With already two goals down, Australia can no longer afford to concede any more goals.

If Cheng Hai scores again and gives the Chinese team a 3-0 lead, then Australia can basically declare defeat in advance.

The fact that a three-goal deficit can be equalised, or even reversed, is rare in the entire history of world football, and no one believes that Australia happens to be that special one.

Therefore, after Cheng Hai scored the second goal, Australia's defense against Cheng Hai has been very decisive, even at the expense of tactical fouls.

It was the same in the second half.

In the 49th minute, the Huaguo team kicked the ball to the front with a big kick after breaking the ball in the backfield, and the fast-paced Cheng Hai looked like he was about to rush past Ognowski and form a single knife.

Looking at the flight trajectory of the ball, as long as Cheng Hai rushes over, there is a high probability that he will receive the ball while running, and then form a single goal.

Ognovsky was ruthless, and at the moment when Cheng Hai was about to rush past him, he reached out and grabbed Cheng Hai and pulled him directly to the ground.

This kind of conscious malicious foul, even Cheng Hai's full physique can't be shaken off.

Even if he threw Ognovsky to the ground, he himself still couldn't break free after all, and was pulled to the ground by Ognovsky.

The Chinese team's counter-attack was aborted and Ognovski undoubtedly received a yellow card.

If he gets another yellow card, he's going to be sent off.

But the Australian head coach didn't let that happen, making a timely substitution, bringing on Ognovski with a substitute centre-back.

Although the backup central defender may be a little worse than Ognovsky in terms of technology and experience, because he is a new force and has no worries about physical fitness, he can desperately keep up with Cheng Hai and not be thrown too far.

In addition to the strict defense of Cheng Hai in the backfield, Australia's frontcourt attack has not relaxed. With two goals behind, they were more anxious than the Chinese team, and their attacks were more aggressive.

In order to block Australia's attack, the Chinese team also paid a lot of price.

Not only did someone eat a yellow card, but Zhao Peng was injured in the forehead by the opponent's striker in a duel in the 54th minute.

Although the opposing striker received a yellow card, Zhao Peng's forehead was also broken and bleeding, and he couldn't continue the game, so he could only be replaced by Li Weifeng.

But when Zhao Peng left the field, he was applauded by the Chinese fans in the audience.

In today's game, the Chinese team can maintain a 2-0 lead and has not conceded a goal, although Australia's bad luck is a factor, but it is undeniable that the midfielders of the Chinese team still played a great fighting and hard work.

Cheng Hai's physical fitness limits him to only charge in front of him to score goals, and he cannot retreat to participate in the defense.

Cheng Hai scored a goal, relying on these national football players in the midfield and backfield to defend it.

And so far, they have done their best, not allowing Australia to score a single goal, and even injured.

Therefore, it is natural for Zhao Peng to be applauded by the fans when he was substituted.

The usual cursing of Chinese fans for the national football team is just an extreme disappointment that hatred of iron is not steel.

Once the national football team shows something that can be praised, in fact, the pursuit of Chinese fans is very low, and they will definitely sing praises for the national football players.

After Zhao Peng went down, Australia's attack became even more ferocious.

They think that the Huaguo team has a main central defender, so why should they fight a little lower, right?

However, in fact, Li Weifeng is even more difficult to deal with than Zhao Peng.

Although Li Weifeng is very old and has poor physical fitness, he can't play the main starter, and it's no problem to play as a substitute.

With Li Weifeng's experience as an old man, it is more difficult for Australia to find a breakthrough from him than Zhao Peng.

In the 58th minute, striker Cahill took the ball and shook Zhou Haibin down on a bicycle and entered the penalty area.

Facing Li Weifeng, who came up from the replacement, Cahill also wanted to repeat his old tricks, wanting to pedal on his bicycle again to shake down the 30-year-old Huaguo team's substitute central defender, and then get the space to shoot.

As a result, as soon as he used his bicycle, Li Weifeng grabbed the ball and stabbed it directly.

