host must win

Chapter 381 Semifinal opponent

After the game, the media had good and bad comments on the Chinese team's quarter-finals. Some media thought that the Chinese team's performance in the first 60 minutes of the game was too conservative, which was a shame for the strong team.

However, most media still believe that Ali Han's strategy is very appropriate.Without the strangulation and consumption of the Chinese team against Iraq in the first 10 minutes, there would be no such victory.In the first six and 10 minutes, it seemed that the Chinese team played very conservatively, but it consumed the opponent's physical energy and fighting spirit very well. Then, when the Chinese team really exerted its strength, Iraq had no resistance. , Only then did the devastating offensive in the last three to ten minutes.

This is like playing a double button. If you have more main cards, you can choose to hang them up and clear all the opponent's main cards, and then you can easily crush your opponent.

Alihan used this tactic in this game.Because the strength of the Chinese team was obviously stronger than that of the Iraqi Olympic team that was going to participate in the Athens Olympics next, so Alihan chose to consume the opponent first, and then crushed the opponent with absolute strength advantage, defeating the opponent.

As for tactics, it is reasonable to say what is public, and what is right to say is right, but the ultimate measure is the outcome of the game.In the end, if you win, you have played well, but if you fail, you have screwed up.

And Alihan finally became the winner in this game, and he won by a large score. Therefore, even if a few people have some criticisms about his tactics, it doesn't hurt. The overall evaluation of him is still tending to be positive.

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Of course, many people believe that Yin Jun still played a decisive role in the Chinese team's final victory.

When the Chinese team and Iraq started to strangle and consume, Yin Jun played a role in stabilizing the situation.His strong ability to hold the ball forced Iraq to use two to three players to defend him in a targeted manner, which was a huge drag and consumption for Iraq.

And when the Chinese team launched a general attack, Yin Jun showed his super organizational skills and scoring ability.In just half an hour when the Chinese team launched a general attack, Yin Jun scored two goals and two assists, and almost killed the game by himself.

It can be said that in the game against Iraq, Yin Jun undoubtedly highlighted his role as a superstar.Even in the four games that have been played, Yin Jun has fully exerted his influence.

在有殷俊出战的三场比赛里，中国队都取得了大比分的胜利：5:2胜巴林，7:0胜印尼，又5:0胜伊拉克。而在殷俊缺阵的一场比赛里，中国队则是1:0险胜卡塔尔。

Especially in the match against Bahrain, when Yin Jun was on the court, the score of the Chinese team was 5:0, but after he left the court, the score of the Chinese team was 0:2!

The same game also shows the strength of the Bahrain team.This shows that it is not a fluke that they can beat Qatar, Indonesia and Uzbekistan all the way to break into the semi-finals of this Asian Cup.

Before the fierce battle between the Chinese team and Iraq at the Workers' Stadium, in the Land of Abundance, the Bahrain team drew 2:2 with Uzbekistan, another team that had won three consecutive victories in the group stage. Finally, in the brutal penalty shootout, Bahrain defeated the opponent 4:3, thus advancing to the semi-finals for the first time.

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On the last day of July, at the Jiangzhou Olympic Sports Center, the third round of the quarter-finals was whistled, and the Japanese team competed with Jordan.

This Japanese team is not the strongest lineup, because many international players including Hidetoshi Nakata were not selected.However, they still relied on their overall strength to overwhelm Iran and advance to the quarterfinals as the number one in the group.

In the quarter-finals against Bahrain, the Japanese team struggled.The two sides fought 90:120 in 1 minutes and 1 minutes, and then the quarter-finals of this Asian Cup ushered in the second penalty shootout.

In the game between Japan and Jordan, the biggest controversy appeared in the penalty shootout.In the second round of penalty kicks, the Japanese team Santo who took the first penalty kicked the penalty kick. The Japanese team fell behind 0:2. At this moment, the captain of the Japanese team No. The location of the penalty kick was changed from the north goal to the south goal. The reason is that the turf on the penalty point of the north goal is not good enough to affect the normal performance of the players of the two teams.The on-duty referee finally accepted this request, and after switching to the south goal, the Japanese team achieved a major reversal of the penalty kick.

The referee agreed to change the goal in the middle of the penalty shootout, which caused huge controversy after the game.

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After this game, at the Qilu Sports Center, the South Korean team and the Iranian team launched a fierce battle to compete for the final four seats.

在小组赛中，韩国2胜1平积7分以小组首位出线，而伊朗在D组取得1胜2平的成绩。

South Korea and Iran can be said to be a pair of old enemies. As early as 8 years ago in the Asian Cup, the two teams had a confrontation. At that time, Iran unexpectedly won 6:2.In the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup four years ago, with Lee Dong-guk scoring twice, South Korea succeeded in revenge 2:1.

In terms of strength, South Korea has a slight advantage, but Madavikia and Ali Daei are players that South Korean defenders must defend closely.

Before the game, the media seemed to be more optimistic about South Korea's entry into the semi-finals.However, after an offensive battle, Iran had the last laugh.Karimi scored a hat-trick. Although South Korea tried to tie the score after falling behind three times, they finally lost 3:4.

South Korean striker Lee Dong-guk also scored four goals in this game, tying Yin Jun in the scorer list and tied for the top spot with Iranian striker Karimi who scored a hat-trick.

However, since Yin Jun and Karimi will continue to participate in the competition, the South Korean team has already been eliminated, which makes Li Dongguo actually eliminated in the competition for the Golden Boot.

However, Li Dongguo himself is still living in his dream. He said in an interview with reporters after the game: "As long as Yin Jun and Kalimi don't score in the next game, I still have hope to be the top scorer."

Four quarter-finals have been played, and there are two typical trends in the Asian Cup. One is that the teams with a solid gate in the group stage suddenly become "weak", and none of the three teams reached the semi-finals; One East Asian team and two West Asian teams entered the semi-finals, and they happened to face each other in the semi-finals: Japan faced Bahrain, and China fought against Iran. The two semi-finals will become a complete dialogue between East and West Asian football.

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