Vol 5 Chapter 27: Sino-Japanese war, semi-final!

"Beep ~ beep ~ beep ~~"
With the referee Irmatov blowing two short and one long whistle, in the second quarter-final of the 2015 Asian Cup of Australia, with Tang Zheng ’s second score and Lu Liang and Gao Lin ’s To build a merit, the Chinese team defeated the Korean team 4-0 at the "Fudi" Brisbane Stadium in the Asian Cup.
At the same time, Chinese fans at the Brisbane Stadium instantly entered a crazy celebration mode, hysterical shouting and dancing, venting a big score to win the band; Austria's extreme excitement.
He Wei, who was holding the commentary seat with both hands, also received a fanatical atmosphere from the scene, shouting hysterically: "The game is over! The game is over! After ninety minutes of fierce battle! The Chinese team beat South Korea 4-0! This is the biggest difference between the two teams in the history of the Asian Cup, and the biggest difference in the history of the battle between China and South Korea! "
The broadcast screen was then given to the captain of the Chinese team, Tang Zheng, and He Wei's voice changed: "There is no doubt that the Chinese team's four-ball victory over the South Korean team in the Asian Cup is directly related to Tang Zheng! Well deserved! "
The commentator Xu Yang nodded his head and said the tone is still high: "We will not say that Haihu will produce a bigger score in the future, but this game has a cross-epoch significance for the Chinese team. The group stage defeated Saudi Arabia to create history, 1/4 The finals beat the rival South Korea by a big score. I think that for a long time in the future, Chinese football will be a representative team of Asian football. According to the schedule, the opponent of the Chinese team in the semi-finals is the victory between Japan and the UAE I believe that with the current status of the Chinese team, even in the face of the Japanese national team, it will occupy a big win ... "
In the words of He Wei and Xu Yang of the Yang 5 commentators, the Chinese players on the field cooperated with the Chinese fans in the stands to celebrate the victory of the game, and Tang Zheng, who was elected the best in the game, was mixed by the reminder of the AFC staff. The district is interviewed by domestic and foreign media.
Lippi ’s Chinese assistant Li Tie felt the enthusiasm of his face, and his eyes were covered with a layer of water mist. When he was young, the national team can be said to be at the peak level, but playing the Korean team is still very difficult and loses much. less.
Now that the Chinese team can win the South Korean team by four goals in the knockout of the Asian Cup, it can be said that it has fulfilled Li Tie's young dream.
In a few moments, close-up shots of live broadcasts were given to the Korean players on the court.
In fact, many Korean players slumped on the ground at the moment when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, covering their faces with their hands. Sun Xingmin, who represented the South Korean team for the second time in the Asian Cup, was sad and shed sad tears.
In addition to the unwillingness at the competitive level, it is more from the reason for military service.
The 2012 British Olympics felt a little bit annoyed because the Korean team won the silver medal in the Olympics because they felt they were still young. The South Korean team won the championship at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea last September. Coosen did not let people go.
I thought the Australian Asian Games was an opportunity, but in the quarter-finals 0: 4 defeated the Chinese team ...
That is to say, the 23-year-old Sun Xingmin has only three opportunities left for the Olympic Games in Brazil next year, the World Cup in Russia and the Asian Cup 2019.
The Chinese team, which had previously become a foil, has now become the representative team of Asian football. It is still unknown whether the U23 team in Japan, Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, etc. will stand out.
It is obviously not possible to advance to the semi-finals of the World Cup again, so Sun Xingmin is left with the opportunity to be exempted from military service, leaving only the Rio Olympics next year and the Asian Cup 2019.
If you do not grasp these two opportunities, it also means that Sun Xingmin will return to the country to perform military service before the age of 28, and then participate in the K League to maintain the competitive state.
Having experienced the top European football, where else would you like to go back to the country to play K-League?
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After the game's regular press conference, South Korea's head coach Stilik took the initiative to take charge, saying that the South Korean team's big score loss was due to his targeted tactics before the game was not fine enough to prevent the core players of the Chinese team.
The South Korean media was in a bad mood when the South Korean team lost, so the questions they asked were very direct. Asked if Stilik had thought of resigning to blame.
Still, Stilik is an old river and lake, and naturally no answer, because resignation and dismissal are completely two concepts.
The former is to give up the salary treatment in the contract, the latter is the salary with the remaining years of the contract.
Professional football is inseparable from money, and no one is a saint, especially Stilik, so he will not resign.
