Champion’s Heart

In fact, Australia did not score a goal in the first half and was one goal behind the Chinese team. This situation is completely acceptable to Australian head coach Osijek.

After all, this is the home court of the Chinese team, and the Chinese team has made rapid progress in the past two years. They won the runner-up in the Asian Cup and the championship in the Olympic Games. In the previous top ten game, they drew away from home. The Japanese team.

No matter from which aspect, the Chinese team is definitely not an opponent that can be ignored and underestimated.

So Osijek was quite satisfied with the result of only conceding one goal in the first half.

Because he only conceded one goal, this gave him more expectations for the second half - Australia had two draws and one loss in the first three games, so their fourth game was definitely not to take away another defeat.

Being able to win against the Chinese team on the road is Osijek's goal.

This is quite contradictory. On the one hand, I feel that the Chinese team playing at home is very strong and should not be underestimated. On the other hand, my goal is to defeat the Chinese team away from home.

In the locker room, Osijek continued to encourage his players, telling them that they were only one goal behind and there were still 45 minutes left in the second half. They could definitely defeat the Chinese team on the road.

...The performance of the Chinese team players in the first half will definitely make them mistakenly think that they can easily beat us at home. When they underestimate the enemy, that's when we beat them!

In the Chinese team's locker room, head coach Gao Hongbo also reminded the players that a one-goal lead is not safe and they should beware of Australia's fierce attack in the second half. But at the same time, Australia's fierce offensive is also an opportunity for the Chinese team.

As long as we can withstand their attack, we will definitely have many opportunities to counterattack. Gao Hongbo said this to his players.

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After the start of the second half, the Chinese team, led by Zhou Yi, continued to attack Australia's penalty area. The offensive was so fierce that Australia could not even get past halftime. Xi'an fans in the stands of Zhuque Stadium also supported the team with huge cheers.

The performance of the Chinese team reminded people of the period just after the Chinese team scored a goal in the first half. The offensive was really like a tide, and it was exciting to watch.

The Australian side obviously also expected that the Chinese team would definitely launch such a fierce offensive at the beginning of the second half, so they recovered across the board, solidly defended, and first withstood the Chinese team's aggressive offensive.

With their efforts,

Australia's goal was not lost. After ten minutes, the Chinese team slowed down the pace again and the players needed to take a breath.

Australia took advantage of the Chinese team's slowdown and began their counterattack.

Faced with Australia's counterattack, the Chinese team did not fight them in the midfield, but shrank to a thirty-meter area and fought them near the penalty area.

This can give full play to the advantages of their defensive mid-layer filtering, making it difficult for Australia to truly threaten the Chinese team's goal.

In the process, Zhou Yi began to look for opportunities to counterattack.

Australia will definitely not be willing to lose on the road like this. Even a draw may not satisfy them. Because their results in the first three games were so bad. Knowing this, Zhou Yi was very confident in his judgment.

He firmly believes that Australia will continue to increase its offensive intensity, and when they are completely suppressed, that will be the time for the Chinese team to counterattack. Now, you need to wait patiently.

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Australia's offense did not go all out at the beginning because they also had to be wary of the Chinese team's defensive counterattack. Therefore, the back line is basically behind the center line, but such a powerful attack obviously cannot do anything to the goal guarded by Sun Pan.

After attacking for a while, Australia's offense was still not able to pose much of a threat to the Chinese team's goal, and there were not even many high-quality shots.

Seeing that the score could not be rewritten, anxiety was slowly growing in the hearts of every Australian player.

They also know exactly what goals they came to China with. If they still can't win this game and haven't won any of the four top ten games, it will be a bit uncertain to get the right to qualify for the World Cup.

Why did they choose to join the AFC in the first place? Isn't it just to make it easier to enter the World Cup finals? Wouldn't it be embarrassing if we couldn't even pass the Asian qualifiers?

And by then, the pressure from domestic public opinion will become great.

After this game, there are still five match days, and Australia will have a bye in these five match days, which means there are still four games.

If it loses to the Chinese team now, Australia will only accumulate two points after the game, and the gap behind the direct competitors of the Chinese team and the Japanese team will further widen.

