"Beep~Beep~Beep~~"

With the referee on duty Ilmatov blowing two short and one long whistles, in the second 1/4 final of the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia, with Tang Zheng's brace and Lu Liang and Gao Lin's contributions, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 4:0 at the 'blessed land' Brisbane Stadium in this Asian Cup.

At the same time, the Chinese fans at the Brisbane Stadium instantly entered a frantic celebration mode, hysterically chanting and dancing, venting the big score of the winning belt;

He Wei, the central 5 commentator who was holding the commentary seat with both hands, was also hit by the frenzied atmosphere on the scene, and shouted hysterically: "The game is over! The game is over! After 90 minutes of fierce battle! The Chinese team defeated South Korea 4:0! This is the largest point difference between the two teams in the history of the Asian Cup, and it is also the largest point difference in the history of the war between China and South Korea!"

The broadcast picture then gave the captain of the Chinese team, Tang Zheng, and He Wei's voice changed: "There is no doubt that the Chinese team's ability to defeat the South Korean team by four goals in the Asian Cup is directly related to Tang Zheng!

Commentator Xu Yang nodded, his tone was still high-spirited: "Let's not talk about the future Haihu will have a bigger score, but this game is of cross-era significance for the Chinese team, defeating Saudi Arabia in the group stage to create history, 1/ 4 finals and defeated the old rival South Korea, I think for a long time in the future Chinese football will be the representative team of Asian football, according to the schedule, the Chinese team's opponent in the semi-finals is the winner between Japan and the United Arab Emirates, I believe that with the current state of the Chinese team, even against the Japanese national team, it is a big win......

Between the words of Yang 5 commentators He Wei and Xu Yang, the Chinese players on the field cooperated with the Chinese fans in the stands to celebrate the victory of the game, while Tang Zheng, who was selected as the best player in the game, went to the mixed area to be interviewed by domestic and foreign media under the reminder of the AFC staff.

Lippi's Chinese assistant Li Tie felt the frenzied atmosphere on his face, his eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and the national team could be said to be at the peak level when he was young, but it was still very difficult to play the South Korean team, losing more and drawing less.

Now the Chinese team can beat the South Korean team by four goals in the knockout round of the Asian Cup, which can be said to have fulfilled Li Tie's dream when he was young.

After a while, the close-up of the live director was given to the Korean players who were on the field.

In fact, many South Korean players sat on the ground at the moment when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, covering their faces with their hands, and Son Heung-min, who represented the Korean team in the Asian Cup for the second time, was even more sad and shed sad tears.

In addition to the unwillingness at the competitive level, it is more due to military service.

The 2012 British Olympics felt that they were still young and had a chance in the future, so the South Korean team was a little annoyed that they finally won the Olympic silver medal, and the Korean team won the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea last September, but Bayer Leverkusen did not let him go.

thought that the Australian Asian Games would be an opportunity, but they lost to the Chinese team 0:4 in the 1/4 finals......

In other words, the 23-year-old only has three chances left for next year's Olympics in Brazil, the World Cup in Russia and the 2019 Asian Cup.

The Chinese team, which was once reduced to a foil, has now become a representative team of Asian football, and it is still unknown whether the U23 teams such as Japan, Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and China can stand out.

Reaching the World Cup semi-finals again is clearly unlikely, so the only remaining opportunities left for Son to be exempted from military service are next year's Rio Olympics and the 2019 Asian Cup.

If he doesn't take advantage of these two opportunities, it also means that Son Heung-min will have to return to China before the age of 28 to serve in the military, and then play in the K-League to maintain his competitive form.

Having experienced the top football in Europe, where do you want to go back to China to play in the K-League?

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At the regular press conference after the game, the head coach of the South Korean team, Stillik, took the initiative to take responsibility, saying that the South Korean team's big loss was due to his lack of precision in his targeted tactics before the game and did not curb the performance of the core players of the Chinese team.

The South Korean team lost, and the domestic media in South Korea were in a very bad mood, so the question was very direct, asking Stillik if he had ever thought about resigning and apologizing.

Stillik is an old man, so naturally he didn't answer, because resignation and dismissal are completely two different concepts.

The former is a waiver of the salary package on the contract, and the latter is the salary for the remaining years of the contract.

Professional football is inseparable from money, no one is a saint, and Stillik is even more so, so he will not mention resigning.

