Chapter 168 to avoid the Chinese team

One team that has lost its relevance in the final game of the group stage is North Korea.

North Korea had lost both of their first two games, and they had completely eliminated themselves from the group, so what they played in the final round was completely meaningless.

The final round of the group stage is a battle of honor for the North Korean team.

For the Chinese team, the last round of the group stage without pressure is indeed not much, let alone in a large-scale international event such as the Asian Cup.

The first place in the group ahead of schedule made the Chinese team a football whirlwind in China.

Almost all the media have devoted a lot of space to reporting on the Asian Cup match of the Chinese team, and the news about the Chinese team will soon rush to the hot search list of various news.

From this point of view, football deserves to be the number one sport in the world, even in a football environment like China, the influence of football is difficult to compare with other sports.

In the past, many fans made jokes to ridicule the Chinese team.

Group Stage 1: Key Match.

Group Stage 2: A battle of life and death.

Group Stage 3: Battle of Honor.

But in this event, the Chinese team threw the battle of honor to others and qualified for the first place in the group ahead of schedule.

"The first place in the group qualified early, do you dare to think before that?"

This is the news headline of **.com, and it can be seen from this headline that this year's Chinese team has given fans a lot of surprises.

Prior to the match against North Korea, another match against China was played the day before.

Because the Chinese team has already qualified for the first place in the group ahead of schedule, it has reached the quarterfinals.

Therefore, now the Chinese team is more concerned about their opponents in the quarterfinals.

The format of the Asian Cup finals is that a total of 16 teams are divided into four groups, with the first in Group A against the second in Group B, the first in Group B against the second in Group A, and so on.

Therefore, the Chinese team locked the first place in Group B in advance, which means that the second place in Group A is the opponent of the Chinese team in the quarterfinals.

The two teams in Group A are hosts Australia and South Korea, who have won the first two rounds and picked up six points to secure a place in the third round of the group stage.

Will these two teams be afraid to meet China in the quarterfinals?

In the pre-match press interview, it seemed that they were not afraid.

Australian striker Gary Cahill said in an interview that as the hosts, Australia has only one goal, and that is to win the final championship. If you want to win the championship, you don't care who your opponent is.

This is especially true for the South Korean team, Ji Chengyong said in an interview that the South Korean team will fight for the top spot in the group, but this is not because of the need to avoid the Chinese team.

But when the game started, the main forces of the two sides went in and out, and the scramble was extremely fierce.

From this point of view, neither South Korea nor Australia want to meet China in the quarterfinals.

This Mars collision with the earth is undoubtedly the focus of this Asian Cup, and the direct confrontation between the two sides has also created the start of this Asian Cup, which can be called the most exciting game.

South Korea scored in the first half thanks to Lee Ting-hyeol's tackle to take a 1-0 lead over Australia.

In the second half, Australia created numerous threats but were unable to score.

All the climaxes of the game came in stoppage time.

In the 90th minute, Kreuzer played the ball at the edge of the penalty area, handed the ball to Juric, and the two played a kick to the wall, and then Kreuzer burst into the box and scored a low shot, and Australia equalized.

If it ends in a draw, Australia, who have the advantage of goal difference, will finish top of the group. South Korea were clearly unacceptable to such a result and in stoppage time they launched an all-out attack to try to score a goal to overtake the scoreline.

They did just that, with Jang Hyun-so dribbling the ball all the way up front in the 92nd minute of the game and forcing Australian goalkeeper Ryan to make a save on the line of the penalty area, and Son Heung-min was clever enough to make a stop-up shot.

Two to one!

South Korea is leading again.

The Koreans celebrated like they had won the Asian Cup, with all the players, starters and substitutes, and their coaching staff hugging each other.

It wasn't until the referee intervened that they stumbled into the court.

There were five minutes of stoppage time, with the South Koreans scoring in the 92nd minute, and by the time they were celebrating, the game was already in the 94th minute.

South Korea, of course, defended all the way back in the final moments, and as long as they can hold on to the last minute, they can finish first in the group.

The Australian team didn't care about anything else at this time, and they also launched a Jedi counterattack in the last minute.

In the 96th minute, the time of stoppage time had passed, but the referee still did not mean to blow the final whistle.

After winning the ball in midfield, Frankic hoisted his foot into the South Korean penalty area.

In the final moments of the game, the Australians also showed what they do best - long balls and hoops to attack.

The referee is already looking at his watch at the moment, ready to blow the whistle for the end of the game after this attack is over.

The South Koreans have already risen from the coach's bench and the bench.

As long as they finish first in the group, they will face a relatively weak Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals, which is almost a place in the semi-finals in advance.

What's more, Australia and China face each other.

It would be best if the Chinese eliminated the hosts, but if Australia made it past the Chinese team, it would take more effort than the South Korean team.

For the South Korean team, they admit that the Chinese team has improved its current strength, but it is not enough to threaten the South Korean team.

They are reluctant to meet the Chinese team in the quarterfinals, purely for the sake of the team's physical fitness, and they are certainly not willing to fight repeatedly in such a dense schedule and consume too much physical energy.

In their eyes, the only ones who can compete with South Korea for the championship in this Asian Cup are Australia and Japan.

China?

Let's cure their Koreanophobia first.

However, just as the referee had already put the whistle in his mouth, Cahill ghostly came out and slammed the ball into the net!

Two to two!

The Australians are equal!

Excited Australians frantically poured into the stadium to celebrate, and even though it was only a draw, such a crazy injury time could really get everyone's blood boiling.

The two teams scored three goals in stoppage time, a scene that was destined to become a classic moment in this Asian Cup.