The Chinese team reached the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup without danger.

The Chinese media breathed a sigh of relief, and the tone immediately changed, and Gao Hongbo boldly put Qin Xiong on the bench, which was a kind of trust in the disciples, and it was counted in one fell swoop!

On the one hand, it achieves the purpose of training the team and allowing players to improve their ability to resist pressure.

On the other hand, let Qin Xiong get a better rest to prepare for the big battle of the knockout round!

On January 21, the 1/4 finals of the Asian Cup kicked off.

Qin Xiong finally entered the starting list!

He has not appeared in the Chinese team for almost half a year.

But when Qin Xiong wore the captain's armband and led the team to play, no one felt that Qin Xiong was incompatible with the Chinese team, and there was an inexplicable centripetal force of unity condensed on Qin Xiong!

The opponent of the Chinese team in the 1/4 finals is the Iranian team, which is the old opponent of the Chinese team, and has played against Iran in the three Asian Cups that Qin Xiong has participated in!

Gao Hongbo stood on the sidelines with a serious face.

The group stage is indeed a training, inspecting the on-the-spot performance of some players on the stage of the competition, assessing the psychological pressure resistance of the players, and after Qin Xiong debuts, the Chinese team will show real skills!

The technical and tactical style of play envisioned by Gao Hongbo is slightly different from Alihan's.

Alihan defines Qin Xiong as a free man in the front court, but Gao Hongbo believes that as the midfield defensive titan Liu Yi has gained a firm foothold in the Bundesliga and has reached his peak age, Zhang Pengfei, who also transferred to German football a few years ago and has steadily become the main force of the middle and lower teams, has also reached his peak age, and the team's playing style needs to be changed.

The core of the tactic of defensive counterattack cannot be changed!

If it is changed, then the Chinese team is simply arrogant and arrogant, and its tail is up to the sky!

However, in terms of the means to achieve counterattacks, the Chinese team has changed under the coaching of Gao Hongbo.

The formation of the former 442 was changed to 451, or 433.

Yang Zhi's recent form has not been very good, Zeng Cheng's performance is more stable, and he has become the main goalkeeper in this Asian Cup.

On the back line, Zhang Linpeng, Feng Xiaoting. Dewey and Sun Xiang formed the strongest defense line within the Chinese team.

The midfielders are: Zhang Pengfei, Zheng Zhi. Liu Yi, Zhao Xujun, Qin Xiong.

Defending in midfield will be the responsibility of the back three!

Zheng Zhi, Liu Yi, Zhao Xujun. The comprehensive strength in confrontation and interception will become a more reassuring barrier in front of the back line!

The reason why Huang Bowen and Hao Junmin can only be substitutes is also very simple: when competing against the world's strongest teams, physical confrontation ability is a condition that cannot be ignored.

On this, Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xujun are naturally firmly in the main position, Liu Yi has no doubt that he has also been selected for the best team of the month in the Bundesliga, although the speed is lacking, but the confrontation ability is almost at the first-class level in Europe.

Because of this, it is also to match Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xujun around him to make up for his slow speed and small coverage.

As for Zhang Pengfei and Qin Xiong. That is naturally a fast horse on the side of the counterattack, this is to ensure that the Chinese team can play with speed!

Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xujun want to become the hub of offensive and defensive conversion in the counterattack, in the past, they almost relied on Qin Xiong to counterattack and advance, and now Zhang Pengfei has to take on more tasks, so that sharing the tasks in Qin Xiong's counterattack can stimulate Qin Xiong's finishing ability!

The first choice of center forward is still Han Peng, maybe his scoring efficiency in the national team is not high, but he has the height and confrontation ability, and becomes the fulcrum of the frontcourt. It doesn't take much, just be able to pass a ball in front of the court, just a kick and then that's enough.

And like Gao Lin and Yang Xu. The reason for the substitution is that their ability to fight is likely to make them unable to protect the ball in the dangerous zone of the frontcourt!

The premise of passing a ball is: you can stop the ball and control the ball well!

Then you can pass the ball out.

There is no problem with Gao Hongbo's overall technical and tactical thinking, and he and Qin Xiong have also had private exchanges on this point.

When it comes to technical and tactical knowledge, Gao Hongbo doesn't think that if he is a coach, he will know more than Qin Xiong!

Qin Xiong has been in European football for seven years, not only studied under famous teachers when he debuted, but also heard and watched by Van Gaal's side. He has also played under Arsene Wenger, Fabio Capello, Bosque and now Ronald Koeman.

These coaches are all famous, with very rich technical and tactical knowledge, plus Qin Xiong himself is a player, and he is a player who loves to use his brains.

If Gao Hongbo's more knowledge comes from talking on paper, then Qin Xiong has experienced a hundred battles and read thousands of sails.

Therefore, in the team's technical and tactical design, Gao Hongbo has no problem communicating with Qin Xiong.

To be a top coach in Europe, he must have his own reserve and majesty to maintain, and if Gao Hongbo can't even figure out who has higher authority in the Chinese team, then he is not upright, but stupid!

In this match with the Iranian team, the Chinese team played very seriously.

The Iranian team has lost to the Chinese team many times, and today's game posture is quite cautious.

The Chinese team does not dare to invest too many players in the positional battle, especially the three midfielders, who will not easily assist the front, which is also another design idea of the Chinese team.

Two-way offensive coordination!

Sun Xiang and Qin Xiong attack on the left side, once Sun Xiang assists the front, Qin Xiong can cut into the free space in the middle, or go directly into the penalty area.

Zhang Linpeng and Zhang Pengfei attacked on the right side, once Zhang Linpeng assisted to the front, then Zhang Pengfei would not cut into the middle, he would decisively enter the penalty area!

Then when the fullback assists up, the backfield defense needs the back to help defend the wing, and the configuration of the three backs is largely considered.

Therefore, the current skills and tactics of the Chinese team have been designed more comprehensively in combination with the characteristics of the lineup, and Gao Hongbo has also taken great pains.

The Chinese team's lineup style of play has created a lot of offensive pressure on the Iranian team today.

I often see football at the feet of the Chinese team, or the left side of the attack is shocking!

Qin Xiong is as unstoppable as a tiger descending from the mountain!

The appearance of swallowing a tiger made the Iranian team gradually begin to panic.

Either after the attack is transferred to the right side, Zhang Linpeng assists, Zhang Pengfei will cut into the penalty area, and then receive a cross from the side.

The offense was played vigorously, but it only blossomed and did not bear fruit.

The Iranian team has focused on defense, and they need to invest at least three players to prevent Qin Xiong!

The joint defense of the two people can't stop Qin Xiong at all!

This leaves them simply unable to go on offense.

The Chinese team did not until the 65th minute of the second half, Qin Xiong's free kick created chaos in the Iranian team's penalty area, and Zhang Pengfei picked up the leak in the penalty area and sent the ball into the Iranian team's goal!

The Chinese team finally got their wish in an indiscriminate bombardment.

Iran tried to fight back after conceding the goal, but the Chinese team immediately counterattacked after a midfield steal in the 81st minute of the game.

Liu Yi broke the ball, Zheng Zhi sent a direct pass forward, Han Pengce should pass the ball horizontally, and Qin Xiong, who was quickly inserted, went directly into the penalty area and shot the ball into the upper right corner of the goal!

The Chinese team locked up the victory and entered the semi-finals! (To be continued.) )