Although Zheng Zhi sacrificed himself in exchange for the opportunity to continue his life, he was saved by the Chinese team.

But then the Chinese team had to face the situation of playing one less, although there was not much time left in the game, and they did not need to play one less for dozens of minutes. But at this time, everyone's physical fitness was close to Chengdu, where the oil was exhausted, and it would be very fatal to beat one less person.

Not to mention that this game is likely to be dragged into overtime, how can the Chinese team, which has one less person, face the impact of the South Korean team in the half-hour overtime?

You must know that Korean football has always been known for its good physical fitness.

On the side of the South Korean team, head coach Stillik also saw the dilemma faced by the Chinese team, so he began to prepare for overtime and did not let the team press frequently, for fear that the Chinese team would seize the last opportunity to fight with the South Korean team, and use the empty space pressed by the South Korean team to play a successful counterattack.

Perrin, for his part, is also starting to prepare for extra time. Holding the last substitution in hand, just don't use it.

If this game is dragged into extra time, he is making substitutions, at least he can ensure that there is a person on the field who has good physical strength.

When the South Korean team shrank, the Chinese team naturally attacked in a big way.

They are also well aware of the current predicament and do not want to play extra time unless absolutely necessary.

However, the South Korean team also saw that the Chinese team was just returning to the past, so they did not panic, but contracted the defense line and defended patiently, and the Chinese team did not have many offensive opportunities.

The clock ticked by, and every now and then fans watching the game glanced at the time and saw that another minute had passed.

In this way, in the 88th minute, the Chinese team still failed to break through the goal of the South Korean team.

Because Yu Hai was in the middle, Gao Zheng did not stay in the penalty area, and the range of activity was very large, and he had now run to the side.

But even if he has been training hard at the club to improve his fitness over the years, he is now a little unable to run. He does less and less things like breaking through with the ball.

After all, the Asian Cup has played four games in a row, and the interval between each game is still very short, even if he only played half of the third group game, his physical fitness has not recovered much.

In addition, this match against the South Korean team is more difficult than the others, he has been constantly fighting with his opponents, and the physical exertion is greater than usual.

According to the official statistics of the AFC, the Chinese team played more than 60 minutes in the two group games against Uzbekistan and North Korea. What is this concept?

Generally speaking, the effective game time refers to the remaining game time excluding the game suspension such as players being injured, falling to the ground, football out of bounds, waiting, substitutions, etc., that is, the effective game time is the sum of the ball possession time of both sides in the state of play at all times.

The longer this time, the higher the quality of the game.

There was a statistic that the average effective time of the Chinese Super League is 49 minutes.

The average effective game time of the matches organized by the AFC is only 52 minutes and 2 seconds, which includes many competitions such as the Asian Junior Championship, the Asian Youth Championship, and the Women's Asian Cup under the AFC.

Four years ago, at the 2011 Asian Cup, the average effective playing time was only 53 minutes and 25 seconds.

Before the Asian Cup, the AFC advocated that the effective time of the game should reach 60 minutes.

What is the concept of 60 minutes effective time?

The average effective time in the 2010-2011 Champions League season was 62 minutes and 39 seconds.

As we all know, the UEFA Champions League is now the most technically and tactically valuable football competition on the planet, and the effective time of the Champions League can be regarded as the highest benchmark for effective time in football in the world.

The effective time of the Chinese team's game against Uzbekistan is 62 minutes, which has basically reached the average level of the Champions League. At that time, this match was the first match of this Asian Cup with an effective time of more than 60 minutes.

The limited time against North Korea reached 65 minutes, making it the longest effective game in this Asian Cup.

A longer effective time means that the players will play more, the pace of the game will be faster, and the physical consumption will naturally be greater.

After playing such two games with the same benchmark, the physical condition of the Chinese team can be imagined.

In fact, in this Asian Cup, the physical fitness problems of the players of the Chinese team, which have been criticized before, have been greatly improved, otherwise the Chinese team would not be able to play these two games with the same benchmark.

However, fighting with the Korean team to this point, there are still few people, and no matter how good the physical fitness is, it is close to exhaustion.

It was precisely when the South Korean team saw this that they contracted their defense and prepared to drag the game into extra time.

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Gao Zheng received the ball on the left wing.

Defending him in front of him is South Korea's right-back Cha Duri – the son of South Korean football legend Cha Fan Geun who started his career as a striker and is now a full-back. He was brought on in the 70th minute – while his team-mate Park Joo-ho was coming in from midfield to help him.

