When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, all the Chinese people in the entire Khalifa Stadium fell into a sea of revelry.

Cheng Hai, who was substituted off the field, had already stood on the sidelines with his teammates and coaches, and rushed into the field at the moment of the final whistle, hugging and high-five his teammates in the stadium to celebrate.

In the stands, more than 20,000 Chinese fans applauded, shouted and screamed warmly, celebrating the Chinese men's football team once again entering the Asian Cup final.

"Ahhh......hh

"We're in the finals!"

"We won against South Korea!"

"Haha, now the Korean team has nothing to say! They are not a second team, and they are still in such an important Asian Cup semi-final! ”

"Before the game, some people said that they could prevent Cheng Hai, now it's up to him what to do! was scored two goals by Cheng Hai and eliminated from the game! ”

"Cheng Hai is awesome!"

"I've already entered the finals, I'm so excited, I feel that this time we really have the possibility to win the championship and create a new history of the national football team!"

"With Cheng Hai here, I think it's no problem! As long as he plays, the national football team guarantees a minimum of two goals. Before the game started, the opponent was two goals behind, and it was not easy to chase it back. ”

"With Cheng Hai here, it will definitely work!"

On the commentary seat, the commentator from Huaguo CCTV was also excitedly announcing to the domestic audience the good news that the game was over and the Chinese team defeated South Korea to enter the final of this Asian Cup, which made all parts of the country immediately boil.

Compared with the excitement of all the overseas Chinese, the players and coaches of the South Korean team seem quite lonely.

The score was 2-1, just a little bit close, and it only took one more goal to send the game into extra time.

And in the absence of Cheng Hai, they are confident that they can beat the Chinese team in overtime.

It's a pity that the ball is bad, like a moat, so that they failed to grab the ticket to the finals and were blocked by the Huaguo team from the threshold of the finals.

This made many Chinese players look depressed and unconvinced, but this did not include Park Ji-sung, the captain of the South Korean team.

Park Ji-sung, who was born in 1981, is 30 years old this year.

Cheng Hai can be called Asia's No. 1 striker, but Park Ji-sung is Asia's No. 1 superstar.

He has been famous for many years, is a famous desperate San Lang, nicknamed Park Sanlung, and his physical fitness is very perverted, and his current weekly salary at Manchester United has reached 70,000 pounds, which is equivalent to an annual salary of more than 3 million, which is much higher than Cheng Hai.

It is precisely because of his experience and insight in the giant Manchester United that he knows that in fact, the 2-1 score in this game is not a fluke won by the Chinese team, but this score was originally a fluke.

With Cheng Hai's speed, physique, off-ball running, and technique, it was already a very fluke that he only conceded two goals when the South Korean team used offside tactics.

If it weren't for the passing skills of the players of the Huaguo team who didn't keep up, Cheng Hai would have no problem scoring two more.

For Cheng Hai, who can be called a master of running without the ball, the South Korean team only conceded two goals using offside tactics and was not slaughtered by a large score, which is the real fluke.

Although South Korea lost and was blocked out of the final, Park Ji-sung still admires Cheng Hai's strength and talent.

Therefore, in the midst of the dejected or unruly looks of the other Korean players, Park Ji-sung went uncharacteristically and found Cheng Hae, shook hands with him to congratulate him, and then exchanged jerseys with Cheng Hae.

The commentator of CCTV-5 said in surprise: "South Korean captain Park Ji-sung took the initiative to find Cheng Hai, shook hands with Cheng Hai and exchanged jerseys. It seems that Manchester United's No. 1 highest-paid star in Asia also admires Cheng Hai. Cheng Hae used his strength to win the respect of Park Ji-sung. ”

An hour later, another Japan vs. Australia semi-final officially began.

At this time, Australia and Japan are ranked first and second respectively in the FIFA Asian rankings, and this semi-final can be called the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

As a result, no one expected that Australia staged a super explosion in this game, and actually scored four goals for the Japanese team in 90 minutes of play, and finally defeated Japan with a score of 4-0 and advanced to the final.

