On the evening of August 3, Beijing Gongsports Stadium.

In the first Asian Cup semi-finals, China vs. Iran.

This key battle attracted more than 60,000 fans to watch the game, which made the Gongsports Stadium overcrowded for the first time.

As the national team's performance soars, domestic fans have become more and more fanatical.

Especially before the game, when the national anthem sounded in the stadium, 60,000 fans in the audience accompanied the players and staff to sing the national anthem aloud. The momentum was extremely powerful. Whether it was in the stadium or the audience sitting in front of the TV, they couldn't help feeling excited and their blood was boiling.

Yang Yang appeared in the lineup, and once again he remembered what Wei Zhen said in his mind.

In three hundred and sixty lines, only sports can sing the national anthem before the game.

The Chinese team once again lined up a 442 formation in this game, with the goalkeeper still Liu Yunfei, and the defense line was Sun Xiang, Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng and Zhang Yaokun, who replaced Wei Xin in this game.

The midfielder is a combination of Yan Song, Shao Jiayi, Zhao Junze and Yang Yang, and the two forwards are still Li Jinyu and Hao Dong.

After entering the semi-finals, the fighting spirit and enthusiasm of the national team had already reached a high point. In this case, even head coach Alihan shouted the slogan to enter the finals and win the championship before the game.

This is a necessity to follow the trend.

It would be stupid if the head coach poured cold water from the team at this time.

In the locker room before the game, Alihan also said during the mobilization, "I believe that with our current strength and condition, no team in Asia can stop us from moving forward!"

The national team was also very encouraged and actively launched an offensive towards Iran from the beginning of the game.

Just two minutes into the game, Hao Dong pulled to the left to instigate an offensive, Sun Xiang made a cross from the side and entered the penalty area, and the Iranian defender cleared the ball.

But the ball was still under the feet of the Chinese team and soon launched another wave of attack. Shao Jiayi suddenly shot a long shot from outside the penalty area, and the momentum was heavy and flew out of the field against the crossbar.

At the front of the penalty area, this is a hidden danger exposed by the match between Iran and South Korea, and the three goals conceded are all related to this.

The Iranian team also quickly counterattacked. After Karimi got rid of the defensive player in the middle, she dribbled the ball and launched the offensive, passed directly behind her, and sent the ball into the penalty area. However, goalkeeper Liu Yunfei attacked decisively and hugged the ball.

After the opening, the two teams had offensive and defensive attacks and defenses.

The Iranian team obviously also focused on studying the Chinese team's previous games and adopted a strategy of defending left and attacking right. On the one hand, it used the left defense to focus on curbing Yang Yang's side attack, and at the same time it played out its strong offensive advantage on the right.

All four goals against South Korea were from Iran's right.

Iran's targeted defense makes it difficult for Yang Yang to perform on the right. Not only does the physical fitness of Iranian players be better than that of 17-year-old Yang, but even an adult international player of the Chinese team, they have a very advantageous advantage.

He has an advantage in his body, his speed is not slow at all, and his strict targeted defense made Yang Yang be closely guarded by the opponent after the opening game, making it difficult to get a chance.

It was not until the twelfth minute that Yang Yang ran out of the space and got a chance. He crossed the wing to the penalty area.

But in front of Iran's defender, the Chinese team's attack failed to create opportunities.

Since the opening, he always felt powerful and had nowhere to use it. He was very depressed and depressed, making him want to go crazy.

He knew very well that this was the targeted defense of Iran on him, and to some extent, he should be honored by it, because every single time he took the ball, he attracted the attention of Iranian defensive players.

But he still felt very unhappy because he had no chance to perform.

Apart from this pass, he didn't even have a decent chance to perform.

"It won't work if this continues."

Yang Yang knew very well that he had to find a way to get rid of the Iranian defensive players, otherwise he would be stared at to death.

Van Basten once said that the running offensive players cannot defend.

Since the Iranian team wants to keep an eye on him, they can't let them get what they want no matter what.

Yang Yang couldn't help but remember the game against Colombia in the first Toulon Cup. The opponent wanted to keep an eye on him, so Yang Yang decisively adjusted his role, gave full play to his running, and kept pulling the opponent's defense line.

Although I failed to get the chance, I could help my teammates pull out the opportunity.

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After changing his thinking, Yang Yang quickly adjusted his playing style.

When the team took the ball to attack, he actively ran, pulled the opponent's defense line, created space for his teammates, actively responded to his teammates, and passed the ball in transition, especially Shao Jiayi. The cooperation between the two is now getting more and more tacit.

After the Chinese team concedes the ball, Yang Yang will actively invest in counter-attack as soon as possible, and will also actively retreat to participate in the defense.

