Bukit Galil Stadium, Malaysia.

As the South Korean game against Hong Kong, China began, the atmosphere on the court became hot, and fans on both sides kept shouting to cheer for the two teams.

This is the first semi-final encounter in the Asian Cup.

There are only four teams left in the semi-finals, including South Korea, China and Hong Kong, Japan and Saudi Arabia. These four teams are not only working hard for the Asian Cup rankings, but the resolution passed by the AFC in mid-June last year also gave the championship other meanings - the four teams are also working hard for three automatic promotion seats in the 2011 Asian Cup.

The AFC Executive Committee passed a resolution in July 2006 that the top three teams in the 2007 Asian Cup and the host team of the next Asian Cup will be eligible for automatic promotion in the 2011 Asian Cup. The competition between the third and four places in the Asian Cup will be given a special meaning, that is, a ticket to automatically advance to the next Asian Cup finals.

In addition, according to the decision of the AFC, the champion of the 2010 Asian Challenger Cup will automatically advance to the 2011 Asian Cup finals in 2008.

If the same team wins the championship, the runner-up of the 2010 Challenger Cup will be directly qualified with the champion.

For strong teams such as South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the qualification to advance to the Asian Cup is nothing, but for Hong Kong, this quota is of great significance, because after the Asian Cup, Hong Kong will definitely not be able to retain Wan Sheng. With the financial resources of the Hong Kong Football Association, they cannot even guarantee the basic salary of Wan Sheng, let alone attractiveness. After Wan Sheng leaves, it is not easy for Hong Kong to advance to the Asian Cup final stage. Therefore, Hong Kong Football Association also hopes that Wan Sheng can lead the team to the top three and win a quota for automatically advancing to the finals.

Hong Kong football always thought so before, but they felt that the promotion in the group was a luxury, but they didn't expect that Hong Kong, China, could really reach the semi-finals.

But now, from the perspective of the semi-finals of the Asian Cup, they hope to achieve better results.

Before the game, Liang Huide had inquired about Wan Sheng's words and asked if he was confident of leading the team to the top three.

Wansheng didn't comment on this.

His goal is the champion, and he is not considering it at all. Perhaps that is just by the way, the qualifying goal of the Hong Kong Football Association and the current top three goals will have no impact on him.

For Wan Sheng and the entire team, playing the current game is the most important thing.

Now the match between Hong Kong and South Korea has begun.

In the opening stage, the commentator introduced the list of both sides. This is the first game played by Hong Kong, China in Malaysia. This is the first time that many Malaysian fans have seen this miracle-making team in Hong Kong. However, the commentator on the scene still focuses on introducing the South Korean team, because except for the head coach Wan Sheng, there is nothing else to introduce to others.

Many South Korean stars have not entered the lineup, such as Park Ji-sung, who plays for Manchester United, is not on the roster. The Korean Football Association believes that participating in the Asian Cup is not of great significance, so they only sent some domestic and young stars to come.

Therefore, they are called the 'Korean Team 2'.

The "South Korea Team" led by Vibek was not bad in the previous game. The strong lineup of 433 can attack and defend, and its strength is still very strong, at least it is more than better than that of China and Hong Kong.

But the South Korean team also has weaknesses in their performance, that is, their goal-scoring ability.

In three group matches, the South Korean team scored three goals, and their performance in one game almost failed to appear in the group.

In the quarter-finals, South Korea's goal scored was still a big problem. After 120 minutes, they failed to score a goal. Fortunately, the defense was not bad, and goalkeeper Li Yunzai also performed well, so they defeated Iran by chance in the penalty shootout and advanced to the semi-finals.

This "Korean Team 2" has strength and many problems. Although Wan Sheng dislikes Vidok, he has to admit that this Dutch is still very capable.

Just when Wan Sheng was thinking this way, Vibek looked at the bench in the South Korean coaching house with gritted teeth at the bench in Hong Kong.

What happened at the press conference yesterday, he could not have forgotten it, it was such a shame and humiliation!

Whenever he thought of his embarrassing look, he hated Wan Sheng to death. In the locker room before the game, he issued an ultimatum to all the players for the first time, "We must win this game, it is best to score a few more goals, and we will never be ruthless!"

Korean players all looked at Vidok and understood his mood very well.

All day today, they were talking privately about what happened yesterday. As Korean players, they supported Vidock, but after watching videos broadcast on the Internet, they were also a little disgraceful to Vidock.

At that time, this Dutch was so inferior!

On the contrary, the coach of Hong Kong, China, was already very famous young coach Wan Sheng, who was very domineering in the world, performed very domineeringly and was full of positive images throughout the whole process.

If they are not Korean players, they will definitely choose to support Wansheng.

Of course, there is no if.

They are Korean players, so they must support head coach Vibek. Even if they feel funny, they must say with resoluteness on the surface, "I will definitely score a few more goals in the match against Hong Kong, China!"

Vidoc, who received a firm response from all the players, was very satisfied. The Dutch believed that this game was his most advantageous method to fight back against the win.

win!

Scoring more goals!

I will defeat Hong Kong, China and see what else can I do when I see that damn guy!

Vidoc is thinking well, but in the real game, it is not easy for South Korea to score goals. China and Hong Kong have put in real effort in defense.

After 20 minutes of the game, the South Korean team did not make a very threatening offensive. Although they suppressed Hong Kong, China, there were not many ways to break through the penalty area. Instead, Hong Kong China used a quick counterattack to almost kick the ball into the South Korean team's goal. If goalkeeper Li Yun had not performed well, South Korea would have fallen behind with one goal.

Wan Sheng sat on the coach's seat and watched the game seriously.

He had no expression on his face, but he was always nervous.

In this game, the opponent is South Korea, and South Korea is not a weak team. Even the "second team" is much stronger than Hong Kong, China, so the goal of the game is to "hold it means victory."