They will compete with Huaguo in the final for the Asian Cup trophy.

Their 4-0 win over Japan in the semi-finals cast a shadow over the prospect of winning the title for the Chinese team, who only beat South Korea 2-1 to reach the final.

Either way, it's a good thing to be in the final. Whether we can beat Australia or not, it will have to wait until the final starts and is over.

Therefore, that night and the next day, the Chinese media reported overwhelmingly the news that the national football team defeated South Korea 2-1 to advance to the final.

"Asian Cup semifinals, national football 2-1 South Korea and Australia will meet in the final! 》

"After seven years, the national football team has once again entered the Asian Cup finals, to see if the national football team can create a new history in this Asian Cup!" 》

"In the semifinals of the Asian Cup, Cheng Hai scored twice and led the national football team to defeat the old enemy South Korea 2-1 to advance to the final! 》

"The semi-finals are over, the Chinese team and Australia will meet in the finals, and it is not yet known who the champion will be!" 》

The comment area under the news, as well as the forum, post bar, and QQ group, are full of excited fans, who have a heated discussion about the game that defeated South Korea to advance to the final, and also hotly discussed the total number of goals scored by Cheng Hai and the possibility of winning the cup in the final.

In addition to foreign China, the media in Asia, Europe and the United States also carried out large-scale coverage of the two teams in the semi-finals and finals.

After all, it is a quadrennial continental event, and even if the level is not high, it is still worth media coverage after reaching the finals.

What's more, Australia's 4-0 massacre of Japan is very newsy.

In addition, Cheng Hai scored 14 goals in 5 Asian Cup games, which is also worthy of everyone's pursuit and reporting.

This kind of goal efficiency is really eye-catching. Even if the technical and tactical level of the Asian Cup is not as good as that of the European Cup and the World Cup, it is worthy of being sought after by the media and fans.

In the heated discussion of the outside world, the Chinese team is nervously preparing for the finals.

Originally, everyone was quite happy to break into the final, thinking that since they could defeat South Korea under the leadership of Cheng Hai, the winner of Australia and Japan in the final was also okay.

Unexpectedly, Australia broke out in such a terrifying state in the semi-finals, slaughtering Japan with a score of 4-0.

Such a scoreline, played in the semi-finals, between two teams with similar strength, can only show how terrible Australia's form is.

This cast a shadow over the Chinese team's prospects of winning the championship, and even with Cheng Hai, a world-class striker, as the arrow, everyone was not confident.

Because, the Chinese team only scored 2 goals for South Korea in the semi-finals, and also conceded 1 goal. Australia, on the other hand, scored four goals against Japan, and kept a clean sheet against Japan, without conceding a goal.

In such a comparison, everyone can see that Australia's state is much stronger than that of the Chinese national team, and the strength of both offensive and defensive ends is also better than the Chinese national team.

Even if the Chinese team has Cheng Hai in charge, the offense is not as strong as Australia, which has stronger overall strength and more flowers.

Thinking of this, the Huaguo team didn't have much confidence in the finals.

Even Cheng Hai, who was carrying a system plug-in, felt a little apprehensive.

He didn't stay in the last semi-final, but in the end he scored only two goals.

If he can only score two goals in the final, or even less, while Australia can rely on the overall strength to score three or four, won't the championship of the Chinese team be over?

Isn't his 200 skill point champion reward also finished?

Thinking of this, Cheng Hai also felt very irritable.

After taking a look at his skills, the 3 skill points that were originally useless were added to the barbed hook shot by Cheng Hai, making the barb shot increase from 4 to 7, which is better than nothing.

Originally, some time ago, the training of the Huaguo team was mainly based on training defense. Anyway, everyone thinks that as long as Cheng Hai is there, scoring goals is no problem, and the national football team should train the defense better.

As a result, who expected that this situation would be encountered in the final, even if Cheng Hai scored two or three goals, it may not be safe.

Therefore, in the days leading up to the final, the Huaguo team's training became dominated by offensive passing.

