King of the Zone

Cheng Hai's goal immediately boosted the morale of everyone in the Huaguo team, whether they were players or fans.

The players surrounded Cheng Hai to celebrate, and the fans in the stands gave out loud applause and cheers, cheering for Cheng Hai's first goal.

However, even if the score was temporarily behind, after the game restarted, the UAE did not rush out to try to equalize the score.

Because Cheng Hai hadn't been substituted yet.

With Cheng Haishang on the field, if they dared to attack, their defensive strength would be reduced. With Cheng Hai's skills and their already impressive speed, they could easily be counterattacked.

If they are one goal behind and Cheng Hai is replaced, they may still get it back. If they are two goals behind, it will be difficult.

Therefore, even after Cheng Hai scored the first goal, the UAE did not dare to attack aggressively, and continued to stick to its own penalty area to prevent Cheng Hai from scoring.

Of course, the Huaguo team was eager to do so and continued to attack.

Because Cheng Hai's goal did not make the UAE aware of the real intention of the Hua Guo team. They also thought that the goal just now was caused by them not keeping an eye on Cheng Hai.

This kind of understanding made the UAE's defense against Cheng Hai more stringent, but it was extremely lax in its defense against the rest of the Chinese team.

If it wasn't for the running out of time in the first half, the Hua Guo team might be able to create similar opportunities.

After 2 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 1-0, and the host Huaguo team took a one-goal lead.

After 10 minutes of deep sleep during the intermission, Cheng Hai became more energetic at the beginning of the second half. The combination of off-ball running and spot-grabbing ability combined with good speed immediately created an excellent opportunity for Cheng Hai to make up shots.

With the United Arab Emirates still unable to defend and strictly defending Cheng Hai, other players of the Huaguo team still gained a lot of shooting space.

In the 52nd minute, the winger Zhang Yuan did not force a breakthrough after being blocked from the side, but cut in and crossed the middle.

The front midfielder Wang Yunlong made a gesture to catch the ball and shot, which caused the UAE defenders inside and outside the penalty area to be nervous, and two people flew to block the hole of the gun.

As a result, Wang Yunlong's shot was a fake. He lifted his foot up and missed the ball behind him.

Lu Peng, who was inserted in the back row, volleyed the ball, and the ball flew towards the goal like a cannonball.

Zhang Yuan's pass from the side, Wang Yunlong's false shot from the middle, and then Lu Peng's powerful shot, etc., all greatly attracted the attention of the UAE players.

Although there are still people marking him closely, the other people's defense attention is no longer enough.

Just when Lu Peng shot furiously at the ball, Cheng Hai once again used his full-scale off-ball running combined with good speed to get rid of the close-fitting man-marking in an instant.

The defenders did not get stuck in time, causing Cheng Hai to easily rush into the small penalty area.

Of course, Cheng Hai often rushed into the penalty area before, but most of the time he returned without success.

However, this time, Cheng Hai did not return without success.

Because Lu Peng's shot did not hit the goal frame, nor was it blocked by the goalkeeper, but hit the crossbar with a bang, and then bounced back into the penalty area.

Just when the defenders of the United Arab Emirates woke up like a dream and wanted to grab the ball, they found that Cheng Hai of the Huaguo team, wearing the No. 9 jersey, appeared at the spot where the ball landed.

Cheng Hai's ability to grab points is simply hopeless.

There was no suspense about what happened next.

Goalkeeper Hasaif fell into the goal after throwing Lu Peng's ball just now, and he was unable to stop Cheng Hai from shooting.

The others were even worse, too late to stop Cheng Hai.

I saw that Cheng Hai, who rushed to the spot where the ball landed, stretched his foot lightly and took a shot, and the ball went into the goal.

Cheng Hai completed another supplementary shot to help the Hua Guo team take a 2-0 lead.

Now, the UAE has to worry.

One goal behind is not panic, but behind two goals, people have to panic.

After the restart, the UAE had to start a counter attack to try to score.

However, when the UAE counterattacked, the Hua Guo team also immediately shrunk their formation according to the established tactics.

When most of the players were on the bench and did not cooperate with each other tacitly, the Huaguo team also adopted an intensive defense method when defending, using the advantage of numbers to make up for the lack of cooperation.

