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Before the game, even the most optimistic Chinese media just did not deny the possibility that the Chinese team could defeat Japan, but even if it wins, it is estimated that it will be a narrow victory, and it must be helped by luck, Chu Zhongtian is the key to the key, and the quality of Chu Zhongtian's performance directly determines the result of this game. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info If Chu Zhongtian performs well, the Chinese team and Japan still have a fight, and if Chu Zhongtian plays abnormally, this game can end here.

The slightly pessimistic media simply believes that this is the last game of the Chinese team in this Asian Cup, and the important thing is not to win, but to play our style in the game. "As long as we show the fighting spirit and fighting spirit of our players in the game and play our stuff, then even if we lose the game, I don't think anyone will criticize anything."

For Chu Zhongtian, this sentence is and an outright lie. No one can stay calm after losing. "As long as we do our best, we can be worthy of it" is just an excuse for losers to deceive themselves. If they can win, who wants to lose? If they can win, who wants to "try their best to lose"?

He went out on the pitch with a very strong idea that he was here to win. At Wimbledon, at Metz, at Hoffenheim, he never played to say "we did our best" to the media after a loss. If you really try your best, you shouldn't lose. Chu Zhongtian thought so.

※※※ Japan's midfield control is indeed stronger than that of the Chinese team, which can be seen from the fact that they have a firm grip on the football at their feet from the very beginning of the game. The game was kicked off by the Japanese team, who were not in a hurry to attack, but gave full play to their advantages, controlled the ball in the midfield, and lured the Chinese team out little by little.

The game has just started, and both sides are still a bit tight and there are not many gaps, so you need to be a little patient.

Makoto Hasebe is the main midfielder in Wolfsburg, and he is also a well-deserved main player in the Japanese national team. At Wolfsburg he was a right midfielder, but in the national team, he played as a midfielder, just right against Chu Zhongtian.

These two rivals in the Bundesliga reunited in the Asian Cup.

Both are no strangers. As the most iconic stars of their respective countries in the Bundesliga, they have played each other in club competitions on several occasions.

It's just that Makoto Hasebe is at a disadvantage most of the time in the competition with Chu Zhongtian. The results of the match between Wolfsburg and Hoffenheim reflect this to some extent. They last met in the 17th round of the Bundesliga this season, when Hoffenheim took on Wolfsburg away. In this game, Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic shone all over the field, Chu Zhongtian assisted Ibisevic twice to score, and finally Hoffenheim defeated Wolfsburg 2:1 away.

Makoto Hasebe was average in that game, and Wolfsburg's goal had nothing to do with him.

Although it is known as "Japan's Barak" and "Asia's Kaka". But in terms of strength, there is still a big gap between him and Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian's talent is obviously stronger than Hasebe Makoto.

There is no deliberate direct confrontation between the two in the club, Makoto Hasebe, who has always been disciplined, only listens to the manager's arrangement, and the manager tells him to do whatever he wants, and generally few managers will let their right midfielder go one-on-one with the opponent's back. But it's different in the national team, Makoto Hasebe is the back, and Chu Zhongtian is too, and the two can often meet.

Hasebe Makoto held back his strength and wanted to defeat Chu Zhongtian in the game. His side of Wolfsburg have won only once against Hoffenheim, and in the first meeting between the two sides last season, Hoffenheim lost 1-2 to Wolfsburg in the twelfth round of the league. The rest of the games were either losses or draws. This time, he hopes to make up for this regret by taking advantage of the huge gap between the Japanese team and the Chinese team, defeating Chu Zhongtian and eliminating the Chinese team led by him.

There is another person who also wants to beat Chu Zhongtian in the game, and that is striker Shinji Kagawa, who plays for Borussia Dortmund. Although the position is not right, this does not prevent him from treating Chu Zhongtian as the number one rival. is also a genius, Shinji Kagawa's talent is obviously higher than Hasebe's Sekoto. As a teenager, he was trained in the Barcelona youth system in Japan, and made a name for himself at a very young age.

He was once known as "Tsubasa Misaki" by the famous Japanese football commentator Yoshiyoshi Nonomura during the game, and his partner in the team was also called "Misakitaro".

At last year's World Cup in South Africa, there were calls in Japan for Japanese coach Takeshi Okada to bring Shinji Kagawa to South Africa, but for the purpose of protecting young players, Takeshi Okada did not select him in the 23-man squad. However, he handpicked Shinji Kagawa as an experience player, and went to South Africa with him to observe and experience the world's high-level competitions. In his usual training, Shinji Kagawa also made his own contributions. As a result, he was favored by Borussia Dortmund and eventually moved to Germany for 350,000 euros, becoming the seventh Japanese player in history to participate in the Bundesliga.

Shinji Kagawa got off to a very good start at Borussia Dortmund, scoring in quick succession from the warm-up game and scoring twice and providing an assist in the first game of the Europa League. So far, he has scored eight goals in the Bundesliga, second only to Chu Zhongtian, who has scored nine goals.

