Chapter 336: Asian Cup Champion!

When Hong Kong scored the goal, Saudi Arabia was a little confused.

They didn't expect the next goal to belong to the other side, and the score fell behind again.

The blow was huge!

The Saudi players on the field knew what to do, they could not accept the situation of falling behind again, even the players on the bench sighed, many people held their heads in their hands, and looked at the game with their eyes blank, they could not believe that the team was actually scored again.

Just before, they were expecting the team to score another goal in one go, but when they did, their efforts in the second half were all in vain.

With less than 10 minutes left on the clock, can they really beat Hong Kong to win the Asian Cup?

Many players were skeptical.

Coach Anjos is not in the mood to doubt anything, there is not much time left, but there is still time, the team is only one goal behind, continue to play, as long as they can get a goal, then they still have a good chance.

Now he has to let the players know that they haven't lost yet, that there is still a lot of hope, that being behind by one goal does not mean losing, that they can't give up the game!

So what's next?

Quite simply, there is no other option, which is to continue to attack the backfield of Hong Kong, China, and use all kinds of ways to find opportunities to score, as long as the score is equalized, the two teams will be back together.

Ten minutes.

Compared with Hong Kong, China's tight attack, the time is very short, and it is not easy to score in ten minutes, but it is a big deal to make a desperate bet and a crazy impact, he doesn't believe in Saudi Arabia's offensive, and he can't score in the last time?!

So when the Saudi players didn't know what to do, Anjos called the captain on the field, Al-Qahtani. After giving him a lecture on his face, Cakhtani returned to the pitch with a solemn face and told all his teammates Anjos's instructions.

They're going to make a last stand!

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Just as Anjos was arranging the attack, Wan Sheng was doing the same thing, he called Zhuo Zhuo and Liu Quankun and told them what to do next.

It's also very simple. That's to defend the goal.

Except for Zhuo Zhuo, who stayed in front alone, everyone retreated to participate in the defense, holding the goal to prevent Saudi Arabia from finding opportunities.

"Just hold on for 10 minutes and we'll win the championship!"

The call for the championship made all the Hong Kong players full of fighting spirit, and in the last moments of the game, some players could no longer keep up with their physical fitness, but the championship was enough to cheer them up and try their best to get back into the game.

So when the game resumed. When the whole Saudi team launched a fierce offensive, they were greeted by the players from Hong Kong, China, who quickly retreated, and they shrank near the penalty area, not giving the Saudis any space to attack at all.

The Saudi players took a closer look, and even Chen Zhaoji, who had just scored, retreated to the front of the penalty area and actively participated in the defense, only a black striker Zhuo Zhuo was in front, but he also retreated to near the center circle.

This kind of solid defense. It made the Saudi players feel their scalps tingling.

They reacted that Hong Kong, China was going to defend the goal. The question is, they're in goal, it's all in the box, so how do we go about scoring goals?

Saudi players, he doesn't know what to do!

Head coach Anjos asked them to launch a fierce attack, but just a fierce attack, how to break through the opponent's goal also has to have a way? The opponent simply uses crowd tactics to defend. How do we go about breaking down the door?

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There is a saying in football that crowd tactics are the best defense.

Not to mention the Saudi team, even if it is the best team in the world, it is very difficult to score in the face of the 'crowd tactics' of semi-professional players.

A lot of games. The fact that the weak team can force the strong team to draw for 90 minutes shows that it is not easy to break the 'crowd tactic', not to mention, there is less than 10 minutes left for Saudi Arabia to attack.

The whole Saudi team didn't know how to break through the defense.

Just now, Hong Kong, China's defense is also very dense, but they still have to counterattack, so the defensive positions are very scattered, there are still some gaps, when they are all concentrated in the penalty area, and even when the defense is still very adjusted, there is almost no passing space near the penalty area.

The only way to attack is to hoist the ball directly into the box and then the strikers scramble for opportunities.

It's too hard to find opportunities with this style of play.

