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"Central TV! Central TV! This is Malaysia's Bukit Jalil Stadium, where Hong Kong, China defeated South Korea 1-0 in the first semi-final of the Asian Cup, taking the lead in advancing to the final! ”

"Korea National Sports Television! Verbeek's South Korea team eventually lost to Hong Kong, China......"

"Hong Kong, China continues the 'dark horse road' and defeats South Korea 1:0 to reach the final!" -- Hong Kong Phoenix Sports.

"Hong Kong, China defeated South Korea, and Chen Zhaoji's 'World Wave' became the only goal of the game!" - Super Sports Channel S.

"In the semi-finals of the Asian Cup just past, Hong Kong, China defeated South Korea, Hong Kong, China said 'no' to 'Korean-phobic', 1:0, football commentator Dong Lu, 'The key to winning lies in defense'." -- Salary Wave Sports.

"South Korea lost to Hong Kong, China, and won a million victories over Verbeek! Junichi Kida, 'The Korean team lost in tactical ability'. -- Japan's Dagong Network.

"Hong Kong, China is looking up to the championship, and Wan Sheng has fulfilled the promise made before the Asian Cup, 'Our goal is to win the championship!' -- West Asia Sports News.

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When the match between Hong Kong and South Korea ended, almost all Asian sports media reported on the results in a short period of time.

All the voices reported were unanimously surprised by the result.

Before the game, most of the media and fans were not optimistic about Hong Kong, China, because Hong Kong, China is really not strong, and it is still much worse than the South Korean team, although they have defeated opponents such as Australia, Thailand and Vietnam before, but among these opponents, except for Australia, which has performed 'quite poorly', there are no other strong teams. South Korea, unlike Thailand and Vietnam, is a traditional Asian powerhouse, but in the end, Hong Kong won against South Korea.

So all kinds of surprises came.

Soon, various media began to focus on analyzing the game and analyzing the reasons for the defeat of the Korean team.

In summary, there are actually two reasons.

One is that the South Korean team's forward line is weak, and several good opportunities in the whole game have not been seized. On the other hand, Hong Kong didn't have many chances, but they did have a goal.

The second point is very important, that is, the analysis of various football professionals, the South Korean team lost in terms of tactical ability.

Looking at Hong Kong's full-court defense, from a professional point of view, it can be seen that Hong Kong's defensive tactics are very problematic, they are very fast to make up the defense, but the defense in the middle is very weak.

But South Korea coach Verbeek didn't see this, and the South Korean team focused on the two flanks throughout the game. As a result, Hong Kong's defense on the flanks was very solid, and South Korea had few chances, and it was only better in the second half.

It wasn't until nearly 80 minutes into the game that Verbeek made the right adjustment, but it was too late, and Hong Kong had no choice but to retreat across the board, and the weakness of the middle was no longer a problem.

As the Korean National Sports Report put it, "in terms of tactical ability." Verbeek was completely defeated by Wansheng. ”

But in this regard, the South Korean media and fans have no dissatisfaction with Verbeek. Because Verbeek was able to lead the 'South Korean Second Team' to the semi-finals, which was already a very satisfactory result, the only thing that was a little unacceptable was that in the end South Korea fell to a seemingly weak opponent - Hong Kong, China.

However, there are still many media and fans who speak for Verbeek, thinking that losing to Wansheng in terms of tactical ability is nothing.

"There are a lot of famous coaches in Europe, and they all lost to 10,000 wins. Derby County and Manchester City, led by Wan Sheng, are not football giants. That's Wan Sheng's individual coaching ability, and he is already one of the best football coaches in the world. ”

"Verbeek is not the best manager in the world, he can't compare to the top European managers in terms of tactical ability. It's not surprising that it will lose to Wansheng. On the other hand, if he can defeat Wan Sheng, it will become strange......"

Maybe Verbeek will feel quite depressed when he hears this kind of remarks, no one wants to hear that he is not as good as a guy who is ten years younger than himself, but this is the positioning given to him by the public, compared with the top coaches, he is much worse in terms of experience and fame.

