Champion’s Heart

After the game, Zhou Yi's red card and absence from the final became a hot topic.

Chinese fans and media are regretting Zhou Yi's red card and are worried about the Chinese team's prospects in the final.

Without the absolute core Zhou Yi, where will the Chinese team face the Japanese team in the final?

Some people also expressed anger at the referee of this game, believing that the AFC had allowed the Japanese team to win the championship. They thought that even if Zhou Yi committed an unjustifiable foul, considering the enjoyment of the final, should Zhou Yi be given a yellow card?

Giving a red card directly would be too harsh and would take away the suspense of the final.

During these arguments, the parties concerned seemed very calm.

When reporters flocked to ask him these questions, he said: I don't think that without me, we will be inferior to the Japanese team in the finals. Of course, in terms of strength, we are indeed inferior to the Japanese team. But look at our journey. In terms of strength, how many of the opponents we defeated must be weaker than us? In football matches, strength on paper cannot explain everything. It is the performance of the players in the game that determines the final result. In addition, I want to reiterate again that I have no objection to the red card, and I don’t regret my original foul. I just did everything I should do, and I believe that my teammates will do the same in my position. Same choice as mine.”

A reporter asked a slightly pointed question: If the Chinese team eventually loses to the Japanese team, will you feel regretful?

Zhou Yi shook his head: No. There is nothing to regret. I am responsible for my own decision. I will come back in four years.

He once again mentioned four years later, which shows that he is really confident.

But he also has the capital. After all, he is only nineteen years old. He will be twenty-three in four years. What is impossible?

And for the entire Chinese team, they will still have a chance four years later. Because the average age of this Chinese team is the youngest in this Asian Cup, and it is also the youngest Chinese team in all previous Asian Cups.

Gao Hongbo is focusing on rejuvenating the national team, and he is obviously focusing on the future.

Before the start of the Asian Cup, he said that the national team was training and warming up for the World Cup qualifiers. As a result, they accidentally reached the finals.

This is already an overfulfillment of the task. So...it seems that there is really nothing to regret.

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Two days after the semifinals,

The third and fourth place finals were between Australia and South Korea. In the end, the South Korean team defeated Australia 3:2 and won a consolation prize.

One day later. The final begins with the Chinese team playing against the Japanese team.

This game was supposed to be the Chinese team's revenge for the 2004 Asian Cup final. But because of Zhou Yi's red card, everyone is now not optimistic that the Chinese team can beat Japan. Many people even think that based on the strength comparison between the Chinese team and the Japanese team, not losing four goals in this game is considered a victory.

They only asked the Chinese team to lose decently.

Although Zhou Yi was suspended by a red card in this game. But he still came to the stadium and was arranged to sit in a box. Watch this game accompanied by several Chinese Football Association officials.

Before the game started, the TV broadcast quickly found Zhou Yi in a large number of boxes, and after the game started. From time to time, the camera will turn to Zhou Yi.

In this game, the Japanese team originally thought that the Chinese team, which lacked Zhou Yi, would be easy to deal with. Before the game started, they felt that the Asian Cup championship belonged to them.

But when the game started, the situation was not as they imagined.

After missing the Book of Changes. Deng Zhuoxiang, who has been active on the wing, came to the middle to replace Zhou Yi. In terms of passing ability, Deng Zhuoxiang is naturally inferior to Zhou Yi. But this game has a very special meaning for the Chinese team players, so every player worked very hard and their hard work made up for the gap in strength between them and the Japanese team players to a certain extent.

This is Zhou Yi's opportunity to participate in the finals at the expense of his absence from the finals. How can he waste it at will?

Every player on the Chinese team thought so, and the spirit they displayed surprised even their old rival, the Japanese team.

The Chinese team still played the same tactics, and Gao Hongbo did not choose to stick to it.

After all, the Chinese team has been practicing this set of tactics for more than a year and almost two years, and everyone is familiar with it.

The Japanese team did not expect that the Chinese team would play so aggressively and tenaciously. Their pressing in the midfield and frontcourt made the Japanese team players, who are known for their delicate skills and tacit cooperation, a bit embarrassed.

In just ten minutes, the Chinese fans who had no hope in front of the TV opened their eyes in surprise and found that this national team was somewhat unfamiliar...