There is also a Zhuo Zhuo in front of Hong Kong, China, and now the Saudi players know that he is very fast, and they can't all rush into the Hong Kong penalty area, which is too dangerous.

None of them would do that until the last minute.

But in the face of Hong Kong's dense defense, they have no good solution.

Sideline coach Anjos also had a headache and now realised that he was coming up against an opponent who would do whatever it took to win.

The 'passing and delaying time play' at the beginning of the first half, to the solid defensive counterattack in the second half, and now all the players retreat to the penalty area, almost blocking the goal with 'human flesh'.

All three styles of play are ...... Shameless, described as 'unscrupulous', and even a little praised.

In the face of this kind of defense, Anjos can only hope for the team's performance, hoping that some players can play well and find an opportunity to score a goal so that Saudi Arabia can tie the score.

Now that the Brazilians know where they are losing, it's a matter of 'positional perspective'.

If you think about it from another perspective, if you become the coach of Hong Kong, China, and face the powerful Saudi Arabian team, you will definitely choose to 'unscrupulous means' to win, no matter what the method, as long as you can win, it is the best.

But not yourself.

He is the coach of the Saudi team.

Before the game, both sides knew that Saudi Arabia was stronger, no one thought so, and so did him, so the whole Saudi team and he wanted to end the game in 90 minutes to avoid an uncertain penalty shootout.

So there is the current situation of the game.

When the opponent uses 'passing tactics' to waste time, he very much hopes that Saudi Arabia can score, so he lets the team impact the opponent's defense, but the opponent's 'time-consuming', in fact, has no impact on Saudi Arabia at all. With 90 minutes to play, they could continue with the team's style of play with peace of mind, and they didn't care about what the opponent did, after all, the team was not behind at that time.

A failed adjustment that affected the entire game, after trailing the scoreline. The team had to step up their offensive in the second half, and then equalized the score, which was good for the team.

But instead of trying to keep scoring, they should be able to defend themselves and not give them any chances.

The opponent took the opportunity to score again, and there was a helpless situation now.

So it's all about the mentality.

He subconsciously believes that Saudi Arabia is a strong team, should end the game within 90 minutes, should lead Hong Kong, China, and should play a dignified victory. And then there is the present.

But Anjos knew that there was no point in thinking 'how to lose', and they had no choice.

Must attack!

You have to look for a chance to score!

Only by tying the score can we talk about any changes, and it makes no sense to think about what happened before. But Anjos also knows that it is too difficult to score goals in the face of the opponent's full retreat.

Watching the game, he felt like he had lost.

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By this time, the media, commentators, and fans were already not optimistic about Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi offense played very well. Technique stream football is very nice to watch and very interesting to watch. Due to the suppression of strength, there is also a lot of time in possession...... But the point is, they don't score!

With one goal in the game, it's hard to believe they could have equalised with the remaining ten minutes of the game.

The same is true on the playing field.

With the end of several waves of Saudi offensives, a lot of time has also been consumed.

Soon the game went to stoppage time.

It was at this time that Hong Kong, China, was replaced. Chen Zhaoji was substituted and a defender took his place, and they strengthened the defense again.

This adjustment also dashed the hopes of a final comeback from Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia have no shortage of good strikers, with Yashir, Malek and captain Al-Kahtani all outstanding in front of goal. But they lack dominance in the box, they don't have the kind of striker who dominates the box.

Therefore, when facing a defence that Hong Kong is 'piled up' in the penalty area, they do not have the means to be efficient.

At the last moment of the game, all the Saudi players rushed into the frontcourt, and there were 5 or 6 Saudi players in the Hong Kong penalty area alone, but they still failed to get a chance, and the last pass was directly pushed out of bounds by Liu Quankun.

It's over!

It's over!

Anjos saw the last ball and sighed, he knew that the team had lost.

