King of the Zone

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, all Chinese people in the Khalifa Stadium fell into a sea of ​​carnival.

Cheng Hai, who was replaced, had already stood on the sidelines with his teammates and coaches. The moment the final whistle sounded, he rushed into the field, hugged and high-fived with his teammates.

In the stands, more than 2 Huaguo fans applauded, shouted, and screamed enthusiastically, celebrating that the Huaguo men's football team entered the Asian Cup final again.

"Ah ah ah ah..."

"We're in the finals!"

"We beat the Korean team!"

"Haha, the South Korean team has nothing to say now! They are not the second team, and they are still in such an important semi-final of the Asian Cup!"

"Before the game, some people said that they could guard against Cheng Hai. Let's see what he will do now! Cheng Hai scored two goals and was eliminated!"

"Cheng Hai is amazing!"

"I have already entered the finals, so excited, I feel that we are really likely to win the championship this time, and we will create a new history of the national football team!"

"With Cheng Hai here, I think there is no problem! As long as he plays, the national football team guarantees at least two goals. The opponent is two goals behind before the game starts. It is not easy to catch up."

"With Cheng Hai here, it will definitely work!"

In the commentary booth, the commentator from Huaguo CCTV also excitedly announced to the domestic audience the good news that the game ended and the Huaguo team defeated South Korea and entered the final of this Asian Cup, which immediately caused excitement all over the country.

Compared with the excitement of all Chinese and overseas Chinese, the players and coaches of the South Korean team seemed quite lonely.

The score of 2-1 was only a little bit short, as long as they scored another goal, they could drag the game into overtime.

In the absence of Cheng Hai in the Hua Guo team, they are confident that they can beat the Hua Guo team in overtime.

It's a pity that it was the poor goal, which was like a natural moat, which prevented them from grabbing the tickets for the final and was blocked by the Hua Guo team from the threshold of the final.

This made many Huaguo players look depressed and unconvinced, but Park Ji-sung, the captain of the South Korean team, was not included.

Born in 1981, Park Ji-sung is 30 years old this year.

Cheng Hai can be called the No. [-] striker in Asia, but Park Ji-sung is the No. [-] superstar in Asia.

He has been famous for many years. He is a famous desperate Saburo, nicknamed Park Sanfei, and his physical fitness is very abnormal. At present, his weekly salary in Manchester United has reached 7 pounds, which is equivalent to an annual salary of more than 300 million, which is much higher than that of Cheng Hai.

It is precisely because of his experience and knowledge in the giants Manchester United that he knows that the 2-1 score in this game is not a fluke for the Hua Guo team, but the score is a fluke.

With Cheng Hai's speed, physique, off-ball movement, and technique, it was a fluke that he only conceded two goals when the South Korean team used offside tactics.

If it weren't for the Hua Guo players' passing skills not keeping up, it would be no problem for Cheng Hai to score two more.

For Cheng Hai, who is known as a master of running without the ball, it is a real fluke that the South Korean team only conceded two goals using the offside tactic and was not slaughtered by a big score.

Although South Korea lost the game and was blocked from the final, Park Ji-sung admired Cheng Hai's strength and talent very much.

Therefore, amidst the dejected or rebellious looks of other South Korean players, Park Ji-sung uncharacteristically found Cheng Hai, shook hands with him to congratulate him, and then exchanged jerseys with Cheng Hai.

The commentator of CCTV-5 was surprised and said: "Korean captain Park Ji-sung took the initiative to find Cheng Hai, shook hands with Cheng Hai and exchanged jerseys. It seems that this Manchester United star with the highest salary in Asia also admires and admires Cheng Hai. Cheng Hai used his strength to win the respect of Park Ji-sung."

An hour later, another Japan VS Australia semi-final officially began.

At this time, Australia and Japan ranked No. [-] and No. [-] in FIFA Asia rankings. This semi-final can be called the battle of Tianwangshan.

As a result, no one expected that Australia staged a super explosion in this game, and even scored four goals for the Japanese team in the 90-minute game. In the end, they beat Japan 4-0 and advanced to the final.

