Chapter 360: Second Half of Overtime
"Ah!!How is this possible?!" After seeing Zhou Yi's goal, the Japanese national team players in front of the TV let out various exclamations and inhalations. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Is our final opponent going to be China?"
"Zhou Sang is so powerful!"
"When the time comes, you must guard him to the death!"
Everyone has already started to plan how to compete with the Chinese team in the final, and Zhou Yi is of course the person they must focus on.
Endo asked Shinji Kagawa: "Kagawa, don't they all say that Zhou Yi's physical fitness is not good? Why is it that he can still accelerate and rush into the penalty area to shoot after a hundred minutes?"
Shinji Kagawa nodded: "It's not surprising, he often did this when he was in Dortmund." In fact, I think Zhou Sang at the end of the game is the most terrifying, because you feel that he can't run anymore, there is no threat, at this time...... Instead, he can deliver a lethal pass or score himself. ”
"What's holding him up?"
"Never give up on the enlightenment. ”
Hearing Shinji Kagawa's explanation, Endo fell silent.
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When the players of the Chinese team finally got up from Zhou Yi's body, Zhou Yi did not get up from the ground with his teammates, but still maintained the "big" shape, lying on the ground, his chest rising and falling violently, and his wheezing sound was heavy.
He was so tired that he could barely get up.
At this time, Hao Junmin stretched out his hand to him.
Zhou Yi grabbed Hao Junmin's hand and was pulled up by the other party.
"Thank you......" His lips squirmed, trying to say this, but no sound came out of his throat, he was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to speak.
However, Hao Junmin still understood, and he patted Zhou Yi: "You're welcome." ”
Zhou Yi, who walked back slowly, gradually recovered his strength in the process.
Although the Australian players kept pointing to Zhou Yi's snail-like back in protest, he also turned a deaf ear and continued to walk slowly at his own pace.
How could he be so easily influenced by the outside world?
The Australian players were dissatisfied and went to the referee to protest, and the referee signaled them to be calm and ran to Zhou Yi to remind him to hurry up.
Zhou Yi glanced at him and opened his mouth, but he didn't speak.
It was Hao Junmin next to him who explained to the referee for him: "He really can't run, and he can't go fast if he wants to." You see, he's having trouble even speaking now. It's just a few steps, and you can't walk for long......"
The referee looked at Zhou Yi's heavy breathing, and he didn't have a rut.
In the end, Zhou Yi finally walked back to his half, the referee blew the whistle, and the game restarted.
Almost as soon as the whistle blew, Australia rushed into the Chinese goal, hoping to equalise in the first half of extra-time.
But the Chinese team did not let Australia get their wish.
Zhou Yi's goal greatly boosted the morale of the whole team, and now every player is defending very hard, making it difficult for Australia's attack to hit the Chinese team's goal.
The first half of extra time ended quickly, with China temporarily leading Australia 2-1 and just fifteen minutes away from reaching the Asian Cup final for the third time in their history.
But no one knows what will happen in those last fifteen minutes.
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There is no break between the first and second halves of extra time, and according to the rules, players from both sides must exchange fields before the second half of extra time begins.
However, this regulation is not very strict now.
When the players of the two sides exchange venues, they do not go directly to the opponent's field, but will first walk to the sidelines, go to the bench and the coach's bench to drink a few sips of water, and the head coach will seize the time to give a few words of advice to the core players of the team and make some adjustments.
The player then drops the water bottle and leaves the area in front of the dugout and walks to his own half.
The same goes for players from both sides of the Chinese team and Australia.
Zhou Yi followed his teammates to the sidelines, but before he could get there, someone had already run up and handed him water, which was to save him two steps less and save a little physical strength.
Zhou Yi took the water bottle and looked at it, but there was still no lid.
The teammate who handed the water shook the bottle cap in his hand: "I just unscrewed it, no one has drunk it." ”
He thought that Zhou Yi would be worried that this was water that had been drunk a few sips.
Zhou Yi didn't care about this, he grinned: "It's okay, I don't care, thank you." ”
I can finally make a sound.
After taking a few sips of water, Zhou Yi poured the rest of the water from his head, then washed his face with his hands, and then he turned around to walk back to the court. Gao Hongbo stopped him again: "Zhou Yi!"
He looked back at the manager.
"If you can't run, don't run, you're behind, don't go up. ”
Zhou Yi nodded: "Okay, I know, fingers." Any other instructions?"
