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Chapter 768 Two-Line Quarterfinals Battle
On August 8, Athens time, Liu Han once again faced a one-day double-match situation. Fortunately, the fourth group match between the men's basketball team and Italy started at 21:[-] in the morning, and the men's football quarter-finals took place at It didn't start until eight o'clock in the evening.

In the men's basketball match against Italy, Liu Han played only 14 minutes, plus the rest period of nearly ten hours in the middle, enough for Liu Han to recover before the start of the men's football match.

Since the men's national Olympic team won all three games in the group stage, their opponent in the quarter-finals is the weaker Australian team, while the Costa Rica team, which successfully overturned the Portuguese team in the last game of the group stage, will face Against the favorites to win Argentina.

If it is said that in the last Olympic Games, the Chinese team finally won the championship because of a lot of luck, then this Olympic Games once again reached the quarterfinals, which fully demonstrated the progress of Chinese football. In the last Olympic Games, Liu Han almost arranged This time, although Liu Han is still the team's top scorer, other Chinese players also performed very well.

The opponent of the Chinese Olympic team in the quarterfinals is the Australian Olympic team. It is a team with a distinctive style. As a long-time British colony, Australian football is also a traditional British style. The players have a tough style and simple tactics. Another point of view is that Australia's tactics lack change, and the players' technical and tactical levels are also low. Most of the players in the team are players in their own leagues. Only goalkeeper Brad Jones and defender Gareth Eddis Playing for a Premier League team.

In the past, the Chinese Olympic team would be more afraid of an impactful team like Australia, but now with the growth of the younger generation, the Chinese team can completely defeat their opponents by virtue of their technical advantages. The most important thing for the Chinese team to pay attention to is to Always be careful of the Australian team's defensive counterattack during the game. The long pass is actually the fastest counterattack tactic.

Facing the Chinese team, the champion of the last Olympic Games, the Australians did put on a defensive appearance. Although the formation is the same as the Chinese team's 451, the Australian team not only put on a double midfielder, but also the core position of the midfielder. It is also quite backward. The purpose of the Australians is very clear, which is to block Liu Han, cut off the core touch of the Chinese team, and then wait for an opportunity to defend against counterattacks.

After the start of the game, the Australians stuck to their own half and did not come out. Except for the first attack after the kick-off, which formed a cross, the rest of the time was stuck in their own half. This scene looks a bit like The Chinese team is conducting a unilateral offensive drill.

Seeing the opponent's appearance, Liu Han was very wise not to lean too high. In the midfield, he basically ran, responded, and then kicked the ball, using his own transfers to pull the Australian team's defense.

On the contrary, Zheng Zhi, who had been holding the position of the midfielder in the game before, began to step in frequently. He has been polished in the Premier League for two years, and he is not afraid of physical confrontation by Australian players.

Although the Australian team put on a defensive appearance from the beginning of the game, in fact their defense was very difficult, because they did not dare to step too boldly at the front of the penalty area. Now every team in the Olympic Games knows that the Chinese team How much of a threat is the set kick, not to mention Liu Han, even the 19-year-old Chinese teenager Cheng Tao has become a threat in the eyes of many teams. This young player is quite good at free kicks.

The blindly defending Australian team paid the price for their conservatism. In the 205th minute of the game, Liu Han suddenly stepped in after getting the ball in midfield. His sudden breakthrough made the Australian team have to be more vigilant.

However, just when the Australian midfielder began to block Liu Han's forward line, Liu Han transferred the ball to Yu Tao who was plugging in from the right.

Yu Tao dribbled the ball and made an inward cut to trick the left back of the Australian team, then went to the bottom, and suddenly passed the ground ball in an inverted triangle near the bottom line.

Cheng Tao, who responded at the front point, missed his foot, and Liu Han, who followed up with a false shot, sent a half-high ball straight through. Cheng Tao, who was at the front point, was offside and successfully entered the penalty area, facing the flying half-high ball and volleying sideways. .

The football rubbed against the post and flew into the Australian team's gate. The Chinese team's attack played with the Australian's defense in the palm of their hands.

After scoring a goal, the defense was meaningless for the Australian team. They had to push the formation out, trying to control the ball and attack more. However, in this game, the Chinese team had Liu Han in the midfield. In response, the Australian team rarely even got the ball.

After taking the lead, the Chinese team began to pass the pass calmly, constantly pulling the Australian team's defense.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese team still maintained a one-goal lead.

Entering the second half, the Australian team first made adjustments. They replaced a defensive midfielder and added a forward in an attempt to expand the team's impact, but this happened to the Chinese team's arms.

After kick-off in the second half, Liu Han began to dribble to the frontcourt frequently. Without the protection of the double midfielders, Liu Han could easily dribble through and face the Australian team's defense, which made the Australian team's defense frequently The wind was jittery, and there were frequent panics in front of the door.

In the second half of the game No.60 minutes, Liu Han took a long shot from outside the penalty area. The ball hit the crossbar of the Australian team and bounced back to the penalty area. Zhang Yuning, who was ambushing in the crowd in the penalty area, suddenly appeared and easily pushed and scored. The Chinese team expanded their lead The advantages.

This goal basically killed the game to a certain extent. The Australian team was not good at organizing offense. Although the long pass missed their dominant midfielder, this kind of offense was like a blind man throwing a pot. Can rely on quantity to make up for quality. In terms of efficiency, the long pass tactic is indeed very inefficient. After all, the Australian team does not have a very strong striker.

Liu Han was replaced at the 75th minute of the second half, and Cheng Tao was replaced at the same time. The Chinese team began to shrink their formation and defend firmly. Zheng Zhi took over the command on the field and he controlled it very well. the rhythm of the game.

Finally, the Chinese Olympic team defeated the Australian team 2-0 in the quarter-finals of the Olympic men's football match and successfully entered the semi-finals.

In the other three games, Argentina beat Costa Rica 4-0, Tevez scored a hat-trick, Italy beat Mali 1-0, and Paraguay beat South Korea 3-2. In this way, China's opponent in the semifinals will be Paraguay, they are very hopeful to break into the final again, and may successfully win the Olympic men's football gold medal.

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