 Kunyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge Alain Perrin adzingwa nekuda kwekuita kwakashata kweChina pamakwikwi e2018 FIFA World Cup, Gao akazvipira kuti ave murairidzi mukuru anotevera, achiti raive basa rake semurairidzi wenhabvu kubatsira timu yenyika painenge ichida rubatsiro. Akagadzwa semurairidzi wechikwata musi wa 3 Kukadzi 2016. Mumitambo yake miviri yokutanga, uyewo mumitambo yokupedzisira yeChina kuti ikwanise kuenda kumakwikwi ekupedzisira eFIFA World Cup ya2018, Gao Hongbo neTeam Dragon vakagadzira imwe yenyaya dzinoshamisa kwazvo munhoroondo yavo yekukodzera. China yakaenderera mberi nerwendo rwayo nekukunda Maldives 40 pamba; saka vakatora nzvimbo yechipiri kubva kuHong Kong nekuda kwekukunda kweQatar 20 pamusoro peHong Kong. Mumutambo wokupedzisira, China inofanira kukunda Qatar ichimirira North Korea, Jordan, Syria, Oman, UAE neIraq Kuwait iri kurambidzwa kuti ikundikane kudzivirira nzvimbo dzayo. China yakarova Qatar 20, uye nekuda kweSoccerooss 51 thrash pamusoro peJordani uye North Korea inokatyamadza 23 kurasikirwa kuPhilippines, China yakakwanisa kukwanisa kuenda kumativi ekupedzisira e2018 World Cup qualification muAsia zone, sechikwata chekupedzisira chezvikwata zvina zvepamusoro. Vakawanawo tikiti rekuenda ku2019 AFC Asian Cupyakaitirwa muUAE. Gare gare, Oman yakatadzawo kudzivirira nzvimbo dzayo mushure mekurasikirwa ne02 kuIran. Gao akasiya basa musi wa11 Gumiguru 2016 mushure mekurasikirwa neSyria 1-0 neUzbekistan 2-0 mu2018 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC Third Round. 