Chinese team 4-0 Australia, World Cup Qualifiers perfect finale!

Verbeek was dumbfounded. He had still been plotting a counterattack, only for the Chinese team's killing blow to arrive first.

Being two goals behind was nothing like being one goal behind. When you were down by one, all it took was finding a way to score once to put both sides back on level terms.

But when you were down by two, coming back was nowhere near as easy.

That was why, in most matches, taking a two-goal lead could already be considered locking up the victory.

June was scorching hot. Although Beijing lay quite far north, its summer heat was no joke.

Sweat began beading on Verbeek's forehead. It was impossible to tell whether it was from the heat or from nerves.

The Australia team's players were drenched in sweat. Facing the Chinese team, they felt as though they were playing in the World Cup against one of Europe's traditional powerhouses.

After scoring consecutively, the Chinese team grew more and more excited. Their combinations became increasingly imaginative and effortless, and every brilliant sequence of play earned applause and cheers from the fans in the stands.

Spurred on by the atmosphere at the stadium, the Chinese team played with even greater freedom.

In the 42nd minute of the first half, the Chinese team launched a series of short passes in a tight space in the frontcourt. At first, Australia's defenders could still keep up with the tempo.

But as the ball was passed endlessly around at the Chinese team's feet, each pass a rapid one-touch exchange, they gradually began to fall behind.

Even more fatally, under the total football tactics, the Chinese team's players constantly interchanged, made runs, and switched positions, leaving Australia's players unable to cope.

Those marking players lost their targets amid the Chinese team's constant positional switches;