After the match, Verbeek and Wan Sheng shook hands politely, and his eyes were quite complicated.

In this match, Verbeek lost convincingly.

Although he was annoyed by Wansheng's 'reckless behavior' at last night's press conference and the tricks in the game tactics, football matches are like this, and it is impossible for opponents to make any style of play public.

This is the battle between the two managers at a tactical level.

And then he was defeated.

For the first time, Verbeek discovered that the game was not just about the lineup, tactics and performance, but also about thinking about it and playing it this way.

This defeat did not dampen his confidence, but made him feel as if there was a vast world ahead of him that he had never seen before.

So Verbeck's look at Wan Sheng was complicated, on the one hand, he was annoyed that Wan Sheng had 'played' twice before and during the game, and on the other hand, he thanked Wan Sheng for allowing him to see new things, which may be of great help to his future coaching.

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Hong Kong, China.

After the match between Hong Kong and South Korea, the whole of Hong Kong was talking about the game, and even those who don't care about football on weekdays knew that Hong Kong, China beat South Korea and advanced to the Asian Cup final.

Hong Kong football has not been very good, but also led to many Hong Kong fans, do not like to watch Hong Kong games, these fans usually focus on European football, such as the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and other big leagues and Champions League, League Cup events, etc., this is somewhat similar to Chinese mainland fans, because of the "inaction" of Chinese football, many Chinese fans "give up" the Chinese team, but also give up China's domestic league, all look at European events, support European teams.

However, when it was heard that Hong Kong, China had beaten South Korea to reach the Asian Cup final, the attention of Hong Kong fans returned to Hong Kong football.

Hong Kong fans were shocked by the news, they kept searching for news related to the Hong Kong team in this Asian Cup, and a large number of fans planned to go directly to Indonesia to watch the final of the Asian Cup and support the Hong Kong, China team on the spot.

Among these Hong Kong fans, there are dozens of people who are special. They are some of the stars in Hong Kong, but they are also linked to football because they have formed a well-known team - Hong Kong Stars United of China.

Hong Kong Star United is a football team under the Hong Kong Film and Television Stars Sports Association, initiated by the famous singer Alan Tam and the late former Hong Kong football team center Wan Zhiqiang, and officially incorporated on September 26, 1986.

The football team is composed of Alan Tam, Tsang Zhiwei, Chen Baixiang and a group of singers, filmmakers and other singers and filmmakers who love football, as well as a group of football celebrities.

For more than a decade. The association has developed from a football team to an organization that includes a basketball team, a tennis team, a bowling team, a golf team, and in 93 and 94 respectively, the Hong Kong Film and Television Stars Sports Association Charitable Foundation and Outreach Medical Services for the Elderly.

In 2004, the team was handed over to Zhongshan Qianyu Culture Communication Co., Ltd. to be responsible for the promotion of the national competition, and has achieved good results.

Over the years, the Hong Kong, China Star Team has held charity competitions and fundraising activities around the world, raising more than $200 million for domestic and overseas organisations.

The Hong Kong Star Football Team has carried forward the spirit of love and charity, benefiting more than 100 groups, including mentally handicapped children, the disabled, teenagers, the elderly, disaster relief, etc., helping many people in urgent need of assistance. All this makes people unforgettable!

Because the team is all Hong Kong stars, their games are very concerned, the team's fame is much greater than the real Hong Kong, China team, many domestic fans when talking about Hong Kong football, the first thing that comes to mind is this Hong Kong star team, as for the real Hong Kong team, there is no concept at all.

Of course, the star team can only be the star team. There is a big gap between their strength and the real Hong Kong team, but due to the decline of Hong Kong football. Many people even think that this Hong Kong star team is not necessarily worse than the Hong Kong team.

In this Hong Kong star team, many star players do not care about the Hong Kong team, although the latter is stronger, but it is only the last in Asia, and the results in various international competitions are very poor. There is simply no room for attention.

As a result, the stars in the team don't care about the Hong Kong, China event.

But now it's different.