Gao Zheng stepped on the football under his feet and looked up to observe the situation in the middle.

Then he lifted his right foot and slammed it towards the ball to pass it to the middle.

Che Duri hurriedly stretched out his feet forward, intending to stop Gao Zheng's pass.

Who thought that Gao Zheng was just a feint, his left foot bypassed the top of the football, and then when he pulled it back, he used the outside instep to flick the football to the outside, dodging Cheduri.

Then Gao Zheng followed closely and was about to move the football forward to form a breakthrough.

Park Joo-ho, who arrived in time, hit and knocked Gao Zheng to the ground!

"Foul!!" He Ping on the commentary bench seemed to be exercising the referee's accusation on his behalf.

The Chinese fans in the stands also couldn't wait to boo.

But in fact, there is no need for them to remind them, the referee Williams has already whistled to interrupt the game, ran to the foul site, and signaled the Chinese team to send a free kick.

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Because Park Joo-ho's foul this time was not very intense, the referee only gave a verbal warning and did not mean to play a card.

And Park Joo-ho also behaved very friendly, taking the initiative to reach out and high-five Gao Zheng who had just gotten up from the ground.

This is the first common etiquette in the game - this way of high-fiveing each other is a sign of friendship, and the offended side accepts and high-fives the other person, which means that it does not care.

Although this action is very common in the game, not everyone will be willing to use it to show their friendliness, especially many players who have been violated, who were tackled by the opponent one moment, and the next moment they have to accept the friendliness of the other party and the opponent's high-five, if they are not angry, they will not accept the kindness of the foul player.

For example, if Zheng Zhi took the initiative to run to high-five Sun Xingmin after committing a foul just now, I am afraid that the angry Sun Xingmin would only push him away......

Although he was also fouled, Gao Zheng was not very angry, and in the face of Park Joo-ho's initiative to show goodwill, he did not refuse, but stretched out his hand and high-fived the other party.

It seems to be a very harmonious scene.

But after Park Joo-ho saw Gao Zheng stretch out his hand, he rounded his arm and slapped Gao Zheng's palm fiercely, and the painful Gao Zheng retracted as if he had been electrocuted.

Seeing Gao Zheng like this, Park Joo-ho laughed, and then ran back with his head shaken. There was a smug sense of planning in my heart - this idiot really thought I was going to show favor to him? Ha!

Gao Zheng looked down at the hand that was slapped red, this time he did not ask the referee to protest, but shook his hand gently, and then raised his head to stare at Park Joo-ho's back.

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When Park Joo-ho slapped Gao Zheng's hand hard, referee Williams was bowing his head to record the foul and did not see this scene. Gao Zheng did not complain to the referee to protest Park Joo-ho's behavior, but it was still captured by the TV broadcast.

He Ping was very dissatisfied at the time and said: "It was obviously Park Joo-ho who fouled, but it is a pity that he took such a move when he showed goodwill......"

Xu Yang said next to him: "Park Joo-ho is trying to provoke the Chinese team players, if our players are fooled and have a conflict with them, there is not much game time left...... Fortunately, Gao Zheng restrained himself. I have to say that in this regard, Gao Zheng, who plays in Europe, has indeed done better. His restraint and the repeated provocations of the Korean players are a stark contrast......"

Because of their identities, the two commentators have some ugly things that are really hard to say.

But Huang Xiangke, the commentator on the online live broadcast platform, has not so many scruples: "Look, this is the sportsmanship of South Korea!" All kinds of off-the-board tricks emerge in endlessly, deliberately trampling on Gao Zheng in the first half, and now taking advantage of the player's defenseless psychology in the face of active overtures, he took the opportunity to slap Gao Zheng! And he has a smile on his face! From the World Cup to the present, the Korean sports industry has been as unbounded as it has been for more than ten years! ”

Chinese fans on the Internet also gave all the most vicious comments they could think of to Park Joo-ho and the Korean sports represented by Park Joo-ho.

"A stick is a stick, and a dog can't change eating!"

"Damn, I'm so angry, Gao Zheng can hold back, it's really unusual! If I were on the field, I might just kick it! ”

"That stupid stick is still laughing, fucking dead, laughing so much!"

"Come on, Chinese team! Losing to no one can lose to such a despicable and shameless stick! The thought of having to face the ridicule of these sticks after losing the game makes my mind explode! ”