Chapter 161: Double-Line Quarterfinals (Part I)

On August 21, Athens time, Liu Han once again faced a one-day double-match situation, but fortunately, the fourth game of the group stage between the men's basketball team and Italy started at 9 o'clock in the morning, and the men's football team's quarterfinals started at 8 o'clock in the evening. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

In the men's basketball game against Italy, Liu Han only played 14 minutes, plus nearly ten hours of rest in the middle, which was enough for Liu Han to recover before the men's football game began.

With the men's Olympic team winning all three of their group games, they will face a weaker Australia side in the quarter-finals, while Costa Rica, who managed to beat Portugal in their final group game, face favourites Argentina.

If the Chinese team finally won the championship in the last Olympic Games is a very big luck component, then this Olympic Games again to reach the quarterfinals completely shows the progress of Chinese football, in the last Olympic Games, Liu Han almost all the team's goals, and this time although Liu Han is still the team's top scorer, but other Chinese players also have a very good performance.

The opponent of the Chinese Olympic team in the quarterfinals is a team with a distinctive style, as a long-term British colony, Australian football is also a traditional British style, the players are tough and concise, but from another point of view, Australia's tactics lack of change, the player's technical and tactical level is also low, most of the players in the team are players who play in their own league, only goalkeeper Brad? Jones and guard Gareth? Edith plays for a Premier League team.

If it was placed in the past, the Chinese Olympic team would be more afraid of Australia's impactful team, but now with the growth of the younger generation, the Chinese team can defeat the opponent with technical advantages, and the most important thing for the Chinese team to pay attention to is to be careful of the Australian team's defensive counterattack at all times in the game.

In the face of the Chinese team, the champion of the last Olympic Games, the Australians did put on a stubborn look, although the formation is the same as the Chinese team is 451, but the Australian team not only put on a double back, but also the core position of the midfield is quite backward, the purpose of the Australians is very clear, that is, to kill Liu Han, cut off the core touch of the Chinese team, and then wait for the opportunity to play defense.

After the start of the game, the Australians stuck to their own half, except for the first attack after the kick-off formed a cross, the rest of the time in their own half, such a scene looked a bit like the Chinese team was conducting a one-sided offensive drill.

Seeing the appearance of the opponent, Liu Han was very wise not to rely too highly, he basically ran in the midfield, responded, and then kicked the ball, using his own movement to pull the Australian team's defense.

Zheng Zhi, who has been holding the midfield position in the game before, has begun to plug in frequently, he has been polishing in the Premier League for two years, and he is not afraid of the physical confrontation of Australian players at all, and at the same time he is quite skilled in passing and threatening the ball.

Although the Australian team put on a stubborn appearance from the beginning of the game, but in fact, their defense was very difficult, because they did not dare to be too bold in the front of the big penalty area, and now every team in the Olympic Games knows how much of a threat the Chinese team's set-piece is, not to mention Liu Han, that is, the 19-year-old Chinese teenager Cheng Tao has also become a threat in the eyes of many teams, and this young player's free kick kung fu is quite a set.

The stubborn Australian team paid the price for their conservatism, and in the 25th minute of the game, Liu Han suddenly cut in after winning the ball in midfield, and his sudden breakthrough forced the Australian team to increase their vigilance.

However, just when the Australian midfielder began to block Liu Han's forward line, Liu Han transferred the ball to Yu Tao, who was inserted on the right side.

Yu Tao dribbled the ball and made an inward cut to deceive the Australian team's left-back, then went down to the bottom, and suddenly inverted the triangle near the bottom line.

Cheng Tao, who responded to the front point, leaked at his feet, and Liu Han, who followed at the back point, faked a shot and sent a half-high ball straight into the stopper, and Cheng Tao at the front point successfully entered the penalty area against offside, and volleyed sideways against the flying half-high ball.

The football flew into the door of the Australian team by grazing the post, and the Chinese team's attack played the Australian defense in the palm of their hand.

After scoring a goal, the stubborn defense lost its meaning for the Australian team, and they had to push the formation outward, trying to control the ball and attack more, but in this game, the Chinese team had Liu Han in the midfield, and under his instigation, the Australian team rarely even got the ball.

After taking the lead, the Chinese team began to calmly pass backwards, constantly pulling the defense of the Australian team.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese team still maintained a one-goal lead.

Entering the second half, the Australian team first made a change, they replaced a midfielder, added a striker, and tried to expand the impact of the team, but this happened to hit the Chinese team.

After kick-off in the second half, Liu Han began to frequently rush to the front with the ball, lacking the protection of the double back, Liu Han could easily break through with the ball and then face the Australian team's backline, which made the Australian team's defense frequently rumored, and the goal was frequently urgent.

In the 60th minute of the second half, Liu Handa pulled out his foot from outside the penalty area and shot long, the ball hit the crossbar of the Australian team and bounced back into the penalty area.

This goal basically killed the game to a certain extent, the Australian team is not good at organizing attacks, although the long pass rush point skipped their undominant midfield, but such an attack is like a blind man throwing a pot, can only rely on quantity to make up for the quality, in terms of efficiency, the tactics of long pass rushing are indeed very inefficient, after all, the Australian team does not have a very strong striker.

Liu Han was replaced in the 75th minute of the second half, and Cheng Tao was also replaced, the Chinese team began to shrink the formation to stabilize the defense, Zheng Zhi took over the command on the field, and he controlled the pace of the game very well.

In the end, in the quarter-finals of the men's football team of the Olympic Games, the Chinese Olympic team defeated the Australian team 2-0 and successfully broke into the semi-finals.

Argentina beat Costa Rica 4-0 in the other three matches, Tevez scored a hat-trick, Italy beat Mali 1-0 and Paraguay beat South Korea 3-2, so that China's semi-final opponent will be Paraguay, who will be very likely to reach the final again and potentially win the Olympic men's gold medal in the second consecutive year.