At 21:00 on the evening of July 30, the quarterfinals of this Asian Cup were held simultaneously in Beijing, Jinan, Chengdu, and Chongqing. The Chinese team’s opponent was the Iraqi team. In the Group C match, Iraq won two and lost one.
, qualified second in the group, so they met head-on with the Chinese team, which was first in Group A, had won all three games, scored 14 points and lost 1, and was in superb form.
In order to pursue stability, the coaching staff adopted a "mixed lineup" for this game. The forward is the combination of Hao Haidong and Bai Guanghai, the midfielder from left to right is Wang Ai, Shao Jiayi, Li Ming, and the midfielder is Zhao Junzhe. The back line
From left to right are Luo Tongliang, Li Weifeng, Zheng Zhi and Xu Yunlong, and the goalkeeper is Liu Yunfei.
Bai Guanghai and Wang Ai, who had already rested for two games, both started the game. Luo Tongliang and Chen Yang were placed on the bench. Sun Jihai still failed to start. The explanation was that he was injured.
In fact, Ali is playing a rotation strategy. After all, the competition is relatively intensive, with an average of one game every three or four days, and these national team players, especially overseas players, have just gone through a long season.
Because of the good results and comfortable performance of the Chinese team in the past few games, no one could say anything even if the old Ali played at the climax of his game. The players could not say anything, and the Football Association could not say anything, so they just let him play.
Similarly, Li Jinyu, Chen Yang, Zhang Yonghai, and Yan Song all got a chance to rest.
Veteran Hao Haidong, who failed to score in the last game, was particularly enthusiastic this time. He scored two goals in the first ten minutes of the game. Unfortunately, the second goal was offside. As if they had a tacit understanding, the Iraqi team was lagging behind in the score and situation.
A relatively dirty style of play started. I don’t know if this is the tradition of West Asian teams. Once the score is behind or eager to qualify, the players will make endless tricks. This is very different from East Asian teams. Maybe it is because of East Asian football.
The team is influenced by Confucian culture, pays attention to "etiquette", and pursues the purity of victory. Unlike the West Asian teams that are deeply influenced by European culture, the winner is not criticized.
Although the Korean team in the 2002 World Cup severely lowered the moral limit of East Asian teams, as far as the Chinese team and the Japanese team are concerned, even if the score is behind, there will usually only be a small amount of personal irritation among the players.
and excessive behavior rarely become the behavior of the team as a whole. In fact, even the Korean team has a relatively rough style and playing style, and does not implement intentional injury as an overall tactical idea.
In short, when Lao Hao cheered up and showed his excellent competitive state, foul behaviors surrounding him occurred frequently. However, Lao Hao has a stubborn temper and a tough temper, and usually survives attacks, so the fans watched
It's not quite real yet. But all this cannot be hidden from the players on the field, so the atmosphere of the game between the two sides becomes increasingly tense.
When the Iraqi team moved the ball to the Chinese team's half to launch an attack, Lao Bai and Wang Ai briefly exchanged words. Lao Bai meant that you allowed Ronaldinho to score in the last game, and the effect was not very good. Iraq should foul.
It was still a foul. Wang Ai had nothing to defend and nodded expressionlessly.
Lao Bai shrugged at Wang Ai's back.
Of course, the audience outside the venue didn't know what the two said, but they just felt that the relationship between the two was either fake or really good.
In the 18th minute of the first half, Wang Ai got the ball from the left and was pushed by an Iraqi defender while moving to the center. Wang Ai fell to the ground. The Singaporean referee did not hesitate to call a direct penalty kick from the top of the penalty area.
Free kick.
Wang Ai got up and looked at Lao Bai sideways: How about it? If they dare to foul, I dare to lie down!
Lao Bai rolled his eyes: This is you. Without your precise free kick skills, lying down would be useless!
Wang Ai was on the court, and of course no one would compete with him as the first penalty taker. He stepped back seventeen or eight steps, as if a bowstring was fully drawn. There was silence in the stadium, and the fans were used to Wang Ai taking the penalty directly.
Stay quiet during free kicks.
Small steps, high-frequency running, and the muffled sound at the moment of contact with the ball echoed in the Workers' Stadium with more than 50,000 people. The football bypassed the wall and went straight into the blind corner.
This speed, this power, and this accuracy are all much higher than other players!
This is Wang Ai's first goal in this Asian Cup! In the first group match before, he also got a free kick opportunity, but failed to score in the end.
Wang Ai, who was celebrating, deliberately ran past the Iraqi defender who had just pushed him, not caring about the opponent's ugly face. However, he paid special attention in the next game.
In the 29th minute of the game, when he received Li Ming's overhead ball, he suddenly jumped up to avoid it. An Iraqi defender bumped into Wang Ai's back. Wang Ai moved two meters in the air, staggered and fell. This time,
The referee did not give a free kick, but gave a verbal warning and an indirect free kick.
Shao Jia stood behind the football with his eyes wide open and rubbed his hands. The Chinese team's leading headers rushed into the Iraqi penalty area and started arguing with the opponent's players. Shao Jia stood sideways on the side of the football. The referee blew a whistle and he came out.
He suddenly turned around while kicking his foot, and the ball did not go into the penalty area, but was kicked to the side and behind!
Just as the Iraqi defender rushed forward and the Iraqi midfielder rushed to catch up, the Chinese team's midfielder Zhao Junzhe got out of the way, and the disheveled Luo Tongliang broke out of the crowd, facing the football accelerated by Shao Jiayi, and kicked the ball
shoot!
Li Weifeng and Xu Yunlong, two defenders who are masters of headers, were chasing the football, preparing to grab the header, but they saw Luo Tong standing next to Zhao Junzhe with a smirk on his face. Look at that posture, look at that action... eh, I
go!
The two men hurriedly moved to both sides. During the physical examination of the Chinese national team, Luo Tongliang ranked first in leg strength and long-range shooting speed!
The Iraqi defender, who was not afraid of death, wanted to intercept the ball, but the ball was too fast and he had no time to react.
In the not-quite-quiet Workers' Stadium, everyone heard a "bang" clearly! The goal in the camera lens trembled! The ball hit the crossbar and bounced outside the goal line, but
Before the goalkeeper had time to react, it strangely bounced into the goal again!
It can only be said that he was very lucky! After all, this was not a long-range shot prepared by Luo Tongliang himself. He had enough time and a familiar enough ball path.
In the 35th minute of the game, when Wang Ai was interspersing with Shao Jia in the frontcourt, he was kicked without the ball. Wang Ai, who was looking at the six lanes, dodged and failed to kick the ball, but he still fell down obediently.
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This time, the referee was very straightforward and gave a penalty kick!
Zheng Zhi stepped forward to take the penalty and made it in one fell swoop, rewriting the score to 4:0.
In the next ten minutes of the first half, Wang Ai simply did not seek to score a goal seriously. Instead, he repeatedly teased the Iraqi defenders and made noises everywhere. But this time, everyone was cautious around him, for fear of being touched by him.
