The house leak happened to rain overnight, and before the match with the Chinese team, Australia's defensive stalwart Spiranovic suffered another injury, which was not good for Australia, so Australia did not dare to advance in this game.

After more than 10 minutes, when the team basically understood the attacking routine of the Chinese team and expected that he could make an effective defense, Bostercoglou let his players actively press the attack.

The Chinese team made it clear that they were weak today, and they tried to mix in the midfield at the beginning, and gradually began to return to the bus formation.

The big bus formation is a problem, a problem for all teams, and it is also a problem for Australia, but they do not suffer in physical confrontation, and they also have a header in the team, Cahill is indeed not tall, but whether it is running, the ability to bounce is at the top level, which is stronger than Zhang Yuan.

For a player like him, the key is to rely on the Chinese team's defensive players to be focused, and the slightest defensive negligence will not work, otherwise they will definitely suffer a big loss.

Just like Australia's marking of Zhang Yuan, the Chinese team is now more closely marked by Cahill, and penetrating is actually not Australia's strong point, they are most accustomed to opening and closing, crossing from the side or using long-range shots.

Now they are now using this kind of trick, all kinds of crosses on the side, and then let Cahill in the middle to fight for the top, as a result, the Chinese team has done a good job of protection inside and outside the penalty area, not only can clear the siege but also have an advantage in the second point, Australia rarely gets the opportunity to attack twice.

But the Chinese team's offense is basically in a paralyzed mode, Perrin to the players is very simple, try to avoid threats near the penalty area, so the first choice of the Chinese team after getting the ball is to go directly to the front, this strategy is very rough, Zhang Yuan in the face of Davidson and Sainsbury's defense can not take any advantage.

These two players are actually shorter than Zhang Yuan, but they are better at being flexible and have a lot of movements under them, and the Chinese midfielder has too little support for Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan tried several times to unload the ball himself, but failed under the interference of these two.

This also caused Zhang Yuan to complain, what is the use of just making such a high ball, the midfielder does not support himself, and it is difficult to hold the ball in the bag of Australia's two major central defenders and the back waist.

If the Chinese team is a little more resolute in the counterattack, Zhang Yuan can have a target to do the ball, which is definitely much better.

After several failures, Zhang Yuan kept shaking his head, as early as when Pei Lan formulated such a tactic, Zhang Yuan was worried that the players' mentality was too conservative, resulting in a lack of strength in counterattacks, but now it is really like this, after all, the ball is played by everyone, and it is difficult for him to successfully unload the ball alone, what kind of threat to talk about.

In fact, this is also Bostercoglou's rivalry strategy, the header level Zhang Yuan is never the strongest point, Bosecoglou is more worried about Zhang Yuan's threat at the feet, so he boldly uses the young and flexible Sainsbury in the selection of central defenders.

It is impossible for Pei Lan not to see such a situation, he also found that his tactical arrangement was a little inappropriate, the Chinese team should probably take more of the passing method of the ball at his feet when passing to Zhang Yuan, but he did not make any changes, the advantage of walking the ball in the air is that even if the opponent intercepts successfully, it can also give the Chinese team enough time to deploy, if it is on the ground, it is intercepted, this is quite threatening, given that he thinks that the basic level of the Chinese team players, the passing skills are average, and the opponent intercepts it in the front court, it is a very fatal thing.

In addition, he has an expectation in his heart, Zhang Yuan can't always be at a disadvantage, maybe once Zhang Yuan can seize the opportunity, Australia will be unlucky!

Our priority is to defend! Perrin strengthened his confidence and didn't make any changes.

Bostroglou is also a little anxious, in fact, everyone has weaknesses, whether the Chinese team is a big question mark, and Australia's marking tactics will be impeccable?

Cahill is not young, today China has created a lot of trouble for him, his ability to fight physically has always declined with age, the Chinese team is not afraid to fight with him, Australian football is actually a rough brother to some extent, Cahill's own small skills themselves are not particularly good.

This also has a lot to do with the team he played for in the early days, when he was just 18 years old when he entered English football, playing for Millwall, this team is a traditional English style of play, so Cahill is still somewhat affected by this, with average ball holding skills at his feet, and his ability to run and grab points and head the ball is particularly outstanding.

When the Chinese team is in a dense formation and has more physical contact, it is difficult for Cahill to take advantage of too much, and Australia needs a variable, and the Chinese team needs to be able to make mistakes.

The time in the first half is getting less and less, and neither side can help anyone, Australia often carries out some long-distance long-range shots on the periphery after being frustrated in the side cross, and the power is nothing to say, but the crosshairs are too poor to pose much threat to Wang Lei.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, Australia finally ushered in a turnaround, Australia got a corner kick opportunity, the veteran Bresciano crossed from the right corner, the Chinese team was not far away, and the Australian players pushed the ball into the penalty area again outside the penalty area, causing the Chinese team to make a mistake in marking, Cahill scored with a barb, 1-0.

Australia finally knocked on the door of the Chinese team through a set-piece, Cahill excitedly ran to the corner area to celebrate, this ball also swept away his frustration, and the Australian fans at the scene cheered up.

Cahill at least got a chance to sweep away the depression, Zhang Yuan was even more depressed, in the first half he pitifully got a chance to shoot, and in a hurry to shoot, the accuracy was also very bad, by the Australian goalkeeper Ryan, easily obtained.

Now Australia has finally reaped the rewards after paying, and the Chinese team has only made a few mistakes and was seized by the opponent, can you not be depressed?!

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry! Stabilize first, hold on to the last few minutes! We will make adjustments at halftime!" Zhang Yuan applauded and loudly reminded his teammates that at this juncture, everyone is most afraid that everyone will be in a mess after being hit by losing the ball, and make mistakes again!

Let Australia lead by two goals, the situation will be even worse for the Chinese team, under Zhang Yuan's reminder, under the constant shouting of Perran, the players of the Chinese team quickly stabilized their minds, and did not give Australia another chance until half-time.

"We have to make a little bit of a statement, blindly defending is not the way, at least we need to invest a little more manpower in the front court, I need support!" Zhang Yuan found Perrin as soon as possible at halftime, and he discussed with Perrin in a very low-key manner.

Perrin seemed very hesitant, he didn't want to attack, now that the Chinese team is behind, he doesn't want to attack, but he is afraid that too many troops will be invested in the front, which will lead to mistakes in defense in the backfield, allowing Australia to expand its lead.

Zhang Yuan can clearly feel Peilan's hesitation, he can understand that as the head coach, this burden is not light, and he himself cannot guarantee that the Chinese team will receive results after investing troops, who can say for sure what is happening on the field? !

"They weren't invulnerable defensively! The main reason why they had the upper hand in the first half was because we didn't put enough pressure on them, if we could have put some pressure on them, could they have attacked our heart zone so recklessly?! Mr. Perrin, there are only forty-five minutes left, and I admit that we are not always a first-class team, so we should make changes as soon as possible, otherwise there will be less and less time, and the more unfavorable it will be for us, the more beneficial it will be for them, and if they also change to the guarantee of victory, then we will not have many chances!"