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Chapter 413 Attacking Iran again (thanks to 8929 0420 for a hundred steps and pure Sprite)

1月25日凌晨0点，阿联酋亚洲杯继续展开1/4决赛争夺。在阿布扎比的穆罕默德本扎耶德体育场，华国队迎战波斯铁骑——伊朗队。

1/8决赛阶段，华国队7-1血洗泰国队，而伊朗队则是开场3分钟由门将贝兰万德力拒点球后2-0击败阿曼队晋级。

This game is the 7th meeting between the national teams of the two countries in the Asian Cup finals. In the previous 6 encounters, the national football team had 4 draws and 2 losses in regular time;
The Chinese team has never had a winning streak in the regular time of the Asian Cup knockout stage before, and the Iran team and the Qatar team are also the only two teams that still keep a clean sheet after the top 16 of this Asian Cup.

The big screen on the sidelines displayed the starting lineups of both sides:

Hua Guo Team (4-4-2):
1-Yan Junling;
17-Li Xuepeng, 3-Cai Huikang, 6-Feng Xiaoting, 5-Zhang Linfan;
21-Liu Jianye, 10-Zheng Zhi, 15-Wu Xi, 13-Zhang Mai;

11-Zhang Yulin, 7-Wu Lei.

Iran (4-3-3):
1- Bellenwand;

5-Millad-Muhammadi, 13-Kanani, 8-Praliganji, 23-Rissayan;
3-Haysafi, 9-Omid-Ibrahimi, 21-Djaga;
17-Mehdi-Taremi, 20-Azmoun, 18-Jahanbakhsh.

In this game, Hua Guo team's left back Liu Yang was absent due to injury, and No. 17 Li Xuepeng replaced him; Iran's midfielder Amiri was suspended due to accumulating yellow cards.

Lippi, the head coach of the Huaguo team, continues to use a four-back formation. Liu Yiming is the right back to fill the vacancy left by Zhang Linpeng.

Compared with the elimination of the Oman team, the Iranian team made two changes. Haisafi and Kanani replaced Majid Husseini and Amiri in the starting lineup respectively. Azmoun continued to serve as the forward striker. Di Taremi and Jahanbakhsh served as the first line of defense for the Persians.

At the beginning of the game, the two teams were relatively cautious, testing each other's on-the-spot tactics and pressing intensity, and mostly entangled in the midfield.

In the 4th minute, the Iranian midfielder passed a long diagonal pass. Jahanbakhsh got the ball from the right and then looked for Azmon at the far end. The ball was too tricky and slightly missed the left post.

One minute later, the Huaguo team had an excellent opportunity. Zhang Yulin made a pass, and Wu Xi succeeded in turning offside on the right rib. However, the second adjustment missed the opportunity to directly kick or pass the ball, and finally made a cross to find Wu Lei who was in an offside position. , The ball was intercepted by Risayan and made a clearance.

In the 10th minute, Azmoun received a right corner kick from Hay Safi from the far end and overwhelmed Li Xuepeng with a header. The ball was cleared by Zheng Zhi in front of the goal line.

In the 11th minute, Milad Muhammadi broke through from the left and then made a cross. Azmon went forward and ejected and missed the baseline.

Except for the two positions facing the "two cards", the Iranian team gradually began to gain the upper hand in other aspects, and they played several waves of offensives.

Although the Hua Guo team was slightly at a disadvantage on the scene, they were still able to block Iran's attack and looked for opportunities to counterattack at any time.

However, in the 17th minute, a sudden change occurred. Liu Jianye threw a throw-in in the front court. After the Iranian team controlled the landing, Kanani kicked the ball from the edge of the penalty area in his own half. Feng Xiao, who played with an injury, stopped the backcourt He hesitated to handle the ball when he was in a dominant position, as if he was downtime. Azmon then inserted the ball and knocked across the right side of the penalty area. The unmarked Mehdi Taremi outflanked and pushed the empty goal to make a contribution. Iran The team leads 1-0.

