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Chapter 634 : A good start!

"Well, I think after tonight, Chinese fans will remember this referee again."

"This referee must be on fire!!"

When everyone was ready, the referee looked at the players on both sides, then raised his hand and whistled.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds.
After the referee blew the whistle for ten seconds, Li Zihan, who took the free kick, did not move. He was still standing in front of the ball, in the running position, staring at the Saudi penalty area in front of him.

The atmosphere at the scene was very strange, and then everyone whispered to each other, not knowing what was going on.

The referee was also puzzled, and he stepped up and asked, "Why don't you kick off?"

Li Zihan was taken aback, and asked in confusion, "Did you ask me to kick off?"

Li Zihan used honorifics, but the referee really thought he didn't hear it. The referee said, "I've blown the whistle, and you can kick off."

Li Zihan "suddenly realized": "Oh, that's it, I see, thank you!"

Seeing that Li Zihan understood, the referee started to back away.Then the whistle blew again.

Li Zihan did not kick the football directly, but reconfirmed to the referee: "I can really kick it?"

The referee nodded very seriously, and then the referee knew that he had been played.As the captain of Arsenal, one of the most sought-after strikers in the world.He often fights against world-class giants and won the Champions League last season.
Such a Li Zihan would not know these most basic rules, he must know, he must be doing it on purpose.

The referee was angry, and the blame was that Li Zihan's immature and sincere face was too deceptive.

After getting permission from the referee, Li Zihan ran up and kicked the football directly.

Although Saudi Arabia's human wall jumped as much as possible, it still failed to push the football down. The football bypassed the human wall and continued to fly towards the goal.

This time Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper Al-Waleed was fully prepared and immediately took off against the football.

Walid met the football in the air, and he stretched out his hands to hug the football, but the football bypassed his hands.

Walid was shocked. He had already estimated the route of the football, the time and height of the jump.But never imagined that football would turn in the air?

"Falling Leaf Ball!!!" Huang Jianxiang roared again.

The football went through Waleed's black hair and hands, and then went straight into the Saudi pass.

"Three to zero!!! This time it's really three to zero!!!"

Li Zihan, who scored the goal, did not celebrate the goal, but looked eagerly at the referee.

When the referee blew his whistle and pointed to the center circle, indicating that the goal was valid, Li Zihan smiled slightly, then turned and walked towards the center circle.

It's just that his back was quickly surrounded by the rushing Chinese teammates.

"In the face of such an embarrassing referee, even Li Zihan, who has always been good-tempered, couldn't help but mock him."

When the game came to three to zero, it seemed that everything was doomed.

The Saudi Arabian team made a last-ditch effort. The interim acting head coach Cosmin replaced the midfielder who had a yellow card and replaced it with an offensive striker.

This is a gamble.

As for the Chinese team, because the previous referee was too deceitful, they were all full of anger. After the game restarted, they continued to press the attack without any reservations.

Facing the attack line led by Li Zihan, the Saudi team without a defensive midfielder is even more miserable.

In the end, the tough Saudi team used foul tactics and wanted to use this kind of physical contact to restrain Li Zihan and put him under psychological pressure, so they kept some of it.

But they completely underestimated Li Zihan from the Premier League. What kind of moves haven't been seen in the Premier League?
Instead, in a foul, the Chinese team won another free kick.But now that the relationship with the Chinese team has been forged, the referee simply offends everyone at once.

It should have been a direct free kick, but he only gave an indirect free kick.

The referee's idea is very simple. Li Zihan's free kick is very good and can directly hit the goal, but what if it is an indirect free kick?
Li Zihan kicked the football out, Yu Hai took off to fight for the top, then shook his head and went straight to the goal.

But he was interfered by the opponent's central defender, and his top performance was not particularly good.In the end, the football rubbed against the crossbar of the Saudi team and flew directly out of the bottom line.

The Saudi team broke out in a cold sweat and almost lost four to zero.

The Saudi team, which had been fooled twice in a row, began to keep a low profile.

The game came to the No.605 minute of the game, and the head coach of the Chinese team, Pei Lan, started to make substitutions and adjustments.He made two substitutions at once. The captain of the Chinese team, the veteran Zheng Zhi, was replaced. He was replaced by the post-[-]s teenager Ji Xiang of the Jiangsu Sainty team.Ji Xiang can play avant-garde and right back. At this time, if he is replaced in the midfield, it is natural to strengthen the defense.

