Chapter 444: The Final Begins
Khalifa International Stadium, January 29, Doha, Qatar, at 17 p.m., there is still an hour before the final, but the stadium is completely full and full.
Chinese fans are no less enthusiastic about this Asian Cup than they were in 2004.
Although it is too far to fill the home stadium completely as it was in 2004, there are still countless fans who have rushed to Qatar from home to buy a ticket even if they buy a high-priced ticket from scalpers.
Even so, many Chinese fans were unable to buy tickets and had to stay outside the stadium to watch the game on bar TVs or large screens in the open air.
Lu Wenbin's appeal is not only for Chinese. In addition to Chinese and Australian fans, there were countless Qatari fans in the stands, as well as fans from other countries.
Most of these fans in Qatar and other countries are fans of Lu Wenbin.
That's the personal influence of a superstar.
Of the more than 30,000 seats at Khalifa Stadium, there are less than 10,000 Australian fans, and the rest are all Chinese fans cheering for the Chinese team and Lu Wenbin's personal fans.
In the case that the opponent is not Qatar, the Chinese team has half a home advantage.
And that's just the scene, and there are even more Chinese fans in China who watched the live broadcast of this game.
The finals started at 6 p.m., exactly 23 p.m. Beijing time, and it was less than 24 p.m., and it was a Saturday, a weekend, and the next day was a Sunday.
The time of this final has been carefully selected to take care of the needs of fans in most parts of Asia, including Chinese fans.
Even after so many years of troughs, 2010 fell to the bottom, but because of Lu Wenbin's appeal and the possibility of winning the first Asian Cup championship, the domestic audience watching this Asian Cup final is estimated to be no less than the 2004 local Asian Cup final.
Many viewers who had never watched sports and didn't care about football before also sat in front of the TV or computer under the call of the fans around them to watch the game.
As long as Lu Wenbin can lead the Chinese team to win the championship, it will definitely cause a carnival of fans across the country.
At 17:20, the organizers began to perform the closing ceremony, the King of Qatar, the President of the AFC, and the President of FIFA attended the closing ceremony, and the President of UEFA also sat with the President of FIFA as a special guest to watch the closing ceremony and the final.
After the closing ceremony, the field was cleaned up, and the starters of the two teams led the ball boys into the court, causing enthusiastic cheers from the fans.
Playing the national anthem, shaking hands, and picking sides, Lu Wenbin won the right to kick off for the Chinese team.
At 18 o'clock, with the whistle of referee Ilmatov, the final of the 15th Qatar Asian Cup in 2011 by the Chinese team VS Australia officially began.
As soon as Lu Wenbin opened the game, he used the tee off to make a surprise attack and wanted to score a lightning goal.
However, last year's Puskas Goal of the Year award was Lu Wenbin's opening 9.67-second goal in the Champions League, and Lyon was taken advantage of by Lu Wenbin because of his lack of concentration and surprise at the beginning, and other teams naturally would not give Lu Wenbin such an opportunity.
Therefore, although Lu Wenbin broke through three people in a row through strong dribbling and ball control, he was still caught by the opponent's three people at the front of the big forbidden area.
Even if many skills are added to the full value, Lu Wenbin is not omnipotent, and he can't break through several people in a row every time to shoot successfully.
Because there are only two people in the frontcourt, Lu Wenbin and Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi sometimes has to retreat to participate in the defense, resulting in Lu Wenbin not even having a person involved in running, and Australia's backline can concentrate on defending him alone.
Therefore, until half an hour into the game, Lu Wenbin had not scored.
On the other hand, Australia's backline was pinned down by Lu Wenbin by three or four people, and the attacking power in the front court was also slightly insufficient.
In the face of the Chinese team's almost eight-nine-man backline and iron bucket formation, Australia is also helpless.
Although the individual strength of the Chinese team players is a little worse, with the advantage of numbers, they can still firmly hold the forbidden area, and almost do not give the Australians any chance.
Australia don't have the strength of Spain or Brazil, and can pass the ball into the opponent's goal with possession.
As for long-range shots from outside the no-go zone, it will be a test of luck.
Without Lu Wenbin's full-value physique and shooting, 10 long-range shots may not necessarily score a goal.
Similarly, free-kicks were very inefficient, with Australia winning two free-kicks in the first 30 minutes, but none of them hit the woodwork, and all of them hit the plane.
The two teams kept the score 0-0 for half an hour.
Then, in the 32nd minute, Lu Wenbin finally got a free kick opportunity with a good position.
At that time, it was also Australia's attack, the Chinese team broke the ball and counterattacked, Lu Wenbin broke through the first opponent through the speed of the ball, and then was knocked down by Australia's midfielder, and got a free kick opportunity about 27 meters away from the Australian goal and on the left.
Golden opportunity!
Previously, the Chinese team had won a free kick outside the forbidden area, but unfortunately the position was relatively biased, although it was still Lu Wenbin who took the penalty and hit the goal directly, but he did not dare to waste special skills, and finally hit the side net directly, without any threat to the goal.
Therefore, in this free kick in the 32nd minute, Lu Wenbin decided to use special skills.
Lu Wenbin's current special skills in the free kick system are still only rudimentary, with only a 50% chance of hitting the goal frame, but it is not equal to a 50% goal rate.
The goalkeeper is not a wood, and he can save Lu Wenbin's free kick through his own strength and the prediction of moving in advance.
However, in any case, the free kick penalty controlled by the system's skills is generally directed to the dead end.
As long as it is within the range of the goal frame, the goal rate is still quite impressive, at least higher than the goal rate of Lu Wenbin's own free kicks.
Therefore, it is generally when there is a good opportunity that Lu Wenbin chooses to be punished by the system.
That's what this ball is.
When the referee blew the whistle for free throws, Lu Wenbin's body was controlled by the system to run a few steps, and then kicked the ball with his right foot.
The ball flew over the top of the jumping Australians' wall and arced into the far right corner of the Australian goal.
Although Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer made a prediction, he predicted the top corner of the near end.
As a result, when he began to move his body's center of gravity, he found that Lu Wenbin hit the far corner, and it was too late to turn over and pounce back, and finally he could only watch in the air in despair as the ball flew past his palm and drilled into the net, and he didn't even touch the ball. (Ask for a commuter pass)