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This is the nth time that the Chinese team has come to this stadium in this Asian Cup. Li Guo wondered, in a small place like Qatar, what will happen to the World Cup in 11 years? Will you be able to hear the cheers in the stadium next door in the Group B group stage match during the Group A group stage match?

In short, Li Guo can only admire FIFA for really playing, the 2018 World Cup is in one of the largest countries, and 4 years in one of the smallest countries.

In today's semi-finals, Li Guo did not enter the court in advance, but was in the players' tunnel. Li Guo has a quirk, every time he goes to a stadium, he pays special attention to the players' tunnel in the stadium.

Walking forward step by step from the long tunnel of players, suddenly there is a light in front of me, and then I go forward, and suddenly a huge stadium is displayed in front of me, and the sense of ceremony is very beautiful.

This is not Li Guo's personal hobby, but there is a scientific reason.

There is a world-famous cathedral in Germany, Cologne Cathedral, which is located on the corner of a narrow street, and the designers want that kind of strong contrast, when you turn from the narrow street, suddenly there is a towering cathedral in front of you, the shock is very strong.

In fact, before the game, Li Guo did everything possible to arrange the camp of Chinese fans on the side facing the players' passage, but the organizer did not agree, because the ticket could not be arranged, and in the end Li Guo could only give up.

"What are you doing, Li Guo, you're handsome?" Chen An asked.

"No, I'd like to be the last one to enter, behind the kids."

"Stranger," Chen An left.

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The referee of this game is from the United Arab Emirates, and under the leadership of the referee, the players from both sides slowly entered.

Before the game, it was reported that Colwill will start, because tomorrow is the Australian National Day, so the Australian media laughed that the Australians have had two national holidays this year, and Colwill's influence in Australia can be seen.

After the players lined up, the live broadcast asked the audience to be quiet, and then the national anthem was played, and the first thing to sound was the Chinese national anthem.

"Get up ......"

When the Chinese players sang the national anthem, the camera skipped in front of the players one by one, Wang Dalei, Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, Yin Di, Geng Chong, Fang Suo, Li Weifeng, Lin Zhijian, Zheng Zhi, Shen Rui, Ji Ke.

The Chinese players stood shoulder to shoulder, putting their hands on the shoulders of their teammates, showing that the Chinese team is a united unit.

"Forward, forward, forward!"

At the end of the song, the players let out a loud sigh as a motivation for themselves.

Then the Australian national anthem was played, the camera first gave the Australian flag, and then swept to Cowell, Cowell closed his eyes and sang affectionately, maybe he was afraid that if he opened his eyes, tears would flow uncontrollably, he was 32 years old, this is not only his last Asian Cup, but also the last major tournament he participated in on behalf of Australia, and he no longer dared to hope for Brazil after 3 years.

At the end of the song, a trace of tears flashed in Cowill's eyes, and soon, Colwill covered the past with a smile, because the game was about to start, and he couldn't be sad at this time.

Australia's starting XI for this game were:

Goalkeeper - Schwarzer

Defenders - Neil, Ognovski, Carney, Milligan

Midfielders - Valery, Jedinak, McKay, Holman

Forwards - Cahill, Colwill

Players from both sides spread out on the field, lined up, and with the referee's whistle, the game began.

*****

If you use the Premier League team to compare Australia, Li Guo feels that Australia is like Crystal Palace.

In fact, Australia's midfielder Jedinak later played for Crystal Palace, and such teams can often pull down strong teams, relying on the midfield to be tough enough, fast enough, and bad enough.

In the opening 5 minutes, Fonso took the ball in the midfield, a very ordinary half-turn to protect the ball, but suddenly a black shadow flashed behind him, and Jedinak directly pushed his knee to Fonso's knee, and with a scream, Fonso fell to the ground.

At this time, Jedinak did not have the same beard as he did later, but the true nature of the midfielder was already obvious.

After kicking Fonso, Jedinak kept shouting, "E'on," telling Fonso to hurry up and stop pretending.

At this time, Li Weifeng came over, pointed to the Australian half, and said directly in Chinese: "Get out!" ”

At this time, the players on both sides were quite calm, and the others did not come to participate, it is estimated that they all knew the temper of the two of them, Jedinak smiled evilly, and did not say anything, in fact, his purpose was achieved, that is, to demonstrate, telling the Chinese team that Australia's midfield is different from Qatar and Uzbekistan.

Jedinak ran away backwards, and Li Weifeng also retreated, but it wasn't that cheap, and the referee blew the whistle for both of them to come over.

It may be because the referee's hand in his trouser pocket has never been withdrawn, there is no yellow card, and there is a stern verbal warning.

When Li Weifeng ran back, Fang Suo had already recovered and patted him with his big head, calm down, I have already taught him a lesson for you, you don't need to do it again.

Fang Suo smiled, "I'm not that impulsive. ”

*****

Australia still adopts a very pure English style of play, with no possession of the ball in the midfield and fast on both wings.

Fans who watch the Premier League will know very well that no matter how strong the Premier League team is, it will not drag the ball in the midfield.

So as long as Australia gets the ball in midfield, they immediately give it to No. 16 Valery on the right or No. 14 Holman on the left.

For a while, Mu Fei and Geng Chong of the Chinese team became the busiest people, and in the face of the opponent's strong play on the side, the fullbacks of the Chinese team consumed a lot of physical energy.

Mu Fei's side is okay, Lin Zhijian can go back to help the defense, but Geng Chong's side, Shen Rui is not involved in the defense, so 10 minutes later, Australia found that the left side of the Chinese team is a soft persimmon, so you have to pinch it well.

Cahill leaned on the right, and every time Valery broke through, Cahill thrust behind Geng Chong, putting a lot of pressure on Geng Chong, and if Valery passed through, then the left side of the Chinese team was penetrated.

Li Guo watched from the sidelines, and it can be seen from Cahill's running that the Australian player's ability to read the game is definitely to beat the opponent he encountered in front of him.

But the Chinese team's ability to read the game is also very good, and without waiting for Li Guo to gesticulate, Li Weifeng has already leaned over to help Geng Chong defend, and when Cahill is diagonally inserted, the big head has been sticking to him, so that Geng Chong can concentrate on defending Valery.

At this moment, Valery failed to break the ball, Shen Rui immediately started, and the Chinese team got a good chance to counterattack. (To be continued.) )