Zhou Yi used the possession of the ball to defend, so that Australia was forced to abandon the onslaught style of play, and the two sides circled in the game. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, in general, Australia still has some advantages, and in terms of overall strength, of course, they are stronger than the Chinese team.

Australia deserved to reach the semi-finals, and the Chinese team was surprised by the fact that they were able to reach the semi-finals.

The first half, in this kind of whirlwind and stalemate, came to an end.

Australia were unable to score again, and China were not able to equalise. Of course, there will definitely be many people who think that the Chinese team is already very good if they don't continue to concede goals, and the equalizer is too extravagant.

Judging by the performances of both teams in the first half, it seems to be the same.

But Zhou Yike doesn't think so, he feels that it is a pity that he was not able to equalize in the first half.

You have to score as soon as possible in the second half......

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During the break, Gao praised the team's performance, especially in the period immediately after conceding the goal. All remained calm and composed.

For the attack in the second half, he made a request, hoping that the players would play more easily.

Because Australian players have a physical advantage, if the kick is too complicated, it is easy to get entangled by the opponent. As long as there is physical contact, the Chinese players are almost certain to lose. This was clearly seen in the first half, and when the Chinese players lost this confrontation, the referee did not necessarily blow the whistle to give the Australian players a foul, because it was ...... Reasonable collision!

In response to this situation, Gao Hongbo put forward such a request to everyone at halftime, reduce the time for each player to get the ball, use the pass and run position as much as possible to replace the ball with the foot, and do not give the Australian players the opportunity to stick.

Compared with the Australian players, the players of the Chinese team are not physically good, but they are relatively flexible, so they can make a fuss about flexibility.

He asked his players to run faster and more aggressively than usual, and to pass the ball faster and more accurately, especially in front of the opposition's 30-metre zone. Because once you get caught up in positional battles, the physical advantages of Australian players can be put into full play.

In this regard, the core figure of this style of play is Zhou Yi.

It mainly depends on Zhou Yi's performance.

In the first half, Zhou Yi kept running, barely stopped for a minute, and under his crazy running, the Chinese team's passing was very smooth. Gao Hongbo obviously hopes that Zhou Yi can also have such a performance in the second half, and lead the Chinese team to play a beautiful and deadly attack in the run.

Zhou Yi has no opinion, to be the core, you must have the consciousness of the core, and of course he has to come out and take responsibility at this time.

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

As soon as the game began, Australia launched a fierce attack on the Chinese team's goal. Their style of play was much simpler than in the first half, with two wings and then crosses.

Relying on the advantages of body and height to impact the goal of the Chinese team.

Australia also made adjustments at half-time, and in the first half they also wanted to play a little bit of technical flow, but the Chinese team's passing and cutting were better than they thought, leaving them with no place to eat.

So at halftime, Australia made adjustments, not playing any technical flow with the Chinese team, and using their biggest advantage to crush the Chinese team.

In this way, although the success rate of each attack is relatively low, it is easy to increase the number of attacks, and when the number increases, the possibility of scoring goals will naturally increase.

Moreover...... Attacking the weaknesses of others with their own strengths, this success rate may not be low.

That's what Australia thought at half-time, but as the second half began, they began to find that things were not quite what they had envisioned at half-time......

Why?

Because a cross from the wing, and then a header, doesn't always get on the ball or head the ball right towards the goal. For the most part, the ball was pushed out by the Chinese defenders or punched out by the attacking goalkeepers.

As a result, the ball will fly in the opposite direction to the goal......

At this point, it becomes important to control the second drop point.

But Australia can't control the second drop......

The second drop point was almost all won by the Chinese team, or Zhou Yi.

With Zhou Yi's height of 1.78 meters and thin body, it is too difficult to go to the penalty area to fight with the opponent for headers. His headers in attack are more of a loophole, not the same as defending.

That doesn't mean he's useless defensively, though.

He can focus on controlling the second drop point of the football.

Whether it's on defense or offense, the second drop point is very important, just like rebounding in basketball. Whoever can control the second landing point can greatly improve the situation. The defender controls the second landing point, which can increase the success rate of the defense, and the attacker controls the second landing point to form a secondary attack, which naturally improves the success rate of the attack.

Zhou Yi still has a lot of experience in controlling the second landing point, because he has hundreds of games in the virtual world.

What should I do after getting the second drop point?

Of course, it was the first to attack.

