Vol 5 Chapter 20: Asian Cup

Real Madrid defeated the South American Libertadores Cup champion San Lorenzo 2-0 at Marrakech Stadium with the goals of two leading stars Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, thus winning the 2014 World Club Cup.
The next day, at 1pm local time in Italy, the official website of the "Turin Sports News" announced the winner of the 2014 European Golden Boy Award, and the Chinese player Lu Liang who played for Dortmund won the award.
In fact, as early as this year when the shortlist came out, the results were basically settled. Lu Liang ’s performance in the past 2013-2014 season was quite eye-catching. The brilliant goals and sharp performance were impressive. The Brazil World Cup this summer also followed. As the Chinese team entered the quarterfinals, their contribution to the offensive end of the Chinese team is obvious to all.
In an interview with De Paula, editor-in-chief of the "Torino Sports News", Lu Liang replied that it was surprising that he first thanked Dortmund for his training or the silent support behind his parents, but thanked Tang Zheng for his knowledge Yep.
In this regard, the domestic and foreign media have mixed criticisms of Lu Liang, but at least to illustrate, Lu Liang knows who brought this step today.
Maxima often exists, Bole rarely.
Without Tang Zheng ’s recommendation, today ’s Lu Liang is unlikely to win the second Chinese player to win the honor after Tang Zheng, and it is very likely that tens of millions of domestic college students will live on campus. Day after day of schooling, and then do a job to get out early and return late for life ...
After finishing the World Club Cup, Real Madrid players entered the winter break early and disbanded on the spot. Tang Zheng took an international flight to Shanghai, and then transferred to Guangzhou to meet with the national team and prepare for Asia next month in Australia. cup.
The 2014 Chinese Super League was announced as early as November, so the Chinese Super League players were training in Guangzhou after a half-month break to prepare for the Asian Cup.
Tang Zheng was among the earliest returning players in Europe. When he appeared at Guangzhou Baiyun New Baiyun Airport, the pick-up gate was greeted by thousands of fans as usual, and it was still under the control of the relevant departments, otherwise This international metropolitan airport is likely to be overcrowded.
Every time Tang Zheng returned to China, he was very low-key, but as an international star, no matter where he went, there would always be leaks. Therefore, there are a lot of fans in the new Baiyun Airport. It is no exception to welcome. He smiled and enthusiastic as usual. The fans waved their hands and then signed and took a photo with the fans as circumstances allowed.
With Tang Zheng and the national team training in Guangzhou, other players from Europe returned to China one after another, Wu Sanshi, Lu Liang, Sun Jingbo, Hao Junmin, Yan Junling, Shi Ke, Zhang Xizhe arrived in Guangzhou on Christmas Eve and met with the national team. , Preparing for the Asian Cup of Australia.
The Chinese team was drawn to Group B in the Australian Asian Cup. The other three group opponents were Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Balesta.
According to the rules for the appearance of the Asian Cup group, the top two teams advance to the quarterfinals, and two adjacent teams qualify for the quarter-finals, that is, a1 and b2, b1 and a2, c, d and a, b The two groups are the same.
Before the start of the Asian Cup in Australia, the Chinese team had two warm-up matches. First, they played a warm-up match with the Thai team at Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center, and then flew to Melbourne, Australia to play the final warm-up match for New Zealand before playing the Asian Cup.
The Thailand team is the fastest-growing representative team in Southeast Asian football. They are not tall. They pursue the improvement of the technical level. Therefore, the Chinese team suffered a lot in the warm-up match held at the Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou.
Many internationals feel that this Thai team and the previous Thai team are two teams at all, and they are also very good at defensive agility in pursuit of ground offense.
However, after all, the Chinese team dominated the absolute technical superiority and played at home. In the 20th minute, Tang Zheng contributed to the world of four seats under the cheering of the "Dragon Team Fan Meeting" at Tianhe Sports Center. wave.
He suddenly lifted his right foot 35 meters away from the goal. The Thai player who defended him did not respond at all. The shot of the football was like a cannonball. The Thai goalkeeper Haterataku, who was born with a small height, reacted. Failure to touch the football, the football hung in the upper right corner of the goal.
The Chinese team, which took the lead in breaking the deadlock, seemed to find a goal in the subsequent game. Lu Liang and Wu Sanshi made contributions before the end of the first half to help the Chinese team lead the Thai team 3-0.
