When Lee Rongpyo knocked down Qin Xiong, he realized that Qin Xiong was just trying to stall for time!
The referee walked towards him, and he immediately pointed at Qin Xiong to protest to the referee. He used Qin Xiong's immoral act of delaying the game as a reason to justify his foul.
But he could not change the referee's decision. He pulled out a yellow card and gave it to Lee Rongpyo, and then pulled out another card, a red one!
"Lee Rongpyo has two yellow cards and one red card! He's going to leave the field! His foul action is simply a wrestling action. There is no problem with this decision. Plus, he received a yellow card in the first half. Now he has only himself to blame for being sent off with a red card. Both of Lee Rongpyo's yellow cards are related to Qin Xiong. It is no exaggeration to say that Lee Rongpyo is completely defeated in front of Qin Xiong! "
The South Korean team had one less player. This situation stimulated the mentality of the China team. They were even more determined to tenaciously hold on to the 2: 1 score.
Qin Xiong began to stall for time. He and Shao Jiayi dawdled for a long time at the kickoff point for the free kick. After Shao Jiayi kicked the ball to Qin Xiong, Shao Jiayi quickly ran to the backfield.
Qin Xiong directly dribbled the ball to the corner area, using the bottom line and the sideline as a barrier. He used his body to resist the South Korean team's encirclement.
His strong muscle strength played a huge role at this moment. The South Korean team could only break the ball out of the bottom line.
Deafening boos came from the nearby stands.
Qin Xiong did not care. The corner kick was kicked out, and it was the same routine.
The scene was very strange.
The other players of the China team were in the middle and backfield. Qin Xiong was the only one in the front to protect the ball in the corner area. Zhang Pengfei, who kicked off for him, was the same as Shao Jiayi. He ran to the backfield after the kickoff.
After this wave of exhaustion, the time had passed the second minute of injury stoppage time. There was only one minute left.
The South Korean team launched a simple and crude rushing tactic. Li Weifeng's header, coupled with Liu Yi's aerial header, the football returned to the South Korean team's half of the field. Kim Nanyi once again hung the ball to the front field, but he kicked the ball directly out of the end line!
The final whistle sounded!
The Seoul World Cup Stadium was dead silent.
In front of China's technical area, the coaching staff and the substitutes cheered and hugged each other.
"The Chinese team has won! China won! We won! We won the first match of the world's top 8 in Korea's home ground! Furthermore, they had taken all three points from the South Korean team, who was one of the favorites to advance to the next round! This was an extremely difficult battle, but the China team continued their performance from last year. They worked together and defeated the powerful Korean team! Congratulations to the China team! I hope we can continue to move forward with determination. This is only the first match of the quarter-finals. There are still five matches waiting for us. Let's cheer together: China Team, come on! "
The South Korean players stood where they were with blank looks on their faces, as if they could not accept this result.
Was he dreaming?
If it was a nightmare, why hadn't she woken up yet?
At home, not only did they not defeat the China team that they disdained, they did not even get a draw!
Qin Xiong exhaled deeply at the moment the final whistle sounded, and then took off his soaked jersey. Because it was February and the weather was cold, he would wear a tight vest under his jersey today. Although the vest covered it, the outline of his perfect muscles on his upper body was still clearly visible.
He high-fived his teammates one by one to celebrate and stepped to the front of the stands where the visiting fans were.
The longer one stayed in the professional football circle, the more one could understand how precious it was to have fans come from afar to cheer for you.
With the jersey on his shoulder, he faced a group of China fans who flocked to the front of the stands. They took photos with their cameras, cheered, and waved, hoping that Qin Xiong could interact with them.
Qin Xiong applauded them and bowed slightly to thank them. Finally, he threw the jersey on his shoulder into the stands, turned around, and walked firmly to the players' tunnel.
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The news of China's away victory over South Korea by 2: 1 had not yet been sent back to China, but it had already set off a huge wave in Chinese football because countless fans were watching the television broadcast at the same time. In countless cities, countless fans sang and danced, and toasted to celebrate.
The captain of the China national team, Qin Xiong, had become a god in the hearts of Chinese fans.
The South Korean football world criticized the South Korean team's performance on the field.
The ineffective Park Chu-Yong had become the target of public criticism.
The South Korean team underestimated the enemy and carelessly gave China several chances to fight back in the first half. The tactical arrangement was also criticized.
"The AFC Asian Cup championship may not be convincing. South Korea and Japan will not do their best for the AFC Asian Cup because South Korea and Japan pay more attention to the cultivation and training of the new generation of players. But it is undeniable that after the China team won the AFC Asian Cup championship, the appearance of the new generation leader, Qin Xiong, has greatly stimulated the improvement of the China team's strength! The midfielder, Qin Xiong, who plays for the Premier League powerhouse Arsenal, has proven himself in the Premier League. He is one of the best players in Europe. The South Korean team despises the China team only because of the comparison of the overall strength. But this does not mean that Qin Xiong is on the same level or not far from the other players in the game. Give him enough space and a certain amount of team support, and he is the king of Asian football! His performance of passing and shooting in the game has proved this point. We have to admit that his way of scoring, using the rainbow pass to defeat the South Korean team's entire defensive line, and then using his personal ability to play with Choi Jenzhe, this is his personal ability to the point where he stands out from the crowd! The South Korean team underestimated the enemy and was unprepared in the first game of the Asian quarter-finals. Although the South Korean team began to face the opponent in the second half and showed the strength they should have, the result could not be changed! "
In addition to the specific analysis of the South Korean team's defeat, the South Korean media pointed out two reasons. The first was that they underestimated the enemy and gave China several excellent chances to fight back in the first half. The second was their mentality. When they found that the game did not develop as they expected, the change in mentality affected their performance.
At the same time, they also criticized China's conservative playing style, believing that the China team was learning the passive style of European football that violated the rules of football.
No matter what the South Korean side thought, when it came to China's media, China's victory became a competition of wisdom and mentality.
Some football commentators even liked to use Sun Tzu's Art of War to whitewash China's defensive tactics.
Qin Xiong's goal became a small program in the commercial breaks of major sports television stations.
Qin Xiong did not return to China. After the game that night, he took a plane to London.
After boarding the plane, he rested in the first-class cabin. His private team gave him a massage to relax his muscles on the plane. Freddy was also beside him. Qin Xiong fell asleep during the massage. He played a game that did not make him feel carefree, because the China team's tactics were too passive, which limited his performance to a large extent. To put it bluntly, he did not play to his heart's content and was not happy. But in the national team, the result of the game was more important than anything else. He would not be above the team, so his excitement after the game was very low and he fell asleep when exhaustion overwhelmed him.
Freddy took pictures of Qin Xiong receiving treatment on the plane and of him falling asleep and sent them to the China media, in order to make Qin Xiong a more famous star player.
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