Bukit Jalil Stadium, Malaysia.

As South Korea's match against Hong Kong, China's match, the atmosphere in the stadium was already hot, with fans on both sides constantly shouting and cheering for both teams.

This is the first semi-final meeting of the Asian Cup.

There are only four teams left in the semi-finals, in addition to South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan and Saudi Arabia. These four teams are not just working for the Asian Cup rankings, the decision passed by the AFC in mid-June last year also gives other meaning to the title race, with the four teams also working for three automatic qualification spots for the 2011 Asian Cup.

The AFC Executive Committee passed a resolution in July 2006 that the top three teams in the 2007 Asian Cup and the host team of the next Asian Cup will automatically qualify for the 2011 Asian Cup. The battle for third and fourth place in the Asian Cup will be given a special meaning, namely a fight for an automatic ticket to the next Asian Cup finals.

In addition, according to the AFC's decision, the winners of the 2008 and 2010 Asian Challenger Cup will automatically qualify for the 2011 Asian Cup finals.

If the same team wins the tournament, the runners-up of the 2010 Challenger Cup will qualify directly with the champions.

For South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia and other strong teams, the qualification for the Asian Cup is nothing, but for Hong Kong, China, this place is of great significance, because after the Asian Cup, Hong Kong, China will definitely not be able to keep Wansheng, with the financial resources of the Hong Kong Football Association, they can't even guarantee Wansheng's basic salary, let alone attractiveness, etc., after Wansheng leaves, it is not easy for Hong Kong, China to advance to the Asian Cup finals, so the Hong Kong Football Association also hopes that Wansheng can lead the team to the top three, Earn an automatic place in the finals.

The Hong Kong Football Association has thought about it before, but they feel that it is a luxury to qualify from the group, and they never thought that Hong Kong, China could really reach the semi-finals.

But now. From the perspective of the semi-finals of the Asian Cup, they hope to play better again.

Before the game, Liang Jiande inquired about Wansheng's tone and asked if he was confident to lead the team to the top three.

Wansheng was noncommittal.

His goal is to win the championship, as for fighting for the top three or something, it is not in his consideration at all, maybe it is just incidental, what is the goal of the Hong Kong Football Association, what is the current top three goals, that has no impact on him at all.

For Wan Sheng and the whole team. Playing well is the most important thing.

Now the match between Hong Kong and South Korea has begun.

In the opening stage, the commentator introduced the list of appearances of the two sides, this is the first game of Hong Kong, China in Malaysia, many Malaysian fans, it is the first time to see this miracle Hong Kong, China, but the on-site commentator still focuses on introducing the South Korean team, because Hong Kong, China has nothing to introduce except for the head coach Wan Sheng.

There are a lot of South Korean stars who are not in the squad, such as Park Ji-sung, who plays for Manchester United, is not in the squad. The Korean Football Association didn't think it meant much to participate in the Asian Cup, so they only sent a few domestic and young stars to arrive.

That's why they are called the 'Korean Second Team'.

The 'South Korean second team' led by Verbeek played well in the previous game, and the strong lineup of 433 can attack and defend. The strength is still very strong, at least more than a step compared to Hong Kong, China.

But South Korea also have a weakness in their performance, and that is their ability to score goals.

In three games in the group stage, South Korea scored three goals. A one-goal performance almost made them fail to appear in the group.

In the quarter-finals against Iran, South Korea's goals are still a big problem. After 120 minutes, they also failed to score a goal, but fortunately the defense was good, and goalkeeper Li Yunjae also put in a wonderful performance, so they narrowly beat Iran on penalties and advanced to the last four.

This 'South Korean second team' has the strength and many problems, although Wan Sheng disdains Vidocq, but I have to admit that this Dutchman is still very capable.

Just when Wan Sheng thought so, in the South Korean coach's bench, Verbeck gritted his teeth and looked at the Hong Kong, China bench.

What happened at yesterday's press conference, he can't forget, it's a great shame!

Whenever he thought of his embarrassed appearance at that time, he hated Wansheng to death, and in the locker room before the game, he issued an ultimatum to all the players for the first time, "In this game, we must win, and it is best to score a few more goals, and never be soft!" ”

The South Korean players all looked at Vidocq and understood his feelings.

All day today, they were also talking privately about what happened yesterday, as South Korean players, they supported Vidock, but after watching the video broadcast by the media on the Internet, they were also a little ashamed of Vidock.

At that time, this Dutchman was really inferior!

On the contrary, it is the coach of Hong Kong, China, who is already a famous young coach in the world, Wan Sheng, who is very domineering and full of positive images throughout the whole process.

If they weren't South Korean players, they would definitely choose to support Mangseung.

Of course, there are no ifs.

