Vol 5 Chapter 22: One / four finals against South Korea

The Chinese team finally defeated Uzbekistan 3: 0 at the Brisbane Stadium, and won the group qualifying right with two consecutive victories in the group. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup in advance. With five goal difference in hand, basically means to get the group first. One.
Of course, even if the Chinese team does not have five goal difference goals, it is the decisive group first, because the last team opponent of the Chinese team is the fish team Palestine.
As long as the Chinese team does not appear to be dead, even if they cannot win, they will at least get a draw.
At the same time, China's domestic sports media and fans have varying degrees of excitement, pride, and superiority.
Especially for the older generation of fans, how dare they think their national team can play so smoothly in the Asian Cup?
Not to mention the local Asian Cup in 2004, the start of the Asian Cup in Southeast Asia in 2007 was very smooth, 5: 1 victory over Malaysia, one of the hosts, then 2: 2 draw to Iran, as long as the final round can appear, the result is heavy Under pressure, the Chinese team lost to Uzbekistan 0: 3 and was eliminated.
Four years later, in the Qatar Asian Cup, the Chinese team also scored a start in the first round, but lost to the host Qatar in the second round 0: 2. In the third round, they must draw a 2: 2 draw against Uzbekistan and were eliminated again.
The same four years later, he achieved a hearty victory in Uzbekistan, and then advanced to the group qualifying, which also gave the older generation of Chinese fans some psychological comfort.
And the quarterfinals are not the end of the Chinese team. According to the arrangement of the Asian Cup quarter-finals, the Chinese team's opponents are either South Korea or Australia, but no matter which team they face, the Chinese team has a fight. force.
In the 2014 World Cup Brazil Top Ten Qualifiers, the Chinese team was divided into the same group as Australia and South Korea. It was a win and a draw against the South Korean team and Australia won the upper hand.
But do n’t forget that the Chinese team ’s level of fit in the World Cup qualifiers two years ago was still very high, and the head coach at the time was not Lippi.
Different from the past, Lippi ’s Chinese team has entered the quarterfinals of the World Cup. The two group matches of the Asian Cup also played a great technical and tactical content. Anyone who knows the ball knows that as long as the Chinese team does not make mistakes, It is really difficult for other Asian teams to beat the Chinese team.
From the group ahead of time, the Chinese media and fans very much hope that the opponent of the Chinese team in the quarter-finals will be the South Korean team, because the Chinese team in the Asian World Cup qualifiers two years ago, but personally sent the South Korean team to the play-offs.
Two years later, the overall strength of the Chinese team has been qualitatively strengthened, but the South Korean team has stalled.
The comparison between the two is obvious.
This is not to say that the Chinese media and fans do not want to meet the host in the quarter-finals, but that the premature encounter with the host will cause trouble for the Chinese team.
After all, the natural advantages of the host cannot be ignored.
South Korea and Australia in the group's two-game winning streak played in their hearts in the early days of the qualifying situation. According to the situation of Group B, the Chinese team will inevitably qualify as the first group, while South Korea and Australia are only ranked differently according to the difference in goal difference.
The host Australia scored eight goals in two wins and lost one goal, holding seven goal difference goals and ranked first in the group. The South Korea team won both games with a 1: 0 victory. The goal difference was no advantage, so it ranked first. two.
If you look at the current points against the South Korean team, they will definitely touch the Chinese team in the quarter-finals, so South Korean coach Stilik is thinking about the final round must be hard work Australia, to win the game.
Rather than touching the Chinese team in the quarter-finals, Stilik hopes to meet Uzbekistan or Saudi Arabia.
Australian coach Bosco Glou is also thinking about it, should he try his best to keep the group first?
Compared to the Chinese team, he is more willing to play Uzbekistan or Saudi Arabia.
The current Chinese team is not the soft persimmon kneaded by anyone before.
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On the second day, the attention of the media around the world has shifted, including the Asian media that focused on the Asian Cup, and their attention has been turned to Zurich, Switzerland.
Because there will be FIFA Golden Globe winners all over the world, Tang Zheng will do the same.
However, in order to prepare for the Asian Cup group stage, he had no time to go to Zurich to participate in the 2014 FIFA annual awards ceremony, so he could only follow the FIFA annual awards ceremony in Zurich by live television.