Cahill was tripped by Li Weifeng and fell in the penalty area, excitedly shouting to the referee that the opponent had fouled, but the referee ignored it and signaled the game to continue.

In the 62nd minute, the Australian wing broke through and crossed the ball, and the ball fell right near Li Weifeng, and he and Australian striker Colwill could both grab the first point.

Colwill is a little taller than Li Weifeng and weighs a little heavier, he thinks he can grab Li Weifeng.

As a result, when both sides jumped at the same time at the landing point, Li Weifeng jumped higher than him, and pulled him down with his hands, and took the lead to push the ball out of the penalty area to clear the siege.

Colwill, who didn't hit the ball, fell to the ground when he landed, making the appearance of being pushed down by Li Weifeng, but the referee didn't pay attention to it at all.

Li Weifeng, who came off the bench, did not look easy to bully at all, and Australia could only continue to look for gaps in the rest of the Chinese team and look for opportunities to continue scoring.

However, while they continued to look for goalscoring opportunities, the Huaguo team was not idle.

They didn't think a two-goal lead was foolproof, and they didn't forget that there was also a counter-attack in the counter-attacking tactics.

A two-goal lead is naturally not as safe as a three-goal lead.

If one more goal can be scored before Cheng Hai goes down, then the championship of the Huaguo team is basically stable.

Therefore, in addition to defense, if there is a chance, the Huaguo team will still drive the ball to the front court and let Cheng Hai counterattack.

It's just that this kind of counterattack with big feet, most of the time the ball is not passed so accurately, and it is easy to deviate from the expected landing area, so Cheng Hai is helpless.

But the number of times I drive bigfoot, there is always a time when I am lucky to come across one.

The luck of the Chinese team is not as bad as that of Australia.

Although Australia sometimes tries to foul Cheng Hai to stop Cheng Hai, Cheng Hai is not the only one, and other players will also desperately insert counterattacks when they have the opportunity.

In the 69th minute, just when Cheng Hai's physical strength was about to run out and was close to exhaustion, the Huaguo team played such a counterattack.

Australia's frontcourt attack was cut off by the Chinese team, and then Zheng Zhi kicked the ball to the front court with a big kick.

But it may be that he was afraid that the force would be too strong and he would kick too far and be destroyed by the goalkeeper, so Zheng Zhi collected some strength in this ball, but the ball was not far enough, and the landing point was only more than ten meters in front of the middle line, which failed to match Cheng Hai's running position and speed.

Cheng Hai could only stop and wait for the ball to fall, but at the same time he was also targeted by an Australian centre-back and a full-back.

It is not easy for Cheng Hai to unload the ball and then control the ball to get rid of the two people's defense.

Even if it succeeds, it will be delayed, and the rest of the Australian players are already in place, and it will be difficult to get a shot from the ball into the penalty area.

However, this time, before Cheng Hai grabbed the ball, he saw that Deng Zhuoxiang in the middle had rushed up quickly, and threw off the pursuers behind him, and there was no one in front.

What a great opportunity!

Cheng Hai did not hesitate, resisted the collision of the two defenders around him with a full-value physique, took the lead, grabbed the first point, and used the full-value header technique to ferry the ball to the front of Deng Zhuoxiang.

Cheng Hai's full value of header skills passed a rather exquisite header.

The ball just landed on Deng Zhuoxiang's side, bounced on the ground, and then rolled to the front of Deng Zhuoxiang's running, without him stopping to unload the ball, and without him turning to waste time, he directly received the ball and killed it in the Australian penalty area.

Not enough, Deng Zhuoxiang's dribbling skills are not as good as Cheng Hai, and the inevitable speed of running with the ball is somewhat reduced.

Coupled with the fact that his speed itself is not fast, he let the Australian midfielder Jedinak who returned to the defense behind him catch up.

However, although Jedinak caught up with Deng Zhuoxiang, he could not go around in front of him to intercept, and could only pull Deng Zhuoxiang on the side, trying to stop his advance, or squeeze him away and poke the ball away.

