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As for the media of various countries, the analysis of this game is varied, good and bad, among which the South Korean media is full of mourning and has said a lot of self-defense. However, what is interesting is that the reasons why these Korean media justified and even discounted their teams are quite consistent with what Gao Jun said in an interview after the game, "When we didn't beat South Korea in the past 30 years, the strength of the Korean team was stronger than ours, but in fact, there was only a one-goal gap, no" Thirty years of not beating South Korea's exaggeration, that is a great deal of chance, and now although we have won the South Korean team by six goals this game, such an exaggerated result is also very accidental, and we cannot think that our strength has opened up the gap of the Korean team by six goals."

"First of all, the South Korean team was a little unprepared for our new tactics in this game, and we scored first, and the South Korean team, which has always been good at playing defensive counterattacks, had to attack, which gave us more chances; Then we did a very good job of seizing opportunities in front of goal today, under normal circumstances, we can't score 6 goals with today's number of shots, when we can have today's efficiency in most games, then we are a real strong team, yes, a world strong team; There is also the opponent we met this time is the South Korean team, if it is another team, losing so many goals, it is estimated that it will be unintentional to retract from the battle, so that our attack is not easy to develop, but the Korean team has been attacking us, we have a chance to score so many goals; In addition, because they have been attacking all the time, they haven't even slowed down the rhythm in the middle, and the physical consumption of the Korean team is very large. Coupled with the hot and humid climate in Southeast Asia, the Korean team collapsed in the final stage of the game, which in itself had a great impact, not to mention that the Korean team also lacked the experience of playing when the physical was at a loss, because it was usually their opponents who were physically exhausted earlier, and it was not surprising that they lost so much in the end." After Gao Jun expressed his opinion, he talked to reporters about Zeng Cheng's injury

It is a little reassuring that Zeng Cheng is indeed only a cracked rib, which should not affect his Liuyang, but his injury-prone physique still makes Gao Jun worried about the future development prospects of this old teammate. In addition, even if Zeng Chengcheng recovers quickly, the rest of the Asian Cup will definitely have to be missed, so although the talented but never calm second goalkeeper Wang Dalei will get the chance to start in the next game.

After defeating the old enemy South Korea, the Chinese team reached the semifinals with their heads held high. Their opponent was Iraq, who eliminated Vietnam in the quarter-finals, and at this time, except for Gao Jun, no one in the Chinese team could fully recognize the strength of this Iraqi team. In addition, after the 6:0 sweep of the South Korean team, the boys of the Chinese team are more or less proud and complacent, and even the head coach Crouchen underestimated the dark horse of Iraq because of the unstable performance in the previous games, and as a result, after the last game, the Chinese team once again made everyone fall through the glasses

On the evening of July 25. The match between the Chinese team and the Iraqi team started in the rain in order to inspect the players. Crouchen made a certain rotation of the starting players, in addition to Wang Dalei to replace the injured Zeng Cheng, Yu Hai, who was excellent in the last game, did not start, he was replaced by the overage player Zheng Zhi, and the main right back Sun Jihai's starting position was replaced by the teenager Zhang Linpeng, Deng Zhuoxiang, who started as a former midfielder in the last game, returned to the position of left midfielder. The forward position was given to No. 10 Chen Tao, who is very valued by Crouchen, and Yang Hao, the main midfielder who has basically locked a place for overage players, was also put on the bench, and he was replaced by Zhou Huakai, who is currently playing in the Antwerp team of the Belgian League

With so many players rotated in the knockout stages, it was clear that Krauchen didn't have the Iraqi team in mind, but it didn't take long after the game started. The Iraqi team took the lead in knocking on the goal of the Chinese team. The newborn calf Wang Dalei did not have the slightest stage fright even in such a crucial game, and even rushed over to rush over the Iraqi team's forward arrow Younis to show off his skills and want to shake it over. However, the slippery turf in the rain really pitted Wang Dalei, although his feints successfully deceived Younis, but he also slipped and fell, Younis seized the opportunity to rush over and shoot, and hit the ball into the empty goal, and the Chinese fans in the stands were stunned for a while

Crouchen, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but cover his forehead, he knew that this kid liked to make two mistakes, but he didn't expect to do it so soon. Although he was very dissatisfied with Wang Dalei's appearance, in order to protect the self-esteem of the young players, Crouchen did not replace him, and loudly encouraged the players on the field to cheer up and strengthen the attack, but this happened to the Iraqi team, this team's ability to attack the attack is actually not very strong, in the group stage to play the Thai team that is not strong, did not win, and the Vietnamese team only won two goals in the knockout round, but their defensive counterattack play has a high efficiency, The fact that Australia, who wanted to take advantage of Asia, was beaten 3-1 by them in the group stage is a good example. However, in the case of falling behind, it cannot be wrong to strengthen the attack, the key depends on which side scores first

