The match against the South Korean team was held on the evening of January 29. The game attracted much attention and both South Korea and China paid great attention.

The Caliph's serving stadium was also completely full. In addition to a large number of neutral fans, there were also many fans from both sides from China and South Korea.

Especially for Chinese fans, the strong performance of the Chinese team in this Asian Cup has rekindled their interest in football. In addition, this game was kicked off at 23:00 on Saturday night in Beijing time, and the next day is Sunday. Everyone does not have to go to work and can go to bed late. After watching the game, they will go to bed right after the game, and it will not delay things. Therefore, the ratings of this game are expected to hit a new high and will set the highest ratings of this Asian Cup. The happiest thing is obviously the Asian Cup Organizing Committee and the AFC. The Chinese team's ability to reach the final was not their plan, because the Chinese team's performance was bad in the past. The last time they reached the final was because of their home advantage. This time they were able to reach the finals entirely by their real skills. With them in the finals, they can make at least 300 million viewers in the Asian Cup finals.

The Asian Cup TV broadcasters also attach great importance to the Chinese market. If broadcasters and commercial sponsors can determine the outcome of the game, it is estimated that the Chinese team will reach the finals in every competition.

The Chinese domestic media have started to hype the finals with the South Korean team since the end of the semi-finals. "Breaking Korea" has become the most frequently used word.

Korean media are not idle either, "revenge" is their keyword.

In this noisy external environment, the Chinese team is focused and focused on preparing for the battle.

Gao Hongbo is under very little pressure now. Except for the people inside the team, no one knows that they regard the championship as their ultimate goal. The Football Management Center once set the goal of the quarterfinals for the national team's Asian Cup journey. Now the Chinese team has already exceeded the goal. Therefore, for the outside news media and leaders, even if the Chinese team loses the final, Gao Hongbo's position as coach will be fine. Gao Hongbo can accept this last game, no matter what the result is. He can safely achieve the World Cup qualifiers in the national team's position as coach.

He has worked hard for the Chinese team for three years, not for the Asian Cup, but for the World Cup qualifiers. His goal is to bring the Chinese team into the 2014 Brazil World Cup. Chinese footballers have a strong "World Cup complex", or Chinese people have a very strong "World Competition complex". As long as it is a world-oriented competition, they are very enthusiastic about major events, such as the Olympics, the World Expo, and the World Cup. As long as it is a world-oriented, they will follow suit. Although the level of Chinese football is still very low, Chinese people hope to see their team appear in the World Cup.

Gao Hongbo also has such a complex. He has never played in the World Cup when he was a player. He retired when Chinese football debuted in the World Cup. He hopes to lead the team to the World Cup finals to make up for this regret in his heart.

Now it seems that he has an excellent opportunity because he has Chu Zhongtian. After the test of the Asian Cup, the Chinese team with Chu Zhongtian as the core can play very strong strength, far exceeding the limit this team should have. European media have described Chu Zhongtian like this before - "Some players need the cooperation of the whole team to perform well; some players seem unknown, but they can make his teammates perform well; some players can not only perform well by themselves, but also drive their teammates to perform well together. And Chu belongs to this third type of person."

Yes, this Asian Cup has proved this point of view very well. Chu Zhongtian not only performed well, but also allowed the Chinese team to perform at a very high level, defeating strong opponents in a row, and finally entering the finals. So much so that domestic media and fans were exclaiming that the Chinese team in front of them were incomprehensible. They ran positively, had a positive attitude and were full of confidence. Such a Chinese team really was incomprehensible.

Gao Hongbo hopes to use the Asian Cup as the foundation, lay the tactics and lineup of this national team, and then rely on this lineup and tactics to play in the Asian qualifiers of the World Cup.

※※※The coach always has to consider it longer than the players.

Chu Zhongtian didn't think about things that long ago. He just wants to play the last game in front of him. He must win the last game in the Asian Cup. He gave up the club game and temporarily left the club that paid him aside for what? His goal is very clear, which is the championship. For the sake of the championship, he traveled all the way from Germany to Qatar. If he couldn't win the championship, what did he do here? Will he play soy sauce?

