Although Zheng Zhi used the opportunity to prolong his life with the sacrifice of himself, he was saved by the Chinese team.

But then the Chinese team had to face the situation of playing one less person. Although there was little time left in the game, they didn't need to hit one less person in dozens of minutes. However, at this time, everyone's physical fitness was close to Chengdu, where the oil was exhausted, and it would be very deadly to hit one less person.

Not to mention that this game is likely to be dragged into overtime. How can the Chinese team, which is one less person, face the impact of the South Korean team in half an hour of overtime?

You should know that Korean football has always been known for its good physical fitness.

On the South Korean team, head coach Stilik also saw the dilemma faced by the Chinese team, so he began to prepare for overtime and prevent the team from pressing the team frequently, for fear that the Chinese team would seize the last opportunity to fight the Korean team to the death, and use the gaps that the Korean team had pressed to make a successful counterattack.

Perrin is also starting to prepare for overtime. He holds the last substitution quota in his hand, just don't need it.

If this game is dragged into overtime, he is substituting, at least he can ensure that there is one person on the court with good physical strength.

When the South Korean team contracted, the Chinese team naturally launched a large-scale attack.

They are also very aware of the current predicament and do not want to play extra time unless they have to.

However, the South Korean team also saw that the Chinese team was just looking back, so they were not panicked, but instead shrank their defense and defended patiently. The Chinese team did not have many offensive opportunities.

The game time passes quickly, and fans who are following the game glance at the time from time to time and find that another minute has passed.

In this way, the 88th minute, the Chinese team still failed to break through the South Korean team's goal.

Because Yu Hai was in the middle, Gao Zheng did not stay in the penalty area, and his range of activities was very large, so he had already run to the side.

However, even though he has been practicing hard in the club for many years to improve his physical fitness, he is no longer able to run anymore. He is doing less and less such things as dribbling and breaking through.

After all, he played four consecutive games in the Asian Cup, and the interval between each game was still very short. Even if he only played half of the third group stage, his physical fitness did not recover much.

In addition, this game with the Korean team is more difficult than other games. He keeps fighting with his opponents, and his physical energy consumption is greater than usual.

According to official statistics from the AFC, the Chinese team has more than 60 minutes of effective matches in these two group matches against Uzbekistan and North Korea. What is this?

Generally speaking, effective game time refers to the remaining game time except for the kick-off player being injured, falling to the ground, football out of bounds, waiting, substitution, etc., which means that the effective game time is the sum of the ball-handling time when both sides are always in the game state.

The longer this time, the higher the quality of the competition will be.

There was a statistics before that the average effective time of the Chinese Super League is forty-nine minutes.

The average effective time for the events organized by the AFC is only 52:02 seconds. This statistics include the Asian Youth Championship, Asian Youth Championship, Women's Asian Cup and other events under the AFC.

In the 2011 Asian Cup four years ago, the average effective game time was only 53 minutes and 25 seconds.

Before this Asian Cup, the AFC advocated that the effective time of the game could reach 60 minutes.

What is the meaning of sixty minutes effective time?

The average effective time for the Champions League in the 2010-2011 season is 62 minutes and 39 seconds.

As we all know, the UEFA Champions League is now the most technical and tactical football event on this planet, and the effective time of the Champions League can be regarded as the highest effective time benchmark for football in the world.

The effective time of the Chinese team's match against Uzbekistan was 62 minutes, which had basically reached the average level of the Champions League. At that time, this game was the first match in this Asian Cup with an effective time of more than 60 minutes.

The limited time against North Korea reached 65 minutes, becoming the longest effective game in this Asian Cup.

Longer effective time means that players will play more games, the pace of games will be faster, and the physical energy consumption will naturally be greater.

After playing such two benchmark games, the physical condition of the Chinese team can be imagined.

In fact, in this Asian Cup, the physical fitness problems of Chinese players who have been criticized have been greatly improved, otherwise the Chinese team would not be able to play these two benchmark games.

However, there are few people who compete with the Korean team to this point, and no matter how good the physical fitness is, it is almost exhausted.

It was precisely because the Korean team saw this that they contracted their defense and prepared to drag the game into overtime.

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Gao Zheng received the ball on the left side.