Of course, the main thing to train is the passing skills of the midfielders and the problems of plugging in and responding.

If no one answers, it is relatively easy for the opponent to defend Cheng Hai alone.

Even if Cheng Hai's physique, off-ball running, speed, and other skills are all full value, it is still possible for the opponent to stop him if he fights for tactical fouls.

But if there is a teammate to plug in, it is possible to have one more place to play the ball, and Cheng Hai no longer has the ball to run, so the possibility and threat of attack will naturally increase a lot.

Of course, this is a very big physical test for the starters in the final.

But there is no way, if you don't do this, if you don't increase the success rate of the Chinese team's attack, the Chinese team may really lose in the face of Australia.

Of course, the more important training is passing.

It's impossible to get everyone to practice like Xavi and Iniesta in a few days. Not to mention a few days, the national football players will not be able to practice for a lifetime.

Therefore, Gao Hongbo asked the national football players to try not to pass the ground directly after taking the ball, because the requirements for skill are too high, and the route is slightly deviated, and the power is slightly larger or smaller, and it is possible to be beaten by the opponent halfway.

Comparatively speaking, the big foot is more likely to move forward and avoid all the opponent's defensive forces.

Of course, you must also look at the direction to drive big, and you can't drive out of the border, so that Cheng Hai can't catch up.

This is what the Huaguo team has been training mainly in the past few days.

As long as you take the ball and drive forward, if the direction is not too biased, with Cheng Hai's off-ball running, speed, grabbing points, physique, balance, stopping skills, bounce, header skills, etc., there is a very high probability that you can grab the first point, control the ball, or directly ferry the header to your teammates.

This is also the reason why the national football players need to actively insert assists, that is, when Cheng Hai can't stop the ball with his feet, his teammates will respond to the header ferry.

As long as a teammate responds when counterattacking, Cheng Hai can easily use his running position and speed to shake off defenders without the ball, run out of gaps, and then receive passes from teammates to form offensive opportunities more easily.

Of course, when attacking, at most the front midfielder and two wing-backs can participate, and the back and back line must not be moved, so as to prevent Australia from playing the counterattack of the Chinese national team in turn.

Intensive defense must be carried out to the end.

Of course, before the final, the coaches and players of both sides were interviewed by some reporters, and then took the opportunity to have a war of words.

The Chinese team said they had Cheng Hai enough to break down Australia's goal.

Australia said they respect Cheng Hai's strength and achievements, but Australia is stronger overall, and they will beat Huaguo with more goals.

Fortunately, there are not as many grievances between Chinese football and Australian football as with South Korea, and the two sides are more expressing their confidence and not attacking each other much. Even if there were, the wording was more tactful.

But there is no doubt that being tactful on the face does not represent any problem.

As the highest honor in Asian football, since it has entered the finals, it is impossible for anyone to back down, and it must be fought to the death.

Soon, the time came on January 28, and South Korea and Japan fought for three or four places. It may have been stunned by Australia in the semi-finals, and the Japanese team did not play well in this third-place match, and was defeated by the South Korean team 3-1.

South Korea finished third and Japan fourth.

Then, the next day, it was time for the much-anticipated final.

On match day, Khalifa International Stadium performed the closing ceremony of the Asian Cup before the game began.

At this time, the excited fans of the two countries and the neutral Qatari fans at the scene, not to mention, in China, many fans are calling friends and friends to get ready to watch this pinnacle showdown of Asian football.

Even if many people who usually watch less football, or who have not watched football in the group stage or knockout game before, or even have no interest in football, they are pulled by friends to watch the football together.

Although the semi-finals look like Australia is in a rage, and the Chinese team is a bit unlucky, in any case, football is not a game that everyone must win.

Even if the odds are low, it is possible for the Chinese team to defeat Australia to win the championship!

If the Chinese team really defeated Australia to win the Asian Cup and create Chinese football history, it would be a pity not to watch the live broadcast.

Therefore, although the ratings of this Asian Cup final in China are not as good as the Asian Cup final hosted by China itself in 2004, it is definitely not low.

