Chapter 184 The Second Half of Overtime

"Ah!! How is this possible?!" After seeing Zhou Yi's goal, the Japanese national team players in front of the TV let out various exclamations and gasps.

"Is our final opponent going to be the Chinese team?"

"Zhou Sang is so awesome!"

"We must be on strict guard against him when the time comes!"

Everyone has already started planning how to compete with the Chinese team in the finals. Of course, Zhou Yi is the person they must focus on.

Yasuhito Endo asked Shinji Kagawa: "Kagawa, don't they all say that Zhou Yi's physical fitness is not good? Why is it that it has been a hundred minutes and he can still speed up the ball and rush into the penalty area to shoot?"

Shinji Kagawa nodded: "It's not surprising, he often did this when he was in Dortmund. In fact, I think Zhou Sang is the scariest at the last moment of the game, because you will feel that he can't run anymore and has no threat. At this time ... Instead, he can send a fatal pass or score a goal himself."

"Then what's holding him up?"

"The awareness of never giving up."

After hearing Kagawa Shinji's explanation, Endo Yasuhito fell silent.

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When the players of the Chinese team finally got up from Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi did not get up from the ground with his teammates. Instead, he still maintained the "big" shape, lying on the ground, his chest heaving violently, and he was breathing heavily. Heavy.

He was so tired that he could hardly get up.

At this time, Hao Junmin reached out to him.

Zhou Yi grabbed Hao Junmin's hand and was pulled up by the other party.

"Thank you..." His lips moved, trying to say these words, but no sound came out of his throat. He was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to speak.

But Hao Junmin still understood. He patted Zhou Yi: "You're welcome."

Zhou Yi walked back slowly, gradually recovering his strength in the process.

Although the Australian players kept pointing at Zhou Yi's snail-like back in protest, he turned a deaf ear and continued to walk slowly at his own pace.

How could he be so easily influenced by the outside world?

Australian players are dissatisfied;

They went to the referee to protest. The referee signaled them to be calm and ran towards Zhou Yi. Remind him to hurry up.

Zhou Yi glanced at him. He opened his mouth, but no words came out.

It was Hao Junmin next to him who explained to the referee on his behalf: "He really can't run anymore. He can't move any faster. You see, he can't even talk now. He can't walk for long with just a few steps..." "

The referee saw Zhou Yi breathing heavily. Nothing.

Finally, Zhou Yi finally walked back to his own half. The referee blew the whistle and the game started again.

Almost as soon as the whistle sounded, Australia couldn't wait to launch a fierce attack on the Chinese team's goal. If possible, they hope to equalize in the first half of overtime.

But the Chinese team did not let Australia get what they wanted.

Zhou Yi's goal greatly boosted the morale of the team. Now every player is defending very hard, making it difficult for Australia's offense to hit the Chinese team's goal.

The first half of overtime ended quickly, and the Chinese team temporarily led Australia with a score of 2:1. They were only fifteen minutes away from reaching the Asian Cup final for the third time in their history.

But no one knows what will happen in the last fifteen minutes.

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There is no rest time between the first and second halves of overtime, according to regulations. Players from both teams must switch sides before the second half of overtime begins.

However, this rule is no longer strictly enforced.

When players from both sides exchange venues, they do not walk directly to the other side's court. Instead, he would first walk to the sidelines and drink a few sips of water in front of the bench and coaching bench. The head coach would seize the time to talk to the team's core players and make some adjustments.

The players then threw down their water bottles, left the area in front of the coach's bench, and walked to their own half.

The same goes for players from both sides of the Chinese team and Australia.

Zhou Yi walked to the sideline with his teammates, but before he could reach it, someone had already ran up to him and handed him water. This was to save him two steps and save some energy.

Zhou Yi took the water bottle and saw that it still had no lid.

The teammate who handed the water shook the bottle cap in his hand: "I just unscrewed it, no one has drunk it."

He thought Zhou Yi would be worried that someone had taken a few sips of water.

Zhou Yi didn't care about this, he grinned: "It's okay, I don't care, thank you."

Finally I can make my voice come out.

After drinking a few sips of water, Zhou Yi poured the remaining water over his head, then washed his face with both hands, and then turned around to walk back to the court. Gao Hongbo stopped him again: "Zhouyi!"

He looked back at the coach.

"If you can't run, stop running. Just stay behind and don't go up."

Zhou Yi nodded: "Okay, I understand, Gaozhi. Any other instructions?"

Gao Hongbo hesitated to speak, but finally shook his head: "No."