But this time Deng Zhuoxiang played an extraordinary state, not only did not lose control of the ball, but also rushed to the penalty area with the ball while carrying Jedinak's pull.

As long as Deng Zhuoxiang is allowed to enter the penalty area, the probability of a successful shot will be greatly increased.

Even if Deng Zhuoxiang's shooting skills are not as good as Cheng Hai, he is also a professional player, and after entering the penalty area, the goalkeeper shoots almost single-handedly, and the probability of the goalkeeper being able to hold it is not very high.

In the case of already falling behind by two goals, if the Chinese team scores a goal to lead Australia 3-0, then Australia can admit defeat in advance.

Therefore, at the moment when Deng Zhuoxiang was about to enter the penalty area, Jedinak suddenly felt anxious and hot, and came to a flying shovel from the side, wanting to use a tactical foul to keep Deng Zhuoxiang outside the penalty area.

However, Deng Zhuoxiang's speed was a line faster than he expected.

Before Jedinak's feet were in place, Deng Zhuoxiang had already touched the ball and slipped the ball into the penalty area, and Deng Zhuoxiang's foot was only on the penalty line.

Subsequently, Deng Zhuoxiang, who wanted to dribble into the penalty area, was tripped by Jedinak's foot shoveled from the side.

Deng Zhuoxiang fell hard into the penalty area.

"Tick ......"

A sharp whistle blew and the referee rushed up from outside the box, pointed to the spot, awarded the penalty and began to pull cards out of his pocket to show Jedinak a yellow card.

The Australian players woke up from a dream and rushed to the referee, excitedly saying that the place where Deng Zhuoxiang fell was not in the penalty area, and Jedinak tackled Deng Zhuoxiang on the line of the penalty area, which was not a penalty.

If the referee awards a penalty, with Cheng Hai's shooting skills, Australia can be said to be dead.

Cheng Hai will definitely be able to score the ball and give the Chinese team a 3-0 lead over Australia.

At this time, there were only more than 20 minutes left in the game. Chasing three balls in more than 20 minutes is an impossible task.

As a result, the Australian players were quite agitated and surrounded the referee to get the referee to take it back and not award a penalty.

The foul Jedinak also rolled over and got up, rushed to the referee's side, and excitedly said that the place where he tackled the ball was on the penalty line, not in the penalty area, and it was not a penalty.

On the sidelines, Australia's head coach was also excitedly complaining to the fourth official, saying that the goal was a serious misjudgment, not a penalty, and even spit out scolding in his mouth.

The fourth official understood the mood of the Australians, but was very dissatisfied with the other party's behavior of venting the scolding on him, and lodged a solemn protest to the other side, hoping that the other party would obey the referee's decision and not become dirty.

However, knowing that if this penalty is confirmed, Australia's manager will be more than lucky, where can he take care of so much, continue to angrily protest against this serious "miscalculation", and keep scolding.

The fourth official couldn't take it anymore and reported the situation on the sidelines to the referee through headphones.

The referee, who was already surrounded by Australian players in the penalty area and couldn't get out, heard the fourth official report that the Australian coach was scolding him and the referee team, and immediately became angry, and directly took out a red card and spit on his face, the most excited Jedinak, and then took out a yellow card and showed it to an Australian player who stretched out his hand to push him.

Moreover, he did not put his yellow card back in his pocket, continued to hold it in his hand, and warned the Australian players as he retreated, telling them to surround him again and disobey the penalty, and continue to play cards.

The Australian captain finally calmed down and reluctantly pulled his teammates away.

Otherwise, if the referee continues to play the cards, Australia will really have no chance at all.

Jedinak, who was shown a red card, scolded and walked off the field, but the referee was not on the field.

After getting rid of the siege of the Australian players, the referee went from the sidelines, showed the red card to the cursing Australian manager, and sent him directly to the stands.

The head coach suddenly scolded excitedly, looking like he wanted to rush up and beat the referee, and scolded to complain to the AFC and FIFA.