Defensive-centered approach is the basis of China's Hong Kong style of play.

In this game, there are three core tactical ideas in Hong Kong, China - compete for physical fitness, and fight for perseverance!

In terms of strength in China and Hong Kong, their physical strength is an advantage. They are better than South Korea in fighting.

However, the gap in technical strength has led to a stronger body in Hong Kong, and it is difficult to gain advantage in the battle, so the competition depends on other aspects.

Physical fitness is also the key.

The physical fitness of Hong Kong, China is much better than before preparation. According to Wansheng, the team's physical fitness reserves are much more than that of the South Korean team. After all, the South Korean team has less rest. In addition, their physical fitness training results will not be very good, so China and Hong Kong have advantages in physical fitness.

Needless to say, perseverance is fighting!

Dare to fight and dare to rob. Wansheng believes that in this regard, Hong Kong, China and Hong Kong are not inferior to South Korea.

These are three advantages.

In the game, Hong Kong, China, played very proactively, and its playing style was also a bit rough. However, their direct fighting and defense caused quite a lot of trouble for the Korean team.

A few more minutes passed, and the Korean coach Vibek's face became solemn.

Even though the Dutch hated Wansheng deeply, he had to admit that China and Hong Kong played very well.

Before the game, he did a lot of research on Hong Kong, China, and watched all four games in Hong Kong, China, and in four games. In the game against Australia, Hong Kong, China, was defending the whole game. In other games, Hong Kong China, and even fought with Vietnam.

So in this game, Vibeck believes that China and Hong Kong are likely to compete with South Korea.

But what Vidoc has seen is that Hong Kong, China, has always focused on defense, and must admit that this is the best choice. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for Hong Kong China to maintain the current situation. South Korea's technical strength, technical and tactical capabilities, etc. are much stronger than Hong Kong China in all aspects. If you fight head-on, South Korea will have already been able to gain an advantage.

But the same thing is true, there is no if.

The core of Hong Kong's playing style is defense, so it is not easy for the South Korean team to get out of the situation.

In the past game time, the only things that the Korean team has played were data, ball possession rate, pass times, etc. The Korean team has quite an advantage in these aspects, but it is not easy to convert the advantage into goals, and it is even difficult to gain advantage.

Just like now.

Li Tianxiu drove the ball up from the side, and the Korean fans in the stands immediately cheered.

Li Tianxiu is one of the most talented players in the Korean team. His sharp breakthroughs and wonderful footwork have conquered many Korean fans and head coach Vadoc, making him put Li Tianxiu in the position without hesitation.

In the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, Li Tianxiu was just a substitute, but his first appearance played a key role in the success of the South Korean team. In the semi-final against Germany, South Korean team head coach Gus Hiddink gave him a rare opportunity to play and had a very outstanding performance.

After that, Li Tianxiu's national team had a little upside, but then returned to the Korean K-League and helped Ulsan Hyundai win the 2006-07 Korean K-League Championship trophy, he once again won the appreciation of South Korean coach Vidoc and returned to the national team.

In the previous game, Li Tianxiu also scored a goal. His main weapon was a sharp breakthrough, and now he is showing this.

Korean fans cheered for him.

Li Tianxiu performed quite well. He directly waded through Huang Zhenyu. The latter tried his best to catch up with Li Tianxiu who was dribbling the ball.

But, it doesn't matter.

When Li Tianxiu dribbled the ball to the bottom line, thinking about showing off her footwork and preparing to kick an accurate cross, she looked up and saw three more people in front of her.

Three defensive players...

Li Tianxiu was a little confused for a moment. When facing the defense of three people at the corner flagpole, even the world's top dribbling master would not have any good idea, let alone him just Li Tianxiu... He had a good evaluation of himself, so it was natural that football was hooked away.

"Li Tianxiu was intercepted!" The Korean media commentator sighed, "He dribbled the ball too far."

Korean fans also sighed regretfully.

Hong Kong, China, intercepted the ball and launched a counterattack, but it had not crossed the center line yet. It was intercepted because of a pass mistake. The South Korean team's offense began again.

This time it was Metallurgical.

Kim Sang-sik is a 32-year-old defender veteran, but in the "Korea Second Team", he is top-notch in both technical strength and experience. So he shoulders the heavy responsibility of organizing offense and offensive and defensive transformation in this game and appears in the middle of the midfield.

When Metzman dribbled the ball across the center line, there was only one player in front of him. Seeing the opponent's forward coming to intercept, Metzman decisively chose to break through.

As a forward player, Zhuo Zhuo's defensive ability needs no more. Kim Sang-sik's fake moves deceived him. When Zhuo Zhuo reacted, it was too late to keep up.

But, it doesn't matter!

When Jin Sang-seok broke through Zhuo Zhuo and went to chase the ball again, he found that at some point, there was another Hong Kong player in front of him. He couldn't name him, but he saw the ferocity on the other party's face.

Kim Sang-sik knew at a glance that the guy in front of him was not easy to mess with, so he planned to pass the ball, but when he wanted to do this, he found that the right side was blocked.

It was too late to pull back when Kim Sang-sik wanted to pull back. The fierce-looking Hong Kong player in China had already tackled the ball first. Kim Sang-sik was almost tackled to the ground.

"Liu Quankun is beautiful!"

"He directly cut off the ball from Korean veteran Kim Sang-sik!"

The referee did not signal a timeout, obviously this was a very clean tackle.

Kim Sang-sik was worried. He felt that Hong Kong's defense in China was so tight, and he couldn't resist a small mistake.

Wan Sheng looked at the team's two successful defenses, nodded with satisfaction, and discussed with Borgkamp next to him, "Their replacement is pretty good."
To be continued...