At this moment, he was standing in the player's passage, with his teammates behind him and enemies beside him.

Looking at the captain of the Korean team, Park Ji-sung standing next to him, listening to the cheers of the fans of the two teams outside, Chu Zhongtian clenched his fists, he was full of fighting spirit. He participated in the final of the League Cup, but the feeling at that time was completely impossible to compare with the current one. Perhaps the technical content and value of the Asian Cup were far inferior to the League Cup final, but Chu Zhongtian would not be so excited. Because this was a member of the Chinese national men's football team, wearing the Chinese team's jersey and the Chinese five-star red flag on his chest, he participated in the final. He played for the country, and he played for his motherland. This was his childhood dream.

At that time, the environment of Chinese football was not as bad and dark as it is now. At that time, China's professional league was also in full swing. At that time, many Chinese fans were following the national team's footsteps in a dull manner. At that time, everyone would still be happy and sad for the team in their hometown... At that time, Chu Zhongtian's dream was to wear the national team's jersey one day and represent his motherland in the World Cup.

Although it is not the World Cup, it is just a much lower-grade Asian Cup, but it is also a champion.

Chu Zhongtian didn't want him to come back empty-handed.

Anything he has participated in the finals must win the championship. This is the "Chu Zhongtian Law", and this time he hopes to continue.

The stadium outside was very noisy, but it was very quiet in the passage. Whether it was the Chinese team or the Korean team, everyone was in the game state. They stood in the passage, looked at the stadium outside the passage, without saying a word. Maybe they were looking forward to the game for a while.

Chu Jung-teng could have communicated with Park Ji-sung for a few words, but they both could speak English, so it was not a problem to communicate. But after meeting and saying hello, the two of them never said anything else.

The national team's game is different from that of the club team. This is a game that concerns national honors, not to mention that the Chinese team and the South Korean team are still mortal enemies? Therefore, intimate pre-match greetings do not exist. Both sides regard each other as enemies, wishing they could eat their flesh and their blood.

The referees walked out of the lounge and walked straight to the front of the team, and said to the captains of the two guards: "Follow me."

The two captains turned back to their teammates and shouted: "Come on the stage! Keep up!"

The other players also shouted excitedly.

For a moment, Korean and Chinese were heard one after another, and the sound continued. The quiet passage just now became lively. In such a warm atmosphere, the players on both sides walked out of the passage and entered the stadium.

The noise in the stands suddenly increased and reached a peak.

"They're out!!"

"Big--Republic of Korea! Republic of Korea! Great--Republic of Korea! Republic of Korea!!"

"Come on China! Come on China!!"

The cheers of fans from both sides cheering their teams were heard at the same time.

This sound was so exciting that Chu Zhongtian was more excited than the theme song he walked when he entered the Champions League. He fully enjoyed this feeling.

※※※The captains of both sides shook hands in front of the referee, exchanged team flags, and began to pick the sides.

This is the final. Chu Zhongtian attaches great importance to the beginning of the game, so he deliberately lost the right to pick the side, gave the right to pick the side, and got the right to pick the side, and he got the right to kick the ball.

The Korean team in front of us is very, very strong, even surpassing the Japanese team.

According to Korean media reports, the strength of this South Korean team is currently above the South Korean team that competed in the South African World Cup last year.

Needless to say, Park Ji-sung has all returned to the team. They are Lee Qinglong, who plays for Premier League team Bolton, Park Joeyong from Monaco from Ligue 1, Cha Duri from Celtics from the Scottish Premier League, Ji Sung-yong from Lee Yoon-pu, Lee Jung-soo and Cho Yong-hyun from the Middle East.

The Korean team consisting of overseas players is far superior to previous experience and ability. They are considered to be the strongest South Korean team since the 2002 World Cup. The reason why they have ranked such a strong Korean national team is because the Korean Football Association is bound to win the Asian Cup, which has been away for 51 years. At the same time, this is also Park Ji-sung's last Asian Cup. He was like Chu Zhongtian in the last 2007 Asian Cup, who was absent due to injury. Chu Zhongtian had an arm fracture and Park Ji-sung had knee surgery.

