Kiyotake Hiroshi did not waste the third chance that Gao Shunyao created for him, and it also made Tokyo FC break out a biggest upset in this season's AFC Champions League. A home win over South Korea is not uncommon for a Japanese team, but it is definitely a rare event to knock the defending AFC Champions League champions out of the group stage.

"FC Tokyo has shown that they are still very good. Although it has encountered many difficulties in the league, Tokyo's strength in the AFC Champions League is still superb. ”

After the game, the entire Japanese media was boiling. Tokyo FC, as a new team in the AFC Champions League, suffered a group of death in the AFC Champions League, and the media throughout Japan suspected that they would almost certainly lose in the group stage, who knows, they were able to squeeze out the defending AFC Champions League champions and enter the knockout round, which is simply an incredible victory.

Moreover, the most incredible thing is that Tokyo's luck is simply outrageous: at the same time as Tokyo FC's upset victory over Pohang Steelers, another piece of news also surprised Tokyo FC.

Adelaide United, which is playing at home, lost to Shandong Luneng!

"It's incredible...... Tokyo FC players couldn't tell whether they were happy or shocked: if they were happy, of course, Pohang Steelers and Adelaide United were both upset, which means that Tokyo FC will top the group with 12 points. Pohang Steelers and Adelaide United, on the other hand, were supposed to tie 13 points to decide who was the top of the group, but now they are tied with 10 points to decide who is third in the group.

In the AFC Champions League. The 16-8 game is a single-game tiebreaker system after the restructuring, and the group leader has the right to play home. A single-game tiebreaker won home rights, which is a clear advantage for a team like Tokyo that is better at home than away. Means that the chances of winning are greatly increased.

Before they went to this group, they never thought they would be able to finish first in the group. Even before the last match, they were skeptical that they would qualify. But now they not only qualified, but also topped the group, such a victory made them almost cheer out in surprise.

And it's impossible not to be surprised – Adelaide United are close to top of the group in this group, with clean home games against Pohang Steelers and Tokyo. They also drew with Pohang Steelers Steelers away and lost to Tokyo only because of carelessness. Such a team actually lost to Shandong Luneng, which lost five consecutive defeats in the group stage, which is unbelievable in the eyes of Tokyo players.

"Adelaide United was just too careless. Their opponent in the last game was a weak team like Luneng, and Luneng also failed to travel with the team because of the injury wave, so they were careless. They were still stronger, but who knows, they still didn't win - almost 70% of the possession, 16 to 7 shots on goal. I just didn't take it down. The substitute goalkeeper named Yang Cheng blocked 6 times in one game, which is really crazy. ”

After watching that game, Daxiong Qing also explained the game to the players with a wry smile. Apparently. Adelaide United were too underweight, and Luneng's big rotation was to activate the new blood and substitute players. They all played at a super level, and substitute goalkeeper Yang Cheng blocked six times in a single game. Substitute player Li Wei sealed the victory with one goal, and he pulled his teeth out of the tiger's mouth. Get a win in a game.

"This is called Li Wei, the last time he scored in the league was back in 07, who would have thought that he would score a goal in this game. Adelaide United is really a bit of a loser, and if you play another 10 games, I'm betting that Luneng won't win like this. ”

Watching the game, the players were also discussing. Yasuyuki Konno also commented on this ball. Gao Shunyao did not refute his words, but in his heart he still had some different opinions.

Luneng still has strength, but their morale is too poor. He could feel it in the last game against Luneng, after four consecutive years of failure, the fifth year was still four consecutive defeats, and Luneng's heart was no longer on it. Naturally, you will lose badly. And now, with the substitution players, they have played well, which means that their strength has been stimulated.

In a certain way, the strength of the Chinese Super League is not a weak mess, but sometimes the mentality of these teams is not good enough, which is the most important problem.

"Actually, Adelaide is okay, they just lost, didn't they still finish second in the group? Pohang Steelers is really dead. The defending champion, with outstanding strength, was eliminated in the group stage......"

Adelaide United didn't take this game very seriously, and it was very important because they also believed that Pohang Steelers and Tokyo would definitely fight hard, and a draw was very unlikely. And no matter who wins, they will inevitably qualify, so they naturally don't take it very seriously. As a result, their attitude has made POSCO miserable. The defending champions were out of the group stage, and Pohang Steelers became a disgrace to the K-League.

However, Pohang Steelers were a disgrace and Tokyo were quite happy to get the victory, and after this match, they also managed to qualify for the knockout round. What's even happier is that Tokyo still qualified as group winners, which means they will be playing at home in the next matches.

