However, the day before the match with the North Korean team, the host Australia sat at the Brisbane Stadium and lost 0:1 to South Korea, and could only settle for the second place in the group, so the opponent of the Chinese team in the quarterfinals came out, and the Chinese team was about to face the host Australia.

The next day, the match between the Chinese team and the North Korean team was held at the Canberra Stadium as scheduled, Zhang Yuan sat on the bench as Perrin said, but the Chinese team's performance in this game was excellent, and the opening only 1 minute took the lead in breaking through the door of the North Korean team.

The last game was a face-saving battle for the North Korean team, they really wanted to be able to get a victory, but the Chinese team's tactical and strategic response was more appropriate, and they refused to fight against the North Korean team, whether they were threatening the opponent with counterattacks, and the North Korean team was a little helpless in the face of the Chinese team's defense.

In the 40th minute of the first half, the Chinese team broke through the door of the North Korean team again, and the score became 2:0, and the North Korean team had fallen into despair.

Zhang Yuan stood up on the bench with a smile and applauded his teammates on the field with his teammates on the field, and he didn't forget to glance at Peilan, who was not surprised, as if everything was under control.

This ghost guy still has two brushes?!Zhang Yuan thought so.

At half-time, Perrin made some adjustments and continued to send some Chinese players who did not play, and this game was to some extent a game that allowed for mistakes, and Perrin was also very humane to let the players from Australia have the opportunity to play.

The Chinese team is not arrogant, the North Korean team in the midfield does not know what the coach has done, in the second half they still did not lose their fighting spirit, continue to attack the Chinese team firmly, of course, the effect is not very ideal, knowing that in the 83rd minute, the Chinese team accidentally scored an own goal, the North Korean team barely pulled the score to 1:2, which is also the final score of the game.

After the game, although Zhang Yuan did not play, but as the captain of the team, he followed Perrin to attend the post-match press conference, about this game, reporters did not ask a lot, the media paid more attention to the next game against Australia.

"The Chinese team is about to face Australia, Zhang Yuan, is it a huge test for the Chinese team as the host?!Can you predict the outcome between the two sides?!" a Chinese reporter asked.

"Well, Australia is indeed a huge test for us, but in terms of the current situation, both South Korea and Australia are very good teams, and I can predict that the match between the two sides will be very difficult! Regarding the outcome of the game, I can't make any predictions, I just believe that as long as we can play well, we are fully capable of eliminating the hosts!" Zhang Yuan said confidently.

"Zhang, can you tell us about your impression of the Australian team?!, tell us who is the biggest threat?" asked an Australian TV reporter.

"They are the top team in Asia, very strong, very physical, good team spirit, there are a lot of players who play in the top leagues in Europe, I am looking forward to playing against them!

It's not a scene, Tim Cahill is Australia's biggest star, although he is now old, his form in the World Cup qualifiers is not very good, but now the old guy is in good shape, and he still holds Zhang Yuan in the scorer list, and is Australia's top scorer.

In fact, in the final round of the game with the South Korean team, they played very cautiously like the South Korean team, and Australia was full of firepower in the first two games, but it was relatively conservative in the game with the South Korean team, and the purpose was not because as long as they did not lose they could get the first place in the group, they could avoid the Chinese team, but the result was the opposite of what they wanted.

Australia is no longer as dismissive of the Chinese team as they did more than a year ago, they have paid a terrible price, and this time the whole team is full of wariness of the Chinese team.

Cahill, the team's number one player, said after the game: "It will definitely be a tough game against the Chinese team, they are in good form now!

Then he joked: "I hope Zhang Yuan is not in very good shape in that game now!"

There's nothing strange about this, isn't Zhang Yuan looking forward to it now?! The two people, one old and one young, are destined to play such a game on the court.

The results of the Chinese team in the group stage are very outstanding, such a result is actually expected by Chinese fans, and it seems to be unexpected, with Zhang Yuan, they feel that such results in the group stage are completely expected, but from the perspective of historical records, the performance of the Chinese team is somewhat satisfying to fans, unexpected.

Therefore, when the Chinese team will play the host Australia in the quarterfinals, the domestic fans are typically divided into two factions, one is a little pessimistic, Australia is in good shape, scoring more goals than the Chinese team, thinking that the Chinese team cannot defeat Australia with the advantage of home field, and the other faction is very optimistic, and Australia can be done in the qualifiers, is it not possible now?!

However, all fans are thinking about it, looking forward to it, and still expecting the Chinese team to defeat Australia and advance to the semifinals.

Li Jun was busy with his old business in Liverpool, this time he did not come to watch the Asian Cup game, and could only watch the broadcast on TV every day, before the game, he called Zhang Yuan and said that he was a little pessimistic, he especially exaggerated the benefits of the host, and was afraid that the Chinese team would be sad to pass this hurdle.

"Why do you want to do so much?!Kick it and you'll know!" Zhang Yuan said to Li Jun.

The national team is not as negative as the outside world fears, after all, there is the experience of drawing with Australia twice in the qualifiers, although the national football players do not want to meet Australia, but they are also very calm after the results come out.

"We meet Australia sooner or later, it's better to meet early than late, it's better to meet early, we have more confidence to win the championship after defeating them, and those in little Japan are scum!" Zhang Yuan comforted everyone internally.

"Be relaxed, if we lose, it proves that our skills are not as good as others, and we still have to learn to improve! If we win, it will be even better!" Zhang Yuan said again.

In short, what he means is that everyone's mentality must first be correct and set up, obey the arrangement of head coach Perran, and the whole team must be twisted into a rope, and the force must be in one place.

At half past three in the afternoon of January 22, the match was played at Brisbane Stadium, which is a blessed place for the Chinese team in this cup competition, where they have two victories, but not for Australia, where they lost bitterly to South Korea and had to face the Chinese team with super striker Zhang Yuan.

It stands to reason that Australia has one more day of rest than the Chinese team, but in fact, in the final round of the game, the competition between Australia and South Korea is the main force, while the Chinese team is the rotation player, and the main team gets more rest.

On the Chinese side, Perrin still discharged a 4231 formation, Zhang Yuan played a single arrow, and the Australian side discharged a 433 formation.

After the start of the game, the Chinese team took the initiative to contract, and Australia did not dare to press it wantonly, and Zhang Yuan, an important arrow figure of the Chinese team, stared at him very much, and spent energy, so the courage was not too big, and in the first ten minutes or so, everyone seemed to be not too hard.

The fans who came to Brisbane today must be the majority of Australian fans, they shouted slogans, cheering loudly for the Australian team, Australia slowly grasped the situation on the field, and after more than ten minutes, they finally figured out the tactical intentions of the Chinese team.

Head coach Ange Bosecoglou has always been more jealous of the Chinese team, he wants to avoid the Chinese team is not without reason, the group stage is over two rounds, the team's prospects are very clear, according to the arrangement of the format, if Australia wins the second place in the group, not only to meet the Chinese team but also has a great possibility to meet the Japanese team in the semi-finals, these two opponents are not easy to deal with.