Chapter 436: The Sino-Japanese War
After the final round of the group stage of Group A of the Qatar Asian Cup, Lu Wenbin's stoppage time stunner and Uzbekistan's 6-point exit have become hot topics among media and fans from all over the world.
Lu Wenbin dragged the sick body on the bench to stage a pass and a shot, and it was not very surprising that he finally scored in stoppage time, everyone just appreciated Lu Wenbin's wonderful goal.
But the result of Uzbekistan's 6-point elimination in the group stage really shocked countless football experts and fans.
Some fans never thought that there would be a six-point elimination, and no football experts, even those who knew about such an extreme situation, could have imagined that such an extreme situation would actually occur.
All of a sudden, Uzbekistan became famous all over the world and won the sympathy of countless fans.
Of course, the Uzbeks certainly do not want such sympathy.
What they want is promotion, but the facts are doomed and cannot be changed.
On the other hand, the media and fans of the Chinese team who advanced to the knockout round sang praises for Lu Wenbin's stoppage time stunner, and at the same time cared about his condition.
Fortunately, the Chinese team held a press conference the next day, claiming that Lu Wenbin's cold was not aggravated by the game and the fainting at the last moment, and was about to recover, which made the Chinese media and fans feel a lot more relieved.
At the same time, the last round of the group stage of Group B was played the next day, and the opponents of the Chinese team and Qatar also came out.
The first team in Group A Qatar will face Jordan in the quarterfinals against Jordan, the second team in Group B, and the second Chinese team in Group A will face Japan in the quarterfinals.
Seeing that the opponent of the Chinese team was Japan, although some fans felt a little unlucky to meet the favorite Japan, most Chinese fans were still excited.
You must know that the Chinese team has not defeated Japan in an international A' level competition for more than ten years.
Many people believe that as long as Lu Wenbin's body recovers, the Chinese team will definitely be able to defeat the Japanese team.
Lu Wenbin did not disappoint Chinese fans either.
On January 18, when Group C played the last round of group stage, the Chinese team held a press conference, which Lu Wenbin attended, announcing that Lu Wenbin had recovered from a cold.
Then, in the afternoon of the same day, Lu Wenbin began to participate in the team's training normally and reported it through media reporters.
All of a sudden, the morale of Chinese fans was even higher, vowing to win the Sino-Japanese war.
"Lu Wenbin has recovered from a cold and has resumed normal training!" 》
"In the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup, Lu Wenbin will definitely start! 》
"Can the Chinese team end the history of more than ten years of invincibility and fight here!" 》
Many domestic fans who had not come to Qatar before have even temporarily organized a flight to Doha to cheer for the Chinese team and win the Sino-Japanese war.
Of course, the Japanese will not be intimidated, even if there is Lu Wenbin in the opponent.
They have more respect for Lu Wenbin, but they don't think much of the Chinese team.
Some Japanese players claimed that they didn't need to defend against Lu Wenbin, as long as they gathered the strength of the whole team to score more goals than Lu Wenbin alone.
The implication is that the Chinese team's colander-like backline can allow them to surpass the Chinese team in terms of goals.
The confrontation between the two favourites, coupled with the history of grievances between the two countries, not only attracted Chinese and Japanese fans, but also many Qatari neutral fans rushed to buy tickets to watch the big game live.
On January 19, with the end of the final round of group D in Group D, the top 8 lists of the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup were all produced, namely Qatar and China in Group A, Japan and Jordan in Group B, Australia and South Korea in Group C, and Iran and Iraq in Group D.
Next, it's time for the real knockout round.
The matchup table for the quarterfinals is Qatar vs Jordan, China vs Japan, Australia vs Iraq, and South Korea vs Iran.
Among them, the match between the two groups of AB is on January 21, the match between the two groups of CD is on January 22, and China VS Japan is the first match of the quarterfinals.
On the afternoon of January 21, 2011, the Al Garrafa Stadium in Doha was packed.
In addition to the Qatari fans who were neutral or cheering for Ballon d'Or Lu Wenbin, the other 20,000 or so spectators were all fans of the Chinese and Japanese teams.
The banners of "China will win" and "Japan will win" were-for-tat in the stands, and no one was left behind.
During the warm-up before the game, Lu Wenbin, who was in good health, performed a few more door frame performances to everyone, which stunned the Japanese players and fans, and the pressure was also very great.
It seems that Lu Wenbin is really healed!
At 16 o'clock in the afternoon, with the referee's whistle, the first 1/4 final of the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup between China VS Japan officially began, and the Chinese team won the right to kick off.
Although Lu Wenbin's body recovered and the Japanese were very vigilant, they were almost caught off guard by Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin is ready to repeat last year's Puska Goal of the Year award, and he scored several goals in a row in the opening game.
Fortunately, the Japanese team is a little more vigilant than Lyon, and they attach different importance to Lu Wenbin.
Although Lu Wenbin passed three people, he still took advantage of Lu Wenbin's slightly too big gap to kick the ball away and clear the siege at the front of the big ban area.
Although he did not score, Lu Wenbin successfully gave the Japanese team a dismount.
Skillful dribbling, strong body, super fast speed and frequency of dribbling all let people see the figure of Lu Wenbin, who scored goals in the European arena.
The Chinese fans in the stands suddenly lifted their spirits and frantically cheered for the Chinese team and Lu Wenbin.
The 0-3 defeat in the second round of the group stage and the 3-2 narrow victory in the third round, although they advanced to the knockout round, still made Chinese fans a little aggrieved, and they didn't see the cool feeling of Lu Wenbin blocking and killing God and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha in Europe.
Even if they knew that Lu Wenbin was sick because of a cold, everyone still felt aggrieved.
Now seeing that Lu Wenbin has finally returned to normal, and as soon as he came up, he gave the Japanese team a dismount, everyone is naturally in high spirits and feels the hope of victory.
Sure enough, in the next game, Lu Wenbin finally regained the momentum of the FIFA Golden Ball winner and the European Golden Boot.
Although the Japanese team has long been on guard against Lu Wenbin's strength, it still can't resist it.
In the 5th minute, Lu Wenbin received a pass from Deng Zhuoxiang in the corner of the forbidden area and suddenly shot into the far corner, although the ball finally deflected out of the goal, but it also scared everyone on and off the field in Japan.
Just a few minutes later, Lu Wenbin had another good chance to shoot.
In the 12th minute, Lu Wenbin connected two people outside the forbidden area, attracted the attention of most players of the Japanese team, and then passed diagonally to the ribs of the forbidden area, and Zheng Zhi, who was in the gap, met the ball and shot angrily.
Zheng Zhi's shot attracted the attention of all the players and spectators, and only Lu Wenbin continued to rush towards the forbidden area without stopping after passing the ball.
Then, when everyone saw Zheng Zhi's shot saved by the goalkeeper and fell into the forbidden area, and wanted to clear the siege, they found that Lu Wenbin suddenly appeared like a ghost at the landing point of the ball, and stabbed the ball into the goal with a stab of the Japanese team's defender.
Lu Wenbin's full-value off-ball run reflects its value at this time.
Suddenly, all the players and fans on and off the field celebrated excitedly, and the Japanese players looked at the back of Lu Wenbin running to celebrate, feeling confused.
They were also favourites to win the title, and they were given a 1-0 lead by China in the opening 12 minutes.
The one who scored the goal was the one they had been doubling their attention to prevent. (Ask for a commuter pass)