Chapter 238: China-Korea Decisive Battle
"This is the live broadcast of the 2016 U23 Asian Cup and Rio Olympic Games Asian Qualifiers Final, the Chinese men's football U23 vs. South Korea men's football U23 match. I am the commentator of this game, Zhan Jun, and I am the commentator He Wei."

"We can see that the players from both teams are ready in the player tunnel. The ones wearing pure red jerseys are our Chinese U23 men's football team, and the ones wearing white jerseys and white shorts are the South Korean U23 team. Standing at the front of the South Korean team is the star player Son Heung-min from the Premier League Tottenham Hotspur team. Although Son Heung-min is 23 years old this year, he was only 22 when he registered, so he was allowed by the AFC to participate in this U23 Asian Cup."

"Then on the Chinese team side, standing at the front of the team is...Haha, Coach He, do you think it's necessary to introduce this one?"

"Haha, we still have to follow the process. Number 7 standing at the front of the team is the captain of the Chinese U23 team, Jiang Yuan, a star from Chelsea in the Premier League. You can see that he is in a pretty good mood right now."

The on-site cameraman was carrying an extra-large camera and walking back and forth at the entrance of the player tunnel. The Middle Eastern guy started by using a long lens to shoot all the starting players of both teams, and finally focused the camera on Jiang Yuan.

At this time, Jiang Yuan was wearing the red Chinese team jersey with a hint of yellow. His height of 1 meters stood out among his teammates.

The game has not started yet, but major domestic bulletin boards, forums, and the football club have opened a column specifically for this game, and fans can express their opinions in the comment section.

Not only that, the leaders of the Qingshan Municipal Education Bureau regarded watching this game as the winter vacation homework for the first and second grade students in junior high school, as well as the first and second grade students in high school.

This is a unified assignment for the entire city. Students need to watch the 90-minute game and then write a reflection of no less than 800 words.

[Damn, why is it winter? If it were summer, I would just drink a bottle of beer. Watching a football game without beer would still lack the immersion.]

【Chinese New Year is coming soon, take out the nut drinks you bought at home and drink them. It is better to give them to yourself than to relatives. The most important thing is to feel comfortable. This plate of mutton in my hand costs 76 yuan, and I will give it to the Chinese team today! 】

[You don’t need to find an excuse to have a midnight snack. Chinese team, go ahead!!!]

[No need to watch, Jiang Yuan has already called me and told me that the Chinese team will win this game]

[Son Heung-min is also a talented player, but he is still far behind our Xiao Jiang. Son Heung-min can start at Tottenham with his level, but at Chelsea, Son Heung-min can't even be a substitute]

[Don't compare with Son Heung-min. Some knowledgeable people on the forum have already analyzed the gap between Jiang Yuan and Ronaldo. According to that group of people, if Jiang Yuan gains a little more weight and height, he will be almost as good as Ronaldo. 1 million euros, let's see if Jiang Yuan has any hope]

[It’s really magical. I’m still studying for the college entrance examination at the age of 17, but Jiang Yuan is already wearing the uniform of the national team…]

[Not bad. If Jiang Yuan was Spanish, he would not only have to play games at this age, but also do homework.]

[What if? There is no if! Xiao Jiang's parents are both pure Han Chinese, and their ancestors even fought against the Japanese. Didn't you read the newspaper?]

[Fight the Japanese? Did Jiang Yuan's ancestors ever fight against Goryeo? 】

[It is not known yet, experts have not yet concluded]

"The players from both teams are already in position on the field. The Khalifa Stadium is packed today. The AFC has given 5000 tickets to China and South Korea each, so there is no such thing as home and away games."

"The referee is already looking at his watch!"

"Okay, the game has officially begun. Now let me introduce the starting lineups of both teams. First up is our Chinese U23!"

China U23 men's football team (4-3-3)

Goalkeeper: Du Jia

Defenders: Wang Tong, Mi Haolun, Shi Ke, Yang Kuo

Midfielders: Xie Pengfei, Chang Feiya, Liao Lisheng
Forwards: Jiang Yuan, Liu Binbin, Zhang Yuning
"Then it's South Korea U23, the head coach is Shin Tae-yong"

Goalkeeper: Koo Seong-yoon
Defenders: Song Ju-hoon, Sim Sang-min, Yeon Jimin, Lee Seul-chan
Midfielders: Park Yong-woo, Lee Chang-min, Moon Chang-jin
Forwards: Son Heung-min, Ryu Seung-woo, Hwang Hee-chan
At the game, Chinese fans opened and closed their arms. With the experience of the previous games, they now cooperated much better.

"China, snap!"

"China, snap!"

As for South Korea, the Koreans also shouted loudly, but they lost in terms of language.

Korean is an agglutinative language, which is convenient for expressing delicate emotions, but it is indeed difficult to describe when it comes to shouting. In addition, the pronunciation habits of young Koreans have changed recently, and the use of plosive sounds has been restrained, making Korean sound softer.

To put it nicely, it's gentle, but to put it bluntly... a little bit feminine.

