On July 10, the first round of the group stage of the Asian Cup.

The Chinese team faced the host Malaysia.

Alihan played with a semi-main and semi-substitute lineup, with goalkeeper Li Leilei, Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Li Weifeng and Sun Jihai at the back, Zheng Zhi, Zhou Haibin and Wang Dong in the midfield, and Shao Jiayi, Han Peng and Mao Jianqing in the front.

The Chinese team hid the team's number one big name, Yang Yang, the core of Liverpool who just won the Champions League in Europe, Chen Tao, who performed very well in Anderlecht, and Gao Lin, who performed eye-catching in Alkmaar, all put Alihan on the bench, which also showed the confidence of the Dutch coach in the team.

And it turned out that after the opening, the Chinese team firmly controlled the situation on the field.

Since Alihan took office, the Chinese team has been insisting on passing and possession, which allowed the team to win the last Asian Cup, and then Crawford also insisted on this style of play, and the team performed very eye-catching in the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands in 05 and won the World Youth Championship.

It can be said that Chinese football has never so firmly chosen the pass-and-control style of play as the mainstream style of play of national teams at all levels, and Alihan has insisted on continuing this style of play to this year.

In the past two years, he has recruited fewer foreign internationals and focused on polishing the domestic squad, which has allowed the team to show results in this game.

Although they did not do their best, many of the main players did not start, but the Chinese team still firmly controlled the situation and ball possession on the field, launched an offensive towards Malaysia again and again, and in the fifteenth minute, Wang Dong received a pass from Shao Jiayi, and crossed from the right wing to assist Han Peng's header.

Subsequently, the Chinese team continued to get opportunities, although there was still a lack of opportunity and shooting efficiency, but it was still in the 36th minute, Shao Jiayi scored another goal.

After the second half of the rematch, the Chinese team continued to maintain the overall advantage, Wang Dong staged a brace, Han Peng also scored another goal, and finally defeated Malaysia 5-0 and won the Asian Cup debut.

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In the first game, the five-goal victory, the Chinese team played as a substitute, but handed over an unforgettable answer.

Whether it's the ability to create chances, the passing and possession style on the pitch, or the active running of the players, they all make a big impression.

So much so that the Malaysian head coach publicly said after the game that in front of the powerful Chinese team, Malaysia was as immature as a child, and there was no power to fight back at all.

And when the news came back to China, the whole country rejoiced again.

Domestic media and fans have given high praise to the national team's debut in Southeast Asia, and many people believe that the Chinese team has every hope of successfully defending the title and adding honor to Chinese football.

Whether it is the media or fans, confidence comes from the team's performance and Yang Yang sitting on the bench.

Judging from the performance of the first game against Malaysia, the Chinese team created more chances, but it lacked the ability to grasp the scoring, so some media believe that if it is replaced by Yang Yang, it may be possible to score more than double digits.

What's more, the backline led by Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Li Weifeng and Sun Jihai performed very stable, coupled with the midfield of Zheng Zhi and Zhou Haibin, Wang Dong scored two goals, and the whole performance left a deep impression.

Everyone believes that as long as Yang Yang is on board, the Chinese team will only perform stronger!

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On the evening of October 15, in the second round of the group stage of the Asian Cup, China played against Iran.

Alihan made adjustments to the first game this one.

There is no change in the midfield and backfield, the goalkeeper is still Li Leilei, the backline is Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Li Weifeng and Sun Jihai, and the midfield is still Zheng Zhi, Zhou Haibin and Wang Dong, but the front court has made adjustments, Yang Yang replaced Mao Jianqing, and Shao Jiayi and Han Peng partnered to form a front trident.

What is quite surprising is that Yang Yang did not appear in the left winger position that he is good at, but returned to the right winger.

It was the position he played when he was at Ajax.

The sudden change made all kinds of arrangements made by the Iranian team for Yang Yang before the game completely failed.

As soon as the game began, they found themselves completely miscalculated.

In just 22 seconds, the Chinese team, which took the lead in kick-off, continued to pour their feet in the midfield, controlled the ball, and handed it to Sun Jihai on the right side, who peeked at the opportunity to pass diagonally into the penalty area.

Yang Yang got rid of the defender with great speed, inserted diagonally into the penalty area, met Sun Jihai's incoming ball, and directly volleyed the cushion.

The ball goes straight to the goal of the Iranian team!

1 to 0!

No one could have imagined that against a mighty Iran, scoring goals would come so easily!

The first shot in the opening game, the first chance, directly became a goal.

Yang Yang celebrated excitedly on the pitch, with hundreds of millions of Chinese fans jumping up and cheering on his goal at home.

It's so sudden!

And this sudden goal also completely disrupted the Iranian team's position.

The Chinese team made a decisive attack, and the attacking players led by Yang Yang actively created opportunities in the front court and played a wave of offensive.

Just five minutes later, Yang Yang's sudden dribbling on the right side of the front of the penalty area attracted the attention of the Iranian team's defenders, and then passed to Han Peng at the front of the penalty area, resulting in a foul by the Iranian team's defenders, giving the Chinese team a free kick opportunity in front, and Shao Jiayi personally took the free kick to further expand the score.

