Chapter 559 Defending the Asian Cup

Super Yang Yang, give the lore ball at the critical moment!

Two consecutive Asian Cup defeats by one person, the Japanese coach can't stop the Chinese superstar!

Two passes and one shot, Chinese superstars shine in the Asian Cup!

Japan's two equalizations show their fighting spirit, but the national football team has an invincible magic weapon!

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The next day of the game, the national media reported on the authoritative national party journals, party newspapers and TV stations, as well as regional TV stations and county and city newspapers, all of which reported that the Chinese team narrowly beat Japan three-to-two, and once again reached the key battle of the Asian Cup final.

Yang Yang's outstanding performance in this game once again aroused the appreciation and heated discussion of domestic fans.

This is Yang Yang's second Asian Cup.

Three years ago, Yang Yang was only seventeen years old, but he had already shown his strength to be better than other players in Asia and was elected as the best player in the Asian Cup. Now, three years later, Yang Yang has once again shown amazing performance. Strength.

Before the final was played, Yang Yang only played four games for the Chinese team, but he had already scored seven goals and provided three assists.

It can be said that he is a veritable number one hero for the Chinese team to enter the finals.

The authoritative party newspaper publicly stated that Yang Yang stepped forward at a critical moment, leading the Chinese team to break through the siege of Japan and reach the final again, and also made the Chinese team once again become the number one favorite to win the Asian Cup.

Because in another game, Iraq drew an unexpected 0-0 draw with Saudi Arabia, and defeated the opponent in a penalty shootout, causing a big upset and black all the way to the final.

China encounters Iraq, and everyone believes that the Chinese team is a veritable favorite.

"Because he has just experienced a brilliant and dazzling season, Yang Yang is still in the adjustment period of his state and physical fitness, but it is obvious that Yang Yang, who is not in his best state at all, still has the top-level strength to disdain other Asian players."

"Whether it is Iran, South Korea, or Japan, they have not been able to find an effective way to restrain Yang Yang."

"Japan's head coach Osim threatened before the game that the Japanese team had found a way to freeze Yang Yang, but it turned out that Yang Yang couldn't stop him at all, and Osim had to admit after the game that Yang Yang couldn't be stopped."

"Osim said that Yang Yang is too comprehensive, he has almost no obvious weakness, he can pass from the bottom, he can cut inside, he can assist, he can pass well, he can shoot from long distance, he can...he can do almost everything. !"

"Osim also said that in football, no one can stop an omnipotent player."

"Yang Yang's ability is a well-deserved leader even in the Premier League and the top leagues such as the Champions League. On the stage of the Asian Cup, although he is not in the best condition, he is still able to do it well."

"Seven goals and three assists, Yang Yang led the Chinese team to play an amazing attack in four games, and became a rival for other Asian national teams to talk about."

"Everyone, even our opponents, have to admit that the Chinese team with Yang Yang is definitely one of the strongest teams in Asia and the most competitive team at the same time."

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The high evaluation from the authoritative party newspaper has once again improved Yang Yang's status and influence in the national team and domestically.

If it is said that in the Asian Cup three years ago, Yang Yang, who was only 17 years old, was just starting his career, and many people were not convinced enough of him, then three years later, he is the best scorer in Eredivisie history and the best scorer in the Premier League. Top scorer, Champions League Golden Boot Award, Premier League best player and many other glittering honors, Yang Yang has become the most important ace of the Chinese team.

National TV not only broadcasted all the matches of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup, but also gave special attention to the news reports. On the second day of the match, national TV not only praised the excellent performance of the Chinese team and Yang Yang, but also paid attention to the important time. In the news, Yang Yang's remarks when he was interviewed by a TV station reporter after the game were broadcast.

"It must be an amazing result to reach the finals of the Asian Cup for two consecutive times, but the finals have not yet been played, and Iraq will definitely be a tough opponent if they can reach the finals. We should not think too much. There can't be any carelessness."

"There is no doubt that many people will think that we are already a strong team in Asia, and even have the top strength in Asia, but I think we are not good enough, and the team still has considerable room for improvement. "

"This Asian Cup, our age is relatively low, there are a group of young teammates in the team, and whether it is facing Iran, South Korea or Japan, we have exposed some points that are not as good as our opponents."

"For example, in the game against Japan that just ended, we were obviously slightly inferior to our opponents in terms of technical and tactical abilities. In the end, we relied on the team's overall performance and tenacious defense to hold on to this victory. ."

"Of course, we don't need to belittle ourselves. If we can enter the final, our goal must be to hit the championship, but we can't be blindly arrogant. We should see the gap and the trend clearly."