"Keep the formation, Wang Tong, don't stand too far forward when you're defending alone!"

Fu Bo was directing the team off the court. As the head coach of the Chinese U23 team, he guessed that China would advance to the knockout stage, but he never expected that Jiang Yuan would carry the team all the way to the finals.

This also resulted in Fu Bo being completely unprepared. After only 5 minutes of the game, he was sweating more than the players on the field!
"Here, give it to me!"

Jiang Yuan turned around under the pursuit of Huang Xican, faced Xie Pengfei behind him, and reached out for the ball.

clap clap!

There were two consecutive hitting sounds, and the ball passed between Huang Xican's legs and rolled behind him.

"A beautiful combination of stopping and passing, from Jiang Yuan's crotch-piercing pass from the left wing!"

"Jiang Yuan accelerated very quickly, bypassed Huang Xican and caught the ball!"

"Look at the defensive players on the route. Wen Changchen is rushing towards Jiang Yuan. He has a good first position and should have a chance to rush into Jiang Yuan's breakthrough route. On the Chinese team's side, Chang Feiya and Liao Lisheng are both rushing forward. They should be launching an attack with Jiang Yuan as the core."

"Wen Changchen went to the side, Jiang Yuan stepped forward with his left foot!"

"Wen Changchen made a move with his hands and pulled Jiang Yuan. What was the referee's reaction... The attack was favorable!"

"Jiang Yuan was fast enough to get rid of Wen Changchen, successfully went down the flank and made a cross with his left foot!"

Jiang Yuan did not cut in from the left as the audience expected, but instead used his left foot to shoot directly to the back post. Fortunately, the Chinese players reacted well and Zhang Yuning stopped the ball near the right baseline.

The ball stopped a little far, but fortunately Zhang Yuning rushed quickly and finally caught the ball before Song Zhuxun.

One-on-one between Zhang Yuning and Song Zhuxun on the wing!

"Here here!"

Chang Feiya asked for the ball in the middle, but Zhang Yuning did not give it to him immediately. Instead, he chose to pass it back to Yang Kuo, who made a 45-degree cross to find Liu Binbin in the small penalty area.

"Snapped!"

Liu Binbin turned around and headed the ball to his right, as if he was intentionally looking for Jiang Yuan.

!!!

Seeing the ball flying towards him, Jiang Yuan smelled the opportunity at the first moment. He ran backwards first, and after Li Secan turned around, Jiang Yuan suddenly walked to the baseline.

Because Li Secan had just turned around, he was unable to notice Jiang Yuan's change of direction at the first moment.

Jiang Yuan raised his left leg and kicked the ball directly to the upper middle part with the instep.

"duang!"

The ball hit the far post of the goal and bounced out, then was cleared by Song Zhuxun who was in position to score.

Corner kick for China U23!
"Pooh!"

After spitting, Jiang Yuan rolled up his shirt and used the edge of his jersey to wipe the sweat from his forehead to prevent it from dripping into his eyes.

"China's corner kick opportunity, Xie Pengfei is in charge, let's see what happens with this ball"

"The first ball was headed out by Shen Xiangmin, and the second ball was kicked directly by Liao Lisheng!"

"Ouch, what a pity this ball was missed, Liao Lisheng's long shot hit the crossbar and flew out. This is actually very similar to Jiang Yuan's previous kick, the speed of the ball was very good, but the luck was a little lacking"

As of the 15th minute of the game, China's ball possession rate of 45% was slightly lower than South Korea's 55%, but there was not much difference in the situation on the field.

Jiang Yuan passing Wen Changchen was no different from crossing the road. Similarly, Yang Kuo and Liao Lisheng also had some difficulty defending Son Heung-min.

"Shit! Wen Changchen, don't let China's No. 7 find space!"

This is the voice of South Korean coach Shin Tae-yong. Shin Tae-yong curses very quickly, saying three "shiba" in one minute. If he was not cursing his own players, Shin Tae-yong would probably have been shown a red card by the referee.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Chang Feiya seized on Liu Chengyou's mistake and successfully intercepted the ball, but Chang Feiya had some problems in handling the ball afterwards and gave the ball to Huang Xican for nothing. After the latter got the ball, he immediately looked for Son Heung-min.

At this time, Son Heung-min has already started on the left!

"boom!"

Huang Xican made a powerful long pass to Son Heung-min who was running down the left wing. The pass was not very good, but because Son Heung-min should have gotten rid of Liao Lisheng before he got the ball, he had enough time to deal with Huang Xican's long pass.

"ta!"

Son Heung-min stretched out his left foot and stopped the ball with the inside of his left shoe. He then stepped on the ball with his left foot and started to cut inside against Liao Lisheng who was returning to defense.

Liao Lisheng gently pulled with his left hand, and Son Heung-min fell to the ground.

Xiba!

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle decisively, ran over hurriedly, picked up the foam spray, and drew a white arc where Son Heung-min fell.

Free kick opportunity for the South Korean team!

clap clap!

