The game gradually heated up, and after Shinji Ono came up, the Japanese team continued to play tenaciously, and the fact that they fell behind again and the confidence in their hearts only allowed them to launch more frenzied attacks.

Without Junichi Inamoto possessing the ball on the left flank, Shunsuke Nakamura is playing more comfortably, he can dominate all attacks, and the tempo is indeed quicker. Shinji Ono, who has just come up, is more active than Junichi Inamoto's previous runs, preferring to run without the ball to feed the team's offense and open up space, rather than always waiting for the ball to come like Junichi Inamoto. Soon, because of the rapid pull of Shinji Ono and Hiroshi Naba on the two wings, it created an opportunity for Shunsuke Nakamura to go straight forward, taking advantage of the defensive misalignment space brought by the cross-switching of Naotai Takahara and Akihiro Nishizawa, Shunsuke Nakamura chose to plug the ball between Fan Zhiyi and Li Weifeng. Although Fan Zhiyi and Li Weifeng's empathy changed quickly, they were passive after all, and Gao Yuan Naotai still stepped forward to get the ball, and took a step forward to take the ball forward.

Single-handed!

"Alas!!"

Huang Jianxiang in the live broadcast room really wanted to scold his mother, how could the Chinese team's backline make such a mistake?

From the beginning of the game to the present, it was arguably the most beautiful attacking opportunity played by the Japanese team, and the previous goal was completed through teamwork, and now it was Shunsuke Nakamura's through ball that played a bigger role.

Naotai Taka raised his head and carefully observed the position of the goalkeeper in both eyes.

yes

One more look.

Maybe because the ball was too important, he was too cautious and hesitant, so much so that he missed the best time to hit the goal, and Sun Jihai came from the side.

Swish~

Shoveled the ball before he did!

"Yaga!"

"Yaga!"

Naotai Takahara was annoyed at that moment, and almost jumped like thunder, if he had started half a second earlier, he wouldn't have lost the ball.

The ball rolled out of the penalty area quickly, Li Yingang wanted to protect the ball and seek the surrounding teammates, the same, he also wanted to deal with it more urgently, the experience in Europe made him no longer the anxious stunned young man at the beginning, he wanted to send the ball to his teammates safely.

As a result, Shunsuke Nakamura sneaked up from the right and stabbed him directly.

Li Yin also conceded the ball.

Between the lightning and flint, Nishizawa Mingxun ran out of the penalty area, skillfully stepped on the tip of his right foot, and wanted to turn around and rush directly into the Chinese team's big penalty area, but Fan Zhiyi stopped him and hugged him, not letting him jump half an inch at all.

Beep

After a foul, Fan Zhiyi got a yellow card and gave Japan a good set-piece opportunity in front of the penalty area, just next to the arc of the penalty area.

The Chinese team pulled all the tall men over to line up the wall, and Shunsuke Nakamura stood in front of the ball, originally named Bohao wanted to come to the penalty, but was rejected by Shunsuke Nakamura, very confidently pushed away Mingbo Hao, Mingbo Hao did not argue, silently walked into the Chinese team's big penalty area.

"Japan don't have any outstanding free-kick takers,"

"The Chinese team's human wall is high enough, and it is actually quite difficult to lift the ball through the human wall at such a close distance, and then ask the ball to quickly press down to the goal defense."

"What's more, Shunsuke Nakamura looks like he wants to hit the door with his left foot?"

Huang Jianxiang felt that this ball was not easy to play. At this time, he didn't know much about Shunsuke Nakamura.

Shunsuke Nakamura, who had long blond hair, raised his head slightly and glanced at the human wall, his chin lowered.

At that whistle, Nakamura Jun ran two steps and pumped the ball with the inside of his left foot.

Call~

The ball swept up and quickly climbed from the far end of the wall! He chose the far corner, and the ball flew over the wall before hurtling into the top right corner of the goal.

Jiang Jun, who was standing on the goal line, was still half a beat slower, but no matter how fast he was, it seemed impossible for him to touch the ball, and the ball was running to the theoretical corner.

Duang!

The ball didn't score, but hit the corner and bounced off the turf!

At this moment, almost everyone did not react, as if everyone did not expect the ball to suddenly run back into the stadium. Only Li Weifeng and Akihiro Nishizawa reacted the fastest, and both of them rushed towards the ball almost at the same time. It's just that Li Weifeng chose to pick his legs, while Nishizawa Mingxun chose to jump directly to the top!

Who's faster?

