For the AFC Champions League final, Seoul FC sharpened their knives, the players were not suspended or injured, and now the morale of the whole team is high, and the fighting spirit is high, and even the bookmaker's odds are optimistic about them.

South Korea's media are also confident of their victory.

On the side of the Saudi media, the focus is mainly on Li Xuyan.

He's really hot right now.

What if this form continues into the finals? And how did the Etihad stop this man?

For this reason, the Saudi media have asked the head coach of the Etihad, Argentine Gabriel? Calderón offers advice.

For example, using lethal tactics, curbing the opponent's passing, restricting Deyang and Ji Chengyong to provide him with support, and sending meat grinder players to engage in hand-to-hand combat with Li Xuyan...... And so on.

But what tactics Gabriel will employ exactly, no one knows. He also never divulged out information in front of people. Appear very cautious.

Güneš had already announced his starting lineup. He knew that with the rise of Seoul FC's fame, his starting lineup could be guessed, and there was no need to hide it. It is better to present it generously, revealing a confident image to the outside world, and making the players more confident.

His starting line-up was no different from that of the semi-finals......

The starting goalkeeper is Kim Ho-joon, the central defenders are Kim Jin-gyu and Park Yong-joon, the right-back Park Yong-ho, and the left-back Andilson.

In the midfield, Güneshi still lined up a back three, from left to right, Kim Zhiyou, Ji Chengyong, and Ko Myeong-jin. With stable performance, Ko Myung Jin and Park Yongjun finally came up after Li Qinglong and Kevin Hatch left the team, occupying a starting position, and the four young people who were promoted to the first team with Li Xuyan have now three of them have become starters.

Of course, the position of the team's forward midfielder and offensive core is undoubtedly Li Xuyan! Coupled with strikers Lee Seung Yeol and De Young, with this lineup, all the way through, what is there to be afraid of now Ittihad?

Although the platoon was 4312, it was not tactically conservative, and Güneš asked the whole team to keep attacking from the first minute of the game and put pressure on the opponent. Now that the whole team has an advantage in morale, how to guide this morale to play its due role? Of course, it can't be for everyone to shrink in half the court, test each other, and then act cautiously. In this way, the high morale will be consumed.

Therefore, if you want to attack, only by attacking can you make the fire of the players' fighting spirit burn stronger and stronger.

As long as the momentum is maintained, it will not be difficult to defeat the Etihad.

Li Xuyan likes this tactical arrangement very much. Attacking, that means he will get more support in the middle and back, and he will have more opportunities to play freely.

Helping your team win the championship with goals and assists in the final, as an attacking player, this is the best final!

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As the pinnacle matchup of Asian clubs, the AFC Champions League final has attracted the attention of many people. Needless to say, the media paid attention. The emergence of Li Xuyan has made the football market huge Chinese media have sent people to cover the game, even CCTV has not fallen, although they are not qualified to broadcast the final game, but it is still possible to come to interview, after all, Li Xuyan is the first Chinese to stand in the AFC Champions League final.

In fact, after Li Xuyan shined in the AFC Champions League schedule, CCTV was keenly aware that this was an excellent opportunity, but unfortunately the broadcast rights of the AFC Champions League had already been sold, and they only bought the broadcast of their own Chinese Super League team, so now they naturally have nothing to do.

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The day before the game, the Seoul FC team left the training base on the outskirts of the city where they had been training and went to the stadium to get used to the venue, where they will play tomorrow.

Güneš will also be present at the pre-match press conference to answer questions of interest to journalists.

At the press conference, his most asked name was "Li Xuyan". Everyone is concerned about whether Li Xuyan can break the record of no one scoring in the AFC Champions League in this game, Li Xuyan is now standing on the threshold, he has scored 9 goals, so that the battle for the top scorer has lost suspense, and the second place in the scorer list is Osaka Gamba Brazilian foreign aid Leandro, he scored 8 goals, but Osaka has been eliminated.

'I don't know, of course I want him to set a new record. But the game didn't start, I didn't know anything. For Li Xuyan's question, Güneshi has answered enough these days, and he is a little impatient.

Finally someone came out to relieve him.

"Then let's talk about Ji Chengyong, right? He has been in good form recently, and the media says that he and Lee Wook Yan are the duo of Seoul, what do you think about this? ”

"Of course, his role is quite important, I don't deny the dual-core theory!"

But when he thought that this season was over, one of the team's cores would probably leave, and Güneş felt a pity.

"Are you confident of winning the championship?"

"The Etihad is a very strong team and we respect our opponents" Güneş was cunning and did not express his true thoughts. His real thoughts were - yes, we are confident of winning the championship!

"But earlier, Etihad manager Gabriel said they were confident of winning the title ......".

'As I said, they're a very strong team, they've won the AFC Champions League twice, so it's not unusual that they have the confidence to win the title. What I want to say in my heart is: This is obviously cheering yourself up, and only if you are not confident enough, you will say so......

"Everyone is optimistic about you before the game"

"Thank you, but it doesn't count, we won't know until after the game if it's really worth looking for."

Güneshi didn't be happy for long, because the topic soon turned to Li Xuyan again.

"I heard that Li Xuyan's contract renewal is not going well, and he is about to transfer away. Is his departure a big impact on the quality of the team? ”

This is simply no pot to mention, Güneshi's face instantly darkened, but out of grace, he still replied with a stiff face: "Seoul is a mature team, a whole, it's not that you can't play without anyone, just like the team's performance has not been affected after Li Qinglong left, if Li Xuyan really leaves, there will still be newcomers in Seoul who can come up and continue to lead the team forward." ”

"Can you talk about Li Xuyan's whereabouts?"

