Champion’s Heart

After Gao Lin saw the ball rolling into the goal, he turned around and ran to Zhou Yi without hesitation, and then hugged him. He must be grateful to this junior who is five years younger than him. Because of his arrival, he has changed himself.

In fact, although he is a forward, Gao Lin is not very outstanding in scoring goals. The numbers speak for themselves - the first club he played for was Shanghai Shenhua, where he stayed for five seasons, played 67 games and scored only 12 goals.

Moreover, his first Chinese Super League goal on behalf of this team came only after one year of playing in the Chinese Super League...

Although he later switched to Guangzhou Evergrande, he became the Golden Boot with 20 goals in the Chinese League One. However, the level of the Chinese League One is not high. As a national player, Gao Lin has scored so many goals, which does not mean that he has good shooting skills.

You must know that in the Chinese Super League, he has never scored double digits in a season...

In the national team, although he was selected for the national team in 2005 and represented the national team. However, his first goal in an international A-level event did not come until 2009.

As of the end of last year, he had played 41 times in the national team and only scored eight goals.

As a reference, Gao Lin's striker competitor in the national team, Yang Xu, was only selected for the national team for the first time in 2009. As of the end of last year, he had only played eight games for the national team and scored three goals.

Eight goals in forty-one games, an average of one goal in just over five games.

Three goals in eight games, an average of one goal in two and a half games.

Who is more efficient?

But Gao Lin still got more playing opportunities in Gao Jiajun. Why?

Because Gaolin's role is not reflected in scoring goals, but in his support of the team's offensive system.

As a center, Gao Lin can take the initiative to move to the wing as a winger. Although his shooting is not very good, he has good awareness and passing ability, so he can help his teammates with the ball.

In Gao Jiajun, who pays particular attention to quick passing and cutting cooperation in the first 30 meters, Gao Lin is not actually needed to score goals.

But as a striker, who doesn’t want to score goals?

Players who are not forwards like to score goals, let alone forwards.

And Gao Lin has always been criticized for his scoring ability.

Of course, he also hopes to silence these people with practical actions.

Until this Asian Cup...

With the help of Zhouyi. He has actually scored... five goals now!

Temporarily surpassing Koo Ja-cheol and becoming the top scorer.

Gao Lin, who ran back, hugged Zhou Yi.

Other Chinese players also came from all directions and hugged the two of them.

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When the game started again, the morale of the Chinese team, which had just equalized the score, was high. Driven by Zhou Yi, they launched a fierce attack on Australia's goal.

There were several attacks that really made Australian fans break out in a cold sweat.

The Chinese team's fast and agile style of play did make it a bit difficult for the Australian players to deal with. Especially after the offensive pivot of Zhouyi was dispatched.

If Zhou Yi is the CPU processor of the Chinese team, then the computing speed of this processor is simply astonishingly fast!

In the complex environment of the court, he rarely needs to observe. There is no need to think after catching the ball. He can pass the football immediately and then run to the next position to catch the ball and pass it.

If someone is interested in making a record analysis of his running trajectory throughout the game. I'm afraid you will be surprised to find that Zhou Yi's every running choice is just right, with almost no waste of distance and timing!

certainly. The Australian players haven't seen it yet. They can only instinctively feel that this week is not easy based on their actual experience in the game. Very powerful!

Of course he is great. If he is not great, how can he become the core of Dortmund at the age of only nineteen years old?

During this period, Australia could only recover across the board and defend with all its strength to cope with the Chinese team's attack.

The fans of the Chinese team were very excited, and the commentator Liu Hong screamed and screamed, as if he was having an orgasm.

Gao Hongbo also stood on the sidelines the whole time, staring at the court intently, swinging his body with every pass of the team. These movements showed his inner emotions, sometimes excitement, sometimes excitement. Annoyance, sometimes it is regret, sometimes it is expectation...

He was fully immersed in the scene and seemed to be immersed in it like an actor who is deeply involved in the play.

Gao Hongbo was indeed immersed in it.

Although he has always emphasized quick passing and cutting when approaching the opponent's penalty area in training, no matter how well the team does in training, as long as it comes to the game, the success rate will decline to varying degrees, and the degree of decline depends on the opponent. defensive hardness.