Now he has an accurate long pass, and he no longer needs to go through a series of passes from the back to the front court, just one kick!

He didn't even need to observe, because it was all in his head......

In the 55th minute, Australia sent in another cross from the wing. This time, the football was pushed out by the captain of the Chinese team, central defender Du Wei.

"Exactly" fell at Zhou Yi's feet again.

After Zhou Yi raised his foot to stop the football, he turned around and waited for the football to bounce to the ground, and then kicked the football again!

Long pass!

Before the Australian players could react, football had already flown to the front!

And there, in addition to their three defenders, there is also a striker of the Chinese team - Gao Lin!

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"Good ball, Zhou Yi's beautiful long pass! Gao Lin!!" the commentator Liu Hong shouted excitedly.

This voice lifted the spirits of many Chinese fans who felt depressed because of Australia's pressing.

The football was still flying in the air, but everyone's eyes fell on the players on both sides on the ground.

Gohring pulled to the side to catch the ball, and next to him, an Australian player had rushed up to stop him from receiving the ball.

However, Gao Lin is not alone, there is another person who is cutting forward at high speed to pick him up, and that is Hao Junmin, who plays for Schalke 04. Although he couldn't play in Schalke 04, receiving training together still made Hao Junmin's grasp of the fighter improve a lot.

Especially in Schalke 04, you can often see Zhou Yi's games, so he knows Zhou Yi's football ideas very well.

At this time, if Gao Lin is left alone in front, then this counterattack will be over here in Gao Lin, and someone must rush up to respond.

Gao Lin caught Zhou Yi's pass steadily, and at this time the Australian player also blocked in front of him, preventing him from moving forward with the ball.

Then Gao Lin saw Hao Junmin.

He passed the ball sideways.

Then he rushed forward without the ball and took away the Australian players who came up to defend him.

After Hao Junmin took two steps, he immediately faced the Australian player's encirclement and interception.

At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a player wearing the white jersey of the Chinese team next to him, although he hadn't seen who it was, but now he had to pass the ball immediately, so Hao Junmin used a tackle to send the ball over.

After passing the ball, he was surprised to find that the person who came up to answer it was ...... Zhou Yi!

Wasn't he still in front of our penalty area, when did he come up, and his fitness and speed ...... Is it really okay?

"Zhou Yi! he's coming up!" the commentator Liu Hong looked very excited.

When Hao Junmin was still shocked, Zhou Yi had already passed the football out.

With a straight kick, the football rolled to Gao Lin, who was running without the ball!

However, it passed in the opposite direction of Gao Lin's position......

Is it wrong?

No!

Gao Lin suddenly turned around and ran back, throwing off the Australian player who was following him, and at the same time received the ball from Zhou Yi, and then burst into the penalty area!

Now he's unmarked!

At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Gao Lin, as a striker, his ability to shoot again was not flattering. Many people were even a little anxious when they found out that it was Gao Lin who got such an opportunity - what if he jerked off again?

But Zhou Yi doesn't have such thoughts, he knows that a good striker, skill is important, but confidence is more important, about which he has seen in Mark, to what extent can the improvement of confidence change a person......

So he knows very well that today's Gao Lin is no longer the Gao Lin before the Asian Cup.

Because he is the top scorer of the Chinese team and one of the top scorers in this Asian Cup.

Scoring goals in a row has given him a huge boost in confidence!

Now, driven by confidence, how could he shoot away in the face of such an easy opportunity?

He watched as Gao Lin turned in, faced the attacking Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer, picked up his right foot, and then kicked out a boccia ball that quickly moved forward against the turf!

The right choice!

Because it's harder for a goalkeeper to bowl a ball than to save a half-high ball......

Sure enough, Schwarzer didn't even have time to pounce with his hands during the attack, and could only block it with his feet, but he didn't block it!

Ball...... Entered!

"Gao Lin! Good ball! He equalized for the Chinese team! Under very difficult circumstances, the Chinese team pulled Australia back to the same starting line!" Liu Hong did not call "enter" again this time, but this may be more indicative of his excitement -- he has excitedly forgotten the way he explained his stylized signature words......

When the football rolled into the goal, not only Liu Hong was excited, but in the stands on the spot, the red quickly churned, and their shouts shook the sky!

And in front of the TV, there are countless pairs of arms raised in the air.

"Long live the Chinese team!!"

In the wee hours of the morning, such cheers came from many places, drifting in the night sky, waking up an unknown number of people......