting skills are a little higher, we will lead at least 5-0 now, right?"

Both commentators looked regretful.

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The Chinese team started smoothly. Just one minute of the game, Wu Lei assisted Yang Xu to score a goal in a flash. Ten minutes later, Zhao Mingjian made a cross from the side, and Yang Xu also headed the ball to expand the score.

The tall and big Chinese players played almost as much as they were on the heads of naturally short Maldives, but the rhythm afterward seemed to be slightly out of control.

In the 22nd minute, Yu Hai was injured, Gao Lin was wearing a battle, and then he started firing anti-aircraft cannons...

Perhaps it was infected by the big brother. Wu Lei, who had made a sharp breakthrough and accurate crossing, also started to hit the plane. Two forwards, one old and one young, hit the goalkeeper in a total of 20 minutes, shot two times, and the remaining 5 feet flew to the stands.

The Chinese team's game is always like this. The fact that the strong opponent cannot win is because of the strength gap, and the psychological pressure that cannot win is because of the psychological pressure, especially in key battles, the more unable to score goals, the more impatient the players will be.

Of course, the fans in front of the TV will also be impatient, and then spray the eighteen generations of the players and coaches...

The players became impatient, and their actions that were not solid would become more deformed. In the last moment of the first half, Wu Xi injured her thigh without a confrontation. After only a few seconds, she was replaced by Huang Bowen.

Gao Hongbo, who had a relaxed look on his face 20 minutes ago, suddenly became restless. He, who had always been expressionless, finally frowned.

In the first half, two generals were injured, and there was only one substitution quota left. This direction is not right...

Is God ready to capsize his gutter here?!

He subconsciously glanced behind him, but saw that Long Shute had disappeared from the bench!

Assistant coach Fu Bo whispered to his doubts:

"He's going back to the locker room first..."

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After 15 minutes.

He Wei cleared his throat and started working again:

"The second half is about to start. We scored two goals in the first half, but we also paid the price of two injured. The overall situation is not optimistic. Perhaps many viewers, like me, are looking forward to Gao Hongbo using the last substitution, right?"

Xu Yang nodded repeatedly, then shook:

"Gao Hongbo must be in a dilemma now. On the one hand, he must want to use Long Shute, who has superb shooting skills, to help the team expand its lead, but on the other hand, he is worried that if the substitution quota is used up too early and if the injured soldiers appear again, he will face the dilemma of no one to replace... Of course, how to operate in the end depends on the head coach's decision."

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The Chinese team's offense is still fierce, but it has never been able to expand the score again.

They got 15 corner kicks and more free kicks in the first 60 minutes, but nothing changed for the score.

Not only that, the Chinese goalkeeper Zeng Cheng encountered more challenges than in the first half.

Long Shute shook his head and finally stood up from the bench.

He can't stand it anymore!

You know, this time the Maldives played away, almost half of the players were rotated and replaced!

Of course, even the absolute main force is all football amateurs, either drivers or tour guides, or chefs or college students...

Oh by the way, the Maldives' players coming to China this time... there are only 17 people, and they can't even get a full list of 11 starting players + 7 substitutes!

Do you feel accomplished if you play against such a group of opponents?

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"It's now the 65th minute, and the game is still 2-0. Although we are in the lead, it's hard to get hope for promotion with such a score...well?"

He Wei's tone suddenly changed:

"Gao Hongbo finally sent out his last ace. After a year and nine months, Chinese captain Long Shute once again put on the national team's shirt!"

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The captain Zheng Zhi immediately handed the armband to the newly-appeared player No. 8, and there was also a burst of warm applause over the court.

Long Shute was a little surprised, but he just smiled.

Shaanxi's football market has always been very good, but unfortunately, there is no way to leave a team here for a long time.

Those players... were probably thanking themselves for helping the national team enter the last World Cup?

He didn't have time to sigh or be proud, but raised his right hand and conveyed the head coach's tactical arrangements to all his teammates:

"Give me the ball!"

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Feng Xiaoting made a straight pass against the ground, and Zheng Zhi quickly overwhelmed. Long Shute, who was standing in front midfielder, dribbled the ball across the center line.

This happened in the 10th second after he appeared. It took 8 seconds to wrap the captain's armband, 1 second to convey the tactics to his teammates, and 1 second to roll the football on the grass.

Then, Long Shute advanced more than 20 meters in 4 seconds and shot directly outside the 30-meter line in Maldives!

"One move is extraordinary! Long Shute's substitute appears in the 15th second, and the score is rewritten to 3-0!"

He Wei can finally breathe a long breath.

Then... he never had such a chance to rest leisurely again!

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To be continued...