Chapter 163: Reaching the Finals

Goldwind stood in front of the ball, and in the eighty-five minutes, this goal could well decide the course of the whole game.

Take a deep breath, Iraq is a respectable opponent, and the more respectable it is, the more you must use all your strength against them.

"Free-kicks are Goldwind's forte, he's scored many free-kicks before, can he still score this time?" Huang Huo felt a little nervous, this was the last and most critical moment.

Iraqi goalkeeper Noel stared nervously at Goldwind, everyone knows that Goldwind has scored six goals in this Asian Cup and is firmly at the top of the scorer list.

In the face of such an opponent, it would be a lie for Knoll to say that he was not nervous.

Taking two steps back, Jinfeng's free kick was not won by strength, but by skill, so the running distance did not need to be very far.

Run in front of the ball, swing your right foot, and the ball flies.

The Iraqi players jumped up in a hurry, hoping to block the ball.

The ball didn't fly over the heads of these people, but went around their side and flew straight towards the goal.

Knoll hurried in the direction of the ball's flight, trying to stop the fatal blow.

The football was in Knoll's hand, and he felt that he could touch the ball and push harder as long as he stretched out his arm again.

Secretly cheering himself up, Knorr's fingers touched the football, but that was the end of it, he could only touch a little bit of the football, and could not change the direction of the ball's flight.

The ball flew into the net, straight into the net.

"Scored, eighty-five minutes, the Chinese team scored." The moment the ball entered the goal, Huang Huo jumped up excitedly.

"A beautiful free kick from Jinfeng sent the Chinese team to the final." Lu Shi was also very excited.

Although the Iraqi team is ranked below Huaxia, their strength should not be underestimated, and the strength they showed is also very strong, and the Chinese team is very lucky to be able to score.

Although it was scored, the Iraqi team did not give up the game, counting stoppage time, there are at least seven or eight minutes left, which is enough time to score a goal, as long as the Iraqi team can score a goal and equalize the score, it is not certain who loses and who wins in overtime.

The Chinese team did not last long to celebrate, because the Iraqi team was ready for a counteroffensive.

"This team is really tenacious." Looking at the Iraqi team that fought back after conceding the goal, Huang Huo couldn't help but say.

"Yes, this team is really strong and we can learn from it, they are very resilient and I believe they would have been stronger if it wasn't for the situation at home." Lu Shi also respects this team very much.

Zhu Bo is now thinking about how to keep this score, he still has a substitution place in his hand, and now it can be used in this situation, anyway, there is no need to think about overtime.

The Chinese team is not willing to give up this hard-won goal, they are still trying to defend, strictly defending and resolutely not giving the opponent the slightest chance.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the dead ball, Zhu Bo began to make substitutions, and he replaced Han Peng with a defender.

'It's a good substitution, it can delay a little bit and it strengthens the defence. Huang Huo agrees with this substitution.

"Yes." Lu Shi nodded.

Han Peng walked slowly towards the field.

Procrastination is a little time, and it is better to be able to put off all the time.

In the eighty-ninth minute, Huaxia's substitution ended.

The Iraqi team still attacked fiercely.

In the ninetieth minute, the Iraqi team continued to attack.

By the time of the ninety-third minute, the last minute of stoppage time, the Iraqi team still did not give up their last chance.

When the whistle blows at the end of the game. The Iraqi team members sat down on the ground, their faces dripping with sweat and tears, and they were very unwilling to leave.

Jin Feng looked at this young team, they came out of the flames of war and will eventually go to glory.

Younis, as the captain on the field, did not sit on the ground and held back his tears, it is a pity for him not to make it past the semi-finals, but it doesn't matter, there is still a long way to go, and there will be a chance in the future.

Jin Feng stepped forward and grabbed Younis.

"You're doing a great job." Jin Feng said to Younis.

Younis looked at this Chinese man, it was he who eliminated Iraq from the game, but Younis is also very envious of this young man, Jinfeng is now not only the pride of China, but also the pride of Asia, he has achieved results in Europe, and every Asian is proud of him.

"You're doing better." Younis said sincerely.

"I'm sure you'll get better results and look forward to the next fight." For the strong, looking forward to fighting is the greatest respect for him.

"Next time we will be stronger than we are now." Younis said firmly.

"We're going to get stronger, too." Jin Feng said with a smile.

Jin Feng thought for a while, took off his jersey and handed it to Younis, it is normal to exchange jerseys during the game, in addition to the stars he admires, he will also exchange jerseys for players he respects and admires.

Younis hesitated, their Iraqi team is very poor, and there are not many jerseys, if you exchange one, there may be no jersey to change.

However, there is only one game left for the Iraqi team, and they will play as an away team in the third-place match, and this home shirt can be exchanged.

Younis took off his jersey and handed it to Goldwind.

Jin Feng didn't say a word, and directly put the jersey on his body.

"This kind of opponent deserves our respect." Huang Huo said when he saw this scene.

The semi-finals between Huaxia and Iraq started first, so now the Huaxia team is still waiting for the opponent in the final.

The other semi-final was Saudi Arabia against Japan.

These two teams have a deep special friendship with the Huaxia team.

China has come closest to winning the Asian Cup twice, the first time was in the 1984 Asian Cup, and the second time was in the last 2004 Asian Cup.

However, they lost to their opponents in those two finals, losing to Saudi Arabia in 1984 and Japan in 2004, so no matter who these two teams advanced to the finals, it will be a revenge battle for the Chinese team.

In fact, many people still prefer to play against the Japanese team, after all, the friendship between Huaxia and Japan is not a day or two, and it is the dream of many people to be able to beat the Japanese team by themselves.

It's a pity that the Japanese team is not competitive, they did not reach the Saudi team in the semi-finals, and were eliminated by the Saudi team, so they can only compete with the Iraqi team for the third place.

At this point, the two teams in the final have officially appeared, China vs. Saudi Arabia, and the Asian Cup final 23 years ago will be repeated.

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