Li Weifang's legs can't be extended indefinitely, but Nishizawa's acceleration can obviously make his head reach the ball faster.

Da!

The ball flew into the goal in response, and Li Weifeng's left foot could no longer be held, and it was slammed on the clavicle of Nishizawa's left shoulder, and then there was a click, and Nishizawa's collarbone seemed to be broken? His body slammed into the turf, but he didn't get up again, and his teammates flocked to him, wanting to hug him and celebrate, only to find Nishizawa wailing on the turf.

Hurt.

Troussier, who was on the sidelines, was about to raise his arms in celebration, but immediately put it down again, because he also had a premonition that something was wrong.

The price of 2:2 paid a huge price, and Akira Nishizawa walked off the field with the help of his teammates, and Trussier had to replace Akira Nishizawa with substitute striker Atsushi Yanagisawa. After hesitating for more than ten seconds, he simply asked Tatsuhiko Kubo to replace Naoyasu Takahara.

The two strikers who started today have done a good job under the close monitoring of Fan Zhiyi and Li Weifeng, but in order to maintain enough attacking power, Troussier replaced Naotai Takahara. In fact, for him, except for a few core players such as Shunsuke Nakamura, the other players are not 100% of the main team, and everyone has the ability to be the starter, which is the terrible thing about the Japanese team, any player can recruit an instant battle. They are almost a perfect team, and there are no individual individuals.

"Terrible,"

"Is Japan just a little strong that can't be beaten?"

"They played so tenaciously that we have to admit that they are quite strong."

"Now there is about half an hour left in the game, for the Chinese team, there can be no more mistakes like this, maybe the next goal will decide the championship."

"Troussier ran out of three substitutions, and Horton had one more in his hands. I don't know what kind of adjustment Horton will make, but now it seems that he is going to make another move. Li Jinyu has already warmed up on the side of the court, if he comes up, it is estimated that he will replace Su Maozhen, after all, the characteristics of the two of them are similar. ”

The score of 2:2 made Chinese fans in front of the TV become cautious.

"Paralyzed, I didn't expect Little Japan to be so awesome."

"I really underestimated them, I thought they were a small Chinese team, but now I think it's not any different from us, except for the weakness of the striker, the others are really not bad, that Nakamura Shunsuke's footwork is very good, the free kick can be seen at once, and the footwork is really well controlled."

"Are we playing too conservatively? We have been pressed by the Japanese team for several minutes, and we should try to continue to score, alas, it is still too cautious. ”

Horton did not replace Li Jinyu for the time being, but continued to play in this lineup. The game resumed, Na Bo Hao quickly committed a tactical foul, gave the Chinese team a set-piece on the left side of the front, Shens sent the ball to the Japanese team's big penalty area, did not form a threat, the Japanese team 11 players are in the box, in the defensive end, they also showed their attitude. Then they also wanted to launch a fast attack, but this time the Chinese team's defense did not make a mistake, and the Japanese team successfully counter-robbed in the half, Li Yin, with the cooperation of Zheng Zhi, simply knocked Ming Shenzhihe over, and directly cut off their idea of fast attack, and the defense of the Chinese team was quickly organized in place, and the two teams fell into a positional battle.

The Japanese players obviously did not want to fight the bayonets with the Chinese team, and frequently used fast passes to seek attacking space, but the Chinese players did not intend to give them passes.

It stands to reason that the rhythm of this time period should slow down, but the scene you see is crazy, and the rhythm can't slow down. The midfield competition is quite fierce, and the ball is constantly changing, but it is not easy to get past the opponent's backfield.

In the ten-minute battle, even Zheng Zhi got a yellow card. By now, the game has begun to test willpower, not just technical tactics.

But Zheng Zhi's mind is still sober, and this yellow card is not wronged, in order to make up for Wu Chengying's side and prevent Ming Bohao from rushing over directly.

He is also very impressed by the Japanese team as a whole, and he even thinks that the Japanese team as a whole is stronger than the Chinese team, at least much stronger than last year. He also made more and more noises at the back, constantly reminding his teammates of their movements. As long as the defense line doesn't go wrong, there will be a chance to show up.

The stalemate lasted more than ten minutes, and the game came to the last fifteen minutes, and the fouls were increasing. Horton finally used up the third substitution, and Li Jinyu came on to replace Su Maozhen. But the formation hasn't changed, the style of play hasn't changed.

