For Tokyo, the second round of the AFC Champions League can be said to be terrible. At Gangyuan Stadium, Tokyo suffered their first defeat in the AFC Champions League: with Kabore's injury, the Tokyo army was in turmoil, and Naohiro Ishikawa's penalty kick was directly deflected off the goal, missing the best chance to score. In the following time, in the face of Pohang Steelers Steelers, which was sent off, Tokyo was never able to organize a decent attack, and the score of 0-1 was maintained until the last minute, and Tokyo's first AFC Champions League away game suffered a defeat.

"Compared to POSCO, Tokyo FC still has too little experience. Losing morale when it's clear that you're taking the initiative because of an injury is not what a mature team should do. ”

After the match, the media commented on the situation in Tokyo. They also have a lot of criticism about Tokyo's performance. If you don't score a penalty and concede a point, it's no wonder that anyone else. Because one player is injured, the whole team has no spirit, and such a mentality and ability to withstand setbacks are really not suitable for playing in the AFC Champions League.

It's just that at this time, Tokyo doesn't care about the comments of the media at all. There was something even more unacceptable about the game than the defeat: after the game, Kabore's injury report came out, and his injury was more terrible than the players in Tokyo imagined. He suffered a knee injury with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and needed to be out for seven months.

The news is nothing short of devastating: a seven-month injury suspension means that even if Kabore returns, it will be the end of the season. It can be said that this season, Tokyo has had to lose the strongest player in Cabore.

And. This is also a big blow for Kabore himself. Kabore's injury was a torn cruciate ligament. Everybody knows that the scariest thing about a torn cruciate ligament injury is that it is irreversible, after this injury. I'm afraid that Kabore won't be able to return to the top. Even if he can make a comeback in the final month, it's hard to say whether he will be able to make a difference to the team.

This news was also transmitted back to Japan when Tokyo FC returned to Japan. Hearing the news, the teams in the J-League were also in an uproar.

"Kabore's injury is very important news for the entire J-League. Last season, Tokyo FC finally finished its years of transformation into a powerhouse with a place in the AFC Champions League. They have retained most of their players this season, with older players showing no signs of declining. The young players have grown and could have gone further. However, that was all changed with Kabore's injury. ”

After learning of Kabore's injury, when the news was published in Nikkan Sports, it also attributed this to a major event that affected the direction of the league - in their opinion, without Kabore, no matter how strong the other players in Tokyo were, Tokyo's strength would have to drop a notch.

Kabore is a pillar of the team. Generally speaking, a J-League team will score about 50 goals in a season, and Kabore, as the team's top scorer, can score about 20 goals alone. He's in the team. He enjoys a lot of privileges, he can not counter-rob and not fight in the front court. He doesn't do the dirty work because he can do what others can't. His archery mastery. Not to mention Tokyo, it's the entire J-League. It's hard to figure out the second one. He's the sharpest knife in Tokyo, and anyone has to be careful. But without him, Tokyo's defensive counter-attacking style of play has not had many opportunities, and if there is no one who can seize the opportunity, then no matter how good the tactics are, it will be in vain.

The loss of the sharp knife, and the only sharp knife that Tokyo can rely on, is undoubtedly a huge loss for Higashi. Brazilian foreign players are of extraordinary significance to any J-League team, and the fact that the best foreign player in their team was unexpectedly injured and could not play for a season is absolutely unimaginable bad news for Tokyo.

His injury not only means that Tokyo will be very difficult in the next AFC Champions League match, but also means that Tokyo may not be able to continue in the next league.

When the news came, the media were predicting that this year's Tokyo FC would only be a mid-table team in the league, and there would definitely be no more of them among the teams competing for the top few places in the league. Without a spoiler, the competition for the championship by teams such as Gamba Osaka, Nagoya Whale Eight, and Kashima Antlers will only be more intense.

"We are a mature team in Tokyo, and the absence of Kabore is a big blow to us, but it will definitely not have a profound impact on our quality, Tokyo is still very strong, we are still a first-tier team."

Regarding the comment of "Nikkan Sports", Cheng Fuhao also refuted it with anger. However, whether Tokyo is really affected, no amount of his words will be in vain, and people are more concerned about what will happen next.

For the match on March 13, Tokyo sent Kensuke Nagai as Ko's partner. He doesn't have great technique, but his speed is excellent, and if he can't count on his technique, Tokyo can only count on his speed to do miracles.

However, miracles were not so easy to create, and in the second round against Urawa Red Diamonds, Tokyo simply lost.

