After 90 minutes, before the start of extra time, the players on both sides will enjoy a few minutes of rest, because the break is so short, no one will go to the dressing room to rest, everyone will come to their bench and sit on the floor. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhou Yi is now sitting on the ground, while the physiotherapist of the Chinese team is massaging his thigh muscles, with the aim of relaxing the muscles and relieving fatigue.

He's really tired right now.

Since the start of the Asian Cup, the Chinese team has played five games, and Zhou Yi has started every game, all of which have played the whole game, without missing a minute of play.

This is the first time he has become a professional footballer. He had never played five games in a row at Borussia Dortmund, either in the youth or professional teams, because his fitness did not allow him to do so. Although his physical fitness has made great progress in the past two seasons, because Dortmund has also played on multiple fronts this season and needs to rotate, Zhou Yi has not been able to start five consecutive games and play the full 90 minutes.

It's the first time he's done it in the Asian Cup, and it's a fresh experience for him.

Gao Hongbo can't help it, the Chinese team's lineup is not as thick as Dortmund, he can only rely on Zhou Yi, and he must rely on Zhou Yi.

Although he positioned the Asian Cup as a training force, and it is true that the starting lineup of each game is not exactly the same, Zhou Yi is the main force that cannot be beaten. Zhou Yi is also the only reason why he dared to rotate like this and still reach the semifinals.

Moreover, the cup competition is already intensive, starting from January 8 to January 25, five games were played in 18 days, an average of nearly three and a half days of one game, which is equivalent to three consecutive weeks of double matches in a week.

Of course, the physical demands will be very high.

Zhou Yi himself is not the kind of person who is born with good physical fitness, and it is normal to feel tired now, but he is still persevering.

In order to prepare for extra-time, the team's team doctor desperately massaged him, hoping that he could rest better and last longer.

Because the current Chinese team has used up all three substitutions, if Zhou Yi can't run, then there is no one available, he can only stand on the field, so that the Chinese team is equivalent to one less person to deal with Australia. That's too dangerous.

When the players were resting, Gao Hongbo seized the time to explain the strategy in overtime to the players.

In fact, the strategy is also very simple.

The physical strength of both sides is very depleted by this time, and it is certainly impossible to maintain the rhythm of the 90-minute game in extra time, which is usually one team attacking one half first, and then switching to another team in the second half. Even Australia could not have the physical strength to support them in 30 minutes of extra time.

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The five-minute break was fleeting, and when Zhou Yi got up from the ground and was about to play, Gao Hongbo stopped him.

"No matter what the result of this game is, thank you very much for your dedication to the national team, Zhou Yi. He said.

Zhou Yi was surprised: "Finger, are you preparing words to comfort me after failure in advance?"

His breath was still a little uneven when he spoke.

"I just don't want you to stress too much. ”

"No pressure, fingers. We're all in the semi-finals, so what's the pressure, but we're still going to the finals, so you'd better prepare your winning speech in advance, ha!"

With that, he turned to play.

Gao Hongbo looked at his back and fell into deep thought.

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After the start of extra time, it was Australia who kicked off, so at this time, it should naturally be Australia to take the initiative and then attack the Chinese team's goal.

This is the "routine" for countless overtime games.

But the reality is a little different from convention.

Because soon when the ball fell to the feet of the Chinese team, the Chinese team actually grasped the initiative!

Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, they launched an aggressive offensive against Australia's goal, forcing Australia to retreat to defend on all fronts, cowering in their own half to resist the Chinese team's attack, hoping to rely on dense defense to block the Chinese team's goals, and at the same time wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

Playing positional warfare and breaking dense defenses is a headache for many people.

When Zhou Yi got the ball, there would be Australian players rushing up to him to keep a close eye on him, preventing him from sending the football out easily.

At the same time, they also pay attention to their feet when pressing, so as not to knock Zhou Yi to the ground, and the referee blows a free kick in an excellent position, which is not very good.

After all, there are still two free kick masters in the Chinese team, one Deng Zhuoxiang once broke the goal guarded by Lloris with an elevator ball in the warm-up match against the French team, and the other Hao Junmin just broke the goal of Uzbekistan with a free kick in the group stage of the Asian Cup......

Therefore, although the Australian players pounced very fiercely, they did not dare to really knock Zhou Yi to the ground.

