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Chapter 180 The fastest goal record in the Asian Cup is set. Is Su Hao really that strong?

One sentence created the largest score difference.

Unsurprisingly, Su Hao once again appeared on the front page of all media outlets.

Especially South Korea, which prides itself on being the best in the universe!
Seemingly feeling insulted by their ancestors, almost all official media outlets in South Korea, including KBS, began to criticize Su Hao's manners and character.

To further disgust Su Hao, a South Korean adult television station even went so far as to feature him on their midnight variety show.

They played a four-hour audio file of Su Hao's Vampire Diaries directly on the show, and also had their artificial guests perform Su Hao's various tactical moves based on the audio.

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To the surprise of the Koreans who intended to disgust Su Hao, their variety show not only failed to tarnish Su Hao's reputation, but also garnered praise from many foreign viewers, including those from Japan, for Su Hao's formidable personal abilities.

In the end, a pinned post on a well-known Asian adult forum directly compared Su Hao to the light of Asia!

The media outside the stadium were exchanging barbs, and the fans were hurling insults at each other in the streets.
This Asian Cup, which was originally a rather lackluster tournament with little fanfare, suddenly gained worldwide attention after the addition of Su Hao, a world-class football star.

And so, four noisy and chaotic days passed.

2015 6 Month 22 Day.

The first day of the Asian Cup has finally arrived.

All eyes in Asia were on the opening match at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium – Australia vs. Kuwait, making their Asian Cup debut.

Although the media has been speculating whether the suddenly stronger Chinese team will stage a comeback and defeat traditional East Asian powerhouses Japan and South Korea or West Asian powerhouse Saudi Arabia to win the championship, those who truly understand football know that among these teams, the strongest is actually Australia, who are new to the AFC.

This Australian national team includes former top Australian striker Tim Cahill, who is now earning money in the Major Leagues, as well as Milla Jedinak of Crystal Palace and Chris Hurd of Aston Villa, among others.

With a bunch of players from the top five leagues, plus the fact that Australian players are generally stronger physically than Asian players.

Therefore, in the current betting odds for Australia to win the championship, Australia is even slightly lower than China.

With Su Hao and Van Dijk on the team, the Chinese team is ranked third with a score of 3.2, while Australia is ranked first with a score of 3.0.

As for the second place, it naturally goes to Japan with 3.1!

It was precisely because of the odds and the relative strength of the teams that Lippi organized the entire Chinese team to watch the live broadcast of the match at the hotel.

The course of the competition unfolded exactly as many experts had predicted.

Australia has indeed demonstrated an almost overwhelming level of dominance against Asian teams.

Less than five minutes into the game, Australia scored the first goal of this Asian Cup.

The ball came from a throw-in on the right side of the field. Longo broke free from three Kuwaiti players and passed it back to the center of the penalty area, where Cahill finished with a shot to score.

1: 0!

The 18th minute of the game.

Franjic delivered a cross from the right wing, and Longo headed the ball into the net from the center of the penalty area!
With a simple cross from the wing, Australia made it 2-0.

Trailing by two goals in less than twenty minutes, Kuwait naturally retreated to defend and attempted counter-attacks at the coach's command.

However, against Australia's powerful and exaggerated attack, Kuwait's defensive counterattacks did not achieve any substantial results.

Conversely, after completely abandoning their offensive, Kuwait ended up being scored on by the Australian kangaroos, who scored five goals.

5: 0!

The opening match has ended.

When the exaggerated 5-0 score appeared on the big screen, all the East and West Asian fans began to send loving greetings to the Asian Union officials one by one.

Moreover, this scoreline finally gave Su Hao, who was previously at the center of public opinion, a chance to catch his breath.

No one is hyping up the conflict between Su Hao and the South Korean fans anymore.

Everyone started paying attention to who could represent Asia to face off against the overwhelmingly powerful Australia.

2015 6 Month 23 Day.

After countless people spent the entire night complaining about the AFC's idiotic actions.

The second day of the Asian Cup has finally arrived.

At 6 p.m. that evening.

Although there are still two hours until the first round of Group B matches between China and Saudi Arabia.

