The 2015 Asian Cup final in Australia was played at the Australian Stadium in Sydney, the first half ended with a 1-0 lead for the away team China, and in the second half, Australia, who changed sides and fought again, showed their desire to win to fans around the world, using the kick-off advantage to quickly create an attack that was very likely to score, and almost returned the Chinese team a blitzkrieg.

"Whoa—"

The Australian fans in the stands were spurred on by the team's attack, and the cheers they created rose and fell.

In many cases, the performance of the players is directly linked to the performance of the fans, because in the frenzied home atmosphere, the Australian players seem to be able to feel an inexplicable energy blessing, so as to play their best game.

However, Australia's attack seemed to lack some luck, except for a blitzkrieg that almost opened the scoring at the start of the second half, and the next two successive shots were narrowly missed.

Postecoglou paced back and forth in the home coach's command area, trying to make changes to the line-up, but the players on the bench were always a little different from the starters, and it took time to get used to the rhythm of the game.

After thinking about it, I still pin my hopes on the starting eleven.

Unless there is a fitness problem, Postecoglou does not want to make changes to the squad in the short term.

Lippi, the head coach of the Chinese team, has a different idea, and he already has the idea of making a substitution.

Wu Sanshi has outstanding ability, but his talent is limited, and now he has reached the upper limit of his personal ability, and there is not much room for improvement, on the other hand, the young Sun Jingbo, his ability and talent are very good, his appearance may not be able to bring a direct threat to the Australian backline, but over time it can enrich the team's positional attack.

As an outstanding product of La Masia, Sun Jingbo's ability does not need to be questioned.

In the 53rd minute of the game, the Chinese team took the lead in making substitution adjustments, and Sun Jingbo replaced Wu Sanshi, who had a relatively mediocre performance.

Wu Sanshi, who was substituted, naturally looked bad, but he also knew that he didn't play well in this game, except for complaining about the head coach Lippi in his heart, the surface work was still very good, and his teammate Sun Jingbo high-fived his hands to complete the substitution handover ceremony, and then raised his arms to thank the fans in the form of applause.

Sun Jingbo, who came off the bench, did not do a good job on the defensive end, after all, La Masia emphasized offense rather than defense, but captain Tang Zheng's supplementary defense and Zhang Linpeng's excellent state were enough to ensure the safety of the right side of the defense, so that Sun Jingbo could focus more on switching from defense to offense.

Sun Jingbo came off the bench to create a chance to open the scoring in the third minute, he received a long pass from Tang Zheng on the right flank, connected Jedinak and Kreuzer, and shook off central defender Sainsbury with a small pace to get a long-range shot.

Unfortunately, Australian goalkeeper Matthew Ryan was very attentive and reacted quite quickly, flying to the side to block the ball from the left post to keep the goal intact.

"Oh, oh, oh-"

As there was a shout of surprise over the pitch, Australian head coach Postecoglou made up his mind to replace the veteran Bresciano with a young Longo.

It is undeniable that Bresciano's ability and game experience are stronger than Longo, but the veteran's speed is slow, his physical fitness is declining, and the frequency of touching the ball at his feet is slightly slow.

In the 589th minute, Australia also made a substitution, and the 22-year-old Longo replaced the veteran Bresciano.

He Wei, the commentator of Yang 5, looked at the broadcast screen and gave some knowledge to the fans in front of the TV: " Born in September '92, Longo came out of the Tottenham Academy and had an excellent performance for Tottenham's youth team in the early days, but now plays for Swindon in the third division of England, but his ability has been shown in the previous games, and the head coach Postecoglou chose to use Bresciano because of Bresciano's rich game experience, and now he has sent Longo, who has more running ability, obviously hoping to compete with the Chinese team in midfield......"

Longo's presence did bring a positive effect to Australia, his running ability gave the Australian midfield more activity, the offensive role may not be obvious, but the defensive role was huge, and with the cooperation of captain Jedinak and Miligan, the Chinese team was a great threat to attack.

The midfield attack was blocked, Tang Zheng began to change the organizational offensive strategy, passing the football more defenders, and even many times Tang Zheng would come to the two central defenders to take the ball to organize the attack.

Australia is behind the score, and the time is passing by second, so the Australian players have no choice but to move the formation forward, reduce the distance with the Chinese players in possession, increase the probability of breaking the ball, and strive to play a counterattack.