Originally, he still wanted to fight for another Asian championship for Saudi Arabia and make Saudi Arabia the team with the most Asian Cup titles, but now there is no chance, he lost to a thirty-year-old young man, although this young man is very famous in the world, more famous than him, he is still very unwilling.

But if you are unwilling, you can't help it, if you lose, you lose.

He had nothing to do.

The opponent counted everything to death, and he buried the entire final with one mistake.

Sure enough, it is not for nothing that the other party can have such a big reputation, at least in formulating tactics and directing the game, the gap between himself and the other party is really not small!

Anjos felt disheartened.

It was at this time that the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

"Beep... "Beep............~~~"

One long and three short whistles made all the Chinese fans cheer, and everyone stood up.

"Champion!"

"Champion!"

"Champion! They shouted with all their might.

The Glo Puncano Stadium in Indonesia has become a complete territory for Chinese fans, who sang and danced to celebrate Hong Kong's victory, and some excited fans lit fireworks and danced in their hands.

There was chaos in the audience.

The scene was completely filled with the voices of Chinese fans, who became the owners of the Glo Puntcano Stadium.

The players on the bench in Hong Kong, China, have been waiting for a long time, and at the moment when the referee blew the whistle, they all rushed into the field and pounced on their teammates, even assistant coaches Bergkamp and Fan Zhiyi, and now it was time to celebrate wildly, and they didn't care about any image at all.

"It's game over! It's over! It was a night to remember for many years, as Hong Kong defeated Saudi Arabia in the 2007 Asian Cup final to win their first trophy in football history! ”

"It's a miracle! Marvel! ”

"Hong Kong, China! They entered the Asian Cup with 'lucky qualifications', but they defeated one opponent after another, won 5 and drew 1 in six games in the Asian Cup, and won the championship with an undefeated record! ”

"This year, Hong Kong, China is really amazing!"

"Three years ago, in the 2004 European Football Championship, Greece advanced as a dark horse in the group stage, and finally won the championship, and now it is the Asian Cup, Hong Kong, China, this team with some players who are semi-professional players, but they won the Asian Cup, they created the biggest miracle in the history of the Asian Cup!"

"This Asian Cup is a miracle belonging to Hong Kong, China, and this night is the Hong Kong miracle night in Indonesia!"

At the end of the game, the words miracle kept popping out of the mouth of the on-site commentator, which shows how shocked he was by the result.

The same is true for the commentators from other countries that broadcast the matches live.

Japan's NTV TV commentator Onodera Itsunori said in amazement, "I originally thought that China's Da Nang had little hope, but they have defeated Vietnam, South Korea, and now Saudi Arabia, for them, this is a very remarkable achievement, at this time, I still can't believe that Hong Kong, China, really won the championship!" ”

The South Korean commentator said, "When Hong Kong, China defeated South Korea, many people thought that it was Verbeek's personal ability, but after watching this game, we can also forgive Verbeek, Saudi Arabia also lost to Hong Kong, China, and there is no ...... for our 'second team' to lose."

The Australian commentator said, "Australia's failure to show up in the group has taught us a lesson, in Asian football, there are always miracles and we have to deal with every opponent seriously in the future." ”

CCTV commentary Liu Jianhong said more directly, Hong Kong, China won the championship, the reason is nothing more than Wansheng's ability to lead the team, so he said, "Seeing this miracle night in Hong Kong, maybe every Chinese fan can think that the Football Association rejected Wansheng at the beginning, and thought that 'Zhu Jiajun' can also play well in the Asian Cup." As a result, the Chinese team was eliminated from the group, while Hong Kong, China won the championship. ”

"If the Chinese Football Association was willing to let Wan Sheng play the leading role, maybe it would be the Chinese team that won the championship."

"But no matter what, Hong Kong's victory at least proves that we Chinese are not unable to play football well!" In Asia, we will not be afraid of teams like South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Hong Kong, China, can still stand on the best podium, and we can definitely succeed......"

"Now it's time for us to congratulate Hong Kong, China, on their Asian Cup winner!" (To be continued.) )