This style of play made the Iranian defender who was guarding him feel a headache, but he was helpless because they couldn't tell Yang Yang not to run like this, just as Yang Yang couldn't let them not press on step by step.

When the game reached the 23rd minute, the Chinese team finally had a chance.

After the goal was hit, Li Jinyu quickly retreated and counterattacked. He attacked Iran's left back at the same time with Yang Yang. After an interception, Li Jinyu quickly passed to the right to Hao Dong. The latter passed to the middle, and Shao Jia inserted the ball in the back row and pushed the ball.

One to zero!

The entire Gongshi Stadium cheered.

Although Yang Yang did not score a goal, this goal also made his contribution, so he was still very happy.

What's more, as long as you can win, it will be the same for anyone to enter.

But what Yang Yang did not expect was that after scoring the goal, the Chinese team played very awkwardly.

This is also a long-term old problem for the Chinese team. After leading, I don’t know how to play.

The players on the court began to have different ideas. Some felt that they could score another goal to lay the victory, while others wanted to stabilize the situation, and some even wanted to retreat, save the score, and wait for the opportunity to fight back.

Yang Yang was on the court and felt the most obvious of this disagreement.

On the other hand, after conceding a goal, Iran let go of their hands and feet and began to push forward the attack.

With the counterattack of Iran, the Chinese team was forced to take a defensive move, but after blocking two waves of opponents' offensives in succession, they finally failed to block the third wave.

Forty-three minutes before the end of the first half, Iranian team launched an offensive from the right, and Madawikiah assisted Alave to score and tied the score.

Both sides finally ended the first half one-to-one.

This is undoubtedly a goal that boosted morale for Iran, but it was a painful blow to the Chinese team.

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Before the end of the first half, the opponent equalized the score, which made the national team players look a little depressed after returning to the locker room. Yang Yang even lowered his head and his expression was a little ugly.

He was very dissatisfied with his performance in the first half.

The whole first half gave him the feeling that he was full of strength but had no place to use it.

That feeling was too depressing and too depressing, and it made him want to go crazy.

Iran's targeted defense made him feel uncomfortable, making him unable to run and look for opportunities, but for various reasons, he never showed any performance.

In addition, the team was equalized at the last moment of the first half, Yang Yang was as depressed as everyone else.

The only difference is that his reason keeps telling him not to be irritable, and the more important the moment, the more calm he should be.

What's more, there is still a second half now.

Alihan came to the middle of the players and first expressed his affirmation of the first half.

"I saw everyone's efforts, and I'm happy for your performance. We have successfully frozen the opponent's right-hand attack for most of the time, but unfortunately, a mistake ruined our forty-five minutes of efforts."

Alihan said this and changed the subject, "However, I believe we will have a chance in the second half. We have a day off than our opponents and have certain physical advantages. The most important thing is that our left side can no longer give us a chance."

As early as before the game, Alihan focused on practicing the team's left-wing defense for several consecutive days, which played a role in the game.

Except for the goal conceded before the end of the game, Iran's team did not get any chance on the right.

Of course, there are both back and forth, and the Iranian team has also targeted defense against the Chinese team's right, and Yang Yang has no chance either.

Alihan obviously saw Yang Yang, who was lowering his head and staring silently at sweat on the floor, walked over and patted him gently on the shoulder, "You are doing well, we all see your efforts, our opponents are closely guarding you, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Yang Yang nodded slightly and said that, but he still felt uncomfortable. He felt a fire in his heart, and he kept trying to erupt, but was pressed. He wanted to push away the huge rock pressing on his heart with his own hands.

"It makes me want to finish this game." Yang Yang said gritting his teeth.

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"We did a good job of defense in the first half, especially on the right side of the Chinese team."

In the Iranian team's locker room, head coach Ivanovic had a confident smile on his face and told all the players in the locker room with certainty.

"Yang Yang did not perform well in the whole first half. Apart from that cross, he was unable to create a threat. He was only seventeen years old. As long as we continue our performance in the first half, we will definitely be able to freeze him in this game."

Many people in the locker room nodded, and even a hint of disdain flashed in the eyes of two players, as if saying, is it not easy for a seventeen-year-old boy to keep him?

Champions League champion?

Humph, so what?

Ivanovic attached great importance to Yang Yang. Before the game, he focused on practicing targeted defense against the Chinese team on the right, which showed a very obvious effect in the first half. Yang Yang was mediocre in the whole first half.

As for the Chinese team's left side, it was also suppressed by the Iranian team's right side offense.

"Remember what I said, as long as we keep our defense stable and do not mess up, the Chinese team will definitely be dragged down by our own pressure, and the final victory of this game will definitely belong to us!"

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After the intermission, the two teams returned to the Workers' Sports Stadium.
Chapter completed!