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Chapter 415 Ready to Fuck Japan

1月26日，2019亚洲杯1/4决赛结束了全部争夺，而4强名额也已经产生，半决赛对阵形势为：
Iran VS Japan at 1:28 on January 22; Qatar VS UAE at 00:1 on January 29.

The upper half is China and Japan, and the lower half is Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. East Asian football and Arab football each occupy half of the sky.

The first quarter-final match in the first half was between Vietnam and Japan. The Vietnam team created great difficulties for the Japanese team, but the Japanese team still relied on the VAR video referee's penalty kick to win a small 1-4 victory. Vietnam, the first to advance to the top 1;
The second game was a contest between Huaguo and the Iranian team. Relying on the power of Zhang Mai and Zhang Yulin, the Huaguo team defeated the Persian cavalry 5-3. Even though there were 3 low-level mistakes, the edge of "Two Zhang" And no one can stop them.

In the second half of the competition, the host United Arab Emirates faced the defending champion Australia. Australian defender Degenek returned a mistake. The United Arab Emirates took the lead by virtue of this mistake and kept the score until the end.

In another quarter-final match, South Korea, the favorite to win the championship, stopped in the top 1. The Asian king Sun Xingmin failed to lead the South Korean team to a further step, and the strength shown by the Qatar youth team can definitely become a strong contender for the championship.

It is a pity that the South Korean team has continued the fate of the Asian Cup without a championship since winning the championship in 1960, and missed the semi-finals again since the Asian Cup in 2004;
With Hatem's only goal of the game, Qatar beat South Korea 1-0.

After defeating the Taiji Tigers, the Qatar team won all five games without conceding a single goal, breaking into the semi-finals of the Asian Cup in history, and they are also the most champion-like team after the Hua Guo team.

To the dismay of Taijihu, after winning the Asian Cup in 1960, the South Korean team still continued the fate of not having a championship in the Asian Cup.

In the 1/8 finals, the South Korean team defeated the Bahrain team with difficulty by virtue of Kim Jin-soo's header in overtime.

The Qatar team relied on Ravi's free kick to score a small victory over the Iraq team.

They met in the past 4 times, South Korea got 3 wins and 1 draw, being unbeaten.

The most recent confrontation between the two sides was in the World Cup Asian qualifiers in October 2016. South Korea beat Qatar 10-3 at home.

This loss is bitter for the South Korean team, because it created many embarrassing records for Tai Chi Tigers.

The first is that the loss of this game is the first defeat of the South Korean team after the World Cup in Russia:
After defeating the German team in the last group match of the World Cup in Russia, they have not yet lost in this game.

Even if they faced strong opponents like Costa Rica and Chile in the warm-up match, the South Korean team could retreat unscathed.

The South Korean team won all three games in this group stage, including a 2-0 victory over the favorite Chinese team, and qualified first in the group.

Facing Bahrain in the 1/8 finals, despite being dragged into overtime, the South Korean team was still able to win, but the team suffered a defeat in this game.

The second is that the coach of the South Korean team, the Portuguese Paul Bento, suffered his first defeat since coaching the South Korean team:
After the World Cup in Russia, the Korean Football Association and coach Shin Tae-yong terminated the contract, but they did not sign with the current Iranian coach Queiroz, who was very popular, and instead signed Bento, who performed generally in the Chinese Super League Chongqing team.

However, the Portuguese coach is still very competitive. After he took office, the team has been undefeated. Before this game, the South Korean team has been winning consecutive victories in the Asian Cup, but lost to Qatar tonight.

It is worth mentioning that before this game, the new Asian king Hua Guo team was the biggest favorite to win the Asian Cup, but after this game, Qatar became another favorite to win the championship.

After defeating Tai Chi Tiger, the Qatar team won all five games without conceding a goal, and entered the semi-finals of the Asian Cup in history.

In contrast, the Huaguo team did not win all five games, because they were defeated by the South Korean team 2-0 in the last round of the group stage.

It can be seen that the current Qatar team can be said to be the most champion-looking team after the Hua Guo team.

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The opponent of the Huaguo team in the semi-finals is the Japanese team in the east. After Zhang Mai entered the national team and led the team to rise in Asian and world football, the Huaguo team has not been able to compete with this top Asian team with high technology. See.

Although the Huaguo team now has a super killer like "two cards", it is worth mentioning that the Japanese team can send all overseas players in the starting 11:
Goalkeeper Gonda Shuichi has just joined the Portuguese Super League Portimão, Nagatomo Yuto plays for the Turkish Super League Galatasaray, central defender Yoshida Asa also plays in the Premier League Southampton, young player Fu Yasuhiro plays in the Ligue [-] St. Turden, Full-back Hiroki Sakai plays for Ligue [-] Marseille;
Midfielder Genki Haraguchi plays for Bundesliga Hannover 96, Ko Endo also plays for St-Truden, La Liga, Takeshi Shibazaki plays for Getafe, Shinseido Anru is currently in Groningen, Minamino Takumi Salzburg Red Bull and Dasa Yong are also in the Bundesliga Bremen team.

