The Chinese team reached the final of the Asian Cup, which caused a national carnival in China.

At a time when the storm of anti-crime and anti-counterfeiting in football caused Chinese football as a whole to fall to the bottom, the Chinese team defeated Japan and South Korea in succession to reach the Asian Cup final, which has greater positive significance than in 1984 and 2004.

The so-called thing is only three, and the first two finals only won the championship.

Now that it is the third time to reach the final, it is always the turn of the Chinese team to win the championship, right?

Moreover, with Lu Wenbin, the new FIFA Golden Ball Award, the Chinese team has been one of the favorites to win the championship since before the start of the competition.

After defeating Japan 4-1 to advance to the semi-finals, the Chinese team is already the team with the first odds of winning the championship among the four semi-final teams.

Chinese media, whether sports or comprehensive, central or local, and even internal newspapers and periodicals of institutions and enterprises, are overwhelmingly reporting the news that the Chinese team reached the 2011 Asian Cup final.

"The Chinese team defeated South Korea 4-2 to reach the final of the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup! 》

"After 1984 and 2004, the Chinese team reached the Asian Cup final for the third time! 》

"The Chinese team reached the Asian Cup final for the third time, can it win back an Asian Cup championship for the Chinese team in history?" 》

"The world's No. 1 superstar Lu Wenbin led the Chinese team to the Asian Cup final, and the whole country is looking forward to the Chinese team taking back the first continental championship trophy!" 》

Of course, in addition to celebrating the victory and reaching the final, the Chinese media did not forget to condemn Zhao Rongheng for faking the fall and the misjudgment of the head coach.

If it weren't for Zhao Rongheng's fake fall and the head coach's misjudgment, Lu Wenbin would have been able to complete the stunner in 90 minutes and kill the game, and there would be no need to play overtime and waste 30 minutes of physical strength.

However, this matter can only be condemned.

Lu Wenbin hadn't even finished turning around at that time, and it wasn't a must-score opportunity.

Referee misjudgments are also part of football, and even the goal suspense that England suffered at the World Cup in South Africa can only be ignored, let alone these ordinary misjudgments.

The most important thing is that the Chinese team is the winner.

The winner is tolerant, and the main content of the national media is to celebrate the Chinese team's advance to the final, and Zhao Rongheng's fake fall is just used as a joke to condemn and ridicule.

Then, that evening, the other semi-final was decided.

Playing at home, Qatar still lost 0-4 to Australia.

In fact, with the strength of Qatar, it is difficult to even qualify from the group.

If it weren't for Lu Wenbin's cold in the group stage, it would have been absolutely impossible for them to defeat the Chinese team in the second game, let alone a 3-0 victory, even with the help of the referee.

It was precisely because of Lu Wenbin's cold and the help of the referee that they were able to win the Chinese team and Kuwait 3-0 in the last two games in a row after losing 0-2 in the first game, and get enough goal difference to rank first in Group A.

The semi-finals that can be advanced to are already the limit of Qatar.

The other three teams in the top four are bound to lose if Qatar meets anyone.

It is normal for Australia, who are currently ranked No. 1 in Asia, to be slaughtered 4-0.

According to the situation of the live game, if it wasn't for the referee taking care of some, Qatar might have scored more goals by Australia.

The semi-finals are already an unexpectedly good result for Qatar, and the emotions of Qatari fans are also quite excited, laying a good fan base for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

In this way, the two teams in the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup final were all released, that is, the Chinese team with the FIFA Golden Ball Award Lu Wenbin PK Asia's No. 1 Australia.

After Australia left the Oceania Football Association and joined the AFC, it was also the first time that Australia reached the Asian Cup final.

In other words, China and Australia, no matter who wins the championship, there will be a new champion and a new king in the history of the Asian Cup.

Since the first Asian Cup in 1956, the Asian Cup has successively produced seven Asian champion teams: South Korea, Israel, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Iraq.

In 2011, China and Australia, whoever wins the championship will become the eighth champion team in the history of the Asian Cup.

The date for the final is January 29, and the third- and fourth-place finals are held on January 28. Before that, Lu Wenbin watched a live broadcast of Inter Milan's game.

On January 26, in the 1/4 finals of the Italian Cup, Napoli VS Inter Milan, Lu Wenbin was almost scared to death.

In this Coppa Italia match, the Inter Milan strikers lost their heads one after another, and within 120 minutes, they exchanged blanks with Napoli and went to a penalty shootout 0-0.

In the end, Inter Milan relied on the opponent's mistake in the third round of the penalty shootout to win with a penalty score of 5-4 and advance to the semi-finals.

Fortunately, he won in the end, and if he lost, Lu Wenbin would not have been able to lead Inter Milan to win the treble this season.

Subsequently, the Chinese team began closed training to prepare for the finals.

On January 28, in the third and fourth finals of the Asian Cup, Qatar lost to South Korea at home, with a score of 1-3, but it was not as bad as losing to Australia.

However, in any case, Qatar, ranked 12th in Asia, can finish fourth in the Asian Cup, which has made many Qatari fans ecstatic.

Qataris' love for football has taken it to the next level.

Next, it is the Asian Cup final between the Chinese team and Australia.

The Chinese team is currently ranked 79th in the FIFA rankings and sixth in Asia. Australia is ranked 26th in the world and first in Asia.

It looks like the difference between the two sides in the rankings is a bit big, but sometimes the rankings don't really reflect the strength of the two teams.

The two finalist teams, the outside world better looks at the Chinese team to win the championship, because the Chinese team has Lu Wenbin, who is recognized as the No. 1 Golden Ball in world football today.

The Australian head coach said in an interview: "The final will be very difficult! Lu Wenbin of the Chinese team will be Australia's biggest enemy to win the championship! No matter how many people defend Lu Wenbin, it is difficult to really limit him, what we have to do is to rely on the strength of the whole team to score more goals than Lu Wenbin. ”

Facing Australia, which is the No. 1 in Asia in terms of overall strength, the Chinese team is naturally very cautious.

Gao Hongbo didn't even send two forwards to start, but sent three defensive backs as soon as he came up, playing a 5311 formation, and the frontcourt could almost only rely on Zheng Zhi and Lu Wenbin to fight.

Such a formation will make Zheng Zhi and Lu Wenbin very tired, and it will be difficult to attack, but it can only be so.

With the strength and level of the Chinese team's back line, it can only rely on the number of people to set up buses and iron buckets to fill the lack of strength.

In the end, whether the Chinese team won the championship with the performance of Mr. Lu Wenbin of the Golden Ball, or Australia defeated the Chinese team with its overall strength, we can only wait for the start of the final. (Ask for a commuter pass)