The 0.3 seconds when Feng Xiaoting's brain short-circuited was destined to be the most humiliating moment in his career, and it also caused the Hua Guo team to concede the first goal.

The moment Feng Xiaoting, a main defender of the national football team and a veteran for many years, fell down, hundreds of millions of fans in Huaguo were shocked: What is this guy thinking at this moment?

After losing the ball, the camera showed the national football coach Lippi. At this time, Yinhu poked his head frequently with his fingers, which seemed to imply that the player's mistake was too low-level.

The national team originally started with a good mental outlook and strong opponents, but our fight was quite active.

Everything began to change after 10 minutes. It was originally an attack by the national football team. The opponent made a hasty clearance, but Feng Xiaoting, who was facing the ball with his back and protecting the ball, short-circuited. "Iron gate", he was overtaken by his opponent.

Azmon stole the ball humiliatingly and assisted Karimi to easily push the empty goal, 1-0.

Lippi on the sidelines was naturally very angry, and vented his dissatisfaction with his coaching team with body language.

Even though the game suddenly crashed and lost the ball, the game had to continue, but Feng Xiaoxing, who restarted the game, had already stopped all over.

In the 19th minute, Dejaga took a long-range shot from the outside of the penalty area. The ball hit Cai Huikang's left arm that was close to his body. The Qatari referee Jassim refused to award a penalty kick. Like it!

Immediately, Taremi burst from the left rib and fell into the penalty area in the confrontation with Cai Huikang while being pinched. The referee Jasim still indicated that there was no penalty. Like +2!

In the 22nd minute, Wu Xi suffered a muscle strain on the back of his thigh without confrontation, and Hao Junmin began to warm up on the sidelines.

In the 25th minute, the Huaguo team was replaced by Hao Junmin, who replaced Wu Xi.

In the 26th minute, Dejaga took a free kick from the left side of the front court. Kanani stretched his legs and knocked the ball out from the edge of the small penalty area. The unmarked Mehdi Taremi pushed from close range and the ball went slightly to the left. Standing up the pillar, the Hua Guo team escaped unharmed.

In this defense, Feng Xiaoting, who was serving as a central defender, became a transparent person, which made the Iranian team treat no one in the penalty area of ​​Huaguo.

In the 27th minute, Lippi hurriedly arranged personnel adjustments and replaced the confused Feng Xiaoting with Shi Ke. In this way, the Hua Guo team's center back combination on the field became Shi Ke and Cai Huikang, and Zhang Linfan on the right was OK when the center line was tight. shrink in the middle.

Let Lippi choose to trust Shi Ke and Cai Huikang's partner, obviously he gave up on Feng Xiaoting.

The only good thing is that Wu Xi was injured and Hao Junmin came on as a substitute, which had little effect on the national football's offense.

In less than 30 minutes of the first half, the Hua Guo team had used up two substitutions. At this time, the ratio of shots between the two sides was still 0-6.

Zhang Mai and others have not yet reacted to the sudden change of the situation on the field. The bad luck of the Huaguo team has come again. This time it is another central defender's mistake:

In the 31st minute, Kanani sent another long pass from the left corner of the penalty area of ​​the Iranian team. After Jahan Bakhsh failed to compete for the top in the middle, Azmon won the ball in the confrontation with Cai Huikang , and then passed Yan Junling's left-footed shot on the left side of the small penalty area to hit an empty goal.

2-0!The Huaguo team was hit hard again. Two low-level mistakes in the defense caused two goals to be conceded.

The 0.3-meter distance where Cai Huikang staggered and fell should be the distance he most wants to start again in his life, and it may also be the forward posture that the Italian coach least wants to see.

A rising star and future pillar of the national football team!The moment Cai Huikang fell to the ground, the Italian was full of confusion and solemn, and chose to sit down suddenly without saying a word.

The same routine, this time changed to Cai Huikang with better physical fitness, and Azmon came again. This popular Iranian killer decided to direct and act on his own.

