Chapter 180 Hard Hit!

"The ball went in!! The ball went in!!! Duan Xuan stood up from his seat and shouted with all his might, even his voice was a little hoarse, except for repeating the phrase "the ball is in", Duan Xuan, whose mind was blank, seemed to be unable to find any new words to express his excitement.

He was indeed quite excited, and he had to do it for a reason – the entire Australian stadium was already boiling, and the match was filled with at least 40,000 Chinese fans, and the shouts of 40,000 almost shook the stadium.

Li Qingshan made his fists, ran to the sidelines, stood under the stands, raised his arms and shouted.

He was so excited, it was the final of the Asian Cup. He played in the final of the Champions League, but the feeling of playing in the Champions League is not the same as it is now. The Asian Cup final is far less technical and gold than the Champions League, but when he stands on the stage of this final, when he scores the leading goal for his country, it feels even better than scoring in the Champions League final.

It's his dream, isn't it?

Wearing the jersey of the Chinese team and the five-star red flag on his chest, he participated in the final and played for the country.

He's playing for his country!

Chinese football has experienced a dark decade, with professional leagues fake gambling and the national team plummeting.

However, for football people, who doesn't want to wear the national team jersey and represent their country in the World Cup one day?

There were many old fans in the stands who wiped their tears after being excited. They have experienced the darkest period of Chinese football, and the appearance of Li Qingshan seems to be like a dawn, which slightly illuminates a trace of white clouds in the dark sky of Chinese football, allowing people to see some hope.

Especially after a group of moths in the football circle were thrown into prison, the domestic professional league also began to recover, and a large number of fans began to enter the stadium to watch the game again.

The national team was even able to reach the final again, which could not have brought tears to the eyes of the old fans.

At this moment, the bench of the Chinese team has already been boiling. Lippi and his assistant embraced. Even Lippi, who has already won the World Cup, still showed his passion for football in this small Asian Cup.

His trust in Li Qingshan has now been rewarded.

To be honest, if it weren't for the existence of Li Qingshan, he really didn't have the confidence to lead the Chinese team to this point.

There are pros and cons to having a tactical leader at the heart of a team. But for the Chinese team, their position in Asia is not strong, and the presence of Li Qingshan is only good.

The Chinese team with Li Qingshan, the strong strength that the Chinese team with Li Qingshan as the core can exert is vividly displayed in this Asian Cup. Even if it is a team as strong as the Australian team, even if the Chinese team is extremely passive, Li Qingshan can stabilize the situation with his own ability, and even as an all-round finisher, his presence makes the Chinese team's offensive strength absolutely at the top level in Asia - from the perspective of individual ability, there is no player in Asia who can be compared with Li Qingshan.

For Asian football, Li Qingshan is a player at another level.

Li Qingshan turned around and hugged his teammates who swarmed up.

Australians, on the other hand, are more helpless at the moment.

Jedinak had already used all his strength, but still couldn't stop Li Qingshan from completing the breakthrough, and Miligan was directly knocked away by the other party - the Australians have always relied on strong bodies to run rampant in Asia, but this time, their move is completely like a grasshopper shaking a tree for Li Qingshan, and he can't help himself.

Of course, they also know this, so at the beginning of the game, the Australians attacked sharply, hoping to open up the other Chinese team players, as long as the Australian offensive threat is played, no matter how strong Li Qingshan is, he is just one person.

But their rhythm was quickly broken up by the Chinese team. The Australian wanted to be fast, and after Li Qingshan retreated, he used his ball-guarding ability to slow down the tempo very quickly.

The overall strength of the Australians is higher than that of the Chinese team, but Li Qingshan used his one-point advantage to quietly defuse Australia's increasingly strong offensive threat.

And a small negligence on the part of the Australian, Li Qingshan grabbed this space and completed a burst shot after the breakthrough.

The Chinese team had better luck than the Australians – their goalkeeper was even in position to block the ball, and as long as the goalkeeper was in a position to stand a little more upright and raise his arm a little higher, the ball might not necessarily go into the net.

But either way, the Chinese are now in the lead, and the Australians need to attack even more now.

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When the game resumed, the Australians continued to bombard the Chinese team.

The two full-backs of the Chinese team have completely played full-backs, and after taking the lead, the Chinese team has contracted its defense more thoroughly.

The whole team, except for Li Qingshan, shrank back to the backfield to compress the space for the Australians to attack.

Australia's attack relied heavily on quick onslaught from the flanks, and with the Chinese shrinking so completely, there was absolutely no room for them to break down the flanks.

The Australian kept trying direct 45-degree crosses and long-range shots.

If you pick up technical and tactical ability, Australia does not have an advantage in terms of technique and tactics compared to some of the strong teams in Asia - Australia's tactics are not complicated, because if the tactics are too complicated, the Australian group of players who even have muscles in their heads cannot execute.

But the Australians are under pressure to win. This is their home stadium, and the opponent is still the Chinese team, which is not a strong team in Asia.

Winning the first ever Asian Cup on their home turf is a must-do for Australia.

Despite the increasing ferocity of the Australians' onslaught, the Chinese players, who had taken a one-goal lead, were able to hold their heads. They are not flustered on the field, and they dare to face off against the impact of the Australians.

In the 26th minute, Australia's right wing-back Franzic crossed, and Cahill cut in at high speed to shoot from the spot.

Mei Fang gritted her teeth and jumped, and collided with Cahill without fear.

With a thud, both of them fell to the ground.

The referee hurriedly waved to the sidelines and signaled the team doctor to hurry in.

Generally speaking, when the referee signals the team doctor to enter the field, he will first go to the scene of the incident to confirm the condition of the players.

But this time the referee didn't do it - Mei Fang and Cahill had their heads on each other, and such a violent head collision had to be brought in by the team doctor to check it.

The head is the most complex part of the human body, and head injuries are also the most accident-prone event on the court.

On the football field, it is not uncommon for players to suffer head injuries that lead to concussions, memory loss, dizziness and vomiting, and even accidental death. Therefore, FIFA has a clear rule that if a player falls to the ground after a head collision, the referee must immediately call the referee to enter the field for inspection.

Mei Fang and Cahill were both lying on the ground, clutching their heads in pain.

It doesn't come without a price for Australians to rely on physical strength to play football.

When the Chinese players are so tough, even at the cost of injury, there is nothing good for the Australians to do.

The clash between Mayroom and Cahill is a microcosm of this game.

The Australians want to use their bodies to make the Chinese players feel intimidated.

But encouraged by Li Qingshan's goal and stimulated by the Asian Cup championship trophy, the players of the Chinese team have also been red-eyed.

They didn't go from strength to strength as the Australians expected!