In the 78th minute, Li Jinyu, who had just come up, almost should have written the score, Shensi's sitting cross ball fell on his head, Li Jinyu shook his head to attack the goal, but the ball was slightly above the crossbar, and then the Japanese team immediately returned to the color, fast attack behind Wu Chengying, Ming Bo Hao low flat cross, Yanagisawa Atsushi directly swept the near corner of the goal, Jiang Jun reacted in time to save the ball, but another Japanese striker Kubo Ryuhiko immediately killed in front of him with the outside of his left foot to shoot!

The power is less!

Fan Zhiyi's calf intercepted the ball in mid-air, and almost a little, the ball flew into the goal, Fan Zhiyi could only do this step, but Sun Jihai rushed to the horse and cleared the siege with his left foot!

The noisy Chinese team's forbidden area!

"Yaga,"

"Yaga!"

"Yaga!"

The Frenchman Trussier was all in Japanese. You can imagine how mad he was at not scoring the goal.

The ball flew directly out of the sideline, and the Chinese players did not have time to reflect, so they immediately pressed the formation up and pressed the whole court.

Hattori Nianhiro could only throw the ball back in the direction of the goalkeeper, but Li Jinyu, who had just come up, immediately pounced and forced Kawaguchi to kick the ball out with a big foot.

The ball was quickly transferred to the feet of the Chinese players, Sun Jihai distributed the ball to Zheng Zhi, Nakamura Shunsuke tried to block Zheng Zhi at the first time, but Zheng Zhi and Li Yin hit the wall and quickly ran over his right side and regained his feet.

Rotten!

Nakamura thought of what Zheng Zhi was going to do, his head twisted back, and Zheng Zhi had already passed the ball.

It's just that he still guessed wrong, he thought that Zheng Zhi was going to pass the ball to Qu Peng again, but Zheng Zhi didn't, but went directly to Yang Chen!

Go round the sun to meet the moon! The unexpected.

It's not just Nakamura who thinks so, everyone thinks so, thinking that Zheng Zhi will find Qu Peng to give full play to the advantage of speed, who knows that Zheng Zhi will directly hit the Japanese central defender to find Yang Chen. When everyone's attention was on Qu Peng's side, Yang Chen suddenly started and easily threw Ryuzo Morioka, who was staring at him, behind him!

"Oops, pretty!"

"Single-handed!"

"Yang Chen!"

Boom –

After unloading the ball, Yang Chen barely adjusted, did not give Ryuzo Morioka a chance to make amends, and decisively blasted into the lower right corner of the goal, and Kawaguchi could not live at all.

"The ball is in!"

"Yang Chen!"

“3:2！”

Huang Jianxiang's crisp and passionate voice resounded in the live broadcast room.

"Two former Eintracht Frankfurt team-mates have a perfect fit,"

"Zheng Zhi's precise guidance, the sound of the east and the west, really deserved the name, at the critical moment Yang Chen stepped forward and calmly shot the ball into the gate that Kawaguchi could guard alive, and the Chinese team once again took the lead!"

Naoki Matsuda probably thought that Zheng Zhi would pass the ball to Qu Peng just now, but he pulled it to the side at the first time, and as a result, Ryuzo Morioka fell into the face of Yang Chen. Morioka Ryuzo didn't expect it to be like this, it is estimated that he deserted, and his attention was also attracted by Qu Peng's side, and Yang Chen started first, and he finished playing......"

"Yang Chen's ninth goal, the top scorer is basically nine out of ten."

"And there are still ten minutes left, as long as there are no accidents, the Chinese team can usher in the first Asian Cup championship in history!"

"This is the most difficult game played by the Chinese team in this Asian Cup, before the game, everyone was almost optimistic about the Chinese team to win the championship, but the game process was beyond everyone's expectations, when Japan played South Korea in the semifinals, they only won by one goal, and the Chinese team met the South Korean team in the group stage, but it was a slaughter of South Korea, and then I thought that now the game is in the 81st minute, the Chinese team is also difficult to temporarily lead with a score of 3:2?"

There is not much time left for the Japanese team, and the backwardness makes them red-eyed, attacking the backfield of the Chinese team like a hungry wolf, and the Chinese team is also a tough response, Yang Chen did not hesitate to pull down the Japanese team's midfield playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura in a return defense and got a yellow card.

Although there were only three defenders, when attacking, Hattori Hiroshi and Naoki Matsuda boldly pressed up, and the number of people who threw themselves into the attack actually reached nine!

The Japanese team has a backwater, and the only way to gamble is to gamble.

