Today, I will explode!
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"CCTV, CCTV, the 2004 AFC Asian Cup final will be held in Beijing Worker's Stadium. We will be broadcasting the match live for you.
China's performance in this year's AFC Asian Cup is very eye-catching. It seems that the team's fighting power has improved qualitatively. We have won five matches in a row in the group stage and the knockout stage. Our opponent is the last AFC Asian Cup champion, Japan!
The changes in the China team are obvious to all. The young captain Qin Xiong is the representative of the new force. Liu Yi, Zhang Pengfei, Shao Jiayi, Zheng Zhi, Sun Xiang and other players have begun to support the backbone of the national team. They have contributed greatly to the national team's victory in this tournament.
As the defending champion of the AFC Asian Cup, Japan's strength is among the top in Asia. In the past year's friendly matches, they defeated the Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium and drew with England during their training in Europe, showing the strength of Asia's super-class.
However, Japan was a little arrogant in this year's AFC Asian Cup. Many of their main players did not sign up for the tournament. Manager Zico led the Japanese team with a combination of the first and second team. We can call it a 1.5 Japanese team.
But even so, Japan still made it to the final and fought to defend their AFC Asian Cup title!
Below is the starting lineup of both teams.
China's starting lineup: 442.
Goalkeeper: Liu Yunfei.
Defenders: Sun Jihai, Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng, Sun Xiang.
Midfielders: Zhang Pengfei, Qin Xiong, Liu Yi, Shao Jiayi.
Forwards: Hao Haidong, Li Jinyu.
It is worth mentioning that China's veteran striker, Hao Haidong, ushered in the milestone of his 100th match for the national team. Today, he played with an injury and his head was wrapped in gauze. This fighting spirit is worth learning from all the players in the China team. We also hope that he can play well in his 100th match for the national team and help China pick up the AFC Asian Cup trophy. That will be the most wonderful commemoration of his 100th match!
Japan's starting lineup is also a 442 formation.
Goalkeeper: Kawaguchi Yoshinori.
Defenders: Tanaka Cheng, Miyamoto Tsunekage, Kadi Ryo, Nakazawa Yuji.
Midfielders: Koji Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura, Third Head, Fuji Takashi.
Forwards: Takayuki Suzuki, Koishi Tamada.
We saw the captain of the China team, Qin Xiong, and the captain of the Japan team, Miyamoto Tsunekaze, come to the referees and exchange flags. They are going to decide who will kick off first. "
Although Qin Xiong was standing face to face with the Japanese captain, Hattori Miyamoto, his eyes swept over the Japanese midfield core, Shunsuke Nakamura.
The competitiveness of the AFC Asian Cup was not strong. In other words, the position of the Asian super-class in today's world football was only at the bottom of the first-rate. For example, the South Korean team in the 2002 World Cup semi-finals was not representative.
Therefore, the top teams in Asia would more or less have the goal of training their players for the AFC Asian Cup.
For example, South Korea had screwed up and lost to Iran in the quarterfinals.
On the other hand, the Japanese team's advancement was actually very thrilling. They might not even be as strong as the China team. This was also understandable. Their line-up had too little run-in time, and they only had training a week before the start of the AFC Asian Cup.
Compared to the current lineup, the Japanese team lacked Atsushi Yanagi, Naoto Takahara, Hidetoshi Nakata, Junichi Inamoto, and Shinji Ono. But it was still one of the best lineups that Japan could send.
Tanaka Seiji and Koishi Tamada were newcomers who had just been selected for the national team. Yuji Nakazawa, Takashi Fuji, and Ryo Kaji had just entered the main lineup from the sidelines.
It was undeniable that the Japanese football team had an admirable perseverance and vision for long-term construction planning. They were constantly innovating and accelerating the replacement of the team. This was also related to the emergence of the number of Japanese talents. The increasingly prosperous lower level of the football team could support the dazzling upper level of the national team.
But at this moment, on the stage of the AFC Asian Cup final, Qin Xiong could not care so much. Japan might be indisputably better than China in terms of the overall football environment.
But the game had to be played.
Japan did not send their strongest line-up, and it had nothing to do with Qin Xiong.
As long as they won the game, who cared what team they sent?
If the opponent did not take it seriously and wanted to train the players, would I not take it seriously?
Under the enthusiastic cheers of the fans in the stadium, the Japanese team took the lead to kick off.
From the moment the Japanese team kicked off, Qin Xiong ran actively. But compared to his previous running to cover a defensive area, his running today was very targeted!
He stared at a player in the Japanese team's midfield.
The core of the organization.
Shunsuke Nakamura!
It could be said that without Shunsuke Nakamura, the Japanese team was like a sheet of loose sand, relying only on the scattered players to create opportunities on the field.