The result of the game was a 1-0 loss for Tokyo - if you just look at the scoreline, Tokyo doesn't seem to lose very much, but if you look at the game, you can see how bad Tokyo played this game.

Admittedly, if you look at the defense, in this game, Tokyo's defensive level is even stronger than last season - Kensuke Nagai, who was replaced, ran very actively like Gao Shunyao, constantly carrying out various pressures and counter-robberies in the frontcourt, making Urawa Red Diamonds have few chances, and the partnership of the two is full of pressure. But if you look at the offense, people will find that these two partners have been wasting shooting opportunities throughout the game, whether it is Gao Shunyao or Kenyu Nagai, the shots of the two of them are almost not any crosshairs, and the loss of the game has a lot to do with the various wastes of the two of them.

This match can only prove that the new Kensuke Nagai has no way to replace Kabore's place at all. Although he runs aggressively and is extremely fast. But his running ability is not very good, and. His marksmanship is also poor. Partnering with him, Gao Shunyao not only played as well as Kabore, but even compared to his partner with Omae Genji.

Moreover, Gao Shunyao's shooting was also a big failure in this game. In the past, when Kabore was on the field, even if he had no ball at his feet, the defenders around him did not dare to relax their vigilance against him. Because he is always there to keep the opponent's attention in front of him, Ko Soon-yao's shots can occasionally make a difference. But. Now that Kabore is gone, Kenyu Nagai has been replaced, he is not enough to contain the opposing defender, and Gao Shunyao is naturally suffocated.

Both of these men are tactical strikers, but they don't have good shooters. And in the absence of a shooter, the shot of the tactical center will also be greatly reduced.

Huskey and Irving work together to play well, and Torres can also play with Kuyt next to him. But. Let Husky and Kuyt play up front...... It was an absolute nightmare for the team.

Sure enough, as one might expect, it was difficult to play an offensive without Kabore Tokyo. If the face of Urawa Red Diamonds is still because the opponent is too strong, then the next match. The fact that they lost the game against Osaka Sakura at home is enough to fully show that there is a problem in Tokyo.

Sakura Osaka are just a promoted team, although their Brazilian coach Koulpi has top-notch technical training. The academy is very strong and there are a lot of good young players. There is even no shortage of top players such as Shinji Kagawa and Takashi Kan in the team. But it's still too embarrassing to lose to such a team at home.

Throughout the game, Tokyo still didn't take any decent chances, but Shinji Kagawa, who had 27 goals and 13 assists in the J2 League last season, scored the winning goal, which earned him another accolade and put Tokyo in a complete predicament.

Anyone can see that the situation in Tokyo has reached a point where it cannot be changed without changing.

At this time, within the Tokyo team, the coaches and managers of the team are also discussing what to do. After the third round of the match, Cheng Fuhao was also invited to his office by Daxiong Qing.

"If we go on like this, we're really going to end the season. We only have one top-level foreign player, and we have prepared substitutes for the other players, but this player who can't find a replacement has suffered an injury...... Our luck was terrible. ”

Seeing Da Xiongqing, Cheng Fuhao did not hide his complaints. His arrogance before the start of the season is no longer visible at all. The most important player in the team is injured, which is a serious blow for him. In the past, he still felt that his team was not bad compared to Gangba, but now, seeing that Gangba has two forwards, Lucas and Leandro, he still has to prepare Cao Zaizhen, and the thick forward line makes him envious.

Just one striker is enough - he used to think so, and now he realizes that he still has too little knowledge. An injury to a top foreign player is enough to paralyze a team, and that's the reality of Asian football.

"It's really a trouble that no one expected, and you can't be blamed." Da Xiong Qing also nodded slightly about his complaints, "However, I still have to tell you bad news." I've spoken to the team's hierarchy and they're not ready to invest more in this season. ”

The idea that the top management does not want to invest money, Cheng Fuhao has long predicted: the recruitment date has just passed, and the recruitment will have to be in June, and before the arrival of June, Tokyo must have exported all the hopes of this season, and when the time comes, it will not be good for the results. The choice of the team is a very wise choice. Cheng Fuhao also understood this in his heart, but when he heard this, he was still a little relieved.

"It's already like this, and I know, it's hard for you to accept it too. However, in this situation, we can only think of other ways. As if seeing Cheng Fuhao's dissatisfaction, Da Xiong Qing continued to speak, and his words also revealed the team's next plan, "I asked you to come here, in fact, I want to say another thing: Have you ever thought about cultivating Gao Shunyao to be our main shooter?" (To be continued......)