He feels that there is still a long way to go for the Chinese team players to achieve the performance he wants.

Unexpectedly... within these eight minutes, he actually saw the football in his mind, and it was so beautiful!

That exquisite combination of passing, cutting and running is like a rising tide, hitting Australia's defense again and again, making them embarrassed!

At this time...just one goal...will be perfect...

Gao Hongbo murmured to himself.

But the goal never came.

Such a high-intensity and fast-paced style of play requires a lot of physical fitness and teamwork. Although he played well during this period, he could not last long.

The Chinese team had not been able to siege Australia's penalty area for ten minutes, so they had to slow down the pace, retreat again, and continue to struggle with Australia.

On the one hand, Zhou Yi's physical fitness cannot be maintained at a sufficient level continuously. His non-stop running and passing are very energy-consuming, especially when attacking, because he often needs to rush to the receiving point in time. , so you have to sprint frequently, which is anaerobic exercise, and consumes all the energy stored in the body.

On the other hand, it is impossible for the players of the Chinese team to keep up with Zhou Yi's rhythm. In these eight minutes, it was remarkable that they could keep up with Zhou Yi's fast-paced and almost mindless style of play. It was simply impossible for them to continue to persevere.

In this way, due to dual factors, the Chinese team's stormy attack finally ended, and the Australian players can breathe a sigh of relief...

When the Chinese team's offense retreated like an ebbing tide, the Australian commentator let out a long sigh of relief, and the sound of his exhalation spread through the microphone to thousands of households in Australia. Like him, many Australian fans had a mouthful of foul air spurting out of their mouths and noses. During this period, they were so nervous that they almost forgot their heartbeats. If the Chinese team's siege continued for a few minutes, they might die...

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Ah! What a pity! Seeing that the Chinese team could no longer maintain its previous offensive, Liu Hong held his head in the commentary box. Maybe if we can continue this attack for a while longer, we can score... But unfortunately, there are no ifs in football. In fact, the performance of the national team has been very, very, very good! You must know such a scene, we used to be You can’t see that from the national team at all!”

He is right. Let alone the past, these eight minutes today have not been seen in other national team games in this Asian Cup...

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This is incredible!

After returning to the hotel, the Japanese team players gathered together to watch the live TV broadcast of the Chinese team's game. When they saw the Chinese team besieging Australia for eight minutes, everyone's eyes widened, and some of them almost put their heads against the TV screen...

The Chinese national team displayed in these eight minutes made Japanese players feel strange and... scary.

Yes, scary.

They never thought that the Chinese team could play like a real Barcelona team.

Japanese football has always prided itself on being a representative of Asian technology, but these eight minutes made them feel threatened.

Shinji Kagawa did not express any admiration, nor did he move his body closer to see more clearly.

He was not surprised by this, because he had been training and competing with Zhou Yi for half a season. Although it was only half a season, he fully experienced Zhou Yi's abilities.

He can often feel this kind of football in Dortmund's training.

The core is of course the Book of Changes.

Only Zhou Yi has such ability to lead so many people.

He is now very happy that his teammates saw the performance of the Chinese team in these eight minutes. Otherwise, if they still look at the Chinese team with old ideas and vision, they may be in a big mess in the finals!

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After the Chinese team's eight minutes, Australia began to press forward and attack.

There was no difference from eight minutes in that Zhou Yi was still running, but his running speed was slightly slower and his sprinting was significantly reduced.

He is using movement to help the team's defense, and using passing and control to slow down Australia's rhythm and deal with them.

The overall strength of the Chinese team is indeed inferior to Australia, so they must make more efforts to ensure that the situation remains in a very delicate equilibrium state.

It's so subtle that when the time comes, you can break this balance without using too much force...

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A delicate balance has been maintained. Although there were some ups and downs in the middle, the general trend has not changed.

Until the end of the 90-minute game, Australia failed to break the Chinese team's goal, and the Chinese team certainly did not score another goal.

The two sides ended the ninety-minute match with a draw, and the game entered thirty minutes of overtime.

So the two semi-finals of this Asian Cup will both last 120 minutes... (To be continued.) Launch a new website