This ball was another mistake by the national football defense line. Cai Huikang made a tackle error. Not only did the ball not break, but he also lost his defensive position.

After seeing the goal, Lippi sat on the bench expressionlessly, as if he had lost confidence in the game.

The referee Jassim saw through the VAR video playback that Azmoun had a slight movement of his left hand during the fight, but after judging that the goal was valid, the Iranian team led 2-0.

The moment the score became 2-0, almost everyone thought that there was no suspense, including most of the players on the field, and the Huaguo players began to become frustrated.

Only Zhang Mai and Zhang Yulin didn't change their faces, they just took advantage of the kick-off time to get together and mutter a few words...

In the 36th minute, Jahanbakhsh's long-range shot from 30 meters away from the middle was directly blocked by Zheng Zhi. Captain Hua's fighting spirit was still strong.

In the 38th minute, Zheng Zhi sent the ball directly behind the Huaguo team. Unfortunately, Wu Lei, who was onside, was offside first. Fortunately, Wu Lei, who was offside, failed to touch the ball. After the ball formed a single pole, and then easily swayed past the attacking Beranwand and shot an empty goal.

1-2, Zhang Mai helped the Huaguo team regain a victory, the Huaguo fans on the sidelines began to cheer and shout, and the face of the old coach Lippi also improved a lot.

The Hua Guo team's morale soared, and they suppressed the aggressive Iranian team at the end of the first half.

In the 42nd minute, Zhang Mai scored the ball from the center to the right. Zhang Linfan passed the ball from the right and went straight to the goal. Zhang Yulin withstood the pull of the two defenders of the Iranian team and jumped with a header. The ball flew into the goal of the Iranian team again.

2-2!Zhang Yulin's Bundesliga silver boots reappeared, and a header helped the Hua Guo team equalize the score.

The "three pieces" fit together, and the Huaguo team also started their own crazy counterattack!

Since then, the Huaguo team's offensive has not diminished, completely pressing the Persians on the ground and rubbing against each other. Lippi on the sidelines has already regained his senses, cheering and cheering with the players on the bench.

In the 44th minute, the Huaguo team had another good opportunity to score. Zhang Mai dribbled the ball into the penalty area and then passed back. Unfortunately, Wu Lei, who was eager to make contributions, ignored Zhang Yulin on the left and made a mistake in hanging the goal on the penalty area line. The ball flew out. This was the only time the national football team missed a goal in the first half.

At the end of the first half, the Huaguo team drew with Iran 2-2 and entered the halftime break.

Lippi didn't yell in the lounge. He still just encouraged the players to continue working hard in the second half, but he handed Zhang Mai and Zhang Yulin aside and talked for a long time.

At the beginning of the second half, the situation of the Huaguo team, which returned to the same starting line, improved slightly. On the contrary, the Persians who had been leading were more cautious.

In the 48th minute, Li Xuepeng, who put in an assist, made a diagonal pass from the left, and Zhang Yulin resisted Kanani's header and missed the goal.

In the 51st minute, the Iranian team quickly counterattacked. Mehdi Taremi received a pass from the left and headed high from the spot.

In the 53rd minute, there was a warm scene in the game:
Zhang Linfan bumped head-to-head with Praliganji when the Iranian team competed for the top in the restricted area. Both of them fell to the ground.

In the 58th minute, Jahanbakhsh received Risayan's horizontal strike and shot high in front of the penalty area. Immediately, Taremi volleyed from the left rib and the ball was confiscated by Yan Junling.

Yan Junling throws the ball on the spot and initiates a fast break. Zhang Mai catches Hao Junmin's through ball and quickly goes to the bottom. After passing the Iranian full-back, he passes back to the middle at 45 degrees. Zhang Yulin rushes to the goal in time for the heavy artillery. Drilled into the goal.

3-2!The simple and rude "two cards" helped the Hua Guo team overtake the score, and the cheers resounded through the Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium.

