Champion’s Heart

Zhou Yi used the method of controlling the ball to defend, forcing Australia to give up the aggressive style of play, and the two sides went back and forth in the game.

But generally speaking, Australia still has some advantages. In terms of overall strength, of course they are stronger than the Chinese team.

It is natural for Australia to reach the semi-finals, but many people were surprised that the Chinese team could reach the semi-finals.

The first half came to an end amidst this back and forth.

Australia failed to score again, and the Chinese team failed to equalize the score. Of course, there will definitely be many people who think that the Chinese team is doing well if they do not concede any more goals, and an equalizer is too much to hope for.

Judging from the performance of the two teams in the first half, it seems to be the same.

But Zhou Yi didn't think so. He felt that it was a pity that he could not equalize the score in the first half.

We must score a goal as soon as possible in the second half...

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During the halftime break, Gao Hongbo praised the team's performance, especially the period after just conceding the ball. Everyone remained calm and collected.

Regarding the offense in the second half, he made a request, hoping that the players would play simpler.

Because Australian players have physical advantages, if they play too complicated, they can easily get entangled by the opponent. As long as there is physical contact, the Chinese team players will almost certainly lose. This was clearly seen in the first half of the game, and if the Chinese team players lost this kind of confrontation, the referee would not necessarily blow the whistle to call the Australian player a foul, because it was... a reasonable collision!

In response to this situation, Gao Hongbo made such a request to everyone during the halftime break: reduce the time each player has to hold the ball, use passing and running as much as possible instead of controlling the ball at his feet, and do not give Australian players any time. Opportunity to come up.

Compared with Australian players, Chinese team players are not physically good enough, but they are relatively flexible, so they can make a fuss about their flexibility.

He asked his players to run faster and more aggressively than usual and pass the ball faster and more accurately. Especially in front of the opponent's thirty-meter area. Even more so. Because once caught in a positional battle, the physical advantages of Australian players can be fully utilized.

In this regard, the core figure of this style of play is Zhou Yi.

It mainly depends on Zhou Yi's performance.

In the first half, Zhou Yi kept running and barely stopped for a minute. With his crazy running, the Chinese team's passing was very smooth. Gao Hongbo obviously hopes that Zhou Yi can perform like this in the second half. During the run, the Chinese team played a beautiful and deadly offense.

Zhou Yi has no objection. To be the core, one must have core awareness. Of course he has to take responsibility at this time.

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In the second half of the game, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

As soon as the game started, Australia launched a fierce attack on the Chinese team's goal. Their style of play was much simpler and rougher than in the first half. Play the two wings and then cross.

Relying on physical and height advantages to attack the Chinese team's goal.

Australia also made adjustments at half-time. In the first half, they also wanted to play more technically. As a result, the Chinese team's passing and cutting coordination was better than they imagined. Leave them completely speechless.

So during the halftime break, Australia made adjustments and stopped playing technical games with the Chinese team. Just use their greatest advantage to defeat the Chinese team.

In this way, although the success rate of each attack is relatively low, it can easily increase the number of attacks. Once the number increases, the possibility of scoring goals will naturally increase.

Besides... using one's own strengths to attack another's weaknesses, the success rate may not be low.

This was what Australia thought at halftime, but when the second half started, they gradually discovered that the situation was not what they had imagined at halftime...

why?

Because the winger crosses the ball and then heads the ball, it is not always possible to hit the ball, or to head the football exactly towards the goal. Most of the time, the football will be pushed out by the Chinese team's defender, or punched out by the attacking goalkeeper.

Then, the football will fly in the completely opposite direction to the goal...

At this point, controlling the second landing point becomes very important.

But Australia couldn't control the second drop point...

The second landing point was almost all taken by the Chinese team, or in other words, it was all taken by Zhou Yi.

With Zhou Yi's height of 1.78 meters and thin body, it is too difficult to fight with the opponent for a header in the penalty area. His header shots in offense are more about exploiting loopholes, which is different from defense.

But that doesn't mean he's useless defensively.

He can focus on controlling the second spot of the football.

Whether in defense or offense, the second point is very important, just like the rebound in basketball. Whoever can control the second drop point can greatly improve the situation. If the defender controls the second landing point, it can increase the success rate of the defense, and if the offensive side controls the second landing point, it can form a second attack, which will naturally increase the success rate of the offense.

Zhou Yi has quite a lot of experience in controlling the second drop point because he has experience in hundreds of games in the virtual world.

What to do after getting the second placement?

