Chapter 162: A Dull Game
The opponent of China in the semifinals is obvious, it is the Iraqi team, there is no doubt that Iraq is much stronger than the Vietnamese team.
Sure enough, Iraq defeated Vietnam 2-0 and met Huaxia in the semi-finals.
The Chinese team and the Iraqi team have not played many times, in recent years it was the Asian Cup held in 2004, when the Chinese team defeated the Iraqi team 3-0, and in the Asian Cup qualifiers last year, the Chinese team and the Iraqi team also played each other twice, losing at the home stadium in Iraq, and returning to their home stadium was only a draw with the opponent.
Therefore, the record of the two teams of Huaxia and Iraq is not very good.
However, the Huaxia team is still very confident now, after all, their opponents do not look strong, and there are no foreign players in the team.
If it weren't for the opponent, Jinfeng still admired the Iraqi team very much, this is a team in the war, and even some players are not professional players, but they rushed to the top four with tenacity, which is really admirable.
"Hello everyone, welcome to the Asian Cup semi-finals against Iraq." Huang Huo and Lu Shi appeared in front of everyone again.
"Hello everyone, I'm Lu Shi." Lu Shi also greeted politely.
"Today's game is crucial." Huang Huo first expressed the importance of this game.
"Yes, I remember the last Asian Cup, China met Iraq in the quarterfinals, and we passed 3-0 cleanly." Lu Shi remembers very clearly, "Will you defeat your opponent again today?" ”
"I think it's still certain that our team is very strong." Huang Huo said confidently.
"In fact, the Iraqi team is a very special team, their country is still at war, and there is not even a decent training ground, and in such a situation, it can still reach the top four, which is really admirable." Lu Shi still admires such a team.
"Yes, Iraq is indeed not easy, I think for such an opponent, we can only respect the opponent if we show 100% strength." Huang Huo knows that it is not easy for the opponent, but it is not easy for Huaxia either.
"When it comes to the squad, our squad is much stronger than our opponents, we have a lot of players who have stayed abroad, and even players who have gained a foothold in foreign clubs and become the main player, Iraq does not have such players, but they cannot be underestimated." Lu Shi still reminds everyone to be careful.
"I know that this Iraqi team is a top four team in the Olympics, and they are really good, especially Younis." Huang Huo still did some work, and he still knows some of the players very well.
"Many people only see Younis scoring goals, but not the people standing behind Younis, Akram is also very good, his midfield organization is very good, the Chinese team should be staring at him." As a professional, Lu Shi can't look at the problem like other fans, whoever scores more goals is powerful, and he needs to study it in depth, without Akram, Younis will not be able to show his strength.
Wearing a red jersey, Golden Wind stood on the court, and compared to the white jersey, Golden Wind preferred red jerseys, because red is the festive color of China.
Everyone knew that this game must be difficult, but everyone didn't expect it to be so difficult.
The Iraqis are very tenacious, their midfield rhythm is very well controlled, and they play more actively, once pressing the Chinese team.
Jin Feng was targeted to death by the opponent, which is not good news for the Huaxia team, because the current Huaxia team is all watching Jin Feng perform alone, once Jin Feng is stared to death, the attack of the Chinese team will stagnate.
Therefore, in the first half of the game, the Huaxia team had few shooting opportunities, and the Iraqi team also paid great attention to their backcourt fouls, as long as the fouls at the front of the big penalty area would not be given to Huaxia at all, not even the corner kicks were given to the Huaxia team.
"Huaxia is playing very hard now." Huang Huo saw the doorway.
"There is no way to do this, Jinfeng's routine has been figured out, and it will be easier for everyone to defend." Lu Shi is also very helpless, the single core is like this, Huaxia has no one who can stand up except for Jin Feng, so once Jin Feng is locked, the attack of the Huaxia team is basically impossible to organize.
Jin Feng is also in a hurry now, every time he takes the ball, it is very uncomfortable, as the core of the midfield, he can't give the team better help.
In Atletico Madrid, Calais can help him, but in the Chinese national team, he basically relies on himself, and the strength of one person is limited after all.
The first half of the game was very dull, and the Iraqi team did have a few shots on goal, but it was not very threatening, and the Chinese team did not have too good chances.
The managers of both teams felt that there was no problem with their line-ups, so they continued the tactics of the first half in the second half.
"Are the two teams ready to play overtime?" Huang Huo looked at the dull scene and asked.
"It looks a bit like that, but why don't you get ready to take a penalty?" Lu Shi looked at such a scene, and the offensive desire of both sides was not particularly strong, and it looked like it was about to play overtime and penalty shootouts.
Zhu Bo didn't actually think about playing overtime or dragging it out to a penalty shootout, he knew that the game had reached this level, so he would look at a chance, as long as he could seize the opportunity, the Chinese team would be able to win the game.
And the person who executes this opportunity is Goldwind.
Jin Feng is also watching everywhere on the field, he is also looking for opportunities, as long as there are good opportunities, he will never let go.
Ancient swordsmen easily did not make a move, once they made a move, they would definitely seal their throats with a sword, and Jin Feng was waiting for this moment when they would seal their throats with a sword.
This Iraqi team has also been tested a lot, and they are full of resilience, but no one can guarantee that they will not make mistakes in the game, and a small mistake can cause a fatal mistake.
The match was held in Malaysia, and the weather was very bad for the Iraqi players, and they were not used to it, and it was not easy to hold on for such a long time.
The game came to the eighty-five minutes, and both sides had already handed over two substitutions, and the last substitution will not be activated, because everyone thinks that this game will go to extra time, and the last place is better used in extra time.
But God was not ready to drag the game into overtime, and the Iraqi team finally showed a flaw in its meaning after a whole game that was strictly guarded.
At the front of the penalty area, their clearance did not pass far, Jin Feng stepped forward to block the position, stopped the football, this position has entered the range of Jin Feng, the Iraqi player was in a hurry, directly pulled Jin Feng, Jin Feng fell to the ground in response, and the referee blew the whistle.