However, the square outside the Brisbane Stadium in Australia was already surrounded by countless Chinese fans.

"The 55 flag flutters in the wind!"

"How loud the victory song is!"

"Sing of our beloved xx!"

"From this day forward, we will march towards prosperity and strength!!!"

Countless bright red flags waved, and the songs were high-pitched and passionate.

Even though this is faraway Australia!

But at this moment, Brisbane Square seemed to have become the home ground of the Chinese.

Especially when the red bus carrying the entire Chinese team appeared in everyone's sight!
"Su Hao!!!"

"Su Hao!!!"

"Su Hao!!!"

It was as if it had suddenly exploded.

Tens of thousands of Chinese fans in the square immediately surged toward the bus.

Inside the bus.

Looking at the exaggerated scene outside the car window, all the old guys from the national team pressed their heads against the window.

"Damn it, when did we become so popular?!"

Qin Sheng opened his mouth wide and said in surprise.

"I've really never seen anything like this before. I guess the fans were this enthusiastic during the 02 World Cup!"

"Damn it, if we don't win this game, we might not be able to leave the stadium!"

"Damn it, Lao Zhao, what kind of bullshit are you talking about? How can we not beat Saudi Arabia? Look at who we have on the team right now! Besides, with Lao Fan and me in our defense, if Saudi Arabia can even get one of us in, I'll stomp my fist on live stream!"

After hearing Zhao Xuri's words, Feng Xiaoting, who had been so influenced by Van Dijk's constant praise that he was already planning to go abroad for an evening vacation, immediately started to complain.

"Holy crap, you said it yourself! If we concede a goal, I'll film it for you!"

"Haha! If we really chop it up, Xiaoli will probably come after us!"

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Outside the car, there were frantic shouts and red banners flying everywhere.

The people inside the car, however, seemed completely unfazed by the pressure, joking around as usual.

Su Hao, who was sitting at the very front, did not turn around.

They didn't shout any morale-boosting slogans either!

There is no other reason!

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Because this national team is indeed different from the national team I remember.

A pre-match press conference devoid of any tension.

The final tactical arrangements in the locker room were made without any further instructions!
It was like playing a pointless friendly match.

However.
Everything seemed ordinary, but the moment of the pre-match ceremony changed everything.

As the team captain, Zheng Zhi walked at the very front of the team.

After shaking hands with each of the Saudi Arabian players, Su Hao stood beside Zheng Zhi, quietly awaiting the most solemn moment.

"stand up!!!"

Unsurprisingly!
The moment that most exciting melody for the Chinese people began to play.

A feeling of excitement that he had never experienced even in the Champions League final suddenly surged through Su Hao's entire body.

As a Chinese person.

The feeling of wearing the national team jersey and fighting for your country in a cup competition is truly incomparable to any other competition.

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"go ahead!"

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at last!

The exhilarating mass sing-along of ten thousand people has come to an end.

"Ding dong!"

"Main quest triggered!"

"Win the Intercontinental Cup!"

"Mission Rewards: Awarded based on the host's mission completion rate, with a maximum reward of a legendary treasure chest!"

Did I wipe it?
Su Hao was feeling excited, basking in the passion brought to him by the red on the chest of the national team jersey, when suddenly the main quest, which hadn't even been triggered by winning the Champions League, appeared.

And it's a top-tier legendary treasure chest?
Injury and Illness Immunization Cards, Victory Banners, Max Level Cards.
These were all obtained from legendary treasure chests!

comfortable!
Will they win the Intercontinental Cup?

With Van Dijk on the team, isn't this mission practically a freebie?
It's 8 p.m. local time in Australia.

After all the pre-match rituals were completed, including the captain guessing which side to choose.

The final moment has finally arrived!
Wu Lei and Gao Lin stood in the center circle, quietly waiting for the referee's whistle not far away!

"Zhuang Dian'er Tai!!"

"Zhuang Dian'er Tai!!!"

"This is a live broadcast of the first round of Group B matches in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup!"

"China vs. Saudi Arabia, a strong team from West Asia!"

"The players from both teams are already standing in their respective halves of the field!"

