"Unbelievable goal! China leads South Korea by 2: 0 in the away game! This is Qin Xiong's wonderful individual performance! His explosive power is too strong. When he broke through South Korea's entire defensive line, the visual impact of his speed was incredible! The young and mature Qin Xiong had always been calm and steady. His heart had been tempered by many big scenes, which made him calmer when handling the ball at a critical moment. Look at how he passed Choi Jhenzhe, who rushed over to defend, deftly used his thigh to kick the ball in the direction of Choi Jhenzhe's rush. The football just passed over Choi Jhenzhe's head. The South Korean veteran made a fool of himself. He actually jumped to head the ball after the football passed over his head, which made people not know whether to laugh or cry. No one thought that China would lead South Korea by 2: 0 in the Seoul World Cup Stadium! We saw China's unity and tactical execution ability. We grasped the limited counterattack opportunities! China, keep up the good work! "
There were also China fans who came to the Seoul World Cup Stadium. They cheered for Qin Xiong and the China team with joy!
Qin Xiong did not celebrate. He walked to the backfield after the goal and pointed to Shao Jiayi, praising him for his quick free kick and his timing.
The South Korean team suffered a heavy blow in the first half. The starting center forward was brought off in a slump and the starting winger left the field with a serious injury. The score board showed a score that was enough to shake the South Korean football world.
0:2
International practice.
The home team was in front!
South Korea was two goals behind China at home!
Walking into the locker room during halftime, Ali Khan praised the team's performance and did not make any tactical changes. After the players rested for a while and were ready to play, Qin Xiong walked out of the locker room with his teammates. He constantly reminded his teammates to stay calm and not to be distracted.
His teammates nodded. It could be seen that Qin Xiong's core position and soul role in the national team was becoming more and more prominent.
In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again. The spirit of every player in the South Korean team changed. They did not panic and also calmed down from the anger of their teammate's serious injury in the first half.
They were a more mature team than China. They were used to big scenes and knew how to adjust themselves when they were behind.
The South Korean team seemed to have restarted the match from the second half. They stabilized their defensive line and stabilized their mentality. Even though there were two big adjustments in the front line, they did not become too impatient and re-established their tacit cooperation.
As time passed, the China team still had chances to counterattack, but the Korean team's defensive strategy began to work.
Like Park Ji-sung, he already understood that if he wanted to restrict the China team, he had to compress the space. Otherwise, as long as Qin Xiong could coordinate with one or two of his teammates, then Qin Xiong's threat would be unstoppable.
Therefore, when defending, Park Ji-sung would let his teammates run directly to the backfield at the cost of more stamina and no longer try to intercept Qin Xiong halfway. Of course, there would still be people who would harass Qin Xiong, but the key point was that there were more defensive players in the danger zone to compress the space and cut off the China team's simple offensive formation.
China team could no longer make a threatening counterattack. Qin Xiong often counterattacked with Li Yirong behind him, and Park Ji-sung would run back to the defensive line to form a double defensive midfielder with Jin Nanyi. In addition, there was only one fullback on the defensive line to assist. At least three fullbacks were guaranteed to defend against China's counterattacks. It was difficult for Qin Xiong to break through this "123" defensive zone by himself.
The South Korean team's offense only started to pick up in the 70th minute of the match. Jeong Jinghao, Xue Qixuan, and Ahn Zhenghuan formed a tacit cooperation and their offensive system began to break out in full force.
The South Korean team displayed their advantages of good overall stamina, strong technical ability, smooth cooperation, and stable ball control.
They started to suppress the China team as a whole.
This kind of suppression made Qin Xiong unable to reverse the situation.
As the core of the team, his passing organization needed to be responded to. When his teammates were under the pressure of the South Korean team's powerful offense, their performance began to decline. That was caused by nervousness.
Qin Xiong did not struggle or get angry. He simply moved further back to participate in the defense of the rear defensive line. He assisted in the defense through his own observation, mainly to guard against the threat of the South Korean players who came in from behind. Among them, Park Ji-sung and Li Yirong were the main players.
In the 72nd minute of the match, Qin Xiong used his body to block Park Ji-sung's shot from the penalty area.
Three minutes later, he sprinted at full speed from the flank of the penalty area and destroyed Li Yirong's excellent opportunity to receive Xue Qixuan's cross pass.
In the 77th minute, Liu Yi headed the ball in front of the goal line to clear An Zhenghuan's shot.
In the 78th minute, An Zhenghuan broke through Li Weifeng in the penalty area. Liu Yi made a heroic save to block An Zhenghuan's shot.
The China team appeared to be trembling under the suppression of the South Korean team's powerful overall offensive firepower.
Qin Xiong would control the ball more during the counterattack and bring the football to the danger zone, waiting for the South Korean team to encircle and suppress, to buy more time for his teammates to breathe.
In the 82nd minute of the match, the China team made a substitution. Li Jinyu, who had almost no performance in the second half, was replaced by Xu Yunlong.
In the 83rd minute, Qin Xiong sent a wonderful pass to Zhang Pengfei over the top. Unfortunately, Zhang Pengfei's shooting angle was too small, but he cleverly won a corner kick for the China team.
The South Korean team used all their skills to launch a fierce attack in the final period. It had to be admitted that the South Korean team's fighting spirit was stronger than the China team. If it was the China team in the closing stage of the match where they were behind 0: 2, their fighting spirit and calm mentality would definitely not be as good as the South Korean team.
In the 86th minute of the match, the South Korean team launched a wave of chaotic attacks. Park Ji-sung bombarded the China team's goal from the outside with a long shot. Xu Yunlong used his body to block the football from flying to the goal. The football bounced near Xue Qi Hyun, but he did not shoot. Instead, he used his outside foot to stuff the ball into the empty space in the ribs.
After shaking off Sun Jihai, Zheng Jinghao rushed to the penalty area. The angle of the shot in front of the goal was very narrow. Unexpectedly, Zheng Jinghao did not forcibly lift his foot and actually passed the ball across!
An Zhenghuan outflanked the goal and sent the ball into the goal!
"The South Korean team has pulled a goal back. The game may still have about five minutes including injury stoppage time. Can the China team withstand the huge offensive pressure of the South Korean team? We can only cheer for the China team together! "
The South Korean team did not celebrate the goal. Several players in the front field quickly ran to the backfield. Under the deafening cheers of the "Republic of Korea" in the Seoul World Cup Stadium, the China team could not bear the pressure.
After the restart of the match, the South Korean players in the front field rushed forward like crazy and launched a counterattack. Qin Xiong told Zhang Pengfei to switch positions before the kickoff. Zhang Pengfei returned to the backfield to participate in the defense. The China team did not have a striker, but Qin Xiong was in the front.
He received a pass from Zhao Junchul on the right side of the front field and slowly moved forward along the sideline. Park Ji-sung rushed from behind. At this time, Jin Nanyi did not care too much and quickly rushed to the sideline. Qin Xiong took advantage of the rhythm and suddenly burst forward to dribble the ball. He shook off the two players and then looked like he was going to make a dragon's move.
In front of Li Rongpyo, Qin Xiong suddenly slowed down again. When Li Rongpyo rushed up to snatch the ball, Qin Xiong deftly pushed the ball to the back of Li Rongpyo and then accelerated to rush past him. Then, he slowed down again. He did not rush into the South Korean penalty area at all. Li Rongpyo snatched the ball back, Qin Xiong pulled the ball back and passed Li Rongpyo again!
Li Rongpyo angrily hugged Qin Xiong to make him lose his balance and fall to the ground.
The referee's whistle sounded!
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