The Japanese team is full of talents, so they pay attention to the replacement of the old and new teams. For example, Zhang Mai's good friend Shinji Okazaki in the Blue Fox City voluntarily quit the national team after the World Cup in Russia due to age problems.

In the previous 1-0 victory over the Saudi team, the Japanese team had an all-overseas lineup, but the striker at the time was Yoshiki Muto, who played for Newcastle in the Premier League, and 11 of the 5 players came from the five major European leagues.

In particular, Tang Anru, who is in charge of the midfield, is known as the latest generation of Japan's "strongest monster", shining in this Asian Cup:

Born in 1998, Tang Anlu is a leader of the new generation in Japan, and is regarded by the Japanese as the best candidate to fight against Zhang Mai, a Chinese country.

Tang Anlu joined the youth echelon of Gamba Osaka in 2015, followed the Japanese U19 team to compete in the 2016 AFC U19 Champions Cup, and was successfully selected

Young Player of the Year selected by the AFC.

Tang Anlu attracted the attention of many European clubs, and later successfully joined the Eredivisie team Groningen. At that time, Tang Anlu said bluntly: I will play crazy in Europe.

In Groningen's first season, Tang Anlu played 29 games for the team, contributed 9 goals and 4 assists, and was elected the best player of the season.

With their outstanding performance, the Groningen team bought out Tang Anlu after the end of the season, and the two parties signed a three-year contract.

It is worth mentioning that at that time the Groningen team was eager to raise the cost of buying out the court, and Manchester City was willing to lend Groningen 200 million euros on the condition that both parties shared the court, but this proposal was rejected by Groningen. .

Being able to get such recognition in the first season of the Eredivisie proves that Tang Anlu's future in Europe is limitless.

In the Asian Cup, the Japanese team played against Turkmenistan for the first time. Don Anru helped the team score the third goal in this game. In the end, the team defeated Turkmenistan 3-2.

Tang Anlu was not satisfied with his Asian Cup debut. He pointed out the team's problems in an interview:

"In the first half, including me, the whole team played poorly. We need to improve in the second game. After half-time, I listened to the coach's advice and applied it to the second half. In the first game, we were able to improve. It was great to take all three points, but hopefully we can improve in the second game."

In the game against Vietnam, Tang Anlu stepped forward again. He caused a foul by the opponent's defensive player, won a penalty kick, and personally took the penalty overnight, helping the team finally beat the Vietnam team 1-0, thus advancing to the half. finals.

In this game, Don Anryu's breakthrough and calmness when taking the penalty kick allowed Asian fans to truly see the true strength of this rising Japanese star who has already made a name for himself in the Eredivisie.

On January 1, the Japanese team will welcome the Hua Guo team, which has performed well before, in the semi-finals.There is no doubt that Tang Anlu will still play an important role in the face of the powerful Hua Guo team.

Although the Hua Guo team is now strong in Asia, and Lippi swept the whole of Asia with "two cards" and it is rare to meet an opponent, but the talent of the Hua Guo team will face a cut-off that cannot be ignored.

CCTV football reporter He Wei talked about this topic that people are interested in when he was interviewed by Sohu Sports.

He Wei said that the background of the national football team in Asia is significantly different from that of Japan, Iran and South Korea, and the prospects in the next 10 years may be even more pessimistic.

He Wei first commented on the 4 games won by the national football team in the Asian Cup:

"The national football team played a total of 5 games in the Asian Cup, and lost 1 game to South Korea. We won the remaining 4 games, of which Kyrgyzstan entered the Asian Cup for the first time; the comparison of the ranking of the Philippines in Asia Low, although they have naturalized players, but the overall strength is limited; the progress of the Thai team during this period is very obvious; the state of the Iranian team is not at its best. In these 4 games, the national football team has shown certain Organization and combat ability, but except for the performance of 'two cards', domestic players have not improved much, and even made frequent mistakes."

He Wei also commented on the Iranian team:
"When the national football team faced Iran, which was stronger than us, our defensive shortcomings were completely exposed. Iran has always been a strong team in Asian football, and this team just played in the World Cup in Russia half a year ago. The Iranian team In the World Cup, they were in the same group as Portugal, Spain and Morocco. They drew with Portugal, lost 0-1 to Spain, and defeated Morocco. This is already the leader of the world's second-rate football team. It is currently ranked 29 in FIFA. position, occupying the second place in Asia for a long time.”

