The strongest waist king of the Red Devils

Chapter 175 Semifinals

Sun Qi's problem was not serious, and he was not really injured.

After the examination in the hospital, the team doctor was really relieved.

However, for safety reasons, Sun Qi was given a day off.

But this time, he was almost injured by Sun Dahao's pull. Sun Qi also took advantage of this day to go to the system to train well, further strengthen his physical fitness, and prepare to have a good impact on the Japanese team.

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On July 7, the second semi-final of the Asian Cup started.

Hua Guo team, against the Japanese team.

The two sides have a lot of grievances and conflicts, especially in the last Asian Cup held in China. The Chinese team was defeated by the Japanese team in the final and lost the championship.

There are other factors, this game is bound to have a lot of sparks.

The Huaguo team still has a 4-5-1 formation.

The goalkeeper is Li Leilei, the main force returning from injury.

At the back line, Zhang Yaokun suffered some injuries and did not start. He sat on the bench. Li Weifeng and Du Wei partnered as central defenders. Sun Jihai and Sun Xiang continued to start the game.

In midfield, Sun Qi partnered with Wang Dong in the middle, Shao Jiayi and Mao Jianqing were separated on both sides, and captain Zheng Zhi served as the midfielder.

On the front line, Dong Fangxuan continued to start.

The Japanese team has a 3-5-2 formation.

The goalkeeper is Nobu Kawaguchi.

The three defenders are Yuichi Komano, Yuji Nakazawa, and Ryo Kaji.

In the midfield, Abe Yuki and Suzuki Keita partnered in the middle, Nakamura Shunsuke, Nakamura Kengo, and Endo Yasuhito also started the game.

On the front line, Seiichiro Maki and Naoyasu Takahara partnered.

After the start of the game, the Hua Guo team fought fiercely.

In the 2nd minute, Shunsuke Nakamura dribbled the ball from the side, and when he was about to fake a breakthrough, Sun Qi successfully intercepted the ball.

Sun Qi took the ball forward by himself.

Seeing Sun Qi dribbling the ball, all the players of the Japanese team became nervous.

Yasuhito Endo and Yuki Abe rushed over to block it together.

Shunsuke Nakamura also quickly chased after him, trying to work together to break Sun Qi's ball and disrupt the Hua Guo team's attack.

However, Sun Qi did not break through forcefully, but suddenly picked with the outside of the toe of his left foot, and the ball flew directly from the left side, and was accurately handed over to Wang Dong who was responding in the middle, completely ignoring the three players of the Japanese team Block the encirclement.

Wang Dong stopped the ball steadily, and then made a long pass to Shao Jiayi in front of the right.

Shao Jiayi controlled the ball, got rid of Jia Diliang's entanglement, went straight to the bottom, and then kicked a pass.

In the middle of the penalty area of ​​the Japanese team, Dong Fangxuan and Nakazawa Yuji fought for this spot, successfully occupied the position, and volleyed sideways vigorously.

However, Dong Fangxuan's shot missed the post slightly and failed to threaten the Japanese team.

In the 4th minute, Sun Xiang tripped Nakamura Kengo, who was trying to speed up the breakthrough, and the Japanese team got a free kick in the frontcourt.

However, Shunsuke Nakamura's free kick shot directly failed to hit the goal frame.

After a few minutes of trial, the Japanese team opened up and began to play with the ball.

The midfielders of the Japanese team have good footwork and ball skills, and they are more active in running. Such short pass coordination is indeed very threatening.

In this Asian Cup, the Japanese team has been playing such tactics, and the results are still very good.

However, the Hua Guo team has been pressing with all their strength, and with Sun Qi's overall command, the Japanese team's passing cannot be as smooth as before. Basically, as soon as the ball is passed, the Hua Guo team's defenders will immediately follow. It made it impossible for the midfielder of the Japanese team to pass and control lightly, and the Chinese players who were almost robbed several times stole the ball.

This made the Japanese team have to cheer up and play more seriously and quickly, trying to cope with the high-position pressing tactics of the Huaguo team.

But Sun Qi didn't let his teammates run around, basically he only went when the opponent's pass was flawed, and the effect was still very good.

In the 10th minute, Shunsuke Nakamura cooperated with Yuki Abe with a short pass, and Shunsuke Nakamura suddenly shifted his feet to find Kengo Nakamura on the right.

However, Sun Qi had already sensed Shunsuke Nakamura's intention to pass the ball, so he rushed over first, got stuck, and intercepted the ball before Kengo Nakamura.

Kengo Nakamura kept interfering with Sun Qi with small movements behind him, trying to get the ball back, but he failed to influence Sun Qi.

As for Naoyasu Takahara who was rushing here, Sun Qi ignored him for the time being.

After Sun Qi stabilized the ball, he took it straight forward, instantly opening the distance between him and the two.

Seeing this, Keita Suzuki and Seiichiro Maki rushed over to defend together.

However, before the two of them closed the door, Sun Qi suddenly exerted force, moved the ball forward, accelerated again, and rushed through the gap between the two.

Keita Suzuki wanted to reach out to pull Sun Qi, and Seiichiro Maki wanted to foul with a shovel, but they failed.

Abe Yuki, who was following behind the two, fell to the ground and shoveled again, trying to take advantage of this opportunity to stop Sun Qi's kick.

However, Sun Qi stretched out his right foot, flicked the ball lightly, and the ball flew past Yuki Abe.

And Sun Qi also followed forward and took off vigorously, picking up Yuki Abe.

All of a sudden, Sun Qi got rid of the combined defense of the Japanese team.

Sun Qi's operation surprised these defensive players.

Especially Yuki Abe, who was jumped over by Sun Qi, couldn't help but feel ashamed.

But because the midfielders of the Japanese team basically rushed to defend Sun Qi, and now Sun Qi got rid of him, there was a lot of space in front of Sun Qi until the Japanese team's back line.

With such a good opportunity, Sun Qi immediately took the ball and quickly rushed forward to kill it.

Realizing that something was wrong, Yuichi Komano hurried over to defend.

But Yu Komano rushed up one by one, and Mao Jianqing, whom he was marking, was immediately unguarded.

Seeing this, Sun Qi suddenly slammed the ball to the left, making Yu Komano, who was rushing up at high speed, miss it.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Qi continued to lead forward, and before the opponent caught up, he directly stuffed the ball to the left of the penalty area.

There, Mao Jianqing easily got the ball and got the chance to face the goalkeeper.

There was no other way, Yuji Nakazawa hurried over to block Mao Jianqing.

However, Mao Jianqing was not greedy for merit. After attracting Yuji Nakazawa, Mao Jianqing made a gesture to shoot directly, and Yuji Nakazawa blocked it with his foot. Mao Jianqing knocked the ball and handed it to Dong Fangxuan in the middle.

With the chance of a single goal, Dong Fang raised his foot and was about to shoot.

Such a move made the attacking Japanese goalkeeper Nono Kawaguchi quickly fall to the ground to block it, and Ryo Kaji, who was defending, also shoveled diagonally.

However, Dong Fangxuan suddenly withdrew his strength and did not continue to hit the goal. Instead, he gently pushed the ball to Shao Jiayi who was in the open position on the right side of the penalty area.

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