When it was learned that Hong Kong, China had beaten South Korea in the Asian Cup to reach the Asian Cup final, all Hong Kong fans were shocked, and so did the Hong Kong Stars. So the organizers immediately launched and wanted to organize some people to go to Indonesia to help the Hong Kong, China team on the spot.

This is the case with fans in Hong Kong, and domestic fans are also interested in the Asian Cup final, because one of them is almost equal to the Chinese team.

CCTV specially arranged a program team to conduct a special program for the Asian Cup in Hong Kong, China, and the content of the program is to report on the Hong Kong team and realize the dark horse legend of reaching the final of the Asian Cup.

The arrangement of the program team is to report on the special topic according to the results of the final in Hong Kong, China.

If Hong Kong, China can really win the final, win the Asian Cup in one fell swoop, and create a new history of the Asian Cup, then the show will be a 'Hong Kong miracle'.

On the contrary, if Hong Kong, China loses in the final and only finishes second in the Asian Cup, this is also a real 'dark horse legend'.

China Central Television has made two preparations, and intends to make a detailed report on the Asian Cup in Hong Kong, China.

With the Chinese team being eliminated from the group, there is really nothing to report on Chinese football, so Hong Kong, China, which suddenly played well, has become the focus of attention to attract domestic fans.

Of course, in CCTV's program recording plan, Wan Sheng, as the coach of Hong Kong, China, is the biggest protagonist.

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On the evening of the match against South Korea, the Hong Kong team returned to the hotel, but instead of celebrating or disbanding to rest, they regrouped to watch the other semi-final being played between Japan and Saudi Arabia.

The match, which is scheduled three hours behind Hong Kong and South Korea, will determine who Hong Kong will face in the final.

The match between Japan and Saudi Arabia is still very interesting, and it is also the focus of the Asian Cup semi-finals, because both teams are three-time Asian Cup champions, and since 1984, the Asian Cup championship has been monopolized by Saudi Arabia and Japan.

Of course, there is a distinction between this, Saudi Arabia is more like the "old hegemon", and the Japanese team, which is aiming for three consecutive championships, is a "new force".

It's sure to be a close matchup of technical streams.

In the end, after 90 minutes of play, Saudi Arabia defeated Japan 3:2 and advanced to the final.

Japan and Saudi Arabia played the best game since the start of the Asian Cup, with a total of five goals in the game, which shows the intensity of the game.

Japan lost to Saudi Arabia, and unfortunately failed to realize its dream of 'three consecutive hegemony'.

Kyodo News said in a short quick commentary, "The Japanese team chased close twice but failed to overtake their opponents. In the final 12 minutes, they launched a flood of attacks, but unfortunately the result was a failure. In fact, the Japanese team controlled the rhythm of the game from the beginning, but there were too few shots on goal in the first half. ”

Japan did not take the lead for a single time, and the Japanese team experienced unpredictable difficulties at the beginning of both halves.

In the second half, Japan's defense on the left was the first to make a mistake, but there was still plenty of time and there was no need to panic. Immediately Yuki Abe hit a good shot, but the Saudis quickly snuffed out Nakazawa and Abe's efforts.

"The content of the game is good, but unfortunately how to win, that's the most difficult question." As head coach Osim said, although the Saudi team's operational concept of limiting the speed of direct passes has been adopted, it is still somewhat surprising to let Saudi Arabia score three times.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, the Japanese players could only stand on the turf in a daze as if they had lost their direction, and Osim Japan's 'Asian Cup winning dream' disappeared.

If the ball is passed calmly, the Japanese team still has a chance to catch up, and Naoyasu Takahara said, "If we play our own characteristics, there will be no problem." ”

Unfortunately, in the end, the Japanese team lost its football characteristics due to the desire to win and lose, and could only taste the pain of defeat.

Of course, the whole team of Hong Kong, China did not care about the mood of Japan's loss, and they watched the game mainly to determine the opponent, and at the same time, to see the opponent's style of play.

In the end, Saudi Arabia won, and Hong Kong's opponent is determined.

After watching the whole game and getting the results, Wan Sheng asked everyone to rest, and told them to gather together at noon the next day and go to Indonesia to prepare for the finals. (To be continued.) )