Ice Shooter of the Green Field

On January 25, 2011, Doha, the capital of Qatar.

Earlier at the Al Jafala Stadium in Doha, the battle between Japan and South Korea played a beautiful game. The two sides fought for 120 minutes and entered a penalty shootout. Before entering the penalty shootout, the score was 2:2.

For the Japanese team, Shinji Kagawa shined brilliantly. He was the most beautiful player in the game with one pass and one shot, and Keisuke Honda was not to be outdone. Keisuke Honda, who scored the first goal in overtime, almost kicked the South Korean team out of the game.

On the South Korean side, top scorer Koo Jae-cheol scored a goal, and captain Ki Sung-yong scored a penalty.

In the penalty shootout, Keisuke Honda, who took the lead, made a steady penalty, but Gu Zizhe missed it. Then Shinji Okazaki and Yu Nagatomo made free throws respectively. The penalty shootout that was originally full of suspense turned out to be a 3-0 victory for Japan.

It took 120 minutes of fierce fighting to decide the winner. The semi-final kicked off at 16:25 local time was close to 19:00. Twenty minutes later, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, the Chinese team VS Australia team semi-final It's about to start.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Chinese team is as follows:

Goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, defenders Zhang Linpeng, Du Wei, Li Jianbin, Li Xuepeng, midfielder, Zhao Xuri, Yang Hao partnered with the midfielder, Hao Junmin, Deng Zhuoxiang, Qu Bo started, and the single forwards all planned together.

Abandoning the previous double forwards, the Chinese team changed to 4231. Captain Du Wei returned. Zhao Peng and Rong Hao, who had performed poorly in the defense before, were replaced by Li Jianbin and Li Xuepeng respectively. The rest of the lineup remained basically unchanged.

On the Australian lineup, most of the players are playing in Europe, and their strength is good. Goalkeeper Schwarzer, defender Carney, Neal, Ognenovski, and Emerton basically play in Europe. In the field, Toffees star Cahill led, Jedinak, Kilkenny, Holman, Valery started, and the striker was the Australian star Kewell who played for Liverpool and Leeds United for many years.

The most important thing to watch out for is Kewell and Cahill, the two famous Premier League players. Kewell has excellent dribbling skills, while Cahill is not tall, but his header is very powerful. He has been a partner on the offensive line for many years, and the cooperation is also very tacit. , especially the veteran Kewell has said that this will be his last competition on behalf of Australia, and he definitely hopes to win the championship on behalf of Australia.

There were not many fans watching the game, only about 14,000. There were more Chinese fans than before. Some Chinese fans who had already been on vacation came to the scene, but they were still a small number, only about half.

In terms of physical fitness in this game, the Chinese team is stronger than Australia. In the quarter-finals, the Chinese team resolved the battle within 90 minutes and defeated Jordan 3:1. The game time was January 21, and one day Then on January 22, the first goal in the match between Australia and defending champion Iraq came in the 117th minute.

The veteran Kewell scored the lore.

It is equivalent to the fact that the Chinese team took one more day off than their opponents, and the game was even easier.

Taking advantage of the advantage, the Chinese team took the lead in pressing, but Gao Hongbo quickly discovered the problem.

The Australian players are tall and big. In front of the Chinese players, the stronger Australians will make the Chinese team very uncomfortable in the confrontation. Only Qi Ce can still get used to the opponent's confrontation in the frontcourt, but Qi Ce is not good at playing. Comfortable.

The well-known relationship between Australia and the United Kingdom, their football is also very similar to that of England, they pay attention to playing high and high, using physical collision and confrontation to compete.

In fact, the Chinese team used to rely on their bodies to play games in Asia. At that time, they mainly targeted some Southeast Asian players and the Japanese team. Southeast Asians were generally not tall. Japan was a veritable little Japan at that time, and they were all small and fast. , When encountering the Chinese team with excellent physical fitness, it is basically impossible to beat.

Except South Korea.

Koreans are considered to be the early leaders in Asian football. Although they have been gradually overwhelmed by Japan in recent years, the players of the early Korean team are not inferior to the Chinese team, and their skills are even better. .

It's just that these outstanding physical qualities are all for people of the yellow race in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Most of the Australian players are from the UK. They are guys who grew up eating steak. European and American whites have big bones and better physical fitness than yellow players. Not bad, relying on super physical fitness.

