The head coach of the Japanese team, Halilhodzic, felt bad when he saw this scene. He stood on the sidelines and frantically signaled that the team should press forward and attack. The team has been playing mainly to control the flow for a long time. If they suddenly throw a bucket to defend and counterattack, they are not willing to give in. What's more serious is that they won't!
But at this time, the defense line was facing the test of the Chinese team. Yi Zhe continuously broke away from the defense and sent through balls at the front of the penalty area. Zhang Yuning faked a run in the penalty area and took away Maya Yoshida's attention. At this moment, Hao Junmin broke in. restricted area.
"Hao Junmin!"
There was chaos in front of the goal again. Hao Junmin's deliberate pause almost deceived Kawashima Eiji's center of gravity, but another central defender Makino Tomoaki stretched out his leg in time to slide horizontally to destroy Chichi's chance.
Facing the Chinese team's tidal offensive, Halilhodzic not only gave instructions to Keisuke Honda, but was also preparing for substitutions. Less than half an hour into the first half, it was already unbearable.
The commentator of the Japanese cable TV station looked livid: "It's hard to imagine that the game will be played like this by our players!"
The partner next to him, Japanese football star Hidetoshi Nakata, sighed lightly: "Now we should rise to the level of the Asian champions to correctly understand the Chinese team. Halilhodzic is obviously not fully prepared tactically."
The topic unknowingly switched to Yi Zhe: "Nakata-san, it seems that you and Yi Sang had a relationship?"
Hidetoshi Nakata thought of last year's FIFA awards ceremony and smiled: "Yes, that was last year's Puskas Award."
"What kind of player is Yi in your eyes? Can you tell us about it?"
Hidetoshi Nakata paused for a second and gave an answer: "It's a pity that he was not born in Japan, otherwise he would be the real-life version of Tsubasa Ozora."
Turning around, the Japanese team made substitution adjustments. Halilhodzic directly replaced the already beaten left-back Yuto Nagatomo with striker Isamu Osako who played for Cologne in the Bundesliga. The right-back Hiroki Sakai moved to the midfielder and Makoto Hasebe. Withdrew to partner the defense and transformed into three central defenders.
After the change of formation, the Japanese team's defense line directly pressed into the center arc to participate in the offensive conduction. Halilhodzic almost had it written on his face that he couldn't bear it.
Faced with this situation, Yi Zhe retreated decisively, and the Chinese team's formation also quickly recovered at the first opportunity.
For the first time, the Japanese team completely pressed the formation into the Chinese team's penalty area. Genki Genki, the right winger, Kaiba Haraguchi, took a shot from the left side of the penalty area. Wang Dalei almost made an ultimate save while falling back, and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one palm. .
Two minutes later, the Japanese team directly set the ball in the frontcourt. Keisuke Honda almost hit a curve ball from a theoretical blind corner, but Wang Dalei almost saved it with one palm against the goal post.
In the first half, the Chinese team led the Japanese team with a score of 1:0, but the process was more acceptable to all fans than the result.
Perrin in the midfield locker room was also in a good mood. He looked at the players as if he had already seen the World Cup palace ahead: "Boys, you are outstanding! You proved to all fans that the Japanese team, ranked first in Asia, is nothing special! I have never experienced a World Cup in my playing and coaching career, and it looks like I will have the honor here."
Yi Zhe smiled and replied: "Sir, as long as you don't leave get out of class, we guarantee that you will have one more item on your resume!"
Peilan laughed: "With guys like you here, it might be difficult for me to get out of class!"
Yi Zhe glanced at the teammates around him seriously. When talking about the World Cup, every look in his eyes shone, which made him feel real. There was a time when he believed the domestic rumors, but now it seems that even if some brothers here are keen on making money, it does not prevent everyone from competing for the World Cup, and in many cases there is no conflict.
The possession of the ball in the second half gradually began to be controlled by the Japanese team. Just three minutes into the game, Wang Dalei attacked at close range in the penalty area to resolve a single attack caused by Osako Yuya.
"oh--"
The Japanese team began to use tacit passing and running coordination in the midfield to peel back the Chinese team's defense. Yi Zhe also found that this was not a gap that he could make up for with on-the-spot tactics. If any Asian team has a solid tactical heritage, it must be It is none other than the Japanese team.
But this only made Yi Zhe more motivated. He became the busiest person in front of the defense. Many of the Japanese team's most threatening mid-range penetrations were directly strangled by him. The most direct consequence was that Halilhodzic clenched his fists beside him and was so angry that he wanted to strangle Yi Zhe to death.
Although the goalkeeper of the Chinese team is also very brave, blocking and saving many opportunities with high passes, but if Yi Zhe hadn't severely hindered their penetration in the middle, the Chinese team's defense would have been penetrated long ago.
"What the hell! Go find out if he has Japanese nationality!"
He got angry directly at the assistant coach around him, and even had the urge to pull Yi Zhe over and force him to join. No one responded to him, so he looked up at the stadium's big screen.
Come and try it quickly. 】
Eighty-nine minutes.
The Japanese team got a set kick opportunity on the right side of the front court. Shinji Kagawa took the set kick into the penalty area. Osako Yuya and Wang Dalei accurately judged the same landing point. The two completed a fierce collision in the air. However, The referee did not call a foul. The ball landed at the penalty spot, and the newly replaced Japanese player Inui Takashi volleyed in front of the empty goal.
"The referee didn't say anything - hey...danger!"
Including Gan Guishi, who shot this kick, he was confident that he could definitely draw at least one point, but Yi Zhe was watching his volley in front of the goal, just like Su Ya who beat the Ghanaians in the World Cup in South Africa. The difference is that Yi Zhe did not use his hands, but accurately kicked the ball back to the backcourt.
"Hey... Yi Zhe???"
The accuracy of the prediction and the smoothness of the movements even caused incredible lags for senior commentators like He Wei, and even made the Japanese team players hold their heads together. Halilhodzic grinned with a helpless smile.
"Hey, Yi Zhe, this is his unique rescue! He once withstood Real Madrid's indiscriminate bombardment in the Champions League in this way! Now this magic belongs to the Chinese team!"
By the time He Wei reacted, the Chinese team had already rushed to the frontcourt to take control of the ball. Sun Ke steadily spent four minutes of stoppage time near the corner flag.
When the final whistle blew, the Capital Workers Stadium erupted with the same catharsis as winning a championship.
"Congratulations to Yi Zhe! Congratulations to the Chinese team! Tonight's victory is not only that we finally defeated the Japanese team, but more importantly, it is a decisive step towards the World Cup in Russia!"
But no matter what, the crazy cheers at the scene are the best compliment. This was a late response to the 2004 Asian Cup final, and it was also the first victory against Japan in an international A-level event since 1998.
When Yi Zhe was saying goodbye with everyone after the game, he heard the long-lasting March of the Swords in the stands. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, but this is the highlight of all fans. The meaning of victory in this game must be said by the fans. That’s it.
