Chapter 631: The first goal of the Asian Cup!

On January 10, Sydney and Canberra were at 4:30 p.m. local time, which was 6:30 p.m. Beijing time. There is still half an hour before the start of the match between China and Saudi Arabia, but it is already a sea of red in the Brisbane stadium.

Many overseas Chinese from China and Australia who are studying and working in the stadium have filled most of the 50,000 Brisbane stadium with at least 30,000 Chinese fans wearing the red home jerseys of the Chinese team.

The fan versions of these fans vary, there are old Adidas jerseys and new jerseys now, but the new jerseys are mostly new, because many people are wearing Li Zihan's number 12 jersey.

They waved small flags with five-star red flags in their hands, and their faces were also printed with the color of the national flag, and all kinds of banners and slogans filled the entire Brisbane stadium.

One of the most eye-catching is the pair of "Win can be crazy together, lose and carry together!" Banners.

The match attracted the most attention from Chinese fans, as many were not optimistic about the Chinese team before the game, even after a week-long closed training session.

And Saudi Arabia is a strong team in their own right, having won three Asian Cups, as well as competing in several World Cup finals.

What's more, they are also the bitter masters of the Chinese team, which has not won a game against Saudi Arabia in 18 years

Therefore, while domestic fans expect the national football team to have a good start in this game, they also know in their hearts that the Chinese team will be difficult to play in this game.

In fact, domestic fans think that facing Saudi Arabia and North Korea. When the team is fresh, the Chinese team should play defensive counterattacks step by step, strive to get one or two points in these two games, and then go to the Uzbekistan team, so that the Chinese team with four to five points still has the possibility of qualifying.

"CCTV, CCTV, dear audience friends, here is one of the matches in Group B of the group stage of the 2015 Asian Cup, by Saudi Arabia and China, this game will be brought to you by Huang Jianxiang and Hao Haidong at the Brisbane Stadium."

In this Asian Cup, a total of six commentators were sent to the Central Sports Channel to partner in three groups. Among them, Huang Jianxiang partnered with former international player Hao Haidong, Liu Jianhong partnered with Li Ming, and He Wei partnered with Xu Yang.

This is also after leaving CCTV, Huang Jianxiang, Liu Jianhong and He Wei commented on the game for CCTV at the same time.

"Let's first bring you the starting lineup of both sides, the Chinese team's side, the goalkeeper is Wang Dalei, the defenders are Zhang Chengdong, Ren Hang, Mei Fang, Zhang Linpeng, the midfield combination is Wu Xi and captain Zheng Zhi, and the attack combination is Li Zihan, Wu Lei and Wang Shangyuan.

On Saudi Arabia's side, the goalkeeper is Walid Abdullah and the defenders are Saeed al-Muwallad and Shahrani, who are the duo of brothers Omar Hausawi and Osama al-Hausawi. The midfield configuration is Carriri, Salim Dosari, Nawaf Abid, Salman Faraj, and up front is Hazzaz's partner Musta Fabasas. ”

After the necessary ceremonies, the national anthems of the two countries were played and the flags were raised, the competition between the two sides officially began.

Saudi Arabia kicked off first, and the two center-forward combinations first attacked tentatively, and then were intercepted by Zheng Zhi and Wu Xi in the midfield.

Then the Chinese team began to counterattack, but it was also a tentative attack.

Both teams didn't have a decent attack in the early stages of the game, and most of it was tentative.

It's a boring game, at least at the moment.

The commentators also introduced some off-the-field knowledge at the beginning, and in the past, most of the commentators would have introduced some customs and customs of the opponent Saudi Arabia.

But now it's different, they have topics worth paying attention to, such as this unique national team, as well as their French coach Perrin and even the team's "funny" and "translator", of course, they are talking more about Li Zihan.

"The Chinese team is attack-oriented in this period, and the two midfielders Zheng Zhi and Wu Xi belong to the kind of all-round midfielders who can defend and attack. The attacking midfield trio in front of Li Zihan, Wu Lei and Wang Shangyuan belong to the kind of full-time attack, as for Yu Haima's defensive center, the most representative figure in world football is Fernando Torres" Huang Jianxiang didn't forget to joke at this time.

When the game reached 20 minutes, the Chinese team began to really organize the attack, and at this time, the opponent's bottom was almost touched.

Li Zihan took the ball and rushed directly from the side, judging from the previous 20 minutes of competition, the Saudi team's technical defense is not good, and most of their defense uses their bodies.

So Li Zihan directly used speed and technology to connect the opponent's full-back and full-back, so that the opponent couldn't even touch his body.