"The referee is checking his watch too!"

"Beep!!!"

"With the referee's whistle, the match has officially begun!"

"First, let's look at the starting lineups for both sides!"

"China's starting goalkeeper, wearing a traditional red jersey and attacking from left to right: Zeng Cheng!"

"Left Back: Rong Hao!"

"Two center-backs: Van Dijk and Feng Xiaoting team up!"

"Right-back: Zhang Linpeng!"

"Two central midfielders: Su Hao and Zheng Zhi team up!"

"Left winger: Yu Hanchao!"

"Right winger: Hao Junmin!"

"Two strikers: Wu Lei and Gao Lin!"

"Facing the formidable Saudi Arabia, Lippi fielded a completely new 4-4-2 formation in this match, one that the Chinese team had never used in a major tournament before!"

"On the other side, Saudi Arabia's starting goalkeeper, wearing a traditional green jersey, is attacking from right to left: Al-Waled Abdullah!"

"Defensive line: Shahrani, Omar Hawsavi, Osama Hawsavi, Saeed Muwallad!"

Midfielders: Kaliri, Basas, Dosari, Nawaf Abid, Salman Al-Faraj!

"Lone striker: Hazaz!"

“罗马尼亚人科斯明·奥拉罗尤面对着里皮，放弃了沙特一直都习惯的4-4-2，相反的打起了比较保守的4-5-1，双后腰的配置很明显就是想要限制一下苏浩这个点！”

On the commentary desk, Lao Huang began to provide a detailed explanation of the two teams' lineups and tactics.

Meanwhile, on the field at the same time!

Having gained possession first, the Chinese team launched a major offensive against Saudi Arabia.

They're used to being surrounded and tackled by a bunch of top midfielders in the Champions League or the Premier League.

Now, in the Asian Cup, they're facing these skinny, weak midfielders whose overall rating doesn't even exceed 72.

Honestly, Su Hao even felt like he was playing in the reserve team of England's third or fourth tier league.

Facing a double attack from Saudi striker Hazaz and attacking midfielder Al-Dousari.

Su Hao simply applied close-range pressure and swerved left and right, and smoothly broke through the two men's attack.

"That was easy!"

"Facing a pincer attack from two!"

"Su Hao crossed the center line with almost no effort!"

"More people have arrived on the Saudi side!"

"Nawaf Abid is here again!"

"Su Hao!"

"Without holding onto the ball, the moment Nawaf Abid closed in, he passed it diagonally to Zheng Zhi, who was following up on the left!"

"With a quick forward run, Zheng Zhi passed the ball out again!"

Brisbane Stadium!

The moment the referee blew his whistle, nearly two-thirds of the Chinese fans in the stands began to roar.

After Su Hao passed two people and then executed such a smooth one-two with Zheng Zhi!
All the Chinese fans in the stands were so excited that they all stood up.

In the past, if they saw Saudi Arabia as their national team's opponent, they might have already started praying that the Saudi strikers wouldn't have much luck that day.

But what about now?
The moment they saw Su Hao dribbling the ball towards the Saudi Arabian backfield.

All the Chinese fans have already begun preparing their wildest roars in anticipation of the upcoming goal.

"Su Hao!"

"Such great teamwork with Zheng Zhi!"

"Although Su Hao has been in the Premier League for over a year, the chemistry between the two at Guangzhou Evergrande is still there!"

"Su Hao, catch the ball!"

"He sent the ball out with his right foot before the Saudi midfielder could even get close!"

"Outer instep!"

"Through pass!!!"

"pretty!!!!!"

"pretty!!!!"

Huang Jianxiang, who was in the commentary booth, suddenly roared in a high-pitched voice.

Meanwhile, on the field at the same time!

After a stunning arc drawn by Su Hao appeared.

Wu Lei, who already possesses world-class positioning ability, had already ghost-like dashed into the Saudi Arabian penalty area and received Su Hao's pass, which seemed to have eyes.

Saudi Arabia's gates!

Goalkeeper Walid Abdullah was clearly not ready, as less than 12 seconds had passed in the game.