"I'm sorry, he's still a player in Seoul......" Güneş ran out of patience and turned to look at the press officer. The press officer also saw that Güneš was impatient, and he hastened to end the press conference.

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This is a touching game, and it is not only those fans and reporters who pay attention to Li Xuyan, but also his relatives and friends. For example, An Zhaoxi, who has rarely been seen since he went to the United States, took a special leave and flew to Tokyo in advance this time, wanting to cheer for Li Xuyan on the spot, and then participate in the activities arranged by the company in Japan by the way.

After Li Xuyan won the domestic double championship, he reached the AFC Champions League final, An Zhaoxi, who had been worried about him in his heart, was overjoyed. Although there are few opportunities to meet, she has never broken off contact with her "Brother Xuyan" in the distant United States, and she has some understanding of many things that have happened to him in the past six months.

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Of course, the main focus on this game is the fans.

On the day of the final, it was a sunny day.

Although the game is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m., the crowds around the Tokyo National Stadium start to crowd after 3 p.m. However, after all, no Japanese team has advanced, and Japanese fans are more interested in watching the excitement of this matchup at the top of Asia, rather than flocking to it so early. What is really exciting is the embrace of the two sides of their respective countries, but because of the long distance, the fans of Saudi Ittihad only die-hard will travel across the ocean and come to the country, and they have only managed to get together five or six hundred people, so it is basically the red and black Seoul FC fans who really account for the majority.

More than 10,000 people from their home countries, including Koreans in Japan and even overseas Chinese in Japan, now regard Seoul FC as their home team, and they flocked to the stadium from all directions early, turning the stadium into a sea of red and black.

But so many Seoul fans flocked to the stadium far exceeded the expectations of the Japanese side. According to the usual practice, the stands behind the two goals of the Tokyo National Stadium are reserved for the die-hard fans of the two teams, each with a share of more than 6,000 tickets.

However, Seoul was miserable, more than 6,000 tickets were sold out early, and a large number of fans could not buy tickets, expressing their dissatisfaction on the organizer's official website and around the stadium all day long, and finally forced the organizers to give Seoul fans a few more stands, and provided about 4,000 seats for Seoul fans, which eased the situation of ticket supply in Seoul.

However, after all, there are too many people in Seoul, and even though the organizers have provided tens of thousands of tickets, there are still some Seoul FC fans who can't buy them. In desperation, this part of the fans had to retreat to the next best thing, to buy tickets for the neutral zone stands provided by the organizers for their own fans, but there are many people in Tokyo who love to watch the excitement, and the tickets in the neutral zone are not easy to buy, but after all, it is not necessary to watch the excitement, so as long as the bid is right, many Japanese fans who bought tickets are still willing to transfer their tickets to Seoul fans, so there were waves of scalping parties outside the stadium early, selling their tickets to Korean fans who did not buy tickets.

In the crowd, Ahn Zhaoxi looked around cautiously like a kitten. She came to Japan alone, and she didn't tell Li Xuyan in advance, the advantage is that no one cares about freedom, and the disadvantage is that no one can help when you encounter problems.

The biggest problem she had right now was that she didn't get a ticket.

In fact, there is no shortage of ticket scalpers around the stadium, but most of these ticket sellers are uncles who look obscene or vicious, which makes An Zhaoxi, who is a little scared, dare not come forward to ask.

Just hesitated and walked around the stadium, An Zhaoxi still didn't have the courage to talk to those ticket dealers. Just when she was tired of walking and hid under the shade of a tree, thinking about whether to call "Brother Xuyan" for help, she suddenly turned her head and saw a cute girl standing not far away, as if looking at her, only to see that the girl seemed to come out of the comics, although she was wearing ordinary casual sportswear, and she wore the hat of the sweatshirt on her head, wrapping her entire petite body, but the bright eyes and delicate and sweet facial features made An Zhaoxi, who was also a cute person, couldn't help but praise in his heart- "Kawaii".

The two looked at each other twice, and finally the girl came over with a smile, as if there was sunshine in her smile, and asked affectionately: "I just saw that you seemed to have been looking for something, did you have no tickets?" ”

An Zhaoxi was naturally not so afraid of such a cute girl, she could understand some Japanese, and nodded when she heard the words.

Seeing this, the girl took out a few tickets from her bag and said, "I have more here, do you want it?" ”

As soon as he saw the ticket, An Zhaoxi's eyes immediately lit up: "How much is it?" ”

"I don't need money, anyway, I'm also a free ticket, and it's a waste if you don't use it." The girl took An Zhaoxi's hand without seeing it, and said as she walked, "I see that you are quite a match, so I will cheapen you." ”

An Zhaoxi was so confused and was led into the stadium by the girl.

At this time, it was still early, and there were not many people sitting in the stadium after entering, but An Zhaoxi found that he was taken directly below the rostrum, the VIP stand in the middle.

"Well, the vision is okay." The girl shook An Zhaoxi's arm as if to take credit.

An Zhaoxi nodded gratefully, and felt a strong closeness to this girl who seemed to be a little more well-behaved than herself: "Great, Aligado." ”

"You're welcome, by the way, my name is Mayu Watanabe, what's your name?"

"Ahn So-hee."

"Ahn Zhaoxi? Korean? ”

"Hmmm......"

"I don't think I'm familiar with this name......

Just when Mayu Watanabe shook his little head and muttered to himself, An Zhaoxi seemed to suddenly see something, and he didn't answer again for a while......

Because she found that in front of the stands, in the first row of seats closest to the court, there was a seemingly familiar back there, which surprised her very much, and she was stunned for a moment. (To be continued.) )