"Nineteen minutes into the first half, Lovren brought down Diego in the box. Costa, Chelsea won a penalty and Eden Hazard converted the penalty to give Chelsea a 1-0 lead...... In the 59th minute, Raheem Sterling fell to the ground in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty, which Balotelli converted......"

The first leg of the English League Cup semi-final was shown on TV yesterday, with both sides awarded penalties in both halves as Liverpool drew 1-1 at home to Chelsea.

Jiang Chenxi turned off the TV, there was a knock on the door, and Li Tie, a member of the national team coaching staff, informed him that he was going to a meeting.

At present, the head coach of the Chinese team is Perran, he has his own coaching staff, Peilan's assistant Ali as the team's assistant coach, Ali will be responsible for collecting opponent information, and research, Li Tie is a member of the Chinese coaching staff, the national team chose to have a Premier League manager Li Tie into the coaching staff, it is also convenient for Peilan to communicate with the national team players through Li Tie.

However, after Jiang Chenxi arrived at the national team, Li Tie joked that with Jiang Chenxi here, he didn't have to work.

Jiang Chenxi is fluent in English, German is also quite good, and during his time in Switzerland, he also learned some French, which also made Perrin very happy, and the number one star of the national team did not have any language barrier with him, which helped to better implement the manager's tactical intentions.

Therefore, in training and games, you can often see such a scene, when Peilan shouts on the sidelines, he not only finds Zheng Zhen, the captain of the national team, but also calls Jiang Chenxi's name.

At this time, Pei Lan simply didn't translate, and talked directly to Jiang Chenxi, and then Jiang Chenxi would translate the head coach's words to Zheng Zhen, although Zheng Zhen had played in the Premier League and his English was okay, but Pei Lan spoke very quickly, and sometimes he simply spoke French, and Zheng Zhen couldn't understand it.

In fact, Pei Lan intends to let Jiang Chenxi serve as the captain of the national team, which is also supported by the relevant bosses of the Football Association, because Jiang Chenxi can communicate directly with Pei Lan, in addition, the most important point is that in the game, the captain is the only one who is not allowed to talk to the referee, and there will be no suspicion of provoking the referee.

However, Jiang Chenxi politely refused, on the one hand, to take care of the emotions of the old captain Zheng Zhen, and on the other hand, Jiang Chenxi considered that he had been playing abroad and was not familiar enough with these domestic players, which Zheng Zhen was more suitable.

Jiang Chenxi's 'humility' also won Zheng Zhen's favor, and the relationship between the two is still relatively harmonious.

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On January 22, 2015, after the lunch break, the Chinese team left their hotel by bus and went to the Sydney Stadium in Australia, the venue of the quarterfinals.

This match against hosts Australia could be the one that will decide their fate in this Asian Cup.

In this game, they will face off against the whole of Australia in the far reaches of the Australian continent.

The Australian Stadium is located just 14 kilometres from Sydney's commercial hub, and it is located in Sydney's Olympic Park. The 83,500-capacity stadium cost $690 million to build, and the stadium was initially able to accommodate 110,000 people, making it the largest Olympic stadium. More than 100,000 fans attended Cameroon's penalty shoot-out win over Spain in the 2000 Olympic football final, which also set a record attendance record for a men's football match at the Olympic Games. However, in 2003, the grandstands and running tracks on the north and south sides of the stadium were removed, which reduced the capacity of the stadium to its current 80,000 people.

The game kicked off at 3:30 p.m. local time in Sydney, and in fact, at 1 p.m., when the Chinese team set off for the stadium, CCTV had already started to broadcast it live.

"The Chinese team has set off from the hotel!" He Wei said, "In two and a half hours, the Chinese team will usher in this quarter-final battle with the host Australia!" ”

"China had the best record in the history of three consecutive wins in the group stage, while Australia lost 1-0 to South Korea after winning the first two games in the group and scoring eight goals. Since Australia has been included in the Asian football map, the two sides have played 4 international A-level matches, and the national football team has a slight advantage with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. ”

Yes, although the Chinese team now feels some pressure and fear of meeting the host, but in the previous record with Australia, the Chinese team has a slight advantage.

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While the players on both sides were warming up, it was raining.

Despite the rain, the fans still created a warm atmosphere, with the more numerically numbered Australian fans generally wearing yellow jerseys, while the "red tones" of Chinese and Chinese fans were more prominent in shouting and cheering, and the scene of singing the national anthem in unison was particularly shocking.

Amid loud cheers, players from both sides took the field.

The starting lineups of both sides were also played on the big screen at the scene:

Australia line-up: 1-Ryan; 3-Davidson, 20-Sainsbury, 22-Wilkinson, 2-Franzic; 23-Bresciano, 15-Jedinac, 21-Longo; 7-Leckie, 4-Cahill, 10-Kreuzer.

The lineup of the Chinese team

Chinese team lineup: 23-Wang Dalei; 2-Ren Hao, 3-Meng Fang, 5-Zhang Linpeng, 17-Zhang Zhangdong; 10-Zheng Zhen, 15-Wu Xi; 8-Cai Huikang, 7-Wu Lei, 16-Sun Ke, 9-Jiang Chenxi.

In this game, Perrin adjusted the national football lineup, Meng Fang and Zhang Linpeng partnered in the center back, and Ren Hao returned to the habitual position of left fullback; Zheng Zhen, Wu Xi and Cai Huikang combined three backs, and the midfield three were Wu Lei, Sun Ke and Jiang Chenxi. ”

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At 3:30 p.m. local time in Sydney, Australia, with the whistle of referee Kim Jong-hyuk from South Korea, the first matchup of the quarterfinals of the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia began.

After the start of the game, the Chinese team seemed to lack the necessary preparation for Australia's strength, and was quickly suppressed by Australia on the field.

"The Australian football team has a big physical advantage, their average height is among the best in Asia, so this team is more adept at using their body to fight and they are able to take advantage of the high ball in the game and make it difficult for the opposition to defend. If the Australian football team can get more high-ball opportunities in the game, then their probability of winning will increase. “

"At the same time, the Australian football team's strikers have very good individual skills, they can play a small area advantage in the game, disrupting the opponent's defensive formation, which is something they can see when they play against a lot of teams, and the Australian football team can always create some passing opportunities in the opponent's penalty area to play to this advantage." Duan Xuan said.

He didn't expect that he would be a good word.

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In the 29th minute of the game, Australia won a corner kick opportunity.

Cahill collided with Zheng Zhen when he was competing for the high point in the corner kick attack, and when Zheng Zhen fell to the ground, Franzic hit the ball into the penalty area from the periphery, and Cahill scored with a small angle next to Zheng Zhi who fell to the ground.

"Beautiful! Pretty! Cahill! Great Cahill! We are ahead of the Chinese team! The Australian commentator shouted excitedly.

Cahill also looked excited after the goal, rushing to the sidelines and punching the corner flagpole, and his team-mates swarmed up to celebrate the goal.

He Wei, the Chinese commentator who was commentating the game at the scene, was silent for a moment, and then his voice was low: "This ball is lost...... The Chinese team's defense team hesitated and hesitated when Zheng Zhen fell to the ground, they thought that South Korean referee Kim Jong-hyuk would blow the foul whistle, at this time, there should be no such mistake, don't count on the referee first, should force it as soon as possible......"