In front of him, the Korean right-back Cha Duri, the son of South Korean football legend Che Fangen, played as a forward when he debuted and has now become a full-back. He was replaced in the 70th minute while his teammate Park Joo-ho was rushing from the midfield to help him.

Gao Zheng stepped on the football under his feet and looked up to observe the situation in the middle.

Then he raised his right foot and swung it towards the football, trying to pass the football into the middle.

Che Duli quickly stretched forward, intending to stop Gao Zheng from passing the ball.

Unexpectedly, Gao Zheng was just a fake move. His left foot was bypassed from the top of the football, and when he swung it back, he gently pushed the football to the outside line with his outer instep and dodged Che Duli.

Then Gao Zheng followed up and moved the football forward to form a breakthrough.

Park Joo-ho, who arrived in time, hit Gao Zheng to the ground with a collision!

"Foofed!!" He Ping in the commentator's seat seemed to be exercising the referee's accusation on his behalf.

The Chinese fans in the stands couldn't wait to boo.

But in fact, they didn't need to remind him that the referee Williams had already blew his whistle and interrupted the game. He ran to the foul spot and signaled the Chinese team to serve a free kick.

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Because Park Joo-ho's foul was not very intense this time, the referee only gave a verbal warning and had no intention of playing cards.

Park Joo-ho also acted very friendly, and took the initiative to extend his hand and clapped Gao Zheng, who had just gotten up from the ground.

This is the first etiquette in the game that uses this method of high-fives to show friendship, and the invaded party accepts high-fives and shows that it is not caring about it.

Although this action is very common in the game, not everyone will be willing to use it to show their friendliness, especially many players who have been violated were scattered heavily by the opponent at the last moment, and the next moment they have to accept the other party's friendliness and high-fives. If they are not angry, they will not accept the kindness expressed by the foul player.

For example, if Zheng Zhi took the initiative to slap Son Heung-min after a foul, I'm afraid that the angry Son Heung-min would only push him away...

Although he was also fouled, Gao Zheng did not look very angry. Faced with Park Joo-ho's initiative to show his affection, he did not refuse, but stretched out his hand and slapped the other party.

It seems that this is a very harmonious scene.

But when Park Joo-ho saw Gao Zheng stretching out his hand, he swung his arm and slapped it hard on Gao Zheng's palm. Gao Zheng was so painful that he shrank back as if he was electrocuted.

Seeing Gao Zheng's appearance, Park Joo-ho laughed, then shook his head and ran back. His heart was filled with pride. This idiot actually thought I would show kindness to him? Ha!

Gao Zheng looked down at the hands that were being patted red. This time he did not protest with the referee, but shook his hand gently, then raised his head to stare at Park Joo-ho's back.

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While Park Joo-ho was slapping Gao Zheng's hand hard, referee Williams was lowering his head to record the foul, but he did not see this scene. Gao Zheng did not complain to the referee to protest Park Joo-ho's behavior, but was still caught on TV.

He Ping said dissatisfiedly: "It was obviously Park Joo-ho who committed a foul, but he took such an action when he showed his goodwill. It's really regrettable..."

Xu Yang said from the side: "Park Joo-ho wants to anger Chinese players. If our players are fooled and conflict with them, there will be little time left for the game... Fortunately, Gao Zheng restrained it. I have to say that in this regard, Gao Zheng, who plays football in Europe, has indeed done better. His restraint and the repeated provocations of Korean players are really in sharp contrast..."

Due to their identities, the two commentators are really hard to say.

But Huang Xiang, a commentator on the online live broadcast platform, did not have so much concern: "Look, this is the sports spirit of South Korea! All kinds of despicable external moves are emerging one after another. In the first half, he deliberately stepped on Gao Zheng, and now he took advantage of the players' mentality of actively showing goodwill without any defense. He took the opportunity to slap Gao Zheng! And he has a face to smile! Since the World Cup in Japan and South Korea, the Korean sports industry has been going on for more than ten years without any lower limits!"

Chinese fans on the Internet also gave all the most vicious comments they could think of to Park Joo-ho and the Korean sports represented by Park Joo-ho.

"A stick is just a stick, and dogs can't change their shit!"

"Damn it, I'm so angry. Gao Zheng can actually hold it back. It's really extraordinary! If I were on the court, I might have kicked it up!"

"That idiot is still laughing. He's dead, laughing so happily!"
Chapter completed!