He Wei said that Iran, which has played the role of the national football team for a long time, was actually defeated by the "two Zhangs" who ravaged Europe, and has little to do with domestic players:
"The Iranian team is also the sufferer of the national football team in history. No matter whether their state is good or bad, and whether their personnel are the best in history, there always seems to be a way to play the national football team. Because in the history of the national football team, it is more afraid of Iran's good health and impact. A strong team, we have always had nothing to do with them. Even if the national football team does not have a central defender's mistakes, we will make mistakes in other areas and be used by our opponents."

When He Wei talked about "Er Zhang", he said that the strength of "Er Zhang" was obviously higher than that of Asian players by more than one grade:
"If the Asian players playing in Europe are the boosters of the strength of each country, then Zhang Mai and Zhang Yulin are the best among them, especially Zhang Mai, whose personal strength is enough to dominate the world football for 8-10 years, and it is Huaguo football that wins. The greatest guarantee, the effect is unmatched, unless there will be world-class stars like Melo or Maradona in Asia in the future!"

Turning back to the Huaguo team, He Wei also talked about the high income of the Huachao, which caused the Huaguo players to stay abroad, and the overall level also declined:
"At the beginning of the century, many of our players were studying abroad. Later, the domestic football environment changed, allowing players to earn high incomes without strong competition in the country. Therefore, Chinese players studying abroad basically disappeared. As a result, the overall level of football in Huaguo has a downward trend."

He Wei talked about the prospect of Chinese football in the next 10 years, which will still be very pessimistic:
"In addition to 'Two Zhangs', this national football team is also based on the 85 National Youth League as the main frame. That is also the last time Hua Guo entered the finals of the World Youth Championship. After that, the 7th consecutive World Youth Championship, our The team failed to reach the finals. So at least in the next 10 years, the successors of Huaguo football will be weak. We found that there are many problems in the current national football. I ask fans and friends to be mentally prepared, because In the next 10 years, there may be a shortage of talents, and after 10 years, our national team may decline even further."

He Wei said that Huaguo football must work hard to maintain its dominance in Asia:
"The young players born after 05 have entered a peak period of football development. Therefore, players born after 05 will have a new change, and there will be a new upward trend. Huaguo football seems to be on the rise every time. Walking at the intersection, and walking in the wrong direction at each intersection. In fact, if there is a direction to guide the problems encountered at each intersection, there is actually no need to entangle in every detail. We can borrow It may be better for Huaguo football to follow the east wind of "Two Zhang" and determine a stable, firm, and unshakable development direction. Specifically, it is to restart the road of studying abroad and train more players for the Huaguo team. 'Second Zhang' successor."

Before He Wei could finish his words, Huaguo player Wu Lei realized his dream of studying abroad. He just announced that he has joined the Espanyol team in La Liga.

Although Wu Lei is currently injured and needs to go to the Spaniard to check the injury first, and then determine how to treat it, Wu Lei still kicked off a new round of Chinese players studying abroad.

It is reported that there will be some national players who will also join the army studying abroad. What is certain is that the players going to Europe to play football will definitely make the strength of Huaguo football to a higher level.

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To put it bluntly, the semi-finals of the Asian Cup are about to start, and Huaguo will also stage a heavyweight showdown with Japan on the 28th.

As the two teams participating in the World Cup in Russia, the battle between China and Japan also represents the highest level of Asian football. Some people even said that this is the final of this Asian Cup ahead of schedule.

In the World Cup in Russia, the Japanese team broke into the top 16 Asian teams, and they even almost reached the top 8.

After the World Cup in Russia, the Japanese team began to upgrade, and players including Don Anru and Osako Yuya began to be reused.

In this Asian Cup, although the team lacked big-name stars such as Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda, the team played more pragmatically.Especially after entering the knockout round, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam were eliminated with two 1:0 and advanced to the semi-finals.

Compared with the pragmatic Japanese team, the Chinese team is the team with the highest call to win the tournament.

The Hua Guo team currently ranks first in Asia and has bravely entered the top four in the Russian world, almost creating the best record of an Asian team in the World Cup.

In the 5 Asian Cup matches that the Hua Guo team participated in, although the defense made frequent mistakes, they scored a total of 20 goals in the frontcourt, and their ferocious firepower ranked first in the Asian Cup.

In the history of the Asian Cup, Japan is the team that has won the most championships, winning four times (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011).

Since the Asian Cup in 2000, Japan has participated in the Asian Cup 5 times out of 3 times. In history, the Japanese team has participated in the Asian Cup 8 times, of which 4 times won the cup, and the winning rate is as high as 50%.

In the history of the Asian Cup, the Huaguo team has never won the Asian Cup championship, and the best time was only the runner-up. In this tournament, the Huaguo team is strong and strong with the prestige of the top four in the World Cup. It is the best team to get involved in the Asian Cup championship Chance.

Looking at the last 5 confrontations between the two teams, the Japanese team has achieved 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. But in the words of the Japanese team coach, who has not defeated the Huaguo team with Zhang Mai, who dares to say that they are a strong team in Asia ?
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