The Japanese team made full use of the width of the field, and the tactics of feints to attack the middle of the road suddenly worked frequently, and the Chinese team was in danger in front of the goal, first Fan Zhiyi gave the opponent a corner kick after the ball cleared the bottom line, and after the corner kick came out, Yanagisawa Dun grabbed the front point and volleyed the unfortunate hit Jiang Jun, Jiang Jun then kept the ball, trying to throw the ball directly to Yang Chen outside the big penalty area, Yang Chen failed to protect the ball, and was riskily snatched the ball by Ryuzo Morioka, and the ball was given to Ming Bo Hao on the right side of the penalty area, Ming Bo Hao kicked the goal, Li Yinfei blocked the gun hole, The ball bounced out again!

The wind is roaring, and the chickens are flying and the dogs are jumping in the big forbidden area of China!

The ball didn't roll far, Zheng Zhi and Shinji Ono grabbed the ball in front of them at the same time, but the two of them drew the ball almost at the same time, and the ball finally flew out of the left sideline, while Naba Hao fell directly to the turf in pain, holding his right foot and rolling on the turf.

Beep

The whistle blew.

The referee awarded Japan a set-piece in front, again at the top of the penalty area. Shinji Ono's fake fall worked.

"Grass!"

"How could this be a foul?"

Even Li Yin, who had a good temper, couldn't help but swear on the field, and the captain Fan Zhiyi ran directly to the referee to complain and protest, and also got a yellow card.

The protest was ineffective, but it was a free kick in front of the Japanese team.

"Slow-motion replay shows that this is a miscalculation, Shinji Ono is acting, if he is rolling more than half a meter, he will roll into the big forbidden area."

"The human wall must be lined up, Jiang Jun's attention must be more concentrated, and he must not make mistakes. Shunsuke Nakamura had a free kick that hit the post and bounced back, causing the Chinese team to concede the goal. ”

Huang no longer despises Shunsuke Nakamura's set-pieces, and he also feels unprecedented tension.

When Shunsuke Nakamura stood in front of the ball, even the audience in front of the TV became unusually quiet, as if they were in the scene. Fans on both sides prayed silently in their hearts, with Japanese fans expecting Shunsuke Nakamura to score the free-kick, while the Chinese fans were naturally the opposite.

Beep

When the whistle blew, Shunsuke Nakamura ran two steps again and hit the door with his left foot!

This time the ball he kicked was quite weird, and instead of going around the top of the human wall, it went around the left side of the human wall, and the arc was quite large.

Whew~

Everyone's eyes followed the ball and chuckled at that moment, but Jiang Jun in front of the door didn't react at all, and the ball flew out of the bottom line by grazing the post.

"Whew,"

Huang Jianxiang exhaled heavily.

"It's so dangerous, it's so dangerous, it's so thrilling, Shunsuke Nakamura almost equalized the score."

'It would have been a bit more complicated if Japan had equalised at this time, but luckily luck was on our side.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV were also constantly beating their chests, almost out of breath, and if they had a heart attack, they would probably hang up.

Jiang Jun didn't dare to play with fire in the backfield, and directly drove the ball out with a big foot, and the ball fell into the feet of the Japanese players again, Naoki Matsuda handed the ball to the feet of Shunsuke Nakamura, who retreated, Shunsuke Nakamura did not almost pass the ball forward, after all, the formation of the Chinese team has been recycled very far back, and blind kicking may hand over the ball to China, he kept waving his right hand, signaling his teammates to press up, he hopes that all teammates will be put into the attack, behind him, now there is only one Ryuzo Morioka left, There was almost no defense.

Mingbo Hao retreated, almost advancing with him, Yang Chen quietly appeared behind him, trying to steal from the left, but Nakamura Shunsuke did not make such a mistake, handed the ball back to the unguarded Matsuda Naoki on the left, Matsuda Naoki's side was even more empty, Qu Peng received the ball, which made him boldly take the ball and rush several meters, and finally handed it to Nakamura Shunsuke, Nakamura Shunsuke was not easy to grasp this time, because Zheng Zhi posted it, and Li Yin was sitting on the other side, Nakamura Shunsuke pulled the ball briskly, Immediately hit the ball to the right side, Hattori Nianhiro also pressed up, and seeing that the defense in the middle was so dense, he simply chose to try to send an overhead ball to find Atsushi Yanagisawa.

is too direct, and the strength is sufficient, which makes Li Weifeng, who is following behind Liu Zedun, jump very calmly, and he bullies Liu Zedun's bounce ability is not as good as him.

