Chapter 374 The fifth time

The first day of the Asian Cup was the only opening match between the Chinese team and Bahrain team. Another game in this group was on the afternoon of the next day.

It was still in the Workers' Stadium, and another big hit in the group was revealed to be a super unpopular one. They were defeated by Indonesia, the recognized team in the group, with a score of 1:2!

This loss made Qatar's qualifying situation passive, and they had to fight against two powerful opponents, Bahrain and China, in the next two games.

However, Qatar's head coach Trussie did not admit defeat. In an interview with reporters after the game, he said that Qatar's goal will not change due to the defeat in the first game. As long as his team can defeat Bahrain and China in the next two rounds of the game, Qatar can still advance.

Not only Qatar puts his hopes of promotion on defeating the Chinese team, but even the Indonesian team, which was previously recognized as the bottom of Group A, had some unrealistic imaginations after defeating Qatar in an upset.

Indonesian coach Kolev said in an interview after the game: "It is undeniable that the Chinese team is stronger than us. But on the football field, strong teams may not necessarily win. Just like this game, who would have thought we could win the Qatar team before the game?"

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Imagine as long as I use my brain, it will come quickly, but the slap in the face will also come quickly.

At 6:30 pm on July 21, the Beijing Workers Stadium, Bahrain vs. Qatar started the first game, which was the first game of the second round of the group stage.

Under the hot temperatures in the capital, Bahrain and Qatar played very bored. After a dull battle, the two brothers from the Middle East won a 1:1 draw.

In this way, with one more round of games, both Bahrain and Qatar have only won one point. Qatar is temporarily ranked third because of more goals than Bahrain, while Bahrain is at the bottom of the group.

This is a result of both sides' defeat, but it is also a result that both sides can accept. Both retained a hope of promotion, but they basically lost the hope of competing for the first place in the group.

Then, both teams set their sights on the match between the Chinese and Indonesian teams that started the battle immediately.

Surprisingly, both Qatar and Bahrain hope that the Chinese team can win.

It’s not that they are kind-hearted, but that if the Chinese team defeats the Indonesian team, it will be more beneficial for them to qualify.

For Qatar, as long as the Chinese team defeats Indonesia, it will definitely be the first in the group to advance to win two consecutive victories. The Chinese team may rotate in the third round and use a substitute lineup to play. At that time, Qatar has a great chance of defeating the Chinese team and getting 4 points, so as to qualify as the second in the group.

Qatar still has a great advantage in competition with Bahrain, because in the first round of the group, Bahrain lost 2:5 under the Chinese team, and the two teams played a draw in the second round. If you compete for a goal difference at that time, Qatar's advantage will be too obvious.

For the Bahrain team, they naturally hope that the Indonesian team will continue to defeat the Chinese team in an upset manner. However, after they played against the Chinese team, they had a deep understanding of the Chinese team's strength. They knew that the Chinese team with Yin Jun would definitely take the lead in this group's strength, and there was almost no possibility that Indonesia would tie the Chinese team, let alone defeat the Chinese team.

If the Chinese team defeats Indonesia and Bahrain defeats Indonesia with a big score in the third round, the other team that qualifies in the group will still be Bahrain.

After all, even if the Chinese team wins for two consecutive times, it is impossible for the Chinese team to accept the result of losing to Qatar with a big score, because this is the Asian Cup held in China, and the Chinese people love face the most. This is destined to face the last round of the group, and Qatar will definitely encounter a fierce battle.

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The match between the Chinese and Indonesian teams started at 9 pm. At this time, the weather was already cooler and it was very time to play football.

The Workers' Stadium is still full, and the enthusiasm of the fans is very high.

Compared with the first game four days ago, the Chinese team had two personnel adjustments. Zhou Ting on the back line was replaced by Sun Xiang, and Zhou Haibing in the midfield was replaced by Shao Jiayi, and other positions remained unchanged.

The Indonesian team is lined up with a 541 formation, hoping to use defensive counterattack tactics to deal with the Chinese team, strive to score points on the Chinese team, and lay the foundation for advancing to the knockout stage.

After the game began, the Chinese team did not launch a fierce attack immediately, but patiently controlled the ball and launched an attack around Indonesia's penalty area.

Time passes slowly like this.

As the Chinese team controlled the situation on the field, the two full-backs also boldly pushed forward to assist.

It was Sun Xiang on the left, and he was even more active.

Time soon reached the 25th minute, and the Chinese team launched an attack from the left. Dong Junzhuo pulled to the left to pick up, but he had no chance and was forced to pass back. Yin Jun dribbled the ball along the left and ran back, and suddenly saw Shao Jiayi jumping forward.

So Yin Jun suddenly stopped suddenly and acted to dribble the ball and cut inward.

Indonesian team's right forward No. 18 Siansar and right back No. 3 Alexander both quickly approached and wanted to clamp Yin Jun at the same time. But just as the two double-teamed teams were about to take shape, Yin Jun suddenly sent the ball horizontally.

The football passed through the middle of Siansal and Alexander and landed behind Alexander.

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No. 8 of the Indonesian team has been in the middle. He noticed Shao Jiayi's forward pass and immediately caught up, trying to steal Yin Jun's pass in advance.

Shao Jiayi's speed was not fast, but Yin Jun's ball was very comfortable. He took the lead in Aili, gently poked the ball forward, and chased him up again, directly throwing away Aili's guard.

Indonesian team's central defender No. 6 Valsti realized the danger and immediately forced him up. But before the others arrived, Shao Jiayi had already started to kick!

There was a burst of exclamation from the entire workers' stadium, and even Yin Jun was shocked. Is this probably twenty meters long?

But Shao Jiayi beat him without hesitation!

Shao Jiayi's shot was very smart, with a certain arc, and it came very suddenly. Indonesian goalkeeper Hendro leaned a little outside, even though he flew to save, he could only watch the ball hit the upper right corner of the goal!

"The ball has entered! Another assist from Yin Jun! This is Yin Jun's fifth assist in this Asian Cup!"

"Shao Jiayi scored his first A-level goal in the national team! We can see that Shao Jiayi was very excited and rushed out of the stadium, running all the way, shouting at the fans in the stands, venting his inner excitement."

"This is a very exciting goal! But Shao Jiayi should thank Yin Jun who assisted him!"
Chapter completed!