"The Japanese team has had a player sent off in less than 10 minutes since the start of the match! Endo Baoren committed two fouls in three minutes, both against Captain Qin. The second time, he was sent off with a red card! Captain Qin used his skills to break through Endo Baoren, causing him to lose his mind. He paid the price for his impulsive behavior. Now, China has one more player to play! "
In the stands of the Khalifa International Stadium, the Japanese fans' mood was similar to that of the players on the field: righteous indignation!
Full of anger, they all accused Qin Xiong of being immoral on the field!
He had gone too far!
The China fans cheered and applauded for Endo Baoren's departure!
They felt that Endo Baoren had overestimated himself.
He thought too highly of himself.
So what if he had been fouled by Captain Qin once, twice, thrice, or four times?
Wasn't that normal?
Did he think he was Gattuso, Makelele, Vieira, or Essien?
With his level, he would only be a second-rate player in Europe. He was not even a first-rate player. Don't talk about dignity in front of a first-rate player!
Zaccheroni's face turned ashen when he saw Endo Baoren being sent off.
The Japanese team's strongest defensive midfielder was sent off!
So how should they play this match?
Should they continue to replace the defensive midfielder?
Who should they replace during the offense?
They must have a center forward, right? If they did not even have a center forward, then they could only rely on their outside shots and luck.
Shinji Okaki, Keisuke Honda, Makoto Hasebe, none of them could be replaced!
Jungo Fujimoto had the defensive responsibility. If he was replaced, it would be a waste of a spot.
Zaccheroni was in a dilemma.
In the end, he decided not to replace him. He reminded the team to stay calm!
But how could the Japanese players on the field listen?
Football players were hot-blooded and full of vigor. How could they be willing to let their teammates suffer such humiliation?
They wanted to launch a frenzied offensive to destroy China!
Only in this way could they wash away the humiliation!
Before China kicked off, Qin Xiong reminded his teammates with a dignified expression: Maintain a good mentality and the tactics set before the match will not change!
Even if China was in the lead, they still had to play defensive counterattack.
The effect of defeating Endo Baoren was better than Qin Xiong imagined.
And now, he did not need to deliberately target any of the opponent's players.
That was because the Japanese team did not make any adjustments to their defense. In other words, with one less defender, the Japanese team's defensive space in the backfield had expanded!
It was enough for Qin Xiong's play.
The Japanese team's offense was very wild, but the Chinese team's defense was firm.
In the 21st minute of the match, Qin Xiong sprinted forward after starting the ball on the left wing.
When Hasebe Makoto came to help defend against him, Qin Xiong's control of the ball under his feet changed. As soon as he paused, Hasebe Makoto stretched out his foot to intercept. Before his foot touched the football, Qin Xiong suddenly changed direction and crossed in front of Hasebe Makoto.
After Qin Xiong came to the middle of the penalty area, he faced the opponent's defensive line. Mai Yoshida and Taisuki Imano had just shrunk the middle to prevent Qin Xiong from breaking through, but Qin Xiong stuffed the ball diagonally into the right side of the penalty area!
Zhang Pengfei bypassed Chōtomo Yuto and got close to the end line. He had a chance to pass!
Han Peng rushed to the goal from the middle of the penalty area. China's attack was deep to the extreme!
That forced Taisuki Imano and Mai Yoshida to retreat to the small penalty area.
But Zhang Pengfei knocked the ball back to a position near the penalty spot before the end line.
The Japanese defenders turned their heads and saw Qin Xiong blocking Baoren Makoto's forward charge. Baoren Makoto was very uncomfortable because he had already stepped into the penalty area. He was obviously not as good as Qin Xiong in terms of physical confrontation. He could not intercept with his foot, and he did not dare to make too big of a move with his hands.
He was afraid of giving China a penalty kick.
When Qin Xiong rushed to the penalty spot, he had already shaken off Baoren Makoto and directly kicked the goal!
At such a close distance to the goal, Qin Xiong's shot could be said to be earth-shattering. People's eyes could not catch the trajectory of the football at all. In a trance, the football had already flown into the upper left corner of the goal!
In the stands of the Khalifa International Stadium, the cheers of the China fans resounded through the sky!
After Qin Xiong scored the goal, he stood in the Japanese team's penalty area and waved to his teammates around him, asking them to come over and celebrate the goal together.
Han Peng and Zhang Pengfei came to Qin Xiong's side. The three of them hugged each other's shoulders.
Zhang Pengfei smiled at Qin Xiong and said, "Are you angering the Japanese team?"
Qin Xiong smiled and said, "Of course, a rational beast is difficult to tame. Only by making the beast crazy can it expose its weakness and give it a fatal blow. The longer we celebrate here, the more we can make them crazy! "
Zhang Pengfei laughed when he heard that. Han Peng did not expect Qin Xiong to have such a plan. He immediately admired him.
"The China team scored! Captain Qin once again opened the scoring for the China team in the AFC Asian Cup final!
Who else could it be? Who else could it be?
Who else could it be but me, Captain Qin!
He received Zhang Pengfei's inverted triangular return pass and shot the goal!
The Japanese team's goalkeeper, Kawashima Nagashi, took a step back and sat down in the goal. He seemed to be scared silly!
Captain Qin at his peak was unstoppable. Endo Takahito was sent off, Baoren Makoto could not withstand Captain Qin's crushing, and then the Japanese team lost the goal!
China leads Japan 1: 0! "
Qin Xiong walked to the backfield with his teammates with a proud look. He was naturally provoking the Japanese team.
The Japanese team was indeed more involved in the attack after the game restarted. They were not only seeking revenge compared to before, but the actual score was already behind.
Zaccheroni felt that he had completely lost control of the team.
It could be said that from the fifth minute of the game, everything was not on the track he had expected.
It was more like it was under the control of the China team's captain, Qin Xiong!
The gaps in the Japanese team's rear defensive line were getting bigger and bigger, and there were more and more flaws.
The China team's counterattack was strong. Qin Xiong relied on his personal ability to complete breakthroughs, as if humiliating the Japanese players again and again.
In the 36th minute of the game, Qin Xiong received Sun Xiang's pass from the end line on the left side and dribbled horizontally into the penalty area.
Uchida Tokuto stood in front of Qin Xiong in a defensive posture. Qin Xiong dribbled slowly and pretended to pass the ball to Han Peng in the penalty area. But his feet shook and the football was buckled to the end line, a breakthrough route that Uchida Tokuto did not expect.
Qin Xiong dribbled the ball into the penalty area close to the end line, and Yoshida Ma rushed up to intercept. Qin Xiong once again burst out with speed to the outside and changed direction to get rid of Yoshida Ma.
Then Qin Xiong controlled the ball to advance to the middle, getting closer and closer to the goal.
Something incredible happened.
The Japanese team's other center back, Yasuyuki Imano, was a full four meters away from Qin Xiong, but he chose to shovel!
After he finished his forward inertia of shoveling the ball, he was still more than a meter away from Qin Xiong!
Everyone on the scene could not figure out what Yasuyuki Imano was doing!
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