"I want to tell you that Australia has no chance to advance to the finals. The Australians forced us to lower our strength!"

A similar view is Gu Guangming, who said: "Some people ignore that we are Asian Cup champions and Olympic champions. From this point of view, we are more mature than any team, including France and Brazil. We have been tested in practice and honors, and it will cost us to underestimate our results."

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Judging from Horton's recent training content, Horton did not act as a defensive attitude, and it was an attitude to restore the 442 formation.

Australia? Horton really didn't think about how to face it carefully. He also said bluntly at the pre-match news conference: "Why are the teams that have played in Brazil afraid of Australia? It's not that we are arrogant, but that we should be more proactive. We know what we want and we must admit that entering the final is our real goal."

"We are not France or Mexico. We are very real, and my players are very real. If you want to ask them to go on a trip after the semi-finals, they will definitely not agree."

"So, we will fight to the end!"

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10 nights at Yokohama International Stadium, Japan.

The Chinese team took the lead in facing Australia. The starting lineup of the Chinese team was exactly the same as in the first round. The European Legion, Wu Chengying and Qu Chuliang, faced Australia with a 442 formation.

Goalkeeper: Ou Chuliang;

Defenders: Sun Jihai, Fan Zhiyi, Li Weifeng, Wu Chengying;

Midfielder: Qu Bo, Zheng Zhi, Li Yin, Shao Jiayi;

Forward: Yang Chen, Xie Hui.

Australia also sent all its main players without reservation. All players who played in the UK started.

Goalkeeper: Schwarzer;

Defenders: Moore, Okon, Fox, Vadma;

Midfielder: Lazaridis, Breschano, Murphy, Alois;

Forward: Viduka, Kuwait.

"Australia's lineup is very strong. The players who play in the UK, except for the captains Moore and Vaderma playing in the Glasger Rangers, all of them are in the Premier League or the Championship. It can be understood that the Chinese team is playing against England's second or third teams, hehe."

Zhang Lu quipped.

"The strongest people in the team should be Cowell, Viduka, captain Moore and goalkeeper Schwarzer. These people are the leading stars of their respective clubs."

"The only disadvantage of the Chinese team is physical. In the past, we had the best physical fitness in Asia, but if we played with Australia, we might suffer a loss. However, even if we suffer a loss, it should not be a big loss. After all, our players have also been trained on the mainstream battlefield in Europe."

"Of course, this is definitely a physical fight!"

"It is also a competition of speed. Both sides will probably decide the outcome of the game through more concise play."

"But the weather is quite hot tonight. Although it is at night, it is 25 degrees. It is very likely that it will rain heavily in the middle of the game. If it rains, it will feel a little unfavorable to the Chinese teams. After all, Chinese rely on skills to play football, while Australians rely on their health."

These words inadvertently mocked the Australians...

Zhang Lu's crow mouth was not long after he finished speaking, it started to rain in the sky. At first, the rain was still light, but when both sides finished lined up and each side stood at one site, the rain became heavier and heavier.

The referee from England looked up at the night sky, but finally decided to blew the whistle and the game started normally.

"Guide Zhang, you really hit it. It's raining heavily. This is not a good sign for the Chinese team." Huang Jianxiang sighed.

"For the Chinese team, which is known for its skills, it is probably going to be restrained by Australia using its physical advantages."

Sure enough, after the game started, the Chinese team had to deal with it carefully, and the technical advantages could not be used. The Australian team, who was good at physically, quickly gained the advantage. They played high and created the scoring opportunity first.

With a simple cooperation of three or two feet, the ball was passed to Viduca's feet. Viduca made a light move and the Coventry winger who followed tried to shoot a long shot.

Even Li Yin, who was moving quickly, could not stop him from completing the shot. The ball splashed with water and hit the left side of the goal. Standing in front of the goal, Ou Chuliang didn't dare to be careless at all. He frowned, aimed his palms at the ball, and hit the ball hard.

In such a harsh rainy day, no matter how good the goalkeeper skills are, you will never dare to say that you can get the ball into your hands. Hitting the ball out as soon as possible is the safest way.

It seems that the test is even greater today.

After landing, he immediately got up, afraid of the opponent's second attack. However, the ball was cleared by Li Yin's big feet.

"Don't stick to the ball!"

"If you have the ball, just kick it out!"

Fan Zhiyi shouted loudly in the penalty area.

Outside the penalty area, Zheng Zhi's voice also sounded, "Get closer, don't pass the ball easily for the opponent, keep a close eye on the inside."

"High ball, pass the ball!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Australia's offensive came again, and it was still very simple. This time the ball was divided into the wing, and then immediately took the ball and crossed it to find Cowell and Viduka.

However, captain Fan Zhiyi's judgment of landing points and positioning was quite accurate, and he pushed the ball out of Cowell's head. Before in the Premier League, he had been guarding Cowell and Viduka, and he had never allowed them to take advantage of it. This time he was the same.

Facing a high-level striker, his performance will also increase and become more awesome. You won’t be more focused and more powerful, otherwise you will become the opponent’s sword.

Zheng Zhi got the ball outside the penalty area and immediately took a big step to the right, avoided Brescano's flying tackle, and immediately sent the ball forward, and the half-high ball quickly passed through the half-court, then landed on the turf with water.