Knock –

The ball was pushed out and fell to Lee Eun and Na Bo Ho. Ming Bohao followed up with the ball, but Li Yin's physical advantage was reflected, and Ming Bohao's feet felt tied with dozens of kilograms of lead, and he was stunned to run not as fast as Li Yin, but Li Yin took the lead in winning the ball.

Li Yin took the ball forward first, and seeing that there was no one around, he gritted his teeth and continued to rush forward.

This picture is rare throughout Li Yin's career.

In order to be able to quickly take the ball out of the danger area, he rushed up with the ball alone, and at this time, none of his teammates came up, only Qu Peng on the right side!

He finally got his foot out, slammed the ball to the right, and then kicked it out with his right foot!

Call~

The ball crossed the half court and flew in the direction of Qu Peng, but Qu Peng and Naoki Matsuda were confused, and the two ran more than five meters, and the ball flew directly out of the sideline.

Qu Peng: This ......

Brother Yin, you ......

He really didn't expect that Li Yin would pass this ball so big, it's Frankfurt's midfield meat grinder, how can you make such a mistake......

Qu Peng muttered in his heart, and quickly found someone nearby to mark, depressed to depressed, he had to participate in the defense immediately.

Li Yin is not good at passing and attacking, it's normal......

"If this is Zheng Zhi, this ball will directly find Qu Peng, Li Yin, we can understand, we can understand."

"Can clear the ball safely, Li Yin has already overfulfilled the task, you see Li Yin himself has no idea, after the ball was passed, he immediately turned his head and ran back, thinking about what would happen next......

Even the Chinese fans in front of the TV were powerless to complain, and at such a tense moment, Li Yin also brought such humor to everyone......

Naoki Matsuda quickly threw the ball forward to Shinji Ono, and Shinji Ono immediately hit Shunsuke Nakamura with a wall-banging style to go down! Sun Jihai followed very closely, barely giving him space to pass the ball forward, and the Chinese players in the penalty area were already in place, Shinji Ono calmly pulled the ball back, and then passed the ball back to Shunsuke Nakamura.

But!

Zheng Zhi rushed out quickly, and intercepted the ball with the outside of his right foot!

Take a big step forward, push the ball forward again with the outside of your right foot, and then push hard with the arch heel of your right foot! The scalpel reproduces!

At first glance, in the direction of Zheng Zhi's pass, there was no one.

But in an instant, everyone saw the pine pine overtaking frantically on the right side of Naoki Matsuda, and the car was driving wildly.

Three times and two times, the pine punched the Ole Matsuda Naoki and cut inside to catch up with the ball.

"Ahh

"It's a single knife! Koji Pine!! ”

"Qu pine!!"

"Qu pine!!"

"Qu pine!!"

Qu Peng quickly dribbled the ball into the big penalty area and faced the attacking Japanese goalkeeper Kawaguchi Noho. The only one who can stop the wave is Kawaguchi Neng.

I saw that Qu Peng's right foot quickly lifted and pumped towards the ball, Kawaguchi Neng's reaction was quite fast, and he immediately pounced on the right side, trying to block Qu Peng's shot, but when Qu Peng's right foot fell to the edge of the ball, he changed his action, cut to the outside of the ball, and quickly buckled to the middle!

The door is empty!

Then he easily pushed the empty goal with his left foot.

"The ball is in!"

"The ball is in!"

"The ball is in!"

“4：2！”

“4：2！”

"In the 87th minute, Qu Peng rewrote the score to 4:2!"

Huang Jianxiang's eyes were red, and he had already stood up excitedly, pounding the table with both hands, and roaring wildly.

"There are three minutes left, and the Chinese team is about to win the Asian Cup!"

He began to announce in advance......

"Hey, hey, hey,"

"Calm down, calm down, there's still time, there's still a little time."

"Look again, look at ...... again"

Zhang Lu's tongue was a little curled, and he couldn't speak very neatly, although he wanted to tell Huang Jianxiang to calm down, but he couldn't calm down himself.

After the goal, Qu Peng ran all the way to the corner flag, took off his shirt, showed his strong abs, and then jumped over the billboard and rushed to the stands of Chinese fans to celebrate.

So excited,

He knows what this goal means, and this may be the final score, and the Chinese team will win the championship.

Black for three minutes?

No way!

Except for Jiang Jun, the Chinese players on the field all rushed forward, and this time everyone did not celebrate in their own half, and they would not let the opponent sneak attack.

The celebration lasted almost twenty seconds.

