Vol 3 Chapter 278: Golden Asian Cup: Pursuit (4)

At 21:00 on July 30, the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup started in Beijing, Jinan, Chengdu and Chongqing at the same time. The Chinese team's opponent was the Iraqi team. In the Group C game, Iraq had two wins and one loss, and the group qualified for the second place. Therefore, they ran into the first in Group A and won in three games.
In pursuit of security, the coaching staff in this game adopted a "hybrid lineup." The striker is a combination of Hao Haidong and Bai Guanghai. The left midfielder is Wang Ai, Shao Jiayi, and Li Ming. The back is Zhao Junzhe. The defending lines are Luo Tongliang, Li Weifeng, Zheng Zhi and Xu Yunlong from left to right, and the goalkeeper is Liu Yunfei.
Bai Guanghai and Wang Ai, who have already rested for two games, have won the starting lineup, Luo Tongliang and Chen Yang have been placed on the bench, and Sun Jihai has not been able to get a starter. The external explanation is physical injury.
In fact, old Ali is playing the game of rotation. After all, the competition is more intensive, with an average of one ball in three or four days. This group of national team members, especially overseas players, has just passed a long season.
Because of the past few Chinese team's good results and easy-going performance, even if the old climax of the game is repeated, no one can say anything, the players will not say anything, the Football Association is hard to say anything, let him play.
Similarly, Li Jinyu, Chen Yang, Zhang Yonghai, and Yan Song all got the chance to rest.
Hao Haidong, a veteran who failed to make a contribution in the last game, was extremely enthusiastic. He scored two goals ten minutes before the opening. Unfortunately, the second goal was offside. As if with a sense of indifference, the Iraqi team, which was behind the scores and the situation, started to play a dirty way. I don't know if this is the tradition of the West Asian team. Once the score is behind or eager to qualify, the players' small moves will be endless, which is very different from the East Asian team. It may be because East Asian teams are influenced by the Confucian culture, pay attention to "ceremony" and pursue the purity of victory. Unlike the West Asian team, which is heavily influenced by European culture, the winner is not blamed.
Although the South Korean team in the 02 World Cup drastically lowered the lower moral limit of East Asian teams, as far as the Chinese and Japanese teams are concerned, even if the scores lag behind, usually only a small number of players will be annoyed. And extreme behavior rarely turns into a team-wide behavior. In fact, even the South Korean team has a rough style and playing style, and it does not implement intentional injury as a whole tactical idea.
In short, when the old Hao Zhenzheng spirit showed an outstanding competitive state, foul behaviors around him frequently occurred. It's just that Lao Hao has a bad temper, a hard temper, and is generally hardened under attack, so the fans don't really see it. But this can't be hidden from the players on the court, so the atmosphere of the game between the two sides has become increasingly tense.
When the Iraqi team moved the ball to the Chinese team to attack at half time, Lao Bai and Wang Ai briefly said a few words. Lao Bai means that the last time you let Ronaldo score a goal, the effect was not good. Iraq should foul or foul. In this regard, Wang Ai had nothing to explain, nodded expressionlessly.
Lao Bai shrugged at Wang Ai's back.
Of course, the audience outside did not know what the two said, but they felt that the feelings of the two were either hypocritical or good.
In the 18th minute of the first half, Wang Ai got the ball to the left and was pushed by the Iraqi defender while moving to the middle. Wang Ai fell to the ground. The Singapore referee did not hesitate to blow a direct free kick from the top of the penalty area.
Wang Ai got up and squinted at the old Bai: How? They dare to foul, I dare lie down!
Old Bai rolled his eyes: this is you, without your precise free kick technique, there is a fart to lie down!
Wang Ai is on the field, of course, no one will compete with him for the first penalty. He stepped back to seventeen or eighty steps, as if the bowstring was full. There is no sound in the work body, and fans have been used to keeping quiet when Wang Ai made a free kick directly.
Small broken steps, high-frequency running, touching the ball's muffled moment, echoed in the workers' stadium with more than 50,000 people, and the football went around the wall and went straight into the dead end.
This speed, this power, and this accuracy all surpass those of other players!
This is Wang Ai's first goal in this Asian Cup! In the first group game before, he also got a free kick, but he failed to score.
The celebrating Wang Ai deliberately ran past the Iraqi defender who had just overthrown him, and did not care about the other person's ugly face. It's just that he paid extra attention in the next game.
In the 29th minute of the game, when he received Li Ming's header, he suddenly jumped out of the dodge. An Iraqi defender hit Wang Ai's back. Wang Ai moved out two meters in the air and stumbled. This time, the referee did not give the free kick, but instead gave a verbal warning plus an indirect free kick.
Shao Jia stared and rubbed his hands to stand in the football. The Chinese team's headers flocked to the penalty area of ​​Iraq and drew with the opponents. Shao Jiayi stood sideways on the side of the football, and the referee gave a whistle. When he stepped out, he turned suddenly. The ball did not go into the penalty area, but kicked to the side!
Just as the Iraqi defender flew forward, when the Iraqi midfielder rushed to catch up, the Chinese team's lower back, Zhao Junzhe, let his body go, and Luo Tongliang, who was radiating from his head, killed the crowd, and greeted the football accelerated by Shao Jiayi. Shoot!
Li Weifeng and Xu Yunlong, the two head defenders, were chasing the football and were preparing to grab the header. As a result, next to Zhao Junzhe who looked smirk, Luo Tong came out, watching that posture, watching that action ... go with!
The two hurriedly flashed to both sides, the Chinese national team medical examination, Luo Tongliang leg strength first, long-range speed first!
The Iraqi defender who is not afraid of death wants to intercept, but the ball is too fast and there is no time to respond.
In a quiet work, everyone heard the sound of "Dangdang" clearly! The goal in the camera lens trembled! The ball hit the crossbar and bounced beyond the goal line, but the goalkeeper didn't have time to react, and even strangely bounced into the goal!
All I can say is luck! After all, this is not a long shot prepared by Luo Tongliang himself. He has enough time and a familiar ball.
In the 35th minute of the game, Wang Ai was kicked without a ball when he interspersed with Shao Jia in the frontcourt. Wang Ai, a six-way player, hid and did not play, but he fell down obediently Already.
This time, the referee was very simple and gave a penalty!
Zheng Zhi stepped forward to take the penalty and rewrite the score to 4: 0.
In the next ten minutes of the first half, Wang Ai simply did not earnestly seek to break the door, but repeatedly called the Iraqi defender and murmured everywhere, and this time, everyone was careful about him, for fear of being touched by him.