Although the UAE intends to counterattack, because Cheng Hai is threatening their goal in the backcourt, they are afraid to press boldly and boldly. They must leave a few people in the backcourt to guard against Cheng Hai's counterattack.

Its own strength is not enough, and it can't press the offense across the board. The limited offensive power meets the intensive defense of the Huaguo team, and the quality of the offense can be imagined.

As time went on, the time until the end of the game became less and less, the UAE became more and more anxious, and the back line was pressed higher and higher.

However, the goal they were expecting never came.

Instead, the Hua Guo team scored another goal in the 73rd minute.

Cheng Hai didn't score the ball, because Cheng Hai couldn't run anymore.

But Cheng Hai is one of the transfers of this ball.

When the UAE's offense was intercepted and the Hua Guo team launched a counterattack, Cheng Hai only jogged for two steps, and the two UAE defenders trailing behind nervously double-teamed.

As a result, Zhang Yuan, who came in quietly from the other side, was unmarked. After receiving the ball, Cheng Hai didn't even have the stamina to break through. Naturally, it was impossible to go on a long-distance attack.

Therefore, after receiving the pass from the backcourt and attracting two defenders to double-team, Cheng Hai did not force a breakthrough, but immediately passed the ball to Wang Yunlong who was inserted in the middle.

Wang Yunlong made another long pass and sent the ball in front of Zhang Yuan who was about to run offside.

Wang Yunlong's long pass was timely. Not only did Zhang Yuan not offside, but he successfully reversed it and dribbled the ball directly to the front of the UAE's penalty area.

Although his dribbling affected his speed, the UAE defender still failed to catch up with him because of the large lead, allowing him to bring the ball to the front of the penalty area, and then hit a far corner against the attacking goalkeeper.

Zhang Yuan played well this time. He didn't miss the goal and was not blocked by the goalkeeper Ha Saif. He passed by Ha Saif smoothly and flew into the far goal.

Hua Guo team 3-0, completely sealed the victory.

Only then did Sun Wei replace Cheng Hai with a defender at ease, play a 523 without a front formation, and defend with all his strength.

After Cheng Hai left the field, the UAE naturally had no scruples and immediately attacked aggressively.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you have scruples, because they are too far behind, and they have to attack with all their might.

But the score behind is too many, it is impossible to recover.

Although they finally pulled back a point with a corner kick in the 83rd minute, they were unable to turn the tide in the end.

After 3 minutes of added time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. The Hua Guo Olympic team defeated the United Arab Emirates 3-1 in the semi-finals of the Asian Games in Yangcheng and advanced to the final.

In the final, they will face the Japanese U23 that they have already encountered in the group stage.

In the group stage, Hua Guo team lost to Japan 2-4.Coupled with the historical grievances between the two sides, this final carried a lot of emotions from both sides.

Therefore, this final was regarded as a battle of revenge by the Chinese media and fans.

As soon as the semi-finals were over, when the media reported the results of the semi-finals, they went straight to the finals.

"The Huaguo team defeated the UAE 3-1 and advanced to the final. The opponent in the final is Japan, looking forward to revenge! "

"The Huaguo team advances to the final and encounters its opponent Japan in the group match. Can the Huaguo team succeed in revenge?" "

"The Hua Guo team advances to the final and encounters Japan, the situation of the two sides is compared! "

In the analysis of the Huaguo media, it is natural that the Huaguo team has the upper hand, and they will definitely be able to defeat Japan in the final and win the gold medal.

On the one hand, it's because Cheng Hai's current style of play is different from that in the group stage. In the first group stage, Cheng Hai came off the bench later, but now Cheng Hai starts directly.

Coupled with the halftime break to make up for physical exhaustion, Cheng Hai can now play the game for about 70 minutes, which is much longer than the first game of the group stage.

In addition, Cheng Hai's current strength is different from the first match of the group stage, and his speed has improved significantly.If the Japanese team still looked at Cheng Hai with the eyes of the first game, then they would definitely suffer.

In fact, although the Japanese team also believes that Cheng Hai's speed has increased, they don't think it has increased as much as everyone thinks.