Two to zero.

After scoring two goals in a row, the Chinese team played more patiently, firmly controlled the ball on the field, and kept organizing and creating opportunities.

When the game reached the thirty-second minute, Wang Dong gave the ball to Zheng Zhi, who advanced with the ball and suddenly stuffed it into the penalty area, Shao Jiayi pushed horizontally and passed to Yang Yang, who ran out of the gap.

Yang Yang didn't even need to adjust at all, and directly sent the ball into the goal of the Iranian team again, 3-0!

And Yang Yang himself also staged a brace!

Although it is in Southeast Asia, as a top star in the Premier League, Yang Yang still attracted a large number of fans to the scene, including not only Southeast Asian fans, but also a large number of Chinese fans, all of whom rushed to witness the demeanor of the world's top star, and Yang Yang did not disappoint them, scoring a brace in the first half.

Even the second goal was a foul he orchestrated.

However, in half-time stoppage time, Li Weifeng fouled Iran during a battle for the top and gave Iran a free kick outside the penalty area, and the Iranian team took the opportunity to pull back a game, 1-3.

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After the rematch in the second half, the Iranian team changed two players in a row and launched a decisive offensive.

has been able to dominate the Asian arena for many years, and the overall strength of the Iranian team should not be underestimated, especially when this team broke through the cauldron and went all out to attack, the Chinese team was also difficult to deal with, and was once forced to be very embarrassed.

Alihan decisively replaced Wang Dong with Zhao Junzhe in the 60th minute to strengthen the team's midfield defense, and then replaced Shao Jiayi with Chen Tao, Yang Yang was changed to the left, and the right side was handed over to Chen Tao.

But even so, in the 71st minute, the Iranian team seized an opportunity to pull back a game again.

After scoring two goals in a row, the Chinese team stabilized the formation slightly.

The three midfielders led by Zheng Zhi, Zhou Haibin and Zhao Junzhe made efforts at the same time to press forward the overall formation and give support to the frontcourt.

Alihan quickly replaced Han Peng with Gao Lin to further strengthen the control of the frontcourt.

The adjustment quickly paid off.

Gao Lin was on the pitch for less than five minutes, and after the Chinese team broke the ball in the middle of the field, he quickly launched a counterattack from the right side.

Chen Tao dribbled the ball on the right side and forced a cross from the bottom, Gao Lin leaned on the opposing player in the middle of the penalty area and stopped the ball to the outside of the penalty area.

Yang Yang plugged in the back row, faced Gao Lin's pass, and shot directly with his legs.

This sudden long-range shot from the top of the arc of the penalty area caught the goalkeeper of the Iranian team by surprise and was unable to parry.

Yang Yang's wonderful long-range shot from the periphery once again penetrated the goal of the Iranian team, and at the same time curbed the counterattack of the Persian army and secured a victory for the Chinese team.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Iran 4-2, allowing the team to get the initiative to qualify from the group.

Yang Yang also scored a hat-trick in the first game of the Asian Cup, which showed everyone the strength and style of his world-class star, and was unanimously praised by everyone, including his opponent Iran, after the game.

And everyone firmly believes that under the leadership of Yang Yang, this Chinese team has the strength to go further.

If you don't enter, you will enter!

Looking at this Asian Cup, who else is there besides Yang Yang?

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Alihan is extremely pleased with the form shown by the national team in the Asian Cup.

Originally, his prudent strategy was to ensure the team's fighting power in the next two games, but now the team has won the first two games, especially the defeat against Iran, which can basically be said to have sent the team into the knockout round.

After two rounds of group play, the Chinese team is ranked first with two wins in two games, the Iranian team is one win and one loss, Uzbekistan is also one win and one loss, and Malaysia is one win and one loss, and Malaysia is a two-game loss.

Since there is basically no suspense for Iran to beat Malaysia in the last round, Uzbekistan must win the Chinese team in the last game to have a chance, while the Chinese team only needs to get a draw to qualify for the first place.

It can be said that the initiative of the game is completely in the hands of the Chinese team.

Alihan also rotated the team lineup again in this game, in addition to Li Weifeng's suspension, Zhou Haibin was also put on the bench by him, and the three-back lineup of Zhao Xuri, Zheng Zhi and Zhao Junzhe was discharged.

There was basically nothing to say about the game, the Chinese team responded with a defensive counterattack, gave full play to the speed advantage of Yang Yang in front, and after a left-sided cut in the first half, he suddenly got up and hit the goal, scoring his fourth goal of this Asian Cup, taking the lead for the Chinese team.

After the rematch in the second half, it was Yang Yang who assisted Gao Lin to score and rewrite the score to 2-0.

After determining the advantage, Yang Yang was replaced in the 65th minute.

Then Uzbekistan launched a wave of attack, although it broke through the goal of the Chinese team in the 71st minute, but never scored again, and finally could only return with hatred 1-2.

The Chinese team won all three games and qualified from the group stage.

In the subsequent draw for the quarterfinals, the Chinese team drew its sworn rival South Korea.

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