On the second day of the Chinese team's 32-year reversal and narrow defeat of the Iranian team, the top four teams of this Asian Cup were all decided.

In the four quarter-finals, Japan and Vietnam were the first to play. Japan finally won the opponent with a controversial penalty and advanced to the semi-finals!

This game was very anxious, and the Japanese team had nothing to do with the Vietnamese team's defense at one point, but they still won the opponent cunningly!

The Japanese team began to attack Vietnam's left central defender Pei Jinyong from the end of the first half, and Tang Anlu created space around him several times, chiseling out the cracks in the complete formation of the Vietnamese team little by little, and finally Tang Anyu earned a penalty on Pei Jinyong in the second half.

Although the Vietnamese team is brave, it is still the Japanese team that is more "cunning".

In the other Asian Cup 1/4 finals, with the same belated Son Xingmin as Dai Zhiwei, the South Korean team had nothing to do with the Qatar team, and after some competition, the Qatar team defeated the South Korean team 1:0 with Aziz's world goal and successfully broke into the semifinals.

In the final match of the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup, the host UAE team faced the defending champion Australia.

In the first half, both teams failed to tear apart the opposition defence. It wasn't until the 68th minute that the Australian defender provided an own assist, and Mabuhott scored the winning goal for the UAE team, and finally the UAE team eliminated the revenge defending champion 1:0 to reach the last four.

According to the schedule, the UAE team faces Qatar in the semi-finals, while the Chinese team faces Japan.

As the most successful country in the history of the AFC Asian Cup, the Japanese team, which has become the Asian champion four times, is undoubtedly one of the main contenders in this Asian Cup, and it is also a strong opponent of the Chinese team in the championship journey!

Japan's performance at last year's World Cup was not as good as China's, but their performance in the quarter-finals was still impressive, and they were beaten 2-0 against Belgium before being reversed. But the performance of the Blue Samurai has earned respect for the Asian team.

With veterans such as Keisuke Honda fading out of the Japanese national team, the Japanese team is mainly young players in the Asian Cup, but it can still be described as star-studded and star-studded.

In the Premier League, in the Bundesliga, in Serie A, and even in La Liga, which is a technical stream, there are shadows of neon players, and even in small leagues in Europe and the Americas, neon players can be said to be everywhere.

However, the Japanese team did not recruit a large number of players in Europe in this Asian Cup, including Shinji Kagawa, Kashikishi, Shinji Okazaki and others, and their strength was reduced.

However, in contrast, the Chinese team only has the support of Dai Zhiwei, Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning, three foreign players.

Fortunately, Dai Zhiwei's stardom alone is enough to crush all the members of the Japanese team.

But at the end of the day, football is still a team sport.

The semi-finals between China and Japan are widely regarded as the finals of the Asian Cup.

The Japanese team is a relatively strong team in Asia, they are mainly characterized by delicate footwork, and can play a good penetration ability in the midfield, while the Japanese team's attack is relatively scattered, and each player in the midfield has a very good individual ability, so their scattered offensive points make many teams at a loss, which is one of their advantages.

In this Asian Cup, the Japanese team has won five consecutive games, and they are in good shape.

Some keyboard warriors think that the Japanese team's offensive ability is average, almost every game is a narrow victory, 5 games regardless of the strength of the opponent, the weak team Turkmenistan Oman, the middle Uzbekistan or Uzbekistan, the seeded team Saudi Arabia, the dark horse Vietnam, all won by 1 goal.

In fact, this is one of the characteristics of the Japanese team, they are always able to suppress the opponent very effectively, and at the same time, they can attack and defend moderately, so that the game can develop at their own pace and thus have an advantage.

It seems to be stumbling, but in fact it is unfathomable, which seems to mean that the Japanese team has been reining in, and it also seems to mean that it is okay for them to win a few more if they want to.

Like the Chinese team, Japan's coach Moriyasu has not been with the team for a long time, leading the team to participate in 10 games so far, with a record of 9 wins and 1 draw to remain unbeaten.

There is no experience of playing against the Chinese team in these 10 games, but in the historical record, the two teams have met 11 times, and the Chinese team has won 3, drawn 2 and lost 6, falling behind.

In fact, it is rare for the Chinese team to have the upper hand in the record against Asian powerhouses.

Overall, the Japanese team has the overall possession, but the Chinese team has Dai Zhiwei. The clash between the two teams is definitely the top level contest in Asia at the moment!

However, just two days before the Sino-Japanese war, there was extremely bad news from the Chinese team

Dai Zhiwei caught a cold.