From the point of view of the Japanese players who defeated the Huaguo team once in the group stage, although the Huaguo team with Cheng Hai is a bit threatening, the final winner must be Japan.

Another point that gives the Japanese confidence is that in the women's football final that has ended, the Japanese women's football team defeated North Korea 1-0 and won the women's football gold medal in the Asian Games.

They believe that since the women's football can win the championship, it is only natural for the men's football to win the championship.

Even if the Hua Guo team's main lineup got a rest in the semifinals, and they didn't, they firmly believed that the final winner must belong to Japan.

Of course, it is not surprising that the media in one's own country is all about one's own people.

The war of words before the game actually has little effect on the game. Whoever wins the gold medal in the end still depends on the result of the game.

Before the final, there was a third-place match. As a result, the UAE lost to Iran, the overlord of West Asia, 2-3 to Iran U23. Iran U23 won the bronze medal in the Asian Games.

After the third place match, it is naturally the real final.

On November 11, in the evening of the match day, the Tianhe Stadium was full of fans and spectators from all over the country watching the final. There were tens of thousands of people stranded outside the stadium, unable to buy tickets to enter.

The prospect of the Chinese team breaking into the finals and possibly winning the gold medal in the Asian Games in history has made fans all over the country very yearn for.

That's why the final is so fascinating.

Before the game started, the fans were talking in the stands:

"I'm so nervous. I don't know if the Olympic players can withstand the pressure and succeed in revenge."

"I think it's okay! It doesn't matter who the captain is! As long as Cheng Hai is there, I think the Olympic team will be fine."

"That's right! This time Cheng Hai is the starter, and he can play for about 70 minutes, which is not as short as the group stage. With such a long game time, I think the Olympic team should be able to take the lead and then defend until the end of the game."

"Oh! I don't know when Cheng Hai will have the physical fitness to play a full game!"

"I see it hard! Cheng Hai has not been able to play half of the Bundesliga games so far. It is very far away to play the whole game, and there is no hope for the time being."

"If you can't see it, you can't see it. Anyway, you can score goals! 6 goals have been scored in the first 17 games, which is more than an order of magnitude behind No.2."

"How many goals do you think Cheng Hai can score today?"

"I can't tell! But Cheng Hai has scored at least two in every game so far. I think it's okay to score two."

"Yesterday, most of the substitutes were on the Olympic team. Cheng Hai was able to score two. Today, most of the well-rested substitutes played. I think it's no problem to score three!"

"If you can score three, I think the Japanese team will have little chance of winning, no matter how strong they are."

"It's hard to say, they poured us four balls in the group stage!"

When it comes to the four goals scored by the Japanese team in the group stage, no one talks.

Because there is no way to refute it.

We can only look forward to the Hua Guo team's offensive and defensive ends, compared with the group stage, there will be a big improvement!
In one corner of the stands, thousands of Japanese fans also gathered to cheer for the Japanese Olympic team.

In fact, when starting from home, the Japanese Olympic team composed of this motley crew was originally unpopular with the public.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese motley crew first defeated the Hua Guo team led by the top European striker Cheng Hai in the group stage, and then won all the way to the finals, and will soon be able to win the championship and the gold medal.

Such a Japanese team immediately received extensive coverage and support in China, and there were many more fans at the scene than in the group stage.

Due to the history and football confrontation between the two sides, in order to prevent possible accidents, even the security forces in this game are much more than the previous games.

In China and Japan, there are countless fans sitting in front of TVs or computers, waiting for the start of the game.

At 2010:11 on the evening of November 25, 19, in the Tianhe Stadium, amid the cheers of more than 5 fans, with the whistle of the referee, the Yangcheng Asian Games men's football final between the Chinese Olympic team and the Japanese Olympic team officially began.

Originally, in this game, the Huaguo team thought that Japan would shrink their lineup and stick to it when Cheng Hai played like other teams.

Unexpectedly, when the Hua Guo team was about to attack, they were met with a strong counterattack by the Japanese team.

The Japanese team did not play a defensive counterattack, but took the initiative to attack with all their strength.

In addition to the two central defenders, they even had two full-backs cross the halfway line together and joined the attack.

