Chapter 140: A Precious Victory
After the initial ecstasy, Perlan, as the head coach of the Chinese team, quickly calmed down, he looked at his watch, although Gao Zheng scored the goal in 90 minutes, it can already be regarded as a stunner.
But he knows very well that 90 minutes is not the end of the game.
There are still a few minutes of stoppage time.
The Chinese team celebrated for such a long time, and there were four goals in the second half, all four goals were celebrated, and the time spent celebrating would be more or less taken into account in injury time.
So the stoppage time of this game can't be done in three minutes.
It could be five minutes, it could be six minutes.
Five minutes, six minutes, is it absolutely impossible for South Korea to score a goal?
If the Chinese team is too relaxed, they may be beaten by the South Korean team.
Even if the South Korean team scored a goal, it was only a 3:3 draw, and there was still extra time to play.
But the morale of the South Korean team that had just equalized was like a rainbow, and the Chinese team was hit hard, morale was low, and the other was lost.
Not to mention that the Chinese team has one less person to play, and if they play another 30 minutes of overtime under the condition of physical exhaustion, I am afraid that in the end, the whole team can only defend with their eyes......
So if you can't play overtime, you can't play overtime.
At the same time, among the players of the Chinese team who were still celebrating together, Gao Zheng also realized that the game was not over, and at the last moment of celebration, he took advantage of the fact that everyone gathered around him and said to them: "Okay, don't be too happy, everyone." It's not over yet, there are still a few minutes of stoppage time. South Korea will definitely storm our defence after conceding the goal, so I hope you can concentrate and grit your teeth in the last few minutes! When we've won the game, we'll celebrate! β
He stretched out his arm, which was wearing the captain's armband, clenched it into a fist and shook it in front of his teammates' eyes.
At the same time, the head coach of the South Korean team, Stillik, was also cheering the team: "The game is not over yet! We still have a chance, press up and attack!! β
He kept waving his arms to signal the team to press.
Sun Xingmin was also clapping hard to cheer up his teammates: "Don't give up!" Don't give up!! We could have scored! β
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After the restart, South Korea did launch the most fierce attack on the Chinese team's goal, which may have exceeded all their previous attacks.
Even the centre-backs pressed past the halfway line.
The whole South Korean team has made a desperate bet, not caring if there is a vacancy behind them, and whether the vacancy will be caught by the Chinese team to score another goal.
For them now, losing one goal is no different from losing two, it's all losing.
Instead of worrying about conceding the goal, it is better to go all out to capture the goal of the Chinese team.
In the face of the fierce offensive of the South Korean team, the Chinese team also showed tenacity.
Including Gao Zheng, everyone shrank back to their own half, and did not hesitate to use their bodies to block the eye.
In the process, Oh Xi collided with the South Korean players while defending and fell to the ground injured.
The South Korean fans in the stands also booed, believing that Oh Hee was deliberately stalling for time.
This made Chinese fans very angry, because Wu Xi was carried off on a stretcher, and Pei Lan quickly used up the last substitution spot to replace Wu Xi, how can it be said that he deliberately delayed time?
As a striker, Gao Zheng is actually not good at defense, but at this time he is still running hard and actively grabbing the ball, even if sometimes he has to use foul means to stop the South Korean team's attack......
In the 94th minute, he brought down South Korean full-back Cha Duri who was dribbling forward on the wing.
Che Duri did not fall to the ground and complain to the referee, but rolled over and got up from the ground, and then hugged the football and prepared to send it quickly, but Gao Zheng stood in front of the football, so that he could not send it out quickly.
Che Duri, who was a little anxious, pushed Gao Zheng away, planning to send quickly.
Gao Zheng, who was pushed by Che Duri, did not dodge, but fell directly backwards and fell to the ground.
He was pushed down by Chedury!
The Chinese players who were just next to them quit, they shouted loudly, and they rushed towards Cheduri.
And how could the players of the South Korean team watch their teammates suffer, so they naturally rushed to help.
The two sides came together like this.
"Cheduri's action is really redundant! This is a clear act of revenge! He Ping harshly criticized the South Korean players.
The South Korean commentator has the opposite opinion: "Gao Zheng is a deliberate provocation!" It's a fake fall! It is said that he has rumors in Europe that he loves fake falls, and today he really deserves his reputation! Cheduri's blow was not enough to push him to the ground, he just wanted to push Gao Zheng away and give way to an angle......"
The commentator said anxiously: "Don't mention whether it should be or not, this is not the time to quarrel with the Chinese!" We're going to have to hurry up and let the game continue! If you quarrel with the Chinese, then you will really be on the top of the show! β
There was another burst of boos in the stands.
Referee Williams rushed up to extinguish the fire for the players on both sides, and even the linesman next to him came on the pitch to help the referee maintain order.
The South Korean team is not without understanding, Son Xingmin is desperately pushing away his teammates who want to go up to trouble the Chinese team players: "Now is not the time to do this!" We're still behind! β
After about a minute of confusion, the conflict over Gao Zheng finally subsided, and Gao Zheng received a yellow card for deliberately blocking the opponent's free kick.
At the same time, Che Duri, who pushed the man, also received a yellow card.
South Korea, on the other hand, lost a very precious minute.
When the game resumed, there was only one minute left of the original six-minute stoppage time.
Although the South Korean team won a free kick on the side of the front, it was too far from the goal, and after the South Korean team sent the free kick, it hit the Chinese team's penalty area, and was pushed out by Gao Zheng, who was tall and tall.
