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Chapter 631 : The first goal of the Asian Cup!
On January 04, local time in Sydney and Canberra is 30:06 pm, which is 30:[-] pm Beijing time.There is still half an hour before the start of the match between the Chinese team and Saudi Arabia, but there is already a sea of ​​red inside the Brisbane Stadium.

Many foreign students and working overseas Chinese from China and Australia, wearing the red home jersey of the Chinese team, filled more than half of the 5-person Brisbane Stadium, with at least 3 Chinese fans.

The fan versions of these fans are different, including the previous Adidas jerseys and the current new jerseys, but most of them are new jerseys, because many of them are wearing Li Zihan's NO.12 jersey.

They waved small five-star red flags in their hands, and printed the national flag on their faces. Various banners and slogans filled the entire Brisbane stadium.

The most eye-catching one is the banner that says "If you win, you can go crazy together, if you lose, you can carry it together!"

This game attracted the most attention from Chinese fans, because many people were not optimistic about the Chinese team before the game, even after a week of closed training.

Moreover, Saudi Arabia itself is a strong team. They are the winners of the Asian Cup three times, and they have participated in the World Cup finals several times.

More importantly, they are still the sufferers of the Chinese team. The Chinese team has not won a game in 18 years against Saudi Arabia.
Therefore, while domestic fans expect the national football team to have a good start in this game, they also understand that this game will be difficult for the Chinese team.

In fact, domestic fans believe that when facing Saudi Arabia and North Korea, the Chinese team should play a defensive counterattack every step of the way, strive to score one or two points in these two games, and then go to the Uzbekistan team. In this way, the Chinese team with four to five points still has the possibility of qualifying.

"CCTV, CCTV, dear viewers, here is a contest in Group B of the [-] Asian Cup group match. The Saudi Arabian team will play against the Chinese team. This match will be played by Huang Jianxiang and Hao Haidong at the Brisbane Stadium Bring it to everyone.”

This year's Asian Cup, a total of six commentators were sent to the Central Sports Channel and divided into three groups of partners.Among them, Huang Jianxiang partnered with former international player Hao Haidong, Liu Jianhong partnered with Li Ming, and He Wei partnered with Xu Yang.

This is also after leaving CCTV, Huang Jianxiang, Liu Jianhong and He Wei explained the game for CCTV at the same time.

"Let's first bring you the starting lineups of both sides. For the Chinese team, the goalkeeper is Wang Dalei, the defenders are Zhang Chengdong, Ren Hang, Mei Fang, Zhang Linpeng, the midfield combination is Wu Xi and captain Zheng Zhi, and the attacking combination is Li Zi. Han, Wu Lei and Wang Shangyuan are the new trident, which is a tailor-made attack combination for the national team, and above the center is Yu Hai, the center of Kweichow Moutai."

"For the Saudi Arabian team, the goalkeeper is Waleed Abdullah, the defenders are Omar Hausawi, Osama Hausawi, two brothers Saeed Movalad and Shahra Neh. Khaliri, Salim Dossari, Nawaf Abid, Salman Faraj in midfield and Hazzaz and Musta Fabasas up front."

After the necessary ceremonies, the national anthems of the two countries were played and the flags were raised, the match between the two sides officially began.

The Saudi Arabia team kicked off first, and the two center forwards made a tentative attack first, and then were intercepted by Zheng Zhi and Wu Xi in the midfield.

Then the Chinese team began to counterattack, but it was also a tentative attack.

Neither team had a decent offense in the early stages of the game, and most of them were tentative.

This game is boring, at least for now.

The commentators also introduced some off-court knowledge at the beginning. In the past, most of the commentators would introduce some customs and customs of the opponent Saudi Arabia.

But it’s different now. They have topics worthy of attention, such as this year’s unique national team, as well as their French head coach Perrin and even the team’s "funny comparison" and "translator brother". Of course, They talked more about Li Zihan.

"The Chinese team is mainly attacking in this period. The two midfielders of the captain Zheng Zhi and Wu Xi belong to the kind of all-around midfielders who can defend and attack. The front attacking midfielder trio Li Zihan, Wu Lei and The three of Wang Shangyuan belong to the kind of full-time offense. As for the defensive center Yu Haima, the most representative figure in world football is Fernando Torres." Huang Jianxiang still does not forget to joke.

After 10 minutes of the game, the Chinese team began to really organize the offense. At this time, the opponent's bottom line was almost determined.

Li Zihan took the ball and dribbled directly from the side. Judging from the previous 10-minute contest, the Saudi team's technical defense was not good, and most of their defense was physical.

So Li Zihan directly used his speed and technique to pass the opponent's full-back and full-back, so that the opponent couldn't even touch his body.