Moreover, Stillik believes that the team's loss has little to do with him, mainly because many players in the South Korean team are not as strong as the current Chinese team, and many players who represent the South Korean team do not do their best, and even do not work hard.

His responsibility is to put too much pressure on the players, although many Korean players have limited strength, but there is no shortage of star players like Ji Chengyong and Son Heungmin, and the Korean team is still very promising in time, but he doesn't know how patient the Korean Football Association is.

Lippi, the head coach of the Chinese team who participated in the regular press conference after the game, did not get carried away because of the Chinese team's big victory over South Korea, but was very low-key, and answered in an interview with domestic media: "The four-goal victory over the South Korean team does not mean how strong the Chinese team is, it can only be said that the state of the South Korean team is not good, if the state of the South Korean team is adjusted to the best, I think it will be difficult for the Chinese team to win the South Korean team, because the South Korean team has won the fourth place in the World Cup, and they are super strong......"

At first, the Chinese media listened to it inexplicably, and it was not until 'the Korean team once won the fourth place in the World Cup' that they realized that the silver fox Lippi was trying to satirize the Korean team.

As we all know, in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, the South Korean team advanced to the semi-finals because of its condition.

South Korea didn't feel much about the elimination of Spain's Lippi in the South Korea-Japan World Cup, even if there were a lot of shady scenes, but the elimination of Italy was unbearable.

Now is the opportunity to satirize Koreans, why not?

The next day, the entire Asian football coverage revolved around China's 4-0 victory over South Korea to advance to the semifinals of the Asian Cup while creating a history of confrontation between the two sides.

According to the schedule, the semi-final opponent of the Chinese team that advanced to the semi-finals in advance will be the winner of the quarter-finals between Japan and the United Arab Emirates, so the Japanese media and the UAE media have paid special attention to the Chinese team, and the content of the report is more targeted.

In particular, the domestic media in Japan are extremely sensitive.

In the past decade, the Japanese men's football team has been a well-deserved brother in Asian football, but with the rise of the Chinese team, many foreign media have said that the Chinese team's midfield ability can compete with the Japanese team, or even surpass it.

At 5 p.m. local time in Australia, the third Asian Cup quarter-final kicked off at Canberra's Canberra Stadium, and after 90 minutes of fierce battle, Iran and Iraq drew 1:1.

Then entered the first and second half of extra time, which lasted 30 minutes, and no one expected that the former Asian Cup champion Iraq would be overtaken by the veteran Younis header.

However, Younis was the hero who conceded a penalty in the second half of extra time, and Iran equalised.

Three minutes later, Iran also gave away a penalty due to a mistake at the back, and the veteran Younis withstood the pressure to score the ball and overtake the score again.

With little clock left and when everyone thought Iraq would advance to the semi-finals, in stoppage time, the all-out Iranians took advantage of a corner kick to score the equaliser.

3：3

After the Iranian team equalized, the referee on duty did not give the two sides time again, and directly blew the whistle at the end of the game, which also meant that the first penalty shootout of this Asian Cup was coming.

The penalty shoot-out between Iran and Iraq was the same as the 120-minute match, and it was not decided until the eighth round.

Amiri, who took the penalty on behalf of Iran, missed the penalty and then took the penalty from Iraq's Salim to win the penalty shoot-out and advance to the semi-finals.

The last place to advance to the semi-finals was decided between Japan and the United Arab Emirates, and it is unknown if it was affected by the match between Iran and Iraq, and the quarter-finals between Japan and the United Arab Emirates also entered the final penalty shootout.

With their technical superiority, Japan had the last laugh and became the last team to advance to the semi-finals of this Asian Cup.

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Those Chinese fans who learned that the Japanese team advanced to the semifinals are particularly looking forward to it, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 4:0 in the quarterfinals, and the Japanese team will meet again in the semifinals, will they play high scores again?

Chinese fans are full of expectations, but Japanese fans are very worried.

From the group stage, the performance of the Japanese team is indeed very good, winning three consecutive group games, but it did not go well to the knockout round, facing the United Arab Emirates, whose overall strength has not yet reached the second-rate level in Asia, it has not been able to solve the battle in 90 minutes, which is puzzling, and even the game has entered a penalty shootout......