For Zhou Yi, he realized that this might be an opportunity.

The opponent pounced very fiercely, because he didn't want him to pass the ball well, so what if he didn't pass the ball?

That's right, don't pass the ball, break through with the ball yourself!

And the Australian players didn't dare to make too much physical contact with him after they pounced, which gave him space and opportunities to break through!

So in the 99th minute, when his teammates passed the ball to him, and Australia's midfielder Jedinak also rushed up, Zhou Yi did not choose to stop the ball, but turned his right foot sideways and had a slight angle. When the soccer ball hits it, it doesn't stop at your feet, but bounces off and bounces towards the ...... Ahead!

At the same time, Zhou Yi kicked his legs and rushed out, just passing by Jedinak who rushed up!

When he was so staggered, Zhou Yi could even catch the stunned expression on the other party's face - obviously he didn't expect Zhou Yi, who always turned the football upside down in front of the penalty area...... Ran to the forbidden area behind him!

"Zhou Yi! Breakthrough!" Liu Hong exclaimed.

In his exclamation, Zhou Yi killed the forbidden area.

His sudden start to break through really didn't surprise the Australian players, so their reaction was half a beat slower, and when they were about to rush up, they saw Zhou Yi's body leaning to the left side, and his right foot was raised, as if he wanted to pass the football to the right!

Australian defender Neil, who was in front of him, quickly glanced over there, and there was indeed a vacancy there!

Thinking of Zhou Yi's accurate and fatal pass, Neil, who originally wanted to come up and pounce on him, hesitated, should he cut off this passing route first?

He leaned to the side of the void.

Zhou Yi saw the opponent's side, but when his right foot fell, it was not a pass, but a ...... Gently buckle to the left!

Just squeezed past Neil's back!

Neil saw Zhou Yi suddenly change direction and break through, he reflexively wanted to reach out and stretch his feet to pull Zhou Yi, but his hands and feet were stretched out, and he remembered that he was now on the line of the big penalty area, which is a very, very sensitive place, if you foul here, there is a great possibility of being awarded a penalty!

With such a turn of lightning in his mind, Neil's hands and feet froze in the air, and he could only watch Zhou Yi burst in!

Zhou Yi just brought the football into the penalty area!

At this time, the Australian players woke up like a dream and turned around and pounced.

If you look down from the air, Zhou Yi is like a humanoid magnet, instantly attracting all the Australian players around him who are different from him.

At this time, Australia's penalty area was almost empty, and Zhou Yi could form a chance to shoot whoever he passed to.

But Zhou Yi didn't pass the ball, but stabbed it while the encirclement had not yet closed!

The soccer ball slipped out of the gap under the feet of the crowd and rolled against the turf to the near corner of the goal!

Schwarzer saw the football rolling out of the encirclement, and hurriedly fell to the ground and pounced on the side, but the speed of the football that was poked out by Zhou Yi was superior......

By the time he was completely on the ground, the ball had rolled into the goal behind him......

In the 100th minute, the Chinese team took the lead!

"Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi——!!!!" Liu Hong was a little hysterical and roared desperately. "Beautiful!Beautiful!It's so beautiful!!!2:1!The Chinese team took the lead! They led Australia in extra time!!They had a chance to beat their opponents and reach the final!!Every time in the last moments of the game, Zhou Yi, who was originally physically exhausted, often had amazing performances, and I think this kind of time can be defined as 'Zhou Yi moment'!"

In front of the TV, the same hysteria was the countless Chinese fans.

Zhou Jianliang was also among them, his face was red, and the green tendons on his neck were bulging.

After so many years of being a Chinese fan, when was the last time it was so refreshing?

I don't remember it for a long time......

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After the goal, Zhou Yi got out of the middle of a group of stunned Australian players, and ran headlong into Gao Lin.

Gao Lin hugged him, then pulled him to the ground, and then Hao Junmin pressed on it, and more Chinese players were on their way, screaming excitedly, as if they saw the idol girl.

The Chinese players on the bench also rushed out of their seats in a swarm, like a row of startled birds. The waving arms are like flapping wings.

Gao Hongbo drilled his fists in front of his chest and swung vigorously, and behind him, the members of the coaching staff who had already hugged each other.

Everyone was venting their emotions to the fullest, screaming desperately until their voices were hoarse.