"Then I'll go up." Zhou Yi said goodbye to Gao Hongbo, and then slowly walked to his position.

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After the start of the second half, Australia continued to attack the Chinese team's half. It was obvious that Zhou Yi's physical fitness declined rapidly and almost dried up.

Because he is not running as actively as before, sometimes, he can only stand and watch his teammates sacrifice themselves to catch the eye.

In fact, the Chinese team is no different as if there is one less person. But it can't be said that Zhou Yi will be useless if he stays on the court.

He can still serve as a transfer station to handle football and pass it out.

Although he can't run anymore, the football can run.

Just let the football run.

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In this semi-final, not only domestic fans are paying attention, but also some eyes from as far away as Europe.

"It's really enviable..." Yang Muge suddenly said in the group.

"What are you envious of? That boy Zhou Yi can't run anymore. He can only stand stupidly like a wooden stake. Did you see how he defended just now? It was like the legendary defense with his eyes!" Sun Pan complained. .

"Yes, it makes me want to rush to the court to defend him!" Guo Nu also geared up, unwilling to give in.

"No matter what, he can stand there wearing a real national team jersey." Yang Muge said.

Yang Muge's words made Sun Pan unable to complain anymore.

He, Yang Muge, and Guo Nu have all never been selected for a national team. Whether it is the national youth team or the national youth team, they have no share.

When they participated in the recording of the reality show, they wore jerseys exclusive to the reality show. Although the color and style were very close to the national team's jerseys, it was not true after all. There was no five-star red flag on the chest.

Which of these football teenagers didn’t have the dream of being a “national football player” when they first started playing football?

No matter how bad the reputation of Chinese football is, these teenagers who play football still hope that they can become the national team and think that after being selected for the national team, they can change the poor record and image of Chinese football.

For them, a very important goal of playing football is to become a member of the national team.

But now, Zhou Yi, the person who was farthest from this goal among them, has realized such a dream. And he didn't go to the national team just for fun, but became the core of the team and really started to change the performance of the Chinese team!

Doesn’t this make them envious?

I'm so envious!

This is his first time participating in a major competition as a national football player, and he can lead the team to the finals!

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In the second half of overtime, Australia bombarded the Chinese team's goal like a storm on the Australian continent. Every Chinese team player can feel the tremendous pressure. And this pressure would continue for a full fifteen minutes.

In these fifteen minutes, as long as the Chinese team players relax for a second, it may bring very serious consequences-if Australia equalizes the score at this time, the morale and confidence of the Chinese team will be very heavy. The blow directly affected their performance in the subsequent penalty shootout.

No one knows whether or when the Chinese team will collapse under such constant pressure.

Every Chinese fan in front of the TV was too nervous to speak.

The same goes for the Chinese team members on the coaching bench and on the bench.

At this time, I have to admire Liu Hong. At least he can still explain...

In the 111th minute of the game, the Chinese team was besieged by Australia.

At the 115th minute of the game, the Chinese team was still besieged by Australia.

There are still five minutes left before the end of the game. Almost even the goalkeeper of Australia rushes forward. At this time, people will feel sorry for Zhou Yi's physical fitness. If Zhou Yi still has the physical fitness, a long pass will probably end the game completely. Contest.

But in fact, even if Zhou Yi was able to pass the ball forward, there was no Chinese team player in front of him. Even the center like Gao Lin had returned to the penalty area and played as a defender. The Chinese team had no time to counterattack.

"In the 116th minute of the game, Australia launched another attack. There is not much time left for them!" Liu Hong is very happy now. He used to always say when commentating on the national team's games: "Leave it to them." The Chinese team is running out of time!"

This sentence has also been criticized by fans and the media. It is said that Liu Hong is simply the broom star of the Chinese team. The fans have a bad impression of him because every time they watch the national team game, Liu Hong will be in their painful memories. That's not a very nice sound...

When Australia organized the attack this time, surprisingly they did not rush as hard as before, but organized patiently.

This made the Chinese team a little surprised and uncomfortable.

When you don't adapt, some problems will occur, such as... missing people in defense.

After a series of passes, Cahill received the ball in the free space in the ribs. When he received the ball, no Chinese defensive player was guarding him!

No...that can't be said. At least there was Zhou Yi in front of him.

How could Zhou Yi, who had basically no physical strength, be able to guard against the overwhelming Cahill? !

As long as Cahill breaks through Zhouyi, he will directly enter the penalty area, and then the Chinese team's goal will be in trouble! (To be continued.) Activate new URL