The Japanese team wants to compete with the Hua Guo team for the number of goals!
The inertial thinking that always thought that the opponent would shrink and defend, caught the Hua Guo team by surprise in the opening stage of the game.

In the 3rd minute, the Japanese team got their first chance to shoot. The ball was only slightly higher than the crossbar, which made many Chinese fans break out in a cold sweat.

In the 7th minute, the Japanese team got another chance to shoot and made a shot within the range of the goal frame.

Fortunately, Wang Dalei concentrated his energy and reacted quickly, so he saved the ball almost and narrowly.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Although the situation is very tense, but fortunately, the Hua Guo team always plays defensively and counterattacks after Cheng Hai is replaced in every game, and they still have a lot of experience in defense.

Coupled with the excellent performance of goalkeeper Wang Dalei, the Huaguo team finally survived the onslaught of the Japanese team in the opening stage, took a breather, and did not allow the opponent to score.

It was not until the 17th minute of the game that the Huaguo team counterattacked for the first time.

As a result, after Cheng Hai received a backcourt pass from his teammate and broke through the first central defender, when he was about to break through the second defender, he was directly pulled to the ground by the second defender.

Although the opponent received a yellow card, it prevented Cheng Hai's possible single-handed breakthrough after a successful breakthrough.

Next, the Japanese team continued to attack and did not stop because of Cheng Hai's existence.

On the Hua Guo team's side, the counterattacks began to increase while stabilizing their position.

The Japanese team probably played with the idea of ​​seeing who scored more goals.

It's a pity that the Huaguo team can't attack well, but after the actual combat training in these games, the Huaguo team still has a lot of experience in defense, and the Japanese team has never scored a goal.

On the contrary, it was Cheng Hai's side. Because his teammates stabilized his position and the Japanese team invested too little in defense, Cheng Hai began to counterattack more often.

With more times and Cheng Hai's personal strength, scoring goals is a matter of course.

In the 22nd minute, with the indiscriminate bombing of the Japanese team, both full-backs crossed the center line and joined the attack. The Japanese team only left two central defenders in the half to prevent Cheng Hai from counterattacking.

Cheng Hai, on the other hand, was standing on his side of the middle circle, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

At this moment, Japanese midfielder Ryohei Yamazaki's pass was a little off, and the midfielder Maitijiang of the Huaguo team who was not far away just gave him insight into the opponent's intentions and mistakes.

The scooped ball landed at Wu Xi's feet.

Without any hesitation, Wu Xi sent a long pass to Cheng Hai, who was near the middle circle, before the opponent countered.

Cheng Hai didn't go offside this time, but he faced only the opponent's two central defenders after receiving the ball.

Although the opponent's other players were rushing back to defend, Cheng Hai didn't give them a chance.

After getting the ball, Cheng Hai took the ball and rushed towards the two trailing central defenders without hesitation.

There was no way, one of the central defenders, Yuki Mito, had no choice but to go up and try to poke the ball away.Even if he can't poke away, let Cheng Hai pass the ball out, and then create a chance for Sonoda Jun behind him to steal the ball.

However, Shito Yuki overestimated his defensive ability, and also murmured about Cheng Hai's breakthrough ability.

With both the dribbling and Matthews' fake moves reaching 19 points, and the acceleration also increased to 18 points, Cheng Hai used fake moves to cheat Mito Yuki away almost in a face-to-face, breaking through the past.

Although Shito Yuki immediately turned around and pulled Cheng Hai, but under Cheng Hai's full physique, this kind of pulling did not have any effect. Shito Yuki couldn't even realize the foul, so Cheng Hai broke free.

While breaking free from Mito Yuki, the last defender Jun Sonoda did not rush up. He was planning to block and defend at the same time, slowing down Cheng Hai's progress, so that other teammates who returned to defense could arrive in time to pinch Cheng Hai.

Unexpectedly, after breaking through Yuki Mito, Cheng Hai didn't want to slowly consume with Jun Sonoda at all, but immediately kicked the ball far away after breaking through Yuki Mito, and then rushed past Jun Sonoda himself, trying to use his speed directly.

Sonoda Jun naturally refused, and immediately shoveled from the side, trying to keep Cheng Hai.

Although this action is bound to be a foul, it is still better than letting Cheng Hai break through the past and form a single sword.