They will compete with the Hua Guo team for the championship trophy of this Asian Cup in the final.

And their 4-0 victory over Japan in the semi-final broke out the firepower, which cast a shadow over the prospects of the Hua Guo team, which only defeated South Korea 2-1 and entered the final.

However, no matter what, reaching the final is a good thing.Whether or not they can beat Australia will have to wait until the finals start and finish.

Therefore, that night and the next day, the Huaguo media reported overwhelmingly on the news that the national football team beat South Korea 2-1 and advanced to the final.

"Asian Cup semi-finals, the national football team 2-1 South Korea and Australia meet in the final! "

"After a lapse of seven years, the national football team broke into the Asian Cup final again, let's see if the national football team can create a new history in this Asian Cup! "

"Asian Cup semi-finals, Cheng Haimei scored twice to lead the national football team to beat old enemy South Korea 2-1 and advance to the final! "

"The semi-finals are over, the Hua Guo team and Australia will meet in the final, it is not yet known who will win the championship! "

The comment areas under each news, as well as the forums, post bars, and QQ groups were full of excited fans. They had heated discussions about the victory over South Korea and advancing to the final, as well as Cheng Hai's total goals and the possibility of winning the final.

In addition to China, the media in Asia, Europe and the United States also carried out large-scale reports on the two teams in the semifinals and finals.

After all, it is an intercontinental event held every four years. Even if the level is not high, it is still worthy of media coverage after reaching the final.

What's more, Australia's 4-0 massacre of Japan is very news.

In addition, Cheng Hai scored 5 goals in 14 Asian Cup games, which is also worthy of everyone's pursuit and coverage.

This kind of scoring efficiency is really eye-catching.Even if the technical and tactical level of the Asian Cup is not as good as that of the European Cup and World Cup, it is worthy of the media and fans' pursuit.

Amidst the heated discussions outside, the Hua Guo team is nervously preparing for the final.

Everyone was quite happy to have entered the finals. They thought that since they could defeat South Korea under the leadership of Cheng Hai, the winners who defeated Australia and Japan in the finals would also be possible.

Unexpectedly, Australia broke out in such a terrifying state in the semi-finals, slaughtering Japan with a score of 4-0.

Such a score, played between two teams with almost the same strength in the semi-finals, can only show the horror of Australia's state.

This has cast a shadow over the Hua Guo team's prospect of winning the championship. Even with Cheng Hai, a world-class striker, as the arrow, everyone lacks confidence.

Because the Huaguo team only scored 2 goals against South Korea in the semifinals, and also conceded [-] goal.Australia, on the other hand, scored four goals for the Japanese team, and also scored zero against Japan without conceding a goal.

From such a comparison, everyone can see that Australia's state is much stronger than that of the Huaguo team, and the strength of both offense and defense is also better than that of the Huaguo team.

Even if the Hua Guo team has Cheng Hai in charge, the offense is not as good as Australia, which has a stronger overall strength and more blossoms.

Thinking of this, the Huaguo team did not have much confidence in the final.

Even Cheng Hai, who was carrying a system plug-in, felt a little uneasy.

In the last semi-final, he didn't stay strong, and in the end he only scored two goals.

If he can only score two goals in the final, or even less, but Australia can score three or four goals based on their overall strength, wouldn't the Chinese team's championship be over?
Isn't his championship reward of 200 skill points also finished?
Thinking of these, Cheng Hai also felt very irritable.

After taking a look at his skills, Cheng Hai added the 3 skill points that were useless to the undercut shot, increasing the undercut shot from 4 to 7, which is better than nothing.

Originally, some time ago, the Hua Guo team's training was mainly focused on training defense.Anyway, everyone thinks that as long as Cheng Hai is there, scoring goals is no problem, and it is better for the national football team to practice better defense.

In the end, I didn't expect this kind of situation in the final. Even if Cheng Hai scored two or three goals, it might not be safe.

Therefore, a few days before the start of the final, the training of the Huaguo team became mainly offensive and passing.

Of course, the main training is the passing skills of the midfielders and the problem of plugging in.