However, even so, Walid Abdullah gritted his teeth and charged toward Wu Lei.

And just as Wu Lei was about to shoot, he dove to the ground in the direction Wu Lei intended to shoot.

Walid Abdullah was certain that his save was timely; as long as the Chinese striker shot the ball, he could definitely block it.

However, a scene that soon brought Walid Abdullah despair unfolded.

Because the young Chinese striker who broke into the penalty area did not choose to shoot.

On the contrary, the way he raised his right foot seemed to be a deliberate attempt to trick himself into falling to the ground and blocking the block.

Just as he fell to the ground, the Chinese striker quickly pulled his leg back and used his other foot to flick the ball away.

"Wu Lei!"

"Wu Lei!!!"

"There was no reckless kicking!"

"He chose the safest approach by using a feint to get past his opponent!"

"It's over!!!"

"It's over!"

"Facing an empty net!!!"

"A powerful shot!!"

"pretty!!!"

"pretty!!!!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"The game has only been going for less than 15 seconds!"

"China has scored!!!"

"1:0!!!"

"Wu Lei has scored China's first goal in this Asian Cup!"

"A rainbow assist from Su Hao, who sprinted from the backfield and delivered the final goal!"

"That's the value of a world-class midfielder!"

"That's the role of a world-class midfielder!"

Even if it's an attack from four people!

"Su Hao can still easily find his opponent's weakness and strike fatally even in a dense defense!"

"The football drew a deadly arc in front of the Saudi Arabian center-backs and finally appeared in front of Wu Lei!"

"Success in one fell swoop!"

"1:0!"

"The Chinese team has had a dream start!"
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[Holy crap! Is the skill gap this huge? This is Saudi Arabia, for crying out loud! How come Su Hao plays like he's playing against amateur players?]
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[Isn't that obvious? Most of the Saudi players are from their domestic league. Besides, even players from the top five leagues, Su Hao is still cutting them down like butter, isn't he? The midfield is a complete domination, and Wu Lei's movement is decent too. With these two, basically no Asian team can stop China!]
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[Haha, a goal in less than twenty seconds! That's fucking sci-fi! Su Hao's ability is undeniable, but Wu Lei's feint just now didn't look like something he used to pull off!]
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[It's obvious you don't follow Wu Lei, bro. The Wu Lei of today is completely different from the Wu Lei of the past, who could create opportunities but would falter at the final shot. The Wu Lei of today has been relentlessly tortured in La Liga for countless days and nights, and that experience has honed his simplest dribbling and shooting skills!]
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[That feels so good! After watching the national team's matches for so many years, this is the first time I haven't felt a single worry while watching a game!]

Huang Jianxiang, who was in the commentary booth, roared the moment the referee blew the whistle.

Meanwhile, on the field at the same time!

Seeing that he had actually managed to pry open the door of Saudi Arabia, which had once been like a mountain pressing down on the Chinese team, in less than fifteen seconds.

Wu Lei was so excited that he turned around and rushed towards Su Hao.

Of course, this moment wasn't just about Wu Lei!

Gao Lin, who was preparing to shoot next to Wu Lei, Yu Hanchao on the left, Hao Junmin on the right, and even Van Dijk in the backfield all excitedly rushed towards Su Hao.

Amidst the frenzied shouts of more than 20,000 Chinese fans in the stands.

All the players on the Chinese team hugged each other!
"Damn it, is this fucking easy?"

"Haha, 15 seconds, is that going to break a record? Lei Zi, you have to treat us, especially Hao Zi. It's like they're feeding you a pancake!"

A group of people huddled together and started trying to persuade Wu Lei.

Not far away, in front of the Saudi Arabian bench.

Saudi Arabia's current head coach, Waleed Abdullah, turned his head to look at the big screen with a blank expression.

The replay of the goal is playing there.

At this moment, Walid Abdullah really wanted to know: which eye did Su Hao use to see that passing gap that was clearly not in his field of vision?
He knew very well what world-class meant!

But even world-class
This...this should also conform to physics and biology!
And this team conceded a goal less than 15 seconds into the game. Could this be my last game in Saudi Arabia?

(End of this chapter)