Makoto Hasebe and Chu Zhongtian have played against Chu Zhongtian many times in the Bundesliga, and Shinji Kagawa, as a Bundesliga rookie, has only played Chu Zhongtian once. That game had a strong smell of gunpowder, Kagawa Shinji formed a bond with Chu Zhongtian in that game, in fact, it was one-sided, Chu Zhongtian forgot about it as soon as the game passed, Kagawa Shinji still remembered how Chu Zhongtian knocked him to the ground in the game, and he turned around and ran away very unsportsmanlike, did not come up to pull himself up, and took the initiative to show goodwill.

In that game, Chu Zhongtian and Shinji Kagawa each completed an assist, and Chu Zhongtian assisted Ruud van Nistelrooy to score and help the team take the lead again. Shinji Kagawa assisted Barrios to score the team's first goal and help the team equalize.

Overall, however, Kagawa was not satisfied with his performance, as he did not score against a "Hoffenheim II" team that had almost changed their main players on his home turf, and Dortmund did not win the Mars-on-Earth match.

Although Dortmund later won back-to-back victories, they eventually became the winter break champions of the Bundesliga. However, not being able to beat Hoffenheim on their home turf still made the Dortmund players have a pimple in their hearts.

There is no way to take revenge in the league, so complete the revenge in the national team. Shinji Kagawa thinks so.

※※※ It was precisely because of so many people's attention that Chu Zhongtian was in trouble at the beginning of the competition.

It doesn't matter if he gets the ball or not, no matter where he is, there will always be a lot of Japanese players around him, who will either watch from afar or simply stick to him to interfere.

so that he could not calmly organize the attack.

Of course, the Japanese team knows that this kind of pressing defense may not be able to limit Chu Zhongtian's play, once he passes the football quickly, he will fail in the tight pressing, which was verified when Chu Zhongtian was in Hoffenheim.

But there are no absolutes.

The quick pass in Hoffenheim works because the whole Hoffenheim team plays fast football, they have been playing like this for three years, and the players have long been familiar with this style. But what about the Chinese team? The Chinese team did not have any style at all before Gao Hongbo, and it was only after Gao Hongbo came that the style of ground coordination was established. But it's not Hoffenheim's style of fast football either. Therefore, if Chu Zhongtian intends to tear apart the Japanese team's defense with a quick pass, he will find that his set will not work for the national team because of the lack of teammates who can cooperate with him. The players of the Chinese team are far behind Hoffenheim's players in every way.

Therefore, as long as the Japanese team presses Chu Zhongtian, isolates him from the other players of the Chinese team, and lets him fight alone, then it is equivalent to being able to deal with Chu Zhongtian and the Chinese team separately, except for Chu Zhongtian, the other players of the Chinese team are no threat to the Japanese team, as long as it can ensure that Chu Zhongtian does not play a role, the Japanese team will win this game.

※※※The Japanese team put all their attention on Chu Zhongtian, and the other players of the Chinese team didn't care much about it.

This is exactly what Chu Zhongtian wants to see.

Now when everyone mentions the Chinese team, they will say how Chu Zhongtian is. It seems that there is only one person in the Chinese team, and that is Chu Zhongtian, and Chu Zhongtian is the same as the Chinese team. When everyone is studying the Chinese team, they only need to study Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian used this psychology to attract the opponent's defensive attention to himself, and then provided opportunities for his teammates. He feels that these players under Gao Hongbo still have a certain strength, as long as he can create opportunities for them, they can seize one of them, and they can change the result of the game.

The Japanese team tried their best to stop Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian didn't plan to be the protagonist in this game at all. In this game, he has to do his best to assist his teammates and be a supporting role.

When his teammates passed the ball over, the Japanese players rushed up to defend Chu Zhongtian in a swarm, trying to cut off his ball and counterattack. Unexpectedly, Chu Zhongtian didn't stop the ball at all, he spread his legs, leaked the football from under his crotch, and then turned around and ran.

The football leaked to Deng Zhuoxiang, who was behind him.

Deng Zhuoxiang was the core player of the Chinese team when Chu Zhongtian was away. The same is true for today's game, he is the core, and Chu Zhongtian is the front. Then Deng Zhuoxiang plugged his teammates, Gao Lin inserted a shot, and the football was slightly off.

The players of the Japanese team obviously didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to be just an auxiliary in this game.

When they all focused on Chu Zhongtian, the marking of other Chinese team players was not tight.

Chu Zhongtian said to everyone before the game that they are a whole, and they want to play against the Japanese team as a team, which is what he meant.

"The Chinese team playing against Japan made us feel unfamiliar...... "Liu Jianhong, a CCTV commentator, said after watching the game for 15 minutes. Although the Chinese team also played well in the group stage before, today's Chinese team is particularly good, so Liu Jianhong feels unfamiliar.

Another layer of unfamiliarity refers to the fact that Chu Zhongtian, who was brilliant in the first three games, was a little low-key today, although the football was passed to him, but he did more farming and ferrying, less fatal passes, fewer wonderful passes, and long-range shots have not been seen once so far. This may have something to do with the Japanese team's defense against him.