They are South Korean players, so they have to support the head coach Verbeek, even if they feel funny in their hearts, they have to be very resolute and say, "I will definitely score a few more goals against Hong Kong!" ”

Vidocq was satisfied with the firm response from all the players, and the Dutchman believed that this game was the best way for him to fight back.

Win!

More goals!

A clean victory over Hong Kong, China, and when the time comes, look at that damn guy, what else can happen!

Vidocq had a good idea, but in the real game, it was not easy for South Korea to score, and Hong Kong, China really worked the defense.

The game went on for 20 minutes, and the South Korean team did not play too threatening offensive, although they suppressed Hong Kong, China, but there were not many means to break through the penalty area, but Hong Kong, China used a quick counterattack, almost kicked the ball into the door of the South Korean team, if it were not for the excellent performance of goalkeeper Li Yunzai, South Korea has fallen behind by one goal.

Wan Sheng sat in the coach's seat and watched the game carefully.

He didn't have much expression on his face, but he was nervous all the time.

The opponent in this game is South Korea, South Korea is not a weak team, even if it is the 'second team', it is much stronger than Hong Kong, China, so the goal of the game is positioned. It's 'holding is winning'.

Defense-centric is the foundation of Hong Kong's style of play.

In this game, the core tactical ideas of Hong Kong, China have three points - fight for the body, fight for physical fitness, and fight for perseverance!

In terms of strength, Hong Kong, China has an advantage, and they are better than South Korea in terms of scramble.

However, the gap in technical strength has led to Hong Kong, China's body being stronger, and it is difficult to take advantage of the scramble, so the game has to rely on other aspects.

Physical. It's also the point.

Hong Kong, China's physical fitness is much stronger than before the preparation, and according to the estimation of Wansheng, the team's physical reserves are much more than that of the South Korean team, after all, the South Korean team has one less day off, and in addition, their physical training effect will not be too good, so Hong Kong, China has an advantage.

Perseverance. Needless to say, it's hard work!

Dare to fight and dare to grab, can persist to the end, Wansheng believes in this aspect. Hong Kong, China is also not weaker than South Korea.

These are three advantages.

Reflecting on the game, Hong Kong, China played very actively, and at the same time, the style of play was also a little rough. However, their direct scrambling and defense caused a lot of trouble for the South Korean team.

Another few minutes passed, and South Korea's coach Verbek's face became solemn.

Even if the Dutch hate Wansheng. But he had to admit that Hong Kong, China, played very well.

Before the game, he did a lot of research on Hong Kong, China, and watched all four games in Hong Kong, China, and in the four games, against Australia, Hong Kong, China was defending all the time, and in other games, Hong Kong, China attacked a little, and even fought with Vietnam for a whole game.

Therefore, in this game, Verbeek believes that Hong Kong, China is likely to fight hard with South Korea.

But now, Vidocq has seen that Hong Kong, China has always focused on defense, and it must be admitted that this is the best choice, otherwise it is not easy for Hong Kong, China to maintain the current situation, South Korea's technical strength, technical and tactical capabilities, etc., are much stronger than Hong Kong, China in all aspects.

But again, there is no if.

The core of Hong Kong's style of play is defense, so it is not easy for the South Korean team to play a situation.

In the past game time, the only thing the South Korean team played was statistics, possession, passes, etc., and the South Korean team had quite an advantage in these aspects, but it was not easy to convert the advantage into goals, and it was even difficult to take advantage.

It's like now.

Lee Tianxiu rushed up from the side with the ball, and immediately the South Korean fans in the stands cheered.

Lee Cheon-so is one of the most talented players in the South Korean team, and his sharp breakthrough and wonderful footwork have conquered many Korean fans, as well as head coach Vidocq, so that he did not hesitate to put Lee Cheon-so in the starting position.

Lee Cheon-so was only a substitute at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, but his debut played a key role in South Korea's success, where South Korea coach Gus Hius gave him a rare start in the semi-finals against Germany, and he performed quite well.

After that, Lee Cheon-so's path to the national team was a little rough, but then he returned to the Korean K-League, and after single-handedly helping Ulsan Hyundai win the Korean K-League championship trophy in the 06-07 season, he once again won the appreciation of South Korean coach Vidocq to return to the national team.

In the previous game, Li Tianxiu also scored a goal, and his main weapon is a sharp breakthrough, and now he is showing this.

South Korean fans cheered him on.

Li Tianxiu's performance was quite good, he directly passed Huang Zhenyu, who was desperately catching up, and it was difficult to catch up with Li Tianxiu with the ball.

But it doesn't matter.

When Li Tianxiu dribbled the ball to the bottom line, and was still thinking about showing off his footwork and preparing to kick an accurate cross, he looked up again and saw three more people in front of him.

Three defenders......