Although the defense of the Iraqi team is very strong, now that the attack power of the Chinese team has surpassed that of Asia, it is impossible to prevent them from having no chance at all. However, the environment of the rain battle caused a lot of interference to the always reliable Gao Jun, who missed both shots in the first half of the game, and there were several mistakes in receiving the ball, but Gao Jun's evaluation of "not good at rain fighting" may be revisited by media reporters after the game

In addition to Gao Jun, other Chinese players also had several shots on goal, but they also failed to take advantage of them. On the contrary, the good luck of the Iraqi team in this game has not been exhausted, in the 36th minute, Zheng Zhi, who replaced Yu Hai as a free man in this game, took the ball forward, but his old problem of sticking to the ball was exposed again, when the opponent's two players came to wrap up, Zheng Zhi did not immediately divide the ball, but was stealed by the opponent, and immediately launched a quick counterattack. Due to the fact that there was one less person in the Chinese team's back line at this time, and it was also a crucial central defender position, the Iraqi team's rapid counterattack was successful, and the score on the field was expanded again, becoming 2:0, and the Chinese fans in the stands were extremely dissatisfied with this, and even a few people shouted "match-fixing"

Before the end of the first half, Zheng Zhi had a similar mistake, but fortunately, this time Wang Dalei attacked in time and successfully resolved the danger, otherwise if the Chinese team fell behind 0:3 in the first half, this game would really not be able to play

Fans can only see Zheng Zhi's problems in these two mistakes, and some people even unceremoniously call it a "tumor", but Crowchen on the sidelines saw more, "Zhou Huakai's awareness of supplementation is much worse than Yang Hao's, otherwise it may not cause the goal to be conceded, it seems that he still can't play a single back." However, if the team only has Yang Hao who can be qualified as a single midfielder, considering the danger of injury and suspension, it is necessary to prepare another set of formation and play style without free man."

But even so, Crouchen was also very dissatisfied with Zheng Zhi, "Zheng Zhi is too sticky, even in such an important game, he can't change his bad habits, his self-control is too poor, and he can't play the position of a free man." Alas, it's a pity, personal ability is so strong, why is the playing habit so poor? It seems that he can only be abandoned, and only one person can be qualified for the position of free man, so he must prepare another set of plays"

In the second half, Crowchen replaced Yang Hao and Yu Hai, and the defense of the Chinese team on the field suddenly stabilized a lot, and the offensive line also got better and better because of the stable mentality. But even so, the Iraqi team's quick counter-attacks and set-pieces were still able to make the Chinese fans in the stands exclaim from time to time, and everyone realized that this Iraqi team was much better than they originally thought, especially when playing a strong team.

In the 50th minute, Iraq threw a throw-in on the left side of the front, Hawar hooked the ball to the middle of the penalty area in front of the baseline, and Younis shot slightly wide, scaring the Chinese fans in the stands. However, the increasingly attacking Chinese team managed to pull back the first point after six minutes, and Gao Jun unexpectedly broke the Iraqi goal with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, which boosted the morale of the whole team. But unfortunately, luck was on the side of the Iraqis in this game, in the 60th minute, Younis periphery a long-range shot that was originally missed hit hit the body of the teenager Zhang Linpeng and flew into the net, making the score on the field 1:3, the depressed Wang Dalei could only be angry at the football in the net, and Zhang Linpeng stubbornly raised his head to look at the goal of the Iraqi team in the distance. But no matter what, with just over 30 minutes left in the game and two goals behind, this game was really difficult to play

But the boys of the Chinese team did not give up, in the 81st minute, the Chinese team relied on active front court pressing to win a corner opportunity, although the first point was pushed out of the penalty area by the Iraqi player, but the ball flew to Zhang Linpeng who was ambushed outside the penalty area, who rushed up and shot directly at the ball without adjustment, and the ball flew straight into the near corner of the goal. With so many people in the box blocking the view, it was too late to make a save by the time the Iraqi goalkeeper noticed something was wrong.

Zhang Linpeng, who scored this goal, achieved self-redemption and greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese team, but because there was little time left and physical fitness also dropped significantly, the Chinese team finally overturned in the gutter with a score of 2:3 on the big dark horse of the Iraqi team (to be continued......