Da ~

Instead, the ball accelerated forward again and rushed towards Qu Bo.

Because of the rainy day, Qu Bo's starting speed was obviously half a beat slower, but he still caught up with the ball. He just failed to widen the distance from the Australian left-back. Fox took a side kick and accurately shoveled Qu Bo's ball under his feet out of the sideline.

"Slow down, don't hurry." Zheng Zhi went up to answer and signaled Sun Jihai who threw the ball not to worry. This weather is too unfriendly to the Chinese team and cannot play in the original way. The rhythm must be slowed down and the mistakes must be reduced. The Australians are fast, so they can't be fast, but the Chinese team's rhythm must not be too passive.

In the end, Sun Jihai threw the ball back to Fan Zhiyi, but Kewell rushed very hard, and Fan Zhiyi was not good at controlling the ball from behind, but he calmly passed it to Wu Chengying on the left side. Wu Chengying passed it straight to Shao Jiayi. After Shao Jiayi got the ball, he tried a long pass over the top and looked for Xie Hui.

Xie Hui ran while observing the landing point of the ball in the rain curtain. As a result, Australian captain Moore had already jumped up first and easily pushed the ball out above his head! There was no way, Moore's vision became clearer, and Xie Hui suffered a loss.

Murphy got the ball and gave it to Alois again. Alois made a cross again! Fan Zhiyi and Viduka at the front point missed the ball, but Li Weifeng at the back point was flashed by Cowell, and he slid out of the defensive range and jumped hard, slamming his head.

Da ~

Cowell actually topped the ball towards the turf.

Bounce ball!

Unconventional header!

"Oh! Dangerous!"

Ou Chuliang rushed to the side and smashed the turf and picked up countless splashes. However, his left hand accurately slapped the ball on the ball and refused the goal. However, the ball did not roll far away, and Li Weifeng still failed to return to Cowell in time. Cowell rushed towards the ball again.

He can still touch the ball and just need to shoot again!

Kewell dragged Yushui and swung his left leg again and kicked the ball at the ball, but Ou Chuliang, who was originally lying on the grass, had already climbed up and knelt down and slid towards Kewell without hesitation, spreading his arms.

Bang ~

His body was blocked by Kewell's shot in time, and the ball bounced out from Kewell's right side. Wu Chengying finally came to help and kicked the ball out of the penalty area with one kick.

"Ou Chuliang!"

"Showing heroic character again at critical moments!"

"Beautiful second consecutive pounce!"

"In the battle of heavy rain, he is still as stable as Mount Tai and has become the decisive needle on the Chinese team's defense line!"

Wu Chengying's kicked ball directly out of the sideline, finally giving the Chinese team a chance to breathe. However, the Australian obviously did not want to slow down the offense and took advantage of the bad weather to kill the Chinese team! Lazaridis quickly dribbled the ball through the Chinese team's half, and then wanted to play a wall-to-wall cooperation with Brescano.

Zheng Zhi was quick-eyed and quickly rushed to the left and immediately shoveled down!

It's broken!

Finally, he cut off Australia's attack. After getting up, he immediately sent out a long pass over the top to find Yang Chen. The landing point this time was still very perfect, and Xie Hui could see the ball very clearly. He jumped before Moore while running, and tried his best to move forward, and the ball fell directly in front of Yang Chen.

Yang Chen rushed forward, but the Vadma beside him was not slow at all. He forced his left shoulder to hit him with his body. Seeing that the speed was not advantageous, Yang Chen simply forced his feet when he rushed to the ball!

Although the turf was slippery, he still stabilized his body and shot the domineering rain arrow!

boom--

The ball was pushed to the right side of the goal, and Schwarzer in front of the goal jumped and also saved the ball in a side dive. Left-back Fox also dared not neglect and cleared the ball with his big foot.

"It's not easy, the Chinese team finally completed its first shot."

Li Yin formed an air confrontation with Murphy near the midfield. During the jump, Murphy raised his left arm and hit Li Yin hard on the chest. But the rain may have affected the referee's vision, and he did not make a foul. Although Li Yin quickly caused the turf and the wailing sounded across the court, the English referee still did not blow and the game continued.

Murphy quickly divided the sides and went to the left, and Alois immediately crossed!

Bang ~

Fan Zhiyi also knocked Cowell to the ground like an angry god in the penalty area, and at the same time pushed the ball out. The referee also had no expression. Zheng Zhi kicked the ball out of the right sideline outside the penalty area, and at this time, Kewell and Li Yin had not yet climbed up from the turf.

Maybe, both sides have their own ideas?

But after more than ten seconds, both sides stood up again as if nothing had happened.

"This is damn weather,"

"I really ignore the Chinese team."

The Australians were a little shameless. After throwing the boundary ball out, they deliberately threw it to Sun Jihai, but their own people were also standing nearby. Sun Jihai quickly drove out with his feet and cursed in his heart!

What a sinister Australian!

The ball was forced to be returned to the Australian team. Murphy immediately transferred the ball to the right side. Lazaridis did not cooperate with Bresano this time, for fear of being intercepted by Zheng Zhi, so he simply dribbled the ball and beat Wu Chengying alone. As soon as he contacted him, he used his body to seize the position, leaving Wu Chengying unable to occupy the position. As a result, he forced Wu Chengying to eat from the right side and crossed!
To be continued...