After the game, in the mixed zone, Dong Fangzhuo was stopped by a group of Chinese reporters. The reporter of Southern Metropolis Daily was the first to jump out and congratulate Dong Fangzhuo.

"Congratulations on the attention of the people of the whole country, you finally passed the exam, although a hat trick does not mean that you are very good, but it is not bad, at least you are firmly at the top of the scorer list."

Dong Fangzhuo rolled his eyes and quipped:

"Hey, you still want me to stage a senior year, do you mean to score more than four goals?"

"This is what the whole country expects of you, everyone thinks that you haven't done your best in the competition, in fact, you can achieve better results?"

“……”

"What else can I say?"

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At the press conference, Crawford was happy and in a good mood. This is the second time he has led the team to the final of the Asian Cup. But the question from the reporter of "Sports Weekly" said that it was the third time.

"This is the third time in a row that the Chinese team has reached the Asian Cup final, how do you feel?"

Belch!

The scene was stunned, and everyone was thinking in their hearts.

yes, it seems like it's the third time!

I can't imagine it......

Crouchen was naturally stunned, because he only led the team to kill twice, and this third time......

Then Dong Fangzhuo reminded beside him: "In 2004, we lost to Japan in the Asian Cup held on our home soil. ”

Crouchen let out an 'oh' sound, and finally understood.

In 2007 he was the champion, and in 2011 he led the team to the final again.

In this way, the Chinese team has reached the finals for three consecutive years, and it has also created a very awesome history.

There have been teams in Asia that have achieved finals for three consecutive years before, and the Iranian team has done it in the 4th, 5th, and 6th editions, and they are all champions. Israel did it in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions, but they only finished runner-up in the first two editions and won the championship in the 3rd edition.

Of course, the most awesome is Saudi Arabia, which reached the finals four times in a row on 8, 9, 10 and 11, and then won the championship three times.

Japan was in the 12th, 13th, 14th edition, losing to China in the 14th, and if they beat South Korea a little later, it would be the fourth in a row.

The Chinese team is the third time......

"Reaching the final three times in a row is not our ultimate goal, winning the championship is. Regardless of whether the opponent is South Korea or Japan, our goal remains the same. Crouchen is very confident, and now, his eyes are long gone from Asia.

"Then do you think it's better to fight South Korea or Japan?"

"There is no difference between these two teams, they are both top teams in Asia and neither is easy to play against. The style of play is different, but we are not afraid, I never worry about who the opponent is, in fact, it is they who should be afraid. ”

"In this Asian Cup, you hid Dong Fangzhuo in the group stage, what is the biggest gain?"

"Don't you see? Obviously, Wu Sanshi, he has already scored 3 goals, and he is only 20 years old. Gao Lin also scored 3 goals, these are all excellent strikers in the Chinese team, and not only that, most of the time we play without Dong, and we play better than one game, which shows that our overall has been improving. ”

"We did a perfect promotion of the team."

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Two hours later, the results of the other semi-final of the Asian Cup also came out, South Korea and Japan played 2:2 in regular time, and the two sides went into extra time without changing the score, and finally South Korea won Japan on penalties with an aggregate score of 5:2.

The news reached Dong Fangzhuo, and Dong Fangzhuo felt very surprised.

Isn't it Japan? It's actually South Korea!

He remembered that it was South Korea that lost to Japan in a penalty shootout, and Japan won, but now it is the other way around?

Then the final is China VS South Korea.

There is no fuss at the national team level, but the Chinese fans are very excited, and the Internet is very lively.

"Hit the Korean stick, good, good."

"The last time South Korea reached the Asian Cup final was the 1988 Asian Cup in Qatar, right? I've been waiting for 23 years, ahhahaha, I seem to have seen Korean fans crying in pain, and I like to see them like this! ”

"There is no doubt about it, kill the Korean stick and defend the Asian Cup."

"South Korea is also very strong now, but compared with us, there is still a big gap, as long as the Chinese team plays steadily, there is no problem at all to win South Korea."

"As long as Dong Fangzhuo stands in front, our attack will be like mushrooms after a rain, and the goddess will scatter flowers......"

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It's just that this is not the case with South Korea, a nation that never considers itself to be the weaker side.

The Taiji Tigers are looking to reach the top 51 years later, with South Korea winning both the 1956 and 1960 Asian Cups, both of which were decided by the number of points scored in the group round-robin. Since then, the Taiji Tigers have reached the finals three times, but in the end they all fell to the runner-up. This time, South Korea will definitely try to break the curse of not being able to stand on the top podium for 51 years.

