Seven Crowns

The Chinese team reached the final of the Asian Cup, which aroused national carnival in China.

During this period of time when the storm of anti-crime and anti-counterfeiting in football has brought Chinese football as a whole to the bottom, the Chinese team defeated Japan and South Korea to reach the Asian Cup finals, which has greater positive significance than 1984 and 2004.

The so-called thing is nothing more than three, the first two finals reached the finals and only won the championship.

Now that they have reached the final for the third time, it should be the Chinese team's turn to win the championship, right?

Moreover, with Lu Wenbin, the new FIFA Golden Globe winner, the Chinese team has been one of the favorites to win the championship since before the start of the game.

After defeating the Japanese team 4-1 to advance to the semi-finals, the Chinese team is already the team with the highest odds among the four semi-final teams.

The Chinese media, whether it is sports or comprehensive, whether it is central or local, and even the internal newspapers and periodicals of government agencies and enterprises, are overwhelmingly reporting the news that the Chinese team reached the 2011 Asian Cup final.

Of course, in addition to celebrating the victory and reaching the final, the Chinese media did not forget to condemn Zhao Rongheng's diving and the head coach's misjudgment.

If it wasn't for Zhao Rongheng's diving and the misjudgment of the head coach, Lu Wenbin would have been able to complete the lore within 90 minutes, kill the game, and there would be no need to play overtime and waste 30 minutes of energy.

However, this matter can only be condemned.

Lu Wenbin hadn't even completed his turn at the time, and it wasn't a surefire chance to score.

Referee misjudgments are also part of football. Even the unsolved goal case that England encountered in the World Cup in South Africa can only be ignored, let alone these ordinary misjudgments.

Most importantly, the Chinese team is the winner.

The winner is tolerant, the main content of the national media is to celebrate the Chinese team's promotion to the final, and Zhao Rongheng's diving is only used as a joke to condemn and make fun of.

Then, that night, another semi-final was also decided.

In the case of home games, Qatar still lost to Australia by a big score of 0-4.

In fact, with Qatar's strength, it is difficult to qualify for the group stage.

If Lu Wenbin hadn't caught a cold in the group stage, they would never have defeated the Chinese team in the second game, let alone a 3-0 victory.

It's hard to do even with the referee's help.

It was precisely because of Lu Wenbin's cold and the referee's help that they were able to win the last two consecutive games against China and Kuwait 3-0 despite losing 0-2 in the first game, gaining enough net points. Victory ranks first in Group A.

It is Qatar's limit to advance to the semi-finals.

For the other three teams in the semi-finals, Qatar will definitely lose if they meet anyone.

Meeting Australia, which is currently ranked No. 1 in Asia, was slaughtered 4-0, which is quite normal.

According to the situation of the live game, if the referee hadn't taken care of it, Qatar might have scored more goals by Australia.

The semi-finals are already an unexpectedly good result for Qatar, and the emotions of Qatari fans are also quite exciting, which has laid a good fan base for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

In this way, the two teams in the final of the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup are all released, and it is the Chinese team with the FIFA Golden Globe Award Lu Wenbin against Australia, which is No. 1 in Asia.

After Australia left the Oceania Football Association and joined the AFC, this is also the first time that Australia has reached the Asian Cup final.

In other words, no matter who wins the championship between China and Australia, a new champion and a new king will inevitably be born in the history of the Asian Cup.

Since the first Asian Cup in 1956, the Asian Cup has successively produced seven Asian champion teams from South Korea, Israel, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Iraq.

In 2011, whoever wins the championship between China and Australia will become the eighth champion team in the history of the Asian Cup.

The date of the final is January 29, and the third and fourth place finals will be held on January 28. Before that, Lu Wenbin watched a live broadcast of Inter Milan's game.

On January 26, the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia, Naples VS Inter Milan, Lu Wenbin was almost scared to death.

In this Coppa Italia match, Inter Milan's strikers lost their aim one after another. Within 120 minutes, they had a goalless draw with Naples and entered a penalty shootout 0-0.

In the end, Inter Milan relied on the opponent's mistake in shooting a penalty kick in the third round of the penalty shootout, and only then won the penalty 5-4 and advanced to the semi-finals in a thrilling manner.

Fortunately, they won in the end. If they lost, it would be impossible for Lu Wenbin to lead Inter Milan to the Triple Crown this season.

Subsequently, the Chinese team began closed training to prepare for the final.

On January 28th, in the third and fourth finals of the Asian Cup, Qatar lost to South Korea at home. The score was 1-3, but it was not as miserable as losing to Australia.

However, in any case, Qatar, ranked 12th in Asia, can get the fourth place in the Asian Cup, which has already made many Qatari fans ecstatic.

Qataris' love for football has grown to a higher level.

Next, is the Asian Cup final between the Chinese team and Australia.

The Chinese team currently ranks 79th in FIFA and sixth in Asia. Australia ranks 26th in the world and first in Asia.

It seems that the ranking difference between the two sides is a bit big, but sometimes the ranking does not truly reflect the strength of the two teams.

For the two final teams, the outside world is more optimistic about the Chinese team winning the championship, because Bin, who is recognized as the number one active player in world football today, is Mr. Golden Ball.

The head coach of Australia said in an interview: "The final will be very difficult! Bin will be Australia's biggest enemy in winning the championship! No matter how many people defend Lu Wenbin, it will be difficult to really limit him. What we have to do is rely on the strength of the whole team. Power, scored more goals than Lu Wenbin."

Facing Australia, which has the best overall strength in Asia, the Chinese team is naturally extremely cautious.

Gao Hongbo didn't even send two forwards to play, but immediately sent three defensive midfielders, playing a 5311 formation. The frontcourt can only rely on Zheng Zhi and Lu Wenbin to fight.

Such a formation will make Zheng Zhi and Lu Wenbin very tired, and it will be difficult to attack, but that's all there is to it.

With the strength and level of the defense line of the Chinese team, we can only rely on the number of people to make up for the lack of strength.

In the end, whether it is Bin's performance to win the championship, or Australia's overall strength to defeat the Chinese team, we can only wait for the start of the final.