Makoto Hasebe follows him like a hound, rushing up to him as soon as he gets the ball, interfering with him and interfering with his control.

This is regarded as the main reason for Chu Zhongtian's average performance.

That's what the Japanese players think so too. In their opinion, Chu Zhongtian had been contained. Then it's time for them to go on the offensive in a big way!

But...... When Makoto Hasebe passed the football to Shinji Kagawa in front of him, intending to attack, the football was stopped by Chu Zhongtian's outstretched foot. Then followed by Chu Zhongtian to pass the football to the front, and the Chinese team launched a counterattack. The Japanese players, who were just about to attack, had to rush back to defend.

For the mastery of this rhythm, Chu Zhongtian is very in place, every time when the Japanese team's offensive is just about to rise, Chu Zhongtian will suddenly exert his strength, create a threat to the Japanese team in attack, and force the opponent to return to defense, and the players of the Japanese team will always feel that the game is not smooth.

Chu Zhongtian is a metronome, he controls not only the rhythm of his own team, but also the rhythm of the opponent.

Relying on Chu Zhongtian's ability, the Chinese team and the Japanese team were in a stalemate and were not at a disadvantage.

There are even times when it has a slight advantage. Because the Japanese team cares too much about Chu Zhongtian, it weakens their defense against other Chinese players. No matter how weak the players of the Chinese team are and how weak their strength is, they can still create a lot of threats in the face of such a casual defense.

So in the 37th minute, when the Chinese team opened the scoring, it was logical.

Chu Zhongtian attracted the attention of the three players of the Japanese team on the side, Makoto Hasebe, Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda surrounded Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian simply passed the football out of Makoto Hasebe's crotch, he did not have an obvious leg swing action, and only relied on a poke of his toes, and the football disappeared in front of the three people. After Deng Zhuoxiang received Chu Zhongtian's pass, there was no defender around him, and he could calmly adjust before attacking.

He distributed the football to the feet of Rong Hao on the side, Rong Hao crossed again, and Gao Lin, who followed up in the middle, quickly inserted it and hit the goal with a header!

The Chinese team's series of combinations played very succinctly and quickly, and although Masatsushi Chiefzaki made a save, it was to no avail, and the football flew over his head into the goal.

"The Chinese team actually scored first!" Foreign commentators exclaimed. Before, everyone was more optimistic about the Japanese team, but it was the Chinese team that scored first...... Only the commentator of the Chinese team was the happiest, and Liu Jianhong came up with his signature commentary: "Gao Lin! The ball is in! The ball is in! Entered, entered, entered!! The Chinese team leads 1:0! This is something that many people did not expect before the game! ”

The Chinese players who scored the goal hugged each other excitedly to celebrate the goal. The players of the Japanese team looked a little depressed, and they seemed to be unable to accept that their strong self was allowed to score first...... What Kagawa Shinji didn't understand the most was that the three people here surrounded Chu Zhongtian, why could he still let him pass the football...... He stretched out his hand to Makoto Hasebe with a questioning expression: "Why is that?" Here's why! ”

Makoto Hasebe didn't know how to answer his question. With his own understanding of Chu Zhongtian, even if three people surrounded Chu Zhongtian, he would be able to find a way to spread the football ...... In the Bundesliga, such plays can be played out quite often. He thought that maybe Shinji Kagawa would stay in the Bundesliga for another two seasons and would not ask such a question.

For some, it's a talent that can't be explained.

Despite this, Hasebe's fists clenched. It was a shame for him to watch the ball go between his legs and then concede a goal!

The players of the Chinese team who scored the goal looked very excited, and it was not easy for the current Chinese team to score the goal of the Japanese team. In last year's East Asian semi-finals, they poured three goals from South Korea, but they were unable to open the door to the Japanese team.

Another reason for their excitement is that the score puts them ahead of Japan in the game, which will give them the upper hand in this match.

While celebrating the goal, a player asked Chu Zhongtian: "What should we do next?" Defensive? ”

Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "Keep attacking!" "Chinese players are the most prone to make such mistakes, and they don't know how to play when they have the advantage. A one-goal lead is not safe, of course Chu Zhongtian wants more goals.

"The Chinese team scored...... They took the lead, Gao Lin! "The response of the Japanese commentators is much more muted." Chu Zhongtian was still able to pass the football out under the defense of three people, which is really remarkable! ”

In the face of Chu Zhongtian's outstanding performance, even if he was an enemy, he had to bow down.

Although it was Gao Lin who scored the goal and Rong Hao who assisted, the camera lens firmly locked on Chu Zhongtian. The commentators from various countries gave Chu Zhongtian all the beautiful words they could think of.

What about Chu Zhongtian? I wish everyone was like that, so that my teammates would get more opportunities like this.

Come on, defend me. If you don't think three people are enough, come with four people, five people...... Eleven people!

Looking at the Chinese players cheering and celebrating the goal, many Japanese players were sure of one thing - the Chinese team they saw was indeed different from the Chinese team that they had in their previous impression of being weak and bullied, and the situation collapsed as soon as the situation was difficult.

(To be continued)