But under Shunsuke Nakamura's organization and mix, the Japanese team played football with a team effect.
When Koji Nakata passed the ball to Shunsuke Nakamura, Shunsuke Nakamura took the ball with his back. Before he turned around, he felt a huge pressure coming from behind him. Qin Xiong was squeezing his body from behind.
Shunsuke Nakamura, who returned to Asia from the Italian stadium, was no stranger to this kind of physical confrontation. At that moment, a contemptuous thought rose in his heart: Kid, you're still young!
Rashly coming on the ground and losing your center of gravity, hahaha!
It's a piece of cake to get past you.
Shunsuke Nakamura pulled the ball and turned sideways. He was sure that he felt the angle of Qin Xiong's center of gravity leaning forward behind him. After dodging, he wanted to get past Qin Xiong.
But he did not notice that when he began to pull the ball and turn around, Qin Xiong seemed to have predicted that the opponent would do this in advance and had already stabilized his center of gravity. Immediately after Shunsuke Nakamura pulled the ball and was about to dribble forward, Qin Xiong suddenly cut in front of him and separated Shunsuke Nakamura from the football at his feet!
Shunsuke Nakamura's eyes showed surprise, and he immediately wanted to counterattack.
But when he stepped around Qin Xiong's right side, Qin Xiong suddenly pulled the ball and turned from the left. The moment Qin Xiong brushed past Shunsuke Nakamura, he glanced at Shunsuke Nakamura from the corner of his eyes and saw Shunsuke Nakamura's gaze change from surprise to shock. He also let the other party see the bloodthirsty madness in his eyes!
No. 10 VS No. 10!
A real Asian showdown!
If you understand the weakness of the French team without Zidane, you will understand the importance of a true playmaker for a team!
Qin Xiong's first task in this game was simple: Beat Shunsuke Nakamura!
Cold sweat broke out on Shunsuke Nakamura's forehead at this moment.
What happened in just two or three seconds?
He failed to pass and was successfully tackled.
Then he failed to counterattack and was successfully bypassed by the opponent!
He turned to chase after Qin Xiong again, but found that he could not catch up with Qin Xiong at all.
Qin Xiong dribbled the ball directly from the midfield to the right side and passed the ball to Zhang Pengfei in front of Tomoshi Fuxi. The latter passed the ball diagonally to the front. Qin Xiong plugged in and ran forward. A two-over-one combination allowed the China team's attack to advance to the front of the opponent's penalty area.
Qin Xiong suddenly passed the ball to the back of the penalty area. Hao Haidong, who was injured, tried his best to head the ball from behind the goal post!
He headed the ball but could not head it straight. The football brushed the goal and went out.
Hao Haidong turned around and gave Qin Xiong a thumbs up.
Qin Xiong's imagination in passing would be the nightmare of the Japanese team's defenders today.
Qin Xiong immediately turned around and ran to the back of the field. His target was Shunsuke Nakamura.
Shunsuke Nakamura's ability to pass the ball was one of the best in Asia, but he was weak in confrontation. Moreover, his left foot was obviously stronger than his right foot.
Was this a problem?
Yes!
This meant that he was used to using his left foot. When defending, they could target and restrict his use of his left foot. For some difficult technical moves, most players would use their left foot to complete them. This gave the defensive players a short warning in advance when defending!
Qin Xiong could not beat Shunsuke Nakamura in confrontation, but today, Qin Xiong was more wild than before.
In his second confrontation with Shunsuke Nakamura, the two were competing for a 50-50 ball. When Shunsuke Nakamura made a move, Qin Xiong actually knocked him to the ground!
The referee whistled to signal that Qin Xiong had committed a foul. Qin Xiong said that it was a reasonable collision. Besides, Shunsuke Nakamura did not control the ball.
He stood next to Shunsuke Nakamura and argued with the referee. His attitude did not seem to be for the referee to see. Instead, he was silently despising Shunsuke Nakamura. Your confrontation is too weak!
Shunsuke Nakamura was helpless. His confrontation was weak compared to the European competition, but Qin Xiong was 20 kilograms heavier than him! This 20 kilograms was definitely not fat. The explosive power of his muscles gave Shunsuke Nakamura a headache.
He was more and more concerned about Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong was in his line of sight. The two were inseparable!
And every time Shunsuke Nakamura had a chance to receive a pass from his teammates, Qin Xiong would intercept or directly engage in a physical confrontation with Shunsuke Nakamura!
This caused Shunsuke Nakamura to be unable to effectively organize on the field. The Japanese team's offensive power was naturally greatly reduced. There was no order on the field. Their attacks in the front field often went wherever they wanted. Most of them went to a dead end and were successfully surrounded by China's partial defense!
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