Chapter 181: A sharp counterattack

After the team doctor came in to check on both sides, he signaled to the sidelines that there was nothing wrong with the players.

The two head coaches standing on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief.

Mayroom and Cahill walked to the sidelines, and after the team doctor came in, the treated players had to walk off the pitch and get permission from the referee to return to play once the game resumed.

Because after the referee stopped the game, the football was pushed out of the penalty area by the Chinese team players, and the Australian players regained control of the ball.

Therefore, when the referee dropped the ball to resume the game, Zheng Zhi kicked the ball to the Australian backfield and returned the ball to the Australian side.

Although football is a grassroots sport, there are some unspoken rules for gentlemen.

The Australians continued to press and besiege the Chinese team.

Since it was difficult to pass the ball in the front court, Li Qingshan simply continued to retreat to the vicinity of the big penalty area line and occupy a defensive position here. Block the space for Australia's long-range shots.

Li Qingshan retreated to defend, leaving no one in the front court of the Chinese team, and now the Australian team pressed even more. Two of their full-backs went through the half-time perfectly, acting as two wing-backs.

Towards the end of the first half, Australia pressed hard and hoped to equalise before half-time and go into the break.

But then there is more space behind them. It's just that the Australian team, which is one goal behind, can't take care of it so much - the two full-backs of the Chinese team have completely become full-backs, so the attack can only rely on Li Qingshan alone, and Li Qingshan's speed is not too fast, so the Australians dare to press so high.

There is no doubt that Li Qingshan's ability to head the ball to grab points is what he fears the most. So far, Lee has scored nine goals, well ahead of South Korea's Son Heung-min, who is second and has already returned home early, with five Asian Cup goals, ranking first in the scorers' list. And he has the chance to continue to expand his goal tally. Such a terrifying goal is staggering, and among these nine goals, there are five header goals alone! Half of it.

So far in this game, Li Qingshan has not had a chance to threaten by grabbing points with his header - because the two wings of the Chinese team are afraid of the Australian side's assault and dare not press up, so the most threatening cross attack of the Chinese team has not been at all in this game.

Therefore, in this game, what everyone sees is Li Qingshan's long-range shooting ability - when there is an offensive opportunity, Li Qingshan tries to pass people, but he is definitely not the kind of player who passes all the defenders by himself and then shoots to score, with his speed and dribbling ability, the possibility of letting him do this is basically non-existent. Therefore, after dodging the gap, Li Qingshan often shoots with a single shot, with his strong shooting power, as long as his long-range shot can be shot within the goal frame, there is a great threat.

In the 38th minute, Kreuzer scored with a header under Feng Xiaoting's defense, but the ball speed did not rise and was hugged into Zeng Cheng's arms.

Then Zeng Cheng threw the ball to Li Qingshan on the penalty line.

Li Qingshan led the ball and turned around and dribbled forward.

Jedinak still didn't leave an inch, reaching out to grab Li Qingshan's jersey, and his feet were not idle, stretching out his feet to try to interfere with his dribbling.

Milligan and Leckie also came over from left to right, intending to cut off the ball at Li Qingshan's feet.

This is a great temptation for the Australian team, because as long as the ball is successfully broken in this position, they can play a quick counterattack on the spot, and it is rare for the Chinese team to not have a dense defense in the penalty area at this time - the other Chinese players have already dispersed, ready to take on this counterattack.

Li Qingshan did not choose to continue to advance with the ball by himself when he encountered obstacles, but handed the ball to Zheng Zhi, and then he flicked his right hand, knocking out Yedinak's hand that was on his jersey, and then suddenly burst out and ran forward.

Zheng Zhi didn't stop after taking the ball, he pushed forward directly, and completed a two-to-three cooperation with Li Qingshan - Miligan and Leckie were temporarily left behind by Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan continued to push forward after taking the ball, and then suddenly shot from a distance of 30 meters from the goal.

The ball is extremely fast, and the ball has a drop. This is the characteristic of Li Qingshan's long-range shot, with such a ball speed, even at such a long distance, it is difficult for the goalkeeper to deal with.

Australian goalkeeper Matthew Ryan made a save, and he didn't dare to pick up the ball with his hands at such a speed.

He had intended to save the ball to Sainsbury so that after he won possession, Australia could continue to organise the attack.

But Matthew Ryan had a problem judging where the ball fell, and the ball bounced off his arm.

After completing the shot, Li Qingshan did not stand in place to watch the play, but continued to run forward after the shot was completed, to see if he could catch a chance to make up for the shot.

Sure enough, the football bounced back on Matthew Ryan's arm, and Li Qingshan met the ball and shot angrily again.

It's a pity that because the football was bouncing on the field, Li Qingshan couldn't grasp the hitting point, and the football was high above the crossbar.

There were not many shots of the Chinese team's attack in this game, and most of them were long-range shots completed by Li Qingshan alone. But the threat created is not small.

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In the 42nd minute of the first half of the game, the Chinese team still led the Australian team 1-0.

In the final moments before the end of the first half, the Australians were almost desperate to press.

Even Sainsbury, who is a central defender, has already pressed past half court, taking the ball in midfield and advancing with the ball.

In the end, Sainsbury took advantage of his sudden advance to give the Chinese defense a brief opportunity of unclear division of labor, and completed a long-range shot.

His shot was saved by Zeng Cheng, and then cleared by Mei Fang's big foot.

The ball was kicked out of a large parabola, and then it was controlled by Li Qingshan near the center circle.

Li Qingshan pushed the ball back and gave it to Huang Bowen, who followed up.

Then Huang Bowen pushed the ball forward and handed it to Li Qingshan after completing the turn.

Yu Chao and Yue Hai rushed up left and right, this was a good opportunity to fight back.

Li Qingshan dribbled the ball in the middle, and Jedinak tried to foul directly several times but failed - Li Qingshan just didn't fall to the ground, and he also advanced with the ball while confronting him.

The Chinese team opened gaps on both sides, but Li Qingshan didn't pass anyone, and pushed forward with the football.

Jedinak was always by his side, and on several occasions he tried to pull Li Qingshan's shirt directly – even if it was worth paying a yellow card.

But Li Qingshan seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, as long as he stretched out his hand, Li Qingshan quickly shook his arm and opened his hand.

Li Qingshan advanced all the way to an area about 30 meters away from the Australian goal, and Sainsbury, who fought and retreated, knew that he couldn't retreat anymore, so he slowly slowed down his retreat, stared at the football, and prepared to stride forward directly and shovel the ball away - of course, he shoveled the ball with the ball.

At the moment when Sainsbury stepped forward, Li Qingshan poked the tip of his right foot, and at the same time, the whole person jumped up and dodged his tackle. The ball rolled past Sainsbury.

Yu Chao cut into the penalty area from the side, Li Qingshan's pass was just right, and Yu Chao didn't need any adjustment, he could shoot directly.

Yu Chao won the ball and shot, his calf twitched quickly, and he hit the football.

Australian goalkeeper Matthew Ryan made a save, but the ball was too fast and the angle was tricky.

Matthew Ryan couldn't reach the whip and watched the ball fly into his own handle.............