Chu Zhongtian's goal ignited the passion of Chinese fans and the passion of the commentator.

At the same time, it was also a powerful blow to the Koreans. After Chu Zhongtian shot the football into the goal, the Korean commentator did not say a word for three minutes. Perhaps he could not accept this fact for a while, or simply was unwilling to say anything at this time.

The Korean "Red Devils Cheerleaders" who had been shouting "Republic of Korea" before also fell into silence.

The Chinese became the absolute protagonist on the court at this time, and the five-star red flag fluttered over the stands of the Caliphate Stadium.

The Korean team was completely stunned by Chu Zhongtian's goal. They didn't know how to play the remaining minutes of the game.

South Korean team head coach Zhao Guanglai was very angry about the goal loss. He jumped up from the coach's seat and rushed to the sidelines to yell.

Let the opponent's player lead the football to the front of his penalty area in one-stop, and then take a kick and shoot. Such a goal is really a blow to morale. He knows this, so he is so angry.

Fortunately, there was not much time left in the first half. In the 45th minute, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half. The Korean players finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had valuable breathing time. During the fifteen minutes of the halftime break, it was up to Zhao Guanglai to find out what way to turn the disadvantages.

The Korean players walked off the court with their heads down, and some of them had a confused expression on their faces. The Chinese team led them so much, and it was really a big blow to them. If Zhao Guanglai could not make effective adjustments during the half-time break, I was afraid that the second half would be more difficult for them.

The Chinese team players all had smiles on their faces when they walked out, and some people applauded and thanked the Chinese fans in the stands, with their expressions very relaxed.

Chu Zhongtian's goal made them full of confidence. Being defeated South Korea is no longer just a beautiful wish or slogan, but a true fact that is in front of them. As long as they work hard, it is very possible to realize it.

The leader is now us. If the Korean team wants to win us, they need to score two goals, and as long as we score another goal, we can basically secure the victory.

In this way, the players on both sides entered the locker room with their own different moods.

※※※In the locker room of the Chinese team, some players couldn't wait to start cheering. However, the goal-scoring hero Chu Zhongtian did not have a bright smile on his face, but instead he raised his face. After everyone cheered, he spoke: "I think it's not the time for us to be happy yet?"

Gao Hongbo also walked in and said to everyone: "Da Chu is right. There are still 45 minutes left in the game, and we only lead the opponent by one ball. Forty-five minutes is too long for the gap of one ball. They have enough time to complete the reversal and turn defeat into victory. If they really want to win, they must forget about this goal and do their best in the second half. You must fight as the backward side. Everyone has the chance to play for me!" He clenched his fists and emphasized his tone.

Gao Hongbo, the head coach with a little eyes, often gives the players the impression that he is taciturn and cherishes his words, and rarely has such passion.

It seems that this final also infected him.

The substitutes remember clearly that after Chu Zhongtian scored, Gao Hongbo ran to the coach's seat, waved his fists hard, and hugged the coaches around him to celebrate the goal. Obviously he was also very excited.

"The Korean team will definitely counterattack in the second half. They have this strength. They have many players who score goals in Europe. What about us? We are weaker than them in overall strength." Gao Hongbo continued. "So we will continue to defend and counterattack in the second half. Let me talk about it again. Even if we get back a goal in the second half, we will not be allowed to lose. There is nothing to panic. Even if we draw, we did not lose. We must be stable. As time goes by, even if the score in the second half is 1:1, they will become more and more anxious. At that time, they will have to push forward, so we will use the space behind them to fight back!"

※※※In the locker room in South Korea, head coach Zhao Guanglai scolded all the players: "Do you still plan to let our Chinese people relive the nightmare in the East Asian semi-finals last year!"

He widened his eyes and glared, looking very scary.

"Look at your performance after losing the ball, it's like sleepwalking! I feel really embarrassed for you! We can't continue like this! We are the men's football team of the Republic of Korea. We have created the best results of the Asian team in the World Cup. We deserve to win the Asian championship! I ask you to show your fighting spirit in the second half!"

Zhao Guanglai did not think this was a tactical issue. From the perspective of the situation, the South Korean team had the upper hand in the first half, but the Chinese team had better luck than the South Korean team. As long as the South Korean team can show off their fighting spirit and cheer up 200% of the spirit, let their strength speak and defeating the Chinese team is not an impossible task.

In order to regain the Asian Cup championship, we recalled almost all overseas players. According to our strength, we should win, not China!

He pointed to Park Ji-sung and said to other players: "This Asian Cup is Park Ji-sung's last Asian Cup in the national team. This final is his last Asian Cup final. Shouldn't you give the best gift to your seniors?"

After being told by the head coach, the players of the South Korean national team were even lower.

Park Ji-sung is the number one star in the Korean team, and his status is equivalent to Chu Zhongtian's position in the Chinese team. Before the game, everyone had agreed to use an Asian Cup champion to bid farewell to their old captain, seniors, and some young Korean players revealed this plan in an interview with Korean media.