Li Tianxiu was a little confused for a while, in the position of the corner flagpole, facing the defense of three people, even the world's top dribbling master would not have any good way, let alone that he was just Li Tianxiu...... He had a good assessment of himself, so it was a matter of course that football was taken away.

"Li Tianxiu was cut off!" The South Korean media commentator sighed, "He was too far forward with the ball." ”

South Korean fans also let out a sigh of regret.

Hong Kong, China launched a counterattack after breaking the ball, but before it could cross the halfway line, it was cut off because of a wrong pass, and then the South Korean team's attack started again.

This time it's Kim Sang-sik.

Kim Sang-sik is a 32-year-old veteran defender, but in the 'South Korean Second Team', he is top-notch in terms of technical strength and experience. So he took on the responsibility of organizing the attack and switching between attack and defense in this game, and appeared in the middle of the midfield.

When Kim Sang-sik dribbled the ball across the halfway, there was only one player in front of him, Zhuo Zhuo, and when he saw the opposing striker coming to intercept, Kim Sang-sik decisively chose to break through.

As a striker, Zhuo Zhuo's defensive ability goes without saying, Kim Sang-sik's veteran feints deceived him, and when Zhuo Zhuo reacted, it was too late to keep up.

But, that's okay!

When Kim Sang-sik broke through Zhuo Zhuo. When I went to chase the ball again, I found that I didn't know when, there was another player from Hong Kong, China in front of him, he couldn't name it, but he saw the ferocity on the other party's face.

Kim Sang-sik knew at a glance that the guy in front of him was not easy to mess with, so he planned to pass the ball, but when he was about to do so, he found that the right side was also blocked.

By the time Kim Sang-sik wants to pull it back, it's too late. The fierce-faced Hong Kong player had already shoveled the ball out first, and Kim Sang-sik was almost tackled to the ground.

"Liu Quankun - beautiful!"

"He directly cut off the ball of South Korean veteran Kim Sang-sik!"

The referee did not signal a timeout, and it was clearly a very clean tackle.

Kim Sang-sik has a kinship. He felt that Hong Kong, China's defense was so tight, and he couldn't help but make a small mistake.

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Wan Sheng watched the team's two successful defenses, nodded with great satisfaction, and discussed with Bergkamp next to him. "They've done a good job of filling in the slots."

Bergkamp thought back to the defense just now and said with some concern, "Just defend like this. Wouldn't it be dangerous? ”

Wan Sheng thought about it, "I can't say for sure, but I think that Dutchman shouldn't have this level, right?" It is said that he has been the head coach of the South Korean team and will not know much about European football. ”

"Yes...... I hope so. ”

While the two were talking, Fan Zhiyi had been listening to him.

In the past few days, he has been watching the preparation of Hong Kong, China, and has also participated in the training of helping players, and even now, he is still surprised by the targeted defensive play formulated by Wansheng.

In fact, on the playing field, Hong Kong, China's defensive play is the simplest chain defense as before, but with some content of each player's running position added in the middle.

The purpose of these runs is to allow players to besiege opposing players with the ball in the shortest possible time.

It doesn't matter if one player is passed, there will be other teammates who will fill in soon.

When Wan Sheng first talked about this concept, Fan Zhiyi felt incredible, but when Wan Sheng talked about some seemingly very complicated but simple runs, he was surprised by this profound tactical ability.

In the past, there has never been a similar concept in the Chinese team, and for Fan Zhiyi, this is definitely a fairly new thing, but Wan Sheng easily integrated fresh tactical ideas into the team's chain defense system, so that there was a scene on the field, when a South Korean player broke through, at least two - China - Hong Kong players came to defend.

If you are familiar with Manchester City, you will definitely feel familiar with Hong Kong's defensive style of play.

In fact, it is.

Wan Sheng's chain defense to the team, the added running content, is part of Manchester City's offensive system, the full-court pressing.

Add the basic running and pressing methods to the defensive system of Hong Kong, China, and the results will be on the field.

But everything has a price, and there can be no perfect tactics.

After doing so, Hong Kong's defense against individual players will be very tight, and at the same time, the blockade in the middle, especially at the front end of the penalty area, will sacrifice a lot, and this can only be made up for by relying on two strikers, Zhuo Zhuo and Chen Zhaoji, to retreat to defend.

That's what Win bets on.

Although there are big holes in the team's tactics, it is not easy to see where the holes are, South Korean coach Vidock is not familiar with the Manchester City team, and has been coaching South Korea in recent years, so it is impossible to know too much about Manchester City's style of play, so it is difficult for him to see through it in the first half.

By the second half, it was too late for him to make adjustments.

Then the team will be able to defend the whole game tightly, and at the same time have some attacks to threaten the door of the South Korean team.

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