If no one responded, it would be easier for the opponent to defend Cheng Hai alone.

Even if Cheng Hai's physique, off-the-ball running position, speed and other skills are all at full value, it is still possible for the opponent to stop him if he tries to make a tactical foul.

But if there is a teammate's support, there may be one more place to get the ball. If Cheng Hai runs without the ball, the possibility and threat of attack will naturally increase a lot.

Of course, this is a very big physical test for the starters in the finals.

But there is no way, if you don't do this, if you don't increase the success rate of the Huaguo team's attack, the Huaguo team may really lose in the face of Australia.

Of course, the more important training is passing.

It is impossible for everyone to practice like Harvey and Iniesta for a few days.Let alone a few days, the national football players will not be able to practice for a lifetime.

Therefore, Gao Hongbo asked the national football players not to pass the ball through the ground as much as possible, because the technical requirements are too high. If the route is slightly deviated, and the strength is slightly larger or smaller, the opponent may be caught halfway.

Relatively speaking, if the big foot drives forward, the probability of avoiding all the opponent's defensive forces is greater.

Of course, you have to look at the right direction when you drive big, and you can't drive beyond the boundary, so that Cheng Hai can't catch up.

This is what the Hua Guo team mainly trains these days.

As long as he gets the ball and drives forward, if the direction is not too far, with Cheng Hai's off-ball running position, speed, grabbing points, physique, balance, ball-stopping skills, jumping, heading skills, etc., there is a very high probability that he can grab the first point, control the ball, or directly ferry the ball to his teammates.

This is exactly the reason why the national football players are required to actively insert assists, which is to allow Cheng Hai to have his teammates respond when the header is ferried when Cheng Hai cannot stop the ball with his feet.

As long as there is a teammate to respond when counterattacking, Cheng Hai can easily use his running position and speed to throw off the defender without the ball, run out of the gap, and then receive a pass from his teammate to form an offensive opportunity relatively easily.

Of course, only the front midfielder and two full-backs can participate in the attack at most, and the midfielder and back line must not move, so as to prevent Australia from counterattacking the Hua Guo team.

Intensive defense must be carried out to the end.

Of course, before the final, the head coaches and players of both sides were interviewed by some reporters, and then took the opportunity to fight with each other.

The Hua Guo team said that they have Cheng Hai, which is enough to break through Australia's goal.

Australia expressed respect for Cheng Hai's strength and achievements, but Australia's overall strength is stronger, and they will use more goals to beat the Hua Guo team.

Fortunately, there are not as many grievances between Chinese football and Australian football as there are with South Korea. The two sides are more expressing their confidence and not attacking each other much.Even if there is, the wording is more euphemistic.

But there is no doubt that being euphemistic on the surface does not represent any problem.

As the highest honor in Asian football, since it has entered the finals, no one can back down, and they must fight to the death.

Soon, the time came to January 1, and South Korea and Japan first competed for three or four places.

It may be that they were stunned by Australia in the semi-finals. The Japanese team did not perform well in this third-place match and was defeated by the South Korean team 3-1.

The South Korean team won the No.3 of this Asian Cup, and the Japanese team No.4.

Next, the next day, was the much-anticipated final.

On the match day, the Khalifa International Stadium performed the closing ceremony of the Asian Cup before the match began.

At this time, not to mention the excited fans of the two countries and the neutral Qatar fans, in China, many fans are calling their friends and getting ready to watch the pinnacle match of Asian football.

Even many people who seldom watch football, or have not watched football in the group stage or knockout match before, or even have no interest in football, are dragged by friends to watch football together.

Although the semi-finals looked aggressive in Australia and the Hua Guo team was a little bit bad, but in any case, football is not a game that everyone must win.

No matter how low the odds are, the Hua Guo team may beat Australia to win the championship!
If the Huaguo team really beat Australia to win the Asian Cup and create Huaguo football history, it would be a pity if they didn't watch the live broadcast.

Therefore, although the ratings of this Asian Cup final in China are not as good as the Asian Cup final hosted by Huaguo itself in 2004, they are definitely not low.