Gao Hongbo wanted to speak again and again, but finally shook his head: "It's gone." ”
"Then I'll go up. Zhou Yi said goodbye to Gao Hongbo, and then slowly walked towards his position.
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After the start of the second half, Australia continued to storm the Chinese team's half, and it was obvious that Zhou Yi's physical fitness declined quickly and almost dried up.
Because he is not running as aggressively as before, and at times, he can only stand and watch his teammates sacrifice themselves to block the eyes.
In fact, the Chinese team is no different from one less person. But it can't be completely said that Zhou Yi is useless if he stays on the court.
He can still be used as a transit station, to deal with the football, to pass the football out.
He can't run, but he can.
Just let the soccer ball run.
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This semi-final is not only concerned with domestic fans, but also from as far away as Europe.
"It's really enviable...... Yang Muge suddenly said in the group.
"What are you envious of, Zhou Yi's kid can't run anymore, he can only stand stupidly, like a wooden stake, do you see what he defended just now? It's just the legendary defense with his eyes!" Sun Pan complained.
"Yes, I can't wait to rush to the court to defend him!" Guo Nu was also unwilling.
"Anyway, he can stand there in a real national team jersey. Yang Muge said.
Yang Muge's words made Sun Pan unable to complain.
He, Yang Muge, and Guo Nu are all people who have never been selected for the national team, whether it is the national youth team or the national youth team, they have no share.
When they participated in the recording of the reality show, they also wore reality show-exclusive jerseys, although they were very close to the national team's jerseys in terms of color and style, but it was not true after all, and there was no five-star red flag on their chests.
Which of these football teenagers did not have the dream of being an "international player" when he first joined football?
No matter how bad the reputation of Chinese football is, these teenagers who play football still hope that they can become international players, and think that after they are selected for the national team, they can change the poor record and image of Chinese football.
For them, one of the most important goals is to be part of the national team.
And now, among them, who was once the furthest away from this goal, Zhou Yi has realized such a dream. And he didn't go to the national team to play soy sauce, but became the core of the team, and really began to change the results of the Chinese team!
Doesn't that make them envious?
I just envy to death!
This is the first time he has participated in a major tournament as an international player, and he can lead the team to the final!
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In the second half of extra time, Australia bombarded the Chinese team's goal, just like a storm on the Australian continent. Every player in the Chinese team can feel the pressure. And this pressure will continue for a full fifteen minutes.
In these 15 minutes, as long as the Chinese players relax for a second, it can bring very serious consequences - if Australia equalizes at this time, the morale and confidence of the Chinese team will be very heavy, directly affecting their performance in the next penalty shootout.
No one knows if, and when, the Chinese team will collapse under such constant pressure.
Every Chinese fan in front of the TV was nervously speechless.
The same is true for the Chinese team members in the coach's box and on the bench.
At this time, I have to admire Liu Hong, at least he can still explain......
In the 110th minute of the game, the Chinese team was besieged by Australia.
In the 115th minute of the game, the Chinese team was still besieged by Australia.
There are still five minutes before the end of the game, and Australia almost even the goalkeeper rushed up, which will make people feel sorry for Zhou Yi's physical fitness.
But in fact, even if Zhou Yi has the ability to pass the ball forward, there is not a single player of the Chinese team in front of him, and even a center forward like Gao Lin has returned to the penalty area and made a cameo as a defender, and the Chinese team has long had no strength to counterattack.
"In the 116th minute of the game, Australia attacked again. There is not much time left for them!" Liu Hong is very happy now, he used to say when commenting on the national team games: "There is not much time left for the Chinese team!"
This sentence has also been complained about by fans and the media, saying that Liu Hong is simply the broom star of the Chinese team, and the fans have a very bad impression of him, because every time I watch the national team game, there will be Liu Hong's not very good voice in the painful memory......
When Australia organized the attack this time, it surprisingly did not hit and rush as before, but patiently organized.
This made the Chinese team a little surprised and uncomfortable.
When you don't adapt, some problems will arise, such as...... Leaks in defense.
After a series of passes, Cahill received the ball in the open ribs, and when he received the ball, not a single Chinese defender was defending him!
No...... can't say that, at least in front of him, there is a Zhou Yi.
It's just that Zhou Yi, who basically has no physical strength, how can he defend against Cahill, who is so powerful?!
As long as Cahill breaks through Zhou Yi, he will go directly into the penalty area, and then the Chinese team's goal will be in trouble!