Even Liu Hong couldn't help but admire: The Chinese team did not give up this game, even though they did not have the core Zhou Yi, and even though they were far inferior to the Japanese team in terms of strength. But no one gave up, and the will they showed The quality makes us feel unfamiliar - is this really the national football team that we have scolded countless times?

In the past, the most criticized thing about the Chinese team was that the Chinese team players easily gave up after encountering difficulties in the game, gave up on themselves, broke the pot, and lacked fighting spirit.

But these problems are not seen in today's national team.

This is simply incredible.

Because although the Chinese team has been advancing all the way, it was because they had Zhou Yi, who helped them solve many problems. But this time, Zhou Yi was suspended by a red card, and the Chinese team was immediately knocked back to its original shape - this is the familiar formula Chinese team.

But although the Chinese team that was brought back to its prototype is still familiar with the formula, it does not have a familiar taste...

Why is this?

Before the game, many players of the Chinese team mentioned Zhou Yi when being interviewed by reporters.

We must strive to dedicate this game to Zhou Yi with victory!

I know the Japanese team is very good, but we will not give in easily, because this is the opportunity Zhou Yi fought for us!

We will do our best, otherwise we would be so sorry to Zhou Yi!

Zhou Yi can't play, then we have to bring his share and fight together!

Even if this game is for Zhou Yi, I still have to fight!

Even Gao Hongbo said at the pre-match press conference: I know the importance of Zhou Yi to this team, but we also have the same idea, that is, during the game, everyone in the team is better than usual. Running more and paying more can make up for Zhou Yi's absence. Zhou Yi's red card will not be a regret or a burden for us. On the contrary, it is a clarion call for the team to forge ahead. Zhou Yi also agrees with this .

Why is there the change mentioned before? The answer is already very clear, it’s all because of Zhouyi.

After this young boy joined the team, it was like a ray of breeze blowing into this team that was burdened with a heavy burden and was neither favored nor had high hopes. It made everyone in this team excited. Feeling happy both physically and mentally, having shed all my burdens, I am neither inferior nor arrogant.

This team is full of vitality from the inside out.

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For this reason, the Chinese team's performance surprised the Japanese team and caught them off guard. In the first half, they were able to compete with the Japanese team.

But unfortunately, without Zhou Yi, the team's final pass was still a bit off. Deng Zhuoxiang has good free kick ability, but his ability to organize offense is not as good as his free kick.

It turns out that before Zhou Yi joined the national team, he was not specifically responsible for organizing offense when he played in the attacking midfielder position.

If you can't send a better final pass, your teammates won't be able to get better shooting opportunities.

In the first half, although the Chinese team got some chances, they failed to score.

Of course, the Japanese team did not score a goal, and the score was 0:0.

In the second half, the game changed sides and the Japanese team gradually gained the upper hand after adjustments at halftime.

For a period of time, the Chinese team's goal was very chaotic and dangerous, and they could lose the ball at any time.

However, the Chinese team finally came through.

The Japanese team could not attack for a long time, but became impatient.

The Chinese team also launched several threatening counterattacks. It's a pity that no goal was scored.

After this back and forth, the Japanese team players no longer dared to take the risk.

The game then reached a stalemate.

The stalemate lasted until the 85th minute. Seeing that the Japanese team could not score a goal, they launched a rapid offensive, hoping to score at the last moment.

At this time, they no longer think about winning by a big score, as long as they can win, even if they just win by one goal!

During this period, the Chinese team recovered across the board, shrinking and defending.

Hope the game goes into overtime.

In fact, their physical fitness is already a problem, but if there are still thirty minutes left in overtime and they can struggle and work hard, it is better than being defeated by the Japanese team at the last moment of the game, right?

They did it. When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the 90-minute game, the score was still 0:0!

The ninety-minute game is over! The two teams that were thought to be very different in strength before the game ended up playing evenly! After the entire game, Liu Hong is no longer as surprised as he was at the beginning. After watching the 90-minute game, he was not surprised by the draw. All the players of the Chinese team were united and it was not impossible to draw the Japanese team.

The Japanese should be the ones surprised.

It's incredible! The Japanese team didn't end the game within ninety minutes! The final was dragged into overtime! The commentator on Japanese TV was indeed surprised and could not accept the result for a while.

For both teams, overtime will probably be difficult, because they both played a full 120 minutes in the semifinals... But the Japanese team may need to rest more, because their The semifinals ended earlier than the Chinese team's semifinals. (To be continued.) New website enabled