At this time, the results of other groups have also been released, Kashima Antlers group first qualified, they won all six games, and they have no opponent in the group at all. Gamba Osaka, on the other hand, were forced to second place in the group by Suwon Samsung, and they were quite unlucky to start a civil war with the league in this round, and Kashima Antlers had an early internal showdown. Following last year's league rivalry, the two teams have once again started their J-League cannibalism in this year's AFC Champions League.

Similarly, South Korea's Jeonbuk Motor and Suwon Samsung are also in a cannibalistic situation, and if it is not for Adelaide United to eliminate Pohang Steelers, then Pohang Steelers, who are second in the group, will also meet Seongnam Il and Tianma to start a second group of cannibalism with the same country - the four teams of the South Korean team, except for Pohang Steelers. The other three teams all qualified, in East Asia. The strength of the Japan-Korea League is still extremely strong.

The teams that qualified from this year's group were surprisingly consistent. The fact that there was no showdown between Japan and South Korea is quite amazing.

However, this does not mean that everyone is happy, for example, the current Japanese media is a little dissatisfied with this year's AFC Champions League - because just like Jonamkaichi and Tenma do not have to play their own teams, Tokyo FC will not have to face Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Group E, because Sanfrecce Hiroshima has also been eliminated.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima climbed to fourth place in the league last year after the Emperor's Cup was snatched away by Gamba Osaka. They got lucky enough to get a place in the AFC Champions League. However, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who won the AFC Champions League place, did not live up to his reputation as a soft-footed shrimp in the AFC Champions League and was eliminated directly in the group stage. What makes the Japanese media even more depressed is that it was not an Australian team like Melbourne Victory that eliminated Hiroshima Three Arrows, but Beijing Guoan of the Chinese Super League. Relying on the two rounds of home and away defeats against Hiroshima Three Arrows, Beijing Guoan won the second place in the group and successfully advanced to the round of 16.

The J League thought they were already above the other leagues, but the truth was so cruel that it was impossible for them. Although Kashima Antlers and Tokyo FC doubled to kill their opponents. However, Osaka Gamba and Changchun Yatai played two draws, and the result of Beijing Guoan's double defeat of Hiroshima Three Arrows was to tell people that the J League was invincible from the world. It's still a long way off.

And Beijing Guoan, who defeated Sanfrecce Hiroshima, is the next opponent of Tokyo FC.

Gao Shunyao was also surprised by this result. He didn't expect that Beijing Guoan, which he had never liked very much. There is actually the strength of this group to qualify. Combined with Shandong Luneng's victory in the last round of the game, Gao Shunyao is also more and more determined. It shouldn't be that the domestic league has no potential to tap, but they are too used to giving up the AFC Champions League. A little more serious, maybe the result of the game is not like this.

Now that it has reached the knockout round, whether Guoan is really strong or not, Tokyo has to face it carefully. Fortunately, with home advantage in hand, there is not much pressure on Tokyo for this game. Originally, their goal was to qualify from the group, but now that they have heard that they have such an advantage, they are even more thoughtful.

However, it is a pity that although there is good news in the cup, they have not been able to win the opponent in the league. After the victory, Tokyo also faced a formidable opponent. Nagoya Whales met them in a narrow way, and the opponent who played against Tokyo many times last season, in this game, made Tokyo understand what it means to be a thing.

During the game, Gao Shunyao finally ran into trouble. In this game, Nagoya Whales' midfielder, a new player Cordoba they just brought in this summer, caused too much trouble for Gao Shunyao. This player's physical confrontation ability is quite good, his running is also diligent, the South American body is very strong after all, and Gao Shunyao is also inseparable from him.

And what makes Gao Shunyao even more depressed is that Nagoya Whales' excellent defensive player is not just Córdoba. This summer, Nagoya Arihachi has done a lot of reinforcements, they brought in the first defender of the Japanese league from Urawa Ruby, Tanaka Doukasa King, and they have left Maya Yoshida to build the strongest backline in Japan. In addition, in front of them, is Cordoba, the strongest defender in the J League, even Gao Shunyao can't bear this kind of defense at all.

These three people can be said to be the three strongest defensive players in the entire J League, a South American, a mixed-race, and a Japanese American who grew up in the United States. Although in the game, he also tried to turn the tide on the opponent's backline, but the three of them kept entanglement with him, and after all, he was unable to score.

The existence of these people made Gao Shunyao finally dumb in this game. Japan's No. 1 backline, there is still no way for him. In this regard, he can only sigh hatefully: If Kabore was not injured, and it was not Kenyu Nagai who was responsible for the impact but Kabore, this game would definitely not be the ending.

Unfortunately, Kabore's injury has determined that it will be difficult for Tokyo to play steadily this season. Seeing that the team did not win in the league, but had an advantage in the AFC Champions League, the players in Tokyo also had a strange illusion: perhaps, compared to the results of the league, maybe Tokyo will be better in the cup this season. (To be continued......)