Facing the opponent's central defender and midfielder, Li Zihan passed the football to Wu Lei in the middle.In the past, Wu Lei belonged to the role of false number nine and number nine and a half in the national team. Most of the time, he hid behind the center and then rushed out suddenly to complete the fatal blow.

But now Wu Lei in the national team is a bit similar to Ozil in Arsenal, but he is not the organizational type, but the supporting type.He mainly followed Li Zihan's pace and rhythm, and was there to help at any time.

The organization and offense of the Chinese team are now handed over to Li Zihan, and even the captain Zheng Zhi is only responsible for a third-line link.

For many teams, organizing offense is a task and a responsibility.But in the Chinese team, no, in the Chinese team with Li Zihan, composition and offense are two responsibilities, and these two responsibilities are placed on Li Zihan.

After Wu Lei took the ball, he directly passed the Saudi midfielder Salim who was cutting over, and then swung his foot to hit the goal.

Center forward Yu Hai and Wang Shangyuan on the right side of the road immediately stepped forward to grab a point, preparing to prevent being saved by the goalkeeper after Wu Lei's shot, so they rushed to find opportunities for supplementary shots.

Of the two central defenders in Saudi Arabia, one has to follow center Yu Hai, and the other has to come up to block Wu Lei's shot.

But Wu Lei didn't intend to shoot either. This was a fake move, and he unexpectedly passed the football after the opponent stretched out his foot to be fooled.

"Wu Lei. Pass!! This is a pass!!!"

Li Zihan cut in from the wing and received a pass from Wu Lei behind the central defender.After such a long period of training and cooperation, the tacit understanding between the two of them has skyrocketed.

Especially during that week of closed training, Li Zihan, Wu Lei, Wang Shangyuan, Wu Xi, Liu Binbin, Yu Hai and Gao Lin improved a lot in their cooperation.This also made Perrin more confident about his attack line.

So when Li Zihan passed the football to Wu Lei, Wu Lei understood Li Zihan's intention, so the pass was just right.

Li Zihan didn't stop the ball, but turned sideways, used his chest to unload the pass, then swung his right foot and swung it out without waiting for the football to hit the ground.

The football and Li Zihan's right foot met in the air, and the two met with fierce sparks, and then the football flew towards the goal of Saudi Arabia.

Walid rushed forward, but the ball was so fast that it flew into the goal behind him before him.

"The ball went in!!!" Huang Jianxiang yelled loudly!
"Li Zihan, it really is Li Zihan!! No. 205 minutes into the game, an attack by the Chinese team. Li Zihan dribbled the ball from the side to disrupt the Saudi Arabia team's defense, and then Li Zihan handed the football to the middle laner No. [-] Wu Lei, after Wu Lei swayed away the opponent's central midfielder, he made a fake shot, and then passed the football to Li Zihan. Li Zihan unloaded the football with his chest very beautifully, and then raised his foot to shoot. The whole movement was beautiful, done in one go, and finally the ball flew into the goal."

"The cooperation between Li Zihan and Wu Lei is very tacit. If Wu Lei passes the ball a little later, the full-backs of the opponent's Saudi team will follow in and interfere with Li Zihan, and the opponent's goalkeeper will also notice Li Zihan's movement. .And if Wu Lei passed the ball early, Li Zihan would not have reached his position for the ball, and would end up offside, ending without a problem."

Li Zihan, who scored the goal, suddenly ran under the stands where the Chinese fans were most concentrated. At this time, the Chinese fans in the stands were already boiling, and their cheers were transmitted to the domestic TV broadcast through the microphones at the scene.

When Li Zihan came to the stands, he made a gesture of pressing his hands down. The Chinese fans in the carnival thought it was Li Zihan who came to celebrate with them, but after seeing Li Zihan's movements clearly, everyone knew what Li Zihan was doing. There is something to say.

The subsequent live broadcast also noticed this point, so they gave Li Zihan a close-up. At this time, the fans in the audience saw Li Zihan's actions through the live TV screen of the Brisbane Stadium.

Within a few seconds, the Chinese fans in the audience suddenly fell silent.

Li Zihan stood still on the spot very seriously, then he retracted his abdomen, puffed out his chest on purpose, finally clenched his right hand into a fist, and slapped the team emblem on his chest three times, Finally, point your right fist straight to the sky.

"Team China—rise up!!"

"The Chinese team --- rise up!!!"

All the fans were infected by Li Zihan's actions. Although they didn't know the specific meaning of Li Zihan's actions, they knew that this must be what Li Zihan was conveying to them.

Then Li Zihan was hugged by the rushing teammates.

"Li Zihan is interacting with the fans. Is he giving the fans confidence?"