Unexpectedly, they were behind in the first half.

※※※ "The competition between China and South Korea has always been one-sided before - in front of strong and confident Koreans, we can't raise our heads... But today we see hope for a complete change. A year ago, our national football team defeated South Korea 3-0. At that time, everyone said that the Korean team was just the second team because all their overseas players did not come back, especially Park Ji-sung's absence affected their strength. But today the Korean team sent all the main players, and we were the ones leading the way. I believe that every national football fan who watched the first half must be very excited. So do I." During the halftime break, the host Zhang Bin in the Beijing studio was making a half-time summary.

"To be honest, when Chu Zhongtian scored, I slapped the table with a slap, and it hurt." Zhang Bin shook his hand and signaled everyone to see, it was indeed a little red.

"But the situation is not optimistic. If our young men think the overall situation is determined when they return to the halftime break, then the second half will probably disappoint them. There are many such pasts in Chinese football - when we think the victory is determined, how many blacks are there and five minutes, and five minutes make us cry without tears? During the halftime break, I hope that coach Gao Hongbo can calm the players down, forget our goals in the first half, and fight with all our might. After all, we did not have the upper hand in the first half. In order to avoid being beaten by the opponent's three-minute blacks again, we must do our best."

This is not only Zhang Bin's hope and concern, but also for fans across the country.

During the halftime break, discussions about this game on the Internet were in full swing. Many people were cheering and worried, and some natural "national football black" took advantage of the opportunity to tell everyone that the "fine traditions" of Chinese football will definitely turn the second half into the world of Koreans, and the one who laughed the best was the one who laughed the most until the end.

At this time, the only thing that makes people feel relieved is Chu Zhongtian. Before the Asian Cup, everyone was worried that he had never had the experience of playing major competitions in the national team, which would become his weakness. The facts prove that this shortcoming that everyone is worried about did not affect him. He does not have experience in the Asian Cup, but he has six seasons of experience in the top European leagues. His performance in the game is very outstanding. No matter how other Chinese team perform, Chu Zhongtian will always be the most stable one.

In the second half, everyone pressed the treasure on Chu Zhongtian.

Such a huge pressure is invisible but it does exist.

All the hopes of Chinese football were pressing on his shoulders alone, but he still straightened his back and walked onto the court.

※※In the second half, the South Korean team took advantage of their kick-off opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the Chinese team's defense line. The opening five minutes was the easiest stage to score, and the Koreans planned to make the most of this.

However, the Chinese team was prepared for a long time. During the half-time break, Gao Hongbo asked everyone to pay attention to the South Korean team's offense after the opening. They must guard against and defend to the death and must not concede the ball. If the opponent equalized the score at the beginning, then the morale of the South Korean team will be greatly boosted and scored another goal within 40 minutes, and it will not be difficult to do two goals.

So the five minutes at the beginning of the second half are particularly important.

Chu Zhongtian and his teammates fought desperately to defend. Every time he blocked the opponent's attack, he would slap hard on the court and shout loudly: "Come on! Defense! Don't give them such a chance!"

His shouts kept ringing, and they were still clearly heard on the noisy court. Obviously, after playing this game, his voice should not be tempted to speak for three days... If Rangnick was watching this game, he would definitely shake his head. Although Chu Zhongtian was very devoted to every game, he was completely selfless and had seen him for the first time.

Sure enough, the club and the national team are different. He plays in clubs to make money and honor. He cannot make money in the national team. While doing so, he also brings glory to the country. The motivation is extraordinary.

Under the leadership of the captain, the Chinese team was bombarded by the South Korean team in the first five minutes of the game. Although Tai Chi Tigers worked hard, they could not break through the Chinese team's goal.

Such a Chinese team has really united as one. Just like the warm-up match between them and the French team before last year's World Cup, after leading the French team, all the players retreated and blocked the opponent's shots with a blocking attitude, and finally successfully defended the French team's crazy counterattack, defeating the former world champion 1:0.

The happiness brought to the fans that game has gradually disappeared. In today's game, Chinese fans felt the joy of cheering for their national team again.

Whether on the scene or in front of the TV, there was a voice sounding: "Come on China! China, hold on!"

In the sixth minute of the second half, the Chinese team, which had survived the Korean team's fierce attack, began to launch an offensive.

Under Chu Zhongtian's leadership, they launched a fierce attack on the South Korean penalty area.

As soon as Chu Zhongtian got the ball, the Koreans in the stands would boo him, but they were often overwhelmed by the deafening cheers of Chinese fans as soon as they started. Because this game reached the final, many Chinese fans came from China. They counted down to buy tickets at a high price, and even slept at the airport hall to watch a game. The large number of Chinese fans is almost the same as that of Korean fans.

Before the first game, Chu Zhongtian and his teammates saw a few Chinese fans in the stands. Many of them might not have watched football before. They were all Chinese employees of foreign companies or staff from Chinese embassy. They just came for the word "China". At that time, the stadium was completely fans of opponent Kuwait, and the Chinese team played a real away game.

