Godfather of national football

Chapter 467 The semi-final encounters the cold ([-])

At the Australian Stadium in Sydney, Li Guo arrived as scheduled. The next semi-final of this year's Asian Cup will be held, the host Australia and the Persian cavalry Iran.

Iran is a team that has won three Asian Cup championships. Coupled with its tough style of play, Iran has always been the hardest bone in Asia to bite.

In the interview before the game, Postkoglu didn’t say enough, probably because he expected that the game would be very difficult. Everyone has seen Iran’s performance in the World Cup, and even Argentina only won by 1 goal.

After the start of the game, Iran turned away from the guest. Queiroz has been standing on the sidelines of the court to supervise the battle. The Iranian team attacked very hard.

The Australian Stadium in Sydney is also the venue for the final. The Australians have made it clear that they want to familiarize their national team with the venue of the final in advance, and the premise of all this is that the national team enters the final.

But 15 minutes into the game, the Iranians gave Australia a head-on blow. The player Dejaga (similar to the situation of the Chinese team Lin Zhijian) recalled from Germany by the Iranian team suddenly cut inside after breaking through from the side and shot directly from a small angle.

The Australian goalkeeper was caught off guard. The ball went into the goal from the near corner.

The Iranian players in white jerseys were running and celebrating, while the Australian players were a little confused. Veteran Cahill was comforting his teammates and clapping their hands to cheer them up.

"I'm excited. The opponent just stole one. It's no big deal. We're going to beat Iran and make it to the final."

Cahill's yelling still worked, and his teammates really eased up a lot. A team can only show the value of a veteran when it is difficult.

Just when the Australian was wilting, the camera cut to Li Guo, who was wearing sunglasses, chewing gum, and watching the excitement leisurely.

Seeing this scene, the Australian fans at the scene felt as if they had eaten flies, and they were so sick that they couldn't spit it out.

The Australians have been suffocating—the Chinese team will be eliminated in the final, but it would not be a great shame if they can't even make it to the final.

The game restarted, and Postkoglu walked to the sidelines. He didn't pass a tactical note, nor did he yell, but just folded his arms and watched quietly.

As the actual manipulator of Australian football, he is still very confident in his heart. He feels that the Iranian team is not invulnerable. This team is good at playing with the wind. It doesn't matter. Let the opponent be arrogant for a while.

Soon, Australian football still had a bit of an advantage. Although Iran claimed to be a Persian iron cavalry, their race was still Asian, while the Australians were truly Caucasian, and they were not at the same level in confrontation.

The Australians suppressed the Iranian team with tough confrontation and active running. Queiroz pushed the boat along, just like in the World Cup, and simply put up an iron bucket formation.

Li Guo thinks it's not good. Queiroz can't do it like this. A team can only be beaten without the ability to counterattack. It will not be able to defend in the end. The game against Argentina is the best example. Although Australia does not have Messi, some star may have a flash of inspiration.

"Idiot, if you face the Australians head-to-head in the midfield, maybe you will win this game," Li Guo said regretfully.

At the end of the first half, the 1-0 score was so dazzling on the big screen. The fans at the scene were also very conflicted. They wanted to boo, but they wanted to applaud because they were afraid of hurting morale?I also feel that the team's performance is not worthy.

Li Guo stood up and stretched himself, trying to find a place to exercise, but two strong white men came over immediately. They were Australian plainclothes policemen.

The Australian side was afraid that some fans couldn't bear it, and it would be bad if they beat Li Guo up, so they sent two capable police officers to protect Li Guo.

"Hello, do you want some gum?"

The two shook their heads.

"Where are the beer and hot dogs? I'll go buy them and bring one for you by the way."

One of them stepped forward, "Whatever you need, I'll just find someone to buy it right away, I hope you don't walk around at will until the end of the game."

Li Guo didn't want to embarrass them, so he nodded, turned around and sat down.

At the beginning of the second half, both sides did not make any substitutions, but the smell of gunpowder on the field became more and more intense. Both teams played tough, and soon yellow cards appeared one after another.

It's a pity that Australia's opponents in the previous games were not strong, so they didn't get many cards. That is to say, Australian players have no risk of suspension unless there is a red card.

What's more, in today's football, there is another trick called shuffling. If there is a yellow card on the body, then in the third game of the group stage, those players will deliberately foul and take the card and shuffle the yellow card in advance.

This made Li Guo very annoyed. When he checked Australia's yellow card records before the game, he found that all 11 of Australia's main players were clean. This must have been arranged, otherwise it would be impossible.

On the other hand, it was not good for Iran. They met Iraq in the quarter-finals. The two teams staged a fierce Iran-Iraq war. The score was 3 to 3. In the end, they scored a penalty shootout, so the Iranians had a lot of yellow cards.

After a flying shovel, Nekonan received a yellow card. He shoveled someone else, but he looked pained, because even if the Iranian team entered the final, he would miss it due to the accumulation of yellow cards and suspension.

Postkoglu smiled. He knew that four to five players in the Iranian team had yellow cards. In addition, the Iran-Iraq war cost the team a lot. Australia would definitely score in the second half.

But he underestimated the small universe of the Iranians. The people of this country were really able to persist. Until 70 minutes, the score was still 0-1.

Australian fans are a little worried that Brazil's bad luck will befall Australia. The hosts have been unlucky in recent years.

Li Guo thought to himself: "Idiot, quickly replace Cahill and replace him with a powerful striker. Cahill is still incapable of confrontation in front of the Iranians, and he can't beat them."

Li Guo thinks this way, not to help the Australians, he is just a spectator mentality, he will help whoever falls behind.

Li Guo turned around and glanced at the plain clothes in black. They were also very anxious. It was a matter of national honor, who didn't care?

Finally, at 75 minutes, Postkoglu replaced Cahill with No. 9 Urich, and Australia blew the horn of the general attack.

(End of this chapter)