The pressure on Lippi on the sidelines was much less, and the smile reappeared on the face of the Italian old man, and the bench was already full of laughter.

This time it was the Iranian coach Queiroz's turn to be anxious, and the Portuguese coach also started yelling on the sidelines, urging the Persians to step up their offense.

In the 60th minute, Azmoun knocked across the right side, Haisafi inserted his left foot and hit the lower right corner of the goal, Yan Junling made a side attack and poked the ball out of the baseline with his hands.

After the Iranian team then took a right corner kick, Azmon's header went high under the interference of Zhang Mai.

In the 66th minute, the reversed Iranian team was impatient. Taremi fouled after Zheng Zhi took the ball and was warned by the referee Jassim with a yellow card.

In the 68th minute, the Iranian team, eager to get back the score, also made personnel adjustments, and Gedos replaced Jahanbakhsh.

The situation on the court was very tense, and the physical confrontation between the two sides began to escalate, and the few small players of the Hua Guo team suffered a lot.

In the 74th minute, the Hua Guo team used up the last substitution quota, and Yu Dabao replaced Wu Lei with a strong body.

Immediately, the Iranian team also replaced the captain Djaga, and the captain's armband was temporarily worn on Haisafi's arm.

In the 76th minute, Zhang Yulin made a cross with his left foot after breaking through Risayan. Yu Dabao, who had just come off the bench, managed to scratch the ball and failed to make a shot. Taking a world wave through the crowd, he once again broke through Bellanwand's ten fingers.

4-2!Zhang Mai scored a goal to help the Huaguo team expand their lead, and also led his teammates to pay tribute to Lippi on the sidelines.

The frustrated Iranian players did not dare to come up to trouble Zhang Mai, so they could only find the referee Jassim to complain against the Hua Guo team for delaying the game time.

The fair and strict referee Jassim found Zhang Mai and gave a stern warning. It took 1 minute before and after, and I like it here +3!

The game continued, perhaps in order to find a balance, the referee Jasim gave the Hua Guo team a yellow card shortly thereafter:
In the 79th minute, Yu Dabao, who had just entered the field, was so violent that he bumped into Praliganji while fighting for a header and was warned by a yellow card.

The nightmare of the Iranian team is not over yet. In the 81st minute, Hao Junmin made a wonderful pass. After Yu Dabao broke through from the left rib, he shot with his left foot from the left corner of the penalty area. The ball was blocked by the Iranian defender who stretched his foot in front of the goalkeeper. After arriving behind Zhang Mai who was running back, Zhang Mai took a back-heel shot, smiled at the gift, and hit the ball into the goal again.

5-2!Zhang Mai performed another hat-trick in this Asian Cup, which made the Persians who were not already pale look even darker.

The general situation is over, and the Iranian players are still fighting hard on the field, but obviously they have lost the spirit of the first half.

In the 84th minute, Gerdos took a long pass and shot from outside the penalty area. Yan Junling got up and got the ball after he dropped the ball.

In the 85th minute, "Iranian striker" Azmoun was substituted, announcing the Persians' helpless recognition of the game.

In the first minute of stoppage time, the Iranian team made a long pass from the backcourt. Shi Ke made a mistake in stopping the ball in the middle circle. The ball is sent into the bottom right corner of the goal.

5-3!The Iranian team pulled back a goal, but there were only 2 minutes left in the game.

However, the three central defenders of the Huaguo team fell collectively, and the night of crazy mistakes in the defense line undoubtedly gave Lippi and the Huaguo team a small warning.

Before the end of the game, Yu Dabao's shot from inside the penalty area was confiscated by Beranwand. In the end, the Hua Guo team defeated the Iranian team 5-3 and advanced to the semi-finals.

The Hua Guo team, which has advanced to the semi-finals, will play the first semi-final against the Japanese team at the Ain Hazard bin Zayed Stadium on January 1 to compete for tickets to the final.

(End of this chapter)