What about now? As the Chinese team's performance gets better and better, as they reach the finals, their performance on the court has won everyone's respect and love, and more and more people are watching their game, and finally reached a peak in the finals.

Korean fans wear orange jerseys and dare to call themselves "Red Devils cheerleaders". Look at the Caliph Stadium today, red occupies half of the world. It is not the wrong red of South Korea, but the bright and thick red. It is the red of Chinese fans and the color of the Chinese national team's home jersey.

In this game, the Chinese team wore this jersey, and the South Korean team who drew the away team's draw could only wear their white jerseys.

As soon as Chu Zhongtian received the ball, the Korean man had just booed: "Woo--"

I was immediately overwhelmed by even louder shouts: "Come on China! Chinese team will get one!!"

Such shouts and atmosphere made the Chinese players even have the illusion that they were not playing at the Caliph Stadium in Qatar, but at their home court, at the already demolished Chenyang Wulihe Stadium.

This is their home court, they are the masters here.

In the fifty-four minutes, amid the crazy cheering of Chinese fans, the Chinese team launched an offensive. Chu Zhongtian, Deng Zhuoxiang, and Gao Lin passed and cooperated continuously at the front of the penalty area, attracting the Korean defenders to the middle. Finally, Chu Zhongtian passed the ball with a diagonal pass, transferring the football to the side. Rong Hao inserted it and made a pass. Chu Zhongtian in the middle shot and threw his body out. Unfortunately, he didn't touch the football. The football passed by, and Gao Lin followed behind did not touch the football either. The football directly drew the bottom line.

"How bad it's! Chu Zhongtian is just a little bit short!" Duan Bin also hugged his head with both hands in the live commentator's seat and shouted to the sky.

"Although the ball was not scored, the cooperation of the Chinese team was played out. Is this really the Chinese team? Is this still a rough guy from the national football team we are familiar with?" Huang Jianxiang sighed in the online live broadcast. I believe this is also the doubt of many Chinese audiences. The performance of this Chinese team today is really different from the Chinese team they remembered that they are flying around like a headless fly. They are more disciplined, clear-headed, clear-minded, and strong execution. If the Chinese team performs like this in every game, entering the World Cup finals is not a dream of forty-four years, but a dream of every four years.

Although Gao Hongbo has been leading the team for more than two years and the Chinese team has changed a lot compared to before, it is not so dazzling, right? Chu Zhongtian's return is the key.

During every Chinese team's flashing attack, Chu Zhongtian is present. He either appears at the beginning, in the middle of transition, or in the final.

His performance suppressed Park Ji-sung's light, and in front of him, the number one star in South Korea was a little silenced.

"Chu Zhongtian dribbled forward, Park Ji-sung came up to defend... Chu Zhongtian did not slow down, nor did he mean to pass the ball. He pushed the football forward and made Park Ji-sung! Accelerate! Beautiful! Just like that! Pass him!" Huang Jianxiang shouted excitedly. "Pass him!"

Chu Jung-tian in the center of the screen rushed forward with the ball, followed by Park Ji-sung who was chasing him relentlessly. In Chu Jung-tian's eyes, there seemed to be only football, and there was no one around him. Park Ji-sung was like air, and he ignored it. He kept dribbling in big strides. None of the other people, whether they were Korean or Chinese, could come up to join the battle, and could only watch from the side.

The two of them ran for about thirty meters like this, and Chu Zhongtian finally successfully pressed Park Ji-sung behind him. Chu Zhongtian's running speed is not fast in world football, but his basic skills are solid, and the combination of people and balls in the dribble is very good. The distance between the football and the feet is very suitable, so he will not reduce his speed because of the need to adjust his pace during the dribble. His dribble speed is about the same as the speed of running normally.

After all, Park Ji-sung, who is nearly thirty years old, is slightly inferior to Chu Zhongtian, who is younger in terms of physical fitness.

After overwhelming Park Ji-sung, Chu Jung-tian did not continue to rush forward, but flew the football to the side. Then he continued to rush forward and rushed to the front of the goal, looking like a forward, not a midfielder. Only he has such ability, because he has super running ability and a keen intuition about the timing of forward insertion.

In the end, the attack did not result in a goal, but Chu Zhongtian dribbled the ball in the midfield and rushed 30 meters, relying on the simplest dribbling to accelerate Park Ji-sung, which still gave the live broadcast a wonderful replay.

"This speed competition between the two may be regarded as a microcosm of the competition between China and South Korea so far. In various technical statistics, the South Korean team has a more advantage, but the audience cheered for the wonderful performance of the Chinese team more times. The Koreans' offense is loud and the rain is small, while the Chinese team's offense is threatening every time!" Everyone can hear the pride and pride that cannot be concealed when Duan Bin said this.

Every time a commentator commented on his national team competition, he was always worried, always angry and unable to vent his helplessness, and was always drowsy. This is his sorrow. But today, when this sorrow is wiped out, Duan Bin can also be proud in the broadcast seat!
Chapter completed!