When the news came from the Chinese team's camp the day before yesterday, the entire Asian Cup was like a "cold", and the news about Dai Zhiwei's cold quickly became the hottest news in the Asian Cup.

Neon people wondered if it was Cannavaro's smokescreen, while Chinese fans were worried about Dai Zhiwei's condition.

The night before the game, an exciting news finally came: Dai Zhiwei had returned to the team for training, and his physical condition would not affect the match against the Japanese team in the slightest.

In the training of the Chinese team the day before yesterday, Dai Zhiwei withdrew from the training ahead of schedule, according to the team doctor of the Chinese team, Dai Zhiwei was absent from training due to the flu: "Dai Zhiwei is just the flu, but it is not serious. He's got some redness in his throat, so we decided not to let him go to training and maybe tomorrow he'll be back on the training ground. ”

The spokesperson of the Chinese Football Association later confirmed the news that Dai Zhiwei had a cold, but also said that he did not have a fever.

Dai Zhiwei later confirmed the news of his cold on his blog, and he also half-jokingly said: "Please our neon fans don't start to expect anything because I have a cold, because if necessary, I will go to the game with a sheet draped over my shoulders." ”

He is very sure that he will not miss this game against Japan.

However, the Chinese media are not at ease, they are worried that the "flu theory" is just the team's official smoke bomb, Dai Zhiwei's specific injury still needs to be checked, and even some media pessimistically believe that Dai Zhiwei is likely to miss the life-and-death battle with the Japanese team, even if his physical state is unknown.

Since the Chinese team's training yesterday was closed to the media at the request of Cannavaro, this also deepened the speculation about Dai Zhiwei's condition, because it is always uneasy to see a Dai Zhiwei who moves freely.

The Chinese Football Association obviously saw through the anxiety of the media and fans, so they took the initiative to release a picture of Dai Zhiwei participating in training, and said: "Dai Zhiwei participated in all the training programs stipulated by the team. ”

The team's spokesman also said that Dai Zhiwei will definitely not miss the life-and-death battle with the Japanese team.

Dai Zhiwei got rid of the injury and came back in time, this news can finally make Chinese fans breathe a sigh of relief, and it can be seen from the pictures given by the Football Association that Dai Zhiwei, who tried to break through with the ball, has no discomfort, as long as he can maintain the state of the previous games, I believe that Dai Zhiwei is still the person who makes the Japanese team the most headache.

The time has finally come on January 28, 2019, when the Japanese team and the Chinese team will fight each other for the Asian Cup final.

During the warm-up before the game, Dai Zhiwei stood on the court and Zheng Zhi did shooting movements, looking at the red and blue all over the field, and looking at the Japanese team players who were also shooting on the opposite side, Dai Zhiwei's inner fighting spirit instantly surged.

Zheng Zhi patted Dai Zhiwei on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Defeating the Japanese team is a wonderful thing in the world, you don't have weak legs!" ”

Dai Zhiwei smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Brother Zheng, I'm very excited now, think about how happy it should be to score in front of so many neon people and then win!" Don't worry, haha! ”

After Dai Zhiwei finished the warm-up, he stood on the court, his eyes scanning the fan stands, looking for Yang Chaoyue's figure.

Today, in order to gain popularity, the Rocket Girls group, which is the idol of the Chinese Sao Nian, also came to the scene, although none of them were real fans, but at the request of the sponsors, they still came to the United Arab Emirates.

It's like they once went to the Toyota Center in Houston to rub off on the Rockets' popularity.

As the main member of the Rocket Girls Troupe, Yang Chaoyue is also a member of the team who came to watch the battle this time.

Although Dai Zhiwei and Yang Chaoyue have broken up, to a certain extent, they can be regarded as broken, and he also got the news that she would come over, so he looked for the figure of the Rocket Girls in the stands.

Seeing Dai Zhiwei looking at the stands, Yang Chaoyue of course knew that Dai Zhiwei was looking for her, and immediately waved his arms at Dai Zhiwei on the court.

Even so, Dai Zhiwei still looked at her for a long time before finding her, thanks to the economic team standing on both sides of her, so that he was able to identify their group, and immediately smiled and waved to Yang Chaoyue and others.

The TV director at the scene immediately moved the camera to the fan box, and Dai Zhiwei's performance must be someone he knows in the stands.

I have to say that the vision of the TV director is still better than Dai Zhiwei's, and the camera immediately captured the figure of Yang Chaoyue and others, who stayed on the beauties wearing special Chinese team uniforms for a while before moving back to the stadium.

