Chapter 579 Sino-Japanese War
In the next ten minutes, the Australian team did not organize any effective offense.
They have lost confidence in fighting.
Finally, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game.
All the substitutes of the Chinese team poured into the court after the whistle and entered the semi-finals. They had exceeded the goal set before the battle.
Although many people know Xu Qiqiang, they did not expect that after Xu Qi arrived in Asia, he would be able to abuse vegetables even more.
He completely dominated the game and led the Chinese team to defeat the powerful Australian team.
After this game, countless media and fans began to worship Xu Qi frantically.
Indeed, such a player is not enough to blow no matter how he plays.
After this game, the results of another game were finally released at the ANZ Stadium.
In the quarterfinals between Japan and the UAE, Japan and the UAE tied a one-to-one draw after 90 minutes of matches and 30 minutes of overtime.
In the end, in the penalty shootout, the Japanese team narrowly defeated the UAE team and reached the semi-finals in a thrilling manner.
Sure enough, this semi-final showdown turned into a Sino-Japanese war!
The other semi-final match was South Korea vs. Iraq.
As the defending champion, the Japanese team may not be worse than the Australian team, but its style is completely different from that of the Australian team.
In theory, the Chinese team is not afraid of the Japanese team's football style, but such a showdown still inevitably makes Chinese fans feel worried.
Although Xu Qiqiang is strong, he can't always be in an excellent game state.
At that time, if you want to win the championship, the Japanese team was a hurdle that the Chinese team had to overcome.
At this time, it is useless to think too much.
Before the semi-finals, the Chinese team had nearly a week to rest, and this intensity of the schedule was still very conducive to Xu Qi's physical fitness recovery.
At the same time, Xu Qi's outstanding performance in the Asian Cup field has also attracted the attention of fans around the world.
Some media have also begun to select the top ten Asian Cup stars.
Xu Qi was not interested in watching such rankings, because no matter how he ranked, Xu Qi was the first.
It is so shameless that a guy who competes with Messi and Ronaldo all day long is ranked in this unsatisfactory finale ranking.
The top few in this ranking list, such as Honda Keiyuki, Kagawa Shinji, Sun Xingmin, and Gulf Messi Omar, are not as good as Xu Qi. To be precise, they are simply incomparable.
During this week, almost every day, Chinese and Japanese media are building momentum with each other.
The main argument of the Chinese media is that it revolves around Xu Qi, because Xu Qi is one of the best players in the world football world today. A player like Xu Qi is not an Asian-level defense line that can be defended.
The Japanese media's argument is that football is still a team sport after all, and the Chinese team relies too much on Xu Qi and cannot make Chinese football improve. The Japanese team will tell the Chinese team what real team football is.
Many online media also like to invite some football professionals, such as Li Yi, to start analyzing the comparison between the Chinese team and the Japanese team.
Of course, since it is a Chinese online media, everyone is still optimistic about the Chinese team.
After all, the Chinese team, which just eliminated the host Australia team, is in a strong sense, and has a stronger momentum than the Japanese team, which has difficulty eliminating the UAE.
Furthermore, Xu Qi's terrifying state is not ups and downs, because for nearly a year, Xu Qi has been at a high level.
So far this season, he has scored goals in every game that Xu Qi has participated in, which is enough to prove this.
Six Champions League games, more than 20 league games, and now three Asian Cup matches have played in the national team.
Xu Qi has scored consecutive goals in more than 30 official games, which has set an unprecedented record in football today!
Xu Qi is only one step away from breaking Messi's consecutive league record in 21 rounds.
This season, it is indeed rainy in the southern hemisphere.
On that day, it started raining again in Hunter International Sports Center.
Two national football teams from two countries with many grudges from East Asia finally met in the Asian Cup semi-finals.
In the Asian Cup held in China ten years ago, the Chinese team lost to the Japanese team in the final with great regret, which became an unfair pain in the hearts of fans that year.
Especially the Chinese team had a chance to win, but because of the referee's poor penalty, the Chinese team could only hate it.
After that Asian Cup, Li Yi, who missed the opportunity in the final, was also stunned by all Chinese fans, and he became an internet celebrity.
His experience also became the abbreviation of Chinese football at that time.
And now, in the Asian Cup, the Chinese team has once again encountered the Japanese team.
This is a very critical battle of revenge.
Xu Qi is the most powerful weapon used by the Chinese team to avenge.
Before the game, the starting list of both sides was officially announced.
Japanese goalkeeper Nagatsuki Kawashima plays for Belgium's Standard Liege.
On the defense line, Atsuto Uchida, who had played for Schalke 04 and Xu Qi several times, failed to join the team due to injury.
The player from the Bundesliga who replaced Uchida Atsuto was also a player from the right back, playing for Hamburg Takato Sakai.
The central defender is Yoshida Aya who plays for Southampton and Masashi Morishige who plays for Tokyo FC in Japan.
The left-back is Yuto Nagato, who plays for Inter Milan.
All five defenders, except Morishige, played in Europe.
This is also the capital of the Japanese team. Even when facing the Chinese team with Xu Qi, they are not particularly afraid.
In the midfield, captain Makoto Hasebe acted as the midfielder, and he also played for Frankfurt, Bundesliga.
The first two are Keiyuki Honda from AC Milan and Shinji Kagawa from Dortmund.
On both sides are the Kan Guishi from Frankfurt, and the veteran Endo Satohito who plays in Osaka Gamba.
On the front line, there is a single arrow, Shinji Okazaki, who plays for Mainz, Bundesliga.
The eleven starting players, except for Endo and Morishige, all other players play in the European League, and except for Naoji Kawashima who plays in the Belgian League, all other players play in the five major leagues!
Such a starting lineup is enough to be called Asia's number one luxury!
But as long as the Chinese team sends one person, all the starting players of the Japanese team can be overshadowed, so it is naturally Xu Qi!
The Chinese team started and goalkeeper Wang Dalei.
The defense line is Zhang Chengdong, Zhang Linpeng, Ren Hang, and Jiang Zhipeng.
Midfielder Wu Xi is partnering with Zheng Zhi.
Xu Qi, Hao Junmin and Wu Lei's configuration in the frontcourt.
Gao Lin was at the forefront.
In fact, Perrin chose to send Gao Lin to the scene, and also valued Gao Lin's role as a high center forward should have a certain role in the Japanese team's defense.
But in fact, the Japanese team's defense is not short.
Yoshida Maya, who plays for Southampton, is 189cm tall, which is a high school defender. Although Morishige's height is only 183cm tall, he is not a short central defender.
Therefore, it is probably not easy to compete for air supremacy with Gao Lin.
The key is actually to look at the performance of the technical players behind Gao Lin.
Hao Junmin, Wu Lei, and Xu Qi!
Chapter completed!