China coach Gao Hongbo on Monday expressed his confidence to beat Iran here on Tuesday in their second match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifiers' last round.
中国国足教练高洪波周一表示，有信心在2018年世界杯亚洲区预选赛最后一轮中战胜伊朗。
The last round witnesses 12 Asian teams vie for four-and-a-half berths. China were drawn into Group A with South Korea, Iran, Uzbekistan, Syria and Qatar, while Group B has Australia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Thailand and Iraq.
Through two round-robin, home-and-away matches, the top two of each group will qualify for the World Cup finals directly. The third-placed teams of each group will play a home-and-away series and the winner will advance to the intercontinental play-off against a team from CONCACAF.
During the first game of the last round on Sept. 1, China lost to South Korea 3-2 in Seoul, and Iran beat Qatar 2-0 in Tehran.
The 50-year-old Gao spoke highly of the Chinese fans in Seoul, saying, "The fans gave our players courage when we got into troubles in the first match against South Korea."
Gao told the pre-match press conference here that "To win the game is the only target to every coach, and that is the core value of my work."
相关单词：berths
berths解释：n.（船、列车等的）卧铺( berth的名词复数 )；（船舶的）停泊位或锚位；差事；船台vt.v.停泊( berth的第三人称单数 )；占铺位
berths例句：
Berths on steamships can be booked a long while in advance. 轮船上的床位可以提前多日预订。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
Have you got your berths on the ship yet? 你们在船上有舱位了吗？ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
相关单词：drawn
drawn解释：v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的
drawn例句：
All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
相关单词：spoke
spoke解释：n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
spoke例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
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