Chapter 197 What About the Champions League Champion? [2400 Monthly Pass Plus Update, Please Subscribe to Monthly Pass]

On the evening of August 3, Beijing Workers' Stadium.

In the first match of the Asian Cup semi-finals, China played against Iran.

This crucial battle attracted a total of more than 60,000 fans to watch the game, which made the Gongti Stadium overcrowded for the first time.

With the soaring performance of the national team, domestic fans have become more and more fanatical.

Especially before the game, when the national anthem is played in the stadium, 60,000 fans accompany the players and staff to sing the national anthem aloud. The audience in front of them couldn't help feeling surging and their blood boiled.

Yang Yang appeared in the starting lineup, and once again he remembered what Wei Zhen said in his mind.

Three hundred and sixty lines, only sports can sing the national anthem before the game.

The Chinese team once again formed a 442 formation in this game. The goalkeeper is still Liu Yunfei, and the back line is Sun Xiang, Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng and Zhang Yaokun. The latter replaced Wei Xin in this game.

The midfield is a combination of Yan Song, Shao Jiayi, Zhao Junze and Yang Yang, and the two forwards are still Li Jinyu and Hao Dong.

Entering the semi-finals, the fighting spirit and enthusiasm of the national team has already reached a high point. In this case, even the head coach Alihan shouted before the game that he wanted to enter the final and win the championship.

This is an inevitable necessity.

It would be stupid if the head coach poured cold water on the team at this time.

In the locker room before the game, Alihan also said in the mobilization, "I believe that with our current strength and state, no team in Asia can stop us from moving forward!"

The national team was also encouraged and actively launched an offensive against Iran from the very beginning of the game.

Only two minutes into the game, Hao Dong pulled to the left to instigate the offensive, Sun Xiang made a cross from the side and hung into the penalty area, and the Iranian defender made a clearance.

However, the ball was still under the control of the Chinese team, and soon another attack was launched. Shao Jiayi shot a long shot from the outside of the penalty area.

The frontier of the penalty area is a hidden danger exposed in the match between Iran and South Korea. The three conceded goals are all related to this.

The Iranian team also quickly counterattacked. After Karimi got rid of the defending player in the middle, he drove the ball forward to instigate the offensive, went straight behind him, and sent the ball into the penalty area, but goalkeeper Liu Yunfei attacked decisively and hugged the ball.

After the opening, the two teams attacked and defended each other.

The Iranian team obviously also focused on studying the previous games of the Chinese team, and adopted a strategy of defending left and right attacking. On the one hand, it used the defense on the left to focus on curbing Yang Yang's flank assault, and at the same time, it played a powerful attack on the right. Advantage.

The four goals against the South Korean team were all from the right side of Iran.

Iran's targeted defense makes it difficult for Yang Yang to play on the right. The physical quality of Iranian players is not only better than that of 17-year-old Yang Yang, even if he is an adult international player of the Chinese team.

The physical advantage, the speed is not slow at all, coupled with the strict targeted defense, which makes Yang Yang closely guarded by the opponent after the opening, and it is difficult to obtain opportunities.

It wasn't until the twelfth minute that Yang Yang ran out of an empty space and got a chance to pass from the side into the penalty area.

But in front of Iran's defenders, the Chinese team's attack this time also failed to create opportunities.

From the beginning, he always had a feeling of power and nowhere to go, very depressed and depressed, making him want to go crazy.

He knew very well that it was the Iranian team's targeted defense against him, and even to some extent, he should be honored because of his every possession of the ball to attract the attention of Iranian defenders.

But he was still very upset because he didn't get the chance to perform.

Apart from this cross, he didn't even have a decent chance to perform.

"It can't go on like this."

Yang Yang knew very well in his heart that he had to find a way to get rid of the Iranian team's defensive players, otherwise he would definitely be marked to death.

Van Basten said that a running offensive player cannot be defended.

And since the Iranian team wants to target him, they can't let them do so anyway.

Yang Yang couldn't help thinking of the match against Colombia in the first match of the Toulon Cup. The opponent wanted to stare him, so Yang Yang resolutely adjusted his role, gave full play to his running, and kept pulling the opponent's defense.

Although he didn't get the chance, he could help his teammates pull out the space.

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After changing his thinking, Yang Yang quickly adjusted his kicking style.

When the team took the ball to attack, he actively ran, pulled the opponent's defense, created space for his teammates, actively responded to his teammates, and transitioned the ball, especially Shao Jiayi. The cooperation between the two is now more and more tacit.

After the Chinese team loses the ball, Yang Yang will actively participate in the counter-attack as soon as possible, and will also actively retreat to participate in the defense.