"Come on, come on, pay attention to your mission!"

Liu Binbin clapped his hands, signaling his teammates to concentrate and everyone stood in the penalty area.

During the group stage, Jiang Yuan did not need to participate in corner kick defense, but in the semi-finals and finals, Fu Bo arranged Jiang Yuan to participate in corner kick defense, and he played a very important role.

For example, this time, Jiang Yuan is in charge of Yan Jimin, a central defender who is 1 meters tall.

"The free kick on the left side looks like it should be taken by Son Heung-min"

"Run up, right foot, and make an arc!"

"Wow, this is a crescent-shaped kick, the ball is very fast, Son Heung-min is going to shoot directly!"

"Yeon Jimin wanted to jump, but he was no match for Jiang Yuan in terms of physical confrontation. Jiang Yuan successfully pushed Yeon Jimin, who was much taller than him, away."

"Du Jia jumps up and holds the ball!"

"Perfect save!"

Roar--! ! !
Du Jia held the ball in one hand and yelled at the player in front of him.

As a goalkeeper, Du Jia must be the one who knows best how wonderful Son Heung-min's shot was. If his reaction had been a little slower, the ball might have been scored directly by Son Heung-min.

Liu Binbin rushed over and patted Du Jia: "Call your mother, fight back!"

"Fuck, yes!"

Du Jia reacted, rushed forward with the ball, and looked for Jiang Yuan's position as soon as possible.

And Shen Tailong obviously cared more about Jiang Yuan. During the corner kick counterattack, Yan Jimin directly gave up his position as a central defender and followed Jiang Yuan closely.

"Screw you!"

Jiang Yuan pushed Yan Jimin away and pretended to retreat to support him, but in fact he kicked hard with his right leg and suddenly accelerated to run towards the opposite side of the court.

Seeing Jiang Yuan running out of the open space, Du Jia threw the ball in the air and made a long pass to find Jiang Yuan in front.

Jiang Yuan was sprinting at this time and the ball flew over his right side.

Oh shit, what the hell is this?
Jiang Yuan cursed inwardly, Du Jia's pass was not meant to be received by anyone, it almost went to the other side's half.

"call……"

Fu Bo outside the field was breathing heavily through his nostrils. What was the difference between Du Jia's long pass and giving it to the opponent's goalkeeper?

It's so embarrassing!

Jiang Yuan felt a little uncomfortable. If Courtois had taken the goal kick, he would have gotten the ball by now. But there was nothing he could do. Jiang Yuan was not playing in the Premier League.

"Whoop whoosh!"

The ball hit the ground and continued to roll forward. Jiang Yuan gasped heavily and rushed to the baseline as fast as he could.

"The goalkeeper is out!"

"Gu Shengrun ran out of the goal and walked out of the penalty area, trying to clear the ball with his feet."

"Wow! Jiang Yuan got the ball first, and Jiang Yuan continued to kick the ball towards the baseline!"

"The situation of the South Korean team is not good. Gu Shengrun wants to hold the ball, but he has already left the penalty area and can't use his hands now!"

"Look at Jiang Yuan, holding onto Gu Shengrun's chest and stepping his left foot inwards... Beautiful! Jiang Yuan ran directly from in front of the Korean goalkeeper into the penalty area."

"The South Korean team has an empty goal now!"

"Push!"

After Jiang Yuan completed the shot with his right foot, he lost his balance and fell to the ground. At this moment, all the fans in the stadium held their breath.

South Korea's central defender Shim Sang-min rushed over, fell to the ground after entering the small penalty area, and tried to make an extreme clearance with his feet.

Unfortunately, it's still a little bit worse.

“GOOOOOOO—AAAAAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLL!!!”

"27' China 1: 0 Korea"

“and the Goalscorer is…”

The live commentary suddenly stopped at this moment, and the next second, the Chinese team's stands erupted with roars.

"Jiang Yuan!"

"The Goalscorer is..."

"Jiang Yuan!"

"Jiang Yuan!"

"wowwww!!!!"

The English commentary and the Chinese voices of the fans, as well as the interaction between Chinese and English, bring a different feeling to the Khalifa Stadium.

Wuhu!

Liu Binbin rushed over and slid to his knees. After rushing to the end line, he did not stand up, but hugged Jiang Yuan who was sitting outside the boundary: "Brother Yuan, we are really strong!"

"And I!"

Zhang Yuning bypassed Shen Xiangmin, then pushed away Gu Shengrun with his hand, and came to Jiang Yuan after passing through many obstacles.

"China!"

"China!"

The fans in the stands were shouting, and Zhang Yuning wanted to interact with the fans, but after thinking about it, he realized that he didn't score the goal, so he just knelt on the grass and hugged Jiang Yuan like Liu Binbin.

On the penalty area line in front of the Chinese team's goal, Du Jia stood in place, his hands on his hips, with a proud look on his face.

Assisting, it's easy for him.

……

　Please give me a monthly ticket, ah ah ah ah

　　
　
(End of this chapter)