At 21:25 on the evening of January 22, Beijing time, the third quarter-final game has also ended, Australia and Iraq fought 0:0 in 90 minutes, and in the 27th minute of extra time, with Colwill's stunner only defeated Iraq 1:0, and entered the semi-finals with difficulty. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this game, Gao Hongbo organized the whole team of players to watch the live broadcast in the hotel. Except for the injured Li Mu, Gao Hongbo asked him to continue to rest. The purpose of having the players watch this game is to give them an idea of their next opponent and to keep them on the lookout for the opponent's key players.

Australia played very hard in the tournament and missed great chances on a number of occasions. They came close to opening the scoring in the 28th minute when Iraqi defender Saeed headed back to the goalkeeper and Australia's left-back Matt McKay came in quickly to grab a pick-up that narrowly missed the crossbar.

In the 81st minute, Colwill handed the ball to Holman who came on as a substitute, Holman could have played with his team-mates, but he opted for a long-range shot, the ball hit the opposition defender and flew towards the goal, but Iraqi goalkeeper Mohammed reacted quickly, he made a slight adjustment and flew to save the ball off the line.

Australia could have scored in the seventh minute of extra time, but Jedinak inexplicably headed Oglofski's barbed shot and sent it out of bounds.

Of course, Iraq were not without chances, and their best chance to score came in the 55th minute of the second half, when Younis won the ball and slipped it to team-mate Imadeson, who cleverly played a far corner, but the ball slipped past the post after getting past the hands of Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer. Iraq squandered their best chance to score in the game.

The score was controlled by Australia for most of the ensuing period, with Colwill scoring the winning goal near the end of extra-time. Some of the "big names" of the Chinese team are a little disdainful of Australia, and it took 117 minutes of hard work to decide the winner, which is not comparable to the Chinese team's devastating battle to score three goals in a row against Jordan, and it seems that this Australia is nothing more than that.

These "big names" did not show their contempt for Australia too obviously, and Gao Hongbo did not notice it for a while. But Zhang Shujie, who was closest to a certain "big name" surnamed Deng, noticed that he was sitting next to the "big name", and at the end of the match between Australia and Iraq, he clearly heard this "big name" snort in his nose.

Zhang Shujie frowned slightly, but soon relaxed.

Gao Hongbo spoke at this time: "Okay, everyone already knows who our opponent is in the next round. Maybe some of you didn't pay much attention to Australia after watching this game, thinking they were too good at squandering their chances, but it was true that we won Jordan 3-0 cleanly ten hours ago, sending the game into garbage time early, and Australia didn't know to qualify until the end of extra-time. But I want to tell you, if you dare to despise Australia, then you will lose badly!"

Gao Hongbo paused for a while, and then said: "Australia is considered to be the most likely team to win the championship in this Asian Cup except for the Japanese pair, and they have the second highest odds to win the championship. Do you know where we are ranked fourth? The top three teams, apart from Japan and Australia, are our old enemies, South Korea. Do you understand what that means? We are ranked fourth and we are already in the top four, which means that the last time we played against Jordan was our last win in this tournament. ”

Gao Hongbo paused for another moment, and the players sat down without speaking, all looking at him.

Gao Hongbo glanced around the faces of each team member, and by this time the players had put away their disdainful expressions towards Australia. I don't know if this is because of Gao Hongbo's gaze, which made them temporarily restrained and didn't dare to show it on their faces.

"Don't think that with so many successful players in Europe, we can become the best in Asia overnight, I tell you, that's impossible. Who among you would dare to say that his fame has beaten Colwill? Many people may not even be able to match Cahill?" (Cahill here is Tim Cahill, a striker, not England's defender Gary Cahill.) ）

The players remained silent, Gao Hongbo continued: "Australia and Iraq did play hard, but that doesn't mean they will play hard against us, maybe it will be easy. It's like we do with Qatar, we do with Uzbekistan, we do with Jordan! ”

Zhang Shujie nodded slightly, Gao Hongbo's words were very reasonable. In fact, in China, Gao Hongbo can definitely be called a responsible, competent and excellent head coach. It doesn't matter what his previous tactics were, no matter what mistakes he had made with the players in the team, but now he's changed it. It is not difficult to see that he has been learning and correcting.

It's just that there are very few head coaches like Gao Hongbo in China! It is not an exaggeration to say that they are rare. Although he occasionally failed to take responsibility, he never said big things, everything was done according to his ability, and he silently did what he should do. In Zhang Shujie's impression, there is really no second person in China except Gao Hongbo.

If An Rong is not counted, it is estimated that there is really only Gao Hongbo. But it's too early to evaluate An Rong now.

Gao Hongbo didn't say much about other things, and there were three days before the semifinals began. When it comes to sports, it's not enough to talk about it, you have to do it.

It was a little late after watching the game, Gao Hongbo didn't train again, and told everyone to go down and have a good rest, and the training started tomorrow.

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The training began on the 23rd......

In fact, in the training on the 23rd, Gao Hongbo did not arrange too much content, the games were almost every three or four days, and the players must be somewhat tired, so Gao Hongbo did some recovery training in the morning, and tactical drills would be arranged in the afternoon. In fact, it is no secret that the main offensive tactics of the Chinese team have been played so far. However, due to other problems, Gao Hongbo had to re-prepare for tactics.