This is the attention attracted by the outstanding performance of the national football team led by Cheng Hai in the past.

Once he wins the championship and makes history, the impact will probably be more sensational than qualifying for the World Cup that year.

After the entrance ceremony, picking sides, exchanging team flags, group photos, etc., everything is ready, the game is about to begin.

On the afternoon of January 29, 2011 local time, with the referee's whistle, the final match of the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup - the final of the Chinese team VS Australia officially began at the Khalifa International Stadium.

In this final, Australia adopted the same tactics as the South Korean team, which was to press and attack.

The only change is that once the ball is lost in the front court, the Australian defenders will immediately retreat, trying not to give Cheng Hai a single chance to counter offside.

They don't want to be like the South Korean team, being beaten by Cheng Hai for offside.

Cheng Hai's speed is already fast enough, once Cheng Hai succeeds in anti-offside, it will be difficult to catch up again.

Therefore, once Australia conceded the ball in the front, the back line retreated very quickly and did not give Cheng Hai a chance to counter offside.

Of course, this approach will make the players' physical consumption quite fast, and it only depends on which side establishes the advantage first, and then can sit firmly on the Diaoyu Tai and reduce the physical expenditure.

After reaching the semi-finals, Australia did play form.

The 4-0 victory in the semi-finals gave the Australian players a lot of confidence and form.

Once the game began, Australia pressed all the way, leaving only two centre-backs and one full-back to defend Cheng Hai in their own half.

Then everyone else was involved in the offensive.

Even these three will sometimes step forward once in a while, as a transit point for the team's offensive and defensive transitions.

Australia's overall strength is indeed stronger than that of the Chinese team, and now they are full of confidence and good form, and their attacks are sharper and more threatening than the South Korean team.

Just four minutes into the game, Australia sent the ball to the edge of the box, where striker Gary Cahill fired a shot over the line.

Although the ball didn't score in the end, it was only slightly off the post, and people with a bad angle would think that the goal had scored, which scared the Chinese players and fans.

It can be said that Australia's attack frightened the Chinese team, and it became more decisive in the subsequent defense.

Although the Australian players have good skills and crossing, the overall strength should be stronger than that of the Chinese team.

However, in the face of the dense defensive formation of the Chinese team that has shrunk to the extreme, the penalty area cannot be entered at all, and Australia has no choice but to strengthen the long-range shooting outside the penalty area.

However, long-range shots from outside the box are uncontrollable in terms of power, speed, and accuracy, and it is even more difficult to score.

In addition to solid defense, the Chinese team did not forget to counterattack.

With Australia's overall quality and form, it looks like it's only a matter of time before they break down the Chinese national goal.

Therefore, the Chinese team must counterattack, must score, and overwhelm Australia in terms of goals.

This task was naturally handed over to Cheng Hai.

After two counter-attacks with inadequately passes, in the 6th minute, Australia's forward pass was suddenly intercepted by the experienced Zheng Zhi, and then kicked to nearby full-back Qu Bo.

After Qu Bo glanced forward, he kicked the ball towards the front court with a big kick.

The moment he saw Zheng Zhi intercept the ball and pass it to Qu Bo, Cheng Hai immediately rushed towards the Australian penalty area.

He's going to try to play offside and watch his team-mate's pass.

However, Australia has been prepared for this. At the moment when the ball was lost in the front court, one of the defenders who was closer to Cheng Hai retreated and stuck in position to prevent Cheng Hai from speeding up, and the other defender immediately returned to the penalty area.

They didn't give Cheng Hai a chance to be offside at all.

However, if you can't form a single knife, you can also fight directly. After all, Cheng Hai is not alone, Yu Hai and Deng Zhuoxiang both rushed up to answer Cheng Hai.

On the left flank of the frontcourt, Cheng Hai relied on his better off-ball movement and speed, and ability to grab points, occupying the first landing point of the ball, and then stuck the Australian player behind him with his physique and balance.

Just wait for the ball to fall in the air.