South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" published an article at the first time: "As long as we are staring at Dong Fangzhuo, we have a great hope of winning the game, the first five games, we were only scored two goals by the Japanese team in the fifth game, and we did not concede a goal in the first four games, we are not Qatar, Kuwait and Uzbekistan and the like, we can't feel fear because we see the strong attack of the Chinese team, in fact, even in recent years, the South Korean team only lost by one goal, we are the least afraid of China's team." ”

"Dong-A Daily" also said: "Looking at the starting lineups of the two teams, in fact, we are only weak in the center position, and we are no worse than the Chinese in other positions, and football is about the whole, and our overall is better." What's more, our fitness is much better than theirs, and if we don't fall behind in the first 70 minutes, then we definitely have a good hope of beating China in the last 20 minutes. ”

Former international player Hong Mingpu believes: "The heat must die, the whole world thinks that the Chinese team will win the Asian Cup, and the results will always be unexpected. ”

South Korea's new popular player Gu Zizhe also stood up and said: "We are not afraid of the Chinese team, I believe we can definitely beat the Chinese team and win the Asian Cup!" ”

'I'm looking forward to this fight, we're going to get revenge, we've lost to them in the last few years, but we can definitely win this final.'

South Korean fans have also given advice to the Korean team.

"Abolish Dong Fangzhuo, and then the game will become five-five."

"Let him go in the first three minutes!"

"Put most of the defensive firepower on Dong Fangzhuo......"

"The two wings of the Chinese team like to assist, so we will play on the wings."

Some fans scoffed.

"What about our traditions? Why should we worry about the Chinese team? ”

"When did we, the Korean nation, ever fear the Chinese team? Think of our '02 World Cup! We did Spain, Italy, and almost Germany, what is the Chinese team? You can't just be scared of them because they have a little bit of a result, and a star comes out. ”

"In terms of historical head-to-head records, we are still far ahead of them!"

Don't know where they get their confidence?

Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" is not optimistic about the South Korean team, they pointed out that "from the overall situation, the Chinese team has an overall strength advantage over the South Korean team, its tactical realm is better than the opponent's one, and the strength of the three lines, as well as the individual ability of the players are slightly better than South Korea, which is clearly reflected in the group stage and knockout round: the Chinese team occupies the dominant scene in every game and frequently creates threats, if it is not for Dong Fangzhuo, they can play a terrifying score in the group stage." In the final, a similar scene may be repeated, and they will continue their concept of attacking football and beautiful football, and strive to beat their opponents with beautiful three-dimensional combinations; The more pragmatic South Koreans are likely to look for quick counter-attacks on a solid basis. Overall, it was a seven-three-game game. ”

After losing to the Chinese team, the Australians were the last to speak.

Captain Neil said: "The Chinese team is terrible, we can't prevent it at all, we are passive throughout the game, their wave after wave of attacks makes us feel suffocated, I think it is impossible for the South Korean team to withstand the attack of the Chinese team." ”

Cahill was even more blunt: "The Chinese team is a notch above the South Korean team, they can control the game with ease and score goals easily, I don't think the Korean team can win the game, the possibility of that is almost zero." If I were asked to buy a lottery ticket, I would not hesitate to choose the Chinese team. ”

McKay, who was sent off, said: "Although I was sent off with a red card, we had already lost by a big margin before the game, and we were unable to take over the game at all, so we passively watched the Chinese team passively attack us, believe me, I have never played such a bad game, the Chinese team has completely changed compared to before, they are getting stronger and stronger, and we can't do anything." The Chinese team won the championship? There is no suspense at all. ”

Al Jazeera in West Asia also said in its outlook for the upcoming final: "This is perhaps the least suspenseful game in the history of the Asian Cup. ”

The European side has also looked forward to the upcoming Asian Cup final.

As: China vs South Korea, it's an uneven match, because two five-goal Chinese Dong is God, and as the most powerful star on the planet, he won't let the Asian Cup win slip through his fingers.

Bild: China Dong will once again bown the Asian Cup, no one in Asia can stop him from winning the championship, ironically, he actually took the top scorer in two games, but I don't know what his final goal stats will be?

Real Madrid, meanwhile, won Real Sociedad at home and continued to hold the top spot in the league table, with Barcelona still close behind by one point, but Real Madrid just didn't give them a chance to overtake......