Moreover, Stilik believes that the team ’s loss has little to do with itself, mainly because many of the Korean team ’s players are not as good as the current Chinese team, and many of the players who played on behalf of the Korean team did not do their best, and even appeared to be unable to work. Happening.
His responsibility is to not put too much pressure on the players. Although many Korean players have limited strength, there is no lack of star players like Ji Chengyong and Sun Xingmin. The Korean team is still hopeful in time, but he does not Know the patience of the Korean Football Association.
Lippi, the head coach of the Chinese team who participated in the regular press conference after the game, did not get disappointed because the Chinese team defeated South Korea. Instead, it was very low-key. In response to an interview with domestic media: "A four-ball victory over South Korea does not mean the strength of the Chinese team. How powerful, it can only be said that the Korean team ’s condition is not good. If the Korean team ’s condition is adjusted to the best, I think it is difficult for the Chinese team to win the Korean team, because the Korean team once won the fourth place in the World Cup, their strength Super strong ... "
At first, the Chinese media was still baffling. It was n’t until ‘South Korea won the fourth place in the World Cup’ that they realized that Silver Fox Lippi was meant to satirize South Korea.
As we all know, the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup Korea team advanced to the semi-finals because of what happened.
The South Korean team didn't feel much about knocking out Spanish Lippi in the Korea-Japan World Cup, even though there are many shady scenes, but the elimination of Italy is unbearable.
Now there is a chance to satirize some Koreans, why not?
On the second day, the content of football reports throughout Asia revolved around the Chinese team's 4-0 victory over the South Korean team, while advancing to the Asian Cup semifinals while creating a history of engagement between the two sides.
According to the schedule, the semi-final opponent of the Chinese team who advanced to the semi-finals in advance will be the quarter-final winner of the Japanese team and the UAE. Therefore, the Japanese media and the UAE media pay special attention to the Chinese team, and the content of the report is more targeted.
Especially the Japanese domestic media, they are extremely sensitive.
In the past ten years, the Japanese men ’s football team is a well-deserved brother of Asian football. However, with the rise of the Chinese team, many foreign media have said that the Chinese team ’s midfield ability can already break the wrist with the Japanese team, and even over. And nothing less.
At 5:00 p.m. local time in Australia, the third Asian Cup quarter-finals kicked off at Canberra Stadium in Canberra. After a 90-minute fierce battle, Iran and Iraq reached a 1: 1 draw.
Immediately into the 30-minute overtime in the first and second half, no one expected that the Asian Cup champion Iraq was surpassed by the veteran Younis.
However, as the hero Younis sent a penalty in the second half of overtime, the Iranian team evened the score.
Three minutes later, the Iranian team also sent a penalty because of a back defense mistake. Veteran Yunis withstood the pressure and scored the ball, again overtaking the score.
There was little time left in the game. When everyone thought that Iraq would advance to the semi-finals, the injury stoppage period, the Iranian team that was overwhelmed by the army at the last moment took a corner kick to make a perfect goal in front of the goal.
3: 3
After the Iranian team equalized the referee on duty did not give the two sides of the game time, directly sounded the end of the match whistle, which also means that the first penalty shootout of the Asian Cup is coming.
The penalty shootouts in Iran and Iraq are exactly the same as in the 120-minute game. They are very intense, and it was not until the eighth round that they won or lost.
Amiri, who took the penalty on behalf of Iran, missed the penalty kick and then the Iraqi player Salim, who kicked the penalty kick, won the penalty shootout and advanced to the semifinals.
The last place to advance to the semi-finals was generated between Japan and the UAE. I do n’t know if it was affected by the Iran-Iraq game. The quarter-finals between the Japanese team and the UAE also entered the final penalty shootout.
With the advantage of technology, the Japanese team laughed to the end and became the last team in the Asian Cup to advance to the semi-finals.
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Those Chinese fans who learned that the Japanese team advanced to the semi-finals looked particularly anticipating. The Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 4-0 in the quarter-finals. If they meet the Japanese team again in the semi-finals, will they play a high score again?
Chinese fans are full of expectations, but Japanese fans are very worried.
From the group stage, the performance of the Japanese team is indeed very good. The group won three games in a row, but it did not go smoothly in the knockout. In the face of the overall strength that has not reached the second-tier level in Asia, the UAE failed to solve the battle in 90 minutes. People are puzzled, and even the game has entered a penalty shootout ...