This style of play gave the Iranian defenders who were following him a headache, but there was nothing they could do, because they couldn't get Yang Yang to stop running like this, just like Yang Yang couldn't get them to stop pressing.

When the game reached the 23rd minute, the Chinese team finally had a chance.

After the goal was frustrated, Li Jinyu quickly retreated and counterattacked, attacking Iran's left back with Yang Yang at the same time. After stealing the ball, Li Jinyu quickly assigned to the right to Hao Dong, who crossed to the middle, Shao Jiayi. Push in the back row.

One to zero!

The whole gymnastics stadium cheered.

Although Yang Yang did not score, but this goal also had his contribution, so he was still very happy.

What's more, as long as they can win, whoever scores is the same.

What Yang Yang did not expect was that after scoring the goal, the Chinese team played very awkwardly.

This is also an old problem for the Chinese team for a long time. After taking the lead, they don't know how to play.

The players on the field began to have different ideas. Some felt that they could fight for another goal and win the game.

Yang Yang was on the court and felt the difference most clearly.

On the other hand, Iran, after conceding a goal, they let go of their hands and feet and began to press the attack heavily.

With the counterattack of the Iranian team, the Chinese team was also forced to take the defensive, but after blocking two consecutive waves of the opponent's offensive, it finally failed to block the third wave.

Forty-three minutes before the end of the first half, the Iranian team instigated an offensive from the right, and Madagascar assisted Allawi to score and tie the score.

The two sides eventually ended the first half 1-1.

For Iran, this was undoubtedly a goal that boosted morale, but for the Chinese team, it was a tragic blow.

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Before the end of the first half, the opponent equalized the score. After the national team players returned to the locker room, all of them looked a little frustrated. Yang Yang lowered his head and looked a little ugly.

He was very dissatisfied with his performance in the first half.

The whole first half gave him the feeling that he was full of energy, but had nowhere to use it.

That feeling was so depressing and depressing, it made him want to go crazy.

Iran's targeted defense made him feel uncomfortable, so he could only keep running and constantly looking for opportunities, but for various reasons, he never showed any performance.

Coupled with the fact that the team was equalized at the last minute of the first half, Yang Yang was as depressed as everyone else.

The only difference is that his reason is still telling him that he can't be irritable, and the more important the moment, the more calm he needs to be.

What's more, there is still the second half.

Alihan came among the players, and he first expressed his affirmation for the first half of the game.

"I saw everyone's efforts and I'm happy for your performance. We managed to freeze the opponent's right-side attack for most of the time, but unfortunately, a mistake ruined our 45 minutes of effort. ."

When Alihan said this, the conversation changed, "However, I believe that we must still have a chance in the second half. We have one more day off than our opponents, and we have a certain advantage in terms of physical fitness, and the most important thing is that our left wing can no longer be used. Give your opponent a chance."

As early as before the game, Alihan focused on practicing the team's left defense for several days, which played a role in the game.

Except for the conceded goal before the final break, Iran's right flank did not get the slightest chance.

Of course, there have been contacts, and the Iranian team also conducted targeted defense against the Chinese team's right wing, and Yang Yang did not get a chance.

Arihan obviously saw Yang Yang who lowered his head and silently stared at the sweat on the floor, came over and patted his shoulder lightly, "You have performed well, all of us have seen your efforts, and your opponents are strict. Watching you, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Yang Yang nodded slightly and said so, but he still felt uncomfortable in his heart. He felt that there was a fire in his heart, and he wanted to erupt all the time, but it kept being pressed. He wanted to push the piece away from his heart with his own hands. of boulders.

"Makes me want to finish this game." Yang Yang said through gritted teeth.

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"We did a good job defending in the first half, especially against the right side of the Chinese team."

In Iran's locker room, head coach Ivanovic, with a confident smile on his face, assured all the players in the locker room.

"Yang Yang didn't have a decent performance in the whole first half. Except for that cross, he didn't make any threat at all. He is only seventeen years old. Freeze him in the game."

Many people in the locker room nodded, and even a trace of disdain flashed in the eyes of two players, as if to say, is it not easy for a seventeen-year-old boy to guard him?

Champions League champion?

Humph, so what?

Ivanovic attaches great importance to Yang Yang. Before the game, he focused on the targeted defense of restraining the Chinese team on the right. This played a very obvious effect in the first half. Yang Yang was mediocre throughout the first half.

As for the Chinese team's left, it was also suppressed by the Iranian team's right attack.

"Remember what I said, as long as we keep our defense steady, the Chinese team will definitely be dragged down by our own pressure, and the final victory in this game will definitely belong to us!"

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After the intermission, the two teams returned to the Gongshen Stadium.

But not long after the second half of the game started, the Chinese team suffered an unexpected blow.