Chapter 580: An Arrow Shoots the Sun
Hunter International Sports Center.
The Asian Cup semi-finals, which attracted worldwide attention and contained countless grievances, finally started.
With the whistle of Uzbekistan's referee Imatov, the game finally started.
The Japanese team kicked off first.
Their ball control efficiency is indeed very high, with the feeling of an Asian Spanish team.
It can be said that the Japanese team is the most skilled team in Asia.
Even when facing some European teams, the Japanese team can gain a certain advantage in ball control.
During the six or seven minutes of the game, the situation in the game was always under control by the Japanese team, which also made all the fans watching the game nervous.
There were nearly eight or nine thousand Chinese fans at the scene, which was a little more than the Chinese fans when they played against the host Australian team in the last game.
And the Japanese fans are much more pitiful.
In addition to the local neutral fans in Australia and Xu Qi's fans, the total number of fans at this game was more than 20,000, and Chinese fans accounted for half.
Most Australian fans actually came to cheer for Xu Qi, so this game became the home court of the Chinese team.
Although there are many fans of the Japanese team, it still forms a sharp contrast with the number of Chinese fans.
At the beginning, the Japanese team began to attack the Chinese team's penalty area through the wing.
Two full-backs Yutsu Yuki and Takato Sakai seemed very active.
The Chinese team's defense has not been panicked. In recent seasons, the Chinese Super League team has also fought with the Japanese J League teams in the AFC Champions League for a row, and their results are not inferior.
Therefore, there is no big problem when defending the Japanese team's wing style.
Moreover, although Shinji Okazaki runs very well, his physical ability to compete with Chinese defenders is simply unable to compete with the Chinese defenders, and he is completely at a disadvantage.
After all, the physical fitness of Zhang Linpeng and Ren Hang is quite good in Asian arenas.
It’s just that Feng Xiaoting missed the Asian Cup due to injury, otherwise the Chinese team’s defense would have been more stable.
The Japanese team created the first threat to this game, and it was Nagato Yuto's cross from the wing and then passed to Keiyu Honda on the penalty area line.
Keiyuki Honda followed up and shot with a thrust shot to drive the ball high.
Then, Inter Milan's full-back sent out a straight pass again, which was intercepted by Zhang Linpeng falling to the ground and tackled.
Zhang Linpeng made a long pass and directly asked Xu Qi to fight a quick counterattack.
The pass of the ball was not accurate. When Xu Qi and Sakai Takato competed for the landing point of the ball, it was obvious that Sakai Takato had the advantage.
However, Xu Qi forced his jump with his physical ability to fight, and forced the ball to be removed with ****.
Then, Xu Qi chose to run away from the ball.
However, although Xu Qi's performance attracted thunderous applause from the audience, the referee did not buy it and called Xu Qi a foul when he was fighting for the landing point.
Xu Qi smiled at the referee with an unhappy expression.
The Uzbekistan's referee naturally has to give Xu Qi a face. It is indeed under tremendous pressure to call a big-name player like Xu Qi for a foul.
The referee could only smile and insist on his own punishment.
Subsequently, the offensive and defensive exchanges between the two sides began to accelerate, and the intensity of the offensive and defensive transition also pushed the intensity of the game to a new level.
In the 18th minute, Sakai Gaode sent a threatening cross from the right side. Qian Guishi in front of the goal grabbed the landing point and headed the ball, and was held in Wang Dalei's arms.
Wang Dalei threw the ball with his hand and launched a fast attack. This time, Xu Qi and Wang Dalei's tacit understanding was shown. He immediately ran to the position. Before Wang Dalei's hand- throwing ball fell to the ground, Xu Qi tilted the ball at one end.
He sent a long diagonal pass directly to the right road.
There, Wu Lei told me to insert it, and it was almost a chance to form a single shot.
Yuuya Nagato quickly chased back, and the two central defenders of the Japanese team also returned to defense frantically.
Xu Qi ran towards the middle lane, Gao Lin pointed in front and back, and basically surrounded him.
However, Wu Lei also saw his teammates who were circulating in the middle, but when he was trying to pass the ball, he was already caught up by Yuu Yuu. In desperation, Wu Lei's cross hit Nagato Yuu Yuu's leg, and hit his leg again, and finally got out of the bottom line.
The Chinese team missed a good opportunity to fight back again.
The extremely helpless Xu Qi could only encourage his teammates with applause. Next, Xu Qi had to solve the problem by himself.
"The Japanese team's offensive efficiency is not high. The Chinese team's defense is actually pretty good, and they can also find a good counterattack opportunity." On a portal live video platform, Huang Jianxiang pointed out that the Chinese team still has a chance in such offensive and defensive transformation.
"The chance is very great, the Chinese team has great hope!" The commentator Li Yi added, "Li Yi was so angry that he gritted his teeth for the Japanese team.
Almost all Chinese people watching this game are eager for the Chinese national team to knock the Japanese national team down.
The game has already reached the 38th minute without realizing it.
Xu Qi's performance was very positive.
In this game, his entry rate was quite high.
At this moment, the Japanese team controlled the ball in the backcourt, and Makoto Hasegawa faced Wu Lei's press, so he could only pass back to the defender on the back line.
Yoshida Ma also came out and wanted to stop the ball, but when he saw Xu Qi rushing over, he felt panicked and immediately tried to use his body to block Xu Qi behind him, and then passed the ball back to goalkeeper Kawashima Nagato.
However, Xu Qi's speed exceeded Yoshida Maya's expectations, and Yoshida Maya's panic made the ball smaller.
This pass was more like sending a straight pass to Xu Qi.
The Japanese team made a fatal mistake and gave the Chinese team a big gift!
This big gift was given to Xu Qi!
Xu Qi rushed over and faced Kawashima Nagato who was attacking, and his body stretched and his right foot swung.
Bend the bow and arrow!
Shoot the sun with one arrow!
This ball was like an arrow through the clouds, bypassing Kawashima Nagato and hangs directly at the dead corner!
One to zero, the Chinese team took the lead, and Xu Qi scored the goal!
Shooting the sun successfully.
At the Hunter International Sports Center, the whole audience was in full swing, and the Chinese fans shook the flags in their hands. The huge five-star red flag was flying, and the entire court was completely filled with applause from Xu Qi.
Xu Qi ran to an area with many Chinese fans and placed the five-star red flag showing on his left chest and kissed him deeply.
It also made the fans of the audience excited.
Many fans who can only watch live TV at home want to be on the scene at this moment, and want to run into the stadium to celebrate with Xu Qi.
All the Chinese players surrounded them.
The celebration of Xu Qi was surrounded by a stack of harem was enough to show how excited these players were.
The Japanese player on the side could only look bitter, especially Maya Yoshida, who was extremely upset.
Such a mistake is too fatal, but Xu Qi never feels weak when he encounters such an opportunity.
Before the game, the head coach of the Japanese team, Aguirre, kept emphasizing before the game that Xu Qi could not be given any chance. He would rather give other Chinese players a single shot than a one-on-one or even one-on-two chance. But now, Ma Yoshida actually gave Xu Qi a single shot.
This is simply too fatal.
Aguire looked gloomy. He knew that if the Chinese team started to play defensive counterattacks in a while, the Japanese team's game would be more difficult.
Chapter completed!