The TV director at the scene didn't recognize Yang Chaoyue and others, and someone in front of the TV saw it.

Before the ball game started, Huaxia Entertainment Media had already dispatched urgently to target the United Arab Emirates. You must know that after the peaceful breakup with Karadivai after the World Cup, Dai Zhiwei has no one by his side for more than half a year.

It's just that Dai Zhiwei and the Rocket Girls at this moment don't know anything about this.

At 1900 p.m., the players of both sides exited the pitch and returned to the locker room to make tactical arrangements.

The starting lineup of the Chinese team: Yan Junling, Liu Yang, Shi Ke, Zhang Linpeng, Liu Yiming, Hao Junmin, Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi, Zhang Yuning, Dai Zhiwei, Wu Lei

Japan's starting line-up: Shuichi Gonda, Hiroki Sakai, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Maya Yoshida, Yutsudo Yashiro Nagatomo, Takeshi Shibasaki, Hiroshi Endo, Genki Haraguchi, Yuya Osako, Takumi Minamino

Head coach Cannavaro's requirements for the players in the first half are very simple, it is okay to lose possession, but not to lose the ball, the main thing in the first half is to defend and counterattack.

In the locker room of the Japanese team, head coach Mori Boichi did not say much, but just asked the players to implement the established tactics, and let the players swing the rest on the field.

In the live broadcast room of Huaxia TV Sports Channel, He Wei, who has been commenting on the Chinese team's game, is also partnered with Xu Yang, a football celebrity of the Chinese team.

Time waited for countless people until the evening of 1930.

The clock went to 20 o'clock on January 28, 2019, and the Australian referee on duty, Christbith, led the players of the two teams into the lawn of Ain Haza Bin Zayed Stadium with the assistant referee.

Born in 1984, Crisbith qualified as an international judge in 2011. In 2013, he came to China to officiate the Chinese team's 0:2 loss to the Dutch team, and Qin Sheng was sent off by Crisbith red card in the game.

He has also officiated Guangzhou Evergrande's 00 draw at Gamba Osaka and Evergrande's 70 win over Hong Kong Oriental, both of which were not too controversial.

The team's entry immediately caused a burst of cheers like a landslide and tsunami, and the atmosphere of the stadium reached the extreme.

Before the game began, it was already clear that there was a strong smell of gunpowder over the stadium. Players from both sides shake hands with the referee and prepare to enter a state of war.

Referee Chris Biss, he looked at the fire in the eyes of the players on both sides, and his heart tightened, predicting that the penalty in this game would be very difficult, and he must have the spirit of 120,000 points.

The national hatred of Huaxia and Neon, 10,000 books are inexhaustible!

Chris Biss hurriedly called the two assistant referees and gave them a few words, and the two assistant referees nodded and ran to both sides of the court.

The players on both sides stood in good positions, Takumi Minamino and Genki Haraguchi stood in the circle, waiting for the referee's whistle, and it was the Japanese team that kicked off first.

The referee, Crisbith, adjusted the time of his watch and looked at the players on both sides.

The opening whistle of "Drip ......" sounded!

Takumi Minamino kicked the ball to Genki Haraguchi, who passed it back to Endo, and the two ran into the backcourt of the Chinese team together.

Endo Hang was about to run across the line with the ball, Wu Xi, who was banned for one game in the last game, was full of vitality in this game, and as soon as he came up, he fell to the ground with a sliding tackle, and he shoveled the ball to the ground with people.

Wu Xi's wild action immediately attracted a tsunami of boos from neon fans, while the Chinese fans burst into earth-shattering cheers!

No matter what, the momentum must not be lost!

Endo Hang slammed up from the grass and yelled at Wu Xi, and the referee Crisbith hurriedly ran over and separated the two.

Since the game had just begun, and Wu Xi shoveled the ball first, Endo Hang, who was brought down, so it was not impossible to say that Wu Xi fouled, and Chris Bisi could not sentence Wu Xi to foul, but just pulled Wu Xi and verbally asked him not to move too much, and then he would play the cards next time.

Wu Xi nodded honestly, then turned around and ran away, when he passed by Endo, he glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and pursed his lips disdainfully, so angry that Endo Hang was about to jump up and fight.

Next to him, Tang Anlu hurriedly grabbed the hot-tempered Endo Hang, and said loudly: "Hey, calm down, the game has just begun!" ”

As soon as the game began, there was a fierce physical collision, and the hot scene on the field made the reporters excited, which is the rhythm of the battle between the Chinese team and the Japanese team, the sworn enemies!