"It's time to delay a bit~"

Li Yin, who was walking back, raised his head and looked towards the clear blue sky, this thought flashed through his mind, and then he suddenly sat down on the ground.

"Oops~"

"Ah~"

miserable, and then slapped the turf with his right hand.

"Help, I'm having cramps!"

Zheng Zhi was nearby, and his first reaction was to rush towards Li Yin, wanting to help him, but as soon as he lifted Li Yin's right leg to help him press his foot, he immediately smiled in his heart.

It's strange that I believe you, what are your special cramps?

I grass, who believes it? If you have cramps, everyone else in this field will have cramps first except me!

Obviously, Li Yin is cheating, just deliberately trying to delay time, of course, Zheng Zhi must only cooperate, shameless is nothing, anyway, Japan can't win, it's better for everyone to take a break......

The Chinese fans in front of the TV slapped their thighs and were happy.

"Aha,"

"Aha,"

"Li Yin cramps? Unscientific, huh? Impossible, absolutely impossible, he absolutely did it on purpose, he was acting. ”

"Who doesn't know that he is the best person to run besides Zheng Zhi?"

In the live broadcast room, Huang Jianxiang and Zhang Lu also glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing, but they couldn't really laugh, Huang Jianxiang immediately said, "Li Yin is cramping,"

"You can imagine how difficult it was to play, he and Zheng Zhi were the players who ran the longest distance in the game, and it was not surprising that they had cramps, especially when they had to fight constantly, which was even more strengering. I see that Zheng Zhi's physical fitness is almost at the limit......"

"Hey, yes, yes......"

Li Yin tossed like this, and it took nearly forty seconds. The Japanese players can only cry without tears, and everyone doesn't know if Li Yin is really cramping or cramping. When Li Yin limped up, he had a painful expression on his face, and he didn't look like he was acting.

The referee then finally resumed play.

But in a blink of an eye, Li Yin jumped up and down again, where did he look like he had just had cramps?

Horton's voice on the sidelines was high-pitched, and he had been directing the team, while Zhu Guanghu behind him reminded the team leader.

"Where's the flag?"

"Is the flag ready?"

The team leader was slightly stunned, "It's ready,"

"It's been ready for a long time,"

"As soon as the game is over in a while, someone in the stands will send it down......"

Look, how well prepared......

There is only one minute left in the game, and everyone can't wait, the Chinese team is about to usher in the first Asian Cup championship in history, and the days are like years!

"Referee, how many times have you looked at the watch?"

"It's been more than half a minute, hasn't it?"

"You still don't blow it?"

"Don't blow it yet?"

Everyone waited for the divine moment to come.

finally

Beep

Beep

Beep~~~~~~~

The game is over.

"Champion,"

"Champion,"

"We are champions!"

"The Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 4:2 and won the 12th Asian Cup in 2000, which is also the first time in the history of the Chinese men's football team to win the Asian Cup!"

"Following the Asian Games and the Olympic Games, the Chinese team also won the Asian Cup."

"Undoubtedly, Chinese football is currently at its heyday!"

……

……

"The five-star red flag flutters in the wind, how loud the victory song is~"

In the stands, the bright five-star red flag fluttered in the wind, and hundreds of Chinese fans sang "Singing the Motherland". On the court, every Chinese player has put on the five-star red flag and immersed in the sea of joy.

The coaching staff and players on the bench also poured into the stadium to join in the celebrations.

Zheng Zhi, who was sweating profusely, had been surrounded by news media from all over the country for interviews.

"Winning the Asian Cup is a dream for all of us, today we did it, we won it through tireless efforts, thanks to the fans, thanks to the coaching staff, thanks to the country, thanks to our team-mates, together we won everything. But this is definitely not the end of our line, we all know where our new starting point is, and we will not stop. ”

"We're going to the World Cup, and we're hungry for the World Cup."

"I believe that in 2002, we will definitely appear on the football stage of the South Korea-Japan World Cup, which will be the grandest football festival for Chinese fans."

"China, come on!"

……

……

Subsequently, the championship award ceremony, the national anthem was played, and the five-star red flag was once again waved in the wind.

On October 30, 2000, the 12th Asian Cup came to an end, with the Chinese team winning the championship, Japan being the runner-up, and the South Korean team finishing third and Iraq fourth.

In terms of individual awards, Zheng Zhi won the best player and Yang Chen won the top scorer, exactly the same as the runner-up that year......

This is the story of the 2000 Asian Cup, a story that belongs to China and Zheng Zhi......