In the past 2013-2014 season, Tang Zheng's performance can be said to be very good. At the club level, he helped Real Madrid win the league runner-up, the King's Cup and the Champions League. The national team also led the Chinese team to the World Cup quarter-finals, and even Once it was possible to beat the Netherlands to advance to the semi-finals and become the biggest dark horse of last year's World Cup without suspense.
However, 2014 is the World Cup year, and the goalkeeper of the German champions, Neuer, is very loud, so Tang Zheng has no bottom of his heart, plus the inability to prepare for the Asian Cup, it further reduces the possibility of defending the FIFA Golden Ball Award.
Teammate Cristiano Ronaldo's performance in the World Cup was unsatisfactory, but his performance in the club was eye-catching. The past 2013-2014 season was a double shooter net for La Liga and the UEFA Champions League. Ball record, a lot of extra points.
More than half of this season's schedule, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored an endless number of goals. In this case, Tang Zheng has less pressure on his goals, and more coach Ancelotti in order to ensure the midfield and backcourt Safety is to put Tang Zheng in the defensive midfield position, so it is more disadvantaged.
It is worth mentioning that Messi, who has entered the top three of the World Footballer / FIFA Golden Globe Awards for seven consecutive years, failed to break the record, losing to Neuer with a weak advantage, ranking fourth, and has missed the FIFA Golden Globe Awards.
In general, mainstream European media still believe that Tang Zheng is more likely to defend his title.
Real Madrid can win the Champions League, not relying on Cristiano Ronaldo's goals, but Tang Zheng's steady game at ordinary times and come forward at a critical time, if there is no Tang Zheng, where Real Madrid will win the tenth team history Champions League?
Of course, there are also many media optimistic about Cristiano Ronaldo and Neuer, especially Cristiano Ronaldo.
Tang Zheng is indeed the biggest contributor to Real Madrid winning the Champions League, but Cristiano Ronaldo has also contributed a lot. The key is that Cristiano Ronaldo also has a Champions League championship in his personal glory, and there is a single Champions League season that Tang Zheng does not have And you to record.
Neuer's voice was not low, but unfortunately his playing position was greatly restricted.
Compared with an offensive player, the chance of a goalkeeper being elected is too low.
In addition to the German media being more optimistic, many mainstream media are more optimistic about Real Madrid's two superstars being elected FIFA Golden Globe Awards.
The first announced award is the best lineup of the World Professional Players Union. Real Madrid has three players selected, namely Tang Zheng, Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo. The goalkeeper has no suspense and is Neuer.
In addition to Ramos, four guards also have David Luiz, Thiago Silva and Ram, three midfielders except Tang Zheng are Tony Cross and Iniesta, and three forwards except Cristiano. Ronaldo, Messi and Robben.
The next award is the FIFA President ’s Award, which was won by Yuka Kagawa, the president of the Japanese Football Association.
The Puskas Award was won by Colombian international Hames Rodriguez, who joined Real Madrid last year. The goal was the 1/8 final against Uruguay's goal. The four-seater half-turn left foot kick .
The best women's football coach is Ralph Kleinman, and the best men's football coach is won by Luff who leads the German team to the World Cup.
The Fair Play Awards are special, and were won by volunteers at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
At this time, the atmosphere of the Zurich Opera House became a little tense, even Tang Zheng sitting in front of the TV.
There is a saying that is very correct, soldiers who do not want to be generals are not good soldiers.
This sentence is also applicable to the FIFA Golden Globe Award, so Tang Zheng also wants to defend the FIFA Golden Globe Award.
If he can come to the scene personally, Tang Zheng has more than 50% confidence to defend his title, but ... now, there is some suspense.
Since ancient times, the FIFA Golden Globe Award and the predecessor FIFA Golden Globe Award have not seen a case where the elected player is not on the scene ...
Miss World Football was won by German player Kessler, and finally ... it was the finale award FIFA Golden Ball.
Everyone's focus is on the former Arsenal star Henry holding the sealed card, to be precise ... it is the sealed card surface in Henry's hands.
In the sealed card, the name of the 2014 FIFA Golden Globe winner is written.
I do n’t know the atmosphere that Henry learned from the management, including Tang Zheng sitting in front of the TV, feel more and more nervous.
