With the end of the Sino-Japanese war, this Asian Cup is coming to an end and reaching its climax. In another game, Iraq and South Korea fought fiercely for 120 minutes without a winner, and finally eliminated South Korea through penalty kicks.
After reaching the semi-finals, they reached the Asian Cup final for the first time!
Iraq is in the throes of war. The national team cannot even find a training ground in Iraq and has to seek help from friendly countries. It is probably amid this kind of internal and external troubles and poverty that the Iraqi team's internal unity has reached its peak.
At the highest level in history, the Iraqi team members also put aside their disputes, wariness, and personal ambitions. Perhaps this is a kind of "victory is inevitable". The Iraqi team, which was not strong in the first place, simply relied on
Super-class unity and cooperation led to the victory in front of the Chinese team.
Wang Ai admires the Iraqi team very much and can probably understand their situation, but Iraq needs this championship, and so does China!
So I admire you, but Wang Ai still plans to go all out.
Before the game, Vice Chairman Xue Li, who came to Indonesia from Beijing on behalf of Yan Shiduo, visited the national team members. He also specifically talked to Wang Ai and said, "Xiao Wang, did you do this on purpose? In the first five games, you scored two in one game?"
You don’t want one more, but you can’t do one less?
Wang Ai nodded generously and admitted, "Vice Chairman Xue, I have reservations. After all, our goal is at least the top four. We must use our strength evenly and give our teammates opportunities."
"What about the finals?" Xue Li smiled broadly.
"Just take a look!" Wang Ai said with a smile.
In fact, after the last game against Japan, the Chinese media made a big fuss. Wang Ai broke two important records in one game: one is the scoring record in a single Asian Cup, which was previously set in 1996.
Ali Daei in 2004 and Bai Guanghai in 2004 jointly maintained 8 goals, and now Wang Ai has 10 goals; the second is to break the Chinese national team's personal scoring record. Currently, Wang Ai has participated in a total of 26 national team A-level events.
In each game, he scored 42 goals! He became the "strongest scorer" in the history of the Chinese national team.
There is no need to elaborate on some derivative records above this, such as those with the highest efficiency and those with the youngest age.
Wang Ai didn't score many goals in the last Asian Cup, so even though Wang Ai is full of honors in Europe and has won recognition in Asia, there is always a missing piece in the core Asian Cup, which somewhat does not live up to the name of "Wang Ai Era"
Reality.
At the same time, this game has basically booked the Golden Boot Award for this Asian Cup. Now Wang Ai has 10 goals, Bai Guanghai is second with 5 goals, and third is Saudi Arabia's Yasir and Japan's Naotai Takahara, both with 4
The ball. And according to Wang Ai's general rules, he is likely to score again in the final, once again breaking his Asian Cup scorer record.
As a result, in the first half of 2007 and the summer, Wang Ai won a total of four golden boots in the Premier League, Europe, Champions League, and Asian Cup, shattering any idea from the AFC that he could continue to win the title of Asian Footballer.
The competition for the two major awards at the end of the year has added a lot of weight!
On the day of the final, the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta was finally filled with spectators. The two sides in the final were the legendary and sympathetic Iraqi team, and the Chinese team with Wang Ai at the peak of their strength. No matter what the result of the game,
, are enough to be talked about by people.
The two teams that reached the final and South Korea, the winner of the previously concluded third-place match, both directly entered the finals of the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup. This means that the Chinese team has a large number of overseas players and does not need to qualify for the next Asian Cup again.
And running back and forth.
Before the final, FIFA President Blatter and AFC President Hamann walked to the center circle and shook hands with the players of both teams. Wang Ai, who was the captain of the game, was at the front of the queue, shaking hands with the two big shots and saying a few words, waiting for the game to start.
At 8:35 pm, the referee blew his whistle, marking the start of the last game of this Asian Cup.
The Chinese team set up a 451 formation, with single forward Bai Guanghai, single attacking midfielder Wang Ai, double forwards Hao Junmin, Chen Tao, Shao Jiayi and Zheng Zhi partnering with double midfielders. After that, Luo Tongliang partnered with Zhang Yaokun as double central defenders, and the double defenders were Sun Jihai.
Zhang Yonghai, the goalkeeper is still Zong Lei.
The Iraqi team has a limited number of players and has not changed its starting lineup for the semi-finals.
The starting lineups of both sides are quite satisfactory, similar to the predictions of the outside world. However, the changes in the Chinese team's formation were not expected by the outside world. After carefully studying the video of the Iraqi team's game, the national team coaching staff believes that the individual strength of the Iraqi team is average, but the overall strength is average.
They have perfect nature and excellent coordination, so to break the close cooperation of the Iraqi team, the key is to compete for the midfield.
As a result, the offensive power is weak, but Bai Guanghai and Wang Ai are the second shooter and first shooter in this Asian Cup. Such a combination is worried, what else do you want? So leave the offensive matter to them.
Everyone just comes to defend.
Not only that, the cooperation of double forwards and double defenders also means that the national team's tactical thinking is not conservative. While competing for the midfield, it also means penetrating from the wings to complete the delivery of artillery shells to the center.
After the game started, the focus of the competition between the two sides was indeed on the midfield. Shao Jiayi and Zheng Zhi were both capable of attacking and defending, while Hao Junmin and Chen Tao passed the ball sharply and had superb footwork. The Chinese team was fully prepared at the beginning.
They were still somewhat cautious, but after a few minutes of collision, it was discovered that Iraq was more nervous than the Chinese team. Although the formation was 442, they were playing a defensive counterattack. The back line was in the penalty area and the midfielder was at the top of the arc in the penalty area.
, leaving only two forward remote controls in front.
In this way, the Chinese team completely let go.
"You asked me to hit you!"
In the 9th minute of the game, Wang Ai received a diagonal pass from Hao Junmin and dribbled the ball to look for opportunities at the top of the penalty area. As many as four players blocked the ball and chased after him. Wang Ai continuously changed direction, dribbling and shaking.
, counterattack, change of direction, dribbling, shaking...
With a wonderful display of personal skills, he finally broke through the siege between two Iraqi players. But at this time, Wang Ai, who barely broke out under the siege of four Iraqi players who cooperated tacitly, had lost his center of gravity and could not shoot, so he had to go to the goal.
The cross was passed, and the insidious Lao Bai had been lying in wait for a long time. He counterattacked the ball far away and took the lead.
1:0!
There were cheers in the stadium, and Lao Bai pulled Wang Ai and ran back together, receiving crazy hugs from many teammates. In the crowd, Wang Ai looked back and saw that the Iraqi players were encouraging each other, but his expressions were still full of frustration.
Seeing this scene, Wang Ai secretly let out a breath, and the energy of the Iraqi team was knocked out. This is also what worries Wang Ai the most. Objectively speaking, Wang Ai does not care about the personal skills of the Iraqi team, but the high
The tacit cooperation still made Wang Ai feel overwhelmed, so he tried to use his high-level technical performance to destroy the Iraqi team's confidence in winning.
So far, it seems to be okay.
This chapter has been completed!