Godfather of national football

Chapter 233 Fighting Australia ([-])

Doha Khalifa International Stadium.

This is the Nth time that the Chinese team has come to this stadium to play in this Asian Cup.Li Guo wondered, what will happen to the World Cup 11 years later in such a tiny place like Qatar?Will it be possible to hear the cheers from the Group B stadium next door during the Group A match?
In short, Li Guo can only admire that FIFA really knows how to play. The 2018 World Cup was held in the largest country, but in one of the smallest countries in 4 years.

In today's semi-final, Li Guo did not enter the stadium ahead of time, but was in the player tunnel.Li Guo has a quirk. Every time he goes to a stadium, he pays special attention to the player tunnel of the stadium.

Walking forward step by step from the long player tunnel, suddenly there is a light coming in from the front, and walking forward, suddenly, a huge stadium is displayed in front of you, the sense of ritual is wonderful.

This is not Li Guo's personal hobby, but a scientific reason.

There is a world-famous cathedral in Germany, the Cologne Cathedral, which is located at the corner of a narrow street. What the designer wants is that kind of strong contrast. When you turn around from the narrow street, the towering cathedral suddenly appears in front of you, and the shock is very strong.

In fact, Li Guo tried every means before the game, hoping to arrange the Chinese fans' camp on the side facing the player's tunnel, but the organizer did not agree, because the ticketing could not be arranged, and Li Guo had to give up in the end.

"Why, Li Guo, are you being handsome?" Chen An asked.

"No, I want to be the last to enter, behind the children."

"Weird," Chen An said and left.

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The referee of this game is from the United Arab Emirates. Under the leadership of the referee, players from both sides slowly entered the field.

It has been reported before the game that Kewell will start the game, because tomorrow is Australia's National Day, so the Australian media joked that Australians have passed two National Days this year, and Kewell's influence in Australia can be seen.

After the players lined up, the live broadcast asked the audience to be quiet, followed by the national anthem playing ceremony, and the Chinese national anthem was played first.

"stand up……"

When the Chinese players sang the national anthem, the camera skipped in front of the players one by one, Wang Dalei, Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, Yin Di, Geng Chong, Fang Suo, Li Weifeng, Lin Zhijian, Zheng Zhi, Shen Rui, Ji Ke.

The Chinese players stood shoulder to shoulder and put their arms around the shoulders of their teammates, showing that the Chinese team is a united whole.

"Go, go, go, go!"

At the end of the song, the players shouted loudly as an encouragement to themselves.

Then the Australian national anthem was played. The camera first showed the Australian flag, and then swept to Kewell. Kewell closed his eyes and sang affectionately. Maybe he was afraid that tears would flow down his eyes when he opened his eyes. He is 32 years old. This is not only his last Asian Cup, but also the last major competition he will represent Australia.

At the end of the song, there was still a trace of tears in Kewell's eyes, and soon, Kewell covered it with a smile, because the game is about to start, and you can't be sad at this time.

Australia's starters for this game are:

Goalkeeper - Schwarzer
Defenders - Neal, Ogonowski, Carney, Milligan
Midfielders - Valery, Jedinak, McKay, Holman
Forwards - Cahill, Kewell
Players from both sides spread out on the field and lined up. With the whistle of the referee, the game began.

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If you use the Premier League team to compare Australia, Li Guo thinks Australia is like Crystal Palace.

In fact, the Australian midfielder Jedinak later played for Crystal Palace. Such a team can often pull down a strong team, relying on the midfielder being hard enough, fast enough, and bad enough.

In the opening 5 minutes, Fonso took the ball in the midfield and made a normal half-turn to protect the ball, but suddenly a shadow flashed behind him, Jedinak directly pushed his knee on Fonso's knee, and with a scream, Fonso fell to the ground.

At this time, Jedinak didn't have a beard like he did later, but the true qualities of the midfielder are already obvious.

After kicking Fang Suo, Jedinak kept shouting: "come`on," telling Fang Suo to get up quickly and stop pretending.

At this time Li Weifeng came over, pointed to the Australian half, and said directly in Chinese: "Get lost!"

At this time, the players on both sides were still calm. The others did not come to participate. It is estimated that they all knew their tempers. Jedinak had a smirk on his face and did not say anything. In fact, his goal was achieved, which was to demonstrate and tell the Chinese team that the Australian midfielder is different from Qatar or Uzbekistan.

Jedinak ran backwards, and Li Weifeng also retreated, but it was not so cheap, and the referee blew the whistle to let them both come over.

It may be because the referee's hand in his trouser pocket has not been drawn out at the beginning of the game, there is no yellow card, and a stern verbal warning.

When Li Weifeng ran back, Fang Suo had already slowed down, patted him with his head, calm down, I have already taught him a lesson for you, so you don't need to do it anymore.

Fang Suo chuckled, "I'm not that impulsive."

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Australia still adopts a very pure British style of play, the midfielder does not control the ball, and the two wings are very fast.

Fans who watch the Premier League will know very well that no matter how strong the Premier League team is, they will not drag the ball in the midfield.

Therefore, as long as Australia gets the ball in the midfield, it will immediately split the side to No. 16 Valeri on the right, or No. 14 Holman on the left.

For a while, Mu Fei and Geng Chong of the Chinese team became the busiest people. Facing the opponent's strong play on the side, the Chinese team's full-backs consumed a lot of energy.

Mu Fei's side is okay, Lin Zhijian can return to defend and help, but on Geng Chong's side, Shen Rui does not participate in the defense, so after 10 minutes, Australia discovered that the left side of the Chinese team was a soft persimmon, so they had to pinch it.

Cahill leaned to the right, and every time Valery broke through, Cahill would go behind Geng Chong, putting a lot of pressure on Geng Chong. If Valery made a direct pass, the Chinese team's left would be completely broken.

Li Guo was watching from the sidelines. From Cahill's running position, it can be seen that the ability of Australian players to read the game is absolutely invincible to the opponents they encountered before.

But the Chinese team's ability to read the game is also very good. Before Li Guo made a gesture, Li Weifeng had already leaned over to help Geng Chong defend.

At this moment, Valery's strong attack failed, Geng Chong intercepted the ball, Shen Rui immediately started, and the Chinese team got a good chance to counterattack.

(End of this chapter)