Facing the opponent's central defender and midfielder, Li Zihan passed the football to Wu Lei in the middle. In the past, Wu Lei belonged to the kind of pseudo-nine and nine and a half roles in the national team, most of the time he was hidden behind the center forward, and then suddenly rushed out to complete the fatal blow.

But Wu Lei, who is now in the national team, is a bit similar to Ozil in Arsenal, except that he is not the kind of organization, but the strategy type. He mainly follows Li Zihan's pace and rhythm, and responds to help at any time.

The organization and attack in China are now handed over to Li Zihan, and even the captain Zheng Zhi is only in charge of a third-line link.

In many teams, it is a task and a duty to organise an attack. But in the Chinese team, no, in the Chinese team with Li Zihan, combination and attack are two kinds of responsibilities, and both responsibilities are placed on Li Zihan.

After Wu Lei took the ball, he dialed the ball directly past the Saudi midfielder Salim who cut over, and then picked his foot and prepared to hit the goal.

Center forward Yu Hai and Wang Shangyuan on the right side immediately stepped forward to grab the point, ready to shoot after Wu Lei shot in case they were saved by the goalkeeper, so they grabbed the point to find a chance to make up the shot.

Saudi Arabia's two central defenders, one has to follow closely with center forward Yu Hai, and the other has to come up to block Wu Lei's shot.

But Wu Lei didn't plan to shoot, it was a feint, and he unexpectedly passed the football out after the opponent stretched his foot.

"Wu Lei passes!! It's a pass!! ”

Li Zihan cut in from the wing and received a pass from Wu Lei behind the central defender. After such a long time of training and cooperation, the tacit understanding between the two of them has skyrocketed.

Especially in that week's closed training, Li Zihan, Wu Lei, Wang Shangyuan, Wu Xi, Liu Binbin, Yu Hai and Gao Lin have improved a lot in cooperation. It also gives Perrin more confidence in his attacking line.

So when Li Zihan passed the football to Wu Lei, Wu Lei understood Li Zihan's intentions, so this pass was just right.

Li Zihan did not stop the ball, but leaned sideways, unloaded the pass with his chest, and then picked up his right foot without waiting for the football to land, and directly picked it out.

The soccer ball and Li Zihan's right foot met in the air, and the two met and burst into fierce sparks, and then the ball flew towards the Saudi Arabian goal.

Waleed swooped down, but the ball was fast, and it flew into the goal behind him before he did.

"The ball —————— scored !!!" Huang Jianxiang opened his throat and yelled!

"Li Zihan, sure enough, it's Li Zihan!! In the twenty-fifth minute of the game, the Chinese team attacked. Li Zihan broke through with the ball on the side and disrupted the defense of the Saudi Arabian team, and then Li Zihan handed the football to No. 7 Wu Lei in the middle, and after Wu Lei shook off the opponent's central midfielder, he made a feint to shoot, and then passed the football to Li Zihan. Li Zihan unloaded the football with his chest very beautifully, and then raised his foot to shoot, the whole action was very beautiful, in one go, and finally the football flew into the goal. ”

"Li Zihan and Wu Lei's cooperation is very tacit, if Wu Lei passes a little late, the fullback of the opposing Saudi Arabian team will follow up to interfere with Li Zihan, and the opponent's goalkeeper will also notice Li Zihan's running. And if Wu Lei passed early, Li Zihan had not yet run to the position, and finally formed an offside position, and ended up without a problem. ”

Li Zihan, who scored the goal, suddenly ran under the stands where the Chinese fans were most concentrated, and at this time the Chinese fans in the stands were already boiling, and their cheers were transmitted to the domestic television broadcast through the microphone of the scene.

Li Zihan came to the stands, he made a gesture of pressing down with both hands, and the Chinese fans in the carnival thought that this was Li Zihan to celebrate with them, but after seeing Li Zihan's movements clearly, everyone knew that Li Zihan had something to say.

The subsequent live broadcast also noticed this, so he gave Li Zihan a close-up, and at this time, the fans in the stadium saw Li Zihan's actions through the live TV screen of the Brisbane Stadium.

In a matter of seconds, the Chinese fans in the stadium suddenly fell silent.

Li Zihan stood up in place very strictly and seriously, then he tucked his abdomen, deliberately straightened his chest, and finally clenched it into a fist with his right hand, and then slapped the team emblem on his chest three times with a fierce fist, and finally pointed his right fist straight at the sky.

"Team China - Rise Up!!"

"The Chinese team ———— rise to !!"

The fans were infected by Li Zihan's action, although they didn't know the specific meaning of Li Zihan's action, but they knew that this must be what Li Zihan was conveying to them.

Then Li Zihan was hugged by his teammates who rushed up.

"Li Zihan is interacting with the fans, is he giving the fans confidence?"