Chapter 176: The Australian's Approach

After the players warmed up, they returned to the dressing room.

As the captain of the team, Zheng Zhi is doing the final pre-war mobilization.

Zheng Zhi is not a person who speaks impassionedly, and even before such a big battle, his tone was still very peaceful.

"Now the game is about to start, the final of the Asian Cup. I played once and lost. I know that everyone's minds will not be calm now, and all kinds of thoughts will come to mind. But against such a strong opponent, if we want to win this game, we need to empty our minds and focus on the game, on every defense, on every confrontation! ”

"Everyone knows the opponent's style, what we can do, the opponent wants to impact us with physical confrontation, then we will never show weakness!"

"Okay, now let's go out and hopefully after 90 minutes, it's us who stay on the pitch and celebrate! Come on, brothers! ”

"Come on!!"

The players of the Chinese team stood up and shouted in unison.

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In the Australian dressing room, Australia's head coach Postecoglou pulled out a photo and pasted it on the tactical board.

It's a photo of Li Qingshan!

"I believe everyone knows very well that this is the person who threatens the other party the most! Suffice it to say, as long as you can limit his play, this game has already won 90%! ”

"Reduce the chances of letting him get the ball, from the very beginning of the game, the speed is up, the rest of their players are not very strong, as long as we can pick up the tempo at the beginning of the game and actively seek to fight their bodies, we have a chance to break down their defence in one fell swoop and then take the initiative in the game!"

With that, Postekgrew clenched his fist and swung it down.

"It's our home stadium, break them with speed! Hit them with physical confrontation, make them confused, make them feel fearful, let them run in the first half! ”

Postecoglou is naturally emboldened to dare to say this. This Chinese team, in the final analysis, is just one more Li Qingshan than the previous Chinese team.

In Postecoglou's view, when other teams faced the Chinese team, the mistake was that they gave the Chinese team too much time to attack with the ball.

Li Qingshan is really powerful, and the strength of this player in Asia is almost crushing level.

However, football is an eleven-a-side sport after all, no matter how good Li Qingshan is, he only helps the Chinese team a lot in attack, and as a center forward, his contribution to defense is basically zero.

Postecoglou's calculation was to take advantage of Australia's much stronger overall strength than the Chinese team from the beginning of the game, and attacked the Chinese team with a wave of onslaught at the beginning, completely overturning the Chinese team to the ground.

It has to be said that Postecoglou's strategy has a somewhat adventurous nature. If the Australian team does not score and is counter-attacked by the Chinese team, this possibility also exists.

However, in Postecoglou's view, now that it's in the final stage, and with such a huge attacking threat from the opposition, it's worth the risk.

Moreover, he was not without any precautions against Li Qingshan.

"Michael!" Postecoglou said to the team's captain, Michael Jedinak.

"Again, to emphasize again, I ask you to be sure to stay with Li Qingshan in the game! Anything you feel that Li Qingshan may receive the ball and turn around to threaten the goal, immediately commit a foul! Definitely don't hesitate! ”

Jedinak is one hundred and ninety centimeters tall, and his body size is about the same as Li Qingshan, if Jedinak implements foul tactics against Li Qingshan, it will not be easy for Li Qingshan to break free.

As the team's main defender and captain, Jedinak is a team player, and since the manager has given him this task, he has no second word. Postecoglou defended Li Qingshan, and the price of his comeback was really big enough. If Jedinak is inseparable from Li Qingshan, it means that the Australian team is equivalent to one less person in the whole game. Because Jedinak has no other responsibilities except to defend Li Qingshan closely.

But as a player, since the manager has made arrangements, then he just does it.

"Other players defend in the area, no matter which area Li Qingshan comes to, the defenders in that area must go up with Michael to pinch and maintain the posture of at least two people defending Li Qingshan!"

"As long as Li Qingshan is choked, the Chinese team basically poses no threat to us."

Postecoglou said.

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In a way, the match between Australia and China was the one that attracted the most fans.

First up is the host team Australia, which is playing on home soil, and on their doorstep, naturally they have the most fans.

On the Chinese side, Australia has had a large influx of Chinese in recent years, studying, working, immigrating and so on. The Chinese are almost the second largest ethnic group in Australia, and the distance between Australia and China is not too far, and there are many Chinese fans who fly directly from China to Sydney.

As a result, the Australian Stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, is now full of people.

"Okay, the players on both sides are starting to play!!" Duan Xuan, who was doing the live broadcast at the scene, raised his voice and shouted.

The volunteer caddies raised the flags of both sides, and under the guidance of the national flags, the two teams lined up in a long line.

"This is the third time that the five-star red flag has appeared on the field of the Asian Cup final, we have an old saying in China called not more than three, I hope this time the Chinese team can bring the Asian Cup trophy back to China!"

Captain Zheng Zhi walked at the front with the captain's armband, behind him was goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, and the other Chinese players walked out in turn.

Walking at the back is Li Qingshan.

After the game, captain Zheng Zhi went to do his captaincy and eventually he won the side pick and the Australian team won the tee-off.

Now that it's night in Sydney and the stadium lights have been turned on, if there is no interference from the sun, there is basically no big difference in which side you choose.

Therefore, Zheng Zhi chose the stadium behind the goal where the fans of the Chinese team gathered.

In the first half, Australia must have been attacking, and if there were supporters behind the goal, there would be less pressure on them.

At this moment, the players of the Chinese team formed a circle in their own half, waiting for Zheng Zhi.

When Zheng Zhi returned, the players folded their hands on each other!

"Come on !!!"

The players then dispersed and walked to their positions.

The referee looked at his watch, and the final of this Asian Cup has begun to count down!