"I still think that we still have a long way to go, whether it is the league or the youth training. We are still far behind Japan and South Korea in the entire football industry. Compared with these, championships and honors It's not the most important thing."

No one remembers, this is the first time Yang Yang has made such an appeal.

There have always been calls for football reform, but many things in the domestic football world are intricate, intertwined, and incomprehensible, and every time Yang Yang made an appeal, there was a heated discussion in the country, but it disappeared soon after.

In this regard, Yang Yang was also mentally prepared. He didn't want to go to this muddy water at all, so he then proposed that he hoped that more outstanding young players would bravely go abroad and land in the Europa League.

He believes that with the training and training of the Europa League, the strength of Chinese players will be further improved, and the overall competitiveness of the Chinese national team will certainly be improved.

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Yang Yang has never been a person who likes to speak in front of the media. With his status today, if he doesn't say something, no one really says it, and maybe he will be forgotten at some point.

For example, it is a very difficult road for players to go abroad. Finally, both the General Administration of Sports and the Football Association have come forward, and the clubs have finally been willing to cooperate, so more and more players have started to go abroad one after another.

If Yang Yang is satisfied because of this, then at some point, this road will be cut off again.

If he doesn't say these words, who will?

If he doesn't say it, can others hear it?

Of course, if you can hear it, you may not be able to listen in. Yang Yang just does his best and has a clear conscience.

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On July 28, the Asian Cup ushered in the third-place final. The Japanese team drew with Saudi Arabia 0-0, but lost to the West Asian team in the penalty shootout, and finally only won the fourth place.

One day later, twenty-ninth.

In the face of Iraq, Alihan made his most powerful offensive lineup.

The front line is still the combination of Yang Yang, Gao Lin and Chen Tao, the midfielder is Shao Jiayi, Zheng Zhi and Zhou Haibin, the back line is Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Li Weifeng and Sun Jihai, and the goalkeeper is Li Leilei.

The summer temperature in Southeast Asia is very high, humid and hot, but the Chinese team launched a fierce attack on the Iraqi goal from the first minute of the game. threaten.

Iraq is obviously also very clear that fighting against the Chinese team is definitely seeking death, so they adopted the tactics of defending and counterattacking. Facing the menacing Chinese team, Iraq was very calm.

This is also the characteristics of the dark horse team has always been.

Through a series of upsets, Iraqi players have become more confident than ever. They stubbornly guarded their penalty area and easily did not give the Chinese team any chance.

Throughout the first half, the Chinese team took turns attacking Iraq's penalty area and goal, creating time and again shooting opportunities, but most of them were long-range shots, and there were not many threatening shots in the penalty area.

The most threatening thing was that Yang Yang dribbled the ball into the penalty area alone in the 23rd minute, causing Iraq's backline to lose control, but in the end, he passed to Gao Lin, and Gao Lin missed a great opportunity to score.

In terms of the efficiency of grasping the strike in front of the goal, Gao Lin is still lacking.

After changing sides in the second half, the Chinese team continued to maintain a strong pressure.

Everyone knows very well that in the face of Iraq's strict defense, just one goal can completely change the situation.

As long as it can lead, Iraq will have to take the initiative to attack, and this is the opportunity for the Chinese team.

But in the face of Iraq's shrinking defense, the Chinese team is struggling to find opportunities to score.

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Game time was passing bit by bit, and an hour passed quickly.

The Chinese team took advantage of the field, but never found a chance to score.

The mentality of the players became somewhat impatient, and Iraq even started to fight back.

But at the critical moment when the momentum was not good, Yang Yang stepped forward again.

In the 63rd minute, after Shao Jiayi pulled the ball to the left, he made a diagonal pass to Yang Yang's feet in the left corner of the penalty area.

Yang Yang was facing two Iraqi players at the same time, but he stopped the ball and suddenly started by the way, using his excellent explosive power and flexible ball control, forcibly cut a bloody path between the two defenders.

After even stopping, Yang Yang dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area, and suddenly volleyed with his right foot, directly smashing the ball into the Iraqi goal.

Everyone in the stadium stood up and applauded!

Yang Yang rushed out of the court again excitedly, celebrating the goal non-stop along the way.

He knew very well that this goal would completely crush Iraq.

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One goal behind, Iraq intended to counterattack, but the Chinese team began to defend and counterattack, and the situation suddenly reversed.

Until the end, Iraq failed to threaten the goal of the Chinese team. Although they once attacked one after another at the last moment, only one of the eight shots was on target.

As for the Chinese team, there were 23 shots on target and seven shots on target.

And Yang Yang's goal helped the Chinese team successfully defend the Asian Cup champion!