Although the final round of the group stage has not yet been played, the Chinese team, which has won both games and has a goal difference of 7, has basically locked the top spot in Group B. As a result, in the last round of the group stage of Group A, there was a very interesting scene.

South Korea and Australia, who had already secured the right to qualify for Group A in advance, both wanted to finish second in the group in order to face the top team in Group B, China, in the knockout round.

With South Korea winning the first two group games by a single goal, they only need a draw to secure second place in the group. Australia, who scored eight goals in the first two rounds and conceded only one goal, must lose the game to achieve their goal against China.

As a result, in the match between Australia and South Korea on January 17, the two teams not only sent a large number of substitutes very "tacitly", but also had a positive attitude towards the game. Especially when defending, both teams will often have "inexplicable" leaks, if it weren't for the lack of desire to win on both teams, I'm afraid that in the first half of the game alone, both sides could score seven or eight goals.

However, since both teams were originally meant to "lose to their opponents", this game presented an extremely interesting scene. Whenever an attacking player from both teams has a good chance to score in an opposition's dangerous area, the player who finishes the attack either misses the goal or kicks the ball straight at the opposing goalkeeper's position.

If you choose who is the most depressed player in this game, I am afraid it will belong to the goalkeepers of both teams. If the opponent's shooting angle is tricky, he can still excuse himself on the grounds of "limited ability", but in the face of "aiming" at his own shot, the goalkeeper, who is the last guardian of the team, can't deliberately "dodge the road" and let it go, right?

Moreover, even if the opponent's shot is not straight at you, the physical reaction that you have cultivated over the years of your career will unconsciously block the opponent's shot.

Therefore, when most of the players on both sides played a little abnormally, he should have been the most inconspicuous goalkeeper in the team, but instead became the "most dazzling" existence in their respective teams.

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Although Australia and South Korea can gain greater benefits by losing the game, the fans of the two countries who watched the game did not buy their blatant "water release" behavior.

Yes, both Australia and South Korea have had a brilliant record in direct competition with China, but for fans, they want to see their team win at all times.

As a result, whenever the players of the two teams easily "squandered" the opportunity to shoot, the fans of the two teams in the stands would sound a shrill boo in tacit agreement. But even so, until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score remained 0-0 on the field.

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Although the most optimistic estimate given by the team doctor was that Feng Quan's ankle sprain would take two weeks to recover, Feng Quan's sprain would take only 8 days to fully recover due to the purchase of [Rehabilitation Materia Medica] immediately after the injury. In other words, as long as Feng Quan wants to, he can participate in the final round against North Korea.

However, out of a desire to see what kind of combat effectiveness the national football team can have without it, and at the same time for the purpose of "confusing" the opponent, Feng Quan did not tell anyone the news that he could recover early.

Due to his injury, Feng Quan was strictly forbidden by Lippi to participate in any form of training, even simple workouts in the hotel's gym.

The bored Feng Quan had to stay in his room and play the boring time by surfing the Internet or watching the live broadcast of the Asian Cup.

Although such a day made Feng Quan's mood a little unhappy, the rare rest time allowed his body, which had been in a state of fatigue, to get a good rest.

The [physical state value], which had fallen to more than 80 points before the start of the Asian Cup, has slowly improved to the level of 91 points after nearly a week of completely relaxed rest. In other words, when Feng Quan's ankle sprain is fully recovered, his physical condition will be in the best condition.

Because South Korea and Australia are both likely to be China's opponents in the first round of elimination, Feng Quan, who has nothing to do, is naturally very concerned about the direct confrontation between these two teams.

However, watching the performance of the two teams constantly staging "low-level mistakes", Feng Quan's heart gradually gave birth to a chill.

"South Korea and Australia really don't use bean buns as dry food! Think that the Chinese team without me is something you can knead at will? Okay, when it's time for the knockout round, Xiao Ye will let you know what a stupid decision it is to deliberately choose the Chinese team! Feng Quanyan said spontaneously.

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After the start of the second half, the two teams continued the embarrassing performance of "leaking defenders and missing shots". Along with the despicable performance of the two teams, the boos from the fans in the stands have also become more and more intense, and some fans who can't stand it have even begun to leave the stadium early.

Although coach Stillik instructed his team to win a draw before the game so that they could meet directly with the Chinese team in the knockout round. But the always arrogant South Korean players finally couldn't hold back after enduring the boos of the fans for most of the half.

So, in the 16th minute of the second half of the game, South Korean player Lee Ting-hyeong received a through ball from his teammates in the penalty area slightly to the left, and after a slight adjustment, he pumped the football to the upper right corner of the goal.

Although Li Tingxie's shot was not very tricky, because the Australian team was bent on defeat, the goalkeeper only made a symbolic save and watched the football drill into the net behind him.

Immediately afterwards, a very strange scene appeared in the stadium, the vast majority of Australian fans in the stands, actually expressed their dissatisfaction with the home team with enthusiastic cheers after the South Korean team scored.

If the fans just used boos to vent their frustrations, the Australian players who followed the instructions to "play negatively" would have grudgingly accepted it. But the defection of the fans at the scene was really unbearable for them.

So, when the game resumed, the Australian players no longer ignored the instructions of the team manager, and no longer just made a show attack as before, but launched an extremely fierce attack on the heart of the South Korean team.

However, because the Australian team only sent two main players in this game, there is a certain gap in overall strength compared with the South Korean team, which sent half of the main players. So even if he tried his best, he couldn't recover the disadvantage in the score before the end.