Even, Zize doesn't have much advantage in front of them.

Many of these Australian players play in the English League. Of course, very few of them can play in the Premier League. In fact, only Cahill is currently playing for the Premier League team.

If the Premier League is rough, then the following levels can be described as rough. Central defender Carney plays for Blackpool Blackpool in the British Championship. Right back Emerton is from Violent Blackburn. Midfielder Kilken Ni comes from Leeds United in the British Championship. These players play very well. As the core player of the Chinese team, Qi Ce has naturally received a lot of "care".

The Australian players are merciless in the face of Zize. Of course, as the number one star, they should be under the special care of the opponent, but these are old players who have played in the British Championship for many years, and their playing habits are not very good. .

In 27 minutes, Zize had been knocked to the ground several times by the Australian players. One of them was a head-on confrontation with Emerton. Emerton kicked directly on the bone of Zize's calf. The bastard's toe But very hard!

Qi Ce let out a muffled grunt, and was kicked to the calf by Emerton, which was not light. Qi Ce fell to the ground with his calf in his arms. Gao Hongbo walked to the sideline all of a sudden, looking nervous.

He knows very well how the team came to the present, and if Qi Ce suffers from an injury, it will basically stop here.

When the ball died soon, the Chinese team doctor ran to the field, took out an ice pack and pressed Qi Ce's calf: "How do you feel?"

"It should be a flaw, it's okay." Qi Ce grinned and rubbed it with an ice pack several times. These Tuaos are playing football too hard!

At this time, the fans of the Chinese team also looked at the field very worriedly. Qi Ce had been taken aside by the team doctor, and the field was temporarily challenged by ten people, and the game continued.

Gao Hongbo also came over: "Xiao Qi, are you injured?"

Qi Ce shook his head and said, "Fortunately, I should still be able to kick."

"That's good, protect yourself and don't get hurt." Gao Hongbo looked at the team doctor, who also nodded, indicating that there was no major problem.

Soon after, Zize reappeared and entered the game. Emerton had already received a yellow card, and his movements were obviously much smaller.

It was only the first half of the game, and he didn't want to leave the field early because of a foul. After Qi Ce re-entered the field, both sides began to play cautiously.

The so-called unnamed game of the competition, in the knockout stage, the game was relatively dull. The Chinese team stormed for a while, failed to knock on the opponent's gate, and simply withdrew some.

Then it was Australia's turn to attack, and the Chinese team began to retreat into a counterattack state.

What is unexpected is that in this state, the Chinese team has become the first goal.

Australia pressed the attack. Cahill's header was confiscated by Zeng Cheng and launched a quick counterattack. The quality of the counterattack was not high.

But it was this steal that created an opportunity instead.

Zhang Linpeng is the number one contributor to this goal. Australia made a counterattack on the spot after stealing Yang Hao's tackle in the midfield. Up the attack, and this time Zhang Linpeng intercepted the ball with a very clean and accurate sliding tackle.

Then Zhang Linpeng kicked and passed the ball to Zhao Xuri who had retreated back. The latter looked up and saw that this was a good opportunity to counterattack.

The half-high ball was given to Chitze, and he stopped and passed. Chitze passed Carney in an instant. With the Australian formation pressing forward, Chitze quietly came to the last position of the defense.

Carney pulled subconsciously, but Qi Ce's excellent explosive power had already thrown off his opponent, and then he could only chase back while signaling offside, but he would definitely not be able to catch up.

Carney is 1.9 meters tall, explosive and turning are his weaknesses, so he cannot gain a foothold in the Premier League.

Then there is Yimapingchuan!

Facing Fulham goalkeeper Schwarzer, Zize single-handedly chose a light kick. Schwarzer rushed towards Zize trying to spread his body to expand the defensive area, but Zize kicked from a distance The lob made him powerless.

Taking the lead in the first half, Gao Hongbo became more determined in his defensive and counterattack style. In the second half, except for Zize, most of the players defended in the backcourt. Australia saw the power of Zize for the first time, and then paid more attention to Zize's defense. , Unexpectedly, this also affected the offense.

The final score of this semi-final was 2:1. The Chinese team was equalized in the 59th minute of the second half, but Qi Ce scored again in the 79th minute!

Under the escort of Qi Ce's two goals, the Chinese team advanced to the Asian Cup final for the third time in history!