Japan on grouping: our team is afraid to be the source of change.
Australia on grouping: every battle is on thin ice.
Saudi Arabia on grouping: every matchup is challenging.
Team Oman on groupings: every game is a tough one.
Vietnam on grouping: It's an honor to be in the same group as our team.
Our fans on grouping:
Facing Japan, the European players may not be in full strength, and we are expected to take two points.
Against Australia, who are big and tall and don't seem to have any bright spots, we are expected to win by 3-4 points.
Saudi Arabia, the team that had suffered the World Cup fiasco, we are expected to win by 3-4 points.
Oman, an opponent we have already beaten, is expected to win by six points.
Vietnam, seemingly insignificant, our country is expected to win by six points.
With 20 to 22 points, they are expected to emerge from the group.
Pham on grouping: time is running out for Vietnam.
Recently, some Vietnamese fans teased that Pham's comment of "losing again is going to lose Vietnam" might become a realistic prophecy.
Pham responded, "For this game, I have to personally travel to Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi and buy my own ticket to go over there to cheer for our team and see how the Vietnamese fans will treat me. The Vietnamese have to understand that I have seen your progress, but if you want to surpass our team, you need time and there are not many moments left for you."
A well-known fan "money back brother" also supported Fan Zhiyi: "If he wants to go, I'll go."
Who is "Money Back"?
"Money back brother" is a Sichuan Leshan people, even if they did not buy tickets, he and his two friends still determined to go.
We drove all night and when we arrived at the stadium at noon the next day, we were told that the tickets were sold out," recalled "Money Back". The market in Xi'an is so hot, and I think Xi'an fans know it, that the tickets were sold out for as much as 1,600 RMB by scalpers, but even so, we bit the bullet and bought the tickets."
"On the day of October 6, 2016, the rain kept falling, which seemed to indicate that the match would be exceptionally tough, and it was (0:1 Syria for our country in the World Qualifier). My country's team that night was not really my country's team, at least not the one I had in mind. After the match, I was reluctant to leave the empty stadium for a long time."
On October 6, 2016, in the rainy night of Xi'an, the "money back brother" shouted out in front of the camera the words that shook the national football team: "rnm! He never thought it would become a classic scene, and "Money Back" also said that he did not really hate the national soccer team, and in the past few years, he has been paying attention to the performance of the national team.
Traveled to Vietnam to cheer for the national football team, Fan Zhiyi and "money back brother" to the national football team's love can be seen.
In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, two random fans with the team were interviewed after the game:
"The Chinese soccer team has lost its face."
"rnm, refund!"