But the risk of doing so is very high, Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo are both very fast players, as long as Australia does not pay attention to the switch from attack to defense, there is a very likely result.

The Chinese team expanded the score.

Postecoglou naturally thought of such a possibility, but the team had no choice......

There is no choice in the truest sense of the word.

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Time passed quickly, 20 minutes passed in the second half, which means that there were still 25 minutes left in the game, and the score was still 0:1 behind China by the home team Australia.

The frenzied atmosphere in the stands is still the same, and both Chinese and Australian fans are leaving no effort to cheer for their teams.

The momentum was so loud that even the fans sitting in front of the TV could hear it clearly.

However, the Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV will be more excited, because ...... The Chinese team took the lead.

Although the Australian midfield has been strengthened with the arrival of Longo, the Australian fans sitting in front of the TV are still a little worried.

The Chinese team doesn't seem to have many offensive opportunities, but every time they attack, they can form a shot.

Either force Matthew Ryan to make a crucial save or go wide.

In other words, the Chinese team's attack can easily bring a threat to the Australian goal, and Australia is scoreless.

In a football game, the most worrying thing is that the thunder is heavy and the rain is small.

Postecoglou couldn't help but look up at the scoreboard, he wasn't looking at the score, he was looking at the time.

68’53”

The clock was approaching seventy minutes, and the time left in the game was running out of time.

In the 72nd minute, veteran McKay replaced left-back Franzic.

"This is a very bold attempt!" Yang 5 commentator He Wei said: "The Chinese New Year's Eve is one year old McKay has played for Changchun Yatai twice and can attack and defend, but what is really impressive is his attacking ability, replacing the left back with a wingback, this is not a substitution, but a strengthening attack!"

Sure enough!

McKay didn't come off the bench to stay in the back, playing as a left winger when the team was attacking.

Former Guangzhou Evergrande current Porto player Zhang Linpeng is no stranger to Mai Kai, the two of them are also adaptable to the position, and Zhang Linpeng is young and explosive, and his body is better, McKay can't please Zhang Linpeng at all, but he made a passing mistake under Zhang Linpeng's pressure for the first time in the opening game.

Fortunately, the Chinese team's attack failed to form a shot on goal, otherwise McKay's confidence would have been greatly frustrated, affecting the performance of the next game.

Head coach Postecoglou also breathed a sigh of relief, and he naturally didn't want to see the substitution adjustments he made become an opportunity for the Chinese team to expand the score.

The possibility of losing the game has been thought before the game, if it becomes the breakthrough point of the Chinese team because of the substitution adjustment, his substitution adjustment, that is, the ability to dispatch on the spot, will be criticized by the media.

In addition to the pre-game arrangement, the most concerned ability is the ability to dispatch on the spot.

Looking at the whole world of football, the coaches who can be called famous coaches are very good at scheduling on the field, so Postecoglou does not want to be criticized by the media.

But what Postecoglou didn't expect was that the Chinese team's next switch from defense to attack would create a lethal chance......

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In the seventy-fifth minute, the physical critical point of this football game, the physical fitness of the players on both sides has declined very much, especially for the conference system game, a game every four days or so is not enough for the players to recover all their physical fitness, so the players of the two teams that entered the finals are not ideal in terms of physical recovery, and at this time it is more by will.

However, the Chinese team has one more day off than Australia, and the Chinese team's two knockout stage games did not go into extra time, and the physical consumption of the players is not as much as that of the Australian players, so the physical fitness of the Chinese players is slightly better than that of the Australian players.

Of course, this is only for a very small number of players with excellent physical fitness.

Several international players who play in the Chinese Super League are certainly inferior to those who play in Europe in terms of training system, and the self-discipline of domestic players is also relatively poor, and they are the same as most Australian players in terms of physical exertion.

Australia switched from defense to attack, Sainsbury directly found the veteran Cahill with a long pass in the backfield, who pressed Li Xuepeng, whose physical fitness dropped significantly, to complete the header, and Longo, who was actively involved in the attack, received the football.

Since the Chinese team's defenders were all in position, Longo couldn't find a good passer, so he had to give the ball to Kreuzer and let him figure out a way.

Kreuzer is not a playmaker in the first place, and when he receives a football, he can only pass to teammates who pull out the gaps, and it is really difficult for him to pass creative through balls.