At the beginning of the second half, the head coach made a large-scale rotation for the team, giving those Super League players more opportunities to find the game.
In Lippi's view, the Chinese team must rely on the performance of players from Europe in order to compete for the Asian Cup, but domestic players cannot be ignored. Football is a whole, and all players must be combined into a whole.
The World Cup in Brazil this summer can enter the quarter-finals, not that the overall strength of the Chinese team has reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup, it can only be said that the Chinese team has good luck, the group draw and the opponents in the 1/8 finals are good, otherwise the group will qualify Will be very difficult.
However, the difference between the strength of domestic players and the players in Europe is obvious. The offensive players in the second half are basically domestic players. They are not decisive enough to pass and receive. Even if the world-class star organization such as Tang Zheng failed to break the Thai team ’s goal again, The score of 3: 0 continues until the end of the game.
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Due to the imminent start of the Asian Cup in Australia, the traditional Chinese team has no holidays on New Year's Day. They must prepare for the Asian Cup in a hurry. At the same time, in order to adapt to Australia's different climate environment, they flew to Melbourne after the warm-up match with the Thai team.
The warm-up match between the Chinese team and New Zealand is on the New Year ’s Day. New Zealand ’s overall strength is not particularly strong, but the body is very strong. In addition to Tang Zheng and the ability to maintain control of football under the collision of New Zealand players, other players will always appear to be squandering. The situation of staggering.
In the face of such a strong opponent with little technical content, Tang Zheng strengthened the running range. His teammates also knew Tang Zheng's intentions, so he accelerated the transmission rate of the football underfoot and reduced the time under the ball.
Slowly, New Zealand players find that their oppression has become useless and often pass the football to another Chinese player before they have reached the Chinese player holding the ball.
Many people say that power football controls technical football, which is not the case. As long as technical football reaches a certain level, it can crush the amount of pressure football.
Of course, this argument is only used in the midfield competition for football.
Once the Chinese team enters New Zealand's defensive 30-meter area, it also reveals that the body is not strong enough. However, the Chinese team with Tang Zheng as the core has a very strict style of play. When the middle road penetration is in trouble, it will use two sideways. The speed advantage creates an offensive space.
The attack line composed of Wu Sanshi on the right is full of impact, and the left attack may not have the impact on the right, but the new branch of the European Golden Boy Award Lu Liang can take the ball in the left and then give the teammates and right Road teammates create opportunities.
However, it has to be said that New Zealand is extremely disciplined and did not lose its ground in the continuous passive defense, and the first half of the game was a draw.
In the second half, he changed sides and played again. Sun Jingbo came off the bench to replace Wu Sanshi and strengthened the wing breakthrough.
With Sun Jingbo coming off the bench, the Chinese team's two offenses were in full swing and offensive.
Tang Zheng showed the value of a superstar in the sixtieth minute of the game. He received a delicate pass from Sun Jingbo on the right and pushed the football into New Zealand goalkeeper Stephen Marinovic to guard the goal.
And this goal is the only goal in the game.
Although the Chinese team has many ways of attacking, there are not many players that they can really rely on.
Gao Lin played very hard and liked to make for his teammates, but his real position was the striker, which was used to score goals.
Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo have outstanding abilities, but it is a pity that their physical qualities still need to be improved. Once they encounter tough opponents, it is easy to lose sight of them.
Fortunately, the opponents in the Asian Cup group stage are not strong except Saudi Arabia players. Uzbekistan and Palestine are not very strong, and they can win the game through strong technical capabilities.
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The Chinese team transferred to Brisbane after a warm-up match with New Zealand, preparing for the first group match with Saudi Arabia.
Before the start of the Asian Cup in Australia, Tang Zheng was concerned about Real Madrid's first La Liga match after the short winter break, visiting Mestalla as a challenger to Valencia.
Valencia's strength has declined significantly in recent seasons, but it can often explode in a powerful dialogue.
This campaign sits at the home stadium of Mestalla, and as always has performed well.
Real Madrid lacking Tang Zheng did not know how to organize the offense under the pressure of Valencia players. Cristiano Ronaldo and Hames Rodriguez were caught in their own battles, and Benzema was helpless.
If it were not for the deputy captain Ramos to score a controversial corner kick in the second half, Real Madrid is likely to encounter the first defeat of the season in Mestalla.
Although Real Madrid did not lose at the Mestalla Stadium, they still have no chance to share the world record of 24 consecutive victories in various competitions with the team Coritiba.
Tang Zheng, who watched the whole game live, shook his head and sighed. He had thought that the team would have problems losing its own game, but he didn't expect the problem to be magnified by the opponent indefinitely.
Fortunately, there is no strong team in the next month's schedule, otherwise the loss of points will happen again.
In a blink of an eye, the opening game of the 2015 AFC 16th Football Championship kicked off at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Australia. The two sides were hosts Australia and Kuwait.
With an absolute advantage in strength, Australia beat Kuwait 4-1.
The first Asian Cup match of the Chinese team was started in Brisbane one day later. At 8:00 p.m. local time on January 10, Australia local time, the first round of the Asian Cup Group B match between the Chinese team and Saudi Arabia kicked off at Brisbane Stadium .
The Brisbane Stadium, which can accommodate 52,500 fans, is basically full. Except for the thousands of Saudi Arabian fans who came to watch the game, the entire stadium is almost occupied by the Chinese Dragons Fan Club wearing red jerseys.
"Aoao"
From the first second of the game, the fans of the Dragon Team will make a huge loud voice, deafening, wave after wave.
The Chinese team had a blockbuster in the Brazil World Cup last year and reached the quarterfinals. They eventually lost the penalty to the Netherlands before they missed the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Therefore, both Chinese citizens and Chinese are very proud.
Before the start of the Asian Cup in Australia, the Chinese team and the hosts Australia, South Korea and Japan were listed as one of the four teams most likely to win the Asian Cup championship, but many European media believe that the Chinese team really has absolute strength to compete for the championship. Team.
South Korea, Japan and Australia have the same overall strength, but in addition to the overall strength of the Chinese team, there is also the superstar Tang Zheng.
Coupled with the strength of players such as Lu Liang, Sun Jingbo, Hao Junmin, and Yan Junling, and world-class coach Lippi is in charge, as long as there is no situation of death, the champion basically has no suspense.
Saudi Arabia's offline decline in the past few years is very obvious. In addition to its physical advantage, its technical ability is completely crushed by the Chinese team.
Of course, this crush refers to the midfield and frontcourt, because the Chinese team's ability to control the ball in the midfield and backcourt needs to be strengthened.
Lippi did not underestimate his opponents in the first Asian Cup group match of the Chinese team because of the decline of Saudi Arabia's strength. He has experienced coaching and he knows that lion fights rabbits also use all-out reason. Tang Zheng did not serve as an offensive midfielder. He and veteran Zheng Sincere partner double waist.
Speaking of which, I have to mention the captain Zheng Zhi. According to his career plan, he retired from the national team after fulfilling his dream of the World Cup, dedicated to playing for the club, but coach Lippi overviewed the entire Super League, defensive midfielder. There are only a handful of players who can play with Tang Zheng, and only Zheng Zhi is qualified, so after trying various combinations, he personally persuaded Zheng Zhi to return to the national team and partner Tang Zheng to participate in the Asian Cup.
Zheng Zhi played in the China Asian Cup in 2004, but he was playing as a central defender at that time, unable to show his best level, and then witnessed the Japanese team ’s hand of God snatching the Asian Cup champion at home, he was very helpless ~ EbookFREE.me ~ And now there is another chance to win the Asian Cup again, Zheng Zhi does not want to miss it. He is almost thirty-five years old. He has no time to wait for the next Asian Cup, so he returns naturally. national team.
The Chinese team's tactics under Lippi are very trendy. From the beginning of the game, high-level oppression has been launched, forcing Saudi Arabia's defenders who are not particularly good at the foot to choose to move forward blindly.
If you are lucky, you can give it to Hazaz, who is at the front. If you are unlucky, you will give up the control of football to the Chinese team.
Under the continued oppression of the Chinese frontcourt players, Saudi Arabia finally exposed the problem to the 23rd minute of the game. Tang Zheng pre-judged the ball under the foot of Caryri to Abid and then sent a kick on the spot. Penetrating straight ball.
On the left, Lu Liang's tacit agreement appeared on Tang Zheng's passing line. Facing the defender Shahrani's frontal defense, he swung the ball to the right, swaying the angle, and directly blasted the cold arrow on the left side of the big penalty area.
The football rolled towards the far corner of the goal against the turf, and goalkeeper Walid Abdullah reacted, but did not touch the football ...