This is the attention that the national football team led by Cheng Hai has attracted by the previous outstanding performance.

Once they win the championship and create history, the impact will probably be even more sensational than qualifying for the World Cup that year.

The entrance ceremony, side selection, team flag exchange, group photo, etc. After everything is ready, the game will start.

当地时间2011年1月29日下午18:00，随着主裁判的一声哨响，2011年卡塔尔亚洲杯的终极比赛——华国队VS澳大利亚的决赛在哈利法国际体育场正式开始。

In this final, Australia adopted the same tactics as the South Korean team, that is, to suppress the mad attack.

The only change is that once the ball is lost in the frontcourt, the Australian defenders will immediately retreat, trying not to give Cheng Hai a single chance for offside.

They don't want to be beaten offside by Cheng Hai like the South Korean team.

Cheng Hai's speed is already fast enough. Once Cheng Hai is successfully turned offside, it will be difficult to catch up.

Therefore, once Australia loses the ball in the frontcourt, the defense will retreat very quickly, without giving Cheng Hai a chance to turn offside.

Of course, this approach will consume the players' physical energy quite quickly. It only depends on which side establishes an advantage first, and then they can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and reduce physical energy consumption.

After reaching the semi-finals, Australia really played their form.

The 4-0 victory in the semi-finals gave the Australian players sufficient confidence and status.

After the start of the game, Australia pushed across the board, leaving only two central defenders and a full-back in their own half to guard against Cheng Hai's counterattack.

Then, everyone else got involved in the offense.

Even these three people sometimes step forward occasionally as a transfer station for the team's offensive and defensive transitions.

The overall strength of Australia is indeed stronger than that of the Chinese team, and now they are full of confidence and in good condition, and their offense is sharper and more threatening than that of the South Korean team.

In just 4 minutes of the opening, Australia sent the ball to the front of the penalty area, and forward Cahill completed a shot on the line of the penalty area.

Although the ball did not score in the end, it only missed the post slightly. People with a bad angle would think that the ball was scored, which shocked Huaguo players and fans.

It can be said that Australia's attack surprised the Hua Guo team, and they became more decisive in the subsequent defense.

Although the skills and passing and cutting cooperation of the Australian players are good, the overall strength should be stronger than the Huaguo team.

However, facing the extremely dense defensive formation of the Hua Guo team, the penalty area could not be entered at all. Australia had no choice but to strengthen the long-range shots outside the penalty area.

However, long-range shots from outside the penalty area cannot be controlled in terms of power, speed, or shooting accuracy, etc., making it even more difficult to score goals.

In addition to solid defense, the Huaguo team did not forget to counterattack.

With Australia's overall strength and state, it seems that it is only a matter of time before they break the Hua Guo team's goal.

Therefore, the Hua Guo team must counterattack and must score goals to overwhelm Australia in the number of goals scored.

This task was naturally given to Cheng Hai.

After two counterattacks where the pass was not in place, in the 6th minute, Australia's frontcourt pass was suddenly intercepted by the experienced Zheng Zhi, and then kicked to the nearby winger Qu Bo.

After Qu Bo glanced forward, he kicked the ball forward with a big kick.

The moment Zheng Zhi intercepted the ball and passed it to Qu Bo, Cheng Hai rushed towards the Australian penalty area.

He will try to counter-offside, and then look at the pass of his teammates.

However, Australia has long been prepared for this.The moment the ball was lost in the frontcourt, one of the defenders who was closer to Cheng Hai retreated and blocked his position to prevent Cheng Hai from speeding up, while the other defender immediately returned to the penalty area.

They didn't give Cheng Hai a chance to turn offside.

However, if it cannot be single-handedly, it can also be directly scrambled.After all, Cheng Hai is not alone, both Yu Hai and Deng Zhuoxiang rushed up to meet Cheng Hai.

On the left wing of the frontcourt, Cheng Hai took the first point of the ball with his better off-ball running position, speed and ability to grab points, and then stuck the Australian players behind him with his physique and balance.

Just wait for the ball in the air to come down.