In the face of the Chinese team that scored the most goals in the Asian Cup and has not lost the ball, the Japanese coach Aguirre has no bottom of heart, so there is no confidence in winning when interviewed by the media, which also indirectly leads Japanese fans to the next Has insufficient confidence in the semifinals.
The Japanese international who was preparing for the semi-finals was worried. The team had a record of confrontation with Tang Zheng in the Bundesliga, but the result was more wins and fewer wins.
To be precise, it has not been won.
In the past few days, coach Aguirre also often asked the team members to watch the video of the Chinese team's game after the training, especially the personal highlights of several core players.
On the offensive end of the Chinese team, Lu Liang, the winner of the Xinke European Golden Boy Award, now has a rapidly growing Sun Jingbo. Hasebe is worried about whether the team's defense can perfectly contain the Chinese team's offense.
Also thinking about this issue is Shinji Kagawa, the midfielder. He moved to Dortmund in the summer of 2010. He overlapped with Tang Zheng, but failed to persuade the head coach Klopp, so he sat on the cold bench.
I often think that Kagawa Shinji will be very uncomfortable. Now I have the opportunity to confront Tang Zheng directly. He wants to prove himself!
But deep down, he was very worried.
The contradictory psychology made it difficult for Kagawa Shinji to concentrate, which led to frequent distractions during training.
Head coach Aguirre looked at him, he frowned tightly, very worried.
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Three days passed quickly. The first semi-final of the 2015 Asian Cup kicked off at the Australian Stadium in Sydney. The two sides were hosts Australia and Iraq.
Although Iraq is no longer as powerful as the 2007 Southeast Asian Cup, but the country is in war, they cherish every game very much.
It is also because Iraqi players cherish the game that they can stand out in the group and then eliminate Iran in the quarter-finals.
However, in addition to the advantage of home court, Australia also has strength advantages.
In addition, Iraq played a quarter-final of 120 minutes. The physical recovery of the players was not ideal, and the Australian players also rested for another day, so they failed to withstand Australia ’s attack.
2: 0
The home team is in the front and the visiting team is in the back. Australia won the game and took the lead in qualifying for the Asian Cup finals.
Another final place will be generated between the Chinese team and the Japanese team.
In fact, in the eyes of many Asian media, the semifinals of the Chinese team and the Japanese team can be said to be the finals staged in advance.
This is not to say that Australia is not qualified to enter the finals, but that the Chinese team and the Japanese team play similarly, and both emphasize midfield control.
However, the combined ball control rate cannot exceed 100%, so the two teams must control the football time according to the situation of the game, which has attracted the attention of countless fans, including fans outside Asia.
Of course, many fans are the Asian Cup to watch Real Madrid superstar Tang Zheng.
Because many European fans think that the overall strength of the Asian team is not good, the game is not exciting enough, and it is not allowed on the table.
However, as the final semi-finals of the 2015 Asian Cup of Australia in the Chinese and Japanese teams officially started at Newcastle Stadium, European fans watching live TV gradually discovered that the Asian Cup is still quite promising.
The first is that the Newcastle stadium is full, and the fans in the stands are very hard, creating a wave of louder than a wave.
The midfield players of the Chinese team and the Japanese team have very delicate foot skills, so it is difficult to complete the steal when the opponent controls the ball ~ EbookFREE.me ~ But this situation is directly related to the two sides of the game coming to the semi-finals, because it is No one wants to lose at this stage.
Losing means that if you want to compete for the Asian Cup, you have to wait until four years!
Four years, how many years do professional players have?
The Japanese team sacrificed a forty-five formation, goalkeeper Yongji Kawashima, four defenders Sakai Takashi, Yoshida Maya, Moriaka Mori, Nagato Yudo, five midfielders Yoshinori Endo, Hasebe, Makoto Shiji, Kagawa Shinji and Honda Keisuke, Okazaki Shinji topped the front line.
The Chinese team still sent the usual formation of 4321, goalkeeper Yan Junling, four defenders Li Xuepeng, Feng Xiaoting, Ren Hang and Zhang Linpeng lined up. There was a change in the position of the double back. There were only two substitutes before. The teenager Li Kui replaces Zheng Zhi, the injured captain before the match, and partner Tang Zheng.
Three avant-garde Lu Liang, Hao Junmin and Wu Sanshi, Gao Lin is at the forefront.
In the blink of an eye, five minutes later, most of the energy of the two sides was focused on the midfield competition, and the total number of shots was still zero.