The Chinese team has three wins and one draw with ten points, surpassing the Japanese team to become the first in the group, while the Japanese team has two wins and two draws and ranks second with eight points. With only two points, Australia may not even be able to secure fourth place in the group.

So if they lose this game, it will be very bad for them.

Thinking of this, the Australian players became more impatient during the game.

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Unknowingly, with the back and forth between the two sides, fifteen minutes had passed in the second half, and there was still half an hour before the end of the game.

In order to change the current situation of sluggish offense, Osijek decided to sell and adjust.

He asked the two defensive players on the wing to actively participate in the attack, making Australia's offense more layered and forming a sea wolf-like offensive, layer after layer, wave after wave.

Only through such an offensive can we create enough pressure on the Chinese team's rear direction, forcing them to make mistakes and create opportunities for Australia.

When Australia's defenders pressed forward to participate in the attack, for a moment, their offensive did bring a lot of pressure and trouble to the Chinese team players, and indeed caused some dangers in front of the Chinese team's goal.

Faced with these dangers, both Chinese style fans and commentators were frightened, but Sun Pan was the only one who was excited - he could finally shine!

In the past, the quality of Australia's offense was generally not high, and it was difficult for him to have any outstanding performance. They were all average saves, and it was impossible to make a difficult save.

It’s different now…

Australia's all-or-nothing attack gave Sun Pan many opportunities to perform.

He began to appear frequently in close-ups and slow-motion replays.

Sun Pan made another beautiful save! During this period, Australia's offensive was a bit fierce, and the Chinese team's three lines were almost compressed into one line. This is very dangerous... Liu Hong said worriedly.

In the Zhuque Stadium, whenever Australian players get the ball, Xi'an fans will disrupt them with swear words and boos. But how come Australia, which has experienced hundreds of battles and is considered a top team in Asia, can be easily disturbed by fans? They were already prepared before they came to the away game to take all three points. They were going to be enemies with the entire 1.4 billion people in China.

Sun Pan was very excited during this time, and Guo Nu and Yang Muge were also very active. On the contrary, Zhou Yi does not appear on the screen so often, so that if someone thinks of him, they might feel that Zhou Yi is invisible.

But in fact, Zhou Yi has not been idle. He has been observing the situation on the court, keeping the movement routes of the Chinese and Australian players firmly in his mind, and analyzing some patterns through these records.

He felt that the right opportunity to counterattack had come.

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After Australia's two full-backs came up to participate in the attack, their offensive method became more simple and direct - constant crosses from the two wings, with Tim Cahill, who had an excellent header, jumping up to compete for the top.

Cahill's header is indeed quite threatening, but Guo Nu is not someone to be trifled with.

Sometimes, even if Guo Nu can't hit the ball, his persistent fight for the ball will interfere with Cahill, making it difficult for him to comfortably hit the ball towards the goal.

No, Australia had another cross from the wing. After sprinting, Tim Cahill jumped high to head the ball. As a result, he collided with Guo Nu in the air. He still hit the ball, but all his strength was used. He fought with Guo Nu in the air, and the moment he finally hit the football was the end of his strength.

Sun Pan jumped in the air, stretched out his hands, and picked off the football very easily.

He was still a little dissatisfied and felt that this save was not exciting enough.

Just when he was about to complain, he saw Zhou Yi winking at him from outside the penalty area.

In order not to attract attention, Zhou Yi did not make any gestures and just winked at him. If a person who doesn't know Zhou Yi very well sees him grinning and squeezing his eyes, he will definitely be surprised and at a loss. He wonders what happened to Zhou Yi, whether he suddenly suffered from epilepsy and went crazy...

But Sun Pan was not that kind of person. When he saw Zhou Yi like this, he knew what he was going to do.

So he didn't care about complaining that Guo Nu didn't give him a chance to shine, and directly passed the two people, rounded his arms, and threw the football away.

He did not throw it directly to Zhou Yi, because there were two Australian players beside Zhou Yi.

With such force, he threw the football directly to the Chinese team's front line and to He Ying! (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )