"Hello, dear Chinese fans, welcome to Sports 5. I am your old friend Li Feixiang."
"Hello everyone, I am Sun Jihai."
"Today is Thursday, January 22nd. It is not a traditional Chinese holiday, but we are all looking forward to this day. Because tonight, the Chinese team will usher in their first knockout match of this Asian Cup - four points One final against Australia!”
"After qualifying in the group stage, you must go all out in every subsequent game, because every step you take may continue to rise, or you may fall directly and go home, so the next knockout games will be even more exciting."
"In today's game, Yunsheng's starting lineup has made some adjustments again. It is still a 4-3-2-1 formation, with goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, four defenders Jiang Zhipeng, Zhang Linpeng, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Chengdong, midfielders Huang Bowen, Wang Chuhe and Chen Tao, the two shadow forwards are Wu Lei and Yu Hai, and the center Dong Fangzhuo."
"Yunsheng made no reservations for this game and lined up the entire main lineup. Deng Zhuoxiang, Yang Xu, Sun Ke and other young people who performed well in the previous games all did not appear in the starting lineup today. After all, this game is The opponent is too strong, Yun Sheng should be more cautious."
After Li Feixiang introduced the starting lineup, Sun Jihai remained silent. After a while, he frowned and said: "The audience today is a bit noisy."
Li Feixiang quickly took over: "Yes, our Chinese team is the favorite to win the Asian Cup. The Australian fans are afraid of us, so they booed. This can also prove our strong strength."
Li Feixiang lightly kicked Sun Jihai in the audience to signal him to stop talking.
When the commercial was cut later, Li Feixiang told Sun Jihai: "The leaders in the Taiwan Strait just arranged for us not to talk about the Australian fans. After all, this involves an international dispute."
Through the window of the VIP room, Sun Jihai could hear the curses of the Australian fans very clearly.
"Go ahead and scold these beasts, they will be nice to you later!" Sun Jihai cursed bitterly.
By this time, the players from both sides had returned to the locker room, and Yun Sheng could clearly see the players' displeasure.
This is a double-edged sword. It is possible that players will kill the opponent in one go, or their skills may be distorted due to excitement, or even increase the possibility of receiving cards, which will be very troublesome.
"Boys, we are playing this game away from home. In fact, from my subjective point of view, I don't like playing against the host country because we have to consider many off-field factors, but since we meet, it doesn't matter. We are not afraid of anyone!"
"I can understand your mood swings in this game, but you have to calm down, because we can't fight them in the frontcourt! Their players are very strong, and we don't have the physical advantage, so we have to rely on excellent technology Win the opponent! Using softness to overcome strength is our strategic purpose in this game!"
Yunsheng made strict arrangements and the players executed them perfectly.
Australia used a 4-3-3 formation today, with an inverted triangle in the midfield and an upright triangle at the front. At the center position is their number one star Cahill, one of Asia's top strikers who once performed well at Everton. The two wingers next to Cahill are Matthew Leckie and Kruse. Both players play in the Bundesliga and are very strong.
Bresciano, the core midfielder, has played in Serie A for many years and is excellent both offensively and defensively; Longo and Jedinak around him both play in England.
Goalkeeper Matthew Ryan is the main goalkeeper of Club Brugge and is about to move to La Liga giants Valencia.
Although the players on the back line all play in Australia and are not very strong, they work well together and have strong team skills.
For such a team, the three lines of strength are very even.
Moreover, Australia's style of play is completely European, emphasizing physical confrontation and teamwork.
After the game started, the technical characteristics of both sides were very different.
The Huaguo team's frontcourt continued to cooperate with each other, and the offensive players used their personal skills to break through and seek opportunities.
Australia, on the other hand, seeks physical confrontation as much as possible and wants to fight hand-to-hand with Chinese players. In terms of passing and receiving, they are like a smaller version of Germany, with orderly offense and defense and very few mistakes in passing and receiving.
And this is not their strongest point. Their strongest points are their crosses and free kick tactics.
In the 11th minute of the game, during Australia's corner kick tactics, Cahill jumped high and headed the ball towards the goal. The ball hit the crossbar hard. Zeng Cheng hugged the falling ball in a thrilling way, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Even the physically strong Zhang Linpeng was unable to squeeze Cahill away. With Cahill choosing his position appropriately, he had a great chance of winning a header.
At this time, Yun Sheng on the sidelines once again shouted to the players: "Don't foul easily! Don't give them corner kicks easily!"
In the locker room before the game, Yun Sheng had already warned the players, and Chinese players rarely fouled near the penalty area. However, Australia forced its kick outside the penalty area and could easily hit the Chinese players and then get a corner kick.
This makes the Chinese team difficult to deal with.
In the 23rd minute of the game, Australia played as a team in the midfield. In the physical confrontation, neither Wang Chuhe nor Chen Tao had an advantage. It was difficult for them to steal the ball from the Australian player. Huang Bowen had no choice but to knock down from behind. Bresciano.
The referee whistled for a foul and gave the Australian player a free kick on the left side of the penalty area, and also gave Huang Bowen a yellow card.
Bresciano got up from the ground, and Huang Bowen's tackle just now did no harm to him at all.
On the left side of the penalty area, a decisive pass!
Cahill jumped high in the penalty area and headed the ball towards the goal!
The ball hit the net hard!
The ball went in!
1 to 0! Australia leads the score!
The home fans in the stands celebrated wildly and enjoyed the joy of scoring.
Yun Sheng on the sidelines shook his head repeatedly. This goal was almost unsolvable. Just now, Zhang Linpeng and Feng Xiaoting were guarding each other, but in the end Cahill broke through the defense and broke the net with a header.
Zhang Linpeng kicked the goalpost hard, with an annoyed look on his face: "This guy really looks like Drogba, as strong as a calf!"
Goalkeeper Zeng Cheng also looked downcast. He barely had time to make a defensive move just now.
At this time, at the side of the court, while the Australian players were celebrating, Yun Sheng called Chen Tao over.
Because neither Zheng Zhi nor Hao Junmin started today, the captain's armband is temporarily worn on Chen Tao's arm.
"Xiao Chen, the defense just now was just that the opponent was too strong. We actually didn't make a big mistake. However, our offense has not been successful, which is a big problem. I need you to direct the midfield and frontcourt and continue to increase the offensive speed. And efficiency, speed up the passing and receiving and the possibility of personal breakthrough, we must equalize as soon as possible!"