The most important thing is Li Mu! Gao Hongbo is most worried about him! Although Li Mu's injury is not serious, it is not yet confirmed whether he can play on the day of the game. Therefore, in order to be foolproof, Gao Hongbo must customize a set of tactics without Li Mu. As a figure in the team, once he is absent, it is difficult for Gao Hongbo to find a replacement, so he can only temporarily let Zhang Shujie serve as a substitute.

Zhang Shujie is a No. 9 player, on the football field, "No. 9" is usually a fixed center position, but Zhang Shujie's skills are too comprehensive, and he does not retreat to get the ball once or twice, which is a bit similar to Ronaldo at his peak, with strong technique, speed, initiation and explosiveness. But being able to drop back doesn't mean that you can connect the midfield, like Ronaldo and Ronaldo, who can mobilize the attack and tear apart the dense backline with a lethal pass, while Ronaldo prefers to force a strong attack after retreating, disrupt the opponent's defence, and then pass the ball to a better teammate.

To put it bluntly, the current Zhang Shujie and Li Mu in the Chinese team are close to the situation of the above two in the Brazilian team, and the seemingly similar skills are actually completely different; At that time, Li Muyao really can't play, and Gao Hongbo can only bet on Zhang Shujie.

In addition, there is Xu Ziyi, to be honest, Gao Hongbo has been struggling with whether to let him attack or defend. This teenager is very versatile in the midfield area, can play in any position, and the front midfielder and the back defender are not a problem. Recently, Xu Ziyi has played as a central midfielder, mainly because this position can maximize his offensive and defensive talents. But Gao Hongbo always felt that he was not dazzling enough, maybe because he was too young.

Gao Hongbo thought so.

Needless to say, Zhao Wenkang's style and technique have clearly told the world that "I was born for the right avant-garde". Gao Hongbo won't worry too much. There is also Yan Tao, the defender who likes assists has speed, body and skill, and then he only needs to be arranged between right-back and central defender according to the situation of the game.

Ma Junqiang doesn't have to bother much, just guard his goal, in any way. Nothing else has anything else to do with him.

Li Mu didn't train with most of them, and was still resting in the room, he had just finished answering the call from Shen Hao. Shen Hao was naturally very concerned about his injury, so he asked him how he was recovering from his foot injury, and Li Mu didn't know how to answer, so he could only say ambiguously. As for whether he can play in the game against Australia, that is not for him to say.

Shen Hao also chatted with him about the match between Iran and South Korea, and the two teams finally won 1:0 for South Korea and successfully advanced to the semifinals, and it was Gu Zizhe who scored. Li Mu casually coped with a few sounds after hearing this, and Shen Hao heard from the phone that he didn't care much about the outcome between the two teams, and he was not to blame, he was still injured, how could he be in the mood to take care of other things.

So Shen Hao comforted him a few words, and the two chatted casually for a while, and then hung up the phone. Before hanging up, Shen Hao asked him not to think too much, and it was the right thing to recuperate from his injuries with peace of mind.

Li Mu himself was also worried about whether he could play in the next game, he always felt that he was fine, and even wanted to go with the team in today's training, but Gao Hongbo asked the team doctor for advice and still let him stay in the hotel.

He lay on the bed, sighed, and looked out the window. The winter in Qatar is not too cold, and today can be regarded as a good weather.

At the No. 2 National Park Stadium, the Chinese team ended a day's training. It's half past five p.m. local time, and after a day of training, the players have to take a good rest, they rush to the locker room to take a shower and then go back to the hotel.

Zhang Shujie took a hot shower comfortably, changed his clothes, Yan Tao was wearing shoes next to him, and his upper body was bare. Zhang Shujie smiled: "Why don't you even wear clothes? If you catch a cold like this, you won't be able to play." ”

Yan Tao disagreed: "It's okay, it's hot just after taking a shower, and this Qatari winter is not cold." ”

Zhang Shujie nodded: "Indeed, as long as the weather is good, the weather during the day is not bad, especially at noon." ”

"It's just a pity that there is such a good weather that there is a person who can only stay in the hotel. ”

Zhang Shujie knew who he was talking about, and the look on his face gradually darkened: "I wanted to try my best to forget about it, but what you said ......"

"What do you mean by me? Actually, you're still worried about Li Mu's injury at all, right?"

Zhang Shujie does not deny it.

Yan Tao said again: "If you don't speak, it means that you admit it." ”

"Don't talk about me, you also worry about his injuries, don't you?"

"From a friend's point of view, I definitely hope he gets better soon; from the team's point of view......" Yan Tao looked around and made sure that no "idle people" noticed this, and then whispered to Zhang Shujie: "If he really truces against Australia, who can solve your problems on the front line?"

After hearing this, Zhang Shujie shook his head with a wry smile.

Yan Tao put on his clothes, and Ma Junqiang walked up and patted the shoulders of the two: "Let's go, don't talk about it, we all hope that Li Mu can recover as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Shujie looked up, Ma Junqiang showed a smile, and Zhao Wenkang and Xu Ziyi were standing at the door.

"Let's go, let's go back. ”

After Zhang Shujie finished speaking, he and Yan Tao finally walked out of the dressing room, and the sun shone down, faintly with a little warmth.

Winter in Qatar is really not cold!