Everyone was a little surprised by the second substitution. Perrin replaced Li Zihan, who scored two goals and provided an assist.It was replaced by a player from the Jiangsu Sainty team, attacking midfielder Sun Ke!

When Li Zihan left the field, all the Chinese fans stood up and applauded him, and Li Zihan also applauded and thanked him.

At the end of the game, Peilan came over deliberately and explained to Li Zihan the reason for replacing him. Li Zihan smiled and said that he didn't care.

To be honest, Li Zihan is really not interested in facing these opponents in the Asian Cup.

It's like playing with the college team for a long time, and suddenly one day playing with the elementary school team, Li Zihan naturally has no interest.

If the Asian Cup is not very attractive to Li Zihan and the Chinese team, he really does not want to come
The final score was [-]-[-], with the Saudis scoring a face-saving goal towards the end of the game.

The Chinese team also defeated the Saudi Arabia team for the first time in 18 years, and got a good start in the Asian Cup!

This hearty victory gave the Chinese fans a boost, and the whole country rejoiced!
In the post-match press conference, Perrin severely condemned the Saudi team's style of play. He said it was unsportsmanlike. Who dares to play football?

And Li Zihan said in an interview, don't be surprised by this victory, because the performance of his teammates is fully worthy of this victory, which is what we deserve.

Li Zihan's words surprised the reporters, because Li Zihan has always been relatively modest, and the reporters didn't know why he was so high-profile this time.

Regarding the celebration after his first goal, Li Zihan explained: "I want to tell the fans, hold your chest up and hold your head up! We are no worse than any other team participating in the Asian Cup. We should be proud, confident, confident that we can win!"

Chinese fans have been feeling inferior for a long time, and they have forgotten what self-confidence is.So Li Zihan just wants to inspire the confidence of the fans.

As for the question of the referee's penalty scale, Li Zihan answered in this way.

Li Zihan: "The referee here? Hehe!"

Then the press officer ended the press conference.

Now is the era of the explosion of Internet information. The news that the Chinese team won the first match of the Asian Cup by [-] to [-] against its arch-rival Saudi Arabia spread to the country at once.

People who didn't pay attention to the game at first didn't believe it, because Saudi Arabia was divided with the Chinese team in the qualifiers. As a result, they abused the Chinese team and won the first place in the group, while the Chinese team won the best place. The third place in the group took the last train of the Asian Cup.

But when they saw the official news, they realized it was true.

Happiness comes too suddenly, they are not ready yet!

The hero of the team, Li Zihan, naturally became the focus, and his sentence after the game: "Hehe!" also became the focus.

It's just that only Chinese fans may understand the meaning of this sentence.

The first round of the group stage officially ended. The host Australia team in Group A beat Kuwait [-]-[-] and got a good start. South Korea also won a victory in the same group, but the score was not enough. They were [-]-[-] defeated Oman.Oman is not a strong team, so Korean fans are not satisfied with this score.But Koreans have always liked this kind of affordable score.

In Group B, the Chinese team first defeated the strong Saudi Arabia team [-]-[-], and then Uzbekistan beat North Korea [-]-[-].In this way, the Chinese team and the Uzbekistan team in this group have taken advantage.

In Group C, the UAE is still a big score, they beat Qatar [-]-[-].Qatar's league is still doing well, because of the support of oil tycoons, even Qatar's club teams are strong opponents in the AFC Champions League, but they did not expect that their national team is so vulnerable.Iran narrowly beat Bahrain two to one, and the prospects for the promotion of the two teams are very promising.

In Group D, Japan defeated the Palestine team with a score of [-]-[-]. It seems that the anger of the defeat in the World Cup was vented by the Japanese to the Asian Cup. Poor Palestine became the first to hit the gun.In another game, the war-torn Iraq surprisingly defeated the Jordan team. Although it was [-]-[-], for a team like Iraq, three points are everything.

The most popular champions of this year's Asian Cup are the Japanese team and the host Australia team. First of all, the Japanese team has a strong lineup. Players such as Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa, and Yuto Nagatomo all play for European clubs. Many of their lineups participate in the Champions League Yes, it is also the club with the second highest net worth of players in the Asian Cup. The first is the Chinese team, but considering Li Zihan, who is worth more than 8000 million euros, the Japanese team's net worth is actually higher.