Of course it is the first time to launch an attack.

Now he has a precise long pass. When launching an attack directly from the backcourt, he no longer has to pass a series of passes from the backcourt to the frontcourt. He only needs one kick!

He doesn't even need to observe, because it's all in his head...

In the fifty-fifth minute, Australia made another cross from the wing. This time the ball was pushed out by the captain of the Chinese team, central defender Du Wei.

Just in time fell to Zhou Yi's feet again.

After Zhou Yi raised his foot to stop the football, he turned around and waited for the football to bounce up, then kicked it towards the football!

Long pass!

Before the Australian players could react, the football had already flown to the frontcourt!

And there, in addition to their three defenders, there is also a Chinese team forward-Gao Lin!

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Good shot, Zhou Yi's beautiful long pass! Gao Lin!! commentator Liu Hong shouted excitedly.

This voice cheered up many Chinese fans who were depressed because Australia was playing under pressure.

The football was still flying in the air, but everyone's eyes fell on the players from both sides on the ground.

Gaolin pulled to the wing to catch the ball. Next to him, an Australian player had rushed up, trying to prevent him from catching the ball.

However, Gao Lin is actually not alone. There is another person rushing forward at high speed to support him, and that is Hao Junmin, who plays for Schalke 04. Although I couldn't play the game at Schalke 04. However, receiving training together made Hao Junmin improve a lot in his grasp of fighter planes.

Especially at Schalke 04. He can often see Zhou Yi's games, so he knows Zhou Yi's football ideas very well.

At this time, if Gao Lin is left alone in the front, then the counterattack will end with Gao Lin. Someone has to rush to respond.

Gao Lin firmly caught Zhou Yi's pass. At this time, Australian players also stood in front of him. Prevent him from moving forward with the ball.

Then Gao Lin saw Hao Junmin.

He passed the football sideways.

Then he rushed forward without the ball and took away the Australian players who came up to defend him.

After Hao Junmin took two steps, he immediately faced the pursuit and interception of Australian players.

Right now. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a player wearing the white jersey of the Chinese team next to him, although he couldn't see who it was yet. But now the ball must be passed immediately, so Hao Junmin used a tackle to send the football over.

After passing the ball, he was surprised to find that the person who came up to respond was... Zhou Yi!

Wasn't he just in front of our penalty area? When did you run up? His physical fitness and speed...are they really no problem?

Zhou Yi! He's coming up! Commentator Liu Hong looked very excited.

While Hao Junmin was still shocked, Zhou Yi had already passed the football.

A straight kick. The football rolled towards Gao Lin who was running without the ball!

However, it went in the opposite direction from Gao Lin's movement...

Was the transmission wrong?

No!

Gao Lin suddenly turned around and ran back, throwing away the Australian players who were following him. At the same time, he also received the ball from Zhou Yi and then broke into the penalty area!

Now he is unmarked!

At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Gao Lin. As a forward, his shooting ability is not flattering. Many people are even a little anxious when they find out that Gao Lin got such an opportunity - what if he masturbates again?

But Zhou Yi has no such idea. He knows that for an excellent forward, skills are important, but confidence is even more important. He has already seen this with Mark, and to what extent an increase in confidence can change a person...

So he knows very well that today's Gao Lin is no longer the same Gao Lin before the Asian Cup.

Because he is the top scorer of the Chinese team and one of the top scorers in this Asian Cup.

Continuous scoring goals have greatly improved his confidence!

Now, driven by confidence, how could he miss such an easy opportunity?

After watching Gao Lin turn in, he faced the attacking Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer, swung his right foot, and then kicked out a ground ball that quickly moved forward against the turf!

An absolutely correct choice!

Because it’s harder for a goalkeeper to save a ground ball than a lob...

Sure enough, Schwarzer didn't even have time to catch the ball with his hands during the attack. He could only block it with his feet, but he didn't block it!

The ball...went in!

Gao Lin! Good shot! He equalized the score for the Chinese team! Under very difficult circumstances, the Chinese team brought Australia back to the same starting line! Liu Hong did not shout Go in this time, but this may be more effective It shows his excitement - he has been so excited that he has forgotten his stylized way of explaining his signature words...

When the football rolled into the goal, not only Liu Hong was excited, but in the stands at the scene, red quickly started rolling, and they shouted loudly!

In front of the TV, there were countless pairs of arms raised high.

“Long live the Chinese team!!”

In the early hours of the morning, such cheers came from many places, floating in the night sky, waking up countless people... (To be continued.) Launch a new website