host must win

Chapter 525 A Difficult Game

Iranian fans have been putting pressure on the Chinese team through the momentum they created since the players of the two teams entered the stadium.

The Chinese team retreated to their own half, and even retreated into the 30 meters area, trying their best to defend well.Even Yin Jun and Dong Fangzhuo have almost become the midfielders of the Chinese team. Only Li Jinyu is cruising in the frontcourt, but most of them are harassing the opponent's central defender and defense.

The midfield is completely suppressed, and it is difficult for him to get a chance by himself.

Since Arihan took over the Chinese team, he first focused on the defense, then the midfield, and finally transformed the offense.Because of the existence of Yin Jun, the Chinese team's offensive problems have been solved, but Li Tie's serious injury has disrupted all the team's plans.In desperation, Alihan could only accumulate numbers on the back.

Just like in this game, Alihan has three defensive midfielders, Shao Jiayi, Zhao Junzhe and Xiao Zhanbo, Yin Jun continues to be the front midfielder, and the striker is a combination of Dong Fangzhuo and Li Jinyu.

Such a set of midfielders has already clearly stated Alihan's intention, that is to defend, strictly guard against death!

But when the game started, the Chinese team realized that they were under unprecedented pressure.Including midfielder Yin Jun and striker Dong Yuzhuo, they were all forced to be near the penalty area line of their own team and became de facto midfielders.

In fact, if Yin Jun hadn't explicitly asked Li Jinyu to be at the forefront, I'm afraid he would have retreated to his own half to participate in the defense.

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Yin Jun made it very clear to Li Jinyu that his role before returning to his own defense line was very limited, after all, he was not a defensive player in the first place.On the contrary, if he is in the front, it will be a threat and containment to Iran's defense.

After all, because of the existence of Yin Jun, the Chinese team may grab the ball in the midfield at any time, and then play a quick counterattack.If there is no one in front when the opportunity comes, wouldn't it be a waste of the opportunity created by Yin Jun?

Second, if even he retreats, no one can stand against Iran's defense, then the Iranian team is bound to drive straight in and press further, which will be a deadly threat to the Chinese team.

In particular, once Iran is allowed to gain a firm foothold in front of the Chinese team's 30 meters area and control the situation, the Chinese team will be like meat on a chopping board and may be cut at any time.

Therefore, Yin Jun asked Li Jinyu that no matter how strong the Iranian team's offensive momentum is, he must cruise around the center line and must not take half a step back.

Iran has nothing to do about it, and they dare not let Li Jinyu ignore it, because they also know very well that the Chinese team with Yin Jun may send football to a dangerous area in their own half at any time, and Li Jinyu may create a deadly ball at any time. Murderous.

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After the game started, although the Chinese team played very hard, but because they unified their thinking before the game, they defended very steadily.

Iranian midfielder Karimi looked very lively at the start.As early as before the game, Karimi said in an interview with the Chinese media that he would avenge the Asian Cup at home.

According to Iranian domestic media reports, Karimi once revealed that he wanted to defeat Yin Jun to prove his gold content in the title of Asian Footballer of the Year.

Last year, the AFC passed a new resolution, that is, the selection of the Asian Footballer is only for players who play in the Asian League. Park Ji-sung, Japan's Ono Shinji, Nakata Hidetoshi and others are not eligible for the election.

Especially Yin Jun, as the double winner of World Footballer and European Ballon d'Or, failed to participate in the selection of Asian Footballer of the Year. would also be considered a misnomer.

Precisely because of this, Karimi is also holding back his energy to prove himself in this game.

From the very beginning of the game, he rushed left and right, frequently killing the Chinese team near the penalty area, forming a considerable threat.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng, the central defender of the Chinese team, performed very steadily in the penalty area and organized the defense in an orderly manner. They did not give Karimi or the Iranian team a chance.

Of course, the Chinese team also failed to create an absolute scoring opportunity.Although under the leadership of Yin Jun, he played several counterattacks, but in the end they were unable to break through the goal of the Iranian team.

Until the end of the first half, the score remained at 0:0.

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After the start of the second half, the Iranian team once again launched a fierce offensive against the Chinese team's goal, hoping to take advantage of the Chinese team's unstable foothold to take the lead.

The game has passed halftime, and the Iranian team has not yet taken the lead, which is extremely unfavorable to them.

The Iranian team knows very well that if they really have to wait for the next round to fight Japan away, that would be a very bad thing.

When the Iranian team stepped up its offensive, the Chinese team's goalkeeper Li Leilei ushered in a bright moment.The first save after the start of the second half of the game, he soared into the air, swooped across the body, and slapped the football out of the bottom line with a single palm!
"Oh beautiful!" Huang Jianqiang cheered loudly while letting out a sigh of relief, "Li Leilei made a very successful save this time! It looks like he is in good shape today!"

After landing, Li Leilei rolled on the ground to relieve his strength, and then stood up directly. The whole set of movements was extremely chic. After getting up, he still didn't forget to shake his fingers in the direction of the Iranian players.

The offensive of the Iranian team continued, and it did not end because of Li Leilei's wonderful save this time.

After they got the corner kick, instead of sending the football directly to the goal, they made a change and took a tactical corner kick.After passing the pass from the wing, he suddenly passed the football.

Iranian striker Ali Daei, who had been ambushing in the middle, leaped high and grabbed the ball before Li Weifeng.But he didn't push the football directly to the goal of the Chinese team, but tapped it backwards!
Both Li Weifeng and Zheng Zhi rushed to nothing, and also shook Li Leilei.His whole body is like a spring compressed to the extreme, ready to pounce on Alidayi's side, but the football flies to the back point.

He didn't bother to see what was going on at the rear point, his feet were faster than his eyes, and as soon as he kicked out, he was like a racing car with a speed of 7000 taels, ejecting and flying to the rear point!

When he was up in the air, he could see clearly the situation at the back point—Iranian defender Gormuhammadi rushed to the goal from behind, and headed out to meet the rubbed football!

"Be careful!!" Huang Jianqiang and He Wei exclaimed almost at the same time.

The Iranian defender hit the football in the middle of his forehead, and the ball zigzag and flew towards the goal that was close at hand.Li Leilei also threw his hand, but he was a step too late, arriving at the moment the football flew across the goal line, and only caught a cloud of flowing air.

"Oops!" The two commentators looked up to the sky and sighed.

The cheering decibels of the Azadi Stadium reached a new high, like an insurmountable peak.

(End of this chapter)