After passing several kicks back and forth, the football came to the feet of McKay, who had just been on the field for a short time, and he was ready to find the field when he thought of the mistake he had just made on the field.

In the face of Zhang Linpeng, McKay naturally wouldn't be stupid to go one-on-one, he saw Longgo running over, he wanted to complete a two-on-one cooperation with Longo.

There have been many successes in training in the past, so Mackay believes that Longo understands his intentions.

In fact, Longo did understand Mackay's intentions and was consciously closer.

But it was not only Longgo who noticed this, but also Li Kui, who assisted in defense.

McKay saw that Longo was about to run into place, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and the outside of his right foot flicked the ball to the right, rolling towards Longo on loan, while McKay ran forward against the left sideline.

Longo, who responded, also thought about how to deal with the ball next, and picked up his right foot, ready to make the ball directly without stopping.

However, at this moment, Li Kui, who was assisting in the defense, suddenly dropped his body's center of gravity, took a step forward with his right foot, and his heel was just stuck in front of the football.

Longo's unprepared right foot was so unprepared that it was difficult to control the center of gravity of his body, and his upper body naturally leaned forward and fell forward.

Longo realizes something as he falls to the ground, and screams out of a reflex, hoping to get sympathy from the referee.

It's a pity that the referee Fahani Ariza was not far from the place of the incident, and he saw it clearly, he did not whistle because of Longo's scream, but hooked his finger at Longo, who fell to the ground, and signaled Longo to hurry up.

Li Kui, who stopped the ball, stabbed the ball to Zhang Linpeng who was about to turn around as soon as possible, and the latter was ready to give it directly to Sun Jingbo in the ribs, but he suddenly heard Tang Zheng's shout, so he didn't hesitate to pass it to Tang Zheng in the middle.

"Whoa—"

The Chinese fans in the stands suddenly thought of something, and subconsciously erupted into a burst of shouts.

Tang Zheng, who has a lot of experience in the game, will naturally not be affected by off-field factors, he took the initiative to meet the football passed by Zhang Linpeng, and by the way, he pulled the ball to shake off the Australian captain Jedinak who was pressing from the high position.

Jedinak obviously didn't expect Tang Zheng to stop in a row, so he chose to fall to the ground and foul half a beat slower, only shoveling a ball of air.

Postecoglou, the head coach who stood in the command area of the home team, could not have imagined that the captain of the 2013-2014 Premier League steals and interceptions list would make such a low-level mistake, and he was so frightened that he lost half of his soul.

Another defensive midfielder, Milligan, was a little far away, and he knew the gap between his ability and Tang Zheng, so he chose to retreat and wait for Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng, who passed Yedinak, did not dribble again, and he directly handed over to Sun Jingbo, who was plugged in at high speed along the right road.

The absence of substitute McKay is equivalent to saying that there is a huge sprint in front of Sun Jingbo, and central defender Sainsbury has to fill in the position.

Sainsbury, who knew that Sun Jingbo's speed was perverted, did not rush to Sun Jingbo, but stood in his position and did not give Sun Jingbo an internal cut.

partnered with Spiranovic to defend Gao Lin, once he was shaken off by Sun Jingbo, the goal would be dangerous......

Sainsbury is thoughtful, but the offense is always in the driver's seat, and he won't let his thoughtfulness affect the offense.

Sun Jingbo is the kind of player who runs faster and faster, choosing to run wildly to a position parallel to the line of the penalty area with Sainsbury in his position, and then adjust slightly to pick up a right-footed cross.

Sainsbury couldn't do anything because of the distance, and could only watch the ball arc in mid-air.

Gao Lin and his partner Spiranovic jumped at the same time, but neither of them could be hit by goalkeeper Matthew Ryan......

"Oh, oh, oh-"

Football was fast and fast, and Spiranovic and Gao Lin could both get to the spot, so the Australian fans let out a heartfelt exclamation when goalkeeper Matthew Ryan came out to knock the ball out.

Head coach Postecoglou also let out a long breath, but before it could be exhaled, it came up again, to his throat.

Because the football flew towards Tang Zheng, who participated in the attack, and Tang Zheng, who was running, adjusted his pace and picked up his right foot......

"Oh, oh, oh-"

There was another round of exclamations from the home fans.