The referee was also very annoyed and said to him: "Whatever you want, now please come to the stands for me." ”

In the end, the Australian head coach walked into the stands to a booing from the Australian fans and a round of applause from the Chinese team.

Of course, the boos and scolding of the Australian fans were directed at the referee, and the applause of the Chinese fans was for the penalty.

When Jedinak tackled Deng Zhuoxiang and the referee blew the whistle to award a penalty, Chinese fans, both on the scene and in front of the TV, fell into a sea of carnival.

They don't care how controversial the ball is, anyway, if it's good for China, they have to celebrate.

After all, Cheng Hai has not missed a penalty so far! This goal is basically foolproof!

As long as this penalty is scored, the Huaguo team will lock up the victory 3-0, and the championship will basically be secured.

The Chinese team is finally about to win the first heavyweight continental championship in the history of national football.

Of course, the fans standing on their own departure to scold or not to scold the penalty cannot shake the referee's decision, and the referee generally makes a decision after the decision, no matter how many people protest, it is difficult for him to hit himself in the mouth and change the penalty.

For a neutral viewer in front of the TV, it is worth questioning whether the ball was fouled in the box or whether it was a penalty.

The TV broadcaster naturally knew what everyone was thinking, and soon released a slow-motion replay of Jedinak's shoveling of Deng Zhuoxiang in all directions and angles.

However, even with the video replay, no matter from that angle, no one can tell whether Jedinak tackled Deng Zhuoxiang and fell to the ground on the penalty line or in the penalty area.

Whatever the referee makes, it seems normal.

But thinking of Australia's previous encounters, and seeing this controversial penalty, no matter who you are, you have to sigh: Australia's luck is really declining today!

In the midst of the discussion of everyone inside and outside the stadium, the penalty was delayed for almost two minutes, and the referee dealt with all the people, returned to the Australian penalty area, and let the people of the Chinese team take the penalty.

There is no doubt that the person who took the penalty was Cheng Hai, the captain of the Huaguo team and a super scorer.

Cheng Hai also knew the importance of this ball, so he was very cautious, not only carefully placed the position of the ball, but also checked the turf near the penalty spot to avoid being knocked down by some dark pits before kicking.

There are a lot of such things on the football field, and some bigwigs have stumbled in front of their horses and have been pitted by penalty spots.

Kick the ball off, fall yourself, and so on.

Cheng Hai wants to avoid this.

After carefully checking the penalty spot and there was nothing abnormal, Cheng Hai put the ball up, then took a few steps back and waited for the referee to blow the whistle.

Goalkeeper Schwarzer stood on the goal line and moved back and forth, trying to interfere with Cheng Hai's shot. Actually, it was he who was nervous.

Because he knew that Cheng Hai's archery skills were too perverted. Although Cheng Hai is not very well-known now, his superb shooting skills have already been called the world's No. 1 by some media and fans.

So Schwarzer knew that Cheng Hai would most likely score the ball. And once the goal is scored, Australia is three goals behind, and a person has just been sent off with a red card, then Australia certainly has no possibility of equalising and dragging the game into extra time.

Australia lost this game.

Therefore, despite knowing that the odds were unlikely, Schwarzer did his best to jump back and forth, interfering with Cheng Hai's shot, trying to put Cheng Hai under pressure and kick the ball away.

But his intentions were of no use at all.

Because Cheng Hai will not be affected in any way when he takes a penalty, the system's 20-point perfect shooting technique is based on where to hit when taking a penalty and hitting 100 shots.

Penalty kick, for Cheng Hai, there will be no surprises.

Seeing that both sides were ready, the referee standing on the left side of the penalty area finally blew the whistle for a penalty kick.

Cheng Hai was not affected by goalkeeper Schwarzer in the slightest, and after running two steps, he kicked the ball into the upper right corner without the slightest worry of kicking the ball away.

Schwarzer judged the right direction and pounced to the right, but he pounced on the bottom right corner.

He couldn't reach the ball that flew to the top right corner, and could only look at the ball in despair, praying in his heart that the ball would fly off the crossbar and retain a glimmer of Australian hope.