Next, the South Korean team desperately besieged the Chinese goal.
It's just that a minute is too short for them, and it's fleeting.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, many Korean players collapsed directly on the turf, while the Chinese players and coaches who had been waiting on the sidelines rushed into the field!
"It's over! The game is over!! The Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 3:2 in the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup and reached the semifinals of the Asian Cup!! He Ping raised his arms and shouted. This is the second time we have beaten South Korea since the 2010 East Asian semi-finals! β
"And unlike the East Asian semi-finals, this is the knockout stage of the Asian Cup, and the South Korean team played with all the main force and tried their best until the last second! This victory is full of gold! Xu Yang said excitedly next to him that he was saying this to those spiritual Koreans, lest they come to pick bones in the eggs again.
"With this victory, the Chinese team also broke an embarrassing record since the 2004 Asian Cup - the first round of the knockout round of the tournament for the first time in 11 years!" He Ping added.
When He Ping said this, many people in front of the TV were still a little surprised - what kind of record is this? Has the Chinese team not passed the first round of a knockout round in 11 years?
That's true.
Since reaching the final of the Asian Cup held in China in 2004, the national teams of all levels of Chinese football have not passed the first round of the knockout round, that is to say, the best result is the first round of the knockout round.
In the 2004 Asian Cup, the Chinese team faced Iraq in the first round of the knockout round, and the Chinese team defeated the opponent 3:0 and reached the semifinals.
That Asian Cup was the last pinnacle of Chinese football.
In the next 2007 and 2011 Asian Youth Championships, the Chinese team was eliminated after playing the group stage.
And in the national team below the senior national team, the results are not much better.
In the 2005 World Youth Championships, although the national youth team performed very well in the group stage. After meeting Germany in the first round of the knockout round, he also played very tenacious, scoring twice. But in the end, he lost to the German team 2:3 and stopped in the first round of the knockout round.
In the World Junior Championships of the same year, the Chinese team qualified from the group stage and advanced to the knockout stage, but lost to Turkey 1:5 in the quarterfinals and was eliminated.
In the 2006 Asian Junior Championship, the Chinese team qualified for the group stage with two wins and one draw, and faced North Korea in the quarterfinals, and the two sides fought to extra time, and the Chinese team finally lost to North Korea 0:1. In the Asian Junior Championship after that, the national junior team either failed to enter the finals, or fell into the sand in the group stage, and was not even qualified to play in the knockout round.
In the Asian Youth Championship in the same year, the Chinese national youth team also lost to Jordan 1:2 in the first round of the knockout round.
In the first round of the knockout round of the 2008 Asian Youth Championship, the national youth team lost to Uzbekistan on penalties - yes, it was the game in which the opponent was eliminated with a defender and a cameo goalkeeper.
In the Olympic Games of the same year, the Chinese Olympic team played at home and failed to qualify for the group stage.
In the first round of the knockout round of the 2010 Asian Youth Championship, he lost 0:2 to North Korea.
The 2012 Asian Youth Championship failed to make it past the group stage.
In the first round of the 2014 Asian Youth Championship, they lost to Qatar 2:4.
The results of Chinese football in the Asian Games were also lackluster.
In the 2006 Doha Asian Games, the Chinese team lost to Iran on penalties in the first round of the knockout round.
In the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese team lost 0:3 to South Korea in the first round of the knockout round.
In the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, the Chinese team lost 0:2 to the youth invincible Thai team.
People always say that after the 2004 Asian Cup, the Chinese team fell into boundless darkness, but what kind of darkness seems to lack a specific definition.
What is the trough of Chinese football? How dark is it?
Look at these data, this is the trough, this is the darkness. From the national team to the national junior team, the Chinese team of all ages has not even won a knockout match!
And today, in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Asian Cup, the Chinese team finally passed the "first round of the knockout round", and the opponent they eliminated was still the sworn enemy South Korean team, no wonder many Chinese fans in the stands at this moment can not control their feelings, when the Chinese team wins, they are not cheering, nor laughing, but crying, it is difficult to suppress the tears that burst out of the eyes, and there are many big men hugging and crying.
And it's not just those Chinese fans who are swept by the TV broadcast camera, in front of the TV, in front of the computer, in those places that are not in the camera, and everyone can't pay attention, there are more people hugging and crying.
Only for this difficult, hard-won victory, for this historic moment.
In the darkest years of Chinese football, Chinese football has become synonymous with embarrassment, and has become a spittoon that anyone can spit out a mouthful of.
People who once loved Chinese football have now turned against each other and have become the people who hate Chinese football the most. What a painful realization to regard the love for Chinese football in the past as a young and naΓ―ve and ignorant one......
But how many people swore that they would be dogs when they watched the Chinese team again, but now they are quietly crying in front of the TV.
Who calls them all Chinese, who calls them all love football?
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After the initial celebrations, the Chinese players are now coming together to go around the city to thank the fans who came to cheer them on.
I don't know who threw a national flag from the stands, and they unfurled the five-star red flag.
At the same time, the stands resounded with the singing of Chinese fans: "The five-star red flag is fluttering in the wind!" How loud the victory song is!! β
There are not many chances for this song to appear after the Chinese team's game, because it is an ode to victory, and the victory of Chinese football in the past is really ...... Too little.
But at least this moment, everyone can enjoy the joy of victory without thinking about what will happen next.
Victory is so precious, at this time, rational, neutral and objective ask everyone not to enjoy the precious victory, not to be happy too early, isn't this looking for a draw?