Tang Zheng and his national teammates sitting in front of the TV can hear the expectation of He Wei from Yang 5's commentator: "I think every Chinese fan sitting in front of the TV is looking forward to it, looking forward to Tang Zheng defending his personal career The second FIFA Golden Globe in his career ... "
About five seconds later, Henry opened the sealed card face, smiled, and faced the card with the FIFA Golden Globe winner's name on it, while shouting: "Cristiano Ronaldo!"
The close-up footage of the live guide was given to Cristiano Ronaldo for the first time. He appeared on the broadcast screen with a long breath, showing an iconic smile. He was really worried that his teammate Tang Zheng could defend FIFA Gold Ball Award ...
In terms of contribution to the team, Cristiano Ronaldo is a bit ashamed.
It is really not easy to win the FIFA Golden Globe Award when Tang Zheng is a big hit!
He Wei, the Yang 5 commentator, froze for a few seconds after seeing the result, and then shook his head: "It seems that Tang Zheng represented the Chinese team in the Asian Cup missed the scene and he lost a lot of points. The FIFA Golden Globe Awards created will not allow the winner to be absent ... "
Of course, He Wei's statement is more like self-consolation.
But Chinese fans in front of the TV have no doubts, because in their hearts, Tang Zheng is the most qualified to be elected to the 2014 FIFA Golden Globe Award!
Instead, Tang Zheng sitting in front of the TV shrugged his shoulders, turned his head to look at his teammates who did n’t know what to say, and said, "Do n’t think too much. I ’m lucky to lose my life. There is no big deal. It ’s the Asian Cup, not the FIFA annual awards ceremony. "
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In an instant, the second round of the Asian Cup group match came to an end, and the qualifying situation of each group was basically clear. Except for individual quotas, it was necessary to wait for the final round of the group to be announced.
In the first two group matches to be played in Group A, Australia ended up with a 1: 1 draw with the South Korean team. That is to say, as long as the Chinese team did not lose a lot to Palestine in the last two rounds, the first group won It's a staple.
The hard-working South Korean team can only pin its hopes on Palestine who has been eliminated early, but this hope can be said to be infinitely close to zero.
Not to mention Palestine ’s early departure, Palestine ’s international ranking basically means results.
In the final round of Group B of the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia, the Chinese team moved to Canberra Stadium to play against Palestine, who was early out.
Due to the huge difference in the overall strength of the two sides of the game, the Chinese team coach Lippi made most of the rotation of the lineup including the goalkeeper.
Of course, Tang Zheng, the core of the midfielder, is not within the scope of rotation.
It's not that Lippi didn't want Tang Zheng to rest, but Tang Zheng's desire to fight was eager.
Two days ago, he missed the FIFA Golden Ball Award. As the coach, Lippi knew that Tang Zheng was very suffocated, so in this unsuspecting game, he was going to give Tang Zheng some game time to vent.
At the beginning of the game to the third minute, Tang Zheng contributed his fourth goal of the Asian Cup. He shot a world wave of four skills at 35 meters from the door to help the Chinese team 1: 0 leads Palestine.
At this time, the South Korean fans sitting in front of the TV were extremely disappointed, but they hoped that Palestine would defeat the Chinese team in an uproar.
Four minutes later, the Chinese team scored again. Tang Zheng scored a very penetrating straight ball to find Sun Ke who ran into the penalty area from the attacking right rib.
The two-ball leading Chinese team did not lose their power, but controlled the pace of the game under the leadership of Tang Zheng.
Palestine, who has already qualified in advance, seems to recognize the gap between each other ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and no longer wants to save face.
In the face of absolute strength, fighting spirit has become less important.
The score of 2: 0 continued until the end of the match. The Chinese team finally won the first place in Group B with three consecutive victories and faced the South Korean team in the quarter-finals.
At the same time in another group match, Uzbekistan withstood the pressure and won Saudi Arabia 3-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals as the second group.
So the other three quarter-finals were Australia VS Uzbekistan, Japan VS UAE, Iran VS Iraq.
Tang Zheng didn't get the FIFA Golden Ball as expected, but he contributed four goals in the three group matches of the Asian Cup and reached the top of the scorer list.
As long as he can continue the group stage status, it is also very possible to lead the Chinese team to win the final championship!
But ... Real Madrid fans don't want the Chinese team to go further because they miss Tang Zheng very much ...