In the face of the Chinese team that has scored the most goals in this Asian Cup and has not conceded a goal, Japanese head coach Aguirre has no bottom in his heart, so he has no confidence in winning when he is interviewed by the media, which indirectly leads to the lack of confidence of Japanese fans in the next semi-finals.

The Japanese international, who is preparing for the semi-finals, is worried, and captain Makoto Hasebe has a record of many meetings with Tang Zheng in the Bundesliga, and the result is more losses and fewer wins.

To be precise, there has never been a win.

In the past few days, head coach Aguirre has often called the players to watch the game videos of the Chinese team after training, especially the personal highlights of several core players.

The Chinese team already has Lu Liang, the new European Golden Boy Award winner, and now has the fast-growing Sun Jingbo, Hasebe Makoto is worried about whether the team's defense can perfectly contain the Chinese team's attack.

Also thinking about this problem is the core of the midfield, Shinji Kagawa, who moved to Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2010 and overlapped with Tang Zheng, but failed to convince manager Jurgen Klopp, so he sat on the cold bench.

Often when he thinks of this, Shinji Kagawa will be very unhappy, and now he has the opportunity to directly confront Tang Zheng, he wants to prove himself!

But deep down, he was worried.

The ambivalence of psychology made it difficult for Shinji Kagawa to concentrate, which led to frequent distractions during training.

The head coach Aguirre saw it, and he frowned, extremely worried.

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Fast forward three days and the first semi-final of the 2015 Asian Cup kicked off at the Australian Stadium in Sydney, between hosts Australia and Iraq.

Although Iraq is no longer as strong as the 2007 Asian Cup in Southeast Asia, they cherish every game when the country is at war.

It was the Iraqi players who cherished the game that allowed them to emerge from the group and then eliminate Iran in the quarter-finals.

However, in addition to the advantage of home field, Australia also has the advantage of strength.

In addition, Iraq played a 120-minute quarter-final, the players' physical recovery was not ideal, and the Australian players had an extra day of rest, so they were unable to withstand the Australian attack under various adverse circumstances.

2：0

With the home team in front and the away team behind, Australia won the game and advanced to the final of this Asian Cup.

The other place in the final will be between the Chinese team and the Japanese team.

In fact, in the eyes of many Asian media, the semi-finals between the Chinese team and the Japanese team can be said to be the finals staged in advance.

It's not that Australia doesn't qualify for the final, but the Chinese team and the Japanese team play similarly, with an emphasis on midfield control.

However, possession in the game cannot add up to more than 100 per cent, so the time for the two teams to control the football will have to be contested according to the situation of the game, which has also attracted the attention of countless fans, including those outside of Asia.

Of course, many fans went to watch the Asian Cup for the name of Real Madrid superstar Tang Zheng.

Because many European fans think that the overall strength of Asian teams is not good, and the game is not exciting enough to be on the stage.

However, with the final semi-final of the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia between China and Japan officially starting at Newcastle Stadium, European fans watching the live TV gradually found that the Asian Cup was quite interesting.

First of all, Newcastle Stadium was packed, and the fans in the stands worked very hard, creating a wave of chanting.

The midfielders of both China and Japan are delicate at their feet, so it is difficult to make tackles when the opponent is in possession.

However, this situation is directly related to the fact that both sides of the game are in the semi-finals, because at this stage no one wants to lose.

Losing means you have to wait until four years to win the Asian Cup!

Four years, how many four years are there for professional players?

The Japanese team played a four-five-one formation, goalkeeper Kawashima Eiji, four defenders Takatoku Sakai, Maya Yoshida, Mato Morinaka, and Yuto Nagatomo, five midfielders Yasuhito Endo, Makoto Hasebe, Takashi Kani, Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda, and Shinji Okazaki at the front of the line.

The Chinese team still sent the usual 4231 formation, goalkeeper Yan Junling, four defenders Li Xuepeng, Feng Xiaoting, Ren Hang and Zhang Linpeng lined up, and the double back position had a change, and the young player Li Kui, who had only two substitute opportunities, replaced the captain Zheng Zhi who was injured before the game, and partnered Tang Zheng.

The three avant-garde Lu Liang, Hao Junmin and Wu Sanshi, Gao Lin was at the forefront.

In the blink of an eye, five minutes passed, and most of the energy of both sides was focused on the battle for midfield, and the number of shots on goal combined was still zero.