October 7, Beijing time, today is the anniversary of the Chinese men's national football team reaching the final round of the World Cup 20 years ago, which has received widespread attention from the outside world. According to the People's Daily, 20 years later, the old international footballers of that year gathered together to use a friendly match with the old Qingdao team to cheer for the national football team that will play in the round of 12 of the World Cup in the early morning tomorrow morning.
Looking back at the past, the strength of the Chinese men's football team around 2000 was strong enough, in the 2000 Asian Cup in Lebanon, the magic coach Milu took charge of the national football team and led the team to the Asian Cup, drawing 2-2 with South Korea in the group stage, 4-0 with Indonesia, and 0-0 with Kuwait, qualifying for the first place in the group. In the knockout rounds, Qatar was eliminated 3-1, Japan 2-3 and South Korea 0-1 to finish fourth in the 2000 Asian Cup. In the 2001 World Cup Asian Top 10 of the following year, the Chinese team defeated the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Uzbekistan and Qatar in succession, and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in the first two rounds of qualifying. It was the glorious generation that belonged to the Chinese men's football team, and it was the proudest moment for all national footballers. Now the clock is ticking, and 20 years have passed.
In the official photos, among the players who participated in the strongest national football team in the past who participated in this friendly match were Chen Gang, Qi Hong, Li Weifeng, Su Maozhen, Xie Hui, Shen Si, Qu Bo, and some people did not show up, but also a number of main players were in place. 20 years ago, they joined hands to help the Chinese men's football team reach the final stage of the World Cup for the first time and the only time in the history of the present, and they are already remembered by history, and Chinese football has never returned to its former glory in the past 20 years.
It is worth mentioning that from the photos, these old international footballers are blessed, 20 years, the years have not left their hands, so that the old international figures who were full of muscles in the past are blessed, almost all of them are big belly and poop, already a middle-aged body, the years are merciless. Among them, Li Weifeng, Su Maozhen, Xie Hui and others have also been active in the front line of Chinese professional football, serving as coaches and still fighting for Chinese football.
In addition, the friendly match on the 20th anniversary of the 20th anniversary of the National Football Team on October 7 was held on the eve of the current stage of the National Football Round of 12. The active national football players will face Vietnam in the early morning of October 8, Beijing time, because the previous two games have been lost, this event the national football team must end with a victory, and then there is a possibility of continuing to impact the World Cup. I hope that the gathering of the old international footballers in the friendly match can bring confidence to the active national football players to win the game, the glory of the Chinese men's football team 20 years ago, I hope that it can be re-reproduced as soon as possible today, and the national football players must cheer up!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)