Needless to say, Park Ji-sung's motivation for this game is, other Korean players also attach great importance to this game. Korean players have an advantage, that is, they always go all out in the game and run to the end. This style can always help them drag down their strong opponents at the last moment.

This game against the Chinese team has the psychological advantage of being unbeaten for 32 years and the motivation to avenge revenge. It is conceivable how positive the Korean team will be.

However, Chu Zhongtian didn't care about these things. Even if the other party was active and had the fighting spirit, he would still defeat the other party.

This final opponent is really suitable for him. South Korea is the victim of Chinese football. It has a thirty-two years of shameful history of unwinding in international A-level events. If you can defeat them in the Asian Cup final and win the championship, it will be the best ending.

Which one has a greater sense of accomplishment, defeating a team of old enemies and winning the championship, or defeating a team of cats and dogs?

It's obviously the former.

※※After picking the side, Chu Zhongtian handed over the Korean team's flag to the off-field, then returned to the court and summoned everyone to come over.

"The last game is here, brothers." He looked at his teammates who had been with him for more than a month. This was the longest time he had with his national teammates. In the past, he only played warm-up matches or something. If he stayed in the national team for three or four days, he left his national teammates with more of a hurried back. He didn't know much about his teammates, and his teammates didn't know him well enough. His prestige and status in the national team were shaped more by media reports and the trust of the head coach, but everyone didn't know what kind of person he was.

Until this time, he spent more than a month with his teammates, training, competitions, eating and living together, and getting to know each other.

It is precisely because of more than a month of contact that they were able to enter the Asian Cup final as a team and create a "miracle" that is simply impossible to achieve in the eyes of others.

"Now, thinking about what I said to everyone before the first game, I didn't expect it to be realized so soon. I'm very happy that we are all together and have brought so much happiness to the fans in this month. Now for this last game, let's draw the end of this."

"champion!"

He took the lead and shouted.

"Champion!!" his teammates yelled with him.

On the other side, Park Ji-sung was also yelling with his teammates: "The Republic of Korea will win!!"

The final began like this.

※※※This game was considered by many media to be a direct showdown between the leaders of the two teams before the game.

As the most successful representatives of Asian football in European Liu Yang players, Chu Zhongtian and Park Ji-sung have been compared before, and now they are directly competing on the court. How can such a good gimmick be let go?

However, this is not the first time Chu Zhongtian and Park Ji-sung meet. In the Champions League group stage last season, Hoffenheim was assigned to the same group with Manchester United. The first time between the two sides was Chu Zhongtian, but Park Ji-sung did not. It was not until the second round of the two sides' match, and in the last round of the group stage, Park Ji-sung and Chu Zhongtian appeared at the same time.

In the end, Hoffenheim defeated Manchester United with a score of 3:2 and got the team qualifying as he wished. In the game, Chu Zhongtian's performance was perfect, scoring two goals alone was the biggest contributor to the team's victory.

Park Ji-sung once again made a head-on record with Chu Zhongtian in the game, but Park Ji-sung must not recall that match. He was the defender in the game. When defending Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian shook it away and kicked the ball. The football hit his leg and produced a less obvious change of line, and finally flew into the goal. This was Hoffenheim's equalization goal. This goal boosted Hoffenheim's morale and made a subsequent reversal.

The confrontation between two Asian top stars ended with Chu Zhongtian's victory.

However, that time, Park Ji-sung did not play the midfield position he was best at, so his performance was also affected. However, it was completely different in the Korean national team. He played his favorite position and he also had the greatest role in the team. He was the core of the team, and the whole team played around him.

Of course, you can only exert your greatest power in your favorite position.

In addition, so far this season, Park Ji-sung has also been in very good shape. He has stood up to save his home many times in the league. The most exciting performance is that in the game against Arsenal, his difficult header helped Manchester United defeat Arsenal and continue to firmly sit in the league first place.

Such performance is naturally impressive.

So the showdown between him and Chu Zhongtian was particularly attractive.

Players who were in their peak form met in the Asian Cup finals, and the Asian Cup finals have never been so starry and eye-catching.

Chu Jung-tung soon felt that Park Ji-sung is different from Park Ji-sung at Manchester United. Park Ji-sung is more active in the national team. It is not that he is not active in Manchester United, but that he is a little crazy in the national team, and runs without hesitation to prove to the world that he deserves the nickname of "Three Leaf Lung".

Chu Zhongtian's physical fitness is also excellent, both of them have excellent physical fitness, which increases the value of the two people's confrontation.

In addition to running actively, Park Ji-sung is obviously the center of South Korea during the offense. He has actively sought the ball many times and participated in the offense. His skills, awareness, and experience have caused great trouble to the Chinese team's defense line. Yang Hao could not defend him at all, so Chu Zhongtian ran to deal with him unswervingly.

"Chu Zhongtian and Park Ji-sung!" The commentators collectively climaxed as soon as they saw Chu Zhongtian standing in front of Park Ji-sung.

Park Ji-sung also noticed Chu Jung-tian. He knew that this was specifically for defending him. In the Chinese team, Chu Jung-tian is the only one who can keep up with him, and the other hand, in the Korean team, Park Ji-sung is the only one who can keep up with Chu Jung-tian. So when the target was assigned before the game, Park Ji-sung didn't need head coach Zhao Guang to say anything, so he took the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility of defending Chu Jung-tian.

In fact, everyone really hopes to see such a powerful drama as Park Ji-sung fighting Chu Zhongtian alone, but Park Ji-sung is very calm. He knows Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian is quite famous in offense over the years, and is actually very good at defense, especially one-on-one defense. He is like being able to see through what you will do next, always making moves in advance, judging your movements, and then blocking the ball.

Park Ji-sung is not stupid and will not give Chu Zhongtian the chance to intercept the ball from his feet. Facing Chu Zhongtian, he passed the football directly.

This disappointed those who were looking forward to seeing Chu Jung-tung and Park Ji-sung fighting fiercely.

Park Ji-sung has no obligation to satisfy their wishes. He only needs to be responsible for the team. His goal is to help the team win, rather than defeating Chu Zhongtian in a one-on-one contest. If he loses to Chu Zhongtian, he will be happy to do so.

Seeing Park Ji-sung pass the football out, Chu Jung-teng threw Park Ji-sung down to assist his teammates in defense. But he didn't run far and always paid attention to Park Ji-sung. He knew that this was the soul of the Korean team and could not let him go too far.

Park Ji-sung wanted to try his best to avoid Chu Zhongtian during the attack, and the two of them played "hide and seek".

In the thirteenth minute, the two had their first head-on confrontation.

After Park Ji-sung broke through Yang Hao, Chu Jung-jin rushed up from the side and knocked Park Ji-sung out. However, Park Ji-sung did not lose control of the ball. Although he staggered, he still controlled the football.

Chu Zhongtian failed to hit him, and did not give up. Instead, he continued to stick it on, using violent collisions and tough movements to grab the ball from Park Ji-sung's feet.

Park Ji-sung stopped urgently and wanted to get rid of Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian followed him without leaving any steps.

Park Ji-sung knew that he was being entangled... It was obviously not possible to organize an offense when he went forward, so he had to pass the football back and wait for the opportunity to organize the offense.

He had no choice but to use Chu Zhongtian in the offense, and he had to be careful of Chu Zhongtian in the defense. So far, except for the attack that just kicked off, Chu Zhongtian basically didn't exert much force... For Park Ji-sung, it was like waiting for the neighbor upstairs to take off his second boot in the middle of the night. The first boot had fallen, but the second one was nowhere to be seen for a long time. The dull "bang" could not be heard, how could he fall asleep peacefully?
Chapter completed!